NAIBA
The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association

October 7, 2007

The New Atlantic Independent Bestseller List, as brought to you by Book Sense and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, October 7, 2007. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and Book Sense.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
2. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
3. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
4. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
5. EXIT GHOST
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618915477
6. THE CHOICE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579926
7. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567
8. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014502
9. FIRE IN THE BLOOD
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $22, 9780307267481
10. PONTOON
Garrison Keillor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063567
11. ON CHESIL BEACH
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403
12. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587
13. DEAD HEAT
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154768
14. THE UNCOMMON READER
Alan Bennett, FSG, $15, 9780374280963
15. SONGS WITHOUT WORDS
Ann Packer, Knopf, $24.95, 9780375412813

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
2. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
3. MY GRANDFATHER'S SON
Clarence Thomas, Harper, $26.95, 9780060565558
4. THE DAY OF BATTLE
Rick Atkinson, Holt, $35, 9780805062892
5. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
6. THE COLDEST WINTER
David Halberstam, Hyperion, $35, 9781401300524
7. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
8. GIVING
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266743
9. LOOK ME IN THE EYE
John Elder Robison, Crown, $25.95, 9780307395986
10. MOTHER TERESA
Brian Kolodiejchuk (Ed.), Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385520379
11. LOUDER THAN WORDS
Jenny McCarthy, Dutton, $23.95, 9780525950110
12. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
Naomi Klein, Metropolitan, $28, 9780805079838
13. IF I DID IT
The Goldman Family, Beaufort, $24.95, 9780825305887
14. IF DEMOCRATS HAD ANY BRAINS, THEY'D BE REPUBLICANS
Ann Coulter, Crown Forum, $24.95, 9780307353450
15. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
4. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
5. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
6. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
7. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
8. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340
9. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
10. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
11. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
12. AFTER THIS
Alice McDermott, Dial, $14, 9780385334693
13. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
14. A SPOT OF BOTHER
Mark Haddon, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307278869
15. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061161544

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. INTO THE WILD (Movie tie-in edition)
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
3. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
4. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
5. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
6. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
7. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
8. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
9. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, 2008
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984234
10. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
11. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
12. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
13. THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400030842
14. 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN
Don Piper, Revell, $12.99, 9780800759490
15. PORN FOR WOMEN
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518

MASS MARKET

1. CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
2. FATAL REMEDIES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112426
3. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
4. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth A. George, Harper, $7.99, 9780060545635
5. TRUE EVIL
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524533
6. THE AFGHAN
Frederick Forsyth, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221834
7. THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
Anne Frank, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553577129
8. MINE TILL MIDNIGHT
Lisa Kleypas, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312949808
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
10. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $34.99, 9780545010221
2. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439785969
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. ANA'S STORY
Jenna Bush, Harper, $18.99, 9780061379086
5. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $9.99, 9780316015844
6. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $7.99, 9780694003617
7. THE THREE SNOW BEARS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
8. KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423102991
9. ECLIPSE (Twilight, Book 3)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316160209
10. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $18.99, 9780316160193
11. THE GOLDEN COMPASS
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf, $7.50, 9780440238133
12. WHAT'S WRONG, LITTLE POOKIE?
Sandra Boynton, Random House, $5.99, 9780375845529
13. EULALIA! (Redwall)
Brian Jacques, Philomel, $23.99, 9780399242090
14. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
15. THE NIXIE'S SONG (Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1)
Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black, S&S, $10.99, 9780689871313

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