September 18, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, September 18, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 14, 2008). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.
Booksellers: The Indie 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-ANATHEM, by Neal Stephenson (9780061474095)
#6-FINE JUST THE WAY IT IS, by Annie Proulx (9781416571667)
#7-BALLISTICS, by Billy Collins (9781400064915)
#10-SUPREME COURTSHIP, by Christopher Buckley (9780446579827)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED, by Thomas L. Friedman (9780374166854)
#2-THE WAR WITHIN, by Bob Woodward (9781416558972)
#8-BREAKTHROUGH, by Suzanne Somers (9781400053278)
#11-THE IRREGULARS, by Jennet Conant (9780743294584)
#12-THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH, by Helene Cooper (9780743266246)
Paperback Fiction
#13-THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER, by Tom Perrotta (9780312363543)
Paperback Nonfiction
#6-THE NINE, by Jeffrey Toobin (9781400096794)
Mass Market
#7-NIGHTS IN RODANTHE, by Nicholas Sparks (9780446612708)
Children's Interest
#5-MADELINE AND THE CATS OF ROME, by John Bemelmans Marciano (9780670062973)
#13-WHAT-THE-DICKENS, by Gregory Maguire (9780763641474)
Children's Illustrated
#1-BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE, by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.) (9780061127595)
#14-TOO MANY TOYS, by David Shannon (9780439490290)
Children's Fiction Series
39 CLUES, by Rick Riordan
NEW IN SERIES: MAZE OF BONES (9780545060394)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
2. ANATHEM - DEBUT
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $29.95, 9780061474095
3. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
4. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $26, 9781400064755
5. HOME
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $25, 9780374299101
6. FINE JUST THE WAY IT IS: WYOMING STORIES 3 - DEBUT
Annie Proulx, Scribner, $25, 9781416571667
7. BALLISTICS: POEMS - DEBUT
Billy Collins, Random House, $24, 9781400064915
8. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
9. THE LACE READER
Brunonia Barry, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061624766
10. SUPREME COURTSHIP - DEBUT
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579827
11. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
12. THE 19TH WIFE
David Ebershoff, Random House, $26, 9781400063970
13. SILKS
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155338
14. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
15. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155017
ON THE RISE:
21. THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER
Kathleen Kent, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316024488
Kent's gripping first novel is a September Indie Next List selection.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America - DEBUT
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
2. THE WAR WITHIN: A Secret White House History 2006-2008 - DEBUT
Bob Woodward, S&S, $32, 9781416558972
3. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
4. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
5. THE LIMITS OF POWER
Andrew J. Bacevich, Metropolitan, $24, 9780805088151
6. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
7. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $21, 9780307269195
8. BREAKTHROUGH: Eight Steps to Wellness - DEBUT
Suzanne Somers, Crown, $25.95, 9781400053278
9. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
10. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
11. THE IRREGULARS: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington - DEBUT
Jennet Conant, S&S, $27.95, 9780743294584
12. THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH: In Search of a Lost African Childhood - DEBUT
Helene Cooper, S&S, $25, 9780743266246
13. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125
14. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
15. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
ON THE RISE:
24. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, $23, 9781416551737
A captivating memoir of emotions shared between an owl and "his girl."
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
3. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
4. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
5. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
6. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
7. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
8. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
9. THE ALMOST MOON
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067362
10. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
11. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
12. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
13. THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER - DEBUT
Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312363543
14. BAREFOOT
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316018593
15. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
ON THE RISE:
19. TREE OF SMOKE
Denis Johnson, Picador, $16, 9780312427740
Winner of the National Book Award for fiction, available now in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
3. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
4. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
5. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
6. THE NINE: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court - DEBUT
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
7. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
8. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
10. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
11. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Picador, $15, 9780312427900
12. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2009
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984531
13. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
14. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Penguin, $12, 9780143113874
15. MIKE'S ELECTION GUIDE 2008
Michael Moore, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446546270
ON THE RISE:
17. SARAH
Kaylene Johnson, Epicenter, $15.95, 9780980082562
A look at the life of Sarah Palin, Republican Vice-Presidential candidate.
