December 27, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, December 27, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 23, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Nonfiction
#15-AN INCONVENIENT BOOK, by Glenn Beck (9781416552192)
Paperback Nonfiction
#11-CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, by George Crile (9780802143419)
Mass Market
#8-LEONARD MALTIN'S 2008 MOVIE GUIDE, by Leonard Maltin (Ed.) (9780451221865)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, Dutton, $35, 9780525950073
3. T IS FOR TRESPASS
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154485
4. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
5. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
6. HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS
Jan Karon, Viking, $26.95, 9780670018253
7. DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316015059
8. TREE OF SMOKE
Denis Johnson, FSG, $27, 9780374279127
9. STONE COLD
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446577397
10. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
11. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD
Michael Chabon, Del Rey, $21.95, 9780345501745
12. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $27, 9780553804829
13. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401303273
14. THE CHOICE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579926
15. ANGELA AND THE BABY JESUS (Adult Edition)
Frank McCourt, Loren Long (Illus.), Scribner, $14.95, 9781416574705
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I AM AMERICA (and So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580502
2. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
3. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Miriam Peskowitz, Alexis Seabrook (Illus.), Collins, $24.95, 9780061472572
4. BOOM!
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $28.95, 9781400064571
5. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26, 9781400040810
6. OUR DUMB WORLD
The Onion (Eds.), Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018425
7. BORN STANDING UP
Steve Martin, Scribner, $25, 9781416553649
8. GOOD DOG. STAY.
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9781400067138
9. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
10. CLAPTON
Eric Clapton, Broadway, $26, 9780385518512
11. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
12. A FAMILY CHRISTMAS
Caroline Kennedy (Ed.), Hyperion, $26.95, 9781401322274
13. THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
14. RESCUING SPRITE
Mark R. Levin, Pocket, $22, 9781416559139
15. AN INCONVENIENT BOOK: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems - DEBUT
Glenn Beck, Threshold, $26, 9781416552192
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
3. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follet, NAL, $24.95, 9780451225245
4. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14, 9780375706677
5. ATONEMENT
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387158
6. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
7. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
8. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307385901
9. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
10. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
11. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
12. THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Diane Setterfield, Washington Square, $15, 9780743298032
13. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
14. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
15. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
6. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
7. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
8. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $8.99, 9780316779234
9. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS (2008)
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600570728
10. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, 2008
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984234
11. CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR - DEBUT
George Crile, Grove, $14.95, 9780802143419
12. THE END OF AMERICA
Naomi Wolf, Chelsea Green, $13.95, 9781933392790
13. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
14. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761104841
15. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
MASS MARKET
1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
2. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243830
3. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
4. NEXT
Michael Crichton, HarperTorch, $9.99, 9780060873165
5. DUST
Martha Grimes, Signet, $9.99, 9780451222664
6. I AM LEGEND
Richard Matheson, Tor, $7.99, 9780765357151
7. ATONEMENT
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307388841
8. LEONARD MALTIN'S 2008 MOVIE GUIDE - DEBUT
Leonard Maltin (Ed.), Signet, $9.99, 9780451221865
9. CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
10. ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
4. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
5. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
6. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
7. PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 9780786837885
8. GEORGE'S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE
Lucy Hawking, Stephen Hawking, S&S, $17.99, 9781416954620
9. DO NOT OPEN
John Farndon, DK, $24.99, 9780756632052
10. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
11. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
12. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
13. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF IMMATURITY
Klutz (Eds.), Klutz, $19.95, 9781591744276
14. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Putnam, $19.99, 9780399250484
15. PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
Astrid Lindgren, Viking, $25, 9780670062768
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. OLIVIA HELPS WITH CHRISTMAS
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $18.99, 9781416907862
3. THE THREE SNOW BEARS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
4. STAR WARS: A POP-UP GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Matthew Reinhart, Orchard, $32.99, 9780439882828
5. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
6. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 9780394800790
7. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
8. WINTER IN WHITE
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $12.99, 9780689853654
9. THE ALPHABET FROM A TO Y WITH BONUS LETTER Z!
Steve Martin, Roz Chast, Flying Dolphin, $17.95, 9780385516624
10. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Eric Puybaret (Illus.), Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
11. GREAT JOY
Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763629205
12. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
13. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA POP-UP
C.S. Lewis, Robert Sabuda (Illus.), Harper, $29.99, 9780061176128
14. THE NUTCRACKER
Susan Jeffers, Harper, $16.99, 9780060743864
15. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
2. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. UGLIES (paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
10. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
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December 20, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, December 20, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 16, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
# 14-ANGELA AND THE BABY JESUS (Adult Edition), by Frank McCourt, Loren Long (Illus.) (9781416574705)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
# 15-BLOOD AND THUNDER, by Hampton Sides (9781400031108)
Mass Market
# 8-ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan (9780307388841)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, Dutton, $35, 9780525950073
3. T IS FOR TRESPASS
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154485
4. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
5. HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS
Jan Karon, Viking, $26.95, 9780670018253
6. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
7. STONE COLD
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446577397
8. TREE OF SMOKE
Denis Johnson, FSG, $27, 9780374279127
9. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
10. DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316015059
11. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401303273
12. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $27, 9780553804829
13. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD
Michael Chabon, Del Rey, $21.95, 9780345501745
14. ANGELA AND THE BABY JESUS (Adult Edition) - DEBUT
Frank McCourt, Loren Long (Illus.), Scribner, $14.95, 9781416574705
15. RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE
Donald McCaig, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312262518
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Miriam Peskowitz, Alexis Seabrook (Illus.), Collins, $24.95, 9780061472572
3. I AM AMERICA (and So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580502
4. BOOM!
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $28.95, 9781400064571
5. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26, 9781400040810
6. A FAMILY CHRISTMAS
Caroline Kennedy (Ed.), Hyperion, $26.95, 9781401322274
7. BORN STANDING UP
Steve Martin, Scribner, $25, 9781416553649
8. GOOD DOG. STAY.
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9781400067138
9. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
10. OUR DUMB WORLD
The Onion (Eds.), Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018425
11. CLAPTON
Eric Clapton, Broadway, $26, 9780385518512
12. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
13. THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
14. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
15. RESCUING SPRITE
Mark R. Levin, Pocket, $22, 9781416559139
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
3. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follet, NAL, $24.95, 9780451225245
4. ATONEMENT
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387158
5. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14, 9780375706677
6. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
7. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307385901
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
9. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
10. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
11. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
12. THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Diane Setterfield, Washington Square, $15, 9780743298032
13. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
14. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
15. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
ON THE RISE:
52. THE JANISSARY TREE
Jason Goodwin, Picador, $14, 9780312426132
The first in a new mystery series set in the last days of the Ottoman Empire.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
4. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
6. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
7. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
8. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS (2008)
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600570728
9. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
10. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $8.99, 9780316779234
11. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, 2008
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984234
12. THE END OF AMERICA
Naomi Wolf, Chelsea Green, $13.95, 9781933392790
13. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
14. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
15. BLOOD AND THUNDER - DEBUT
Hampton Sides, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400031108
ON THE RISE:
35. CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
George Crile, Grove, $14.95, 9780802143419
The new movie has reignited interest in this improbable story about the improbable congressman and his efforts to support Afghani guerrillas in their war with the Soviets
MASS MARKET
1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
2. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243830
3. NEXT
Michael Crichton, HarperTorch, $9.99, 9780060873165
4. DUST
Martha Grimes, Signet, $9.99, 9780451222664
5. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
6. I AM LEGEND
Richard Matheson, Tor, $7.99, 9780765357151
7. BLOOD BROTHERS
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515143805
8. ATONEMENT - DEBUT
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307388841
9. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Vision, $9.99, 9780446617772
10. CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
4. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
5. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 9780786837885
8. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
9. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
10. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
11. DO NOT OPEN
John Farndon, DK, $24.99, 9780756632052
12. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
13. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Putnam, $19.99, 9780399250484
14. PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
Astrid Lindgren, Viking, $25, 9780670062768
15. GEORGE'S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE
Lucy Hawking, Stephen Hawking, S&S, $17.99, 9781416954620
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. OLIVIA HELPS WITH CHRISTMAS
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $18.99, 9781416907862
3. THE THREE SNOW BEARS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
4. STAR WARS: A POP-UP GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Matthew Reinhart, Orchard, $32.99, 9780439882828
5. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
6. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 9780394800790
7. WINTER IN WHITE
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $12.99, 9780689853654
8. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
9. THE ALPHABET FROM A TO Y WITH BONUS LETTER Z!
Steve Martin, Roz Chast, Flying Dolphin, $17.95, 9780385516624
10. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA POP-UP
C.S. Lewis, Robert Clarke Sabuda (Illus.), Harper, $29.99, 9780061176128
11. GREAT JOY
Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763629205
12. THE NUTCRACKER
Susan Jeffers, Harper, $16.99, 9780060743864
13. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Eric Puybaret (Illus.), Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
14. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
15. FIRST SNOW IN THE WOODS
Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams, Carl R. Sams II, $19.95, 9780977010868
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
4. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. UGLIES (paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
10. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
Back to top.
December 13, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, December 13, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 9, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-T IS FOR TRESPASS, by Sue Grafton (9780399154485)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#15-RESCUING SPRITE, by Mark R. Levin (9781416559139)
Mass Market
#3-DUST, by Martha Grimes (9780451222664)
Children's Interest
#11-DINOMUMMY, by Philip Manning (9780753460474)
#14-GEORGE'S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE, by Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking (9781416954620)
Children's Illustrated
#12-THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA POP-UP, by C.S. Lewis, Robert Clarke Sabuda (Illus.) (9780061176128)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. T IS FOR TRESPASS - DEBUT
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154485
2. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
3. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, Dutton, $35, 9780525950073
4. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
5. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401303273
6. HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS
Jan Karon, Viking, $26.95, 9780670018253
7. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
8. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $27, 9780553804829
9. STONE COLD
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446577397
10. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
11. DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316015059
12. RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE
Donald McCaig, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312262518
13. THE UNCOMMON READER
Alan Bennett, FSG, $15, 9780374280963
14. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD
Michael Chabon, Del Rey, $21.95, 9780345501745
15. TREE OF SMOKE
Denis Johnson, FSG, $27, 9780374279127
ON THE RISE:
38. THE TWELVE TERRORS OF CHRISTMAS
John Updike, Edward Gorey (Illus.), Pomegranate, $9.95, 9780764937101
An out-of-print classic is back!
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Miriam Peskowitz, Alexis Seabrook (Illus.), Collins, $24.95, 9780061472572
2. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
3. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!)
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580502
4. BOOM!
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $28.95, 9781400064571
5. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26, 9781400040810
6. BORN STANDING UP
Steve Martin, Scribner, $25, 9781416553649
7. GOOD DOG. STAY.
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9781400067138
8. A FAMILY CHRISTMAS
Caroline Kennedy (Ed.), Hyperion, $26.95, 9781401322274
9. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
10. OUR DUMB WORLD
The Onion (Eds.), Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018425
11. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
12. THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
13. CLAPTON
Eric Clapton, Broadway, $26, 9780385518512
14. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
15. RESCUING SPRITE: A DOG LOVER'S STORY OF JOY AND ANGUISH - DEBUT
Mark R. Levin, Pocket, $22, 9781416559139
ON THE RISE:
31. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF AUNTS
Rupert Christiansen, Stephanie Vonreiswitz (Illus.), Twelve, $19.99, 9780446580748
An interesting look at mom's and dad's sisters.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follet, NAL, $24.95, 9780451225245
3. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
4. ATONEMENT
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387158
5. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
6. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14, 9780375706677
7. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307385901
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
9. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
10. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
11. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
12. THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Diane Setterfield, Washington Square, $15, 9780743298032
13. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
14. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
15. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446581752
ON THE RISE:
27. THE TERROR
Dan Simmons, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316017459
The terrifying, fictionalized account of the doomed Franklin Expedition of the 1840's.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
6. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
7. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
8. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
9. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, 2008
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984234
10. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $8.99, 9780316779234
11. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS (2008)
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600570728
12. THE END OF AMERICA
Naomi Wolf, Chelsea Green, $13.95, 9781933392790
13. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
14. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307277695
15. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
ON THE RISE:
32. THE DARWIN AWARDS 4: INTELLIGENT DESIGN
Wendy Northcutt, Christopher M. Kelly, Plume, $13, 9780452288805
An entertaining and informative look at common sense and the lack thereof!
MASS MARKET
1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
2. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243830
3. DUST: A RICHARD JURY MYSTERY - DEBUT
Martha Grimes, Signet, $9.99, 9780451222664
4. NEXT
Michael Crichton, HarperTorch, $9.99, 9780060873165
5. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
6. BLOOD BROTHERS
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515143805
7. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Vision, $9.99, 9780446617772
8. CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
9. I AM LEGEND
Richard Matheson, Tor, $7.99, 9780765357151
10. TREASURE OF KHAN
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425218235
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
4. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
5. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 9780786837885
8. PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
Astrid Lindgren, Viking, $25, 9780670062768
9. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
10. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Putnam, $19.99, 9780399250484
11. DINOMUMMY: THE LIFE, DEATH, AND DISCOVERY OF DAKOTA, A DINOSAUR FROM HELL CREEK - DEBUT
Philip Manning, Kingfisher, $18.95, 9780753460474
12. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
13. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
14. GEORGE'S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE - DEBUT
Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking, S&S, $17.99, 9781416954620
15. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. OLIVIA HELPS WITH CHRISTMAS
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $18.99, 9781416907862
3. THE THREE SNOW BEARS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
4. STAR WARS: A POP-UP GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Matthew Reinhart, Orchard, $32.99, 9780439882828
5. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 9780394800790
6. WINTER IN WHITE
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $12.99, 9780689853654
7. GREAT JOY
Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763629205
8. ONE SNOWY NIGHT
M.Christina Butler, Tina Macnaughton (Illus.), Good Books, $8.95, 9781561485918
9. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
10. THE ALPHABET FROM A TO Y WITH BONUS LETTER Z!
Steve Martin, Roz Chast, Flying Dolphin, $17.95, 9780385516624
11. THE LATKE WHO COULDN'T STOP SCREAMING
Lemony Snicket, Lisa Brown (Illus.), McSweeney's, $9.95, 9781932416879
12. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA POP-UP - DEBUT
C.S. Lewis, Robert Clarke Sabuda (Illus.), Harper, $29.99, 9780061176128
13. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
14. THE NUTCRACKER
Susan Jeffers, Harper, $16.99, 9780060743864
15. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
4. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
6. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. UGLIES (hardcover and paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
10. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover and paperback)
Lemony Snicket, Harper
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December 6, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, December 6, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 2, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
# 9-THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR, by Dean R. Koontz (9780553804829)
Hardcover Nonfiction
# 14-A FAMILY CHRISTMAS, by Caroline Kennedy (Ed.) (9781401322274)
Mass Market
# 4-BLOOD BROTHERS, by Nora Roberts (9780515143805)
# 7-FURY, by Aaron Allston (9780345477569)
# 9-I AM LEGEND, by Richard Matheson (9780765357151)
Children's Interest
# 11- DO NOT OPEN, by John Farndon (9780756632052)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, Dutton, $35, 9780525950073
2. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
3. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
4. HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS
Jan Karon, Viking, $26.95, 9780670018253
5. STONE COLD
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446577397
6. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
7. DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316015059
8. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
9. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR - DEBUT
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $27, 9780553804829
10. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD
Michael Chabon, Del Rey, $21.95, 9780345501745
11. RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE
Donald McCaig, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312262518
12. THE UNCOMMON READER
Alan Bennett, FSG, $15, 9780374280963
13. BOOK OF THE DEAD
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399153938
14. THE ALMOST MOON
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316677462
15. WAR AND PEACE
Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky (Trans.), Knopf, $37, 9780307266934
ON THE RISE:
17. CHRISTMAS STORIES
Diana Secker Tesdell (Ed.), Everyman's Library, $15, 9780307267177
Short classic Christmas fiction collected in a new edition.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Miriam Peskowitz, Alexis Seabrook (Illus.), Collins, $24.95, 9780061472572
2. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
3. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!)
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580502
4. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26, 9781400040810
5. BOOM!
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $28.95, 9781400064571
6. BORN STANDING UP
Steve Martin, Scribner, $25, 9781416553649
7. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
8. GOOD DOG. STAY.
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9781400067138
9. YOU: STAYING YOUNG
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $26, 9780743292566
10. CLAPTON
Eric Clapton, Broadway, $26, 9780385518512
11. THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
12. OUR DUMB WORLD
The Onion (Eds.), Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018425
13. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
14. A FAMILY CHRISTMAS DEBUT
Caroline Kennedy (Ed.), Hyperion, $26.95, 9781401322274
15. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
ON THE RISE:
21. CHRISTMAS WITH PAULA DEEN: RECIPES AND STORIES FROM MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY
Paula Deen, S&S, $23, 9780743292863
Holiday recipes, family photos, and lots of Paula's puddings and pies.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follet, NAL, $24.95, 9780451225245
3. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
4. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
5. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14, 9780375706677
6. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
7. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
9. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307385901
10. THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Diane Setterfield, Washington Square, $15, 9780743298032
11. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
12. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446581752
13. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
14. ATONEMENT
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387158
15. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
ON THE RISE:
51. I AM LEGEND
Richard Matheson, Tor, $14.95, 9780765318749
An influential horror genre classic and now a major movie release. A Book Sense Pick.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
6. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
7. THE END OF AMERICA
Naomi Wolf, Chelsea Green, $13.95, 9781933392790
8. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS (2008)
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600570728
9. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
10. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
11. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
12. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, 2008
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984234
13. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
14. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $8.99, 9780316779234
15. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307277695
MASS MARKET
1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
2. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243830
3. NEXT
Michael Crichton, HarperTorch, $9.99, 9780060873165
4. BLOOD BROTHERS DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515143805
5. CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
6. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Vision, $9.99, 9780446617772
7. FURY DEBUT
Aaron Allston, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345477569
8. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
9. I AM LEGEND DEBUT
Richard Matheson, Tor, $7.99, 9780765357151
10. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
4. PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 9780786837885
5. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
8. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
9. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Putnam, $19.99, 9780399250484
10. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
11. DO NOT OPEN DEBUT
John Farndon, DK, $24.99, 9780756632052
12. PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
Astrid Lindgren, Viking, $25, 9780670062768
13. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
14. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
15. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99 , 9780061120268
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. OLIVIA HELPS WITH CHRISTMAS
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $18.99, 9781416907862
3. STAR WARS: A POP-UP GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Matthew Reinhart, Orchard, $32.99, 9780439882828
4. THE THREE SNOW BEARS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
5. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 9780394800790
6. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
7. THE ALPHABET FROM A TO Y WITH BONUS LETTER Z!
Steve Martin, Roz Chast, Flying Dolphin, $17.95, 9780385516624
8. WINTER IN WHITE
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $12.99, 9780689853654
9. THE NUTCRACKER
Susan Jeffers, Harper, $16.99, 9780060743864
10. GREAT JOY
Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763629205
11. THE LATKE WHO COULDN'T STOP SCREAMING
Lemony Snicket, Lisa Brown (Illus.), McSweeney's, $9.95, 9781932416879
12. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
13. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
14. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
15. SKIPPYJON JONES AND THE BIG BONES
Judith Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525478843
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
3. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
4. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
6. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. UGLIES (paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
10. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
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November 29, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, November 25, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 29, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Nonfiction
#7-GOOD DOG. STAY., by Anna Quindlen (9781400067138)
#9-BORN STANDING UP, by Steve Martin (9781416553649)
Paperback Fiction
#15-ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan (9780307387158)
Mass Market
#2-THE INNOCENT MAN, by John Grisham (9780440243830)
#10-WEB OF EVIL, by J.A. Jance (9781416537731)
Children's Interest
#14-THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF IMMATURITY, by Klutz (Eds.) (9781591744276)
Children's Illustrated
#14-FIRST SNOW IN THE WOODS, by Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams (9780977010868)
#15-ONE SNOWY NIGHT, by M.Christina Butler, Tina Macnaughton (Illus.) (9781561485918)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, Dutton, $35, 9780525950073
3. DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316015059
4. STONE COLD
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446577397
5. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
6. HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS
Jan Karon, Viking, $26.95, 9780670018253
7. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
8. THE ALMOST MOON
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316677462
9. RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE
Donald McCaig, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312262518
10. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD
Michael Chabon, Del Rey, $21.95, 9780345501745
11. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
12. CONFESSOR
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $29.95, 9780765315236
13. BOOK OF THE DEAD
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399153938
14. THE CHASE
Clive Cussler, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154386
15. TREE OF SMOKE
Denis Johnson, FSG, $27, 9780374279127
ON THE RISE:
34. THE CHRISTMAS PEARL
Dorothea Benton Frank, Morrow, $14.95, 9780061438448
A bad-tempered family turns into a warm one in this Christmas fable. A Book
Sense Notable title.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Miriam Peskowitz, Alexis Seabrook (Illus.), Collins, $24.95, 9780061472572
2. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
3. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!)
