December 30, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Tuesday, December 30, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 28, 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. Later today, go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you. Bookselling This Week is on holiday and will return on Thursday, January 8.
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Debuts for the week:
Paperback Fiction
#15-REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, by Richard Yates (9780307454621)
Children's Interest
#11-HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS, by Alec Greven, Kei Acedera (Illus.) (9780061709999)
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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. A MERCY
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307264237
4. THE PRIVATE PATIENT
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307270771
5. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.95, 9780060393496
6. SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155161
7. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
8. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
9. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
10. CROSS COUNTRY
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018722
11. JUST AFTER SUNSET
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 9781416584087
12. THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $19.99, 9781416594857
13. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
14. 2666
Roberto Bolano, FSG, $30, 9780374100148
15. A MOST WANTED MAN
John le Carré, Scribner, $28, 9781416594888
ON THE RISE:
25. THE CHARLEMAGNE PURSUIT
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $26, 9780345485793
This new thriller by the author of The Venetian Betrayal is a December 2008 Indie Next List Notable title.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
3. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9781400063253
4. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
5. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
6. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316035903
7. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
8. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
9. ANNIE LEIBOVITZ AT WORK
Annie Leibovitz, Random House, $40, 9780375505102
10. THE SNOWBALL
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
11. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
12. ALEX & ME
Irene M. Pepperberg, Collins, $23.95, 9780061672477
13. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
14. DECIDING THE NEXT DECIDER
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $14, 9781400068289
15. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
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. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594483851
4. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
5. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
6. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
7. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
9. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008
Salman Rushdie, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
10. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
11. THE HEARTS OF HORSES
Molly Gloss, Mariner, $13.95, 9780547085753
12. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
13. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
14. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
15. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD - DEBUT
Richard Yates, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454621
ON THE RISE:
19. SHADOW COUNTRY
Peter Matthiessen, Modern Library, $16, 9780812980622
Matthiessen's epic novel is the winner of the 2008 National Book Award.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9780743270755
4. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
5. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
7. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
8. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
9. OUR DUMB WORLD
The Onion, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316018432
10. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2009
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984531
11. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
12. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS
World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571053
13. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
14. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
15. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
ON THE RISE:
26. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401340933
A moving, often humorous memoir of surviving cancer and the bonds of family.
MASS MARKET
1. THE APPEAL
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243816
2. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
3. T IS FOR TRESPASS
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425224847
4. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $7.99, 9780061687204
5. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307455871
6. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
7. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
8. ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
9. DUMA KEY
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416552963
10. LEONARD MALTIN'S 2009 MOVIE GUIDE
Leonard Maltin (Ed.), Signet, $9.99, 9780451224682
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
3. THE LUMP OF COAL
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061574283
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
5. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
8. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
9. INKDEATH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
10. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
11. HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS - DEBUT
Alec Greven, Kei Acedera (Illus.), Collins, $9.99, 9780061709999
12. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483455
13. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
14. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
6. GINGERBREAD FRIENDS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399251610
7. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 9780394800790
8. FANCY NANCY: LET'S GET FANCY TOGETHER!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061576713
9. ABC3D
Marion Bataille, Roaring Brook, $19.95, 9781596434257
10. A VERY MARLEY CHRISTMAS
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061372926
11. AMAZING PEACE: A Christmas Poem
Maya Angelou, Steve Johnson (Illus.), Lou Fancher (Illus.), Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375841507
12. THE LATKE WHO COULDN'T STOP SCREAMING
Lemony Snicket, Lisa Brown (Illus.), McSweeney's, $11, 9781932416879
13. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
14. BRAVA, STREGA NONA!
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $29.99, 9780399244537
15. DRUMMER BOY
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399251740
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
3. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
10. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Yearling
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
December 23, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Tuesday, December 23, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 21, 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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Debut for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
Mass Market
#10-LEONARD MALTIN'S 2009 MOVIE GUIDE, by Leonard Maltin (Ed.) (9780451224682)
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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. A MERCY
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307264237
4. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.95, 9780060393496
5. THE PRIVATE PATIENT
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307270771
6. SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155161
7. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
8. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
9. THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $19.99, 9781416594857
10. CROSS COUNTRY
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018722
11. A MOST WANTED MAN
John le Carré, Scribner, $28, 9781416594888
12. 2666
Roberto Bolano, FSG, $30, 9780374100148
13. THE LUCKY ONE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579933
14. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780307377043
15. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9781400063253
3. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
4. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
5. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
6. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316035903
7. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
8. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
9. ANNIE LEIBOVITZ AT WORK
Annie Leibovitz, Random House, $40, 9780375505102
10. THE SNOWBALL
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
11. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
12. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
13. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
14. DECIDING THE NEXT DECIDER
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $14, 9781400068289
15. ALEX & ME
Irene M. Pepperberg, Collins, $23.95, 9780061672477
ON THE RISE:
25. THE ASCENT OF MONEY
Niall Ferguson, Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594201929
Ferguson's insightful book puts the global economic crisis in historical context.
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. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594483851
4. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
5. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
6. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
7. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
8. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
9. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
10. THE HEARTS OF HORSES
Molly Gloss, Mariner, $13.95, 9780547085753
11. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008
Salman Rushdie, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
12. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
13. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
14. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
15. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 9780142001745
ON THE RISE:
34. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Richard Yates, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454621
Yates's highly regarded 1961 novel is now a major motion picture.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
3. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9780743270755
4. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
5. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
7. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
8. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2009
World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571053
9. OUR DUMB WORLD
The Onion, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316018432
10. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
11. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
12. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2009
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984531
13. LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin, $15, 9780143114345
14. STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE
Christian Lander, Random House, $14, 9780812979916
15. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
MASS MARKET
1. THE APPEAL
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243816
2. T IS FOR TRESPASS
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425224847
3. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
4. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $7.99, 9780061687204
5. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307455871
6. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
7. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
8. THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345485786
9. ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
10. LEONARD MALTIN'S 2009 MOVIE GUIDE - DEBUT
Leonard Maltin (Ed.), Signet, $9.99, 9780451224682
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
3. THE LUMP OF COAL
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061574283
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
5. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
8. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
9. INKDEATH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
10. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
11. THE WAY WE WORK
David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, $35, 9780618233786
12. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
13. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
14. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
15. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483455
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. GINGERBREAD FRIENDS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399251610
5. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
7. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 9780394800790
8. A VERY MARLEY CHRISTMAS
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061372926
9. FANCY NANCY: LET'S GET FANCY TOGETHER!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061576713
10. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
11. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS: Tenth Anniversary Edition
Jan Brett (Illus.), Clement Moore, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399251931
12. AMAZING PEACE: A Christmas Poem
Maya Angelou, Steve Johnson (Illus.), Lou Fancher (Illus.), Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375841507
13. THE LATKE WHO COULDN'T STOP SCREAMING
Lemony Snicket, Lisa Brown (Illus.), McSweeney's, $11, 9781932416879
14. BRAVA, STREGA NONA!
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $29.99, 9780399244537
15. TEN LITTLE FINGERS AND TEN LITTLE TOES
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152060572
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
3. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
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 Hunter, Avon
10. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Yearling
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
December 18, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, December 18, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 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 Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link inThursday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debut for the week:
Children's Illustrated
#15-CHRISTMAS COOKIES, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Jane Dyer (Illus.), (9780060580247)
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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. A MERCY
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307264237
4. THE PRIVATE PATIENT
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307270771
5. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.95, 9780060393496
6. SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155161
7. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
8. CROSS COUNTRY
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018722
9. THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $19.99, 9781416594857
10. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
11. THE GATE HOUSE
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446533423
12. 2666
Roberto Bolano, FSG, $30, 9780374100148
13. A MOST WANTED MAN
John le Carré, Scribner, $28, 9781416594888
14. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
15. JUST AFTER SUNSET
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 9781416584087
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
2. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
3. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9781400063253
4. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
5. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
6. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316035903
7. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
8. THE SNOWBALL
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
9. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
10. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
11. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
12. ANNIE LEIBOVITZ AT WORK
Annie Leibovitz, Random House, $40, 9780375505102
13. DECIDING THE NEXT DECIDER
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $14, 9781400068289
14. ALEX & ME
Irene M. Pepperberg, Collins, $23.95, 9780061672477
15. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
ON THE RISE:
28. PAT THE HUSBAND: A Parody
Kate Nelligan, Cider Mill, $9.95, 9781604330144
This humorous parody points out men are really little boys at heart!
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. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594483851
4. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
5. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
6. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
7. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
8. THE HEARTS OF HORSES
Molly Gloss, Mariner, $13.95, 9780547085753
9. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
10. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
11. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008
Salman Rushdie, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
12. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
13. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
14. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 9780142001745
15. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
ON THE RISE:
27. THE READER
Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898
This novel of post-World War II Germany is now a major motion picture.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
3. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
4. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9780743270755
5. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
6. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
7. WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2009
World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571053
8. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
10. OUR DUMB WORLD
The Onion, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316018432
11. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
12. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2009
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984531
13. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
14. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
15. LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin, $15, 9780143114345
ON THE RISE:
27. IMMOVEABLE FEAST: A Paris Christmas
John Baxter, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061562334
A witty collection of essays by the bestselling author of We'll Always Have Paris.
MASS MARKET
1. THE APPEAL
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243816
2. T IS FOR TRESPASS
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425224847
3. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
4. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307455871
5. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $7.99, 9780061687204
6. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
7. THE PAGAN STONE
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515144666
8. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
9. THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345485786
10. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
3. THE LUMP OF COAL
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061574283
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
5. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
8. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
9. THE WAY WE WORK
David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, $35, 9780618233786
10. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
11. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
12. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
13. INKDEATH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
14. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
15. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. GINGERBREAD FRIENDS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399251610
5. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
7. A VERY MARLEY CHRISTMAS
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), HarperCollins, $17.99, 9780061372926
8. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
9. FANCY NANCY: LET'S GET FANCY TOGETHER!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $17.99, 9780061576713
10. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 9780394800790
11. AMAZING PEACE: A CHRISTMAS POEM
Maya Angelou, Steve Johnson (Illus.), Lou Fancher (Illus.), Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375841507
12. TEN LITTLE FINGERS AND TEN LITTLE TOES
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152060572
13. THE LATKE WHO COULDN'T STOP SCREAMING
Lemony Snicket, Lisa Brown (Illus.), McSweeney's, $11, 9781932416879
14. ABC3D
Marion Bataille, Roaring Brook, $19.95, 9781596434257
15. CHRISTMAS COOKIES: Bite-Size Holiday Lessons - DEBUT
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Jane Dyer (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780060580247
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
3. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
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 Hunter, Avon
10. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Yearling
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December 11, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, December 11, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 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: Bestseller List store display PDFs will be posted on BookWeb.org Wednesday afternoon, and will be linked from Thursday's Bookselling This Week email. SPECIAL this week -- Indie Bestseller Holiday Gift Ideas display PDF! Great Gifts for Under $30! Great Gifts for Under $15! Affordable, Memorable Gifts for Kids! (Check BookWeb.org and Thursday's Bookselling This Week the for link)
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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#6-SCARPETTA, by Patricia Cornwell (9780399155161)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#12-DECIDING THE NEXT DECIDER, by Calvin Trillin (9781400068289)
#15-THE PURPOSE OF CHRISTMAS, by Rick Warren (9781416559009)
Children's Interest
#1-THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD, by J.K. Rowling (9780545128285)
#15-SCIENCE FAIR, by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson (9781423113249)
Children's Illustrated
#7-AMAZING PEACE, by Maya Angelou, Steve Johnson (Illus.), Lou Fancher (Illus.) (9780375841507)
#15-DRUMMER BOY, by Loren Long (9780399251740)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: ONE FALSE NOTE (The 39 Clues), by Gordon Korman (9780545060424)
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HARDCOVER FICTION - GREAT GIFTS UNDER $30!
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 PRIVATE PATIENT
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307270771
4. A MERCY
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307264237
5. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.95, 9780060393496
6. SCARPETTA - DEBUT
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155161
7. THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $19.99, 9781416594857
8. A MOST WANTED MAN
John le Carré, Scribner, $28, 9781416594888
9. THE GATE HOUSE
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446533423
10. CROSS COUNTRY
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018722
11. THE GIVEN DAY
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $27.95, 9780688163181
12. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
13. DIVINE JUSTICE
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446195508
14. JUST AFTER SUNSET
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 9781416584087
15. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
ON THE RISE:
30. KNIT TWO
Kate Jacobs, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155833
A sequel to the bestselling The Friday Night Knitting Club.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION- GREAT GIFTS UNDER $30!
1. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
2. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
3. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9781400063253
4. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
5. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316035903
6. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
7. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
8. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
9. ANNIE LEIBOVITZ AT WORK
Annie Leibovitz, Random House, $40, 9780375505102
10. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
11. THE SNOWBALL
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
12. DECIDING THE NEXT DECIDER - DEBUT
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $14, 9781400068289
13. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
14. ALEX & ME
Irene M. Pepperberg, Collins, $23.95, 9780061672477
15. THE PURPOSE OF CHRISTMAS - DEBUT
Rick Warren, Howard, $17.99, 9781416559009
ON THE RISE:
29. DO THE RIGHT THING
Mike Huckabee, Sentinel, $25.95, 9781595230546
A "common sense" vision for our country by the former governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION- GREAT GIFTS UNDER $15!
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594483851
3. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
4. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
5. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
6. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
7. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
8. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
9. THE HEARTS OF HORSES
Molly Gloss, Mariner, $13.95, 9780547085753
10. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
11. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
12. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 9780142001745
13. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008
Salman Rushdie, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
14. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
15. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
ON THE RISE:
21. CHANGE OF HEART
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $16, 9780743496759
The latest novel by the bestselling author of Nineteen Minutes is available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION- GREAT GIFTS UNDER $15!
1. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
4. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9780743270755
5. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
6. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
7. WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2009
World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571053
8. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
9. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
11. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
12. OUR DUMB WORLD
The Onion, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316018432
13. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2009
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984531
14. LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin, $15, 9780143114345
15. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
ON THE RISE:
33. 1,000 RECORDINGS TO HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE
Tom Moon, Workman, $19.95, 9780761139638
Great music that will broaden every listener's horizons.
MASS MARKET- PERFECT STOCKING STUFFERS!
1. THE APPEAL
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243816
2. T IS FOR TRESPASS
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425224847
3. THE PAGAN STONE
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515144666
4. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307455871
5. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
6. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
7. THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345485786
8. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
9. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $7.99, 9780061687204
10. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
CHILDREN'S INTEREST- AFFORDABLE, MEMORABLE GIFTS FOR KIDS!
1. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD - DEBUT
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
4. THE LUMP OF COAL
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780061574283
5. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
8. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
9. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
10. INKDEATH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
11. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
12. THE WAY WE WORK
David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, $35, 9780618233786
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
14. LOUISE, THE ADVENTURES OF A CHICKEN
Kate DiCamillo, Joanna Cotler, $17.99, 9780060755546
15. SCIENCE FAIR - DEBUT
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney Editions, $18.99, 9781423113249
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED- AFFORDABLE, MEMORABLE GIFTS FOR KIDS!
1. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. GINGERBREAD FRIENDS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399251610
5. FANCY NANCY: LET'S GET FANCY TOGETHER!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $17.99, 9780061576713
6. A VERY MARLEY CHRISTMAS
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), HarperCollins, $17.99, 9780061372926
7. AMAZING PEACE: A CHRISTMAS POEM - DEBUT
Maya Angelou, Steve Johnson (Illus.), Lou Fancher (Illus.), Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375841507
8. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
9. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
10. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
11. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 9780394800790
12. BRAVA, STREGA NONA!
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $29.99, 9780399244537
13. TEN LITTLE FINGERS AND TEN LITTLE TOES
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152060572
14. TWILIGHT: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316043137
15. DRUMMER BOY - DEBUT
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399251740
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Gordon Korman, Rick Riordan, Scholastic
NEW IN SERIES: ONE FALSE NOTE (9780545060424)
3. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
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. WARRIORS: POWER OF THREE (hardcover)
Erin Hunter, Harper
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. ALEX RIDER (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Yearling
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December 4, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, December 4, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 30, 2008). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
Booksellers: Bestseller List store display PDFs will be posted on BookWeb.org Wednesday afternoon, and will be linked from Thursday's Bookselling This Week email. SPECIAL this week -- Indie Bestseller Holiday Gift Ideas display PDF! Great Gifts for Under $30! Great Gifts for Under $15! Affordable, Memorable Gifts for Kids! (Check BookWeb.org and Thursday's Bookselling This Week for link.)
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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#9-ARCTIC DRIFT, by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler (9780399155291)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#13-PANIC, by Michael Lewis (9780393065145)
#14-ALEX & ME, by Irene M. Pepperberg (9780061672477)
Paperback Fiction
#4-A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini (9781594483851)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14-WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2009 (9781600571053)
#15-LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE, by Dave Isay (Ed.) (9780143114345)
Mass Market
#2-T IS FOR TRESPASS, by Sue Grafton (9780425224847)
#3-THE PAGAN STONE, by Nora Roberts (9780515144666)
#10-MARLEY & ME, by John Grogan (9780061687204)
Children's Illustrated
#12-THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS, by Carolyn Croll (Illus.) (9780761152507)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: LONG SHADOWS (Warriors: Power of Three), by Erin Hunter (9780060892142)
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HARDCOVER FICTION - GREAT GIFTS UNDER $30!
1. THE PRIVATE PATIENT
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307270771
2. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
3. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
4. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.95, 9780060393496
5. A MERCY
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307264237
6. THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $19.99, 9781416594857
7. THE GATE HOUSE
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446533423
8. CROSS COUNTRY
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018722
9. ARCTIC DRIFT - DEBUT
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155291
10. JUST AFTER SUNSET
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 9781416584087
11. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
12. DIVINE JUSTICE
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446195508
13. A LION AMONG MEN
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060548926
14. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
15. A MOST WANTED MAN
John le Carré, Scribner, $28, 9781416594888
HARDCOVER NONFICTION- GREAT GIFTS UNDER $30!
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
3. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
4. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9781400063253
5. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316035903
6. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
7. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
8. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
9. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
10. ANNIE LEIBOVITZ AT WORK
Annie Leibovitz, Random House, $40, 9780375505102
11. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
12. THE WORDY SHIPMATES
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489990
13. PANIC: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity - DEBUT
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393065145
14. ALEX & ME - DEBUT
Irene M. Pepperberg, Collins, $23.95, 9780061672477
15. THE SNOWBALL: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
ON THE RISE:
19. THE RETURN OF DEPRESSION ECONOMICS AND THE CRISIS OF 2008
Paul Krugman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393071016
A look at the global economic crisis by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION- GREAT GIFTS UNDER $15!
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
3. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
4. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS - DEBUT
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594483851
5. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
6. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
7. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
8. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
9. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
10. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $15, 9780142001745
11. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
12. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
13. THE HEARTS OF HORSES
Molly Gloss, Mariner, $13.95, 9780547085753
14. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
15. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
ON THE RISE:
21. AN INCOMPLETE REVENGE
Jacqueline Winspear, Picador, $14, 9780312428181
The fifth novel in the popular Maisie Dobbs series is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION- GREAT GIFTS UNDER $15!
1. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
2. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
5. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
6. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
9. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
10. OUR DUMB WORLD
The Onion, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316018432
11. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
12. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2009
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984531
13. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
14. WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2009 - DEBUT
World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571053
15. LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE - DEBUT
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin, $15, 9780143114345
MASS MARKET- PERFECT STOCKING STUFFERS!
1. THE APPEAL
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243816
2. T IS FOR TRESPASS - DEBUT
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425224847
3. THE PAGAN STONE - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515144666
4. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
5. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307455871
6. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
7. THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345485786
8. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
9. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
10. MARLEY & ME - DEBUT
John Grogan, Harper, $7.99, 9780061687204
CHILDREN'S INTEREST- AFFORDABLE, MEMORABLE GIFTS FOR KIDS!
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
3. THE LUMP OF COAL
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780061574283
4. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
8. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
9. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
10. INKDEATH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
11. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
12. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483455
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
14. BARACK OBAMA: SON OF PROMISE, CHILD OF HOPE
Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781416971443
15. THE WAY WE WORK
David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, $35, 9780618233786
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED- AFFORDABLE, MEMORABLE GIFTS FOR KIDS!
1. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. GINGERBREAD FRIENDS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399251610
5. FANCY NANCY: LET'S GET FANCY TOGETHER!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $17.99, 9780061576713
6. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
7. A VERY MARLEY CHRISTMAS
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), HarperCollins, $17.99, 9780061372926
8. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
9. TWILIGHT: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316043137
10. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 9780394800790
11. BRAVA, STREGA NONA!
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $29.99, 9780399244537
12. THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS - DEBUT
Carolyn Croll (Illus.), Workman, $15.95, 9780761152507
13. FIFTEEN ANIMALS!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761130666
14. FANCY NANCY SEES STARS
Jane O'Connor, Ted Enik (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $3.99, 9780061236112
15. ABC3D
Marion Bataille, Roaring Brook, $19.95, 9781596434257
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (Paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Scholastic
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
8. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Philomel
10. WARRIORS: Power of Three (hardcover)
Erin Hunter, Avon
NEW IN SERIES: LONG SHADOWS (9780060892142)
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
November 26, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 23, 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 Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Wednesday's Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-THE PRIVATE PATIENT, by P.D. James (9780307270771)
#6-CROSS COUNTRY, by James Patterson (9780316018722)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell (9780316017923)
#10-ANNIE LEIBOVITZ AT WORK, by Annie Leibovitz (9780375505102)
#14-WHY WE SUCK, by Denis Leary (9780670031603)
Paperback Fiction
#12-THE HEARTS OF HORSES, by Molly Gloss (9780547085753)
Mass Market
#1-THE APPEAL, by John Grisham (9780440243816)
#4-THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL, by Steve Berry (9780345485786)
Children's Illustrated
#11-A VERY MARLEY CHRISTMAS, by John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.) (9780061372926)
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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 PRIVATE PATIENT - DEBUT
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307270771
3. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.95, 9780060393496
4. A MERCY
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307264237
5. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
6. CROSS COUNTRY - DEBUT
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018722
7. THE GATE HOUSE
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446533423
8. DIVINE JUSTICE
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446195508
9. JUST AFTER SUNSET
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 9781416584087
10. THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $19.99, 9781416594857
11. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
12. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316166294
13. A LION AMONG MEN
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060548926
14. A MOST WANTED MAN
John le Carré, Scribner, $28, 9781416594888
15. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
ON THE RISE:
17. ENDER IN EXILE
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $25.95, 9780765304964
The latest in the Ender series by the bestselling author of Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS - DEBUT
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
3. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9781400063253
4. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
5. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
6. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
7. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
8. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
9. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316035903
10. ANNIE LEIBOVITZ AT WORK - DEBUT
Annie Leibovitz, Random House, $40, 9780375505102
11. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
12. THE SNOWBALL
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
13. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
14. WHY WE SUCK: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid - DEBUT
Denis Leary, Viking, $26.95, 9780670031603
15. THE WORDY SHIPMATES
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489990
ON THE RISE:
24. ALPHABET JUICE
Roy Blount, Jr., FSG, $25, 9780374103699
The bestselling author and regular panelist on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! takes a humorous look at the English language.
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. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
4. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
5. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
6. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
7. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
8. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 9780142001745
9. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
10. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
11. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
12. THE HEARTS OF HORSES - DEBUT
Molly Gloss, Mariner, $13.95, 9780547085753
13. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
14. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008
Salman Rushdie, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
15. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
ON THE RISE:
20. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BERTIE
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387066
The latest in the Scotland Street series by the author of Love Over Scotland.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
2. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
5. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
6. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9780743270755
7. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
8. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
9. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
10. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
11. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
12. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
13. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2009
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984531
14. OUR DUMB WORLD
The Onion, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316018432
15. SHAKESPEARE: THE WORLD AS STAGE
Bill Bryson, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061673696
ON THE RISE:
19. LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin, $15, 9780143114345
Isay presents stories of regular folk, from interviews by the StoryCorps Project.
MASS MARKET
1. THE APPEAL - DEBUT
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243816
2. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
3. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307455871
4. THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL - DEBUT
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345485786
5. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
6. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
7. THE CHASE
Clive Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425224427
8. BLEEDING KANSAS
Sara Paretsky, Signet, $9.99, 9780451224484
9. DUMA KEY
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416552963
10. DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446198981
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
5. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
6. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
7. THE LUMP OF COAL
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061574283
8. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
9. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
10. INKDEATH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
11. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483455
12. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
13. THE WAY WE WORK
David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, $35, 9780618233786
14. BARACK OBAMA: SON OF PROMISE, CHILD OF HOPE
Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781416971443
15. LOUISE, THE ADVENTURES OF A CHICKEN
Kate DiCamillo, Joanna Cotler, $17.99, 9780060755546
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
5. GINGERBREAD FRIENDS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399251610
6. FANCY NANCY: LET'S GET FANCY TOGETHER!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $17.99, 9780061576713
7. BRAVA, STREGA NONA!
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $29.99, 9780399244537
8. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
9. THANKS FOR THANKSGIVING
Julie Markes, Doris Barrette (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780060510985
10. FANCY NANCY SEES STARS
Jane O'Connor, Ted Enik (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $3.99, 9780061236112
11. A VERY MARLEY CHRISTMAS - DEBUT
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), HarperCollins, $17.99, 9780061372926
12. TWILIGHT: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316043137
13. TEN LITTLE FINGERS AND TEN LITTLE TOES
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152060572
14. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
15. FIFTEEN ANIMALS!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761130666
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover & paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Scholastic
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
9. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Yearling
10. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
November 20, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, November 20, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 16, 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
#1-A MERCY, by Toni Morrison (9780307264237)
#2-THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED, by Wally Lamb (9780060393496)
#6-JUST AFTER SUNSET, by Stephen King (9781416584087)
#11-2666, by Roberto Bolano (9780374100148)
#13-THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER, by Glenn Beck (9781416594857)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-AMERICAN LION, by Jon Meacham (9781400063253)
#9-TOO FAT TO FISH, by Artie Lange, Anthony Bozza (9780385526562)
#15-CALL ME TED, by Ted Turner, Bill Burke (9780446581899)
Paperback Fiction
#15-2666 (3-Volume Boxed Set), by Roberto Bolano (9780374531553)
Paperback Nonfiction
#15-OUR DUMB WORLD: Atlas of the Planet Earth, by The Onion (9780316018432)
Mass Market
#10-THE CHASE, by Clive Cussler (9780425224427)
Children's Interest
#13-THE LUMP OF COAL, by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.) (9780061574283)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A MERCY - DEBUT
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307264237
2. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED - DEBUT
Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.95, 9780060393496
3. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
4. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
5. THE GATE HOUSE
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446533423
6. JUST AFTER SUNSET - DEBUT
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 9781416584087
7. DIVINE JUSTICE
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446195508
8. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
9. A MOST WANTED MAN
John le Carré, Scribner, $28, 9781416594888
10. TESTIMONY
Anita Shreve, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316059862
11. 2666 - DEBUT
Roberto Bolano, FSG, $30, 9780374100148
12. A LION AMONG MEN
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060548926
13. THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER - DEBUT
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $19.99, 9781416594857
14. THE LUCKY ONE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579933
15. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316166294
ON THE RISE:
35. A DOG NAMED CHRISTMAS
Greg Kincaid, Doubleday, $14.95, 9780385525985
A tender story of an "Adopt a Dog for Christmas" program.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
2. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
3. AMERICAN LION: Andrew Jackson in the White House - DEBUT
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9781400063253
4. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
5. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
6. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
7. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
8. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
9. TOO FAT TO FISH - DEBUT
Artie Lange, Anthony Bozza, Spiegel & Grau, $24.95, 9780385526562
10. THE WORDY SHIPMATES
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489990
11. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
12. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316035903
13. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
14. THE SNOWBALL
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
15. CALL ME TED - DEBUT
Ted Turner, Bill Burke, Grand Central, $30, 9780446581899
ON THE RISE:
31. MICHELLE: A Biography
Liza Mundy, S&S, $25, 9781416599432
A biography of Michelle Obama by Mundy, a staff writer at The Washington Post.
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. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
4. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
5. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
6. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
7. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
8. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 9780142001745
9. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
10. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
11. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
12. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
13. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008
Salman Rushdie, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
14. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
15. 2666 (3-Volume Boxed Set) - DEBUT
Roberto Bolano, FSG, $30, 9780374531553
ON THE RISE:
23. THE MONSTERS OF TEMPLETON
Lauren Groff, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340926
Groff's sprawling, fun, and unique novel is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
2. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
5. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
6. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
7. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
8. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9780743270755
9. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
10. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
11. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
12. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
13. CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN
Obama for America, Barack Obama (Intro.), Three Rivers, $13.95, 9780307460455
14. SHAKESPEARE: THE WORLD AS STAGE
Bill Bryson, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061673696
15. OUR DUMB WORLD: ATLAS OF THE PLANET EARTH - DEBUT
The Onion, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316018432
ON THE RISE:
29. OBAMA'S CHALLENGE
Robert Kuttner, Chelsea Green, $14.95, 9781603580793
Kuttner examines the complex economic and political crises facing the president-elect.