MASS MARKET
1. STONE COLD
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615648
2. BOOK OF THE DEAD
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425216255
3. FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143114147
4. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440244714
5. PROTECT AND DEFEND
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416505037
6. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
7. NIGHTS IN RODANTHE - DEBUT
Nicholas Sparks, Warner Vision, $7.99, 9780446612708
8. COMPULSION
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345465283
9. SWEET REVENGE
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780060527341
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. MADELINE AND THE CATS OF ROME - DEBUT
John Bemelmans Marciano, Viking, $17.99, 9780670062973
6. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
7. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
8. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
9. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
10. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Plume, $15, 9780452289499
11. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
12. KENNY & THE DRAGON
Tony DiTerlizzi, S&S, $15.99, 9781416939771
13. WHAT-THE-DICKENS: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy - DEBUT
Gregory Maguire, Candlewick, $8.99, 9780763641474
14. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
15. BARACK OBAMA: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781416971443
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE - DEBUT
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 9780061127595
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
6. GOODNIGHT GOON: A PETRIFYING PARODY
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
7. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. TEN LITTLE FINGERS AND TEN LITTLE TOES
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152060572
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. LET'S DANCE, LITTLE POOKIE
Sandra Boynton, Robin Corey, $5.99, 9780375845192
11. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
12. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060542092
13. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
14. TOO MANY TOYS - DEBUT
David Shannon, Blue Sky, $16.99, 9780439490290
15. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. 39 CLUES (hardcover) - DEBUT
Rick Riordan, Scholastic
NEW IN SERIES: MAZE OF BONES (9780545060394)
4. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
7. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
8. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
9. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Random House
10. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
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September 11, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, September 11, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 7, 2008). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.
Booksellers: The Indie 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-AMERICAN WIFE, by Curtis Sittenfeld (9781400064755)
#4-HOME, by Marilynne Robinson (9780374299101)
#14-THE BOOK OF LIES, by Brad Meltzer (9780446577885)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#8-THE LIMITS OF POWER, by Andrew J. Bacevich (9780805088151)
Paperback Fiction
#2-THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO, by Junot Diaz (9781594483295)
#12-THE ALMOST MOON, by Alice Sebold (9780316067362)
#14- THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG, by Muriel Barbery(9781933372600)
Paperback Nonfiction
#9-THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE, by Diane Ackerman (9780393333060)
#13-MIKE'S ELECTION GUIDE, by Michael Moore (9780446546270)
Mass Market
#1-BOOK OF THE DEAD, by Patricia Cornwell (9780425216255)
Children's Interest
#5-HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins (9780439023481)
#15-BARACK OBAMA, by Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illus.) (9781416971443)
Children's Illustrated
#12-GOODNIGHT GOON, by Michael Rex (9780399245343)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW: ECLIPSE (Warriors: Power of Three), by Erin Hunter (9780060892111)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
2. AMERICAN WIFE - DEBUT
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $26, 9781400064755
3. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
4. HOME - DEBUT
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $25, 9780374299101
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
6. THE LACE READER
Brunonia Barry, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061624766
7. SILKS
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155338
8. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
9. THE 19TH WIFE
David Ebershoff, Random House, $26, 9781400063970
10. OFF SEASON
Anne Rivers Siddons, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446527873
11. THE LITTLE BOOK
Selden Edwards, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525950615
12. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155017
13. DEVIL BONES
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $25.95, 9780743294386
14. THE BOOK OF LIES - DEBUT
Brad Meltzer, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446577885
15. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
ON THE RISE:
17. SUPREME COURTSHIP
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579827
A popular TV judge is appointed to the Supreme Court in Buckley's latest novel.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
2. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
3. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
4. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $21, 9780307269195
5. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
6. THE OBAMA NATION
Jerome R. Corsi, Threshold, $28, 9781416598060
7. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
8. THE LIMITS OF POWER: The End of American Exceptionalism - DEBUT
Andrew J. Bacevich, Metropolitan, $24, 9780805088151
9. TRAFFIC
Tom Vanderbilt, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307264787
10. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125
11. THE WAY OF THE WORLD
Ron Suskind, Harper, $27.95, 9780061430626
12. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
13. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
14. FLEECED
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, $26.95, 9780061547751
15. THE WRECKING CREW
Thomas Frank, Metropolitan, $25, 9780805079883
ON THE RISE:
21. HOW FICTION WORKS
James Wood, FSG, $24, 9780374173401
A very entertaining and informative guide to writing and reading fiction.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO - DEBUT
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
3. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
4. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
5. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
6. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
7. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
8. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
9. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
10. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
11. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
12. THE ALMOST MOON - DEBUT
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067362
13. BAREFOOT
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316018593
14. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG - DEBUT
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
15. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
ON THE RISE:
18. THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER
Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312363543
Bestselling author Perrotta's latest suburban satire is now in paperback.