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580502
4. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
5. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26, 9781400040810
6. BOOM!
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $28.95, 9781400064571
7. GOOD DOG. STAY. - DEBUT
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9781400067138
8. YOU: STAYING YOUNG
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $26, 9780743292566
9. BORN STANDING UP: A COMIC'S LIFE - DEBUT
Steve Martin, Scribner, $25, 9781416553649
10. THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
11. OUR DUMB WORLD
The Onion (Eds.), Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018425
12. CLAPTON
Eric Clapton, Broadway, $26, 9780385518512
13. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
14. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
15. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
ON THE RISE:
16. A FAMILY CHRISTMAS
Caroline Kennedy (Ed.), Hyperion, $26.95, 9781401322274
Caroline Kennedy's assemblage of meaningful Christmas poetry, prose, scriptural
readings, and lyrics.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
3. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follet, NAL, $24.95, 9780451225245
4. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
5. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14, 9780375706677
6. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
7. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
8. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307385901
9. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
10. THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Diane Setterfield, Washington Square, $15, 9780743298032
11. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
12. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446581752
13. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
14. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
15. ATONEMENt - DEBUT
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387158
ON THE RISE:
38. AGAINST THE DAY
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin, $18, 9780143112563
A savory adventure through time, the world, and heaps of prose. A (hardcover)
Book Sense Pick.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
6. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
7. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
8. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
9. THE END OF AMERICA
Naomi Wolf, Chelsea Green, $13.95, 9781933392790
10. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
11. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, 2008
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984234
12. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
13. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
14. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
15. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS (2008)
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600570728
ON THE RISE:
24. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
Hope as a precursor to presidential ambitions. Available in paperback in time
for a surge in the polls.
MASS MARKET
1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
2. THE INNOCENT MAN - DEBUT
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243830
3. NEXT
Michael Crichton, HarperTorch, $9.99, 9780060873165
4. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Vision, $9.99, 9780446617772
5. CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
6. FATAL REMEDIES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112426
7. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
8. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
9. TREASURE OF KHAN
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425218235
10. WEB OF EVIL - DEBUT
J.A. Jance, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9781416537731
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 9780786837885
4. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
5. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Putnam, $19.99, 9780399250484
8. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABREt
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
9. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
10. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
11. LOVE, STARGIRL
Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375813757
12. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
13. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
14. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF IMMATURITY - DEBUT
Klutz (Eds.), Klutz, $19.95, 9781591744276
15. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. OLIVIA HELPS WITH CHRISTMAS
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $18.99, 9781416907862
3. STAR WARS: A POP-UP GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Matthew Reinhart, Orchard, $32.99, 9780439882828
4. THE THREE SNOW BEARS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
5. THE ALPHABET FROM A TO Y WITH BONUS LETTER Z!
Steve Martin, Roz Chast, Flying Dolphin, $17.95, 9780385516624
6. GREAT JOY
Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763629205
7. THE LATKE WHO COULDN'T STOP SCREAMING
Lemony Snicket, Lisa Brown (Illus.), McSweeney's, $9.95, 9781932416879
8. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
9. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
10. WINTER IN WHITe
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $12.99, 9780689853654
11. THE NUTCRACKER
Susan Jeffers, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060743864
12. SKIPPYJON JONES AND THE BIG BONES
Judith Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525478843
13. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 9780394800790
14. FIRST SNOW IN THE WOODS - DEBUT
Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams, Carl R. Sams II, $19.95, 9780977010868
15. ONE SNOWY NIGHT - DEBUT
M.Christina Butler, Tina Macnaughton (Illus.), Good Books, $8.95, 9781561485918
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
4. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. UGLIES (paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
10. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
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November 21, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, Sunday, November 21, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 18, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-DOUBLE CROSS, by James Patterson (9780316015059)
#4-CONFESSOR, by Terry Goodkind (9780765315236)
Paperback Fiction
#4-THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, by Ken Follet (9780451225245)
Paperback Nonfiction
#11-THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS (2008), by World Almanac (Eds.) (9781600570728)
Mass Market
#2-NEXT, by Michael Crichton (9780060873165)
Children's Illustrated
# 9-THE LATKE WHO COULDN'T STOP SCREAMING, by Lemony Snicket, Lisa Brown (Illus.) (9781932416879)
#11-WINTER: A Mini Pop-Up Treat, by Robert Sabuda (9780689853654)
#12-THE NUTCRACKER, by Susan Jeffers (9780060743864)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, Dutton, $35, 9780525950073
3. DOUBLE CROSS - DEBUT
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316015059
4. CONFESSOR - DEBUT
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $29.95, 9780765315236
5. STONE COLD
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446577397
6. HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS
Jan Karon, Viking, $26.95, 9780670018253
7. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
8. THE ALMOST MOON
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316677462
9. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
10. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD
Michael Chabon, Del Rey, $21.95, 9780345501745
11. RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE
Donald McCaig, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312262518
12. BOOK OF THE DEAD
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399153938
13. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
14. THE CHASE
Clive Cussler, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154386
15. TREE OF SMOKE
Denis Johnson, FSG, $27, 9780374279127
ON THE RISE:
21. THE HEARTS OF HORSES
Molly Gloss, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780618799909
A young woman gets to live a cowboy's life during World War II.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. YOU: STAYING YOUNG
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $26, 9780743292566
2. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Miriam Peskowitz, Alexis Seabrook (Illus.), Collins, $24.95, 9780061472572
3. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!)
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580502
4. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
5. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
6. BOOM!
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $28.95, 9781400064571
7. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26, 9781400040810
8. CLAPTON
Eric Clapton, Broadway, $26, 9780385518512
9. THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
10. OUR DUMB WORLD
The Onion (Eds.), Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018425
11. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
12. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
13. THE CONSCIENCE OF A LIBERAL
Paul Krugman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393060690
14. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
15. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
ON THE RISE:
27. LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594201400
The subtitle says it: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
3. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
4. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH - DEBUT
Ken Follet, NAL, $24.95, 9780451225245
5. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
6. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14, 9780375706677
7. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
8. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307385901
9. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
10. THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Diane Setterfield, Washington Square, $15, 9780743298032
11. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446581752
12. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
13. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
14. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
15. LOVE OVER SCOTLAND
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307275981
ON THE RISE:
18. ATONEMENT
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387158
A thoughtful, powerful and moving 20th-century story and winner of multiple awards, now reissued with a movie image cover.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
6. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
7. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
8. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
9. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
10. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
11. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS (2008) - DEBUT
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600570728
12. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
13. THE END OF AMERICA
Naomi Wolf, Chelsea Green, $13.95, 9781933392790
14. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
15. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307277695
ON THE RISE:
25. THE PORTABLE ATHEIST: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
Christopher Hitchens (Ed.), Da Capo, $17.50, 9780306816086
A review of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages--with some never-before-published pieces.
MASS MARKET
1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
2. NEXT - DEBUT
Michael Crichton, HarperTorch, $9.99, 9780060873165
3. CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
4. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Vision, $9.99, 9780446617772
5. TREASURE OF KHAN
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425218235
6. FATAL REMEDIES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112426
7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
8. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth A. George, Harper, $7.99, 9780060545635
9. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
10. THE BANCROFT STRATEGY
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9780312990701
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 9780786837885
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
5. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
6. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
7. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Putnam, $19.99, 9780399250484
8. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
9. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
10. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
11. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
12. THE CASTLE CORONA
Sharon Creech, David Diaz (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $18.99, 9780060846213
13. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
14. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
15. PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
Astrid Lindgren, Viking, $25, 9780670062768
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. OLIVIA HELPS WITH CHRISTMAS
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $18.99, 9781416907862
3. STAR WARS: A POP-UP GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Matthew Reinhart, Orchard, $32.99, 9780439882828
4. THE THREE SNOW BEARS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
5. THE ALPHABET FROM A TO Y WITH BONUS LETTER Z!
Steve Martin, Roz Chast, Flying Dolphin, $17.95, 9780385516624
6. SKIPPYJON JONES AND THE BIG BONES
Judith Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525478843
7. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
8. GREAT JOY*
Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763629205
9. THE LATKE WHO COULDN'T STOP SCREAMING - DEBUT
Lemony Snicket, Lisa Brown (Illus.), McSweeney's, $9.95, 9781932416879
10. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
11. WINTER: A MINI POP-UP TREAT - DEBUT
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $12.99, 9780689853654
12. THE NUTCRACKER - DEBUT
Susan Jeffers, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060743864
13. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
14. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
15. HOW TO FIND FLOWER FAIRIES
Cicely Mary Barker, Frederick Warne, $19.99, 9780723258902
*Debut for week ending November 11, 2007
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
4. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
5. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
6. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. UGLIES (paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
10. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
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November 15, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, November 15, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 11, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2 - STONE COLD, by David Baldacci (9780446577397)
#9 - RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE, by Donald McCaig (9780312262518)
#12 - THE CHASE, by Clive Cussler (9780399154386)
Hardcover Nonfiction
# 7 - BOOM!: VOICES OF THE SIXTIES, by Tom Brokaw (9781400064571)
Paperback Fiction
#14 - LOVE OVER SCOTLAND, by Alexander McCall Smith (978030727598)
Children's Illustrated
#1 - GALLOP!, by Rufus Seder (9780761147633)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES - ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES: SNAKEHEAD (9780399241611), by Anthony Horowitz
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. STONE COLD - DEBUT
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446577397
3. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, Dutton, $35, 9780525950073
4. HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS
Jan Karon, Viking, $26.95, 9780670018253
5. BOOK OF THE DEAD
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399153938
6. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
7. THE ALMOST MOON
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316677462
8. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
9. RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE - DEBUT
Donald McCaig, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312262518
10. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD
Michael Chabon, Del Rey, $21.95, 9780345501745
11. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
12. THE CHASE - DEBUT
Clive Cussler, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154386
13. NOW AND THEN
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154416
14. PROTECT AND DEFEND
Vince Flynn, Atria, $26.95, 9780743270410
15. THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER
Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312358334
ON THE RISE:
25. THE GHOST
Robert Harris, S&S, $26, 9781416551812
A former British PM's ghostwriter discovers dangerous secrets.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. YOU: Staying Young
Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, Free Press, $26, 9780743292566
2. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!)
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580502
3. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Miriam Peskowitz, Alexis Seabrook (Illus.), Collins, $24.95, 9780061472572
4. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
5. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
6. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26, 9781400040810
7. BOOM!: VOICES OF THE SIXTIES - DEBUT
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $28.95, 9781400064571
8. CLAPTON
Eric Clapton, Broadway, $26, 9780385518512
9. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
10. OUR DUMB WORLD
Mike DiCenzo, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018425
11. THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
12. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
13. THE CONSCIENCE OF A LIBERAL
Paul Krugman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393060690
14. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
15. YOU: On a Diet
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 9780743292542
ON THE RISE:
18. AMERICAN CREATION: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
Joseph J. Ellis, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307263698
Like in Founding Brothers (2000), Ellis selects and analyzes key moments from the American Revolution and early republic.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
4. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
5. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307385901
6. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
7. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
8. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
9. THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Diane Setterfield, Washington Square, $15, 9780743298032
10. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
11. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446581752
12. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
13. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
14. LOVE OVER SCOTLAND - DEBUT
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307275981
15. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
ON THE RISE:
20. THE MISSION SONG
John Le Carré, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316016759
Elegant characters and plot distinguish Le Carré's 20th novel.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
6. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
7. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
8. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
9. THE END OF AMERICA
Naomi Wolf, Chelsea Green, $13.95, 9781933392790
10. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
11. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
12. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
13. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307277695
14. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
15. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
ON THE RISE:
37. HOW TO RAISE A JEWISH DOG
Ellis Weiner, Barbara Davilman, Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316154666
Train your dog the way a Jewish mother raises her children, and soon you'll be kvelling at the dog park.
MASS MARKET
1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
2. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Vision, $9.99, 9780446617772
3. CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
4. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
5. FATAL REMEDIES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112426
6. TREASURE OF KHAN
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425218235
7. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
8. BROTHER ODD
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589108
9. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth A. George, Harper, $7.99, 9780060545635
10. THE BANCROFT STRATEGY
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9780312990701
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 9780786837885
3. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
4. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
5. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Putnam, $19.99, 9780399250484
8. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
9. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
10. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
11. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
12. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
13. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
14. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
15. LOVE, STARGIRL
Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375813757
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP! - Debut
Rufus Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. STAR WARS: A POP-UP GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Matthew Reinhart, Orchard, $32.99, 9780439882828
4. OLIVIA HELPS WITH CHRISTMAS
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $18.99, 9781416907862
5. THE ALPHABET FROM A TO Y WITH BONUS LETTER Z!
Steve Martin, Roz Chast, Flying Dolphin, $17.95, 9780385516624
6. SKIPPYJON JONES AND THE BIG BONES
Judith Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525478843
7. THE THREE SNOW BEARS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
8. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
9. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
10. GREAT JOY
Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763629205
11. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
12. KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423102991
13. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542139
14. SKIPPYJON JONES
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $5.99, 9780142404034
15. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
4. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
5. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. UGLIES (paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
NEW IN SERIES: SNAKEHEAD (9780399241611)
10. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
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November 8, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, November 8, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 4, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon (9780670018253)
#9-Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon (9780345501745)
#10-Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn (9780743270410)
Hardcover Nonfiction
# 3- You: Staying Young, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (9780743292566)
#4-The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz (9780061472572)
#15-Our Dumb World by The Onion (Eds.) (9780316018425)
Paperback Fiction
#10-Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen (9780446581752)
Mass Market
#2-Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille (9780446617772)
#6-Brother Odd by Dean R. Koontz (9780553589108)
#7-The Bancroft Strategy by Robert Ludlum (9780312990701)
#10-Treasure of Khan by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler (9780425218235)
Children's Interest
#14-Kids Are Americans Too by Bill O'Reilly, Charles Flowers (9780060846763)
Children's Illustrated
#13-Blue Moo by Sandra Boynton (9780761147756)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. Home to Holly Springs - DEBUT
Jan Karon, Viking, $26.95, 9780670018253
3. World Without End
Ken Follett, Dutton, $35, 9780525950073
4. Book of the Dead
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399153938
5. The Almost Moon
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316677462
6. Playing for Pizza
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
7. Run
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
8. Bridge of Sighs
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
9. Gentlemen of the Road - DEBUT
Michael Chabon, Del Rey, $21.95, 9780345501745
10. Protect and Defend - DEBUT
Vince Flynn, Atria, $26.95, 9780743270410
11. Now and Then
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154416
12. The Abstinence Teacher
Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312358334
13. The Choice
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579926
14. The Uncommon Reader
Alan Bennett, FSG, $15, 9780374280963
15. War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy (Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, Trans.), Knopf, $37, 9780307266934
ON THE RISE:
21. The Race
Richard North Patterson, Holt, $26, 9780805079487
A timely Book Sense Pick about a heated presidential primary.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I Am America (and So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580502
2. Deceptively Delicious
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
3. You: Staying Young (The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty) - DEBUT
Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, Free Press, $26, 9780743292566
4. The Daring Book for Girls - DEBUT
Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Collins, $24.95, 9780061472572
5. The Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
6. Musicophilia
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26, 9781400040810
7. Clapton
Eric Clapton, Broadway, $26, 9780385518512
8. The Art of Simple Food
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
9. Fair Game
Valerie Plame Wilson, S&S, $26, 9781416537618
10. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
11. The Secret
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
12. The Age of Turbulence
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
13. The Nine
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
14. The Conscience of a Liberal
Paul Krugman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393060690
15. Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition - DEBUT
The Onion (Eds.), Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018425
ON THE RISE:
24. Write It When I'm Gone
Thomas M. Defrank, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154508
Thirty years of unguarded political and personal musings from former President Gerald Ford.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
3. Suite Francaise
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
4. The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
5. The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield, Washington Square, $15, 9780743298032
6. What Is the What
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307385901
7. The Road
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
8. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
9. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
10. Nature Girl - DEBUT
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446581752
11. The Best American Short Stories, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
12. The Emperor's Children
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
13. The Gathering
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
14. The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
15. Digging to America
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340
ON THE RISE:
21. The Golden Notebook (Perennial Classics Ed.)
Doris Lessing, Harper Perennial, $16.95, 9780060931407
The groundbreaking work by the 2007 Nobel Prize winner.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Eat, Pray, Love<br>
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. Into the Wild (Movie tie-in edition)
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
4. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
6. The Wisdom of Menopause
Christiane Northrup, M.D., Bantam, $20, 9780553384093
7. This Is Your Brain on Music
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
8. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
9. Thunderstruck
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
10. Skinny Bitch
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
11. My Life in France
Julia Child, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307277695
12. The End of America
Naomi Wolf, Chelsea Green, $13.95, 9781933392790
13. This I Believe
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
14. Porn for Women
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
15. Mayflower
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
ON THE RISE:
44. What Pets Do While You're at Work
Jason Bergund, Bev West, Scribner, $9.95, 9781416547563
Caught-in-the-act photos your beloved furry ones never meant for you to see!
MASS MARKET
1. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
2. Wild Fire - DEBUT
Nelson DeMille, Vision, $9.99, 9780446617772
3. Cross
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
4. Fatal Remedies
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112426
5. The Collectors
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
6. Brother Odd - DEBUT
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589108
7. The Bancroft Strategy - DEBUT
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9780312990701
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
9. True Evil
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524533
10. Treasure of Khan -DEBUT
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425218235
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 9780786837885
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
4. Slam
Nick Hornby, Putnam, $19.99, 9780399250484
5. The Boys' Book
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
6. The Girls' Book
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
8. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
9. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
10. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
11. The Penderwicks
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
12. Ana's Story
Jenna Bush, Harper, $18.99, 9780061379086
13. Princess Academy
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
14. Kids Are Americans Too - DEBUT
Bill O'Reilly, Charles Flowers, Morrow, $24.95, 9780060846763
15. Flush
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Alphabet From A to Y With Bonus Letter Z!
Steve Martin, Roz Chast, Flying Dolphin, $17.95, 9780385516624
2. Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy
Matthew Reinhart, Orchard, $32.99, 9780439882828
3. Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones
Judith Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525478843
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. Olivia Helps With Christmas
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $18.99, 9781416907862
6. The Three Snow Bears
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
7. Puff, the Magic Dragon
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
9. How to Find Flower Fairies
Cicely Mary Barker, Frederick Warne, $19.99, 9780723258902
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. Knuffle Bunny Too
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423102991
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
13. Blue Moo - DEBUT
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $16.95, 9780761147756
14. Skippyjon Jones
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $5.99, 9780142404034
15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
3. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. Uglies (paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
6. His Dark Materials (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
7. Junie B. Jones (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. The Clique (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. Warriors (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
10. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
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November 1, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, November 1, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 28, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-Book of the Dead by Patricia D. Cornwell (9780399153938)
#8-Now and Then by Robert B. Parker (9780399154416)
#12-A Lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton (9780345495907)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#9-Fair Game by Valerie Plame Wilson (9781416537618)
Paperback Nonfiction
#15-The End of America by Naomi Wolf (9781933392790)
Mass Market
#6-Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom (9780307275639)
#7-Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane (9780061374197)
Children's Interest
#2-Peter and the Secret of Rundoon by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson (9780786837885)
#15-Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (9780670062768)
Children's Illustrated
#1-The Alphabet From A to Y With Bonus Letter Z! by Steve Martin, Roz Chast (9780385516624)
#2-Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones by Judith Schachner (9780525478843)
#13-How to Find Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker (9780723258902)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. Book of the Dead - Debut
Patricia D. Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399153938
3. The Almost Moon
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316677462
4. World Without End
Ken Follett, Dutton, $35, 9780525950073
5. Playing for Pizza
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
6. Run
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
7. Bridge of Sighs
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
8. Now and Then - Debut
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154416
9. The Abstinence Teacher
Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312358334
10. The Choice
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579926
11. War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky (Trans.), Knopf, $37, 9780307266934
12. A Lick of Frost - Debut
Laurell K. Hamilton, Ballantine, $24.95, 9780345495907
13. Pontoon
Garrison Keillor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063567
14. Loving Frank
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
15. Away
Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567
ON THE RISE:
36. Breakfast With Buddha
Roland Merullo, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125520
Self-discovery on a road trip across America. A Book Sense Pick.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I Am America (and So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580502
2. Deceptively Delicious
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
3. Musicophilia
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26, 9781400040810
4. The Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
5. Clapton
Eric Clapton, Broadway, $26, 9780385518512
6. The Age of Turbulence
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
7. The Art of Simple Food
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
8. The Secret
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
9. Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House - Debut
Valerie Plame Wilson, S&S, $26, 9781416537618
10. The Nine
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
11. Become a Better You
Joel Osteen, Free Press, $25, 9780743296885
12. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
13. My Grandfather's Son
Clarence Thomas, Harper, $26.95, 9780060565558
14. The Year of Living Biblically
A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $25, 9780743291477
15. The Conscience of a Liberal
Paul Krugman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393060690
ON THE RISE:
17. Shakespeare: The World as Stage
Bill Bryson, HarperCollins, $19.95, 9780060740221
An addition to the Eminent Lives series.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
3. Suite Francaise
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
4. The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
5. t
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307385901
6. The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield, Washington Square, $15, 9780743298032
7. The Road
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
8. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
9. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
10. The Emperor's Children
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
11. The Best American Short Stories, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
12. The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
13. Digging to America
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340
14. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
15. Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
ON THE RISE:
37. The Meaning of Night: A Confession
Michael Cox, Norton, $14.95, 9780393330342
A Victorian thriller with a a diabolical plot!
