NEIBA
The New England Independent Booksellers Association

October 7, 2007

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

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
2. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
3. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
4. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
5. THE CHOICE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579926
6. EXIT GHOST
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618915477
7. DEAD HEAT
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154768
8. AWAY
Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567
9. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014502
10. DARK OF THE MOON
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154775
11. PONTOON
Garrison Keillor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063567
12. FIRE IN THE BLOOD
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $22, 9780307267481
13. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
14. THE UNCOMMON READER
Alan Bennett, FSG, $15, 9780374280963
15. SHOOT HIM IF HE RUNS
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154447

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
2. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
3. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
4. THE COLDEST WINTER
David Halberstam, Hyperion, $35, 9781401300524
5. LOOK ME IN THE EYE
John Elder Robison, Crown, $25.95, 9780307395986
6. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
7. THE DAY OF BATTLE
Rick Atkinson, Holt, $35, 9780805062892
8. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559
9. MY GRANDFATHER'S SON
Clarence Thomas, Harper, $26.95, 9780060565558
10. HERE IF YOU NEED ME
Kate Braestrup, Little Brown, $23.99, 9780316066303
11. MOTHER TERESA
Brian Kolodiejchuk (Ed.), Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385520379
12. GIVING
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266743
13. THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD
Alice Waters, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
14. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
Naomi Klein, Metropolitan, $28, 9780805079838
15. THE WAR
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, Knopf, $50, 9780307262837

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
2. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
3. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
4. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
5. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
6. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
7. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
9. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
10. ONE GOOD TURN
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012829
11. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340
12. AFTER THIS
Alice McDermott, Dial, $14, 9780385334693
13. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
14. THE ECHO MAKER
Richard Powers, Picador, $15, 9780312426439
15. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. INTO THE WILD (Movie tie-in edition)
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
4. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
6. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
7. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
8. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, 2008
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984234
9. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
10. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979
11. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
12. EXTREME PUMPKINS
Tom Nardone, HP, $13.95, 9781557885227
13. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
14. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
15. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609

MASS MARKET

1. CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
2. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth A. George, Harper, $7.99, 9780060545635
3. FATAL REMEDIES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112426
4. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
5. HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217559
6. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425217566
7. TRUE EVIL
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524533
8. THE MEPHISTO CLUB
Tess Gerritsen, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345477002
9. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446616461
10. QUIETLY IN THEIR SLEEP
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112204

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. THE THREE SNOW BEARS
Jan Brett, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399247927
2. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
3. TWO LITTLE WITCHES
Harriet Ziefert, Simms Taback (Illus.), Candlewick, $3.99, 9780763633097
4. MYTHOLOGY
Hestia Evans, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763634032
5. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $9.99, 9780316015844
6. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
7. ANA'S STORY
Jenna Bush, Harper, $18.99, 9780061379086
8. WHAT'S WRONG, LITTLE POOKIE?
Sandra Boynton, Random House, $5.99, 9780375845529
9. THE NIXIE'S SONG (Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1)
Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black, S&S, $10.99, 9780689871313
10. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $34.99, 9780545010221
11. MONDAY WITH A MAD GENIUS (Magic Tree House #38)
Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $11.99,
9780375837296
12. KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423102991
13. GOOD NIGHT MAINE
Adam Gamble, Suwin Chan (Illus.), Our World of Books, $9.95, 9781602190108
14. RUBY'S FALLING LEAVES
Rosemary Wells, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448446868
15. ROOM ON THE BROOM
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142501122

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