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. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
4. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
5. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
6. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
7. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Picador, $15, 9780312427900
8. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
9. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE - DEBUT
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
11. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Penguin, $12, 9780143113874
12. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
13. MIKE'S ELECTION GUIDE - DEBUT
Michael Moore, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446546270
14. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
15. STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE
Christian Lander, Random House, $14, 9780812979916
ON THE RISE:
20. HOW STARBUCKS SAVED MY LIFE
Michael Gates Gill, Gotham, $13, 9781592404049
Down and out after a lifetime of privilege, a middle-aged man finds peace and meaning in good, hard work.
MASS MARKET
1. BOOK OF THE DEAD - DEBUT
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425216255
2. FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143114147
3. STONE COLD
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615648
4. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440244714
5. PROTECT AND DEFEND
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416505037
6. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
7. COMPULSION
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345465283
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
9. SWEET REVENGE
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780060527341
10. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
5. HUNGER GAMES - DEBUT
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
6. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
7. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
8. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
9. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Plume, $15, 9780452289499
10. KENNY & THE DRAGON
Tony DiTerlizzi, S&S, $15.99, 9781416939771
11. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
12. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
13. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
14. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
15. BARACK OBAMA: Son of Promise, Child of Hope - DEBUT
Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781416971443
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060542092
5. LET'S DANCE, LITTLE POOKIE
Sandra Boynton, Robin Corey, $5.99, 9780375845192
6. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
7. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
8. TEN LITTLE FINGERS AND TEN LITTLE TOES
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152060572
9. OLD BEAR
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $17.99, 9780061552052
10. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
11. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
12. GOODNIGHT GOON: A Petrifying Parody - DEBUT
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
13. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
14. THE KISSING HAND
Audrey Penn, Ruth E.Harper & Nancy M.Leak (Illus.), Tanglewood, $16.95, 9781933718002
15. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. WARRIORS: POWER OF THREE (hardcover)
Erin Hunter, HarperCollins
NEW IN SERIES: ECLIPSE (9780060892111)
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Random House
9. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
10. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
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September 4, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, September 4, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 31, 2008). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.
Booksellers: The Indie 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
#4-SILKS, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis (9780399155338)
#12-THE GYPSY MORPH, by Terry Brooks (9780345484147)
#13- DEVIL BONES, by Kathy Reichs (9780743294386)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#13-WAITER RANT, by The Waiter (9780061256684)
Paperback Nonfiction
#12-THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2009, by Old Farmer's Almanac (9781571984531)
Mass Market
#2-PROTECT AND DEFEND, by Vince Flynn (9781416505037)
#3-FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES, by Donna Leon (9780143114147)
#4-STONE COLD, by David Baldacci (9780446615648)
#5-SWEET REVENGE, by Diane Mott Davidson (9780060527341)
#8-COMPULSION, by Jonathan Kellerman (9780345465283)
Children's Interest
#12-THE DRAGON HEIR, by Cinda Williams Chima (9781423110705)
#14-IDENTICAL, by Ellen Hopkins (9781416950059)
Children's Illustrated
#10-OLD BEAR, by Kevin Henkes (9780061552052)
#13-TEN LITTLE FINGERS AND TEN LITTLE TOES, by Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.) (9780152060572)
Children's Fiction Series
New: THE DIAMOND OF DARKHOLD (The Book of Ember), by Jeanne DuPrau (9780375855719)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
2. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
3. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
4. SILKS - DEBUT
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155338
5. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
6. THE 19TH WIFE
David Ebershoff, Random House, $26, 9781400063970
7. THE LITTLE BOOK
Selden Edwards, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525950615
8. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155017
9. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
10. THE LACE READER
Brunonia Barry, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061624766
11. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
12. THE GYPSY MORPH - DEBUT
Terry Brooks, Del Rey, $27, 9780345484147
13. DEVIL BONES - DEBUT
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $25.95, 9780743294386
14. OFF SEASON
Anne Rivers Siddons, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446527873
15. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE SANCTION