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. Into the Wild (Movie tie-in edition)
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
4. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
5. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
6. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
7. This Is Your Brain on Music
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
8. The Wisdom of Menopause
Christiane Northrup, M.D., Bantam, $20, 9780553384093
9. Thunderstruck
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
10. This I Believe
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
11. Skinny Bitch
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
12. My Life in France
Julia Child, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307277695
13. Mayflower
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
14. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
15. The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot - Debut
Naomi Wolf, Chelsea Green, $13.95, 9781933392790
ON THE RISE:
44. The New Kings of Nonfiction
Ira Glass (Ed.), Riverhead, $15, 9781594482670
The host of radio's This American Life chooses the best in storytelling.
MASS MARKET
1. Fatal Remedies
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112426
2. Cross
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
3. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
4. What Came Before He Shot Her
Elizabeth A. George, Harper, $7.99, 9780060545635
5. The Collectors
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
6. Tuesdays With Morrie - Debut
Mitch Albom, Anchor, $6.99, 9780307275639
7. Gone, Baby, Gone - Debut
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061374197
8. True Evil
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524533
9. Under Orders
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
10. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. Peter and the Secret of Rundoon - Debut
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 9780786837885
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
4. Slam
Nick Hornby, Putnam, $19.99, 9780399250484
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
6. The Girls' Book
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
7. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
8. The Boys' Book
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
9. The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
10. Ana's Story<br>
Jenna Bush, Harper, $18.99, 9780061379086
11. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
12. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.50, 9780440237686
13. Math Doesn't Suck
Danica McKellar, Hudson Street, $23.95, 9781594630392
14. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
15. Pippi Longstocking - Debut
Astrid Lindgren, Viking, $25, 9780670062768
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Alphabet From A to Y With Bonus Letter Z! - Debut
Steve Martin, Roz Chast, Flying Dolphin, $17.95, 9780385516624
2. Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones - Debut
Judith Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525478843
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. The Three Snow Bears
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
5. Puff, the Magic Dragon
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
6. Olivia Helps With Christmas
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $18.99, 9781416907862
7. Two Little Witches
Harriet Ziefert, Simms Taback (Illus.), Candlewick, $3.99, 9780763633097
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
9. Biscuit's Pet & Play Halloween
Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Dan Andreasen (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061128332
10. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
11. Knuffle Bunny Too
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423102991
12. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780064431835
13. How to Find Flower Fairies - Debut
Cicely Mary Barker, Frederick Warne, $19.99, 9780723258902
14. Skippyjon Jones
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $5.99, 9780142404034
15. The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
Steven Kroll, Jeni Bassett (Illus.), Cartwheel, $4.99, 9780439929462
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. Uglies (hardcover and paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. His Dark Materials (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
7. Junie B. Jones (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. The Clique (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. Gossip Girl (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
10. Warriors (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
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October 25, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 25, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 21, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold (9780316677462)
#8-The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta (9780312358334)
#9-War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (Trans.) (9780307266934)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#5-Become a Better You by Joel Osteen (9780743296885)
#7-Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks (9781400040810)
#12-The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman (9780393060690)
#13-The Intellectual Devotional by Noah D. Oppenheim, David S. Kidder (9781594867446)
Paperback Fiction
#14-The Gathering by Anne Enright (9780802170392)
Paperback Nonfiction
#6-The Wisdom of Menopause by Christiane Northrup (9780553384093)
Children's Interest
#3- Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy, by Matthew Reinhart (9780439882828)
#4-Slam, by Nick Hornby (9780399250484)
#14-Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.) (9780763629205)
Children's Illustrated
#14-This Is Not a Pumpkin by Bob Staake (9781416933533)
#15-Hug Time by Patrick McDonnell (9780316114943)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. The Almost Moon- DEBUT
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316677462
3. World Without End
Ken Follett, Dutton, $35, 9780525950073
4. Playing for Pizza
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
5. Run
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
6. Bridge of Sighs
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
7. The Choice
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579926
8. The Abstinence Teacher- DEBUT
Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312358334
9. War and Peace- DEBUT
Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (Trans.) Knopf, $37, 9780307266934
10. Pontoon
Garrison Keillor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063567
11. Loving Frank
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
12. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
13. Exit Ghost
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618915477
14. Dark of the Moon
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154775
15. Away
Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567
ON THE RISE:
21. The Bad Girl
Mario Vargas Llosa, FSG, $25, 9780374182434
The new novel from the author of The Way to Paradise.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I Am America (and So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert, et al., Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580502
2. The Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
3. Clapton
Eric Clapton, Broadway, $26, 9780385518512
4. Deceptively Delicious
Jessica Seinfeld, Steve Vance (Illus.), Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
5. Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day- DEBUT
Joel Osteen, Free Press, $25, 9780743296885
6. The Age of Turbulence
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
7. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain- DEBUT
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26, 9781400040810
8. The Secret
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
9. The Art of Simple Food
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
10. The Nine
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
11. The Coldest Winter
David Halberstam, Hyperion, $35, 9781401300524
12. The Conscience of a Liberal- DEBUT
Paul Krugman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393060690
13. The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation's Past- DEBUT
Noah D. Oppenheim, David S. Kidder, Modern Times, $24, 9781594867446
14. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
15. The Year of Living Biblically
A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $25, 9780743291477
ON THE RISE:
16. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography
David Michaelis, Harper, $34.95, 9780066213934
A look at the life of the creator of Charlie Brown and friends.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
3. The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
4. Suite Francaise
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
5. What Is the What
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307385901
6. The Road
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
7. The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield, Washington Square, $15, 9780743298032
8. The Emperor's Children
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
9. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
10. The Best American Short Stories, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
11. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
12. The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
13. Digging to America
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340
14. The Gathering- DEBUT
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
15. Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
ON THE RISE:
20. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Max Brooks, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307346612
The story of civilization's battle against the threat of zombies!
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. Into the Wild (Movie tie-in edition)
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
4. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
6. The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health During the Change- DEBUT
Christiane Northrup, Bantam, $20, 9780553384093
7. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
8. This Is Your Brain on Music
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
9. Thunderstruck
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
10. Skinny Bitch
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
11. My Life in France
Julia Child, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307277695
12. Mayflower
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
13. Extreme Pumpkins
Tom Nardone, HP, $13.95, 9781557885227
14. Porn for Women
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
15. This I Believe
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
ON THE RISE:
27. Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
Daniel Tammet, Free Press, $14, 9781416549017
Tammet's own story of living as an autistic savant with Asperger's syndrome.
MASS MARKET
1. Cross
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
2. Fatal Remedies
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112426
3. What Came Before He Shot Her
Elizabeth A. George, Harper, $7.99, 9780060545635
4. The Collectors
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
5. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
7. Under Orders
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
8. True Evil
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524533
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $7.95, 9780451524935
10. Hundred-Dollar Baby
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217559
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
3. Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy- DEBUT
Matthew Reinhart, Orchard, $32.99, 9780439882828
4. Slam- DEBUT
Nick Hornby, Putnam, $19.99, 9780399250484
5. Ana's Story
Jenna Bush, Harper, $18.99, 9780061379086
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. The Girls' Book
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
8. Flush
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
9. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
10. Love, Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375813757
11. The Castle Corona
Sharon Creech, David Diaz (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $18.99, 9780060846213
12. Princess Academy
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
13. The Boys' Book
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
14. Great Joy- DEBUT
Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763629205
15. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Puff, the Magic Dragon
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
3. The Three Snow Bears
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $16.95, 9780060254926
5. Olivia Helps With Christmas
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $18.99, 9781416907862
6. Halloween Jack
Jo Rigg, et al., Priddy, $9.95, 9780312500078
7. Knuffle Bunny Too
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423102991
8. Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542139
9. Biscuit's Pet & Play Halloween
Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Dan Andreasen (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061128332
10. Pumpkin Heads!
Wendell Minor, Scholastic, $6.99, 9780590521383
11. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142501122
12. Two Little Witches
Harriet Ziefert, Simms Taback (Illus.), Candlewick, $3.99, 9780763633097
13. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780064431835
14. This Is Not a Pumpkin- DEBUT
Bob Staake, S&S, $6.99, 9781416933533
15. Hug Time- DEBUT
Patrick McDonnell, Little, Brown, $14.99, 9780316114943
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
2. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. Uglies (hardcover and paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. The Clique (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little, Brown
7. His Dark Materials (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
8. Junie B. Jones (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. Gossip Girl (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
10. Warriors (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
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October 18, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 18, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 14, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett (9780525950073)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!), by Stephen Colbert (9780446580502)
#2-DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS, by Jessica Seinfeld (9780061251344)
#4-CLAPTON: The Autobiography, by Eric Clapton (9780385518512)
#14-THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY by A.J. Jacobs (9780743291477)
Paperback Fiction
#6-WHAT IS THE WHAT, by Dave Eggers (9780307385901)
#7-THE THIRTEENTH TALE, by Diane Setterfield (9780743298032)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14-MY LIFE IN FRANCE, by Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme (9780307277695)
Mass Market
#2-THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, by Ken Follett (9780451166890)
Children's Interest
#10-THE CASTLE CORONA, by Sharon Creech, David Diaz (9780060846213)
Children's Illustrated
#8-PUMPKIN HEADS!, by Wendell Minor (9780590521383)
#12-OLIVIA HELPS WITH CHRISTMAS, by Ian Falconer (9781416907862)
#15-THE BIGGEST PUMPKIN EVER, by Steven Kroll, Jeni Bassett (Illus.) (9780439929462)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
3. WORLD WITHOUT END- DEBUT
Ken Follett, Dutton, $35, 9780525950073
4. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
5. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
6. THE CHOICE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579926
7. PONTOON
Garrison Keillor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063567
8. EXIT GHOST
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618915477
9. DARK OF THE MOON
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154775
10. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
11. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567
12. DEAD HEAT
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154768
13. TREE OF SMOKE
Denis Johnson, FSG, $27, 9780374279127
14. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014502
15. MAKING MONEY
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061161643
ON THE RISE:
21. BLONDE FAITH
Walter Mosley, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316734592
Easy Rawlins in racially charged 1967 Los Angeles.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!)- DEBUT
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580502
2. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS: SIMPLE SECRETS TO GET YOUR KIDS EATING GOOD FOOD- DEBUT
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
3. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
4. CLAPTON: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY- DEBUT
Eric Clapton, Broadway, $26, 9780385518512
5. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
6. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
7. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
8. THE COLDEST WINTER
David Halberstam, Hyperion, $35, 9781401300524
9. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
10. THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
11. MY GRANDFATHER'S SON
Clarence Thomas, Harper, $26.95, 9780060565558
12. THE DAY OF BATTLE
Rick Atkinson, Holt, $35, 9780805062892
13. LOOK ME IN THE EYE
John Elder Robison, Crown, $25.95, 9780307395986
14. THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY: ONE MAN'S HUMBLE QUEST TO FOLLOW THE BIBLE AS LITERALLY AS POSSIBLE- DEBUT
A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $25, 9780743291477
15. MOTHER TERESA
Brian Kolodiejchuk (Ed.), Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385520379
ON THE RISE:
20. THE CONSCIENCE OF A LIBERAL
Paul Krugman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393060690
Krugman's ideas on how to create a "new New Deal."
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
4. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
5. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
6. WHAT IS THE WHAT: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF VALENTINO ACHAK DENG- DEBUT
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307385901
7. THE THIRTEENTH TALE- DEBUT
Diane Setterfield, Washington Square, $15, 9780743298032
8. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
9. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
10. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
11. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
12. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
13. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
14. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340
15. THE ECHO MAKER
Richard Powers, Picador, $15, 9780312426439
ON THE RISE:
34. BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096084
A collection of stories by the author of Kafka on the Shore.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. INTO THE WILD (Movie tie-in edition)
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
6. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
7. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
8. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
9. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
10. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
11. EXTREME PUMPKINS
Tom Nardone, HP, $13.95, 9781557885227
12. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
13. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
14. MY LIFE IN FRANCE- DEBUT
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307277695
15. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
ON THE RISE:
27. THE POWER OF KINDNESS: THE UNEXPECTED BENEFITS OF LEADING A COMPASSIONATE LIFE
Piero Ferrucci, Tarcher, $12, 9781585425884
How kindness can not only improve our individual lives, but our world as well.
MASS MARKET
1. CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
2. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH- DEBUT
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
3. FATAL REMEDIES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112426
4. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
5. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth A. George, Harper, $7.99, 9780060545635
6. TRUE EVIL
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524533
7. HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217559
8. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
10. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416513452
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
3. ANA'S STORY
Jenna Bush, Harper, $18.99, 9780061379086
4. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
5. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
6. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
7. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
8. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
9. LOVE, STARGIRL
Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375813757
10. THE CASTLE CORONA- DEBUT
Sharon Creech, David Diaz (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $18.99, 9780060846213
11. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
12. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Hudson Street, $23.95, 9781594630392
13. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.50, 9780440237686
14. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
15. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. THE THREE SNOW BEARS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. TWO LITTLE WITCHES
Harriet Ziefert, Simms Taback (Illus.), Candlewick, $3.99, 9780763633097
6. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
7. HALLOWEEN JACK
Jo Rigg, et al., Priddy, $9.95, 9780312500078
8. PUMPKIN HEADS!- DEBUT
Wendell Minor, Scholastic, $6.99, 9780590521383
9. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423102991
11. WE'RE OFF TO FIND THE WITCH'S HOUSE
Mr.Kreib, R.W.Alley (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 9780142408544
12. OLIVIA HELPS WITH CHRISTMAS- DEBUT
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $18.99, 9781416907862
13. BISCUIT'S PET & PLAY HALLOWEEN
Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Dan Andreasen (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061128332
14. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542139
15. THE BIGGEST PUMPKIN EVER- DEBUT
Steven Kroll, Jeni Bassett (Illus.), Cartwheel, $4.99, 9780439929462
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
2. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. UGLIES (hardcover and paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
5. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
7. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little, Brown
8. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
9. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
10. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
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October 11, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 11, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 7, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#11-DARK OF THE MOON, by John Sandford (9780399154775)
#15-THE UNCOMMON READER, by Alan Bennett (9780374280963)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#6-MY GRANDFATHER'S SON, by Clarence Thomas (9780060565558)
#8-THE DAY OF BATTLE, by Rick Atkinson (9780805062892)
#11-THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD, by Alice Waters (9780307336798)
Paperback Fiction
#5-LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (9780307389732)
Paperback Nonfiction
#15-EXTREME PUMPKINS, by Tom Nardone (9781557885227)
Mass Market
#10-HOLLYWOOD STATION, by Joseph Wambaugh (9780446401241)
Children's Interest
#2-ANA'S STORY, by Jenna Bush (9780061379086)
#13-ARTIST TO ARTIST, Patricia Lee Gauch (Ed.) (9780399246005)
Children's Illustrated
#10-BISCUIT'S PET & PLAY HALLOWEEN, by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Dan Andreasen (Illus.) (9780061128332)
#11-TOY BOAT, by Randall de Seve, Loren Long (Illus.) (9780399243745)
Children's Fiction Series
IT HAD TO BE YOU (The Gossip Girl Prequel, 9780316017688)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
3. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
4. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
5. THE CHOICE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579926
6. PONTOON
Garrison Keillor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063567
7. DEAD HEAT
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154768
8. EXIT GHOST
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618915477
9. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014502
10. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567
11. DARK OF THE MOON - DEBUT
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154775
12. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
13. FIRE IN THE BLOOD
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $22, 9780307267481
14. SHOOT HIM IF HE RUNS
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154447
15. THE UNCOMMON READER - DEBUT
Alan Bennett, FSG, $15, 9780374280963
ON THE RISE:
26. THE ART THIEF
Noah Charney, Atria, $25, 9781416550303
Three stories, three stolen paintings, one Book Sense Pick.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
2. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
3. THE COLDEST WINTER
David Halberstam, Hyperion, $35, 9781401300524
4. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
5. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
6. MY GRANDFATHER'S SON - DEBUT
Clarence Thomas, Harper, $26.95, 9780060565558
7. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
8. THE DAY OF BATTLE: THE WAR IN SICILY AND ITALY, 1943-1944 - DEBUT
Rick Atkinson, Holt, $35, 9780805062892
9. MOTHER TERESA
Brian Kolodiejchuk (Ed.), Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385520379
10. LOOK ME IN THE EYE
John Elder Robison, Crown, $25.95, 9780307395986
11. THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD: NOTES, LESSONS, AND RECIPES FROM A DELICIOUS REVOLUTION - DEBUT
Alice Waters, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
12. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
13. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
Naomi Klein, Metropolitan, $28, 9780805079838
14. GIVING
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266743
15. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
ON THE RISE:
29. THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY: ONE MAN'S HUMBLE QUEST TO FOLLOW THE BIBLE AS LITERALLY AS POSSIBLE
A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $25, 9780743291477
What would it require for a person to live all the commandments of the Bible for an entire year? Humor and insight! A Book Sense Pick.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
4. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
5. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA - DEBUT
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
6. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
7. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
9. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
10. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340
11. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
12. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
13. THE ECHO MAKER
Richard Powers, Picador, $15, 9780312426439
14. ONE GOOD TURN
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012829
15. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061161544
ON THE RISE:
23. THE MAN WHO SMILED
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400095834
The brooding and melancholy Swedish detective Wallender solves an odd murder mystery.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. INTO THE WILD (Movie tie-in edition)
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
6. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
7. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
8. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
9. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
10. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
11. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
12. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, 2008
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984234
13. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
14. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
15. EXTREME PUMPKINS: DIABOLICAL DO-IT-YOURSELF DESIGNS TO AMUSE YOUR FRIENDS AND SCARE YOUR NEIGHBORS - DEBUT
Tom Nardone, HP, $13.95, 9781557885227
ON THE RISE:
23. THE GHOST MAP: THE STORY OF LONDON'S MOST TERRIFYING EPIDEMIC--AND HOW IT CHANGED SCIENCE, CITIES, AND THE MODERN WORLD
Steven Johnson, Riverhead, $15, 9781594482694
A real medical whodunit of historic proportions.