MASS MARKET
1. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
2. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307455871
3. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
4. NOW AND THEN
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425224144
5. DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446198981
6. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
7. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589122
8. DOWN RIVER
John Hart, St. Martin's Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312945664
9. BLEEDING KANSAS
Sara Paretsky, Signet, $9.99, 9780451224484
10. THE CHASE - DEBUT
Clive Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425224427
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
6. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
7. INKDEATH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
8. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
9. BARACK OBAMA: SON OF PROMISE, CHILD OF HOPE
Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781416971443
10. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
11. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
12. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483455
13. THE LUMP OF COAL - DEBUT
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780061574283
14. THE WAY WE WORK
David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, $35, 9780618233786
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. FANCY NANCY: LET'S GET FANCY TOGETHER!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $17.99, 9780061576713
5. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
6. GINGERBREAD FRIENDS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399251610
7. TWILIGHT: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316043137
8. BRAVA, STREGA NONA!
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $29.99, 9780399244537
9. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
10. PETE & PICKLES
Berkeley Breathed, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399250828
11. TEN LITTLE FINGERS AND TEN LITTLE TOES
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152060572
12. THANKS FOR THANKSGIVING
Julie Markes, Doris Barrette (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780060510985
13. FANCY NANCY SEES STARS
Jane O'Connor, Ted Enik (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $3.99, 9780061236112
14. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
15. FIFTEEN ANIMALS!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761130666
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
2. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
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. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Philomel
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. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Yearling
10. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
November 13, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, November 13, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 9, 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-DIVINE JUSTICE, by David Baldacci (9780446195508)
#14-SWALLOWING DARKNESS, by Laurell K. Hamilton (9780345495938)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#15-HOLIDAYS ON ICE, by David Sedaris (9780316035903)
Paperback Fiction
#15-HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS, by Jan Karon (9780143114390)
Mass Market
#2-THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama (9780307455871)
#8-BLEEDING KANSAS, by Sara Paretsky (9780451224484)
#10-CLUB DEAD, by Charlaine Harris (9780441010516)
Children's Interest
#9-THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, by John Boyne (9780385751537)
#12-BARACK OBAMA: An American Story, by Roberta Edwards, Ken Call (Illus.) (9780448447995)
#14-YES WE CAN: A Biography of Barack Obama, by Garen Thomas (9780312537098)
Children's Illustrated
#5-FANCY NANCY: LET'S GET FANCY TOGETHER!, by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.) (9780061576713)
#9-BRAVA, STREGA NONA!, by Tomie dePaola (9780399244537)
#11-ABC3D, by Marion Bataille (9781596434257)
#12-THANKS FOR THANKSGIVING, by Julie Markes, Doris Barrette (Illus.) (9780060510985)
#14-MY FIRST THANKSGIVING, by Tomie dePaola (9780448448572)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW: THE SORCERER OF THE NORTH (Ranger's Apprentice), by John Flanagan (9780399250323)
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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 GATE HOUSE
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446533423
4. DIVINE JUSTICE - DEBUT
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446195508
5. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316166294
6. A LION AMONG MEN
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060548926
7. A MOST WANTED MAN
John le Carré, Scribner, $28, 9781416594888
8. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
9. EXTREME MEASURES
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.95, 9780743270427
10. THE LUCKY ONE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579933
11. TESTIMONY
Anita Shreve, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316059862
12. THE GIVEN DAY
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $27.95, 9780688163181
13. I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780375422751
14. SWALLOWING DARKNESS - DEBUT
Laurell K. Hamilton, Ballantine, $26, 9780345495938
15. ROUGH WEATHER
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155192
ON THE RISE:
30. SEA OF POPPIES
Amitav Ghosh, FSG, $26, 9780374174224
An epic adventure novel of the Opium Wars in nineteenth-century Calcutta.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
2. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
3. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
4. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
5. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
6. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
7. THE SNOWBALL
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
8. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
9. THE WORDY SHIPMATES
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489990
10. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
11. FLAT BELLY DIET
Cynthia Sass, Liz Vaccariello, Rodale, $25.95, 9781594868511
12. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 9780767928823
13. TRIED BY WAR
James M. McPherson, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201912
14. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
15. HOLIDAYS ON ICE - DEBUT
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316035903
ON THE RISE:
20. ALEX & ME
Irene Pepperberg, Collins, $23.95, 9780061672477
An extraordinary true story of the bond between a human and a parrot.
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. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
4. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 9780142001745
5. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
6. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
7. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
8. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
9. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
10. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
11. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
12. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
13. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
14. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008
Salman Rushdie, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
15. HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS - DEBUT
Jan Karon, Penguin, $14.95, 9780143114390
ON THE RISE:
19. LAST NIGHT AT THE LOBSTER
Stewart O'Nan, Penguin, $13, 9780143114420
O'Nan's touching novel of the last day of business of a Connecticut Red Lobster, now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
2. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
5. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
6. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
7. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
8. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
9. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
10. CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN
Obama for America, Barack Obama (Intro.), Three Rivers, $13.95, 9780307460455
11. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
12. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
Naomi Klein, Picador, $16, 9780312427993
13. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
14. SHAKESPEARE: The World as Stage
Bill Bryson, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061673696
15. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
ON THE RISE:
21. BOOM!
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $18, 9780812975116
The bestselling journalist recalls the 1960s.
MASS MARKET
1. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
2. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE - DEBUT
Barack Obama, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307455871
3. NOW AND THEN
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425224144
4. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
5. DUMA KEY
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416552963
6. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
7. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589122
8. BLEEDING KANSAS - DEBUT
Sara Paretsky, Signet, $9.99, 9780451224484
9. DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446198981
10. CLUB DEAD - DEBUT
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
5. INKDEATH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
6. BARACK OBAMA: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781416971443
7. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
8. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
9. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS - DEBUT
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
10. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483455
11. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
12. BARACK OBAMA: An American Story - DEBUT
Roberta Edwards, Ken Call (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448447995
13. THE WAY WE WORK
David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, $35, 9780618233786
14. YES WE CAN: A Biography of Barack Obama - DEBUT
Garen Thomas, Feiwel & Friends, $6.99, 9780312537098
15. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
5. FANCY NANCY: LET'S GET FANCY TOGETHER! - DEBUT
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $17.99, 9780061576713
6. TWILIGHT: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316043137
7. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
8. GINGERBREAD FRIENDS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399251610
9. BRAVA, STREGA NONA! - DEBUT
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $29.99, 9780399244537
10. PETE & PICKLES
Berkeley Breathed, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399250828
11. ABC3D - DEBUT
Marion Bataille, Roaring Brook, $19.95, 9781596434257
12. THANKS FOR THANKSGIVING - DEBUT
Julie Markes, Doris Barrette (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780060510985
13. FIFTEEN ANIMALS!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761130666
14. MY FIRST THANKSGIVING - DEBUT
Tomie dePaola, Grosset & Dunlap, $5.99, 9780448448572
15. BEE & ME
Elle J. McGuinness, Heather Brown (Illus.), Accord, $16.99, 9780740777349
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
2. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
3. RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover)
John Flanagan, Philomel
NEW IN SERIES: THE SORCERER OF THE NORTH (9780399250323)
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. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Yearling
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
9. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
10. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback
Erin Hunter, Avon
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
November 6, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, November 6, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 2, 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
#3-THE GATE HOUSE, by Nelson DeMille (9780446533423)
#11-THE WIDOWS OF EASTWICK, by John Updike (9780307269607)
#12-THE ENGLISH MAJOR, by Jim Harrison (9780802118639)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS, by Ina Garten (9781400054350)
#4-FLAT BELLY DIET, by Cynthia Sass, Liz Vaccariello (9781594868511)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14-SHAKESPEARE: The World as Stage, by Bill Bryson (9780061673696)
Children's Illustrated
#11-PETE & PICKLES, by Berkeley Breathed (9780399250828)
#12-IN NOVEMBER, by Cynthia Rylant, Jill Kastner (Illus.) (9780152063429)
#15- BEE & ME, by Elle J. McGuinness, Heather Brown (Illus.) (9780740777349)
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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 GATE HOUSE - DEBUT
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446533423
4. A MOST WANTED MAN
John le Carré, Scribner, $28, 9781416594888
5. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316166294
6. EXTREME MEASURES
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.95, 9780743270427
7. TESTIMONY
Anita Shreve, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316059862
8. A LION AMONG MEN
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060548926
9. THE LUCKY ONE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579933
10. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
11. THE WIDOWS OF EASTWICK - DEBUT
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269607
12. THE ENGLISH MAJOR - DEBUT
Jim Harrison, Grove, $24, 9780802118639
13. I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780375422751
14. ROUGH WEATHER
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155192
15. THE GIVEN DAY
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $27.95, 9780688163181
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
2. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS - DEBUT
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
3. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
4. FLAT BELLY DIET - DEBUT
Cynthia Sass, Liz Vaccariello, Rodale, $25.95, 9781594868511
5. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
6. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
7. THE SNOWBALL
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
8. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
9. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
10. THE WORDY SHIPMATES
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489990
11. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
12. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 9780767928823
13. THE LIMITS OF POWER
Andrew J. Bacevich, Metropolitan, $24, 9780805088151
14. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
15. TRIED BY WAR
James M. McPherson, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201912
ON THE RISE:
24. FINDING BEAUTY IN A BROKEN WORLD
Terry Tempest Williams, Pantheon, $26, 9780375420788
The new book by the author of The Open Space of Democracy is an October Indie Next List Notable title.
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. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
4. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 9780142001745
5. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
6. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
7. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
8. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
9. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
10. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
11. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
12. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
13. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008
Salman Rushdie, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
14. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
15. THE ALMOST MOON
AlIce Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067362
ON THE RISE:
22. NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON
Pascal Mercier, Grove, $15, 9780802143976
Mercier's U.S. debut, now available in paperback, is a Fall 2008 Indie Reading Group recommendation.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
3. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
4. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
5. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
6. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
7. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
8. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
10. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
11. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
12. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
13. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
Naomi Klein, Picador, $16, 9780312427993
14. SHAKESPEARE: The World as Stage - DEBUT
Bill Bryson, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061673696
15. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
ON THE RISE:
24. BORN STANDING UP: A Comic's Life
Steve Martin, Scribner, $15, 9781416553656
Martin's bestselling autobiography is now available in paperback.
MASS MARKET
1. NOW AND THEN
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425224144
2. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589122
3. DUMA KEY
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416552963
4. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
5. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
6. DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446198981
7. BOOK OF THE DEAD
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425216255
8. DOWN RIVER
John Hart, St. Martin's Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312945664
9. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. INKDEATH
CornelIa Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
4. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483455
8. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
9. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
10. THE WAY WE WORK
David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, $35, 9780618233786
11. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
12. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
13. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
14. THE RUNAWAY DOLLS
Ann Matthews Martin, Laura Godwin, Hyperion, $16.99, 9780786855841
15. BARACK OBAMA: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781416971443
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
5. GOODNIGHT GOON
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
6. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
7. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
8. TWILIGHT: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316043137
9. BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 9780061127595
10. FANCY NANCY SEES STARS
Jane O'Connor, Ted Enik (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $3.99, 9780061236112
11. PETE & PICKLES - DEBUT
Berkeley Breathed, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399250828
12. IN NOVEMBER - DEBUT
Cynthia Rylant, Jill Kastner (Illus.), Voyager, $6, 9780152063429
13. ON A SCARY SCARY NIGHT
Walter Wick, Cartwheel, $13.99, 9780439708708
14. GINGERBREAD FRIENDS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399251610
15. BEE & ME - DEBUT
Elle J. McGuinness, Heather Brown (Illus.), Accord, $16.99, 9780740777349
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
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. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Yearling
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Scholastic
9. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
10. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
October 30, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 30, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 26, 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
#5-EXTREME MEASURES, by Vince Flynn (9780743270427)
#8-ROUGH WEATHER, by Robert B. Parker (9780399155192)
#9-TESTIMONY, by Anita Shreve (9780316059862)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#14-MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE, by John Hodgman (9780525950349)
#15-AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE, by James Patterson, Hal Friedman (9780316024754)
Mass Market
#3-DUMA KEY, by Stephen King (9781416552963)
#4-THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR, by Dean Koontz (978055358912)
Children's Interest
#11-FREE TO BE...YOU AND ME, by Marlo Thomas and Friends (9780762430604)
#14-PAPER TOWNS, by John Green (9780525478188)
Children's Illustrated
#1-SWING!, by Rufus Butler Seder (9780761151272)
#13-TWILIGHT: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion, by Mark Cotta Vaz (9780316043137)
#15-GINGERBREAD FRIENDS, by Jan Brett (9780399251610)
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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 BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316166294
4. A MOST WANTED MAN
John le Carre, Scribner, $28, 9781416594888
5. EXTREME MEASURES - DEBUT
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.95, 9780743270427
6. A LION AMONG MEN
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060548926
7. THE LUCKY ONE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579933
8. ROUGH WEATHER - DEBUT
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155192
9. TESTIMONY - DEBUT
Anita Shreve, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316059862
10. I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780375422751
11. THE GIVEN DAY
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $27.95, 9780688163181
12. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
13. THE OTHER QUEEN
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 9781416549123
14. ONE FIFTH AVENUE
Candace Bushnell, Voice, $25.95, 9781401301613
15. HOME
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $25, 9780374299101
ON THE RISE:
27. DEATH WITH INTERRUPTIONS
Jose Saramago, Harcourt, $24, 9780151012749
In the intriguing new novel by the author of Blindness, people stop dying on New Year's Day.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
2. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
3. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
4. THE SNOWBALL
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
5. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
6. THE WORDY SHIPMATES
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489990
7. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
8. THE LIMITS OF POWER
Andrew J. Bacevich, Metropolitan, $24, 9780805088151
9. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
10. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 9780767928823
11. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
12. TRIED BY WAR
James M. McPherson, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201912
13. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
14. MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE - DEBUT
John Hodgman, Dutton, $25, 9780525950349
15. AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE: One Family's Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery- Debut
James Patterson, Hal Friedman, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316024754
ON THE RISE:
25. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316035903
Sedaris' bestselling holiday collection is new again with six more pieces.
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. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 9780142001745
4. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
5. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
6. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
7. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
8. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
9. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
10. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
11. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
12. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
13. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
14. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008
Salman Rushdie, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
15. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
ON THE RISE:
21. INFINITE JEST
David Foster Wallace, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316066525
Epic comedy by the author of Consider the Lobster and The Broom of the System.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
3. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
4. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
5. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
6. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
7. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
8. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
9. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
11. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
Naomi Klein, Picador, $16, 9780312427993
12. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
13. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
14. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Picador, $15, 9780312427900
15. LOOK ME IN THE EYE
John Elder Robison, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307396181
ON THE RISE:
24. SHAKESPEARE: The World as Stage
Bill Bryson, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061673696
A look at the life and work of Shakespeare by the author of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.
MASS MARKET
1. NOW AND THEN
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425224144
2. NIGHTS IN RODANTHE
Nicholas Sparks, Warner Vision, $7.99, 9780446612708
3. DUMA KEY - DEBUT
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416552963
4. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR - DEBUT
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589122
5. DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446198981
6. DARK OF THE MOON
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425224137
7. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
8. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
9. DOWN RIVER
John Hart, St. Martin's Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312945664
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. INKDEATH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
4. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
6. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483455
7. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
8. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
9. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
10. THE WAY WE WORK
David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, $35, 9780618233786
11. FREE TO BE...YOU AND ME - DEBUT
Marlo Thomas and Friends, Running Press Kids, $19.95, 9780762430604
12. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
14. PAPER TOWNS - DEBUT
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478188
15. BARACK OBAMA: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781416971443
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. SWING! - DEBUT
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
4. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. GOODNIGHT GOON
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
6. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
7. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
8. 10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS
Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.), Dragonfly, $4.99, 9780385736145
9. BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 9780061127595
10. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CURIOUS GEORGE
N.T. Raymond, Kelly Loughman, Houghton Mifflin, $7.99, 9780618919529
11. ON A SCARY SCARY NIGHT
Walter Wick, Cartwheel, $13.99, 9780439708708
12. FANCY NANCY SEES STARS
Jane O'Connor, Ted Enik (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $3.99, 9780061236112
13. TWILIGHT: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion - DEBUT
Mark Cotta Vaz, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316043137
14. FIFTEEN ANIMALS!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761130666
15. GINGERBREAD FRIENDS - DEBUT
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399251610
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
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. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Yearling
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Scholastic
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.