Eric Van Lustbader, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446539869
ON THE RISE:
18. THE LAUGHTER OF DEAD KINGS
Elizabeth Peters, Morrow, $25.95, 9780061246241
Art historian Vicky Bliss returns in Peters' latest novel of suspense.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
2. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
3. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
4. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $21, 9780307269195
5. THE OBAMA NATION
Jerome R. Corsi, Threshold, $28, 9781416598060
6. THE WAY OF THE WORLD
Ron Suskind, Harper, $27.95, 9780061430626
7. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
8. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
9. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
10. TRAFFIC
Tom Vanderbilt, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307264787
11. GHOST TRAIN TO THE EASTERN STAR
Paul Theroux, Houghton Mifflin, $28, 9780618418879
12. THE WRECKING CREW
Thomas Frank, Metropolitan, $25, 9780805079883
13. WAITER RANT: THANKS FOR THE TIP--CONFESSIONS OF A CYNICAL WAITER - DEBUT
The Waiter, Ecco, $24.95, 9780061256684
14. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
15. THE DARK SIDE
Jane Mayer, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385526395
ON THE RISE:
17. THE ANGLO FILES: a field guide to the british
Sarah Lyall, Norton, $24.95, 9780393058468
New York Times reporter Lyall's witty and insightful look at Britain in the twenty-first century.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
3. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
4. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
5. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
6. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
7. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
9. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
10. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175
11. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
12. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
13. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
14. BAREFOOT
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316018593
15. SONGS WITHOUT WORDS
Ann Packer, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375727177
ON THE RISE:
17. THE CAREFUL USE OF COMPLIMENTS
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 9781400077120
The fourth novel to feature Isabel Dalhousie is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
3. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
4. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
5. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
6. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
7. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
9. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Picador, $15, 9780312427900
10. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Penguin, $12, 9780143113874
11. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
12. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2009 - DEBUT
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984531
13. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
14. BIG RUSS & ME
Tim Russert, Miramax, $13.95, 9781401359652
15. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
ON THE RISE:
16. MIKE'S ELECTION GUIDE
Michael Moore, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446546270
The controversial, award-winning director's view of the 2008 elections.
MASS MARKET
1. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440244714
2. PROTECT AND DEFEND - DEBUT
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416505037
3. FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES - DEBUT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143114147
4. STONE COLD - DEBUT
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615648
5. SWEET REVENGE - DEBUT
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780060527341
6. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
8. COMPULSION - DEBUT
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345465283
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
10. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416548508
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
5. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
6. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Plume, $15, 9780452289499
7. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
8. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
9. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
10. SEEKERS: THE QUEST BEGINS
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
11. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
12. THE DRAGON HEIR - DEBUT
Cinda Williams Chima, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423110705
13. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Collins, $24.95, 9780061472572
14. IDENTICAL - DEBUT
Ellen Hopkins, Margaret K. McElderry, $17.99, 9781416950059
15. KENNY & THE DRAGON
Tony DiTerlizzi, S&S, $15.99, 9781416939771
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. LET'S DANCE, LITTLE POOKIE
Sandra Boynton, Robin Corey, $5.99, 9780375845192
5. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
6. THE KISSING HAND
Audrey Penn, Ruth E.Harper & Nancy M.Leak (Illus.), Tanglewood, $16.95, 9781933718002
7. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060542092
8. SPLAT THE CAT
Rob Scotton, Harper, $16.99, 9780060831547
9. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. OLD BEAR - DEBUT
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $17.99, 9780061552052
11. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
12. WHAT'S WRONG, LITTLE POOKIE?
Sandra Boynton, Random House, $5.99, 9780375845529
13. TEN LITTLE FINGERS AND TEN LITTLE TOES - DEBUT
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152060572
14. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
15. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Random House
NEW IN SERIES: THE DIAMOND OF DARKHOLD (9780375855719)
10. UGLIES (hardcover and paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
August 28, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 28, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 24, 2008). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.