MASS MARKET
1. CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
2. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth A. George, Harper, $7.99, 9780060545635
3. FATAL REMEDIES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112426
4. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
5. TRUE EVIL
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524533
6. HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217559
7. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416513452
8. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
10. HOLLYWOOD STATION - DEBUT
Joseph Wambaugh, Vision, $7.99, 9780446401241
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. ANA'S STORY: A JOURNEY OF HOPE - DEBUT
Jenna Bush, Harper, $18.99, 9780061379086
3. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
4. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Hudson Street, $23.95, 9781594630392
5. UGLIES
Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse, $8.99, 9780689865381
6. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
7. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
8. SOUPY SATURDAYS WITH THE PAIN AND THE GREAT ONE
Judy Blume, James Stevenson (Illus.), Delacorte, $12.99, 9780385733052
9. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
10. LOVE, STARGIRL
Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375813757
11. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
12. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
13. ARTIST TO ARTIST: 23 MAJOR ILLUSTRATORS TALK TO CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR ART - DEBUT
Patricia Lee Gauch (Ed.), Philomel, $30, 9780399246005
14. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
15. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $7.99, 9780694003617
2. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
3. THE THREE SNOW BEARS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
4. KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423102991
5. TWO LITTLE WITCHES
Harriet Ziefert, Simms Taback (Illus.), Candlewick, $3.99, 9780763633097
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $16.95, 9780060254926
7. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
8. WE'RE OFF TO FIND THE WITCH'S HOUSE
Mr.Kreib, R.W.Alley (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 9780142408544
9. WHAT'S WRONG, LITTLE POOKIE?
Sandra Boynton, Random House, $5.99, 9780375845529
10. BISCUIT'S PET & PLAY HALLOWEEN - DEBUT
Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Dan Andreasen (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061128332
11. TOY BOAT - DEBUT
Randall de Seve, Loren Long (Illus.), Philomel, $16.99, 9780399243745
12. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542139
13. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
14. ROOM ON THE BROOM
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142501122
15. HALLOWEEN JACK
Jo Rigg, et al., Priddy, $9.95, 9780312500078
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little, Brown
8. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
NEW IN SERIES: IT HAD TO BE YOU (The Gossip Girl Prequel), 9780316017688
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
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October 4, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 4, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 30, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-PLAYING FOR PIZZA, by John Grisham (9780385525008)
#3-RUN, by Ann Patchett (9780061340635)
#4-BRIDGE OF SIGHS, by Richard Russo (9780375414954)
#5-THE CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks (9780446579926)
#8-FIRE IN THE BLOOD, by Irene Nemirovsky (9780307267481)
#14-SHOOT HIM IF HE RUNS, by Stuart Woods (9780399154447)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-THE COLDEST WINTER, by David Halberstam (9781401300524)
#11-LOOK ME IN THE EYE, by John Elder Robison (9780307395986)
#12-HOW STARBUCKS SAVED MY LIFE, by Michael Gates Gill (9781592402861)
Paperback Nonfiction
#5-THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID, by Bill Bryson (9780767919371)
#8-THUNDERSTRUCK, by Erik Larson (9781400080670)
Mass Market
#1-CROSS, by James Patterson (9780446619059)
#4-TRUE EVIL, by Greg Iles (9781416524533)
#5-FATAL REMEDIES, by Donna Leon (9780143112426)
#7-EMPIRE OF IVORY, by Naomi Novik (9780345496874)
Children's Illustrated
#9-TWO LITTLE WITCHES, by Harriet Ziefert, Simms Taback (Illus.) (9780763633097)
#12-HALLOWEEN JACK, by Jo Rigg, Simon Mugford, Sarah McCrum (9780312500078)
Children's Fiction Series
SUNSET (Warriors: The New Prophecy, Book 6, 9780060827717)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. PLAYING FOR PIZZA - DEBUT
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
3. RUN - DEBUT
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
4. BRIDGE OF SIGHS - DEBUT
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
5. THE CHOICE - DEBUT
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579926
6. PONTOON
Garrison Keillor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063567
7. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567
8. FIRE IN THE BLOOD - DEBUT
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $22, 9780307267481
9. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014502
10. EXIT GHOST
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618915477
11. DEAD HEAT
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154768
12. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
13. MAKING MONEY
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061161643
14. SHOOT HIM IF HE RUNS - DEBUT
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154447
15. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
ON THE RISE:
29. INTERRED WITH THEIR BONES
Jennifer Lee Carrell, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525949701
A first novel and thriller involving a lost Shakespeare play. A Book Sense Pick.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
2. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
3. THE COLDEST WINTER: AMERICA AND THE KOREAN WAR - DEBUT
David Halberstam, Hyperion, $35, 9781401300524
4. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
5. GIVING
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266743
6. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
7. MOTHER TERESA
Brian Kolodiejchuk (Ed.), Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385520379
8. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
9. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
10. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
Naomi Klein, Metropolitan, $28, 9780805079838
11. LOOK ME IN THE EYE: MY LIFE WITH ASPERGER'S - DEBUT
John Elder Robison, Crown, $25.95, 9780307395986
12. HOW STARBUCKS SAVED MY LIFE: A SON OF PRIVILEGE LEARNS TO LIVE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE - DEBUT
Michael Gates Gill, Gotham, $23, 9781592402861
13. THE WAR
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, Knopf, $50, 9780307262837
14. THINGS I OVERHEARD WHILE TALKING TO MYSELF
Alan Alda, Random House, $24.95, 9781400066179
15. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
ON THE RISE:
28. SUPERCAPITALISM: THE TRANSFORMATION OF BUSINESS, DEMOCRACY, AND EVERYDAY LIFE
Robert B. Reich, Knopf, $25, 9780307265616
Former labor secretary Reich urges us to rebalance the roles of business and government.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
4. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
5. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
6. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
7. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
8. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
9. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340
10. ONE GOOD TURN
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012829
11. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061161544
12. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
13. THE ECHO MAKER
Richard Powers, Picador, $15, 9780312426439
14. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
15. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
ON THE RISE:
19. AFTER THIS
Alice McDermott, Dial, $14, 9780385334693
A Book Sense (hardcover) Pick about a Long Island Catholic family in a changing America.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. INTO THE WILD (Movie tie-in edition)
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID - DEBUT
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
6. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
7. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
8. THUNDERSTRUCK - DEBUT
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
9. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
10. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
11. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
12. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
13. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
14. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
15. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, 2008
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984234
ON THE RISE:
33. THE BLIND SIDE: EVOLUTION OF A GAME
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393330472
As he did for baseball (Moneyball), Lewis takes a statistical x-ray of the football substructure.
MASS MARKET
1. CROSS - DEBUT
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
2. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
3. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth A. George, Harper, $7.99, 9780060545635
4. TRUE EVIL - DEBUT
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524533
5. FATAL REMEDIES - DEBUT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112426
6. HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217559
7. EMPIRE OF IVORY - DEBUT
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345496874
8. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
9. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
10. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416513452
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
3. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Hudson Street, $23.95, 9781594630392
4. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
5. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
6. LOVE, STARGIRL
Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375813757
7. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
8. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
9. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
10. SOUPY SATURDAYS WITH THE PAIN AND THE GREAT ONE
Judy Blume, James Stevenson (Illus.), Delacorte, $12.99, 9780385733052
11. UGLIES
Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse, $8.99, 9780689865381
12. WHAT-THE-DICKENS
Gregory Maguire, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763629618
13. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
14. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
15. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.50, 9780440237686
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
3. THE THREE SNOW BEARS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $16.95, 9780060254926
5. KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423102991
6. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542139
7. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
8. WE'RE OFF TO FIND THE WITCH'S HOUSE
Mr.Kreib, R.W.Alley (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 9780142408544
9. TWO LITTLE WITCHES - DEBUT
Harriet Ziefert, Simms Taback (Illus.), Candlewick, $3.99, 9780763633097
10. DIARY OF A FLY
Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $15.99, 9780060001568
11. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
12. HALLOWEEN JACK - DEBUT
Jo Rigg, Simon Mugford, Sarah McCrum, Priddy, $9.95, 9780312500078
13. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
14. WHAT'S WRONG, LITTLE POOKIE?
Sandra Boynton, Random House, $5.99, 9780375845529
15. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
6. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
7. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
NEW IN SERIES: SUNSET (Warriors: The New Prophecy, Book 6, 9780060827717)
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
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September 27, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, September 27, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 23, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3- DEAD HEAT, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis (9780399154768)
#8- MAKING MONEY, by Terry Pratchett (9780061161643)
#14 -EXIT GHOST, by Philip Roth (9780618915477)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-THE AGE OF TURBULENCE, by Alan Greenspan (9781594201318)
#3-THE NINE, by Jeffrey Toobin (9780385516402)
#9-THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, by Naomi Klein (9780805079838)
#12-IF I DID IT, by The Goldman Family (9780825305887)
#15-THE WAR, by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns (9780307262837)
Paperback Fiction
#15-THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007, Stephen King (Ed.) (9780618713486)
Children's Illustrated
#3-THE THREE SNOW BEARS, by Jan Brett (780399247927)
#11 -WE'RE OFF TO FIND THE WITCH'S HOUSE, by Mr. Kreib, R.W. Alley (Illus.) (9780142408544)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567
3. DEAD HEAT - DEBUT
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154768
4. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014502
5. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
6. PONTOON
Garrison Keillor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063567
7. TREE OF SMOKE
Denis Johnson, FSG, $27, 9780374279127
8. MAKING MONEY - DEBUT
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061161643
9. THE STREET OF A THOUSAND BLOSSOMS
Gail Tsukiyama, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312274825
10. SONGS WITHOUT WORDS
Ann Packer, Knopf, $24.95, 9780375412813
11. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
12. LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $25, 9780385337496
13. AN ARSONIST'S GUIDE TO WRITERS' HOMES IN NEW ENGLAND
Brock Clarke, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125513
14. EXIT GHOST - DEBUT
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618915477
15. THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS
Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446580281
ON THE RISE:
18. THE UNCOMMON READER
Alan Bennett, FSG, $15, 9780374280963
The Queen (yes, that one) gets very serious about reading, in this amusing novella.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE: ADVENTURES IN A NEW WORLD - DEBUT
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
2. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
3. THE NINE: INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SUPREME COURT - DEBUT
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
4. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
5. GIVING
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266743
6. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
7. MOTHER TERESA
Brian Kolodiejchuk (Ed.), Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385520379
8. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
9. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE: THE RISE OF DISASTER CAPITALISM - DEBUT
Naomi Klein, Metropolitan, $28, 9780805079838
10. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
11. THINGS I OVERHEARD WHILE TALKING TO MYSELF
Alan Alda, Random House, $24.95, 9781400066179
12. IF I DID IT: CONFESSIONS OF THE KILLER - DEBUT
The Goldman Family, Beaufort, $24.95, 9780825305887
13. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393061727
14. WONDERFUL TONIGHT
Pattie Boyd, Harmony, $25.95, 9780307393845
15. THE WAR - DEBUT
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, Knopf, $50, 9780307262837
ON THE RISE:
24. MICROTRENDS: THE SMALL FORCES BEHIND TOMORROW'S BIG CHANGES
Mark Penn, E. Kinney Zalesne, Twelve, $25.99, 9780446580960
The author explores the "niching" of American culture and society.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
4. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
5. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
6. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
7. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
8. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
9. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340
10. ONE GOOD TURN
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012829
11. THE ECHO MAKER
Richard Powers, Picador, $15, 9780312426439
12. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
13. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061161544
14. A SPOT OF BOTHER
Mark Haddon, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307278869
15. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007 - DEBUT
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
ON THE RISE:
27. HALF OF A YELLOW SUN
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $14.95, 9781400095209
Gripping drama set against the backdrop of the Biafran civil war of the late '60s. A Book Sense Notable title.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. INTO THE WILD (MOVIE TIE-IN EDITION)
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
6. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
7. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
8. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
9. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
10. THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400030842
11. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
12. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
13. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
14. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, 2008
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984234
15. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
ON THE RISE:
22. THE END OF AMERICA: A LETTER OF WARNING TO A YOUNG PATRIOT
Naomi Wolf, Chelsea Green, $13.95, 9781933392790
Wolf compares the U.S. of the last six years with 20th century dictatorships in Germany, Russia, China, and Chile.
MASS MARKET
1. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
2. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth A. George, Harper, $7.99, 9780060545635
3. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
4. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9781416513452
5. ACT OF TREASON
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416542261
6. HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217559
7. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
8. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
9. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446616461
10. THE AFGHAN
Frederick Forsyth, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221834
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
3. THE THREE SNOW BEARS - DEBUT
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
4. KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO: A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423102991
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $16.95, 9780060254926
6. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
7. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542139
8. WHAT'S WRONG, LITTLE POOKIE?
Sandra Boynton, Random House, $5.99, 9780375845529
9. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
10. DIARY OF A FLY
Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $15.99, 9780060001568
11. WE'RE OFF TO FIND THE WITCH'S HOUSE - DEBUT
Mr. Kreib, R.W. Alley (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 9780142408544
12. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
13. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
14. LLAMA LLAMA MAD AT MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $15.99, 9780670062409
15. BABY BEAR, BABY BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $16.95, 9780805083361
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
3. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Hudson Street, $23.95, 9781594630392
4. LOVE, STARGIRL
Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375813757
5. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
6. SOUPY SATURDAYS WITH THE PAIN AND THE GREAT ONE
Judy Blume, James Stevenson (Illus.), Delacorte, $12.99, 9780385733052
7. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
8. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
9. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
10. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.50, 9780440237686
11. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
12. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
13. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
14. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
15. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B.White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
5. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
10. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
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September 20, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, September 20, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 16, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-YOU'VE BEEN WARNED, by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (9780316014502)
#5-PONTOON: A NOVEL OF LAKE WOBEGON, by Garrison Keillor (9780670063567)
#8-THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO, by Junot Diaz (9781594489587)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#11-THE STUFF OF THOUGHT: LANGUAGE AS A WINDOW INTO HUMAN NATURE, by Steven Pinker (9780670063277)
#12-THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE: A WAR STORY, by Diane Ackerman (9780393061727)
Paperback Nonfiction
#13-THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, 2008, Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.) (9781571984234)
Children's Interest
#1-THE BOOK THIEF (paperback), by Markus Zusak (9780375842207)
#9-THE LAND OF THE SILVER APPLES, by Nancy Farmer (9781416907350)
#12-WHAT-THE-DICKENS: THE STORY OF A ROGUE TOOTH FAIRY, by Gregory Maguire (9780763629618)
Children's Illustrated
#15-LLAMA LLAMA MAD AT MAMA, by Anna Dewdney (9780670062409)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED - DEBUT
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014502
3. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567
4. TREE OF SMOKE
Denis Johnson, FSG, $27, 9780374279127
5. PONTOON: A NOVEL OF LAKE WOBEGON - DEBUT
Garrison Keillor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063567
6. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
7. SONGS WITHOUT WORDS
Ann Packer, Knopf, $24.95, 9780375412813
8. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO - DEBUT
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
9. THE STREET OF A THOUSAND BLOSSOMS
Gail Tsukiyama, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312274825
10. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper, $26.95, 9780007149827
11. THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS
Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446580281
12. LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $25, 9780385337496
13. BONES TO ASHES
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $25.95, 9780743294379
14. SPOOK COUNTRY
William Gibson, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154300
15. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
ON THE RISE:
42. GARDEN SPELLS
Sarah Addison Allen, Bantam, $20, 9780553805482
Intricate characters populate a small town in this Book Sense Pick.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. GIVING
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266743
3. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
4. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
5. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
6. THINGS I OVERHEARD WHILE TALKING TO MYSELF
Alan Alda, Random House, $24.95, 9781400066179
7. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
8. MOTHER TERESA
Brian Kolodiejchuk (Ed.), Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385520379
9. DEAD CERTAIN
Robert Draper, Free Press, $28, 9780743277280
10. LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591
11. THE STUFF OF THOUGHT: LANGUAGE AS A WINDOW INTO HUMAN NATURE - DEBUT
Steven Pinker, Viking, $29.95, 9780670063277
12. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE: A WAR STORY - DEBUT
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393061727
13. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
14. THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt, FSG, $26, 9780374177720
15. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2008
Guinness (Eds.), Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994190
ON THE RISE:
20. THE WAR: AN INTIMATE HISTORY, 1941 - 1945
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, Knopf, $50, 9780307262837
Companion volume to Burns' new WWII documentary.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
5. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
6. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
7. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
8. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340
9. THE ECHO MAKER
Richard Powers, Picador, $15, 9780312426439
10. ONE GOOD TURN
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012829
11. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
12. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
13. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061161544
14. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
15. A SPOT OF BOTHER
Mark Haddon, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307278869
ON THE RISE:
17. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
King's personal selections for stories of the year.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
4. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
5. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
6. INTO THE WILD (Movie tie-in edition)
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
7. THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400030842
8. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
9. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
10. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
11. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
12. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
13. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, 2008 - DEBUT
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984234
14. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
15. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
ON THE RISE:
21. 2012: THE RETURN OF QUETZALCOATL
Daniel Pinchbeck, Penguin/ Jeremy Tarcher, $14.95, 9781585425921
Author claims that we are in the final stages of a global shift towards spirituality.
MASS MARKET
1. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth A. George, Harper, $7.99, 9780060545635
2. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
3. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9781416513452
4. HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217559
5. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
6. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446616461
7. THE AFGHAN
Frederick Forsyth, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221834
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
9. ACT OF TREASON
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416542261
10. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. THE BOOK THIEF (PAPERBACK) - DEBUT
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
3. LOVE, STARGIRL
Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375813757
4. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
5. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
6. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
7. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
8. SOUPY SATURDAYS WITH THE PAIN AND THE GREAT ONE
Judy Blume, James Stevenson (Illus.), Delacorte, $12.99, 9780385733052
9. THE LAND OF THE SILVER APPLES - DEBUT
Nancy Farmer, Atheneum, $18.99, 9781416907350
10. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
11. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
12. WHAT-THE-DICKENS: THE STORY OF A ROGUE TOOTH FAIRY - DEBUT
Gregory Maguire, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763629618
13. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
14. BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $5.99, 9780763625580
15. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $16.95, 9780060254926
4. KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO: A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423102991
5. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
6. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542139
7. DIARY OF A FLY
Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $15.99, 9780060001568
8. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
9. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. WHAT'S WRONG, LITTLE POOKIE?
Sandra Boynton, Random House, $5.99, 9780375845529
11. BABY BEAR, BABY BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $16.95, 9780805083361
12. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
13. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
14. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
15. LLAMA LLAMA MAD AT MAMA - DEBUT
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $15.99, 9780670062409
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
5. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
10. THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (hardcover and paperback)
Herge, Little Brown
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September 13, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, September 13, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 9, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-TREE OF SMOKE, by Denis Johnson (9780374279127)
#5-SONGS WITHOUT WORDS, by Ann Packer (9780375412813)
#13-THE STREET OF A THOUSAND BLOSSOMS, by Gail Tsukiyama (9780312274825)
#14-THE ARSONIST'S GUIDE TO WRITERS' HOMES IN NEW ENGLAND, by Brock Clarke (9781565125513)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-GIVING: HOW EACH OF US CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, by Bill Clinton (9780307266743)
#6-MOTHER TERESA: COME BE MY LIGHT, by Brian Kolodiejchuk (Ed.) (9780385520379)
#8-DEAD CERTAIN: THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH, by Robert Draper (9780743277280)
#10-THINGS I OVERHEARD WHILE TALKING TO MYSELF, by Alan Alda (9781400066179)
#12-THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, by John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt (9780374177720)
Paperback Fiction
#12-ONE GOOD TURN, by Kate Atkinson (9780316012829)
Mass Market
#4-HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY, by Robert B. Parker (9780425217559)
Children's Interest
#1-THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie (9780316013680)
#3-A WRINKLE IN TIME, by Madeleine L'Engle (9780312367541, new edition)
Children's Illustrated
#2-KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO: A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, by Mo Willems (9781423102991)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. TREE OF SMOKE - DEBUT
Denis Johnson, FSG, $27, 9780374279127
3. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567
4. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
5. SONGS WITHOUT WORDS - DEBUT
Ann Packer, Knopf, $24.95, 9780375412813
6. SPOOK COUNTRY
William Gibson, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154300
7. LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $25, 9780385337496
8. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
9. THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS
Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446580281
10. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 9781416548485
11. ON THE ROAD: THE ORIGINAL SCROLL
Jack Kerouac, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063550
12. BONES TO ASHES
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $25.95, 9780743294379
13. THE STREET OF A THOUSAND BLOSSOMS - DEBUT
Gail Tsukiyama, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312274825
14. THE ARSONIST'S GUIDE TO WRITERS' HOMES IN NEW ENGLAND - DEBUT
Brock Clarke, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125513
15. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
ON THE RISE:
18. HEARTSICK
Chelsea Cain, St. Martin's, $23.95, 9780312368463
A lovely mystery, and Book Sense Pick, set in Portland, OR.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. GIVING: HOW EACH OF US CAN CHANGE THE WORLD - DEBUT
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266743
2. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
3. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
4. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
5. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
6. MOTHER TERESA: COME BE MY LIGHT - DEBUT
Brian Kolodiejchuk (Ed.), Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385520379
7. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
8. DEAD CERTAIN: THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH - DEBUT
Robert Draper, Free Press, $28, 9780743277280
9. LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591
10. THINGS I OVERHEARD WHILE TALKING TO MYSELF - DEBUT
Alan Alda, Random House, $24.95, 9781400066179
11. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933
12. THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY - DEBUT
John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt, FSG, $26, 9780374177720
13. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
14. HERE IF YOU NEED ME
Kate Braestrup, Little Brown, $23.99, 9780316066303
15. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2008
Guinness (Eds.), Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994190
ON THE RISE:
16. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE: A WAR STORY
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393061727
The true story of the zookeepers who hid hundreds of Polish Jews during WWII.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
5. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
6. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
7. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
8. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340
9. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
10. THE ECHO MAKER
Richard Powers, Picador, $15, 9780312426439
11. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
12. ONE GOOD TURN - DEBUT
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012829
13. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061161544
14. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
15. A SPOT OF BOTHER
Mark Haddon, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307278869
ON THE RISE:
27. WHEN MADELINE WAS YOUNG
Jane Hamilton, Anchor, $13.95, 9781400096992
A family crisis is at the center of this Book Sense (hardcover) Pick, a rich book group choice.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
4. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
5. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
6. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
7. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
8. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
9. INTO THE WILD (Movie tie-in edition)
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
10. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
11. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
12. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
13. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
14. THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400030842
15. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
ON THE RISE:
20. IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY: INSIDE IRAQ'S GREEN ZONE
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278838
Account of the postwar administration of Iraq, by a former Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post.