October 23, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 23, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 19, 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-THE BRASS VERDICT, by Michael Connelly (9780316166294)
#6-A LION AMONG MEN, by Gregory Maguire (9780060548926)
#9-I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE, by Julia Glass (9780375422751)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#13-TRIED BY WAR, by James McPherson (9781594201912)
#15-STATE BY STATE, by Sean Wilsey, Matt Weiland (Eds.) (9780061470905)
Paperback Fiction
#13-THE WHITE TIGER, by Aravind Adiga (9781416562603)
#15-GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD, by Michael Chabon (9780345502070)
Mass Market
#4-LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS, by Charlaine Harris (9780441009237)
Children's Illustrated
#10-FANCY NANCY SEES STARS, by Jane O'Connor, Ted Enik (Illus.) (9780061236112)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
2. THE BRASS VERDICT - DEBUT
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316166294
3. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
4. A MOST WANTED MAN
John le Carre, Scribner, $28, 9781416594888
5. THE LUCKY ONE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579933
6. A LION AMONG MEN: Volume Three in the Wicked Years - DEBUT
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060548926
7. THE GIVEN DAY
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $27.95, 9780688163181
8. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
9. I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE - DEBUT
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780375422751
10. THE OTHER QUEEN
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 9781416549123
11. ONE FIFTH AVENUE
Candace Bushnell, Voice, $25.95, 9781401301613
12. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $26, 9781400064755
13. HOME
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $25, 9780374299101
14. INDIGNATION
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780547054841
15. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
ON THE RISE:
36. TO SIBERIA
Per Petterson, Graywolf, $22, 9781555975067
Originally published in 1996 by the bestselling author of Out Stealing Horses.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
2. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
3. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
4. THE SNOWBALL
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
5. THE WORDY SHIPMATES
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489990
6. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
7. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
8. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 9780767928823
9. THE LIMITS OF POWER
Andrew J. Bacevich, Metropolitan, $24, 9780805088151
10. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
11. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
12. THE FOREVER WAR
Dexter Filkins, Knopf, $25, 9780307266392
13. TRIED BY WAR: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief - DEBUT
James McPherson, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201912
14. BAD MONEY
Kevin Phillips, Viking, $25.95, 9780670019076
15. STATE BY STATE: A Panoramic Portrait of America - DEBUT
Sean Wilsey, Matt Weiland (Eds.), Ecco, $29.95, 9780061470905
ON THE RISE:
20. IZZY & LENORE: Two Dogs, an Unexpected Journey, and Me
Jon Katz, Villard, $24, 9781400066308
Katz's beautiful and uplifting true story of relationships between dogs and humans.
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. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 9780142001745
4. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
5. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
6. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
7. WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
8. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
9. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
10. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
11. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
12. THE ALMOST MOON
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067362
13. THE WHITE TIGER - DEBUT
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
14. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
Salman Rushdie (Ed.), Heidi Pitlor (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
15. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD - DEBUT
Michael Chabon, Del Rey, $14, 9780345502070
ON THE RISE:
27. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
Thirteen related stories by the bestselling author of Abide with Me.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
3. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
4. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
5. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
6. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
7. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
8. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
9. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
Naomi Klein, Picador, $16, 9780312427993
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
11. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
12. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Picador, $15, 9780312427900
13. LOOK ME IN THE EYE
John Elder Robison, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307396181
14. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
15. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
MASS MARKET
1. NOW AND THEN
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425224144
2. NIGHTS IN RODANTHE
Nicholas Sparks, Warner Vision, $7.99, 9780446612708
3. BOOK OF THE DEAD
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425216255
4. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS - DEBUT
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
5. DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446198981
6. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
7. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440244714
8. DARK OF THE MOON
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425224137
9. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
10. DOWN RIVER
John Hart, St. Martin's Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312945664
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
2. INKDEATH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
7. SLAM
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483455
8. THE WAY WE WORK
David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, $35, 9780618233786
9. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
10. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
11. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
12. THE RUNAWAY DOLLS
Ann Matthews Martin, Laura Godwin, Hyperion, $16.99, 9780786855841
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
14. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
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. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
3. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
4. GOODNIGHT GOON
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
5. ON A SCARY SCARY NIGHT
Walter Wick, Cartwheel, $13.99, 9780439708708
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
7. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CURIOUS GEORGE
N.T. Raymond, Kelly Loughman, Houghton Mifflin, $7.99, 9780618919529
8. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
9. BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 9780061127595
10. FANCY NANCY SEES STARS - DEBUT
Jane O'Connor, Ted Enik (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $3.99, 9780061236112
11. 10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS
Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.), Dragonfly, $4.99, 9780385736145
12. THE BEST HALLOWEEN HUNT EVER
John Speirs, Cartwheel, $4.99, 9780545068673
13. FIVE PESKY PUMPKINS
Marcia Vaughn, Viviana Garofoli (Illus.), Little Simon, $9.99, 9781416939054
14. THE UGLY PUMPKIN
Dave Horowitz, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142411452
15. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Rosemary Wells, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448448633
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
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. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Random House
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
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 Hunter, Avon
10. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Scholastic
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
October 16, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 16, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 12, 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
#3-A MOST WANTED MAN, by John Le Carre (9781416594888)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#5-THE WORDY SHIPMATES, by Sarah Vowell (9781594489990)
#11-NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF, by Julian Barnes (9780307269638)
Paperback Fiction
#7-WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett (9780451224996)
Mass Market
#2-NOW AND THEN, by Robert B. Parker (9780425224144)
#8-DOWN RIVER, by John Hart (9780312945664)
Children's Interest
#7-THE WAY WE WORK, by David Macaulay (9780618233786)
#8-SLAM, by Nick Hornby (9781594483455)
#13-THE RUNAWAY DOLLS, by Ann Matthews Martin, Laura Godwin (9780786855841)
Children's Illustrated
#13-FIVE PESKY PUMPKINS, by Marcia Vaughn, Viviana Garofoli (Illus.) (9781416939054)
Children's Fiction Series
#1 single title in Children's Fiction: BRISINGR, by Christopher Paolini (9780375826726)
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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. A MOST WANTED MAN - DEBUT
John Le Carre, Scribner, $28, 9781416594888
4. THE LUCKY ONE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579933
5. THE GIVEN DAY
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $27.95, 9780688163181
6. THE OTHER QUEEN
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 9781416549123
7. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
8. ONE FIFTH AVENUE
Candace Bushnell, Voice, $25.95, 9781401301613
9. INDIGNATION
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780547054841
10. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
11. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $26, 9781400064755
12. HOME
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $25, 9780374299101
13. ANATHEM
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $29.95, 9780061474095
14. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
15. THE COMFORTS OF A MUDDY SATURDAY
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375425134
ON THE RISE:
18. THE ENGLISH MAJOR
Jim Harrison, Grove, $24, 9780802118639
Harrison's witty new novel of a 60-year-old man's search for himself is an October Indie Next List Great Read.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
2. THE SNOWBALL
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
3. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
4. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
5. THE WORDY SHIPMATES - DEBUT
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489990
6. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
7. THE LIMITS OF POWER
Andrew J. Bacevich, Metropolitan, $24, 9780805088151
8. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
9. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
10. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 9780767928823
11. NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF - DEBUT
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269638
12. THE FOREVER WAR
Dexter Filkins, Knopf, $25, 9780307266392
13. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
14. THE WAR WITHIN
Bob Woodward, S&S, $32, 9781416558972
15. BAD MONEY
Kevin Phillips, Viking, $25.95, 9780670019076
ON THE RISE:
28. PATRIOTIC GRACE: What It Is and Why We Need It Now
Peggy Noonan, Collins, $19.95, 9780061735820
Wall Street Journal columnist Noonan's call for all Americans to support the new president, whoever he is.
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. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
4. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
5. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
6. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
7. WORLD WITHOUT END - DEBUT
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
8. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 9780142001745
9. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
10. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
11. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
12. THE ALMOST MOON
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067362
13. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
14. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
Salman Rushdie (Ed.), Heidi Pitlor (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
15. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
ON THE RISE:
22. THE UNCOMMON READER
Alan Bennett, Picador, $12, 9780312427641
The Queen (yes, that one) gets very serious about reading in this amusing novella.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
3. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
4. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
5. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
6. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
Naomi Klein, Picador, $16, 9780312427993
7. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
8. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
9. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
10. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
11. LOOK ME IN THE EYE
John Elder Robison, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307396181
12. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
13. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
14. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2009
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984531
15. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Picador, $15, 9780312427900
ON THE RISE:
17. THE SHARPER YOUR KNIFE, THE LESS YOU CRY
Kathleen Flinn, Penguin, $15, 9780143114130
When Flinn, an American executive working in London loses her job, she enrolls at the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris.
MASS MARKET
1. NIGHTS IN RODANTHE
Nicholas Sparks, Warner Vision, $7.99, 9780446612708
2. NOW AND THEN - DEBUT
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425224144
3. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
4. BOOK OF THE DEAD
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425216255
5. DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446198981
6. DARK OF THE MOON
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425224137
7. FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143114147
8. DOWN RIVER - DEBUT
John Hart, St. Martin's Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312945664
9. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440244714
10. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. INKDEATH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
5. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
7. THE WAY WE WORK - DEBUT
David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, $35, 9780618233786
8. SLAM - DEBUT
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483455
9. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
10. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
11. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
12. LOUISE, THE ADVENTURES OF A CHICKEN
Kate DiCamillo, Joanna Cotler, $17.99, 9780060755546
13. THE RUNAWAY DOLLS - DEBUT
Ann Matthews Martin, Laura Godwin, Hyperion, $16.99, 9780786855841
14. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
4. GOODNIGHT GOON
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
5. BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 9780061127595
6. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Rosemary Wells, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448448633
7. ON A SCARY SCARY NIGHT
Walter Wick, Cartwheel, $13.99, 9780439708708
8. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
9. 10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS
Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.), Dragonfly, $4.99, 9780385736145
10. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
11. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CURIOUS GEORGE
N.T. Raymond, Kelly Loughman, Houghton Mifflin, $7.99, 9780618919529
12. THE UGLY PUMPKIN
Dave Horowitz, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142411452
13. FIVE PESKY PUMPKINS - DEBUT
Marcia Vaughn, Viviana Garofoli (Illus.), Little Simon, $9.99, 9781416939054
14. THE BEST HALLOWEEN HUNT EVER
John Speirs, Cartwheel, $4.99, 9780545068673
15. FIFTEEN ANIMALS!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761130666
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
#1 single title in Children's Fiction: BRISINGR (9780375826726)
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. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Random House
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Scholastic
8. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
10. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
October 9, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 9, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 5, 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
#3-THE LUCKY ONE, by Nicholas Sparks (9780446579933)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-THE SNOWBALL, by Alice Schroeder (9780553805093)
#9-LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER, by Maya Angelou (9781400066124)
#15-THE DEVIL WE KNOW, by Robert Baer (9780307408648)
Paperback Fiction
#14-SARAH'S KEY, by Tatiana De Rosnay ( 9780312370848)
Mass Market
#6-DOUBLE CROSS, by James Patterson (9780446198981)
#7-DARK OF THE MOON, by John Sandford (9780425224137)
Children's Interest
#2-DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK, by Jeff Kinney (9780810979772)
#3-THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.) (9780060530921)
#10-NATION, by Terry Pratchett (9780061433016)
Children's Illustrated
#1-IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE, by Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.) ( 9780060283247)
#12-THE BEST HALLOWEEN HUNT EVER, by John Speirs (9780545068673)
#15-THE UGLY PUMPKIN, by Dave Horowitz (9780142411452)
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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 LUCKY ONE - DEBUT
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579933
4. THE GIVEN DAY
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $27.95, 9780688163181
5. THE OTHER QUEEN
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 9781416549123
6. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
7. ONE FIFTH AVENUE
Candace Bushnell, Voice, $25.95, 9781401301613
8. HOME
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $25, 9780374299101
9. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $26, 9781400064755
10. INDIGNATION
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780547054841
11. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
12. THE COMFORTS OF A MUDDY SATURDAY
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375425134
13. BALLISTICS
Billy Collins, Random House, $24, 9781400064915
14. ANATHEM
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $29.95, 9780061474095
15. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
ON THE RISE:
21. THE ELEVENTH MAN
Ivan Doig, Harcourt, $26, 9780151012435
A powerful novel of WWII by the author of The Whistling Season.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
2. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
3. THE SNOWBALL: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life - DEBUT
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
4. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
5. THE LIMITS OF POWER
Andrew J. Bacevich, Andrew Bacevich, Metropolitan, $24, 9780805088151
6. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
7. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 9780767928823
8. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
9. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER - DEBUT
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
10. THE WAR WITHIN
Bob Woodward, S&S, $32, 9781416558972
11. THE FOREVER WAR
Dexter Filkins, Knopf, $25, 9780307266392
12. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
13. ACEDIA & ME
Kathleen Norris, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489969
14. BAD MONEY
Kevin Phillips, Viking, $25.95, 9780670019076
15. THE DEVIL WE KNOW: Dealing With the New Iranian Superpower - DEBUT
Robert Baer, Crown, $25.95, 9780307408648
ON THE RISE:
20. STATE BY STATE: A Panoramic Portrait of America
Sean Wilsey, Matt Weiland (Eds.), Ecco, $29.95, 9780061470905
Original writing on all 50 states, by 50 of our finest writers. An October Indie Next List Notable title.
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. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
5. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
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 ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
10. THE ALMOST MOON
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067362
11. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
12. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
13. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008
Salman Rushdie (Ed.), Heidi Pitlor (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
14. SARAH'S KEY - DEBUT
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
15. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 9780142001745
ON THE RISE:
20. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD
Michael Chabon, Del Rey, $14, 9780345502070
An historical fable from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Yiddish Policemen's Union.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
3. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
4. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
5. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
6. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
7. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
8. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
10. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
11. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
Naomi Klein, Picador, $16, 9780312427993
12. LOOK ME IN THE EYE
John Elder Robison, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307396181
13. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
14. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
15. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Picador, $15, 9780312427900
ON THE RISE:
26. A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
E.H. Gombrich, Yale Univ. Press, $12.95, 9780300143324
A charming look at world history originally published 70 years ago.
MASS MARKET
1. NIGHTS IN RODANTHE
Nicholas Sparks, Warner Vision, $7.99, 9780446612708
2. STONE COLD
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615648
3. BOOK OF THE DEAD
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425216255
4. THIRD DEGREE
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524540
5. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440244714
6. DOUBLE CROSS - DEBUT
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446198981
7. DARK OF THE MOON - DEBUT
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425224137
8. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
9. FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143114147
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. INKDEATH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK - DEBUT
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
3. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK - DEBUT
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
4. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
7. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
8. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
9. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
10. NATION - DEBUT
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $16.99, 9780061433016
11. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
12. HATE THAT CAT
Sharon Creech, Joanna Cotler, $15.99, 9780061430923
13. LOUISE, THE ADVENTURES OF A CHICKEN
Kate DiCamillo, Joanna Cotler, $17.99, 9780060755546
14. KENNY & THE DRAGON
Tony DiTerlizzi, S&S, $15.99, 9781416939771
15. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE - DEBUT
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Laura Geringer, $16.99, 9780060283247
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. GOODNIGHT GOON
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
5. BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 9780061127595
6. FIFTEEN ANIMALS!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761130666
7. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CURIOUS GEORGE
N.T. Raymond, Kelly Loughman, Houghton Mifflin, $7.99, 9780618919529
8. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
9. ON A SCARY SCARY NIGHT
Walter Wick, Cartwheel, $13.99, 9780439708708
10. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
11. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Rosemary Wells, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448448633
12. THE BEST HALLOWEEN HUNT EVER - DEBUT
John Speirs, Cartwheel, $4.99, 9780545068673
13. FLETCHER AND THE FALLING LEAVES
Julia Rawlinson, Tiphanie Beeke (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780061573972
14. 10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS
Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.), Dragonfly, $4.99, 9780385736145
15. THE UGLY PUMPKIN - DEBUT
Dave Horowitz, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142411452
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. INHERITANCE TRILOGY (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Scholastic
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
10. HOUSE OF NIGHT (paperback)
Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast, St. Martin's
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
October 2, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 2, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 28, 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
#3-THE GIVEN DAY, by Dennis Lehane (9780688163181)
#8-ONE FIFTH AVENUE, by Candace Bushnell (9781401301613)
#12-THE COMFORTS OF A MUDDY SATURDAY, by Alexander McCall Smith (9780375425134)
#14-TSAR, by Ted Bell (9781416550402)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#9-A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY by Bill O'Reilly (9780767928823)
#15-PIECES OF MY HEART, by Robert Wagner, Scott Eyman (9780061373312)
Paperback Fiction
#14-THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008, Salman Rushdie (Ed.), Heidi Pitlor (Ed.), (9780618788774)
Paperback Nonfiction
#8-MUSICOPHILIA, Oliver Sacks (9781400033539)
#14-THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY, A.J. Jacobs (9780743291484)
Mass Market
#6-THIRD DEGREE, Greg Iles (9781416524540)
#8-THE NAMING OF THE DEAD by Ian Rankin (9780316018869)
Children's Interest
#3-INKDEATH, by Cornelia Funke (9780439866286)
#8-HATE THAT CAT, by Sharon Creech (9780061430923)
#9-TEA FOR RUBY, by Sarah Ferguson, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), (9781416954194)
#11-LOUISE, THE ADVENTURES OF A CHICKEN, by Kate DiCamillo (9780060755546)
#15-THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET, by Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.) (9780316113694)
Children's Illustrated
#10-ON A SCARY SCARY NIGHT, by Walter Wick (9780439708708)
#12-HAPPY HALLOWEEN!, by Rosemary Wells (9780448448633)
Children's Fiction Series
New: EVE OF THE EMPEROR PENGUIN (Magic Tree House) (9780375837333)
New: UNTAMED (House of Night), by Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast (9780312379834)
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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 GIVEN DAY - DEBUT
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $27.95, 9780688163181
4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
5. HOME
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $25, 9780374299101
6. INDIGNATION
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780547054841
7. THE OTHER QUEEN
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 9781416549123
8. ONE FIFTH AVENUE - DEBUT
Candace Bushnell, Voice, $25.95, 9781401301613
9. ANATHEM
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $29.95, 9780061474095
10. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $26, 9781400064755
11. FINE JUST THE WAY IT IS
Annie Proulx, Scribner, $25, 9781416571667
12. THE COMFORTS OF A MUDDY SATURDAY - DEBUT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375425134
13. BALLISTICS
Billy Collins, Random House, $24, 9781400064915
14. TSAR - DEBUT
Ted Bell, Atria, $26.95, 9781416550402
15. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
ON THE RISE:
18. WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?
Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316154857
Ex-cop turned PI Jackson Brodie is featured in the excellent new novel by the author of One Good Turn.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
2. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
3. THE LIMITS OF POWER
Andrew J. Bacevich, Metropolitan, $24, 9780805088151
4. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 978031604041
5. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
6. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
7. THE WAR WITHIN
Bob Woodward, S&S, $32, 9781416558972
8. THE FOREVER WAR
Dexter Filkins, Knopf, $25, 9780307266392
9. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY - DEBUT
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 9780767928823
10. BAD MONEY
Kevin Phillips, Viking, $25.95, 9780670019076
11. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009
Guinness, Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
12. ACEDIA & ME
Kathleen Norris, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489969
13. ANGLER: THE CHENEY VICE PRESIDENCY
Barton Gellman, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594201868
14. BREAKTHROUGH
Suzanne Somers, Crown, $25.95, 9781400053278
15. PIECES OF MY HEART: A Life - DEBUT
Robert Wagner, Scott Eyman, HarperEntertainment, $25.95, 9780061373312
ON THE RISE:
17. THE HEMINGSES OF MONTICELLO
Annette Gordon-Reed, Norton, $35, 9780393064773
A fascinating look at the blood ties of Thomas Jefferson and slave, Sally Hemings.
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. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
4. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
5. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
6. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
7. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
8. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
9. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
10. THE ALMOST MOON
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067362
11. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
12. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
13. BAREFOOT
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316018593
14. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008 - DEBUT
Salman Rushdie (Ed.), Heidi Pitlor (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618788774
15. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
ON THE RISE:
26. AN ARSONIST'S GUIDE TO WRITERS' HOMES IN NEW ENGLAND
Brock Clarke, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565126145
The darkly humorous travails of an accidental arsonist.
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. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
5. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
6. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
7. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
Naomi Klein, Picador, $16, 9780312427993
8. MUSICOPHILIA: TALES OF MUSIC AND THE BRAIN - DEBUT
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
9. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
10. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
11. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
12. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
13. LOOK ME IN THE EYE: MY LIFE WITH ASPERGER'S
John Elder Robison, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307396181
14. THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY - DEBUT
A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $15, 9780743291484
15. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Picador, $15, 9780312427900
ON THE RISE:
25. THE DUCHESS
Amanda Foreman, Random House, $15.95, 9780812979695
This biography of Lady Georgiana Spencer is the inspiration of the film in theaters now.
MASS MARKET
1. NIGHTS IN RODANTHE
Nicholas Sparks, Warner Vision, $7.99, 9780446612708
2. BOOK OF THE DEAD
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425216255
3. STONE COLD
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615648
4. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440244714
5. FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143114147
6. THIRD DEGREE - DEBUT
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524540
7. SWEET REVENGE
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780060527341
8. THE NAMING OF THE DEAD - DEBUT
Ian Rankin, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316018869
9. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
10. PROTECT AND DEFEND
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416505037
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. INKDEATH - DEBUT
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99, 9780439866286
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
5. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
6. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
7. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
8. HATE THAT CAT - DEBUT
Sharon Creech, Joanna Cotler, $15.99, 9780061430923
9. TEA FOR RUBY - DEBUT
Sarah Ferguson, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781416954194
10. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
11. LOUISE, THE ADVENTURES OF A CHICKEN - DEBUT
Kate DiCamillo, Joanna Cotler, $17.99, 9780060755546
12. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
13. KENNY & THE DRAGON
Tony DiTerlizzi, S&S, $15.99, 9781416939771
14. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
15. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET - DEBUT
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 9780061127595
3. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
4. GOODNIGHT GOON
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
6. FIFTEEN ANIMALS!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761130666
7. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
8. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CURIOUS GEORGE
N.T. Raymond, Kelly Loughman, Houghton Mifflin, $7.99, 9780618919529
9. 10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS
Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.), Dragonfly, $4.99, 9780385736145
10. ON A SCARY SCARY NIGHT - DEBUT
Walter Wick, Cartwheel, $13.99, 9780439708708
11. LET'S DANCE, LITTLE POOKIE
Sandra Boynton, Robin Corey, $5.99, 9780375845192
12. HAPPY HALLOWEEN! - DEBUT
Rosemary Wells, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448448633
13. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
14. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060542092
15. FLETCHER AND THE FALLING LEAVES
Julia Rawlinson, Tiphanie Beeke (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780061573972
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf,
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: EVE OF THE EMPEROR PENGUIN (9780375837333)
4. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Scholastic
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
8. HOUSE OF NIGHT (paperback)
Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast, St. Martin's
New in Series: UNTAMED (9780312379834)
9. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
10. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
September 25, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, September 25, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 21, 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
#3-INDIGNATION, by Philip Roth (9780547054841)
#4-THE OTHER QUEEN, by Philippa Gregory (9781416549123)
#10-THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson (9780307269751)
#12-EXIT MUSIC, by Ian Rankin (9780316057585)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#5-DEWEY, by Vicki Myron (9780446407410)
#8-THE FOREVER WAR, by Dexter Filkins (9780307266392)
#9-ANGLER, by Barton Gellman (9781594201868)
#11-GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009, by Guinness World Records (9781904994374)
#13-ACEDIA & ME, by Kathleen Norris (9781594489969)
Paperback Nonfiction
#12-LOOK ME IN THE EYE, by John Elder Robison (9780307396181)
#15-CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN, by Obama for America, Barack Obama (Intro.) (9780307460455)
Mass Market
#10-DEAD UNTIL DARK, by Charlaine Harris (9780441016990)
Children's Illustrated
#7-FIFTEEN ANIMALS!, by Sandra Boynton (9780761130666)
#11-FLETCHER AND THE FALLING LEAVES, by Julia Rawlinson, Tiphanie Beeke (Illus.) (9780061573972)
#12-HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CURIOUS GEORGE, by N.T. Raymond, Kelly Loughman (9780618919529)
#14-10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS, by Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.) (9780385736145)
Children's Fiction Series
New: BRISINGR (Inheritance), by Christopher Paolini (9780375826726)
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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. INDIGNATION - DEBUT
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780547054841
4. THE OTHER QUEEN - DEBUT
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 9781416549123
5. ANATHEM
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $29.95, 9780061474095
6. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $26, 9781400064755
7. HOME
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $25, 9780374299101
8. FINE JUST THE WAY IT IS
Annie Proulx, Scribner, $25, 9781416571667
9. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
10. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - DEBUT
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
11. SILKS
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155338
12. EXIT MUSIC - DEBUT
Ian Rankin, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316057585
13. BALLISTICS
Billy Collins, Random House, $24, 9781400064915
14. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
15. THE LACE READER
Brunonia Barry, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061624766
ON THE RISE:
26. LIBERTY
Garrison Keillor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670019915
A new Lake Wobegon novel by the bestselling author of Pontoon.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
2. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
3. THE WAR WITHIN
Bob Woodward, S&S, $32, 9781416558972
4. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
5. DEWEY: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World - DEBUT
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
6. THE LIMITS OF POWER
Andrew J. Bacevich, Metropolitan, $24, 9780805088151
7. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
8. THE FOREVER WAR - DEBUT
Dexter Filkins, Knopf, $25, 9780307266392
9. ANGLER - DEBUT
Barton Gellman, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594201868
10. BREAKTHROUGH
Suzanne Somers, Crown, $25.95, 9781400053278
11. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009 - DEBUT
Guinness World Records, Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
12. BAD MONEY
Kevin Phillips, Viking, $25.95, 9780670019076
13. ACEDIA & ME - DEBUT
Kathleen Norris, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489969
14. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
15. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
ON THE RISE:
25. WE BOUGHT A ZOO
Benjamin Mee, Weinstein, $24.95, 9781602860483
The true story of a family that purchases a dilapidated zoo is an October Indie Next List Notable title.
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. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
5. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
6. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400030903
7. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
8. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
9. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
10. THE ALMOST MOON
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067362
11. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
12. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
13. THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER
Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312363543
14. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
15. BAREFOOT
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316018593
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 NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400096794
6. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
7. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
8. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
10. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Picador, $15, 9780312427900
11. A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
12. LOOK ME IN THE EYE - DEBUT
John Elder Robison, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307396181
13. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Penguin, $12, 9780143113874
14. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
15. CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN - DEBUT
Obama for America, Barack Obama (Intro.), Three Rivers, $13.95, 9780307460455
ON THE RISE:
22. THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY
A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $15, 9780743291484
What would it require for a person to live all the commandments of the Bible for an entire year? Humor and insight!
MASS MARKET
1. BOOK OF THE DEAD
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. NIGHTS IN RODANTHE
Nicholas Sparks, Warner Vision, $7.99, 9780446612708
6. PROTECT AND DEFEND
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416505037
7. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
8. COMPULSION
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345465283
9. SWEET REVENGE
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780060527341
10. DEAD UNTIL DARK - DEBUT
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
6. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
7. MADELINE AND THE CATS OF ROME
John Bemelmans Marciano, Viking, $17.99, 9780670062973
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. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
11. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
12. KENNY & THE DRAGON
Tony DiTerlizzi, S&S, $15.99, 9781416939771
13. BARACK OBAMA: SON OF PROMISE, CHILD OF HOPE
Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781416971443
14. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.50, 9780440237686
15. SEEKERS: THE QUEST BEGINS
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
2. BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 9780061127595
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. GOODNIGHT GOON: A PETRIFYING PARODY
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
6. BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618999231
7. FIFTEEN ANIMALS! - DEBUT
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761130666
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
10. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
11. FLETCHER AND THE FALLING LEAVES - DEBUT
Julia Rawlinson, Tiphanie Beeke (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780061573972
12. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CURIOUS GEORGE - DEBUT
N.T. Raymond, Kelly Loughman, Houghton Mifflin, $7.99, 9780618919529
13. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
14. 10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS - DEBUT
Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.), Dragonfly, $4.99, 9780385736145
15. LET'S DANCE, LITTLE POOKIE
Sandra Boynton, Robin Corey, $5.99, 9780375845192
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. INHERITANCE (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
New in Series: BRISINGR (9780375826726)
3. 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Scholastic
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. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
8. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
9. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
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.
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
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
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
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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 paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
10. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
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July 31, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, July 31, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 27, 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-MOSCOW RULES, by Daniel Silva (9780399155017)
#12-THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF DANIEL X, by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (9780316002929)
#14-THE CONDITION, by Jennifer Haigh (9780060755782)
Mass Market
#1-PLAYING FOR PIZZA, by John Grisham (9780440244714)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
2. MOSCOW RULES- DEBUT
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155017
3. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
4. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
6. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
7. SWAN PEAK
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.95, 9781416548522
8. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
9. RULES OF DECEPTION
Christopher Reich, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385524063
10. THE BEACH HOUSE
Jane Green, Viking, $24.95, 9780670018857
11. AMERICA AMERICA
Ethan Canin, Random House, $27, 9780679456803
12. THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF DANIEL X- DEBUT
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316002929
13. SAIL
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018708
14. THE CONDITION- DEBUT
Jennifer Haigh, Harper, $25.95, 9780060755782
15. FEARLESS FOURTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349516
ON THE RISE:
30. THE LIKENESS
Tana French, Viking, $25.95, 9780670018864
French's eagerly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling In the Woods.
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. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
6. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
7. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125
8. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
9. YOU: STAYING YOUNG
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $26, 9780743292566
10. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
11. WHAT HAPPENED
Scott McClellan, PublicAffairs, $27.95, 9781586485566
12. FLEECED
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, $26.95, 9780061547751
13. THE MAN WHO LOVED CHINA
Simon Winchester, Harper, $27.95, 9780060884598
14. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
15. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538
ON THE RISE:
21. HAVANA NOCTURNE
T.J. English, Morrow, $27.95, 9780061147715
A look at mob-controlled Cuba in the decades leading up to the revolution.
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. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
7. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175
8. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
9. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
10. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
11. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061239540
12. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323
13. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
14. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
15. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
ON THE RISE:
22. FIRE IN THE BLOOD
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307388001
An entrancing tale by the author of Suite Francaise.
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. BIG RUSS AND 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. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
12. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
13. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
14. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
15. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $13.95, 9780812975437
ON THE RISE:
17. HERE IF YOU NEED ME
Kate Braestrup, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316066310
A true story of hope, compassion, and maybe even miracles.