Booksellers: The Indie 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
#6-THE LITTLE BOOK, by Selden Edwards (9780525950615)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#14-GHOST TRAIN TO THE EASTERN STAR, by Paul Theroux (9780618418879)
Paperback Fiction
#15-BAREFOOT, by Elin Hilderbrand (9780316018593)
Mass Market
#9-THE GHOST, by Robert Harris (9781416551829)
Children's Illustrated
#3-LET'S DANCE, LITTLE POOKIE, by Sandra Boynton (9780375845192)
#13-SPLAT THE CAT, by Rob Scotton (9780060831547)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
2. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
3. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
4. THE LACE READER
Brunonia Barry, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061624766
5. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
6. THE LITTLE BOOK - DEBUT
Selden Edwards, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525950615
7. OFF SEASON
Anne Rivers Siddons, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446527873
8. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155017
9. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
10. THE 19TH WIFE
David Ebershoff, Random House, $26, 9781400063970
11. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
12. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
13. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE SANCTION
Eric Van Lustbader, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446539869
14. THE GARGOYLE
Andrew Davidson, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385524940
15. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
ON THE RISE:
18. MAN IN THE DARK
Paul Auster, Holt, $23, 9780805088397
An intense, yet tender new novel by the author of Brooklyn Follies.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
2. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
3. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
4. THE OBAMA NATION
Jerome R. Corsi, Threshold, $28, 9781416598060
5. THE WAY OF THE WORLD
Ron Suskind, Harper, $27.95, 9780061430626
6. TRAFFIC
Tom Vanderbilt, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307264787
7. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $21, 9780307269195
8. THE DARK SIDE
Jane Mayer, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385526395
9. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125
10. THE WRECKING CREW
Thomas Frank, Metropolitan, $25, 9780805079883
11. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
12. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
13. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
14. GHOST TRAIN TO THE EASTERN STAR - DEBUT
Paul Theroux, Houghton Mifflin, $28, 9780618418879
15. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
ON THE RISE:
18. THE NIGHT OF THE GUN
David Carr, S&S, $26, 9781416541523
A memoir of addiction by a New York Times reporter.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
3. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
4. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
5. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
6. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
7. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
9. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
10. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
11. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
12. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
13. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175
14. SONGS WITHOUT WORDS
Ann Packer, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375727177
15. BAREFOOT - DEBUT
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316018593
ON THE RISE:
29. BREAKFAST WITH BUDDHA
Roland Merullo, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565126169
A joyous road novel by the author of Golfing With God.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
5. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
6. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Picador, $15, 9780312427900
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Penguin, $12, 9780143113874
9. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
10. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
11. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
12. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
13. STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE
Christian Lander, Random House, $14, 9780812979916
14. BIG RUSS & ME
Tim Russert, Miramax, $13.95, 9781401359652
15. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
ON THE RISE:
20. AGENT ZIGZAG
Ben Macintyre, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307353412
The story of WW II British double agent Eddie Chapman.
MASS MARKET
1. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440244714
2. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446198974
3. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
4. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
5. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
6. THE SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451224507
7. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416548508
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
9. THE GHOST - DEBUT
Robert Harris, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9781416551829
10. LORD OF THE FLIES
William Golding, Berkley, $9.99, 9780399501487
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
5. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Plume, $15, 9780452289499
6. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
7. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
8. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
9. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
10. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
11. KISS MY MATH
Danica McKellar, Hudson Street, $24.95, 9781594630491
12. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
13. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
14. KENNY & THE DRAGON
Tony DiTerlizzi, S&S, $15.99, 9781416939771
15. SEEKERS: THE QUEST BEGINS
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. LET'S DANCE, LITTLE POOKIE - DEBUT
Sandra Boynton, Robin Corey, $5.99, 9780375845192
4. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
6. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
7. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
8. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
10. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
11. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
12. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
13. SPLAT THE CAT - DEBUT
Rob Scotton, Harper, $16.99, 9780060831547
14. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
15. FANCY NANCY: BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
5. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
10. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
August 21, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 21, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 17, 2008). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For an independent bookstore near you, please visit IndieBound.org.