MASS MARKET
1. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth A. George, HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780060545635
2. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
3. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9781416513452
4. HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY - DEBUT
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217559
5. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446616461
6. ACT OF TREASON
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416542261
7. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
9. THE AFGHAN
Frederick Forsyth, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221834
10. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN - DEBUT
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
2. LOVE, STARGIRL
Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375813757
3. A WRINKLE IN TIME* - DEBUT
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
4. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
5. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Hudson Street, $23.95, 9781594630392
6. SOUPY SATURDAYS WITH THE PAIN AND THE GREAT ONE
Judy Blume, James Stevenson (Illus.), Delacorte, $12.99, 9780385733052
7. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
8. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
9. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
10. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.50, 9780440237686
11. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
12. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
13. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
14. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
15. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440421702
*new edition
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO: A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY - DEBUT
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423102991
3. WHAT'S WRONG, LITTLE POOKIE?
Sandra Boynton, Random House, $5.99, 9780375845529
4. DIARY OF A FLY
Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $15.99, 9780060001568
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
6. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
7. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
8. HOW DO DINOSAURS GO TO SCHOOL?
Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Blue Sky, $16.99, 9780439020817
9. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. BABY BEAR, BABY BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $16.95, 9780805083361
11. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
12. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
13. THE KISSING HAND
Audrey Penn, Ruth E.Harper & Nancy M.Leak (Illus.), Tanglewood, $16.95, 9781933718002
14. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763622626
15. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
5. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. THE ADVENTURES OF Tintin (hardcover and paperback)
Herge, Little Brown
Back to top.
September 6, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, September 6, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 2, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS, by Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child (9780446580281)
#6-BONES TO ASHES, by Kathy Reichs (9780743294379)
#8-LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE, by Diana Gabaldon (9780385337496)
#13-THE ELVES OF CINTRA, by Terry Brooks (9780345484116)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#5-WONDERFUL TONIGHT, by Pattie Boyd, Penny Junor (9780307393845)
#10-IKE, by Michael Korda (9780060756659)
#14-THE WEIGHT LOSS CURE THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT, by Kevin Trudeau (9780978785109)
Paperback Fiction
#11-DIGGING TO AMERICA, by Anne Tyler (9780345492340)
#14-INES OF MY SOUL, by Isabel Allende (9780061161544)
Paperback Nonfiction
#3-THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA, by Michael Pollan (9780143038580)
#6-THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, by Daniel J. Levitin (9780452288522)
#8-INTO THE WILD (movie tie-in edition), by Jon Krakauer (9780307387172)
#13-SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin (9780762424931)
Mass Market
#1-THE COLLECTORS, by David Baldacci (9780446615631)
#2-PEGASUS DESCENDING, by James Lee Burke (9781416513452)
#3-WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER, by Elizabeth A. George (9780060545635)
#6-ACT OF TREASON, by Vince Flynn (9781416542261)
#10-EXILE, by Richard North Patterson (9780312938543)
Children's Interest
#3-THE BOYS' BOOK, by Dominique Enright (9780545016285)
#6-THE GIRLS' BOOK, by Juliana Foster (9780545016292)
#9-SOUPY SATURDAYS WITH THE PAIN AND THE GREAT ONE, by Judy Blume, James Stevenson (Illus.) (9780385733052)
#10-MATH DOESN'T SUCK, by Danica McKellar (9781594630392)
Children's Illustrated
#10-BABY BEAR, BABY BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?, by Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.) (9780805083361)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: MONDAY WITH A MAD GENIUS (Magic Tree House #38, 9780375837296)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS - DEBUT
Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446580281
3. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567
4. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
5. SPOOK COUNTRY
William Gibson, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154300
6. BONES TO ASHES - DEBUT
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $25.95, 9780743294379
7. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 9781416548485
8. LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE - DEBUT
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $25, 9780385337496
9. THE SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154225
10. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
11. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061239533
12. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
13. THE ELVES OF CINTRA - DEBUT
Terry Brooks, Del Rey, $26.95, 9780345484116
14. THE QUICKIE
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316117364
15. ON THE ROAD: THE ORIGINAL SCROLL
Jack Kerouac, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063550
ON THE RISE:
29. THE ARSONIST'S GUIDE TO WRITERS' HOMES IN NEW ENGLAND
Brock Clarke, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125513
The darkly humorous travails of an accidental arsonist.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
4. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
5. WONDERFUL TONIGHT: GEORGE HARRISON, ERIC CLAPTON, AND ME - DEBUT
Pattie Boyd, Penny Junor, Harmony, $25.95, 9780307393845
6. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
7. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2008
Guinness (Eds.), Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994190
8. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
9. LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591
10. IKE: AN AMERICAN HERO - DEBUT
Michael Korda, HarperCollins, $34.95, 9780060756659
11. HERE IF YOU NEED ME
Kate Braestrup, Little Brown, $23.99, 9780316066303
12. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933
13. THE DIANA CHRONICLES
Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089
14. THE WEIGHT LOSS CURE THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT - DEBUT
Kevin Trudeau, Alliance, $24.95, 9780978785109
15. LEGACY OF ASHES
Tim Weiner, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385514453
ON THE RISE:
25. CIRCLING MY MOTHER: A MEMOIR
Mary Gordon, Pantheon, $24, 9780375424564
Writer, novelist, and memoirist Gordon honors her late mother.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
4. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
5. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
6. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
7. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
8. THE ECHO MAKER
Richard Powers, Picador, $15, 9780312426439
9. A SPOT OF BOTHER
Mark Haddon, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307278869
10. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
11. DIGGING TO AMERICA - DEBUT
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340
12. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
13. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
14. INES OF MY SOUL - DEBUT
Isabel Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061161544
15. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
ON THE RISE:
29. THE SPACE BETWEEN US
Thrity Umrigar, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060791568
A Book Sense (hardcover) Pick and choice for the 2007 Reading Group list. Rich and poor, caste and class, in modern India.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA: A NATURAL HISTORY OF FOUR MEALS - DEBUT
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
4. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
5. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
6. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC: THE SCIENCE OF A HUMAN OBSESSION - DEBUT
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
7. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
8. INTO THE WILD (MOVIE TIE-IN EDITION) - DEBUT
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
9. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
10. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
11. THE FEMALE BRAIN
Louann Brizendine, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767920100
12. THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400030842
13. SKINNY BITCH: A NO-NONSENSE, TOUGH-LOVE GUIDE FOR SAVVY GIRLS WHO WANT TO STOP
EATING CRAP AND START LOOKING FABULOUS - DEBUT
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
14. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
15. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
ON THE RISE:
20. THE LOST: A SEARCH FOR SIX OF SIX MILLION
Daniel Mendelsohn, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780060542993
A quest to find out exactly what happened to six relatives of the author -- among 6 million victims -- killed by the Nazis.
MASS MARKET
1. THE COLLECTORS - DEBUT
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
2. PEGASUS DESCENDING - DEBUT
James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9781416513452
3. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER - DEBUT
Elizabeth A. George, HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780060545635
4. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
5. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446616461
6. ACT OF TREASON - DEBUT
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416542261
7. BREAK NO BONES
Kathy Reichs, Pocket, $9.99, 9780743453035
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
9. THE AFGHAN
Frederick Forsyth, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221834
10. EXILE - DEBUT
Richard North Patterson, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9780312938543
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
2. LOVE, STARGIRL
Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375813757
3. THE BOYS' BOOK: HOW TO BE THE BEST AT EVERYTHING - DEBUT
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
4. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
5. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
6. THE GIRLS' BOOK: HOW TO BE THE BEST AT EVERYTHING - DEBUT
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
7. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.50, 9780440237686
8. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
9. SOUPY SATURDAYS WITH THE PAIN AND THE GREAT ONE - DEBUT
Judy Blume, James Stevenson (Illus.), Delacorte, $12.99, 9780385733052
10. MATH DOESN'T SUCK: HOW TO SURVIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH WITHOUT
LOSING YOUR MIND OR BREAKING A NAIL - DEBUT
Danica McKellar, Hudson Street, $23.95, 9781594630392
11. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
12. STARDUST
Neil Gaiman, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061240485
13. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
14. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
15. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440421702
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
3. WHAT'S WRONG, LITTLE POOKIE?
Sandra Boynton, Random House, $5.99, 9780375845529
4. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
5. DIARY OF A FLY
Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $15.99, 9780060001568
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
7. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
8. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
9. HOW DO DINOSAURS GO TO SCHOOL?
Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Blue Sky, $16.99, 9780439020817
10. BABY BEAR, BABY BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE? - DEBUT
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $16.95, 9780805083361
11. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
12. THE KISSING HAND
Audrey Penn, Ruth E. Harper & Nancy M. Leak (Illus.), Tanglewood, $16.95, 9781933718002
13. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
14. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
15. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763622626
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
NEW IN SERIES: MONDAY WITH A MAD GENIUS (Magic Tree House #38, 9780375837296)
4. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
5. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
6. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
10. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
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August 30, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 30, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 26, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-AWAY, BY AMY BLOOM (9781400063567)
#12-ON THE ROAD: THE ORIGINAL SCROLL, by Jack Kerouac (9780670063550)
#13-SWEET REVENGE, by Diane Mott Davidson (9780060527334)
#15-POWER PLAY, by Joseph Finder (9780312347482)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#15-THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE, by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson (9780307394910)
Paperback Fiction
#12-THE ECHO MAKER, by Richard Powers (9780312426439)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14-THIS I BELIEVE, Jay Allison (Ed.) (9780805086584)
#15-THE LOOMING TOWER, by Lawrence Wright (9781400030842)
Mass Market
#6-BREAK NO BONES, by Kathy Reichs (9780743453035)
Children's Interest
#12-SEEING REDD, by Frank Beddor (9780803731554)
Children's Illustrated
#6-DIARY OF A FLY, by Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss (Illus.) (9780060001568)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: FIRESTAR'S QUEST (Warriors Super Edition) (9780061131646)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. AWAY - DEBUT
Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567
3. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
4. SPOOK COUNTRY
William Gibson, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154300
5. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 9781416548485
6. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
7. THE SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154225
8. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
9. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061239533
10. THE CAREFUL USE OF COMPLIMENTS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 9780375423017
11. THE QUICKIE
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316117364
12. ON THE ROAD: THE ORIGINAL SCROLL - DEBUT
Jack Kerouac, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063550
13. SWEET REVENGE - DEBUT
Diane Mott Davidson, Morrow, $25.95, 9780060527334
14. THE SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ
Dalia Sofer, Ecco, $24.95, 9780061130403
15. POWER PLAY - DEBUT
Joseph Finder, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312347482
ON THE RISE:
27. MISTER PIP
Lloyd Jones, Dial, $20, 9780385341066
Young lives on a war-torn island are changed through the power of story and imagination. A Book Sense Pick.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
4. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
5. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
6. LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591
7. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2008
Guinness (Eds.), Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994190
8. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
9. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
11. LEGACY OF ASHES
Tim Weiner, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385514453
12. HERE IF YOU NEED ME
Kate Braestrup, Little Brown, $23.99, 9780316066303
13. THE DIANA CHRONICLES
Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089
14. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
15. THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE - DEBUT
John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, Harmony, $19.95, 9780307394910
ON THE RISE:
20. LETTERS TO A YOUNG TEACHER
Jonathan Kozol, Crown, $19.95, 9780307393715
Encouraging letters to a first-year teacher capture the joy and discovery of teaching.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
5. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
6. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
7. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
8. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
9. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
10. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
11. A SPOT OF BOTHER
Mark Haddon, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307278869
12. THE ECHO MAKER - DEBUT
Richard Powers, Picador, $15, 9780312426439
13. THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 9780743272513
14. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
15. THE LAY OF THE LAND
Richard Ford, Vintage, $14.95, 9780679776673
ON THE RISE:
30. RESTLESS
William Boyd, Bloomsbury, $14.95, 9781596912373
Bookseller Nancy Olson (Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC) says this is the best thriller she's read in years! A Book Sense (hardcover) Pick.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
4. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
5. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
6. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
7. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
8. THE FEMALE BRAIN
Louann Brizendine, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767920100
9. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
10. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
11. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
12. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
13. CHOSEN BY A HORSE
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172
14. THIS I BELIEVE - DEBUT
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
15. THE LOOMING TOWER - DEBUT
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400030842
ON THE RISE:
17. SKINNY BITCH: A NO-NONSENSE, TOUGH-LOVE GUIDE FOR SAVVY GIRLS WHO WANT TO STOP EATING CRAP AND START LOOKING FABULOUS
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
Give up sugar and go vegan and you too can be bitchy.
MASS MARKET
1. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
2. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446616461
3. THE RUINS
Scott Smith, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307278289
4. THE AFGHAN
Frederick Forsyth, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221834
5. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
6. BREAK NO BONES - DEBUT
Kathy Reichs, Pocket, $9.99, 9780743453035
7. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221728
8. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
9. THE BOURNE IDENTITY
Robert Ludlum, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553260113
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
2. LOVE, STARGIRL
Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375813757
3. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
4. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
5. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
6. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
7. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
8. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
9. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
10. MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
11. THE ALCHEMYST
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
12. SEEING REDD - DEBUT
Frank Beddor, Dial, $17.99, 9780803731554
13. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
14. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
15. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.50, 9780440237686
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
2. WHAT'S WRONG, LITTLE POOKIE?
Sandra Boynton, Random House, $5.99, 9780375845529
3. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
4. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
6. DIARY OF A FLY - DEBUT
Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $15.99, 9780060001568
7. HOW DO DINOSAURS GO TO SCHOOL?
Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Blue Sky, $16.99, 9780439020817
8. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
9. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
10. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
11. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
12. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
13. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
14. CURIOUS GEORGE'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
H.A. Rey, et al., Houghton Mifflin, $3.95, 9780618605644
15. SKIPPYJON JONES
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $5.99, 9780142404034
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
5. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
6. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
NEW IN SERIES: FIRESTAR'S QUEST (Warriors Super Edition, 9780061131646)
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
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August 23, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 23, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 19, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#15-BAD MONKEYS, by Matt Ruff (9780061240416)
Paperback Fiction
#14-A SPOT OF BOTHER, by Mark Haddon (9780307278869)
Mass Market
#8-STARDUST, by Neil Gaiman (9780380804559)
Children's Interest
#2-FLUSH, by Carl Hiaasen (9780375841859)
#3-LOVE, STARGIRL, by Jerry Spinelli (9780375813757)
Children's Illustrated
#4-WHAT'S WRONG, LITTLE POOKIE? by Sandra Boynton (9780375845529)
#13-CURIOUS GEORGE'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, by H.A. Rey, Margret Rey, Anna Grossnickle Hines (9780618605644)
New in Children's Fiction Series
NIGHT OF THE NEW MAGICIANS (Magic Tree House #35, 9780375830365)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
3. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 9781416548485
4. SPOOK COUNTRY
William Gibson, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154300
5. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061239533
6. THE SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154225
7. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
8. THE CAREFUL USE OF COMPLIMENTS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 9780375423017
9. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
10. THE QUICKIE
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316117364
11. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
12. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $25, 9780307266354
13. PEONY IN LOVE
Lisa See, Random House, $23.95, 9781400064663
14. SANDWORMS OF DUNE
Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Tor, $27.95, 9780765312938
15. BAD MONKEYS - DEBUT
Matt Ruff, HarperCollins, $20, 9780061240416
ON THE RISE:
22. THE REST OF HER LIFE
Laura Moriarty, Hyperion, $24.95, 9781401302719
This top Book Sense Pick, sure to appeal to solo and group reads alike, considers how an ordinary family can change in a moment.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
4. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
5. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
6. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933
7. LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591
8. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
9. HERE IF YOU NEED ME
Kate Braestrup, Little Brown, $23.99, 9780316066303
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
11. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2008
Guinness (Eds.), Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994190
12. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
13. LEGACY OF ASHES
Tim Weiner, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385514453
14. THE DIANA CHRONICLES
Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089
15. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
ON THE RISE:
16. THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE - EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW IS WRONG
John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, Harmony, $19.95, 9780307394910
Trivial Pursuit beware -- the real answers are here!
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
5. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
6. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
7. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
8. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
9. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
10. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
11. THE LAY OF THE LAND
Richard Ford, Vintage, $14.95, 9780679776673
12. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $14.95, 9780812967586
13. THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 9780743272513
14. A SPOT OF BOTHER - DEBUT
Mark Haddon, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307278869
15. EVENING
Susan Minot, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307387127
ON THE RISE:
32. PLAIN TRUTH
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9781416547815
The Picoult treatment of an unmarried Amish teenager who gives birth.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
4. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
5. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
6. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
7. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
8. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
9. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
10. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
11. CHOSEN BY A HORSE
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172
12. FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin, $16, 9780143038917
13. THE FEMALE BRAIN
Louann Brizendine, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767920100
14. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
15. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
ON THE RISE:
20. TRUCK: A LOVE STORY
Michael Perry, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780060571184
Man fixes truck, man meets woman, life is changed, and observed.
MASS MARKET
1. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
2. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446616461
3. THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
Robert Ludlum, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553287738
4. THE AFGHAN
Frederick Forsyth, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221834
5. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221728
6. THE RUINS
Scott Smith, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307278289
7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
8. STARDUST - DEBUT
Neil Gaiman, Avon, $6.99, 9780380804559
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
10. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
2. FLUSH - DEBUT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
3. LOVE, STARGIRL - DEBUT
Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375813757
4. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
5. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
6. MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
7. THE ALCHEMYST
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
8. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
9. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
10. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
11. STARDUST
Neil Gaiman, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061240485
12. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
13. UGLIES
Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse, $8.99, 9780689865381
14. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
15. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
2. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
4. WHAT'S WRONG, LITTLE POOKIE? - DEBUT
Sandra Boynton, Random House, $5.99, 9780375845529
5. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
6. HOW DO DINOSAURS GO TO SCHOOL?
Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Blue Sky, $16.99, 9780439020817
7. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
8. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
9. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
11. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
12. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
13. CURIOUS GEORGE'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - DEBUT
H.A. Rey, Margret Rey, Anna Grossnickle Hines, Houghton Mifflin, $3.95, 9780618605644
14. WALTER THE FARTING DOG: BANNED FROM THE BEACH
William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray, Elizabeth Gundy (Illus.), Dutton, $16.99, 9780525478126
15. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
NEW IN SERIES:
NIGHT OF THE NEW MAGICIANS (Magic Tree House, #35), 9780375830365
4. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
5. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
7. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
8. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
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August 16, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 16, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 12, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2- SPOOK COUNTRY, by William Gibson (9780399154300)
#4- LOVING FRANK, by Nancy Horan (9780345494993)
#12- THE SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ, by Dalia Sofer (9780061130403)
#14- THE CAREFUL USE OF COMPLIMENTS, by Alexander McCall Smith (9780375423017)
#15- SANDWORMS OF DUNE, by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson (9780765312938)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#11- GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2008, by Guinness (Eds.) (9781904994190)
#12- CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS- CHANGE YOUR LIFE, by Wayne W. Dyer (9781401911843)
Paperback Fiction
#13- THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE, by Philippa Gregory (9780743272513)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14- THE FEMALE BRAIN, by Louann Brizendine (9780767920100)
Mass Market
#2- UNDER ORDERS, by Dick Francis (9780425217566)
#8- THE AFGHAN, by Frederick Forsyth (9780451221834)
Children's Interest
#11- STARDUST, by Neil Gaiman (9780061240485)
#15- SPEAK, by Laurie Halse Anderson (9780142407325)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. SPOOK COUNTRY - DEBUT
William Gibson, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154300
3. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 9781416548485
4. LOVING FRANK - DEBUT
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
5. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061239533
6. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
7. THE SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154225
8. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
9. THE QUICKIE
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316117364
10. PEONY IN LOVE
Lisa See, Random House, $23.95, 9781400064663
11. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
12. THE SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ - DEBUT
Dalia Sofer, Ecco, $24.95, 9780061130403
13. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $25, 9780307266354
14. THE CAREFUL USE OF COMPLIMENTS - DEBUT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 9780375423017
15. SANDWORMS OF DUNE - DEBUT
Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Tor, $27.95, 9780765312938
ON THE RISE:
37. FOURTH COMINGS
Megan McCafferty, Crown, $21, 9780307346506
McCafferty's fourth novel to feature Jessica Darling.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
4. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
5. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
6. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
7. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933
8. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
9. LEGACY OF ASHES
Tim Weiner, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385514453
10. LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591
11. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2008 - DEBUT
Guinness (Eds.), Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994190
12. CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS- CHANGE YOUR LIFE - DEBUT
Wayne W. Dyer, Hay House, $26.95, 9781401911843
13. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
14. HERE IF YOU NEED ME
Kate Braestrup, Little Brown, $23.99, 9780316066303
15. THE DIANA CHRONICLES
Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089
ON THE RISE:
16. THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT
Wilfrid Sheed, Random House, $29.95, 9781400061051
A loving look at the creators of classic American popular music.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
5. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
6. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
7. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
8. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
9. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
10. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
11. THE LAY OF THE LAND
Richard Ford, Vintage, $14.95, 9780679776673
12. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $14.95, 9780812967586
13. THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE - DEBUT
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 9780743272513
14. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
15. EVENING
Susan Minot, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307387127
ON THE RISE:
20. THE LAST TOWN ON EARTH
Thomas Mullen, Random House, $13.95, 9780812975925
A small-town's effort to protect itself against the deadly flu epidemic of 1918.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
4. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
5. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
6. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
7. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
8. FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin, $16, 9780143038917
9. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
10. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
11. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
12. CHOSEN BY A HORSE
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172
13. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
14. THE FEMALE BRAIN - DEBUT
Louann Brizendine, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767920100
15. HEAT
Bill Buford, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400034475
ON THE RISE:
35. WATCHING BASEBALL SMARTER
Zack Hample, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307280329
A light, yet informative guide to watching America's pastime.
MASS MARKET
1. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446616461
2. UNDER ORDERS - DEBUT
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
3. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221728
4. THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
Robert Ludlum, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553287738
5. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
6. THE RUINS
Scott Smith, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307278289
7. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Warner, $9.99, 9780446619141
8. THE AFGHAN - DEBUT
Frederick Forsyth, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221834
9. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204
10. TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349530
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
2. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
3. THE ALCHEMYST
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
4. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
5. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
6. MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
7. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
8. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
9. UGLIES
Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse, $8.99, 9780689865381
10. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
11. STARDUST - DEBUT
Neil Gaiman, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061240485
12. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440421702
13. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288
14. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
15. SPEAK - DEBUT
Laurie Halse Anderson, Puffin, $10, 9780142407325
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
2. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
3. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
5. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
6. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. HOW DO DINOSAURS GO TO SCHOOL?
Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Blue Sky, $16.99, 9780439020817
9. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
10. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
11. JOY, THE SUMMER VACATION FAIRY
Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439934428
12. SKIPPYJON JONES
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $5.99, 9780142404034
13. WALTER THE FARTING DOG: BANNED FROM THE BEACH
William Kotzwinkle, et al., Dutton, $16.99, 9780525478126
14. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
15. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little, Brown
5. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
7. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
8. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
10. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
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August 9, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 9, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 5, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#15 - NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU, by Miranda July (9780743299398)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#14 - HERE IF YOU NEED ME, by Kate Braestrup (9780316066303)
Paperback Fiction
#11 - THE LAY OF THE LAND, by Richard Ford (9780679776673)
Paperback Nonfiction
#11 - FIASCO, by Thomas E. Ricks (9780143038917)
Mass Market
#3 -THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, by Robert Ludlum (9780553287738)
#8 - THE RUINS, by Scott Smith (9780307278289)
#10 - SPY, by Ted Bell (9780743277242)
Children's Interest
#15 - DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, by Jeff Kinney (9780810993136)
Children's Illustrated
#14 - HOW DO DINOSAURS GO TO SCHOOL?, by Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.) (9780439020817)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061239533
3. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 9781416548485
4. THE SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154225
5. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
6. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
7. THE QUICKIE
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316117364
8. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
9. PEONY IN LOVE
Lisa See, Random House, $23.95, 9781400064663
10. THURSDAY NEXT: FIRST AMONG SEQUELS
Jasper Fforde, Viking, $24.95, 9780670038718
11. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $25, 9780307266354
12. MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES
Armistead Maupin, HarperCollins, $25.95, 9780060761356
13. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349493
14. STALIN'S GHOST
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $26.95, 9780743276726
15. NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU - DEBUT
Miranda July, Scribner, $23, 9780743299398
ON THE RISE:
17. BAD MONKEYS
Matt Ruff, HarperCollins, $20, 9780061240416
Just how crazy is the crazy murderer in this clever thriller (and Book Sense Pick)?
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
4. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
5. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
6. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
7. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
8. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933
9. LEGACY OF ASHES
Tim Weiner, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385514453
10. THE DIANA CHRONICLES
Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089
11. LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591
12. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
13. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
14. HERE IF YOU NEED ME - DEBUT
Kate Braestrup, Little Brown, $23.99, 9780316066303
15. YOU: ON A DIET
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 9780743292542
ON THE RISE:
36. ALONE IN THE KITCHEN WITH AN EGGPLANT
Jenni Ferrari-Adler, Riverhead, $22.95, 9781594489471
Personal choices confessed, from diverse group of writers. A Book Sense Pick.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
5. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
6. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
7. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
8. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
9. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
10. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
11. THE LAY OF THE LAND - DEBUT
Richard Ford, Vintage, $14.95, 9780679776673
12. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $14.95, 9780812967586
13. EVENING
Susan Minot, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307387127
14. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Anchor, $14.95, 9781400075768
15. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
ON THE RISE:
24. THE ISLAND
Victoria Hislop, Harper, $14.95, 9780061340321
A novel of an island where lepers were sent to live out their lives. A Book Sense Pick
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
4. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
5. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
6. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
7. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
8. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
9. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
10. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
11. FIASCO: THE AMERICAN MILITARY ADVENTURE IN IRAQ - DEBUT
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin, $16, 9780143038917
12. CHOSEN BY A HORSE
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172
13. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
14. HEAT
Bill Buford, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400034475
15. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
ON THE RISE:
17. SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE NEW SCIENCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Daniel Goleman, Bantam, $14, 9780553384499
How people are hard-wired to respond to others.
MASS MARKET
1. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446616461
2. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221728
3. THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM - DEBUT
Robert Ludlum, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553287738
4. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Warner, $9.99, 9780446619141
5. DARK TORT
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780060527327
6. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
7. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204
8. THE RUINS - DEBUT
Scott Smith, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307278289
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
10. SPY - DEBUT
Ted Bell, Pocket, $9.99, 9780743277242
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
2. THE ALCHEMYST
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
3. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
4. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
5. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
6. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
7. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
8. MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
9. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288
10. UGLIES
Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse, $7.99, 9780689865381
11. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
12. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
14. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440421702
15. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID - DEBUT
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
3. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
4. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
5. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
6. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. WALTER THE FARTING DOG: BANNED FROM THE BEACH
William Kotzwinkle, et al., Dutton, $16.99, 9780525478126
10. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
12. JOY, THE SUMMER VACATION FAIRY
Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439934428
13. SKIPPYJON JONES
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $5.99, 9780142404034
14. HOW DO DINOSAURS GO TO SCHOOL? - DEBUT
Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Blue Sky, $16.99, 9780439020817
15. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
5. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Yearling
7. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
CHILDREN'S FICTION TOP 7
1. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $34.99, 9780545010221
2. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $8.99, 9780439064873
3. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $6.99, 9780590353427
4. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $9.99, 9780439785969
5. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $8.99, 9780439136365
6. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $9.99, 9780439358071
7. HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $9.99, 9780439139601
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August 2, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 2, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 29, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-THE SECRET SERVANT, by Daniel Silva (9780399154225)
#9-FIRST AMONG SEQUELS, by Jasper Fforde (9780670038718)
Paperback Nonfiction
#5-THE WORLD IS FLAT, by Thomas L. Friedman (9780312425074)
Mass Market
#2-ECHO PARK, by Michael Connelly (9780446616461)
#10-RICOCHET, by Sandra Brown (9781416523321)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061239533
3. THE SECRET SERVANT - DEBUT
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154225
4. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 9781416548485
5. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
6. THE QUICKIE
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316117364
7. PEONY IN LOVE
Lisa See, Random House, $23.95, 9781400064663
8. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349493
9. FIRST AMONG SEQUELS - DEBUT
Jasper Fforde, Viking, $24.95, 9780670038718
10. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
11. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
12. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $25, 9780307266354
13. MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES
Armistead Maupin, HarperCollins, $25.95, 9780060761356
14. THE WATER'S LOVELY
Ruth Rendell, Crown, $25.95, 9780307381361
15. HIGH NOON
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154348
ON THE RISE:
30. FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446581080
Layered and intelligent storytelling distinguishes this debut novel. A Book Sense Pick.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
4. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
5. THE DIANA CHRONICLES
Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089
6. YOU: ON A DIET
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 9780743292542
7. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
8. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933
9. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
10. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
11. LEGACY OF ASHES
Tim Weiner, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385514453
12. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
13. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
14. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 9780307264558
15. LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591
ON THE RISE:
21. LITTLE HEATHENS: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $22, 9780553804959
Kinship and nature abound for an austere Iowa farm family during the Depression. A Book Sense Notable choice.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
5. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
6. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
7. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
8. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
9. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
10. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
11. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $14.95, 9780812967586
12. EVENING
Susan Minot, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307387127
13. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Ballantine, $13.95, 9780345494887
14. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
15. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Anchor, $14.95, 9781400075768
ON THE RISE:
16. THE LAY OF THE LAND
Richard Ford, Vintage, $14.95, 9780679776673
Frank Bascombe returns, to the delight of booksellers and fans. A Book Sense (hardcover) Pick.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
4. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
5. THE WORLD IS FLAT - DEBUT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
6. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
7. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
8. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
9. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
10. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
11. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
12. CHOSEN BY A HORSE
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172
13. HEAT
Bill Buford, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400034475
14. 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN
Don Piper, Revell, $12.99, 9780800759490
15. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE IN THE USA AND CANADA BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910
ON THE RISE:
16. THE UNITED STATES OF ARUGULA
David Kamp, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767915809
Now in paperback and with a new subtitle: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution.
MASS MARKET
1. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221728
2. ECHO PARK - DEBUT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446616461
3. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204
4. TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349530
5. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Warner, $9.99, 9780446619141
6. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
7. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
8. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
9. DARK TORT
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780060527327
10. RICOCHET - DEBUT
Sandra Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416523321
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $9.99, 9780316015844
2. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 9780316160193
3. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
4. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
5. MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
6. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
7. THE ALCHEMYST
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
8. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288
9. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
10. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
11. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
12. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
13. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142407578
14. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
15. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
2. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
4. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
5. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
6. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. JOY, THE SUMMER VACATION FAIRY
Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439934428
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. WALTER THE FARTING DOG: Banned From the Beach
William Kotzwinkle, et al., Dutton, $16.99, 9780525478126
10. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
12. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 9780152167738
13. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
14. HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152018481
15. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
4. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Yearling
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House, ,
7. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
8. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
9. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
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July 26, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, July 26, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 22, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "Bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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DEBUTs
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN, by James Lee Burke (9781416548485)
#13- THE WATER'S LOVELY, by Ruth Rendell (9780307381361)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#9-THE WORLD WITHOUT US, by Alan Weisman (9780312347291)
#15-SHADOW OF THE SILK ROAD, by Colin Thubron (9780061231728)
Paperback Fiction
#14-THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN, by Alexander McCall Smith (9781400077113)
Children's Illustrated
#13-OLD MAN'S CAVE, by Jeff Smith (9780439706353)
#15-PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON, by Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton (9781402747823)
Children's Fiction Series
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (Harry Potter, Book 7, hardcover, 9780545010221)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. On Chesil Beach
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
3. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN- DEBUT
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 9781416548485
4. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349493
5. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
6. THE QUICKIE
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316117364
7. PEONY IN LOVE
Lisa See, Random House, $23.95, 9781400064663
8. The Children of Hurin
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
9. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061239533
10. STALIN'S GHOST
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $26.95, 9780743276726
11. MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES
Armistead Maupin, HarperCollins, $25.95, 9780060761356
12. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $25, 9780307266354
13. THE WATER'S LOVELY- DEBUT
Ruth Rendell, Crown, $25.95, 9780307381361
14. HIGH NOON
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154348
15. NEW ENGLAND WHITE
Stephen L. Carter, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375413629
ON THE RISE:
20. SLIPKNOT
Linda Greenlaw, Hyperion, $24.95, 9780786866786
Bestseller Greenlaw's mystery debut.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE SECREt
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
4. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
5. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
6. THE DIANA CHRONICLES
Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089
7. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
8. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933
9. THE WORLD WITHOUT US- DEBUT
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
11. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $21.95, 9780307264558
12. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
13. LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591
14. LEGACY OF ASHES: The History of the CIA
Tim Weiner, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385514453
15. SHADOW OF THE SILK ROAD- DEBUT
Colin Thubron, HarperCollins Publishers, $25.95, 9780061231728
ON THE RISE:
24. THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS: 50 Years Reporting in Washington
Robert D. Novak, Crown Forum, $29.95, 9781400051991
A candid memoir from the veteran reporter.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
5. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
6. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
7. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
8. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
9. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
10. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $14.95, 9780812967586
11. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
12. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Anchor, $14.95, 9781400075768
13. Evening
Susan Minot, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307387127
14. THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN- DEBUT
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 9781400077113
15. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
ON THE RISE:
17. THE POE SHADOW
Matthew Pearl, Random House, $13.95, 9780812970128
Pearl's latest mystery involving a literary figure.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
4. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
5. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
6. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
7. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
8. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
9. CHOSEN BY A HORSE
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172
10. HEAT
Bill Buford, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400034475
11. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
12. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE IN THE USA AND CANADA BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910
13. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
14. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
15. 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN
Don Piper, Revell, $12.99, 9780800759490
ON THE RISE:
21. THE LANGUAGE OF GOD: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
Francis S. Collins, Free Press, $15, 9781416542742
A personal account of science and faith.
MASS MARKET
1. TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349530
2. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221728
3. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204
4. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Warner Vision, $9.99, 9780446619141
5. DARK TORT
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780060527327
6. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416523352
7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
8. ONE FOR THE MONEY
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312990459
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
10. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 9780316015844
2. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 9780316160193
3. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
4. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
5. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
6. The Alchemyst
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
7. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
8. MUGGLENET.COM'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN HARRY POTTER 7
Ben Schoen, et al., Ulysses, $13.95, 9781569755839
9. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
10. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288
11. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
12. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
13. UGLIES
Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse, $7.99, 9780689865381
14. MARLEY: A Dog Like No Other
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
2. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
4. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
5. WALTER THE FARTING DOG: Banned From the Beach
William Kotzwinkle, et al., Dutton, $16.99, 9780525478126
6. JOY, THE SUMMER
VACATION FAIRY
Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439934428
7. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
8. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
9. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. SKIPPYJON JONES
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $5.99, 9780142404034
12. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
13. OLD MAN'S CAVE- DEBUT
Jeff Smith, Graphix, $9.99, 9780439706353
14. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
15. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON- DEBUT
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
NEW IN SERIES:
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS DEBUT (Harry Potter, Book 7, hardcover, 9780545010221)
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little, Brown
4. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Yearling
8. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
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July 19, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday July 19, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 15, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "Bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#8-HIGH NOON, by Nora Roberts (9780399154348)
#14-THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES, by Stef Penney (9781416540748)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#14-LEGACY OF ASHES, by Tim Weiner (9780385514453)
Paperback Fiction
#14-EVENING, by Susan Minot (9780307387127)
Children's Illustrated
#6-WALTER THE FARTING DOG: BANNED FROM THE BEACH, by William Kotzwinkle, et al. (9780525478126)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
3. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349493
4. THE QUICKIE
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316117364
5. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061239533
6. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
7. PEONY IN LOVE
Lisa See, Random House, $23.95, 9781400064663
8. HIGH NOON - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154348
9. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $25, 9780307266354
10. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
11. NEW ENGLAND WHITE
Stephen L. Carter, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375413629
12. MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES
Armistead Maupin, HarperCollins, $25.95, 9780060761356
13. STALIN'S GHOST
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $26.95, 9780743276726
14. THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES - DEBUT
Stef Penney, S&S, $25, 9781416540748
15. THE LAST SUMMER (OF YOU AND ME)
Ann Brashares, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489174
ON THE RISE:
25. KILLER WEEKEND
Ridley Pearson, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399154072
A new thriller featuring Sheriff Walt Fleming.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
4. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
5. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
6. THE DIANA CHRONICLES
Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089
7. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933
8. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
9. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
10. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $21.95, 9780307264558
11. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
12. LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591
13. PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE
Michael R. Beschloss, S&S, $28, 9780684857053
14. LEGACY OF ASHES: THE HISTORY OF THE CIA - DEBUT
Tim Weiner, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385514453
15. THE BLACK SWAN
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Random House, $26.95, 9781400063512
ON THE RISE:
19. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
What will happen to our planet if humankind is wiped out.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
5. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
6. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
7. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
8. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
9. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
10. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $14.95, 9780812967586
11. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Anchor, $14.95, 9781400075768
12. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
13. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Ballantine, $13.95, 9780345494887
14. EVENING - DEBUT
Susan Minot, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307387127
15. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
ON THE RISE:
20. THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 9781400077113
The third novel to feature Isabel Dalhousie.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
4. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
5. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
6. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
7. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
8. HEAT
Bill Buford, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400034475
9. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
10. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE IN THE USA AND CANADA BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910
11. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
12. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
13. CHOSEN BY A HORSE
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172
14. 90 Minutes in Heaven
Don Piper, Revell, $12.99, 9780800759490
15. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
ON THE RISE:
21. A GOOD DOG: THE STORY OF ORSON, WHO CHANGED MY LIFE
Jon Katz, Random House, $13.95, 9780812971491
The moving memoir of the Border Collie, Orson.
MASS MARKET
1. TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349530
2. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221728
3. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Warner Vision, $9.99, 9780446619141
4. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204
5. DARK TORT
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780060527327
6. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
7. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $7.95, 9780451524935
9. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
10. ANGELS FALL
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515143171
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 9780316015844
2. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
3. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 9780316160193
4. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
5. MUGGLENET.COM'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN HARRY POTTER 7
Ben Schoen, et al., Ulysses, $13.95, 9781569755839
6. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
7. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
8. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
9. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
10. MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
11. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
12. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142407578
13. THE ALCHEMYST
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
14. UGLIES
Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse, $7.99, 9780689865381
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
2. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
3. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
5. JOY, THE SUMMER VACATION FAIRY
Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439934428
6. WALTER THE FARTING DOG: BANNED FROM THE BEACH- DEBUT
William Kotzwinkle, et al., Dutton, $16.99, 9780525478126
7. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
10. SKIPPYJON JONES
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $5.99, 9780142404034
11. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
12. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17, 9780679805274
13. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
14. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
15. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
4. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
9. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
10. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Yearling
Back to top.