MASS MARKET
1. PLAYING FOR PIZZA- DEBUT
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. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349509
5. THE SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451224507
6. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
7. STEP ON A CRACK
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446199278
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
9. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
10. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
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. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
6. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
7. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
8. SEEKERS: THE QUEST BEGINS
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
9. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882
10. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
11. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
12. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Collins, $26.95, 9780061472572
13. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401
14. SAVVY
Ingrid Law, Dial, $16.99, 9780803733060
15. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Plume, $15, 9780452289499
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. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
6. FANCY NANCY BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
7. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
8. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
10. FANCY NANCY LOVES! LOVES!! LOVES!!!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061235993
11. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
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. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
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
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. UGLIES (paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse
10. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
July 24, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, July 24, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 20, 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-RULES OF DECEPTION, by Christopher Reich (9780385524063)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#4-THE DARK SIDE, by Jane Mayer (9780385526395)
Paperback Nonfiction
#12-THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, by Naomi Klein (9780312427993)
Children's Fiction Series
New: THE TIME PARADOX (Artemis Fowl), by Eoin Colfer (9781423108368)
New: SIENNA THE SATURDAY FAIRY (Fun Day Fairies), by Daisy Meadows (9780545067614)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
2. RULES OF DECEPTION- DEBUT
Christopher Reich, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385524063
3. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
4. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
5. SWAN PEAK
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.95, 9781416548522
6. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
7. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
8. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
9. THE BEACH HOUSE
Jane Green, Viking, $24.95, 9780670018857
10. FEARLESS FOURTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349516
11. SAIL
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018708
12. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
13. AMERICA AMERICA
Ethan Canin, Random House, $27, 9780679456803
14. THE SPIES OF WARSAW
Alan Furst, Random House, $25, 9781400066025
15. CHASING HARRY WINSTON
Lauren Weisberger, S&S, $25.95, 9780743290111
ON THE RISE:
18. PALACE COUNCIL
Stephen L. Carter, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307266583
A gripping and intelligent new novel by the author of The Emperor of Ocean Park.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
2. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
3. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
4. THE DARK SIDE: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals- DEBUT
Jane Mayer, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385526395
5. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
6. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
7. WHAT HAPPENED
Scott McClellan, PublicAffairs, $27.95, 9781586485566
8. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
9. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
10. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
11. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125
12. FLEECED
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, $26.95, 9780061547751
13. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538
14. THE MAN WHO LOVED CHINA
Simon Winchester, Harper, $27.95, 9780060884598
15. THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE
Douglas Preston, Mario Spezi, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446581196
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
3. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
4. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
5. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
6. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
7. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175
8. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
9. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
10. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
11. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061239540
12. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
13. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
14. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323
15. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
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. BIG RUSS AND ME
Tim Russert, Miramax, $13.95, 9781401359652
6. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
7. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
9. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Penguin, $12, 9780143113874
10. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $13.95, 9780812975437
11. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
12. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism- DEBUT
Naomi Klein, Picador, $16, 9780312427993
13. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
14. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
15. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
ON THE RISE:
19. STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions
Christian Lander, Random House, $14, 9780812979916
Lander's funny blog is also a funny book!
MASS MARKET
1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
2. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349509
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. THE SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451224507
6. STEP ON A CRACK
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446199278
7. ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
8. SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
10. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
6. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
7. SEEKERS: THE QUEST BEGINS
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
8. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
9. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
10. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
11. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Collins, $26.95, 9780061472572
12. MATH DOESN'T SUCK
Danica McKellar, Plume, $15, 9780452289499
13. THE WILLOUGHBYS
Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618979745
14. THE MERMAID'S TREASURE
Stephanie True Peters, Dutton, $19.99, 9780525479611
15. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882
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'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
7. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
8. FANCY NANCY BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
9. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
12. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
13. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
14. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
15. FANCY NANCY LOVES! LOVES!! LOVES!!!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061235993
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
2. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
NEW IN SERIES: THE TIME PARADOX (9781423108368)
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. FUN DAY FAIRIES (paperback)
Daisy Meadows, Scholastic
NEW IN SERIES: SIENNA THE SATURDAY FAIRY (9780545067614)
7. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
8. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. UGLIES (hardcover and paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, S&S
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.
July 17, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, July 17, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 13, 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-SWAN PEAK, by James Lee Burke (9781416548522)
#11-TRIBUTE, by Nora Roberts (9780399154911)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#14-BOOKS, by Larry McMurtry (9781416583349)
Children's Interest
#14-MATH DOESN'T SUCK, by Danica McKellar (9780452289499)
Children's Fiction Series
New: MEGAN THE MONDAY FAIRY (Fun Day Fairies), by Daisy Meadows (9780545067430)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
2. SWAN PEAK- DEBUT
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.95, 9781416548522
3. FEARLESS FOURTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349516
4. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
5. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
6. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
7. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
8. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
9. SAIL
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018708
10. THE SPIES OF WARSAW
Alan Furst, Random House, $25, 9781400066025
11. TRIBUTE- DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154911
12. AMERICA AMERICA
Ethan Canin, Random House, $27, 9780679456803
13. CHASING DARKNESS
Robert Crais, S&S, $25.95, 9780743281645
14. THE BEACH HOUSE
Jane Green, Viking, $24.95, 9780670018857
15. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
ON THE RISE:
21. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Viking, $24.95, 9780670018703
A gripping novel of the WW II Siege of Leningrad.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
2. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
3. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344
4. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
5. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
6. WHAT HAPPENED
Scott McClellan, PublicAffairs, $27.95, 9781586485566
7. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
8. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
9. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
10. THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER
Vincent Bugliosi, Vanguard, $26.95, 9781593154813
11. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125
12. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538
13. FLEECED
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, $26.95, 9780061547751
14. BOOKS: A MEMOIR- DEBUT
Larry McMurtry, S&S, $24, 9781416583349
15. THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE
Douglas Preston, Mario Spezi, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446581196
ON THE RISE:
19. ROME 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World
David Maraniss, S&S, $26.95, 9781416534075
A look at the 1960 Olympic games by the author of Clemente.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
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. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
7. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
9. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
10. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
11. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061239540
12. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323
13. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
14. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
15. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
ON THE RISE:
19. BAREFOOT
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316018593
Hilderbrand's novel of three women spending the summer in Nantucket is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. BIG RUSS AND ME
Tim Russert, Miramax, $13.95, 9781401359652
6. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
7. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
8. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $13.95, 9780812975437
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
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. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
13. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
14. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
15. LITTLE HEATHENS
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246
ON THE RISE:
21. SHADOW OF THE SILK ROAD
Colin Thubron, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780061231773
The story of the ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea.
MASS MARKET
1. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349509
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 SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451224507
5. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
6. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7. STEP ON A CRACK
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446199278
8. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
9. ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
10. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
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. THE WILLOUGHBYS
Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618979745
6. SEEKERS: THE QUEST BEGINS
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
7. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
8. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
9. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
10. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882
11. SPEAK
Laurie Halse Anderson, Puffin, $10, 9780142407325
12. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Collins, $26.95, 9780061472572
13. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
14. MATH DOESN'T SUCK- DEBUT
Danica McKellar, Plume, $15, 9780452289499
15. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
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'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
5. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
6. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
7. FANCY NANCY BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
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. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
13. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
14. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
15. FANCY NANCY LOVES! LOVES!! LOVES!!!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061235993
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
2. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
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. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
7. FUN DAY FAIRIES (paperback)
Daisy Meadows, Scholastic
NEW IN SERIES: MEGAN THE MONDAY FAIRY (9780545067430)
8. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. UGLIES (paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse
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.
July 10, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, July 10, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 6, 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
#10-AMERICA AMERICA, by Ethan Canin (9780679456803)
#11-CHASING DARKNESS, by Robert Crais (9780743281645)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#14-THIS LAND IS THEIR LAND, by Barbara Ehrenreich (9780805088403)
Mass Market
#10-THE NAVIGATOR, by Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos (9780425222362)
Children's Interest
#11-THE MERMAID'S TREASURE, by Stephanie True Peters (9780525479611)
Children's Fiction Series
New: KRISTEN (Clique Summer Collection), by Lisi Harrison (9780316027526)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
2. FEARLESS FOURTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349516
3. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
4. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
5. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
6. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
7. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
8. SAIL
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018708
9. THE SPIES OF WARSAW
Alan Furst, Random House, $25, 9781400066025
10. AMERICA AMERICA- DEBUT
Ethan Canin, Random House, $27, 9780679456803
11. CHASING DARKNESS- DEBUT
Robert Crais, S&S, $25.95, 9780743281645
12. NOTHING TO LOSE
Lee Child, Delacorte, $27, 9780385340564
13. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
14. THE BEACH HOUSE
Jane Green, Viking, $24.95, 9780670018857
15. THE OTHER
David Guterson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307263155
ON THE RISE:
23. THE CONDITION
Jennifer Haigh, Harper, $25.95, 9780060755782
The new novel by the author of Mrs. Kimble is a July Indie Next List selection.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
2. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
3. WHAT HAPPENED
Scott McClellan, PublicAffairs, $27.95, 9781586485566
4. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
5. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
6. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538
7. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
8. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
9. FLEECED
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, $26.95, 9780061547751
10. THE BILLIONAIRE'S VINEGAR
Benjamin Wallace, Crown, $24.95, 9780307338778
11. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125
12. AUDITION
Barbara Walters, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307266460
13. THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE
Douglas Preston, Mario Spezi, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446581196
14. THIS LAND IS THEIR LAND: Reports from a Divided Nation- DEBUT
Barbara Ehrenreich, Metropolitan, $24, 9780805088403
15. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
ON THE RISE:
24. THE LAST FISH TALE
Mark Kurlansky, Ballantine, $25, 9780345487278
A delightful look at the fishing town Gloucester, Mass.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
3. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
4. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
5. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175
6. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790
7. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
8. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
9. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
10. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061239540
11. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
12. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
13. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323
14. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
15. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
ON THE RISE:
28. BANGKOK HAUNTS
John Burdett, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400097067
The latest thriller by the author of Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Tattoo is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. BIG RUSS AND ME
Tim Russert, Miramax, $13.95, 9781401359652
5. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
6. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
7. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
8. PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Penguin, $12, 9780143113874
9. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $13.95, 9780812975437
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
11. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
12. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
13. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
14. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
15. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
ON THE RISE:
19. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein, Picador, $16, 9780312427993
How the free-market can provoke the collapse of local economies.
MASS MARKET
1. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349509
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 SECRET SERVANT
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451224507
5. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
6. STEP ON A CRACK
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446199278
7. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
8. SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614
9. ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
10. THE NAVIGATOR- DEBUT
Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425222362
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. SEEKERS: THE QUEST BEGINS
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
6. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
7. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882
8. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
9. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
10. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Collins, $26.95, 9780061472572
11. THE MERMAID'S TREASURE- DEBUT
Stephanie True Peters, Dutton, $19.99, 9780525479611
12. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
13. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
14. THE WILLOUGHBYS
Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618979745
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. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
4. FANCY NANCY BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
6. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
7. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
8. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
9. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
10. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
11. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
12. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
13. FANCY NANCY LOVES! LOVES!! LOVES!!!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061235993
14. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
15. THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $14.99, 9781423109600
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley
2. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
NEW IN SERIES: KRISTEN (9780316027526)
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. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
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. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
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June 26, 2008
On May 29, 2008, the American Booksellers Association proudly launched IndieBound, the evolution of ABA's successful Book Sense marketing program. Please note the bestseller list formerly known as the Book Sense National Bestseller List is now the Indie Bestseller List. Regional and specialty bestseller lists from ABA will also carry the "Indie" tag. For more information, as well as store design and display resources, please visit bookweb.org/indiebound
To join the IndieBound community, visit IndieBound.org
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The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, June 26, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 22, 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.
Also, now is a great time to contact your local print media to help spread the Indie message by reprinting the Indie Bestseller List. Reprint guidelines can be found here: Bookweb.org/indiebound/bestsellers/reprint
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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-FEARLESS FOURTEEN, by Janet Evanovich (9780312349516)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#12-THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE, by Douglas Preston, Mario Spezi (9780446581196)
#13-ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler (9781416954125)
#14-THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER, by Vincent Bugliosi (9781593154813)
Mass Market
#1-LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN, by Janet Evanovich (9780312349509)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. FEARLESS FOURTEEN - DEBUT
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349516
2. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
3. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
4. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
5. SAIL
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018708
6. NOTHING TO LOSE
Lee Child, Delacorte, $27, 9780385340564
7. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
8. THE SPIES OF WARSAW
Alan Furst, Random House, $25, 9781400066025
9. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
10. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
11. THE OTHER
David Guterson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307263155
12. CHASING HARRY WINSTON
Lauren Weisberger, S&S, $25.95, 9780743290111
13. THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS
Andre Dubus III, Norton, $24.95, 9780393041651
14. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $27.95, 9780061160875
15. SNUFF
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385517881
ON THE RISE:
21. THE BROKEN WINDOW
Jeffery Deaver, S&S, $26.95, 9781416549970
When Lincoln Rhyme's cousin is arrested for murder, he and partner Amelia Sachs are on the case.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
2. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
3. WHAT HAPPENED
Scott McClellan, PublicAffairs, $27.95, 9781586485566
4. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
5. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
6. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
7. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538
8. AUDITION
Barbara Walters, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307266460
9. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
10. THE BILLIONAIRE'S VINEGAR
Benjamin Wallace, Crown, $24.95, 9780307338778
11. JUST WHO WILL YOU BE?
Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189
12. THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE - DEBUT
Douglas Preston, Mario Spezi, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446581196
13. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA - DEBUT
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125
14. THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER - DEBUT
Vincent Bugliosi, Vanguard, $26.95, 9781593154813
15. A WOLF AT THE TABLE
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312342029
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
3. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
4. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
5. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175
6. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
7. THE MAYTREES
Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061239540
8. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
9. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
10. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323
11. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
12. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
13. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
14. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
15. MISTER PIP
Lloyd Jones, Dial, $12, 9780385341073
ON THE RISE:
20. THE SHADOW CATCHER
Marianne Wiggins, S&S, $15, 9780743265218
A novel of the life of photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
6. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
9. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
10. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
11. LITTLE HEATHENS
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246
12. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
13. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
14. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
15. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307276827
ON THE RISE:
23. BLACKWATER: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Jeremy Scahill, Nation, $16.95, 9781568583945
An investigative look at a private military contractor.