Booksellers: The Indie 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
#7-THE 19TH WIFE, by David Ebershoff (9781400063970)
#15-THE GARGOYLE, by Andrew Davidson (9780385524940)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#9-TRAFFIC, by Tom Vanderbilt (9780307264787)
Paperback Fiction
#6-BRIDGE OF SIGHS, by Richard Russo (9781400030903)
Children's Interest
#9-KISS MY MATH, by Danica McKellar (9781594630491)
#14-KENNY & THE DRAGON, by Tony DiTerlizzi (9781416939771)
#15-THE DRAGON HEIR, by Cinda Williams Chima (9781423110705)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW: DRAGON OF THE RED DAWN (Magic Tree House), by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.) (9780375837289)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
2. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
3. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
4. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155017
5. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
6. THE LACE READER
Brunonia Barry, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061624766
7. THE 19TH WIFE - DEBUT
David Ebershoff, Random House, $26, 9781400063970
8. OFF SEASON
Anne Rivers Siddons, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446527873
9. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
10. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
11. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
12. THE BEACH HOUSE
Jane Green, Viking, $24.95, 9780670018857
13. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
14. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE SANCTION
Eric Van Lustbader, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446539869
15. THE GARGOYLE - DEBUT
Andrew Davidson, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385524940
ON THE RISE:
21. ALFRED AND EMILY
Doris Lessing, Harper, $25.95, 9780060834883
Short, semi-autobiographic fiction from the 2007 Nobel Prize-winner.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
2. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
3. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
4. THE WAY OF THE WORLD
Ron Suskind, Harper, $27.95, 9780061430626
5. THE OBAMA NATION
Jerome R. Corsi, Threshold, $28, 9781416598060
6. THE DARK SIDE
Jane Mayer, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385526395
7. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $21, 9780307269195
8. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
9. TRAFFIC: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) - DEBUT
Tom Vanderbilt, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307264787
10. THE WRECKING CREW
Thomas Frank, Metropolitan, $25, 9780805079883
11. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
12. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
13. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
14. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125
15. JUST WHO WILL YOU BE?
Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189
ON THE RISE:
19. WAITER RANT
Waiter, Ecco, $24.95, 9780061256684
An honest look at the restaurant industry, from a server's point of view.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
3. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
4. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
5. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
6. BRIDGE OF SIGHS - DEBUT
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
7. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
8. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
9. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
10. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
11. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175
12. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
13. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061239540
14. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
15. SONGS WITHOUT WORDS
Ann Packer, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375727177
ON THE RISE:
23. THE STREET OF A THOUSAND BLOSSOMS
Gail Tsukiyama, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.95, 9780312384777
Life in Japan before, during, and after WWII.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
5. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
7. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Picador, $15, 9780312427900
8. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
9. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
10. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Penguin, $12, 9780143113874
11. BIG RUSS & ME
Tim Russert, Miramax, $13.95, 9781401359652
12. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
13. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
14. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
15. STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE
Christian Lander, Random House, $14, 9780812979916
MASS MARKET
1. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440244714
2. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
3. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
4. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416548508
5. THE SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451224507
6. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446198974
7. ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
9. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349509
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Plume, $15, 9780452289499
6. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
7. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
8. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
9. KISS MY MATH: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss - DEBUT
Danica McKellar, Hudson Street, $24.95, 9781594630491
10. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
11. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
12. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
13. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
14. KENNY & THE DRAGON - DEBUT
Tony DiTerlizzi, S&S, $15.99, 9781416939771
15. THE DRAGON HEIR - DEBUT
Cinda Williams Chima, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423110705
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
5. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
6. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
7. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
8. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
11. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
12. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
13. FANCY NANCY: BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
14. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
15. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
NEW IN SERIES: DRAGON OF THE RED DAWN (9780375837289)
3. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
4. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
5. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
8. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
10. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
August 14, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 14, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 10, 2008). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For an independent bookstore near you, please visit IndieBound.org.