July 12, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday July 12, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 8, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
#4-THE QUICKIE, by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (9780316117364)
#12-NEW ENGLAND WHITE, by Stephen L. Carter (9780375413629)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#12-LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson (9780316067591)
#15-OUTRAGE, by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann (9780061195402)
Mass Market
# 3-THE MESSENGER, by Daniel Silva (9780451221728)
Children's Fiction Series - New and of Note
Love Is a Many Trousered Thing (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #8), by Louise Rennison (9780060853877)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
3. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349493
4. THE QUICKIE - DEBUT
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316117364
5. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
6. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061239533
7. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
8. PEONY IN LOVE
Lisa See, Random House, $23.95, 9781400064663
9. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $25, 9780307266354
10. MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES
Armistead Maupin, HarperCollins, $25.95, 9780060761356
11. STALIN'S GHOST
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $26.95, 9780743276726
12. NEW ENGLAND WHITE - DEBUT
Stephen L. Carter, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375413629
13. THE LAST SUMMER (OF YOU AND ME)
Ann Brashares, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489174
14. THE OVERLOOK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316018951
15. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26.95, 9780743496728
ON THE RISE:
18. THE JUDAS STRAIN
James Rollins, Morrow, $25.95, 9780060763893
Action and adventure fill this third Sigma Force thriller from Rollins. A Book Sense Notable title.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
4. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
5. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
6. THE DIANA CHRONICLES
Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089
7. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
8. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
9. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
11. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $21.95, 9780307264558
12. LONE SURVIVOR: THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF OPERATION REDWING AND THE LOST HEROES OF SEAL TEAM 10 - DEBUT
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591
13. PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE
Michael R. Beschloss, S&S, $28, 9780684857053
14. A WOMAN IN CHARGE
Carl Bernstein, Knopf, $27.95, 9780375407666
15. OUTRAGE - DEBUT
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780061195402
ON THE RISE:
23. MERLE'S DOOR: LESSONS FROM A FREETHINKING DOG
Ted Kerasote, Harcourt, $25, 9780151012701
A love story. A dog book.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
5. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
6. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
7. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
8. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
9. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
10. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $14.95, 9780812967586
11. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
12. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Anchor, $14.95, 9781400075768
13. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Ballantine, $13.95, 9780345494887
14. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
15. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9780812977813
ON THE RISE:
27. TALK TALK
T.C. Boyle, Penguin, $14, 9780143112150
Clever entry from Boyle, whose heroine's identity is borrowed and misused. A Book Sense (hardcover) Pick.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
4. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
5. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
6. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
7. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
8. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
9. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE IN THE USA AND CANADA BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910
10. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
11. HEAT
Bill Buford, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400034475
12. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
13. CHOSEN BY A HORSE
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172
14. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-Op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
15. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 9780316346627
ON THE RISE:
28. CHUCK KLOSTERMAN IV: A DECADE OF CURIOUS PEOPLE AND DANGEROUS IDEAS
Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $15, 9780743284899
A Klosterman retrospective.
MASS MARKET
1. TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349530
2. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Warner Vision, $9.99, 9780446619141
3. THE MESSENGER - DEBUT
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221728
4. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204
5. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416523352
6. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
7. DARK TORT
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780060527327
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $7.95, 9780451524935
10. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 9780316015844
2. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 9780316160193
3. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
4. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288
5. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
6. MUGGLENET.COM'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN HARRY POTTER 7
Ben Schoen, et al., Ulysses, $13.95, 9781569755839
7. MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
8. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
9. THE ALCHEMYST
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
10. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
11. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
12. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
13. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
14. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
2. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
4. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
5. JOY, THE SUMMER VACATION FAIRY
Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439934428
6. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
7. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763622626
9. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
10. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
11. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
12. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
13. BAD DOG, MARLEY!
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780061171147
14. SKIPPYJON JONES IN THE DOGHOUSE
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142407493
15. SKIPPYJON JONES
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $5.99, 9780142404034
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
2. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
6. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
7. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
10. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
New and of Note:
LOVE IS A MANY TROUSERED THING (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #8)
Louise Rennison, HarperTeen, $16.99, 9780060853877
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July 3, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Tuesday July 3, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 1, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "Bestseller" link in today's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
#9-PEONY IN LOVE, by Lisa See (9781400064663)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#11-PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR, by Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein (9780810914933)
Paperback Fiction
#10-THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN, by Claire Messud (9780307276667)
Paperback Nonfiction
#13-PORN FOR WOMEN, by Cambridge Women's Pornography Coop. (Eds.) (9780811855518)
#14-HEAT, by Bill Buford (9781400034475)
Mass Market
# 7-DARK TORT, by Diane Mott Davidson (9780060527327)
Children's Fiction Series
SEALED WITH A DISS (A Clique Novel, Book 8, 9780316115063)
THE ICEBOUND LAND (The Ranger's Apprentice, Book 3, hardcover, 9780399244568)
THE BURNING BRIDGE (The Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2, paperback, 9780142408421)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349493
3. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
4. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061239533
5. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
6. MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES
Armistead Maupin, HarperCollins, $25.95, 9780060761356
7. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
8. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $25, 9780307266354
9. PEONY IN LOVE - DEBUT
Lisa See, Random House, $23.95, 9781400064663
10. STALIN'S GHOST
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $26.95, 9780743276726
11. THE OVERLOOK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316018951
12. THE LAST SUMMER (OF YOU AND ME)
Ann Brashares, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489174
13. MERE ANARCHY
Woody Allen, Random House, $21.95, 9781400066414
14. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26.95, 9780743496728
15. THE NAVIGATOR
Clive Cussler, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154195
ON THE RISE:
16. NEW ENGLAND WHITE
Stephen L. Carter, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375413629
Another literate page turner, winning raves, from the author of The Emperor of Ocean Park. A Book Sense Notable.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
4. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
5. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
6. THE DIANA CHRONICLES
Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089
7. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
9. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
10. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 9780307264558
11. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR - DEBUT
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933
12. A WOMAN IN CHARGE
Carl Bernstein, Knopf, $27.95, 9780375407666
13. PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE
Michael R. Beschloss, S&S, $28, 9780684857053
14. THE REAGAN DIARIES
Ronald Reagan, Douglas Brinkley, HarperCollins, $35, 9780060876005
15. THE BEST LIFE DIET
Bob Greene, S&S, $26, 9781416540663
ON THE RISE:
17. OUTRAGE
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780061195402
Pretty much everything in the country is a cover-up or a rip-off, and worthy of civilian outrage, according to the authors.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
4. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
5. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
6. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
7. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
8. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
9. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $14.95, 9780812967586
10. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN - DEBUT
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
11. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
12. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Anchor, $14.95, 9781400075768
13. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
14. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Ballantine, $13.95, 9780345494887
15. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Penguin, $15, 9780143112129
ON THE RISE:
25. THE GUY NOT TAKEN
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square, $15, 9780743298056
A collection of female-centric stories from the author of Good in Bed and others.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
4. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
5. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
6. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
7. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
8. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
9. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
10. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE IN THE U.S.A. AND CANADA BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910
11. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
12. CHOSEN BY A HORSE
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172
13. PORN FOR WOMEN - DEBUT
Cambridge Women's Pornography Coop. (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
14. HEAT - DEBUT
Bill Buford, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400034475
15. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 9780374500016
ON THE RISE:
34. WHEN THE ASTORS OWNED NEW YORK: BLUE BLOODS AND GRAND HOTELS IN A GILDED AGE
Justin Kaplan, Plume, $15, 9780452288584
History of a golden New York through a golden family.
MASS MARKET
1. TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349530
2. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204
3. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Warner Vision, $9.99, 9780446619141
4. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416523352
5. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
6. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
7. DARK TORT - DEBUT
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780060527327
8. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
9. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
10. THE ART OF DETECTION
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553588330
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 9780316015844
2. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
3. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288
4. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 9780316160193
5. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
6. THE ALCHEMYST
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
7. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
8. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
9. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
10. MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
11. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
12. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142407578
13. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
14. MUGGLENET.COM'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN HARRY POTTER 7
Ben Schoen, et al., Ulysses, $13.95, 9781569755839
15. UGLIES
Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse, $7.99, 9780689865381
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
2. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
3. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
4. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17, 9780679805274
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
6. JOY, THE SUMMER VACATION FAIRY
Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439934428
7. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763622626
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
10. BAD DOG, MARLEY!
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780061171147
11. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
12. SKIPPYJON JONES
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $5.99, 9780142404034
13. SKIPPYJON JONES IN THE DOGHOUSE
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142407493
14. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
15. HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152018481
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic,
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
NEW IN SERIES: Sealed with a Diss (A Clique Novel, Book 8, 9780316115063)
5. RANGER'S APPRENTICE
John Flanagan, Philomel
NEW IN SERIES: THE ICEBOUND LAND (The Ranger's Apprentice, Book 3, hardcover, 9780399244568)
NEW IN SERIES: THE BURNING BRIDGE (The Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2, paperback, 9780142408421)
6. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
9. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
10. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
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June 28, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, June 28, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 24, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "Bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN, by Janet Evanovich (9780312349493)
#12-THE LAST SUMMER (OF YOU AND ME), by Ann Brashares (9781594489174)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#15-THE HOUSE OF MONDAVI, by Julia Flynn Siler (9781592402595)
Paperback Fiction
#14-CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN, by Fannie Flagg (9780345494887)
Paperback Nonfiction
#12-CHOSEN BY A HORSE, by Susan Richards (9780156031172)
Mass Market
#1-TWELVE SHARP, by Janet Evanovich (9780312349530)
#6-LISEY'S STORY, by Stephen King (9781416523352)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN - DEBUT
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349493
3. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
4. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
5. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
6. MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES
Armistead Maupin, HarperCollins, $25.95, 9780060761356
7. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $25, 9780307266354
8. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061239533
9. STALIN'S GHOST
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $26.95, 9780743276726
10. THE OVERLOOK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316018951
11. FALLING MAN
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $26, 9781416546023
12. THE LAST SUMMER (OF YOU AND ME) - DEBUT
Ann Brashares, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489174
13. THE NAVIGATOR
Clive Cussler, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154195
14. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26.95, 9780743496728
15. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401303273
ON THE RISE:
20. THE MANNY
Holly Peterson, Dial, $25, 9780385340403
Male nanny equals "manny," sexual tension, and high-income hijinks.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Jr., Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
4. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
5. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
6. THE BEST LIFE DIET
Bob Greene, S&S, $26, 9781416540663
7. THE DIANA CHRONICLES
Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089
8. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
9. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
10. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 9780307264558
11. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
12. A WOMAN IN CHARGE
Carl Bernstein, Knopf, $27.95, 9780375407666
13. THE REAGAN DIARIES
Ronald Reagan, Douglas Brinkley, HarperCollins, $35, 9780060876005
14. PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE
Michael R. Beschloss, S&S, $28, 9780684857053
15. THE HOUSE OF MONDAVI: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty - DEBUT
Julia Flynn Siler, Gotham, $28, 9781592402595
ON THE RISE:
31. FOUR SEASONS IN ROME: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $24, 9781416540014
A Book Sense Notable. This chronicle of the author's year in Rome has readers shouting "ciao bella" to home.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
5. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
6. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
7. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
8. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
9. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $14.95, 9780812967586
10. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Anchor, $14.95, 9781400075768
11. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
12. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9780812977813
13. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
14. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN - DEBUT
Fannie Flagg, Ballantine, $13.95, 9780345494887
15. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Penguin, $15, 9780143112129
ON THE RISE:
28. MESSENGER OF TRUTH
Jacqueline Winspear, Picador, $14, 9780312426859
The fourth in the Maisie Dobbs mystery series of WWI London. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
4. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
5. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
6. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
7. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
8. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
9. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
10. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
11. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE IN THE U.S.A. AND CANADA BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910
12. CHOSEN BY A HORSE - DEBUT
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172
13. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 9780374500016
14. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761104841
15. THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
ON THE RISE:
17. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Coop. (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518
"I love a clean house!" and other dirty talk.
MASS MARKET
1. TWELVE SHARP -DEBUT
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349530
2. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204
3. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Warner Vision, $9.99, 9780446619141
4. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
5. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
6. LISEY'S STORY - DEBUT
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416523352
7. THE ART OF DETECTION
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553588330
8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $7.95, 9780451524935
9. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
10. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 9780316015844
2. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
3. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
4. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 9780316160193
5. THE ALCHEMYST
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
6. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288
7. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
8. MARLEY: A Dog Like No Other
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
9. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
10. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
11. MUGGLENET.COM'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN HARRY POTTER 7
Ben Schoen, et al., Ulysses, $13.95, 9781569755839
12. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 9780439709101
14. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
15. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.50, 9780440237686
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
2. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17, 9780679805274
3. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
5. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
6. JOY, THE SUMMER VACATION FAIRY
Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439934428
7. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763622626
10. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
11. HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152018481
12. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
13. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
14. BAD DOG, MARLEY!
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780061171147
15. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House (hardcover and paperback)
2. HARRY POTTER
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic (hardcover and paperback)
3. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS
Rick Riordan, Miramax (hardcover and paperback)
4. THE CLIQUE
Lisi Harrison, Little, Brown (paperback)
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin (hardcover and paperback)
6. GOSSIP GIRL
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley (paperback)
7. JUNIE B. JONES
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House (hardcover and paperback)
8. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS
Ann Brashares, Delacorte (hardcover and paperback)
9. PENDRAGON
D.J. Machale, S&S (hardcover and paperback)
10. WARRIORS
Erin W. Hunter, Avon (hardcover and paperback)
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June 21, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, June 21, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 17, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "Bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#6-MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES, by Armistead Maupin (9780060761356)
#8-THE MAYTREES, by Annie Dillard (9780061239533)
#9-STALIN'S GHOST, by Martin Cruz Smith (9780743276726)
#14-MERE ANARCHY, by Woody Allen (9781400066414)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#7-THE DIANA CHRONICLES, by Tina Brown (9780385517089)
Paperback Fiction
#15-THE WHOLE WORLD OVER, by Julia Glass (9781400075768)
Children's Illustrated
#11-DADDY'S GIRL, by Garrison Keillor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.) (9781423105145)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
3. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
4. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
5. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $25, 9780307266354
6. MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES - DEBUT
Armistead Maupin, HarperCollins, $25.95, 9780060761356
7. THE OVERLOOK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316018951
8. THE MAYTREES - DEBUT
Annie Dillard, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061239533
9. STALIN'S GHOST - DEBUT
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $26.95, 9780743276726
10. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE
Lee Child, Delacorte, $26, 9780385340557
11. THE NAVIGATOR
Clive Cussler, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154195
12. FALLING MAN
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $26, 9781416546023
13. SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580342
14. MERE ANARCHY - DEBUT
Woody Allen, Random House, $21.95, 9781400066414
15. THE 6TH TARGET
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014793
ON THE RISE:
18. THE LAST SUMMER (of You and Me)
Ann Brashares, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489174
A first novel for adults from the author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Jr., Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
4. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
5. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
6. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
7. THE DIANA CHRONICLES - DEBUT
Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089
8. THE REAGAN DIARIES
Ronald Reagan, Douglas Brinkley, HarperCollins, $35, 9780060876005
9. PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE
Michael R. Beschloss, S&S, $28, 9780684857053
10. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
11. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
12. A WOMAN IN CHARGE
Carl Bernstein, Knopf, $27.95, 9780375407666
13. TALES FROM Q SCHOOL
John Feinstein, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316014304
14. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 9780307264558
15. WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE?
Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney, Scribner, $25, 9781416532477
ON THE RISE:
18. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR...: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933
Humor plus philosophy equaled a perfect Father's Day gift.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
4. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
5. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
6. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
7. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
8. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $14.95, 9780812967586
9. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
10. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
11. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
12. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9780812977813
13. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Penguin, $15, 9780143112129
14. THE NAMESAKE
Jhumpa Lahiri, Mariner, $14, 9780618485222
15. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER - DEBUT
Julia Glass, Anchor, $14.95, 9781400075768
ON THE RISE:
28. EVENING
Susan Minot, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307387127
The movie looks lovely, as is this seductive novel of the recollections of a dying woman.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
4. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $13.95, 9780812975437
5. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
6. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
7. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
8. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
9. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE IN THE U.S.A. AND CANADA BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910
10. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
11. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
12. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761104841
13. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
14. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
15. THE MEASURE OF A MAN
Sidney Poitier, HarperOne, $14.95, 9780061357909
ON THE RISE:
39. THE INSANITY DEFENSE: The Complete Prose
Woody Allen, Random House, $15.95, 9780812978117
Allen aficionados rejoice!
MASS MARKET
1. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204
2. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Warner Vision, $9.99, 9780446619141
3. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
4. THE COLD MOON
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9780743491570
5. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
6. THE ART OF DETECTION
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553588330
7. THE HUSBAND
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589092
8. BLUE SCREEN
Robert Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425215982
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
10. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $7.95, 9780451524935
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 9780316015844
2. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
3. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
4. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 9780316160193
5. SUMMER BALL
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399244872
6. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
7. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
8. THE ALCHEMYST: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
9. MARLEY: A Dog Like No Other
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
10. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
11. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
12. HORSERADISH
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780061240065
13. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288
14. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
15. UGLIES - DEBUT
Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse, $7.99, 9780689865381
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17, 9780679805274
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
3. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
4. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
6. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
7. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
8. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
9. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. DADDY'S GIRL - DEBUT
Garrison Keillor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Hyperion, $6.99, 9781423105145
12. JOY THE SUMMER VACATION FAIRY
Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439934428
13. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763631437
14. BAD DOG, MARLEY!
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780061171147
15. SKIPPYJON JONES
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $5.99, 9780142404034
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
3. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
8. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
9. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
10. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little, Brown
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June 14, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, June 14, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 10, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "Bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
# 2-ON CHESIL BEACH, by Ian McEwan (9780385522403)
#8-THE HARLEQUIN, by Laurell K. Hamilton (9780425217245)
#10-THE NAVIGATOR, by Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos (9780399154195)
#15-SPARE CHANGE, by Robert Parker (9780399154256)
Hardcover Nonfiction
# 7-A WOMAN IN CHARGE, by Carl Bernstein (9780375407666)
#14-THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE, by John Perkins (9780525950158)
Paperback Fiction
#5-MIDDLESEX, by Jeffrey Eugenides (9780312427733)
#9-THIRTEEN MOONS, by Charles Frazier (9780812967586)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14-WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS, by Tim Russert (9780812975437)
Mass Market
#8-BLUE SCREEN, by Robert Parker (9780425215982)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. ON CHESIL BEACH - DEBUT
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
3. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
4. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
5. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $25, 9780307266354
6. THE OVERLOOK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316018951
7. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401303273
8. THE HARLEQUIN - DEBUT
Laurell K. Hamilton, Berkley, $25.95, 9780425217245
9. FALLING MAN
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $26, 9781416546023
10. THE NAVIGATOR - DEBUT
Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154195
11. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE
Lee Child, Delacorte, $26, 9780385340557
12. THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 9780375422737
13. THE GRAVEDIGGER'S DAUGHTER
Joyce Carol Oates, Ecco, $26.95, 9780061236822
14. AFTER DARK
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $22.95, 9780307265838
15. SPARE CHANGE - DEBUT
Robert Parker, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399154256
ON THE RISE:
33. THE MINISTRY OF SPECIAL CASES
Nathan Englander, Knopf, $25, 9780375404931
A much anticipated, deeply mature tale set in 1976, during Argentina's "dirty war." A Book Sense Pick.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
3. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Jr., Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
4. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
5. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
6. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 9780307264558
7. A WOMAN IN CHARGE: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton - DEBUT
Carl Bernstein, Knopf, $27.95, 9780375407666
8. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
9. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
10. THE REAGAN DIARIES
Ronald Reagan, Douglas Brinkley, HarperCollins, $35, 9780060876005
11. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
12. PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE
Michael R. Beschloss, S&S, $28, 9780684857053
13. GRACE (Eventually)
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489426
14. THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE - DEBUT
John Perkins, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525950158
15. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $26, 9780743289689
ON THE RISE:
19. THE BLACK SWAN: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Random House, $26.95, 9781400063512
A fascinating exploration of randomness.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
4. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
5. MIDDLESEX - DEBUT
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
6. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
7. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
8. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
9. THIRTEEN MOONS - DEBUT
Charles Frazier, Random House, $14.95, 9780812967586
10. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9780812977813
11. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
12. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
13. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Penguin, $15, 9780143112129
14. THE NAMESAKE
Jhumpa Lahiri, Mariner, $14, 9780618485222
15. EVERYMAN
Philip Roth, Vintage, $13, 9780307277718
ON THE RISE:
23. TERRORIST
John Updike, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345493910
Updike plumbs the mind of a young terrorist born and bred in New Jersey.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
4. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
5. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
6. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
7. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
8. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
9. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE IN THE U.S.A. AND CANADA BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910
10. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
11. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761104841
12. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
13. THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
14. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS - DEBUT
Tim Russert, Random House, $13.95, 9780812975437
15. A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
Kurt Vonnegut, Random House, $13.95, 9780812977363
ON THE RISE:
41. THE FAITH CLUB: A Muslim, a Christian, a Jew --Three Women Search for Understanding
Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, Priscilla Warner, Free Press, $14, 9780743290487
Passionate and groundbreaking interfaith dialog. A Book Sense Notable title.