MASS MARKET
1. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN - DEBUT
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349509
2. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416548508
3. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
4. STEP ON A CRACK
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Vision, $9.99, 9780446199278
5. SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614
6. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
7. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
8. SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731
9. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
10. SPARE CHANGE
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425221921
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. SEEKERS: THE QUEST BEGINS
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
6. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
7. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
8. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
9. SIR FARTSALOT HUNTS THE BOOGER
Kevin Bolger, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141767
10. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882
11. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Collins, $26.95, 9780061472572
12. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780060734107
13. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
14. SUMMER BALL
Mike Lupica, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142411537
15. THE CALDER GAME
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439852074
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. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
4. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
6. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
7. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
8. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
9. FANCY NANCY BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
10. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
11. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
12. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
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, Megan Tingley
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. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
5. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. MacHale, S&S
10. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
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June 19, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, June 19, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 15, 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
#5-SAIL, by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (9780316018708)
#11-THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski (9780061374227)
#14-THE OTHER, by David Guterson (9780307263155)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#9-ALWAYS BY MY SIDE, by Jim Nantz (9781592403615)
Paperback Fiction
#9-ON CHESIL BEACH, by Ian McEwan (9780307386175)
#13-THE MAYTREES, by Annie Dillard (9780061239540)
Paperback Nonfiction
#15-LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson (9780316067607)
Mass Market
#3-THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN, by James Lee Burke (9781416548508)
Children's Interest
#11-INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, by James Luceno (9780545007016)
#15-SUMMER BALL, by Mike Lupica (9780142411537)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. NOTHING TO LOSE
Lee Child, Delacorte, $27, 9780385340564
2. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
3. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
4. THE SPIES OF WARSAW
Alan Furst, Random House, $25, 9781400066025
5. SAIL - DEBUT
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018708
6. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
7. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
8. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
9. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $27.95, 9780061160875
10. THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS
Andre Dubus III, Norton, $24.95, 9780393041651
11. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE - DEBUT
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
12. DEVIL MAY CARE
Sebastian Faulks, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385524285
13. PLAGUE SHIP
Clive Cussler, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154973
14. THE OTHER - DEBUT
David Guterson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307263155
15. SNUFF
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385517881
ON THE RISE:
21. THE STEEL WAVE
Jeff Shaara, Ballantine, $28, 9780345461421
Shaara's follow-up to The Rising Tide is an intense novel of the Normandy invasion.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
2. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
3. WHAT HAPPENED
Scott McClellan, PublicAffairs, $27.95, 9781586485566
4. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538
5. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
6. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
7. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
8. AUDITION
Barbara Walters, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307266460
9. ALWAYS BY MY SIDE: A Father's Grace and a Sports Journey Unlike Any Other - DEBUT
Jim Nantz, Gotham, $26, 9781592403615
10. COUNSELOR
Ted Sorensen, Harper, $27.95, 9780060798710
11. THE BILLIONAIRE'S VINEGAR
Benjamin Wallace, Crown, $24.95, 9780307338778
12. JUST WHO WILL YOU BE?
Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189
13. A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE
Tony Horwitz, Holt, $27.50, 9780805076035
14. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155086
15. GOODNIGHT BUSH
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
ON THE RISE:
16. ME OF LITTLE FAITH
Lewis Black, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489945
The Daily Show regular's irreverent take on religion.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
3. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
4. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
5. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
6. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
7. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
8. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
9. ON CHESIL BEACH - DEBUT
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175
10. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323
11. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
12. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
13. THE MAYTREES - DEBUT
Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061239540
14. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
15. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
ON THE RISE:
19. GHOSTWALK
Rebecca Stott, Spiegel & Grau, $14.95, 9780385521079
A mysterious, intelligent first novel, now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
5. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
6. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
9. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $13.95, 9780812975437
10. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
11. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
12. LITTLE HEATHENS
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246
13. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
14. MERLE'S DOOR
Ted Kerasote, Harvest, $15, 9780156034500
15. LONE SURVIVOR - DEBUT
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316067607
ON THE RISE:
20. LEGACY OF ASHES
Tim Weiner, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307389008
A fascinating history of the CIA, now available in paperback
MASS MARKET
1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
2. SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614
3. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN - DEBUT
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416548508
4. SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731
5. STEP ON A CRACK
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Vision, $9.99, 9780446199278
6. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
7. SPARE CHANGE
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425221921
8. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
10. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE
Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243663
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. SEEKERS: The Quest Begins
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
6. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
8. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882
9. SIR FARTSALOT HUNTS THE BOOGER
Kevin Bolger, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141767
10. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
11. INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL - DEBUT
James Luceno, Scholastic, $6.99, 9780545007016
12. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
13. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
14. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780060734107
15. SUMMER BALL - DEBUT
Mike Lupica, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142411537
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
5. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
6. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
7. FANCY NANCY BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
8. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
9. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
10. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
11. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
12. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
13. CURIOUS YOU: ON YOUR WAY!
H.A. Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $12.95, 9780618919758
14. FANCY NANCY LOVES! LOVES!! LOVES!!!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061235993
15. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
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
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (Hardcover and Paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (Paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
5. JUNIE B. JONES (Hardcover and Paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. HARRY POTTER (Hardcover and Paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. PENDRAGON (Hardcover and Paperback)
D.J. MacHale, S&S
8. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (Hardcover and Paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. THE CLIQUE (Paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
10. WARRIORS (Hardcover and Paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Harper
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
June 12, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, June 12, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 8, 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
#1-NOTHING TO LOSE, by Lee Child (9780385340564)
#2-THE SPIES OF WARSAW, by Alan Furst (9781400066025)
#8-THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS, by Andre Dubus III (9780393041651)
#12-CHASING HARRY WINSTON, by Lauren Weisberger (9780743290111)
#13-PLAGUE SHIP, by Clive Cussler (9780399154973)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, by David Sedaris (9780316143479)
#9-GOODNIGHT BUSH, by Erich Origen, Gan Golan (9780316040419)
#14-THE BILLIONAIRE'S VINEGAR, by Benjamin Wallace (9780307338778)
Mass Market
#9-SPARE CHANGE, by Robert B. Parker (9780425221921)
Children's Interest
#14-SIR FARTSALOT HUNTS THE BOOGER, by Kevin Bolger (9781595141767)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: ALICIA (Clique Summer Collection), by Lisi Harrison (9780316027533)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. NOTHING TO LOSE - DEBUT
Lee Child, Delacorte, $27, 9780385340564
2. THE SPIES OF WARSAW - DEBUT
Alan Furst, Random House, $25, 9781400066025
3. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
4. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
5. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
6. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $27.95, 9780061160875
7. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
8. THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS - DEBUT
Andre Dubus III, Norton, $24.95, 9780393041651
9. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
10. LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312348670
11. SNUFF
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385517881
12. CHASING HARRY WINSTON - DEBUT
Lauren Weisberger, S&S, $25.95, 9780743290111
13. PLAGUE SHIP - DEBUT
Clive Cussler, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154973
14. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780307377043
15. DEVIL MAY CARE
Sebastian Faulks, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385524285
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES- DEBUT
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
2. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
3. WHAT HAPPENED
Scott McClellan, PublicAffairs, $27.95, 9781586485566
4. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538
5. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
6. JUST WHO WILL YOU BE?
Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189
7. AUDITION
Barbara Walters, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307266460
8. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
9. GOODNIGHT BUSH: An Unauthorized Parody - DEBUT
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419
10. WHAT NOW?
Ann Patchett, Harper, $14.95, 9780061340659
11. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
12. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155086
13. A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE
Tony Horwitz, Holt, $27.50, 9780805076035
14. THE BILLIONAIRE'S VINEGAR: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine - DEBUT
Benjamin Wallace, Crown, $24.95, 9780307338778
15. A WOLF AT THE TABLE
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312342029
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
3. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
4. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
5. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
6. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323
7. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
8. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
9. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
10. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
11. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follet, NAL, $24.95, 9780451225245
12. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
13. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
14. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
15. MISTER PIP
Lloyd Jones, Dial, $12, 9780385341073
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
6. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
7. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
9. LITTLE HEATHENS
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246
10. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
11. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
12. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
13. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307276827
14. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
15. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
MASS MARKET
1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
2. SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614
3. SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731
4. STEP ON A CRACK
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Vision, $9.99, 9780446199278
5. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE
Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243663
6. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE BETRAYAL
Eric Van Lustbader, Vision, $9.99, 9780446618809
7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
8. THE WOODS
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221957
9. SPARE CHANGE - DEBUT
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425221921
10. HIGH NOON
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515144680
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. SEEKERS: The Quest Begins
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
5. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
6. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
7. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882
8. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
9. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
10. EVER
Gail Carson Levine, Harper, $16.99, 9780061229626
11. TWEAK
Nic Sheff, Ginee Seo, $16.99, 9781416913627
12. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
13. THE CALDER GAME
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439852074
14. SIR FARTSALOT HUNTS THE BOOGER - DEBUT
Kevin Bolger, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141767
15. LITTLE BROTHER
Cory Doctorow, Tor, $17.95, 9780765319852
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS: From Accessories to Zany
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
5. FANCY NANCY BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
6. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
7. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
8. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
9. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
10. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
11. CURIOUS YOU: ON YOUR WAY!
H.A. Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $12.95, 9780618919758
12. THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $14.99, 9781423109600
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. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
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
3. Percy Jackson & the Olympians (Hardcover and Paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (Paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
NEW IN SERIES: ALICIA (9780316027533)
5. JUNIE B. JONES (Hardcover and Paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. HARRY POTTER (Hardcover and Paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. PENDRAGON (Hardcover and Paperback)
D.J. MacHale, S&S
8. HIS DARK MATERIALS (Hardcover and Paperback)
Philip Pullman, Yearling
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (Hardcover and Paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. WARRIORS (Hardcover and Paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Harper
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June 5, 2008
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, June 5, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 1, 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 Indie 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-THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE, by Salman Rushdie (9780375504334)
#6-DEVIL MAY CARE, by Sebastian Faulks (9780385524285)
#9-BLOOD NOIR, by Laurell K. Hamilton (9780425222195)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-WHAT HAPPENED, by Scott McClellan (9781586485566)
#9-MY STROKE OF INSIGHT, by Jill Bolte Taylor (9780670020744)
Paperback Fiction
#14-MISTER PIP, by Lloyd Jones (9780385341073)
Mass Market
#3-STEP ON A CRACK, by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (9780446199278)
#6-HIGH NOON, by Nora Roberts (9780515144680)
Children's Interest
#5-SEEKERS: The Quest Begins, by Erin Hunter (9780060871222)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
2. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
3. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $27.95, 9780061160875
4. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE - DEBUT
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
6. DEVIL MAY CARE - DEBUT
Sebastian Faulks, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385524285
7. SNUFF
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385517881
8. BRIGHT SHINY MORNING
James Frey, Harper, $26.95, 9780061573132
9. BLOOD NOIR - DEBUT
Laurell K. Hamilton, Berkley, $25.95, 9780425222195
10. THE PLAGUE OF DOVES
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.95, 9780060515126
11. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $22.95, 9780375424489
12. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
13. ODD HOURS
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $27, 9780553807059
14. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
15. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780307377043
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
2. WHAT HAPPENED: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception - DEBUT
Scott McClellan, PublicAffairs, $27.95, 9781586485566
3. JUST WHO WILL YOU BE?
Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189
4. AUDITION
Barbara Walters, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307266460
5. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
6. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538
7. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
8. COUNSELOR
Ted Sorensen, Harper, $27.95, 9780060798710
9. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey - DEBUT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744
10. A WOLF AT THE TABLE
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312342029
11. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
12. WHAT NOW?
Ann Patchett, Harper, $14.95, 9780061340659
13. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155086
14. LADIES OF LIBERTY
Cokie Roberts, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060782344
15. THE MAN WHO LOVED CHINA
Simon Winchester, Harper, $27.95, 9780060884598
ON THE RISE:
17. THE GREAT DERANGEMENT: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight
of the American Empire
Matt Taibbi, Spiegel & Grau, $24, 9780385520348
A funny and revealing look at modern American politics.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
3. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
4. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
5. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323
6. IN THE WOODS
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
7. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
9. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
10. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
11. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
12. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
13. THE GREAT MAN
Kate Christensen, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307277343
14. MISTER PIP - DEBUT
Lloyd Jones, Dial, $12, 9780385341073
15. PEONY IN LOVE
Lisa See, Random House, $14, 9780812975222
ON THE RISE:
26. THE LAST CHINESE CHEF
Nicole Mones, Mariner, $13.95, 9780547053738
An American food writer finds love and great food when visiting China.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
7. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
8. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
9. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
10. LITTLE HEATHENS
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246
11. MERLE'S DOOR
Ted Kerasote, Harvest, $15, 9780156034500
12. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
13. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
14. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
15. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307276827
ON THE RISE:
17. LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316067607
A powerful, almost unbelievable account of a disastrous Navy SEAL mission in Afghanistan.
MASS MARKET
1. SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614
2. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
3. STEP ON A CRACK - DEBUT
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Vision, $9.99, 9780446199278
4. SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731
5. INVISIBLE PREY
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425221150
6. HIGH NOON - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515144680
7. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE BETRAYAL
Eric Van Lustbader, Vision, $9.99, 9780446618809
8. THE SLEEPING DOLL
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9780743491587
9. THE WOODS
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221957
10. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE
Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243663
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
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. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
5. SEEKERS: The Quest Begins - DEBUT
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222
6. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
7. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
9. TWEAK
Nic Sheff, Ginee Seo, $16.99, 9781416913627
10. EVER
Gail Carson Levine, Harper, $16.99, 9780061229626
11. THE CALDER GAME
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439852074
12. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
13. LITTLE BROTHER
Cory Doctorow, Tor, $17.95, 9780765319852
14. TREASURE ISLAND (PUFFIN CLASSICS ED.)
Robert Louis Stevenson, Puffin, $4.99, 9780141321004
15. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
6. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
7. FANCY NANCY BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
8. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
9. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
10. THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $14.99, 9781423109600
11. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
12. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
13. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
14. CURIOUS YOU: ON YOUR WAY!
H.A. Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $12.95, 9780618919758
15. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
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
3. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (Hardcover and Paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. PENDRAGON (Hardcover and Paperback)
D.J. MacHale, S&S
5. JUNIE B. JONES (Hardcover and Paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. HARRY POTTER (Hardcover and Paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (Paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
8. WARRIORS (Hardcover and Paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (Hardcover and Paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. GOSSIP GIRL (Paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
May 29, 2008
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, May 29, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 25, 2008). 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
#4-SNUFF, by Chuck Palahniuk (9780385517881)
#9-NETHERLAND, by Joseph O'Neill (978030737704)
#11-ODD HOURS, by Dean Koontz (9780553807059)
#13-THE FRONT, by Patricia Cornwell (9780399154188)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#12-COUNSELOR, by Ted Sorensen (9780060798710)
#13-A TIME TO FIGHT, by Jim Webb (9780767928359)
#14-QUANTUM WELLNESS, by Kathy Freston (9781602860186)
Paperback Fiction
#14-IN THE WOODS, by Tana French (9780143113492)
Mass Market
#10-THE SLEEPING DOLL, by Jeffery Deaver (9780743491587)
Children's Interest
#11-FAIREST, by Gail Carson Levine (9780060734107)
#14-THE WHITE GIRAFFE, by Lauren St. John (9780142411520)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: RAVEN RISE (Pendragon), by D.J. MacHale (9781416914181)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
2. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $27.95, 9780061160875
3. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
4. SNUFF - DEBUT
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385517881
5. BRIGHT SHINY MORNING
James Frey, Harper, $26.95, 9780061573132
6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
7. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $22.95, 9780375424489
8. THE PLAGUE OF DOVES
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.95, 9780060515126
9. NETHERLAND - DEBUT
Joseph O'Neill, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780307377043
10. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
11. ODD HOURS - DEBUT
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $27, 9780553807059
12. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446195973
13. THE FRONT - DEBUT
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $22.95, 9780399154188
14. LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312348670
15. PHANTOM PREY
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155000
ON THE RISE:
17. SKELETONS AT THE FEAST
Chris Bohjalian, Shaye Areheart, $25, 9780307394958
The 12th novel by the author of The Double Bind.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
2. AUDITION
Barbara Walters, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307266460
3. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
4. JUST WHO WILL YOU BE?
Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189
5. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538
6. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
7. A WOLF AT THE TABLE
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312342029
8. A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE
Tony Horwitz, Holt, $27.50, 9780805076035
9. WHAT NOW?
Ann Patchett, Harper, $14.95, 9780061340659
10. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155086
11. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
12. COUNSELOR: A Life at the Edge of History - DEBUT
Ted Sorensen, Harper, $27.95, 9780060798710
13. A TIME TO FIGHT: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America - DEBUT
Jim Webb, Broadway, $24.95, 9780767928359
14. QUANTUM WELLNESS: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Health and Happiness - DEBUT
Kathy Freston, Weinstein, $23.95, 9781602860186
15. THE MAN WHO LOVED CHINA
Simon Winchester, Harper, $27.95, 9780060884598
ON THE RISE:
19. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125
Hilarious essays by the author of My Horizontal Life.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
2. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
3. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
4. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
5. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323
6. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
7. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
8. THE GREAT MAN
Kate Christensen, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307277343
9. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
10. PEONY IN LOVE
Lisa See, Random House, $14, 9780812975222
11. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
12. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
13. AFTER DARK
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307278739
14. IN THE WOODS - DEBUT
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
15. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
7. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
8. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
9. MERLE'S DOOR
Ted Kerasote, Harvest, $15, 9780156034500
10. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
11. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
12. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307276827
13. LITTLE HEATHENS
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246
14. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
15. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
MASS MARKET
1. SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614
2. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
3. THE HOLLOW
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515144598
4. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE
Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243663
5. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE BETRAYAL
Eric Van Lustbader, Vision, $9.99, 9780446618809
6. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
7. THE WOODS
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221957
8. INVISIBLE PREY
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425221150
9. SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731
10. THE SLEEPING DOLL - DEBUT
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9780743491587
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
6. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882
7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
8. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
9. THE CALDER GAME
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439852074
10. TWEAK
Nic Sheff, Ginee Seo, $16.99, 9781416913627
11. FAIREST - DEBUT
Gail Carson Levine, HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780060734107
12. SAVVY
INGRID LAW, DIAL, $16.99, 9780803733060
13. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
14. THE WHITE GIRAFFE - DEBUT
Lauren St. John, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142411520
15. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS: From Accessories to Zany