Booksellers: The Indie 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
#12-OFF SEASON, by Anne Rivers Siddons (978044652787)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#4-THE WAY OF THE WORLD, by Ron Suskind (9780061430626)
#6-THE OBAMA NATION, by Jerome R. Corsi (9781416598060)
#13-THE WRECKING CREW, by Thomas Frank (9780805079883)
Paperback Fiction
#13-SONGS WITHOUT WORDS, by Ann Packer (9780375727177)
Paperback Nonfiction
#7-A LONG WAY GONE, by Ishmael Beah (9780374531263)
#12-THE WORLD WITHOUT US, by Alan Weisman (9780312427900)
Mass Market
#8-YOU'VE BEEN WARNED, by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (9780446198974)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW: CLAIRE (Clique Summer Collection), by Lisi Harrison (9780316027502)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
2. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
3. THE LACE READER
Brunonia Barry, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061624766
4. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155017
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
6. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
7. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
8. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
9. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
10. RULES OF DECEPTION
Christopher Reich, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385524063
11. THE BEACH HOUSE
Jane Green, Viking, $24.95, 9780670018857
12. OFF SEASON - DEBUT
Anne Rivers Siddons, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446527873
13. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
14. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE SANCTION
Eric Van Lustbader, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446539869
15. SWAN PEAK
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.95, 9781416548522
ON THE RISE:
16. THE 19TH WIFE
David Ebershoff, Random House, $26, 9781400063970
The new novel by the author of THE DANISH GIRL is an August Indie Next List selection.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
2. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
3. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
4. THE WAY OF THE WORLD - DEBUT
Ron Suskind, Harper, $27.95, 9780061430626
5. THE DARK SIDE
Jane Mayer, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385526395
6. THE OBAMA NATION - DEBUT
Jerome R. Corsi, Threshold, $28, 9781416598060
7. JUST WHO WILL YOU BE?
Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189
8. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $21, 9780307269195
9. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
10. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
11. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
12. YOU: Staying Young
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $26, 9780743292566
13. THE WRECKING CREW - DEBUT
Thomas Frank, Metropolitan, $25, 9780805079883
14. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125
15. THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER
Vincent Bugliosi, Vanguard, $26.95, 9781593154813
ON THE RISE:
20. TRAFFIC
Tom Vanderbilt, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307264787
A fascinating look at our driving habits.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
3. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
4. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
5. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
6. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
7. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
9. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175
10. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
11. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
12. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
13. SONGS WITHOUT WORDS - DEBUT
Ann Packer, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375727177
14. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061239540
15. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
3. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
4. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
5. BIG RUSS & ME
Tim Russert, Miramax, $13.95, 9781401359652
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
7. A LONG WAY GONE - DEBUT
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
8. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
9. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
10. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Penguin, $12, 9780143113874
11. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
12. THE WORLD WITHOUT US - DEBUT
Alan Weisman, Picador, $15, 9780312427900
13. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
14. STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE
Christian Lander, Random House, $14, 9780812979916
15. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
MASS MARKET
1. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440244714
2. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
3. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416548508
4. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
5. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349509
6. ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
7. THE SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451224507
8. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED - DEBUT
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446198974
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
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. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID*
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Plume, $15, 9780452289499
6. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
7. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
8. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
9. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485
10. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
11. SEEKERS: THE QUEST BEGINS
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
12. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
14. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
15. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
(*Due to a technical error, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID was omitted from last week's Children's Interest Bestseller List, where it would have ranked #4. We regret the error.)
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
5. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
6. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
7. FANCY NANCY LOVES! LOVES!! LOVES!!!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061235993
8. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
9. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
11. FANCY NANCY: BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
12. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
13. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
14. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
15. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
NEW IN SERIES: CLAIRE (9780316027502)
3. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
8. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
10. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
August 7, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 7, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 3, 2008). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For an independent bookstore near you, please visit IndieBound.org.
