SIBA
The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance

October 7, 2007

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

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008
2. THE CHOICE
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579926
3. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501
4. BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954
5. RUN
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635
6. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316014502
7. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993
8. DEAD HEAT
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154768
9. DOWN RIVER
John Hart, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312359317
10. SHOOT HIM IF HE RUNS
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154447
11. DARK OF THE MOON
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154775
12. GARDEN SPELLS
Sarah Addison Allen, Bantam, $20, 9780553805482
13. EXIT GHOST
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618915477
14. MAKING MONEY
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061161643
15. LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $25, 9780385337496

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
2. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE
Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201318
3. MY GRANDFATHER'S SON
Clarence Thomas, Harper, $26.95, 9780060565558
4. THE COLDEST WINTER
David Halberstam, Hyperion, $35, 9781401300524
5. THE NINE
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385516402
6. MOTHER TERESA
Brian Kolodiejchuk (Ed.), Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385520379
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. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291
10. IF DEMOCRATS HAD ANY BRAINS, THEY'D BE REPUBLICANS
Ann Coulter, Crown Forum, $24.95, 9780307353450
11. LOOK ME IN THE EYE
John Elder Robison, Crown, $25.95, 9780307395986
12. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
13. BOONE
Robert Morgan, Ravenel, $29.95, 9781565124554
14. BE THE PACK LEADER
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $25.95, 9780307381668
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 KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003
4. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
5. ON AGATE HILL
Lee Smith, Ravenel, $13.95, 9781565125773
6. MIDDLESEX
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733
7. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307389732
8. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
9. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667
10. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 2007
Stephen King (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618713486
11. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446698320
12. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
13. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $14.95, 9780812967586
14. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
15. THE ECHO MAKER
Richard Powers, Picador, $15, 9780312426439

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 GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
6. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371
7. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
8. THIS I BELIEVE
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584
9. SKINNY BITCH
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931
10. 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN
Don Piper, Revell, $12.99, 9780800759490
11. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400080670
12. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
13. THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
14. THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400030842
15. CHOSEN BY A HORSE
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172

MASS MARKET

1. CROSS
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619059
2. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789
3. THE KING OF LIES
John Hart, St. Martin's, $6.99, 9780312363758
4. LORD OF THE FLIES
William Golding, Berkley, $9.99, 9780399501487
5. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416513452
6. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631
7. TRUE EVIL
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524533
8. FRESH DISASTERS
Stuart Woods, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221650
9. FATAL REMEDIES
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143112426
10. THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
Anne Frank, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553577129

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. MONDAY WITH A MAD GENIUS (Magic Tree House #38)
Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $11.99,
9780375837296
2. ANA'S STORY
Jenna Bush, Harper, $18.99, 9780061379086
3. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $9.99, 9780316015844
4. THE GOLDEN COMPASS
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf, $7.50, 9780440238133
5. ECLIPSE (Twilight, Book 3)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316160209
6. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $18.99, 9780316160193
7. THE BOYS' BOOK
Dominique Enright, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016285
8. PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823
9. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
10. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439358071
11. LLAMA LLAMA MAD AT MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $15.99, 9780670062409
12. FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542139
13. THE GIRLS' BOOK
Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292
14. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092
15. TELL ME A SCARY STORY...BUT NOT TOO SCARY!
Carl Reiner, James Bennett (Illus.), Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316002608

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