MASS MARKET
1. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204
2. THE ART OF DETECTION
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553588330
3. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
4. THE COLD MOON
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9780743491570
5. THE HUSBAND
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589092
6. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Warner Vision, $9.99, 9780446619141
7. THE HARD WAY
Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 9780440241034
8. BLUE SCREEN - DEBUT
Robert Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425215982
9. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
2. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 9780316015844
3. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
4. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
5. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
6. SUMMER BALL
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399244872
7. THE ALCHEMYST: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
8. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 9780316160193
9. MARLEY: A Dog Like No Other
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
10. HORSERADISH
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780061240065
11. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
12. THE SIGHT
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060892012
13. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
14. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288
15. MUGGLENET.COM'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN HARRY POTTER 7
Ben Schoen, et al., Ulysses, $13.95, 9781569755839
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17, 9780679805274
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
3. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
4. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
5. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
7. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
8. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. BAD DOG, MARLEY!
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780061171147
11. JOY THE SUMMER VACATION FAIRY
Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439934428
12. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
13. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
14. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763622626
15. HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152018481
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
4. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
5. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
7. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little, Brown
8. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
10. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
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June 7, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, June 7, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 3, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "Bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#6-Divisadero, by Michael Ondaatje (9780307266354)
#11-The Gravedigger's Daughter, by Joyce Carol Oates (9780061236822)
Hardcover Nonfiction
# 12-The Canon, by Natalie Angier (9780618242955)
Paperback Fiction
#15-Abundance, by Sena Jeter Naslund (9780060825409)
Paperback Nonfiction
# 9-1000 Places to See in the U.S.A. and Canada Before You Die, by Patricia Schultz (9780761136910)
Mass Market
# 1-QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP, by Donna Leon (9780143112204)
#4-THE ART OF DETECTION, by Laurie R. King (9780553588330)
#5-THE COLD MOON, by Jeffery Deaver (9780743491570)
#6-BEACH ROAD, by James Patterson, Peter de Jonge (9780446619141)
#8-ANGELS FALL, by Nora Roberts (9780515143171)
#9-PHANTOM, by Terry Goodkind (9780765344328)
Children's Interest
#12-THE ALCHEMYST, by Michael Scott (9780385733571)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW: SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS (9780316155601, Maximum Ride,#3)
NEW: WARRIORS FIELD GUIDE: Secrets of the Clans (9780061239038)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
3. THE OVERLOOK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316018951
4. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
5. FALLING MAN
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $26, 9781416546023
6. DIVISADERO - DEBUT
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $25, 9780307266354
7. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401303273
8. THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 9780375422737
9. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE
Lee Child, Delacorte, $26, 9780385340557
10. SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580342
11. THE GRAVEDIGGER'S DAUGHTER - DEBUT
Joyce Carol Oates, Ecco, $26.95, 9780061236822
12. THE 6TH TARGET
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014793
13. INVISIBLE PREY
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154218
14. AFTER DARK
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $22.95, 9780307265838
15. RANT
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385517874
ON THE RISE:
27. GHOSTWALK
Rebecca Stott, Spiegel & Grau, $24.95, 9780385521062
A mysterious, intelligent first novel. (And Book Sense Pick.)
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore, Jr., Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
4. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
5. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
6. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
7. THE REAGAN DIARIES
Ronald Reagan, Douglas Brinkley, HarperCollins, $35, 9780060876005
8. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
9. PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989
Michael R. Beschloss, S&S, $28, 9780684857053
10. GRACE (Eventually)
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489426
11. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
12. THE CANON: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science - DEBUT
Natalie Angier, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 9780618242955
13. WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE?
Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney, Scribner, $25, 9781416532477
14. HOW DOCTORS THINK
Jerome Groopman, M.D., Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618610037
15. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 9780307264558
ON THE RISE:
16. BLESSED UNREST
Paul Hawken, Viking, $24.95, 9780670038527
Subtitled: How the Largest Movement in the World Came Into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming. That is, the worldwide rise of social activist groups.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
4. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
5. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
6. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
7. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
8. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9780812977813
9. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Penguin, $15, 9780143112129
10. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
11. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
12. ABSURDISTAN
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $13.95, 9780812971675
13. THE NAMESAKE
Jhumpa Lahiri, Mariner, $14, 9780618485222
14. EVERYMAN
Philip Roth, Vintage, $13, 9780307277718
15. ABUNDANCE - DEBUT
Sena Jeter Naslund, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780060825409
ON THE RISE:
16. THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Alan Furst, Random House, $13.95, 9780812967975
Dateline: Paris, 1939. Genre: Noirish, smoky thriller.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
4. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
5. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
6. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
7. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
8. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
9. 1000 PLACES TO SEE IN THE U.S.A. AND CANADA BEFORE YOU DIE - DEBUT
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910
10. ARMED MADHOUSE
Greg Palast, Plume, $15, 9780452288317
11. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
12. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761104841
13. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
14. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
15. A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
Kurt Vonnegut, Random House, $13.95, 9780812977363
ON THE RISE:
28. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 9780312426811
Another wryly comic self-examination from the bestselling author of Running With Scissors.
MASS MARKET
1. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP - DEBUT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204
2. THE HUSBAND
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589092
3. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
4. THE ART OF DETECTION - DEBUT
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553588330
5. THE COLD MOON - DEBUT
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9780743491570
6. BEACH ROAD - DEBUT
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Warner Vision, $9.99, 9780446619141
7. DEAD WATCH
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425215692
8. ANGELS FALL - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515143171
9. PHANTOM - DEBUT
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $7.99, 9780765344328
10. PROMISE ME
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451219244
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
2. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 9780316015844
3. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
4. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
5. SUMMER BALL
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399244872
6. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
7. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 9780316160193
8. MARLEY: A Dog Like No Other
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
9. HORSERADISH
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780061240065
10. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
11. THE SIGHT
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060892012
12. THE ALCHEMYST - DEBUT
Michael Scott, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385733571
13. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
14. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
15. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17, 9780679805274
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
3. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
5. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
6. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
7. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
9. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
10. BAD DOG, MARLEY!
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780061171147
11. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
12. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
13. JOY THE SUMMER VACATION FAIRY
Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439934428
14. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
15. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763622626
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
3. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
6. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. MAXIMUM RIDE
James Patterson, Little Brown
NEW: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (9780316155601, Maximum Ride,#3)
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
NEW: Warriors Field Guide: Secrets of the Clans (9780061239038)
10. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Yearling
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May 31, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, May 31, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 27, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "Bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini (9781594489501)
#3-THE OVERLOOK, by Michael Connelly (9780316018951)
#12-THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO, by Paulo Coelho (9780061338809)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-THE ASSAULT ON REASON, by Al Gore, Jr. (9781594201226)
#8-THE REAGAN DIARIES, by Ronald Reagan, Douglas Brinkley (9780060876005)
#14-DOG YEARS, by Mark Doty (9780061171000)
Paperback Nonfiction
#15-NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA, Jon L. Dunn (Ed.) (9780792253143)
Mass Market
#5-IN PLAIN SIGHT, by C.J. Box (9780425215791)
#7-TELEGRAPH DAYS, by Larry McMurtry (9780743476911)
Children's Fiction Series
THE PILGRIMS OF RAYNE, by D.J. MacHale (Pendragon, 9781416914167)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS - DEBUT
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
3. THE OVERLOOK - DEBUT
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316018951
4. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
5. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE
Lee Child, Delacorte, $26, 9780385340557
6. THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 9780375422737
7. RANT
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385517874
8. BUDDHA
Deepak Chopra, HarperSanFrancisco, $24.95, 9780060878801
9. THE 6TH TARGET
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014793
10. INVISIBLE PREY
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154218
11. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26.95, 9780743496728
12. THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO - DEBUT
Paulo Coelho, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780061338809
13. FALLING MAN
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $26, 9781416546023
14. AFTER DARK
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $22.95, 9780307265838
15. BODY SURFING
Anita Shreve, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316059855
ON THE RISE:
17. NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU: STORIES
Miranda July, Scribner, $23, 9780743299398
An original new voice, chosen by indies as a Book Sense Pick.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE ASSAULT ON REASON - DEBUT
Al Gore, Jr., Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
4. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
5. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
6. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
7. GRACE (EVENTUALLY)
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489426
8. THE REAGAN DIARIES - DEBUT
Ronald Reagan, Douglas Brinkley, HarperCollins, $35, 9780060876005
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
10. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 9780307237699
11. HOW DOCTORS THINK
Jerome Groopman, M.D., Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618610037
12. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
13. THE WILD TREES
Richard Preston, Random House, $25.95, 9781400064892
14. DOG YEARS: A MEMOIR - DEBUT
Mark Doty, HarperCollins, $23.95, 9780061171000
15. PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE: BRAVE LEADERS AND HOW THEY CHANGED AMERICA 1789-1989
Michael R. Beschloss, S&S, $28, 9780684857053
ON THE RISE:
25. THE BLACK SWAN: THE IMPACT OF THE HIGHLY IMPROBABLE
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Random House, $26.95, 9781400063512
Statistical uncertainty uncovered!
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
4. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
5. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
6. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
7. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9780812977813
8. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
9. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
10. ASTRID AND VERONIKA
Linda Olsson, Penguin, $14, 9780143038078
11. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, Harper San Francisco, $13.95, 9780061122415
12. THE NAMESAKE
Jhumpa Lahiri, Mariner, $14, 9780618485222
13. THE 5TH HORSEMAN
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446699310
14. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 9780393328622
15. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Penguin, $15, 9780143112129
ON THE RISE:
34. WHISTLING IN THE DARK
Lesley Kagen, NAL Accent, $13.95, 9780451221230
A compassionate debut, a coming-of-age thriller set in Milwaukee during the summer of 1959. A Book Sense Pick, to boot!
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
4. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
5. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
6. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
7. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
8. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
9. ARMED MADHOUSE
Greg Palast, Plume, $15, 9780452288317
10. A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
Kurt Vonnegut, Random House, $13.95, 9780812977363
11. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761104841
12. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
13. 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN
Don Piper, Revell, $12.99, 9780800759490
14. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 9780812973013
15. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA - DEBUT
Jon L. Dunn (Ed.), National Geographic, $24, 9780792253143
ON THE RISE:
19. STILL LIFE WITH CHICKENS: STARTING OVER IN A HOUSE BY THE SEA
Catherine Goldhammer, Plume, $12, 9780452288485
Learning about chicken care, and how to rebuild a life.
MASS MARKET
1. ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
2. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
3. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
4. DEAD WATCH
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425215692
5. IN PLAIN SIGHT - DEBUT
C.J. Box, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425215791
6. PROMISE ME
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451219244
7. TELEGRAPH DAYS - DEBUT
Larry McMurtry, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9780743476911
8. AT RISK
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425214763
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
10. THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $6.50, 9780877799306
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
2. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
3. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
4. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 9780316160193
5. MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
6. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
7. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 9780316015844
8. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
9. THE SIGHT
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060892012
10. SUMMER BALL
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399244872
11. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $8.99, 9780439709101
12. HORSERADISH
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780061240065
13. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440498056
14. TRAVEL TEAM
Mike Lupica, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142404621
15. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 9780786849079
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $17, 9780679805274
2. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
3. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
4. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
5. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
6. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763631437
7. BAD DOG, MARLEY!
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780061171147
8. MARS NEEDS MOMS!
Berkeley Breathed, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399247361
9. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA MEGA-BEASTS
Matthew Reinhart, Robert Clarke Sabuda, Candlewick, $27.99, 9780763622305
10. A GOOD DAY
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 9780061140181
11. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN POP-UP
Marvel Comics (Eds.), Candlewick, $24.99, 9780763632632
12. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
13. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
14. HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152018481
15. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
2. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little, Brown
6. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
7. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
NEW IN SERIES: 9781416914167, THE PILGRIMS OF RAYNE (Pendragon, #8)
8. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
10. THE UNDERLAND CHRONICLES (paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
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May 24, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, May 24, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 20, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "Bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2 - BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE, by Lee Child (9780385340557)
#4 - INVISIBLE PREY, by John Sandford (9780399154218)
#7- FALLING MAN, by Don DeLillo (9781416546023)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#15 - TALES FROM Q SCHOOL, by John Feinstein (9780316014304)
Children's Interest
#5 - SUMMER BALL, by Mike Lupica (9780399244872)
Children's Illustrated
#9- A GOOD DAY, by Kevin Henkes (9780061140181)
#13- ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA MEGABEASTS, by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart (9780763622305)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
2. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE - DEBUT
Lee Child, Delacorte, $26, 9780385340557
3. THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 9780375422737
4. INVISIBLE PREY - DEBUT
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154218
5. SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580342
6. THE 6TH TARGET
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014793
7. FALLING MAN - DEBUT
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $26, 9781416546023
8. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
9. BODY SURFING
Anita Shreve, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316059855
10. AFTER DARK
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $22.95, 9780307265838
11. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26.95, 9780743496728
12. RANT
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385517874
13. THE WOODS
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525950127
14. LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY
Susan Vreeland, Viking, $25.95, 9780670038541
15. DREAM WHEN YOU'RE FEELING BLUE
Elizabeth Berg, Random House, $24.95, 9781400065103
ON THE RISE:
24. THE MINISTRY OF SPECIAL CASES
Nathan Englander, Knopf, $25, 9780375404931
Englander's first novel is a May 2007 Book Sense Pick.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara Kingsolver, et al., HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
4. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
5. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
6. GRACE (EVENTUALLY)
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489426
7. PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989
Michael R. Beschloss, S&S, $28, 9780684857053
8. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
9. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 9780307264558
10. HOW DOCTORS THINK
Jerome Groopman, M.D., Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618610037
11. WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE?
Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney, Scribner, $25, 9781416532477
12. AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM
George Tenet, HarperCollins, $30, 9780061147784
13. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
14. BLACKWATER
Jeremy Scahill, Nation, $26.95, 9781560259794
15. TALES FROM Q SCHOOL: Inside Golf's Fifth Major - DEBUT
John Feinstein, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316014304
ON THE RISE:
37. CRASHING THROUGH: A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See
Robert Kurson, Random House, $25.95, 9781400063352
The story of a blind man's surgery to restore his vision. A June 2007 Book Sense Pick.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
4. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
5. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
6. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
7. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9780812977813
8. THE NAMESAKE
Jhumpa Lahiri, Mariner, $14, 9780618485222
9. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
10. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Penguin, $15, 9780143112129
11. THE ALCHEMIST (UPDATED)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
12. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 9780393328622
13. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
14. ABSURDISTAN
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $13.95, 9780812971675
15. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 9781400075713
ON THE RISE:
35. POCKETFUL OF NAMES
Joe Coomer, Graywolf, $14, 9781555974619
Coomer's sixth novel is set on the rugged coast of Maine.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
4. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
5. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
6. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
7. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
8. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
9. A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
Kurt Vonnegut, Random House, $13.95, 9780812977363
10. ARMED MADHOUSE
Greg Palast, Plume, $15, 9780452288317
11. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 9780812973013
12. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
13. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
14. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $18.95, 9780761104841
15. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 9780156031561
ON THE RISE:
19. CHOSEN BY A HORSE
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172
The author's life is changed when she adopts a mistreated mare and her foal.
MASS MARKET
1. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
2. DEAD WATCH
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425215692
3. THE HARD WAY
Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 9780440241034
4. THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143038061
5. THE HUSBAND
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589092
6. PROMISE ME
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451219244
7. THE OLD WINE SHADES
Martha Grimes, Signet, $9.99, 9780451220721
8. TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9780743497299
9. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
10. AT RISK
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425214763
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
2. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
3. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 9780316015844
4. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440420477
5. SUMMER BALL - DEBUT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399244872
6. THE SIGHT
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060892012
7. MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER
John Grogan, Collins, $16.99, 9780061240331
8. HORSERADISH: BITTER TRUTHS YOU CAN'T AVOID
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780061240065
9. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 9780316160193
10. PRINCESS ACADEMY
Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury, $7.95, 9781599900735
11. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
12. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 9780375831003
13. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White, HarperEntertainment, $7.99, 9780061120268
14. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $8.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17, 9780679805274
2. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780694003617
4. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092
5. DOG
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 9780060254926
7. BAD DOG, MARLEY!
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780061171147
8. PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536
9. A GOOD DAY - DEBUT
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 9780061140181
10. FLOTSAM
David Wiesner, Clarion, $17, 9780618194575
11. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
12. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
13. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA MEGA-BEASTS - DEBUT
Matthew Reinhart, Robert Clarke Sabuda, Candlewick, $27.99, 9780763622305
14. MARS NEEDS MOMS!
Berkeley Breathed, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399247361
15. HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152018481
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
4. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
5. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little, Brown
6. PENDRAGON (Hardcover)
D.J. MacHale, S&S
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
10. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
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May 17, 2007
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, May 17, 2007 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 13, 2007). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.
Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you or look for the "Bestseller" link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts
for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3 - THE 6TH TARGET, by James Patterson, et al. (9780316014793)
#9 - AFTER DARK, by Haruki Murakami (9780307265838)
#11- LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY, by Susan Vreeland (9780670038541)
#15 - BUDDHA, by Deepak Chopra (9780060878801)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#10 - PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE, by Michael R. Beschloss (9780684857053)
Paperback Nonfiction
#15 - SILVER PALATE COOKBOOK 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, by Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins (9780761145974)
Mass Market
#4 - THE HUSBAND, by Dean R. Koontz (9780553589092)
# 8 - PIECE OF MY HEART, by (9780060544362)
Children's Illustrated
#6 - MARS NEEDS MOMS!, by Berkeley Breathed (9780399247361)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: ALOHA-HA-HA (Junie B. Jones, 9780375834042)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780007149827
2. THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 9780375422737
3. THE 6TH TARGET - DEBUT
James Patterson, et al., Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014793
4. SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580342
5. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
6. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26.95, 9780743496728
7. RANT
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385517874
8. BODY SURFING
Anita Shreve, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316059855
9. AFTER DARK - DEBUT
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $22.95, 9780307265838
10. THE WOODS
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525950127
11. LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY - DEBUT
Susan Vreeland, Viking, $25.95, 9780670038541
12. DREAM WHEN YOU'RE FEELING BLUE
Elizabeth Berg, Random House, $24.95, 9781400065103
13. WHITETHORN WOODS
Maeve Binchy, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307265784
14. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $26, 9781932416640
15. BUDDHA: A STORY OF ENLIGHTENMENT - DEBUT
Deepak Chopra, HarperOne, $24.95, 9780060878801
ON THE RISE:
21. THE LAST CHINESE CHEF
Nicole Mones, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780618619665
A widowed American food writer visits China. A June 2007 Book Sense Pick!
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara Kingsolver, et al., HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559
3. EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730
4. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 9780307264558
5. GRACE (EVENTUALLY)
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489426
6. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235
7. AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM
George Tenet, HarperCollins, $30, 9780061147784
8. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
9. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803
10. PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE: BRAVE LEADERS AND HOW THEY CHANGED AMERICA 1789-1989 - DEBUT
Michael R. Beschloss, S&S, $28, 9780684857053
11. HOW DOCTORS THINK
Jerome Groopman, M.D., Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618610037
12. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823
13. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 9780060817084
14. WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE?
Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney, Scribner, $25, 9781416532477
15. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 9780307237699
ON THE RISE:
33. THE CANON: A WHIRLIGIG TOUR OF THE BEAUTIFUL BASICS OF SCIENCE
Natalie Angier, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 9780618242955
Will remind you of all the science you may have forgotten since high school! A June 2007 Book Sense Pick.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
4. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
5. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
6. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
7. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House
8. THE NAMESAKE
Jhumpa Lahiri, Mariner, $14, 9780618485222
9. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Penguin, $15, 9780143112129
10. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 9780393328622
11. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
12. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
13. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 9781400075713
14. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
15. THE 5TH HORSEMAN
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446699310
ON THE RISE:
22. ELEMENTS OF STYLE
Wendy Wasserstein, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400076871
A witty look at New York society, post-9/11.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
4. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
5. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
6. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
7. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400077427
8. THE WORST HARD TIME
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
9. THE MEASURE OF A MAN
Sidney Poitier, HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95, 9780061357909
10. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
11. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 9780812973013
12. A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
Kurt Vonnegut, Random House, $13.95, 9780812977363
13. THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Sy Montgomery, Ballantine, $13.95, 9780345496096
14. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $18.95, 9780761104841
15. SILVER PALATE COOKBOOK 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - DEBUT
Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins, Workman, $19.95, 9780761145974
ON THE RISE:
26. ORACLE BONES: A JOURNEY THROU |