Booksellers: The Indie 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-THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (9780385340991)
#5-THE LACE READER, by Brunonia Barry (9780061624766)
#15-ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE SANCTION, by Eric Van Lustbader (9780446539869)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#8-WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING, by Haruki Murakami (9780307269195)
Paperback Fiction
#6-RUN, by Ann Patchett (9780061340642)
Paperback Nonfiction
#13- STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE, by Christian Lander (9780812979916)
Mass Market
#10-THE SANCTUARY, by Raymond Khoury (9780451223197)
Children's Interest
#5-Star Wars: THE CLONE WARS, by Tracey West (9780448449920)
#9-BATTLE AT TETH (Star Wars), by Kirsten Mayer (9780448449937)
#10-THE NEW PADAWAN (Star Wars), by Eric Stevens (9780448449944)
Children's Illustrated
#9-BATS AT THE LIBRARY, by Brian Lies (9780618999231)
Children's Fiction Series
New: BREAKING DAWN (Twilight), by Stephenie Meyer (9780316067928)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
2. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY - DEBUT
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
3. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155017
4. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
5. THE LACE READER - DEBUT
Brunonia Barry, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061624766
6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
7. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
8. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
9. SWAN PEAK
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.95, 9781416548522
10. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
11. THE BEACH HOUSE
Jane Green, Viking, $24.95, 9780670018857
12. CHASING HARRY WINSTON
Lauren Weisberger, S&S, $25.95, 9780743290111
13. RULES OF DECEPTION
Christopher Reich, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385524063
14. AMERICA AMERICA
Ethan Canin, Random House, $27, 9780679456803
15. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE SANCTION - DEBUT
Eric Van Lustbader, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446539869
ON THE RISE:
25. THE TURNAROUND
George Pelecanos, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316156479
The compelling new novel from one of the finest crime novelists writing today.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
2. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
3. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
4. THE DARK SIDE
Jane Mayer, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385526395
5. JUST WHO WILL YOU BE
Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189
6. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
7. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
8. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING - DEBUT
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $21, 9780307269195
9. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
10. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
11. WHAT HAPPENED
Scott McClellan, PublicAffairs, $27.95, 9781586485566
12. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125
13. THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER
Vincent Bugliosi, Vanguard, $26.95, 9781593154813
14. FLEECED
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, $26.95, 9780061547751
15. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
ON THE RISE:
22. GHOST TRAIN TO THE EASTERN STAR
Paul Theroux, Houghton Mifflin, $28, 9780618418879
More great travel writing from the author of THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
3. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
4. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
5. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
6. RUN - DEBUT
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
7. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
8. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175
9. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
10. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
11. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
12. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061239540
13. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
14. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
15. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
ON THE RISE:
19. SONGS WITHOUT WORDS
Ann Packer, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375727177
The follow up to Packer's THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
3. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
4. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
5. BIG RUSS & ME
Tim Russert, Miramax, $13.95, 9781401359652
6. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
9. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Penguin, $12, 9780143113874
10. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
11. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
12. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
13. STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions - DEBUT
Christian Lander, Random House, $14, 9780812979916
14. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
15. LITTLE HEATHENS
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246
MASS MARKET
1. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440244714
2. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
3. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
4. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416548508
5. THE SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451224507
6. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349509
7. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
9. ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
10. THE SANCTUARY - DEBUT
Raymond Khoury, Signet, $9.99, 9780451223197
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
5. Star Wars: THE CLONE WARS - DEBUT
Tracey West, Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780448449920
6. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
7. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
8. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
9. BATTLE AT TETH (Star Wars) - DEBUT
Kirsten Mayer, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448449937
10. THE NEW PADAWAN (Star Wars) - DEBUT
Eric Stevens, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448449944
11. SEEKERS: THE QUEST BEGINS
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
12. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
13. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Collins, $26.95, 9780061472572
14. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Plume, $15, 9780452289499
15. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
5. Fancy Nancy: BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
6. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
7. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. BATS AT THE LIBRARY - DEBUT
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
10. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
11. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
12. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
13. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
14. FANCY NANCY LOVES! LOVES!! LOVES!!!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061235993
15. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
NEW IN SERIES: BREAKING DAWN (9780316067928)
2. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and p