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
5. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
6. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
7. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
8. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
9. FANCY NANCY BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
10. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
11. THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $14.99, 9781423109600
12. CURIOUS YOU: ON YOUR WAY!
H.A. Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $12.95, 9780618919758
13. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
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, Megan Tingley
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (Paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
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. PENDRAGON (Hardcover and Paperback)
D.J. MacHale, S&S
NEW IN SERIES: RAVEN RISE (9781416914181)
6. HARRY POTTER (Hardcover and Paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (Paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
8. Alex Rider Adventures (Hardcover and Paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. JUNIE B. JONES (Hardcover and Paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
10. THE CLIQUE (Paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
© Copyright 2008, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
May 22, 2008
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, May 22, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 18, 2008). 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
#6-BRIGHT SHINY MORNING, by James Frey (9780061573132)
#9-LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH, by Emily Giffin (9780312348670)
#10-SWINE NOT?, by Jimmy Buffett, Helen Bransford (Illus.) (9780316114028)
#12-THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein (9780061537936)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#10-THE MAN WHO LOVED CHINA, by Simon Winchester (9780060884598)
#11-MOYERS ON DEMOCRACY, by Bill Moyers (9780385523806)
Paperback Fiction
#11-THE GREAT MAN, by Kate Christensen (9780307277343)
#13-RANT, by Chuck Palahniuk (9780307275837)
Mass Market
#10-SHOOT HIM IF HE RUNS, by Stuart Woods (9780451223609)
Children's Interest
#11-NICK OF TIME, by Ted Bell (9780312380687)
#14-SAVVY, by Ingrid Law (9780803733060)
Children's Illustrated
#14- CURIOUS YOU: On Your Way!, by H.A. Rey (9780618919758)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
2. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
3. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $27.95, 9780061160875
4. THE PLAGUE OF DOVES
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.95, 9780060515126
5. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $22.95, 9780375424489
6. BRIGHT SHINY MORNING - DEBUT
James Frey, Harper, $26.95, 9780061573132
7. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
8. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446195973
9. LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH - DEBUT
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312348670
10. SWINE NOT?: A Novel Pig Tale - DEBUT
Jimmy Buffett, Helen Bransford (Illus.), Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316114028
11. PHANTOM PREY
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155000
12. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN - DEBUT
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
13. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
14. SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY'S
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316014779
15. THE APPEAL
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385515047
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
2. AUDITION
Barbara Walters, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307266460
3. JUST WHO WILL YOU BE?
Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189
4. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
5. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
6. A WOLF AT THE TABLE
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312342029
7. WHAT NOW?
Ann Patchett, Harper, $14.95, 9780061340659
8. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155086
9. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538
10. THE MAN WHO LOVED CHINA - DEBUT
Simon Winchester, Harper, $27.95, 9780060884598
11. MOYERS ON DEMOCRACY - DEBUT
Bill Moyers, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385523806
12. A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE
Tony Horwitz, Holt, $27.50, 9780805076035
13. BONK
Mary Roach, Norton, $24.95, 9780393064643
14. GIRLS LIKE US
Sheila Weller, Atria, $27.95, 9780743491471
15. LADIES OF LIBERTY
Cokie Roberts, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060782344
ON THE RISE:
18. COUNSELOR: A Life At the Edge of History
Ted Sorensen, Harper, $27.95, 9780060798710
A fascinating memoir by a man who played an important role in the Kennedy administration.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
3. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
4. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
5. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323
6. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
7. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
9. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
10. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
11. THE GREAT MAN - DEBUT
Kate Christensen, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307277343
12. THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 9781400075720
13. RANT: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey - DEBUT
Chuck Palahniuk, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307275837
14. PEONY IN LOVE
Lisa See, Random House, $14, 9780812975222
15. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
ON THE RISE:
27. THE SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ
Dalia Sofer, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061130410
Sofer's debut is an intense novel of a family in post-revolutionary Iran.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
6. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
9. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
10. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307276827
11. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
12. LITTLE HEATHENS
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246
13. MERLE'S DOOR
Ted Kerasote, Harvest, $15, 9780156034500
14. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
15. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
ON THE RISE:
18. EINSTEIN: His Life and the Universe
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $17.95, 9780743264747
A revealing biography of one of the greatest minds of the 20th century.
MASS MARKET
1. SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614
2. THE HOLLOW
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515144598
3. THE WOODS
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221957
4. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
5. INVISIBLE PREY
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425221150
6. SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731
7. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE
Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243663
8. THE GOOD GUY
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589115
9. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE BETRAYAL
Eric Van Lustbader, Vision, $9.99, 9780446618809
10. SHOOT HIM IF HE RUNS - DEBUT
Stuart Woods, Signet, $9.99, 9780451223609
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
6. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882
7. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
8. EVER
Gail Carson Levine, Harper, $16.99, 9780061229626
9. TWEAK
Nic Sheff, Ginee Seo, $16.99, 9781416913627
10. THE CALDER GAME
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439852074
11. NICK OF TIME - DEBUT
Ted Bell, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.95, 9780312380687
12. LITTLE BROTHER
Cory Doctorow, Tor, $17.95, 9780765319852
13. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
14. SAVVY - DEBUT
Ingrid Law, Dial, $16.99, 9780803733060
15. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
5. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
6. THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $14.99, 9781423109600
7. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
8. FANCY NANCY BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
9. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
10. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
11. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
12. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
13. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
14. CURIOUS YOU: ON YOUR WAY! - DEBUT
H.A. Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $12.95, 9780618919758
15. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (Hardcover and Paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
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. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (Paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
5. JUNIE B. JONES (Hardcover and Paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. HARRY POTTER (Hardcover and Paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. WARRIORS (Hardcover and Paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
8. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (Hardcover and Paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
9. GOSSIP GIRL (Paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
10. HIS DARK MATERIALS (Hardcover and Paperback)
Philip Pullman, Yearling
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May 15, 2008
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, May 15, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 11, 2008). 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
#1-THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer (9780316068048)
#3-CARELESS IN RED, by Elizabeth George (9780061160875)
#8-PHANTOM PREY, by John Sandford (9780399155000)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-AUDITION, by Barbara Walters (9780307266460)
#9-THE DOWNHILL LIE, by Carl Hiaasen (9780307266538)
Paperback Fiction
#14-THE SHACK, by William P. Young (9780964729230)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14-THE ASSAULT ON REASON, by Al Gore (9780143113621)
Mass Market
#1-THE HOLLOW, by Nora Roberts (9780515144598)
Children's Interest
#10-KYLIE THE CARNIVAL FAIRY, by Daisy Meadows (9780545054751)
#11-EVER, by Gail Carson Levine (9780061229626)
#14-LITTLE BROTHER, by Cory Doctorow (9780765319852)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: THE BATTLE OF THE LABYRINTH (Percy Jackson and the Olympians), by Rick Riordan (9781423101468)
NEW IN SERIES: DYLAN (Clique Summer Collection), by Lisi Harrison (9780316035651)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HOST- DEBUT
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
2. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
3. CARELESS IN RED - DEBUT
Elizabeth George, Harper, $27.95, 9780061160875
4. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $22.95, 9780375424489
5. THE PLAGUE OF DOVES
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.95, 9780060515126
6. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
7. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
8. PHANTOM PREY - DEBUT
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155000
9. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446195973
10. HOLD TIGHT
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525950608
11. THE APPEAL
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385515047
12. SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY'S
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316014779
13. THE GIRL WITH NO SHADOW
Joanne Harris, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061431623
14. RED BIRD
Mary Oliver, Beacon, $23, 9780807068922
15. WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 9781416566380
ON THE RISE:
21. CHILD 44
Tom Rob Smith, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446402385
In Tom Rob Smith's chilling debut novel, a serial killer is at large in Stalinist Russia.
A May Book Sense Pick.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
2. AUDITION: A Memoir - DEBUT
Barbara Walters, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307266460
3. A REMARKABLE MOTHER
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $22.95, 9781416562450
4. JUST WHO WILL YOU BE?
Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189
5. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
6. HOME
Julie Andrews, Hyperion, $26.95, 9780786865659
7. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
8. LADIES OF LIBERTY
Cokie Roberts, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060782344
9. The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport- Debut
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538
10. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155086
11. A WOLF AT THE TABLE
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312342029
12. GIRLS LIKE US
Sheila Weller, Atria, $27.95, 9780743491471
13. WHAT NOW?
Ann Patchett, Harper, $14.95, 9780061340659
14. A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE
Tony Horwitz, Holt, $27.50, 9780805076035
15. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
ON THE RISE:
19. MOYERS ON DEMOCRACY
Bill Moyers, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385523806
A collection of Moyers' speeches focusing on the state of our democracy in the 21st century.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
3. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
4. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
5. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
6. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323
7. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
8. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
9. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
10. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
11. PEONY IN LOVE
Lisa See, Random House, $14, 9780812975222
12. THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 9781400075720
13. AFTER DARK
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307278739
14. THE SHACK - DEBUT
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
15. THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 9780743227445
ON THE RISE:
20. RANT: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey
Chuck Palahniuk, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307275837
Yet another wildly inventive novel by the author of Haunted.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
6. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
7. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
8. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307276827
9. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
10. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
11. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
12. MERLE'S DOOR
Ted Kerasote, Harvest, $15, 9780156034500
13. LITTLE HEATHENS
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246
14. THE ASSAULT ON REASON - DEBUT
Al Gore, Penguin, $16, 9780143113621
15. INTO THE WILD
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
MASS MARKET
1. THE HOLLOW - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515144598
2. SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614
3. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890
4. SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731
5. THE WOODS
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221957
6. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE
Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243663
7. INVISIBLE PREY
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425221150
8. THE GOOD GUY
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589115
9. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE BETRAYAL
Eric Van Lustbader, Vision, $9.99, 9780446618809
10. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. THE MOMS' BOOK
Alison Maloney, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545042116
6. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882
7. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785
8. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680
9. TWEAK
Nic Sheff, Ginee Seo, $16.99, 9781416913627
10. KYLIE THE CARNIVAL FAIRY - DEBUT
Daisy Meadows, Scholastic, $6.99, 9780545054751
11. EVER - DEBUT
Gail Carson Levine, Harper, $16.99, 9780061229626
12. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
13. THE CALDER GAME
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439852074
14. LITTLE BROTHER - DEBUT
Cory Doctorow, Tor, $17.95, 9780765319852
15. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
3. FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS: From Accessories to Zany
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236
4. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. ALPHABET
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658
6. FANCY NANCY BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887
7. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
8. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
9. FANCY NANCY AND THE BOY FROM PARIS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099
10. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
11. READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Laura Bush, Jenna Bush, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061560750
12. THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $14.99, 9781423109600
13. FANCY NANCY AT THE MUSEUM
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075
14. HORTON HEARS A WHO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394800783
15. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (Hardcover and Paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
NEW IN SERIES: THE BATTLE OF THE LABYRINTH (9781423101468)
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. CLIQUE SUMMER COLLECTION (Paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
NEW IN SERIES: DYLAN (9780316035651)
5. HARRY POTTER (Hardcover and Paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
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. WARRIORS (Hardcover and Paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Harper
9. GOSSIP GIRL (Paperback)
Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley
10. THE CLIQUE (Paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
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May 8, 2008
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
Published Thursday, May 8, 2008 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 4, 2008). 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
#3-THE PLAGUE OF DOVES, by Louise Erdrich (9780060515126)
#6-SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY'S, by James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet (9780316014779)
#12-SO BRAVE, YOUNG, AND HANDSOME, by Leif Enger (9780871139856)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-A WOLF AT THE TABLE, by Augusten Burroughs (9780312342029)
#9-A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE, by Tony Horwitz (9780805076035)
#10-A REMARKABLE MOTHER, by Jimmy Carter (9781416562450)
#15-THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD, by Fareed Zakaria (9780393062359)
Paperback Fiction
#3-OUT STEALING HORSES, by Per Petterson (9780312427085)
#4-THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION, by Michael Chabon (9780007149834)
#15-AFTER DARK, by Haruki Murakami (9780307278739)
Paperback Nonfiction
#3-ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE, by Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp (9780060852566)
#11-LITTLE HEATHENS, by Mildred Armstrong Kalish (9780553384246)
Mass Market
#1-SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN, by Donna Leon (9780143113614)
#6-INVISIBLE PREY, by John Sandford (9780425221150)
#7-ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE BETRAYAL, by Eric Van Lustbader (9780446618809)
#9-THE GOOD GUY, by Dean Koontz (9780553589115)
#10-UP IN HONEY'S ROOM, by Elmore Leonard (9780060724269)
Children's Interest
#10-THE MOMS' BOOK, by Alison Maloney (9780545042116)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739
2. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $22.95, 9780375424489
3. THE PLAGUE OF DOVES - DEBUT
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.95, 9780060515126
4. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
5. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446195973
6. SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY'S - DEBUT
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316014779
7. THE GIRL WITH NO SHADOW
Joanne Harris, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061431623
8. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
9. HOLD TIGHT
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525950608
10. RED BIRD
Mary Oliver, Beacon, $23, 9780807068922
11. LUSH LIFE
Richard Price, FSG, $26, 9780374299255
12. SO BRAVE, YOUNG, AND HANDSOME - DEBUT
Leif Enger, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780871139856
13. THE APPEAL
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385515047
14. WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 9781416566380
15. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $25.95, 9780670018215
ON THE RISE:
21. THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780871139801
The captivating seventeenth Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
2. JUST WHO WILL YOU BE?
Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189
3. A WOLF AT THE TABLE: A Memoir of My Father - DEBUT
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312342029
4. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
5. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155086
6. LADIES OF LIBERTY
Cokie Roberts, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060782344
7. BONK
Mary Roach, Norton, $24.95, 9780393064643
8. HOME
Julie Andrews, Hyperion, $26.95, 9780786865659
9. A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE: Rediscovering the New World - DEBUT
Tony Horwitz, Holt, $27.50, 9780805076035
10. A REMARKABLE MOTHER - DEBUT
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $22.95, 9781416562450
11. WHAT NOW?
Ann Patchett, Harper, $14.95, 9780061340659
12. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
13. BEAUTIFUL BOY
David Sheff, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780618683352
14. GIRLS LIKE US
Sheila Weller, Atria, $27.95, 9780743491471
15. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD - DEBUT
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359
ON THE RISE:
20. I BEFORE E (EXCEPT AFTER C): Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff
Judy Parkinson, Reader's Digest, $14.95, 9780762109173
Easy tips for remembering those small, yet important, facts.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
3. OUT STEALING HORSES - DEBUT
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
4. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION - DEBUT
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834
5. DIVISADERO
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323
6. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096
7. THE GATHERING
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392
8. NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735
9. PEONY IN LOVE
Lisa See, Random House, $14, 9780812975222
10. THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 9781400075720
11. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
12. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
13. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
14. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
15. AFTER DARK - DEBUT
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307278739
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE: A Year of Food Life - DEBUT
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert,