December 28,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, December 28, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 24, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 Nonfiction
# 14-THE INTELLECTUAL DEVOTIONAL by David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim (1594865132)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
2. NEXT
Michael Crichton, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985
3. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
4. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
5. CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
6. THE SHAPE SHIFTER
Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451
7. THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG
Dave Barry, Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132
8. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
9. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
10. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828
11. THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 0743272501
12. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.99, 0446528056
13. THE ECHO MAKER
Richard Powers, FSG, $25, 0374146357
14. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
15. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Scribner, $21.99, 0743289412
ON THE RISE:
33. CELEBRATIONS: Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Maya Angelou, Random House, $16.95, 1400066107
Celebrations both public and private.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
3. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
4. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
5. PALESTINE: Peace Not Apartheid
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $27, 0743285026
6. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
7. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
9. FREAKONOMICS (Revised and Expanded)
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $27.95, 0061234001
10. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
11. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
12. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
13. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
14. THE INTELLECTUAL DEVOTIONAL - DEBUT
David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim, Rodale, $22.50, 1594865132
15. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
ON THE RISE:
36. THE REJECTION COLLECTION: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in the New Yorker
Matthew Diffee (Ed.), Simon Spotlight, $22.95, 1416933395
Never have the also-rans looked so clever!

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
4. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
5. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
6. WICKED
Gregory Maguire, Regan Books, $16, 0060987103
7. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
8. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
9. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
10. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
Ann Patchett (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 061854352X
11. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
12. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
13. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
14. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
15. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
2. THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT
The Iraq Study Group, Iraq Study Group, Vintage, $10.95, 0307386562
3. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
4. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237
5. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
6. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
7. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
8. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2007
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957
9. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
10. BAD CAT
Jim Edgar, Workman, $9.95, 0761136193
11. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $18.95, 0761104844
12. AMERICA (The Book): Teacher's Edition
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show Staff, Warner, $15.99, 0446691860
13. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
14. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
15. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059

MASS MARKET
1. S IS FOR SILENCE
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 0425212696
2. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296
3. THE CELL
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524517
4. THE LAST TEMPLAR
Raymond Khoury, Signet, $9.99, 0451219953
5. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
6. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
7. THE AMBLER WARNING
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693
8. THE BROKER
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 0440241588
9. ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 0812550706
10. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $21, 037582670X
3. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
4. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
5. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
6. A FAMILY OF POEMS
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112
7. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
8. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
9. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
10. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
11. ELDEST (Limited Edition)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $24, 0375840605
12. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Knopf, $15.95, 0375831436
13. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Yearling, $6.50, 0440498058
14. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
15. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
4. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
5. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
6. MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE!
Catherine Hapka, H.A.and Margret Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618692371
7. CHRISTMAS
Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688
8. THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Anniversary Ed.)
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $26.95, 1416927921
9. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 0394800796
10. WIZARDOLOGY
Master Merlin, Helen Ward, John Howe, et al, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763628956
11. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730
12. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: Dinosaurs
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 0763622281
13. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
14. FAIRYOPOLIS
Cicely Mary Barker, Frederick Warne, $19.99, 0723257248
15. SANTA CLAUS
Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.), Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927581

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
3. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
4. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
6. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
7. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
8. THE BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY (hardcover and paperback)
Jonathan Stroud, Hyperion,
9. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
10. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Yearling

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December 17, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, December 21, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 17, 2006,2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 -THE ECHO MAKER by Richard Powers (0374146357)
Hardcover Nonfiction
# 14 - FREAKONOMICS (Revised and Expanded) by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (0061234001)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
2. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
3. NEXT
Michael Crichton, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985
4. THE SHAPE SHIFTER
Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451
5. THE ECHO MAKER - DEBUT
Richard Powers, FSG, $25, 0374146357
6. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
7. THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 0743272501
8. CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
9. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 01400042828
10. THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG
Dave Barry, Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132
11. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
12. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
13. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25, 030726419X
14. THE LAY OF THE LAND
Richard Ford, Knopf, $26.95, 0679454683
15. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
ON THE RISE:
34. THE RISING TIDE
Jeff Shaara, Ballantine, $27.95, 034546141X
First of a historical fiction trilogy about World War II, integrating real and fictional players.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. PALESTINE: Peace Not Apartheid
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $27, 0743285026
3. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
4. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
6. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
7. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
9. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
10. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
11. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
12. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
13. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
14. FREAKONOMICS (Revised and Expanded) - DEBUT
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $27.95, 0061234001
15. YOU: On a Diet
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 0743292545
ON THE RISE:
20. BIRD SONGS: 250 North American Birds in Song
Les Beletsky, (Ed.), Chronicle, $45, 1932855416
Text, illustrations, and sounds combine in the ultimate bird book. A Book Sense Pick.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
4. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
5. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
6. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
7. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
8. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
9. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
10. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
Ann Patchett (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 061854352X
11. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
12. WICKED
Gregory Maguire, Regan Books, $16, 060987103
13. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 061122416
14. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
15. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT
The Iraq Study Group, Vintage, $10.95, 0307386562
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
3. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
4. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
5. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
6. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237
7. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
8. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2007
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957
9. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
10. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
11. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
12. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
13. AMERICA (The Book): Teacher's Edition
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show Staff, Warner, $15.99, 0446691860
14. BAD CAT
Jim Edgar, Workman, $9.95, 0761136193
15. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $18.95, 0761104844

MASS MARKET
1. S IS FOR SILENCE
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 0425212696
2. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296
3. THE LAST TEMPLAR
Raymond Khoury, Signet, $9.99, 0451219953
4. THE CELL
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 01416524517
5. THE AMBLER WARNING
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693
6. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
7. KNIFE OF DREAMS
Robert Jordan, Tor, $7.99, 0812577566
8. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
9. THE CHRISTMAS THIEF
Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 0743272250
10. TURNING ANGEL
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 0743454162

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $21, 037582670X
3. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
5. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
6. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
7. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
8. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
9. A FAMILY OF POEMS
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112
10. ELDEST (Limited Edition)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $24, 0375840605
11. BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $5.99, 0763625582
12. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
13. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
14. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
15. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Knopf, $15.95, 0375831436
Not For Kids Only:
22. PICK ME UP
Jeremy Leslie, David Roberts, DK, $29.99, 0756621593
A fun reference guide the whole family will enjoy.

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
4. THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Anniversary Ed.)
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $26.95, 1416927921
5. MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE!
Catherine Hapka, H.A.and Margret Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618692371
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
7. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
8. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 0394800796
9. CHRISTMAS
Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688
10. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730
11. SANTA CLAUS
Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.), Atheneum, $19.95, 01416927581
12. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
13. STRANGER IN THE WOODS
Carl R.Sams II, Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805
14. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
15. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
3. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
4. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
5. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
6. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
7. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
8. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
9. THE BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY (hardcover and paperback)
Jonathan Stroud, Hyperion
10. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown

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December 10,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, December 14, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 10,2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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
# 8- THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE by Philippa Gregory (0743272501)
# 10- HANNIBAL RISING by Thomas Harris (0385339410)
Trade Paperback Fiction
# 14- THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES by Ann Patchett (Ed.) (061854352X)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
# 1- THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT by The Iraq Study Group (0307386562)
# 14- THE WORST HARD TIME by Timothy Egan (0618773479)
Mass Market
# 9- FALSE IMPRESSION by Jeffrey Archer (0312939779)
Children's Interest
# 13- ELDEST (Limited Edition) by Christopher Paolini (0375840605)
Children's Illustrated
# 13- A CREATURE WAS STIRRING by Carter Goodrich (Adapt. & Illus.) (0689863993)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
2. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
3. NEXT
Michael Crichton, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985
4. THE SHAPE SHIFTER
Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451
5. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
6. THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG
Dave Barry, Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132
7. CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
8. THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE - DEBUT
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 0743272501
9. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
10. HANNIBAL RISING - DEBUT
Thomas Harris, Delacorte, $27.95, 0385339410
11. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
12. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828
13. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061161535
14. AGAINST THE DAY
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $35, 159420120X
15. TREASURE OF KHAN
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Putnam, $27.95, 0399153691
ON THE RISE:
61. FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Nora Roberts, Silhouette, $17.95, 0373285388
A warm romance in time for the holidays.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. PALESTINE
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $27, 0743285026
3. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
4. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
5. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
6. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
7. YOU: On a Diet
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 0743292545
8. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
10. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
11. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
12. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
13. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
14. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
15. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346
ON THE RISE:
27. SCHOTT'S ALMANAC
Ben Schott, Bloomsbury, $25.95, 1596911719
A very entertaining almanac of the events of 2006.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
4. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
5. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
6. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
7. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
8. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
9. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
10. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
11. MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $11.95, 1400095948
12. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
13. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
14. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES - DEBUT
Ann Patchett (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 061854352X
15. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
ON THE RISE:
34. GOOD POEMS FOR HARD TIMES
Garrison Keillor (Ed.), Penguin, $15, 0143037676
A wonderful anthology from the creator of A Prairie Home Companion.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT: The Way Forward - A New Approach - DEBUT
The Iraq Study Group, Vintage, $10.95, 0307386562
2. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
4. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
5. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
6. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2007
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957
7. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
8. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
9. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
10. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
11. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237
12. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
13. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
14. THE WORST HARD TIME: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl - DEBUT
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 0618773479
15. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
ON THE RISE:
43. THE PLANETS
Dava Sobel, Penguin, $13, 0142001163
A collection of essays from the author of Galileo's Daughter.

MASS MARKET
1. S IS FOR SILENCE
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 0425212696
2. THE LAST TEMPLAR
Raymond Khoury, Signet, $9.99, 0451219953
3. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296
4. THE CELL
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524517
5. KNIFE OF DREAMS
Robert Jordan,Tor, $7.99, 0812577566
6. THE AMBLER WARNING
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693
7. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
8. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
9. FALSE IMPRESSION - DEBUT
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312939779
10. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
3. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $21, 037582670X
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
5. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
6. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
7. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
8. A CHRISTMAS MEMORY
Truman Capote, Knopf, $17.95, 0375837892
9. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
10. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
11. WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $15.99, 043978204X
12. CHRISTMAS REMEMBERED
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $19.99, 0399246223
13. ELDEST (Limited Edition) - DEBUT
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $24, 0375840605
14. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
15. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE!
Catherine Hapka, H.A.and Margret Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618692371
3. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
4. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
6. CHRISTMAS
Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688
7. SANTA CLAUS
Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.), Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927581
8. STRANGER IN THE WOODS
Carl R.Sams II, Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805
9. THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Anniversary Ed.)
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $26.95, 1416927921
10. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 0394800796
11. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
12. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
13. A CREATURE WAS STIRRING - DEBUT
Carter Goodrich (Adapt. & Illus.), S&S, $16.95, 0689863993
14. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
15. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
3. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
4. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
5. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Talk Miramax/Hyperion
6. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
7. WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
8. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
9. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
10. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax Books

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December 3, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, December 7, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 3,2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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:
#3- NEXT by Michael Crichton (0060872985)
#8- THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG by Dave Barry (0399154132)
#10- Treasure of Khan by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler (0399153691)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3- PALESTINE: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter (0743285026)
Mass Market
#1- S IS FOR SILENCE by Sue Grafton (0425212696)
#2- THE LAST TEMPLAR by Raymond Khoury (0451219953)
#8- THE CHRISTMAS THIEF by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark (0743272250)
Children's Interest
#8- LITTLE TREE by E.E. Cummings, Chris Raschka (Illus.) (1423103351)
#11- WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH by Cornelia Funke (043978204X)
#14- CHRISTMAS REMEMBERED by Tomie dePaola (0399246223)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE SHAPE SHIFTER
Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451
2. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
3. NEXT - DEBUT
Michael Crichton, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985
4. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
5. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
6. CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
7. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
8. THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG - DEBUT
Dave Barry, Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132
9. AGAINST THE DAY
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $35, 159420120X
10. TREASURE OF KHAN - Debut
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Putnam, $27.95, 0399153691
11. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828
12. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061161535
13. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.99, 0446528056
14. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
15. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $26, 1932416641
ON THE RISE:
22. BROTHER ODD
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $27, 0553804804
The third novel featuring Odd Thomas.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. YOU: On a Diet
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 0743292545
3. PALESTINE: Peace Not Apartheid - DEBUT
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $27, 0743285026
4. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
5. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
6. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
7. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
8. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
9. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
11. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
12. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
13. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346
14. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
15. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
ON THE RISE:
30. SIX FRIGATES: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
Ian W. Toll, Norton, $27.95, 0393058476
The fascinating story of the founding of the U.S. Navy.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
4. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
5. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
6. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
7. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
8. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
9. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
10. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
11. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
12. MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $11.95, 1400095948
13. LIGHT FROM HEAVEN
Jan Karon, Penguin, $13.95, 0143037706
14. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
15. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
ON THE RISE:
24. LOVE WALKED IN
Marisa de Los Santos, Plume, $14, 0452287898
The touching stories of thirty-something Cornelia and eleven-year-old Clare.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
3. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
4. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
5. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
6. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2007
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957
7. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
8. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
9. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
10. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
11. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237
12. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
13. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
14. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
15. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
ON THE RISE:
22. THE ONION PRESENTS HOMELAND INSECURITY: Complete News Archives, Volume 17
The Onion (Eds.), Three Rivers, $18.95, 030733984X
The latest hilarious collection from The Onion.

MASS MARKET
1. S IS FOR SILENCE - DEBUT
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 0425212696
2. THE LAST TEMPLAR - DEBUT
Raymond Khoury, Signet, $9.99, 0451219953
3. THE CELL
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524517
4. KNIFE OF DREAMS
Robert Jordan, Tor Books, $7.99, 0812577566
5. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296
6. ANANSI BOYS
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060515198
7. TURNING ANGEL
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 0743454162
8. THE CHRISTMAS THIEF - DEBUT
Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 0743272250
9. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
10. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
3. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
4. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $21, 037582670X
5. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
6. A CHRISTMAS MEMORY
Truman Capote, Knopf, $17.95, 0375837892
7. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
8. LITTLE TREE - DEBUT
E.E. Cummings, Chris Raschka (Illus.), Hyperion, $6.99, 1423103351
9. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
10. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
11. WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH - DEBUT
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $15.99, 043978204X
12. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
13. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
14. CHRISTMAS REMEMBERED - DEBUT
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $19.99, 0399246223
15. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Yearling, $6.50, 0440498058

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE!
Catherine Hapka, H.A.and Margret Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618692371
3. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
4. CHRISTMAS
Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688
5. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496
6. SANTA CLAUS
Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.), Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927581
7. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
8. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
9. THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Anniversary Ed.)
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $26.95, 1416927921
10. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
11. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 0394800796
12. FLOTSAM
David Wiesner, Clarion, $17, 0618194576
13. THE SNOWMEN
Caralyn Buehner, Mark Buehner, Dial, $21.99, 0803731809
14. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730
15. STRANGER IN THE WOODS
Carl R.Sams II, Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
4. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
5. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
10. GUARDIANS OF GA'HOOLE (paperback)
Kathryn Lasky, Scholastic

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November 26, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, November 30, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 26, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 SHAPE SHIFTER by Tony Hillerman (0060563451)
#6-AGAINST THE DAY by Thomas Pynchon (159420120X)
Trade Paperback Fiction
#14-MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1400095948)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
#8-THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2007 (0886879957)
Mass Market
#1-THE CELL by Stephen King (1416524517)
#2-TURNING ANGEL by Greg Iles (0743454162)
Children's Interest
#15-A CHRISTMAS MEMORY by Truman Capote (0375837892)
Children's Illustrated
#10-THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Anniversary Ed.) by Robert Sabuda (1416927921)
#14-THE SNOWMEN by Caralyn Buehner, Mark Buehner (Illus.) (0803731809)
Children's Fiction Series
The Christmas Toy Factory (Geronomo Stilton, 0439841186)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
2. THE SHAPE SHIFTER - DEBUT
Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451
3. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 01401303277
4. CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
5. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 0044657967X
6. AGAINST THE DAY - DEBUT
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $35, 159420120X
7. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
8. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.99, 0446528056
9. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $26, 01932416641
10. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Warner, $26.99, 044653109X
11. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 0743289412
12. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
13. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061161535
14. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 01565124995
15. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316734950
ON THE RISE:
16. THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG
Dave Barry, Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132
A family dog, a Christmas pageant, and the 1960s make up this funny and moving Christmas tale.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
3. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
4. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
5. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
6. YOU: On a Diet
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 0743292545
7. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
8. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
9. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 060817089
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 01594200823
11. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 01400054346
12. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
13. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
14. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
15. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
ON THE RISE:
24. THIS I BELIEVE: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
Jay Allison, Dan Gediman (Eds.), Holt, $23, 0805080872
Essays from the weekly listener-favorite NPR segment.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
5. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
6. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
7. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
8. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
9. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 01594480001
10. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
11. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
12. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
13. LIGHT FROM HEAVEN
Jan Karon, Penguin, $13.95, 0143037706
14. MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES - DEBUT
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $11.95, 01400095948
15. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
ON THE RISE:
17. LIMITATIONS
Scott Turow, Picador, $13, 0312426453
Serial story from the Sunday New York Times Magazine.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
3. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
4. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
5. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
6. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 01400032059
7. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
8. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2007 - Debut
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957
9. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
10. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
11. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
12. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
13. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
14. ISTANBUL
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 01400033888
15. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
ON THE RISE:
34. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Chris Gardner, Amistad, $14.95, 060744871
Overcoming incredible obstacles, and telling the story in a strong, inspiring voice. Movie playing in a theater near you.

MASS MARKET
1. THE CELL - DEBUT
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524517
2. TURNING ANGEL - DEBUT
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 0743454162
3. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
4. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
5. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296
6. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
7. ANANSI BOYS
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 060515198
8. ORDINARY HEROES
Scott Turow, Warner, $7.99, 0446617482
9. THE AMBLER WARNING
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693
10. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
3. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
4. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
5. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
6. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
7. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
8. TERRIER
Tamora Pierce, Random House, $18.95, 037581468X
9. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $21, 0037582670X
10. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
11. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
12. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
14. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
15. A CHRISTMAS MEMORY - DEBUT
Truman Capote, Knopf, $17.95, 0375837892

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 00694003611
2. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
3. MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE!
Catherine Hapka, H.A. and Margret Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618692371
4. CHRISTMAS
Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
6. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
7. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
8. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
9. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
10. THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Anniversary Ed.) - DEBUT
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $26.95, 1416927921
11. SANTA CLAUS
Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.), Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927581
12. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496
13. FLOTSAM
David Wiesner, Clarion, $17, 0618194576
14. THE SNOWMEN - DEBUT
Caralyn Buehner, Mark Buehner, Dial, $21.99, 0803731809
15. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
3. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
4. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
7. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
8. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
10. GERONIMO STILTON (paperback)
Geronimo Stilton, Scholastic
NEW IN SERIES: The Christmas Toy Factory (0439841186)

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November 19, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, November 23, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 19, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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:
# 1-NATURE GIRL by Carl Hiaasen (0307262995)
# 2-CROSS by James Patterson (0316159794)
# 15-THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK by Alice Munro (1400042828)
Children's Interest
# 11-ELDEST by Christopher Paolini (037582670X)
Children's Illustrated
# 4-MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE! by H.A. Rey, Margret Rey, Catherine Hapka (0618692371)
# 10-SANTA CLAUS by Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.) (1416927581)
Children's Fiction Series
Dawn (Warriors: The New Prophecy #3, 006074457X) by Erin W. Hunter

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. NATURE GIRL - DEBUT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
2. CROSS - DEBUT
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
3. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 01401303277
4. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
5. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
6. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.99, 0446528056
7. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 0743289412
8. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, $25.95, 061161535
9. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
10. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth George, HarperCollins, $26.95, 060545623
11. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $26, 01932416641
12. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 01565124995
13. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Warner, $26.99, 044653109X
14. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316734950
15. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK - DEBUT
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 01400042828
ON THE RISE:
21. THE AENEID
Virgil, Viking, $40, 0670038032
Timely, new, very readable translation of the Roman epic. A Book Sense Notable title.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. YOU: ON A DIET
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 0743292545
3. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
4. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
5. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
6. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
7. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 060817089
8. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
9. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
10. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346
11. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
12. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
13. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
14. FRENCH WOMEN FOR ALL SEASONS
Mireille Guiliano, Knopf, $24.95, 0307265234
15. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 01594200823
ON THE RISE:
22. A PHOTOGRAPHER'S LIFE: 1990-2005
Annie Leibovitz, Random House, $75, 0375505091
The dual lives of the famed photographer, gorgeous and moving.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
5. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
6. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
7. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 0034546401X
8. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
9. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
10. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
11. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
12. LIGHT FROM HEAVEN
Jan Karon, Penguin, $13.95, 0143037706
13. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
14. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
15. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
ON THE RISE:
18. MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $11.95, 1400095948
Love, aging, whores, and the Nobel Laureate, equal perfection in this novella.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
3. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
4. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
5. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
6. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
7. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
8. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
9. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
10. ISTANBUL
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 1400033888
11. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
12. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
13. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
14. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
15. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
ON THE RISE:
16. THE WORST HARD TIME: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 0618773479
The newest National Book Award winning story of the natural disaster of the 1930s.

MASS MARKET
1. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853
3. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
4. VALLEY OF SILENCE
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141674
5. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
6. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
7. ANANSI BOYS
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 060515198
8. THE AMBLER WARNING
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693
9. SCHOOL DAYS
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347
10. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 060734086
3. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
5. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
6. TERRIER
Tamora Pierce, Random House, $18.95, 0037581468X
7. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
8. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
9. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
10. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
11. ELDEST - DEBUT
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $21, 037582670X
12. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
13. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
14. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
15. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 060254920
4. MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE! - DEBUT
H.A. Rey, Margret Rey, Catherine Hapka, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618692371
5. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
6. SKIPPYJON JONES IN MUMMY TROUBLE
Judith Byron Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 0525477543
7. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
8. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
9. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 0763622621
10. SANTA CLAUS - DEBUT
Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.), Atheneum, $19.95, 01416927581
11. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 060542098
12. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
13. OUR 50 STATES
Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), S&S, $17.95, 0689867174
14. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
15. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
3. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
4. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
5. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperTrophy
NEW IN SERIES Dawn (Warriors: The New Prophecy #3, 006074457X)
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
10. GERONIMO STILTON (paperback)
Geronimo Stilton, Scholastic

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November 12, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, October 16, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 12, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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-WILD FIRE by Nelson DeMille (044657967X)
#13-INES OF MY SOUL by Isabel Allende (0061161535)
#15-BORN IN DEATH by J.D. Robb (0399153470)
Hardcover Nonfiction
# 13-JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.) by Irma S. Rombauer, et al. (0743246268)
Trade Paperback Fiction
# 15-THE TENTH CIRCLE by Jodi Picoult (074349671X)
Mass Market
# 9-THANKSGIVING by Janet Evanovich (0060598808)
Children's Illustrated
# 10-CORDUROY'S THANKSGIVING by Lisa McCue (0670061085)
#15-CHRISTMAS by Robert Sabuda (0439845688)

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. WILD FIRE - DEBUT
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
2. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
3. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
4. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.99, 0446528056
5. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 0743289412
6. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316734950
7. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth George, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060545623
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
9. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Warner, $26.99, 044653109X
10. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
11. THE LAY OF THE LAND
Richard Ford, Knopf, $26.95, 0679454683
12. HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $24.95, 0399153764
13. INES OF MY SOUL - DEBUT
Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061161535
14. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $26, 1932416641
15. BORN IN DEATH - DEBUT
J.D. Robb, Putnam, $24.95, 0399153470
ON THE RISE:
16. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828
Close to autobiographical short stories from the incomparable Munro.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. YOU: On a Diet
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 0743292545
3. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
4. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
6. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
7. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
8. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
9. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
10. FRENCH WOMEN FOR ALL SEASONS
Mireille Guiliano, Knopf, $24.95, 0307265234
11. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346
12. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
13. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.) - DEBUT
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
14. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
15. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
ON THE RISE:
20. POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION: A Memoir
Gore Vidal, Doubleday, $26, 0385517211
A tres interesting guy picks up where Palimpsest (1995) left off.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
5. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
6. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
7. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
8. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
9. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
10. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
11. LIGHT FROM HEAVEN
Jan Karon, Penguin, $13.95, 0143037706
12. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
13. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
14. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
15. THE TENTH CIRCLE - DEBUT
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
ON THE RISE:
39. GHOSTS OF ONYX (Halo)
Eric Nylund, Tor, $12.95, 0765315688
Continuing chronicles from the Halo universe.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
3. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
4. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
5. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
6. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
7. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
8. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
9. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
10. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
11. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
12. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
13. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
14. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
15. ISTANBUL
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 1400033888
ON THE RISE:
18. THE LOST PAINTING: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
Jonathan Harr, Random House, $13.95, 0375759867
Fast-paced, thrilling, and informative too! A Book Sense Pick in hardcover.

MASS MARKET
1. VALLEY OF SILENCE
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141674
2. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
3. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
4. SCHOOL DAYS
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347
5. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
6. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
7. ANANSI BOYS
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060515198
8. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853
9. THANKSGIVING - DEBUT
Janet Evanovich, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060598808
10. ORDINARY HEROES
Scott Turow, Warner, $7.99, 0446617482

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON*
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
3. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
4. TERRIER
Tamora Pierce, Random House, $18.95, 037581468X
5. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
6. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
7. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
8. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
9. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
10. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
11. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
12. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
13. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688
14. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
*Debuted as a Series Fiction title; first week on Children's Interest

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
3. OUR 50 STATES
Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), S&S, $17.95, 0689867174
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
5. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
6. THE VERY FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY
Rhonda Gowler Greene, Susan Gaber (Illus.), Aladdin, $6.99, 1416919163
7. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 0763622621
8. SKIPPYJON JONES IN MUMMY TROUBLE
Judith Byron Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 0525477543
9. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
10. CORDUROY'S THANKSGIVING - DEBUT
Lisa McCue, Viking, $5.99, 0670061085
11. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
12. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
13. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
14. GOOD NIGHT, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
15. CHRISTMAS - DEBUT
Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
4. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
5. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
7. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
8. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
10. GERONIMO STILTON (paperback)
Geronimo Stilton, Scholastic

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November 5, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, November 9, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 5, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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-DEAR JOHN by Nicholas Sparks (0446528056)
#15-WHAT IS THE WHAT by Dave Eggers (1932416641)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-YOU: On a Diet by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (0743292545)
#8-FRENCH WOMEN FOR ALL SEASONS: A Year of Secrets, Recipes, and Pleasure by Mireille Guiliano (0307265234)
Trade Paperback Fiction
#8-LIGHT FROM HEAVEN by Jan Karon (0143037706)
Mass Market
#1-VALLEY OF SILENCE by Nora Roberts (0515141674)
#9-THE AMBLER WARNING by Robert Ludlum (0312990693)
Children's Interest
#1-TERRIER by Tamora Pierce (037581468X)
Children's Illustrated
#9-THE VERY FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY by Rhonda Gowler Greene, Susan Gaber (Illus.) (1416919163)

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
2. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
3. DEAR JOHN - DEBUT
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.99, 0446528056
4. THE LAY OF THE LAND
Richard Ford, Knopf, $26.95, 0679454683
5. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
6. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 0743289412
7. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth George, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060545623
8. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316734950
9. HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $24.95, 0399153764
10. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Warner, $26.99, 044653109X
11. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
12. Under Orders
Dick Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000
13. ABUNDANCE
Sena Jeter Naslund, Morrow, $26.95, 0060825391
14. ACT OF TREASON
Vince Flynn, Atria, $25.95, 0743270371
15. WHAT IS THE WHAT - DEBUT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $26, 1932416641
ON THE RISE:
16. HOME TO BIG Stone Gap
Adriana Trigiani, Random House, $25.95, 1400060087
The fourth of the popular series set in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. YOU: ON A DIET - DEBUT
Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, Free Press, $25, 0743292545
3. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
4. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
6. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
7. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
8. FRENCH WOMEN FOR ALL SEASONS: A Year of Secrets, Recipes, and Pleasure - DEBUT
Mireille Guiliano, Knopf, $24.95, 0307265234
9. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346
10. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
11. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
12. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
13. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
14. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
15. BLOOD AND THUNDER
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771
ON THE RISE:
17. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Scribner, $30, 0743246268
The quintessential real cook's guide, spiffed and gleaming.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
4. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
5. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
6. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
7. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
8. LIGHT FROM HEAVEN - DEBUT
Jan Karon, Penguin, $13.95, 0143037706
9. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
10. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
11. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
12. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
13. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
14. THE NIGHT WATCH
Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $15, 1594482306
15. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
ON THE RISE:
21. MY NAME IS RED
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706852
The Ottoman Empire comes to life in this intellectual mystery from the recent Nobel Prize winner.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
2. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
3. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
4. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
5. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
6. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
7. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
8. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
9. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
10. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
11. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
12. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
13. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $14, 0553384155
14. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
15. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
ON THE RISE:
36. A CRACK IN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
Simon Winchester, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 0060572000
An entertaining and instructive story about the power of Mother Earth.

MASS MARKET
1. VALLEY OF SILENCE - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141674
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853
3. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
4. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
5. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
6. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
7. SCHOOL DAYS
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347
8. ORDINARY HEROES
Scott Turow, Warner, $7.99, 0446617482
9. THE AMBLER WARNING - DEBUT
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693
10. DEATH AND JUDGMENT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 0143035827

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. TERRIER (Beka Cooper) - DEBUT
Tamora Pierce, Random House, $18.95, 037581468X
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
3. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
4. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
5. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
6. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
7. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
8. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
9. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
10. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
11. PETER PAN IN SCARLET
Geraldine McCaughrean, Margaret McElderry, $17.99, 1416918086
12. THE BEATRICE LETTERS
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583
13. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688
14. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
15. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. OUR 50 STATES: A Family Adventure Across America
Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), S&S, $17.95, 0689867174
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
4. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
5. SKIPPYJON JONES IN MUMMY TROUBLE
Judith Byron Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 0525477543
6. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
7. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
8. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 0763622621
9. THE VERY FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY - DEBUT
Rhonda Gowler Greene, Susan Gaber (Illus.), Aladdin, $6.99, 1416919163
10. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
11. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
12. IS THERE REALLY A HUMAN RACE?
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463
13. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
14. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
15. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
3. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
4. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
8. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
9. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
10. CIRQUE DU FREAK (hardcover and paperback)
Darren Shan, Little Brown

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October 29,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, October 29, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 2 ,2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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:
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-LISEY'S STORY by Stephen King (0743289412)
#7-HUNDRED DOLLAR BABY by Robert B. Parker (0399153764)
#8-THE LAY OF THE LAND by Richard Ford (0679454683)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#6-THUNDERSTRUCK by Erik Larson (1400080665)
#8-BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME by Ina Garten (1400054346)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14- HEGEMONY OR SURVIVAL by Noam Chomsky (0805076883)
Children's Interest
#1-MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET by Mike Lupica (0399244883)
Children's Illustrated
#5-OUR 50 STATES by Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.) (0689867174)
#10-SKIPPYJON JONES IN MUMMY TROUBLE by Judith Byron Schachner (0525477543)

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
2. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
3. LISEY'S STORY - DEBUT
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 0743289412
4. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth George, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060545623
5. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
6. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316734950
7. HUNDRED DOLLAR BABY - DEBUT
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $24.95, 0399153764
8. THE LAY OF THE LAND - DEBUT
Richard Ford, Knopf, $26.95, 0679454683
9. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Warner, $26.99, 044653109X
10. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000
11. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
12. ABUNDANCE
Sena Jeter Naslund, Morrow, $26.95, 0060825391
13. ACT OF TREASON
Vince Flynn, Atria, $25.95, 0743270371
14. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $24.95, 0375502246
15. THE MISSION SONG
John le Carre, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316016748
ON THE RISE:
26. THE LADIES OF GRACE ADIEU
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury, $23.95, 1596912510
The author of Book Sense Book of the Year Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell returns with eight well-crafted stories of fantasy, love, and slight mystery.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
3. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
4. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
6. THUNDERSTRUCK - DEBUT
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
7. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
8. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again - DEBUT
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346
9. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
10. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
11. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
12. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
13. BLOOD AND THUNDER
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771
14. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
15. THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD
Frank Rich, Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X
ON THE RISE:
23. MYSTERIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe
Thomas Cahill, Nan Talese, $32.50, 0385495552
Popular history of medieval Roman Catholic thought.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
4. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
5. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
6. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
7. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
8. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
9. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
10. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
11. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
12. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
13. THE NIGHT WATCH
Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $15, 1594482306
14. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
15. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416
ON THE RISE:
23. THE BROOKLYN FOLLIES
Paul Auster, Picador, $14, 0312426232
"Funny, sad, and impossible to put down," said bookseller Steve Eddy of the Book King in Rutland, VT, about this Book Sense Pick (hardcover).

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
2. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
3. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
4. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
5. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
6. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
7. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
8. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $14, 0553384155
9. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
10. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
11. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
12. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
13. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
14. HEGEMONY OR SURVIVAL - DEBUT
Noam Chomsky, Owl, $13, 0805076883
15. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
ON THE RISE:
42. ARE MEN NECESSARY?
Maureen Dowd, Berkley, $15, 042521236X
A fresh look at the state of feminism from the lauded New York Times columnist, now in paperback.

MASS MARKET
1. SCHOOL DAYS
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853
3. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
4. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
5. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
6. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
7. ORDINARY HEROES
Scott Turow, Warner, $7.99, 0446617482
8. ANANSI BOYS
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060515198
9. DEATH AND JUDGMENT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 0143035827
10. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET - DEBUT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
2. THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER
Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0060766018
3. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
4. PETER PAN IN SCARLET
Geraldine McCaughrean, Margaret McElderry, $17.99, 1416918086
5. THE BEATRICE LETTERS
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583
6. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
7. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
8. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
9. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
10. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
11. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
12. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
13. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
14. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
15. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
4. WHERE IS BABY'S PUMPKIN?
Karen Katz, Little Simon, $6.99, 1416909702
5. OUR 50 STATES: A Family Adventure Across America - DEBUT
Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), S&S, $17.95, 0689867174
6. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
7. ROOM ON THE BROOM
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 0142501123
8. THE LITTLE OLD LADY WHO WAS NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING
Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $5.99, 0064431835
9. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
10. SKIPPYJON JONES IN MUMMY TROUBLE - DEBUT
Judith Byron Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 0525477543
11. THE FIERCE YELLOW PUMPKIN
Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Egielski (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 0064435342
12. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
13. ANGELINA'S HALLOWEEN
Katharine Holabird, Helen Craig (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 014240621X
14. THE HALLO-WIENER
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, $5.99, 0439079462
15. IS THERE REALLY A HUMAN RACE?
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
3. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
4. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
7. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
8. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic,
9. GUARDIANS OF GA'HOOLE (paperback)
Kathryn Lasky, Scholastic
10. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
NEW CHILDREN'S TITLE TO WATCH
TERRIER (Beka Cooper), Tamora Pierce, Random House, $18.95, 037581468X

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October 22,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, October 26, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 22,2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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-WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER by Elizabeth George (0060545623)
#6-THE COLLECTORS by David Baldacci (044653109X)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-THE AUDACITY OF HOPE by Barack Obama (0307237699)
#5-THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID by Bill Bryson (076791936X)
Paperback Fiction
#14-THE NIGHT WATCH by Sarah Waters (1594482306)
Paperback Nonfiction
#6-FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS by James Bradley (0553384155)
Mass Market
#8-FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS by James Bradley (0553589083)

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
2. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
3. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316734950
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
5. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER - DEBUT
Elizabeth George, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060545623
6. THE COLLECTORS - DEBUT
David Baldacci, Warner, $26.99, 044653109X
7. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000
8. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
9. ACT OF TREASON
Vince Flynn, Atria, $25.95, 0743270371
10. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $24.95, 0375502246
11. ABUNDANCE
Sena Jeter Naslund, Morrow, $26.95, 0060825391
12. THE MISSION SONG
John le Carre, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316016748
13. THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Diane Setterfield, Atria, $26, 0743298020
14. ONE GOOD TURN
Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 0316154849
15. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
ON THE RISE:
34. THE LIGHT OF EVENING
Edna O'Brien, Houghton Mifflin, $25, 0618718672
Mother and daughter, present and past, Ireland and America. Edna O'Brien.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
2. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
3. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream - DEBUT
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
4. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID - DEBUT
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
6. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
7. Ageless
Suzanne Somers, Crown, $25, 0307237249
8. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
9. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
10. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
11. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
12. THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD
Frank Rich, Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X
13. BLOOD AND THUNDER
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771
14. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $24.95, 039306123X
15. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
ON THE RISE:
31. THE ARCHITECTURE OF HAPPINESS
Alain de Botton, Pantheon, $25, 0375424431
This Book Sense Notable considers how architecture and design serve human needs and desires.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
4. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
5. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
6. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
7. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
8. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
9. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
10. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
11. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
12. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
13. The Alchemist (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416
14. THE NIGHT WATCH - DEBUT
Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $15, 1594482306
15. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
ON THE RISE:
25. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
Ann Patchett (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 061854352X
The annual volume features both short story veterans and newcomers to the field.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
3. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
4. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
5. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
6. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS - DEBUT
James Bradley, Bantam, $14, 0553384155
7. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
8. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
9. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
10. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
11. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
12. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
13. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
14. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
15. THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 1878424319
ON THE RISE:
25. MARIE ANTOINETTE: The Journey
Antonia Fraser, Anchor, $16.95, 0307277747
A re-issue of the brilliantly fascinating biography and source for the new Sofia Coppola sensation.

MASS MARKET
1. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
2. SCHOOL DAYS
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347
3. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
4. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
5. ORDINARY HEROES
Scott Turow, Warner, $7.99, 0446617482
6. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853
7. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
8. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS - DEBUT
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
9. A FEAST FOR CROWS
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $7.99, 055358202X
10. DEATH AND JUDGMENT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 0143035827

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BEATRICE LETTERS
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583
2. THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER
Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0060766018
3. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
4. PETER PAN IN SCARLET
Geraldine McCaughrean, Margaret McElderry, $17.99, 1416918086
5. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
6. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
7. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
8. WINTERSMITH
Terry Pratchett, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060890312
9. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
10. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
11. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
12. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
13. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
14. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
15. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. WHERE IS BABY'S PUMPKIN?
Karen Katz, Little Simon, $6.99, 1416909702
4. ROOM ON THE BROOM
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 0142501123
5. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
7. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
8. ANGELINA'S HALLOWEEN
Katharine Holabird, Helen Craig (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 014240621X
9. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
10. IS THERE REALLY A HUMAN RACE?
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463
11. FRANKENSTEIN MAKES A SANDWICH
Adam Rex, Harcourt, $16, 0152057668
12. THE FIERCE YELLOW PUMPKIN
Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Egielski (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 0064435342
13. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
14. THE LITTLE OLD LADY WHO WAS NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING
Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $6.99, 0064431835
15. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 0763622621

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
3. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
4. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
5. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
10. CIRQUE DU FREAK (hardcover and paperback)
Darren Shan, Little Brown

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October 15,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, October 19, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 15,2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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-ECHO PARK by Michael Connelly (0316734950)
#5-ACT OF TREASON by Vince Flynn (0743270371)
#15-ONE GOOD TURN by Kate Atkinson (0316154849)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-THE INNOCENT MAN by John Grisham (0385517238)
#6-AGELESS by Suzanne Somers (0307237249)
#9-BLOOD AND THUNDER by Hampton Sides (0385507771)
#13-WHY WE WANT YOU TO BE RICH by Robert Kiyosaki, Donald Trump (1933914025)
#15-I LIKE YOU by Amy Sedaris (0446578843)
Paperback Fiction
#4-THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS by Kiran Desai (0802142818)
#6-THE LIGHTHOUSE by P.D. James (0307275736)
Paperback Nonfiction
#6- BAD PRESIDENT by R.D. Rosen, et al. ( 0761146202)
#8-1491 by Charles C. Mann (1400032059)
#10-Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk (1400033888)
#11-THE RIVER OF DOUBT by Candice Millard (0767913736)
Children's Illustrated
#15-YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN by Sandra Boynton (0761143726)
Children's Fiction Series
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13, 0064410161)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
2. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
3. ECHO PARK - Debut
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316734950
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
5. ACT OF TREASON - Debut
Vince Flynn, Atria, $25.95, 0743270371
6. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000
7. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $24.95, 0375502246
8. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
9. THE MISSION SONG
John le Carre, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316016748
10. ABUNDANCE
Sena Jeter Naslund, Morrow, $26.95, 0060825391
11. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25, 030726419X
12. MOTOR MOUTH
Janet Evanovich, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060584033
13. A SPOT OF BOTHER
Mark Haddon, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385520514
14. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
15. ONE GOOD TURN - Debut
Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 0316154849
ON THE RISE:
28. RESTLESS
William Boyd, Bloomsbury, $24.95, 1596912367
Bookseller Nancy Olson (Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC) says this is the best thriller she's read in years! A Book Sense Pick.<

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
2. THE INNOCENT MAN: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town - Debut
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
3. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
4. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
5. THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD
Frank Rich, Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X
6. AGELESS: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones - Debut
Suzanne Somers, Crown, $25, 0307237249
7. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
8. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
9. BLOOD AND THUNDER: An Epic of the American West - Debut
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771
10. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
11. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $24.95, 039306123X
12. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
13. WHY WE WANT YOU TO BE RICH: Two Men - One Message - Debut
Robert Kiyosaki, Donald Trump, Rich Press, $24.95, 1933914025
14. SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
Daniel Goleman, Bantam, $28, 0553803522
15. I LIKE YOU: Hospitality Under the Influence - Debut
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
ON THE RISE:
18. THE INTELLECTUAL DEVOTIONAL: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently With the Cultured Class

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
4. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS - Debut
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
5. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
6. THE LIGHTHOUSE - Debut
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
7. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
8. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
9. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
10. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
11. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
12. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
13. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
14. SKELETON COAST
Clive Cussler, Berkley, $16, 0425211894
15. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
ON THE RISE:
20. THE NIGHT WATCH
Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $15, 1594482306
WW II-era London is the setting for this gripping historical fiction.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
3. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
4. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
5. THE TENDER Bar
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
6. BAD PRESIDENT - Debut
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
7. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
8. 1491 - Debut
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
9. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
10. ISTANBUL: Memories and the City - Debut
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 1400033888
11. THE RIVER OF DOUBT: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey - Debut
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
12. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269
13. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
14. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
15. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
ON THE RISE:
16. HEGEMONY OR SURVIVAL
Noam Chomsky, Owl, $13, 0805076883
The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez's favorite work.

MASS MARKET
1. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
2. SCHOOL DAYS
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347
3. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
4. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
5. ORDINARY HEROES
Scott Turow, Warner, $7.99, 0446617482
6. DEATH AND JUDGMENT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 0143035827
7. ANANSI BOYS
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060515198
8. DANCE OF THE GODS
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141666
9. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 4046616451
10. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BEATRICE LETTERS
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583
2. THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER
Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0060766018
3. PETER PAN IN SCARLET
Geraldine McCaughrean, Margaret McElderry, $17.99, 1416918086
4. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
5. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
6. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
7. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
8. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
9. WINTERSMITH
Terry Pratchett, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060890312
10. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
11. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 763625892
12. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
13. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
14. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
Thomas Rockwell, Yearling, $5.99, 0440421853
15. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Yearling, $6.50, 0440498058

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. WHERE IS BABY'S PUMPKIN?
Karen Katz, Little Simon, $6.99, 1416909702
4. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
6. ANGELINA'S HALLOWEEN
Katharine Holabird, Helen Craig (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 014240621X
7. ROOM ON THE BROOM
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 0142501123
8. IS THERE REALLY A HUMAN RACE?
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463
9. THE LITTLE OLD LADY WHO WAS NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING
Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $6.99, 0064431835
10. DORA'S SPOOKY HALLOWEEN
Sonali Fry, S&S, $5.99, 1416924825
11. THE HALLO-WIENER
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, $5.99, 0439079462
12. THE FIERCE YELLOW PUMPKIN
Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Egielski (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 0064435342
13. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
14. FRANKENSTEIN MAKES A SANDWICH
Adam Rex, Harcourt, $16, 0152057668
15. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN - Debut
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
NEW: The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13, 0064410161)
3. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
4. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
7. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
10. GUARDIANS OF GA'HOOLE (paperback)
Kathryn Lasky, Scholastic

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October 8,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, October 12, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 8,2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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-THIRTEEN MOONS by Charles Frazier (0375509321)
#9-MOTOR MOUTH by Janet Evanovich (0060584033)
#14-ABUNDANCE by Sena Jeter Naslund (0060825391)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#10-THE BLIND SIDE by Michael Lewis (039306123X)
#14-SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE by Daniel Goleman (0553803522)
Paperback Fiction
#9-THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova (0316154547)
#12-SKELETON COAST by Clive Cussler, Jack B. Du Brul (0425211894)
Mass Market
#1-DANCE OF THE GODS by Nora Roberts (0515141666)
#5-SCHOOL DAYS by Robert B. Parker (0425211347)
#7-ANANSI BOYS by Neil Gaiman (0060515198)
Children's Interest
#12-PETER PAN IN SCARLET by Geraldine McCaughrean (1416918086)
Children's Illustrated
#11-THE FIERCE YELLOW PUMPKIN by Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Egielski (Illus.) (0064435342)
#12-A VERY BRAVE WITCH by Alison McGhee, Harry Bliss (Illus.) (0689867301)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THIRTEEN MOONS - DEBUT
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
2. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
3. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
4. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000
5. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $24.95, 0375502246
6. THE MISSION SONG
John le Carre, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316016748
7. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
8. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25, 030726419X
9. MOTOR MOUTH - DEBUT
Janet Evanovich, HarperCollins, $26.95, 060584033
10. THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375423001
11. THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Diane Setterfield, Atria, $26, 0743298020
12. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
13. THE BOOK OF FATE
Brad Meltzer, Warner, $25.99, 0446530999
14. ABUNDANCE, A NOVEL OF MARIE ANTOINETTE - DEBUT
Sena Jeter Naslund, Morrow, $26.95, 060825391
15. FRAGILE THINGS
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $26.95, 060515228
ON THE RISE:
18. ONE GOOD TURN
Kate Atkinson, Little Brown and Company, $24.99, 0316154849
This top Book Sense Pick for October is an intricate and character-rich mystery by the author of Case Histories.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
2. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
3. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 060817089
4. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
5. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
6. THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD
Frank Rich, Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X
7. SAVING GRACES
Elizabeth Edwards, Broadway, $24.95, 0767925378
8. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
10. THE BLIND SIDE: Evolution of a Game - DEBUT
> Michael Lewis, Norton, $24.95, 039306123X
11. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
12. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
13. FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X
14. SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE: The New Science of Human Relationships - DEBUT
Daniel Goleman, Bantam, $28, 0553803522
15. READING LIKE A WRITER
Francine Prose, HarperCollins, $23.95, 060777044
ON THE RISE:
24. BLOOD AND THUNDER: An Epic of the American West
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771
Wonderful narrative history of the American West. A Book Sense Pick.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
4. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
5. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
6. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
7. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
8. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
9. THE HISTORIAN - DEBUT
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 3016154547
10. THE MARCH
E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $14.95, 0812976150
11. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
12. SKELETON COAST - DEBUT
Clive Cussler, Jack B. Du Brul, Berkley, $16, 0425211894
13. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
14. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 061122416
15. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
ON THE RISE:
16. SLOW MAN
J.M. Coetzee, Penguin, $14, 0143037897
Life, love, the mind/body connection, and the mysteries of the writing process.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
3. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
4. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
5. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
6. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
7. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
8. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
9. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
10. NEVER HAVE YOUR DOG STUFFED
Alan Alda, Random House, $13.95, 0812974409
11. AMERICA (The Book): Teacher's Edition
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show Staff, Warner, $15.99, 0446691860
12. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
13. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
14. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269
15. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
ON THE RISE:
18. SPOOK: Science Tackles the Afterlife
Mary Roach, Norton, $13.95, 0393329127
First cadavers, now the afterlife: Roach tackles the unexplored with science and wit.

MASS MARKET
1. DANCE OF THE GODS - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141666
2. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
3. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
4. DEATH AND JUDGMENT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 0143035827
5. SCHOOL DAYS - DEBUT
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347
6. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
7. ANANSI BOYS - DEBUT
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060515198
8. ORDINARY HEROES
Scott Turow, Warner, $7.99, 0446617482
9. A FEAST FOR CROWS
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $7.99, 055358202X
10. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
2. THE BEATRICE LETTERS
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583
3. THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER
Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0060766018
4. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
5. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.5, 0440421705
6. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
7. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
8. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
9. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
10. WINTERSMITH
Terry Pratchett, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060890312
11. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
12. PETER PAN IN SCARLET - DEBUT
Geraldine McCaughrean, Margaret McElderry, $17.99, 1416918086
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
14. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
15. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. WHERE IS BABY'S PUMPKIN?
Karen Katz, Little Simon, $6.99, 1416909702
4. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
5. ANGELINA'S HALLOWEEN
Katharine Holabird, Helen Craig (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 014240621X
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
7. IS THERE REALLY A HUMAN RACE?
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463
8. ROOM ON THE BROOM
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 0142501123
9. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
10. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
11. THE FIERCE YELLOW PUMPKIN - DEBUT
Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Egielski (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 0064435342
12. A VERY BRAVE WITCH - DEBUT
> Alison McGhee, Harry Bliss (Illus.), S&S, $12.95, 0689867301
13. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
14. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
15. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
4. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
5. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
6. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
8. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
9. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
10. CIRQUE DU FREAK (hardcover and paperback)
Darren Shan, Little Brown

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October 1,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, October 5, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 1,2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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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24! Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-FOR ONE MORE DAY, by Mitch Albom
#2-THE ROAD, by Cormac McCarthy
#3-UNDER ORDERS, by Dick Francis
#12-FRAGILE THINGS, by Neil Gaiman
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-STATE OF DENIAL, by Bob Woodward
#5-CULTURE WARRIOR, by Bill O'Reilly
#7-SAVING GRACES, by Elizabeth Edwards
#14-THE LOST, by Daniel Mendelsohn
Paperback Fiction
#4-SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING, by Amy Tan
Paperback Nonfiction
#3-THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS, by John Berendt Penguin
#14-AMERICA (The Book): Teacher's Edition, by Jon Stewart and The Daily Show Staff
Mass Market
#2-PREDATOR, by Patricia D. Cornwell
#4-A FEAST FOR CROWS, by George R.R. Martin
#5-DEATH AND JUDGMENT, by Donna Leon
#6-MARY, Mary, by James Patterson
#7-ORDINARY HEROES, by Scott Turow
Children's Interest
#8-THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER, by Barbara Robinson
#9-WINTERSMITH, by Terry Pratchett
Children's Illustrated
#1-MOMMY? by Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak (Illus.)
#6-ANGELINA'S HALLOWEEN, by Katharine Holabird, Helen Craig (Illus.)
#9-FRANKENSTEIN MAKES A SANDWICH, by Adam Rex
#10-DORA'S SPOOKY HALLOWEEN, by Sonali Fry
#12-THE PRINCESS PRIMER, by Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.)
Children's Fiction Series
BLIZZARD OF THE BLUE MOON (Magic Tree House #36, 0375830375 )
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. FOR ONE MORE DAY - DEBUT
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
2. THE ROAD - DEBUT
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
3. UNDER ORDERS - DEBUT
Dick Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000
4. THE MISSION SONG
John le Carre, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316016748
5. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
6. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $24.95, 0375502246
7. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25, 030726419X
8. THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375423001
9. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
10. A SPOT OF BOTHER
Mark Haddon, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385520514
11. THE BOOK OF FATE
Brad Meltzer, Warner, $25.99, 0446530999
12. FRAGILE THINGS - DEBUT
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $26.95, 0060515228
13. AFTER THIS
Alice McDermott, FSG, $24, 0374168091
14. PAINT IT BLACK
Janet Fitch, Little Brown, $24.99, 0316182745
15. THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Diane Setterfield, Atria, $26, 0743298020
ON THE RISE:
28. THE LAST TOWN ON EARTH
Thomas Mullen, Random House, $23.95, 1400065208
In 1918 one town tries to keep the deadly flu outside its borders. An intense, provocative Book Sense Pick.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
2. STATE OF DENIAL: Bush at War, Part III - DEBUT
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
3. THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD
Frank Rich, Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X
4. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
5. CULTURE WARRIOR - DEBUT
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
6. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
7. SAVING GRACES: Finding Solace and Strength From Friends and Strangers - DEBUT
Elizabeth Edwards, Broadway, $24.95, 0767925378
8. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
9. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
10. FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X
11. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
12. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
13. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
14. THE LOST: A Search for Six of Six Million -DEBUT
Daniel Mendelsohn, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060542977
15. READING LIKE A WRITER
Francine Prose, HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060777044
ON THE RISE:
16. THE BLIND SIDE: Evolution of a Game
Michael Lewis, Norton, $24.95, 039306123X
As he did for baseball (Moneyball), Lewis takes a statistical X-ray of the football substructure.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
4. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING - DEBUT
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
5. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
6. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
7. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
8. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
9. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
10. THE MARCH
E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $14.95, 0812976150
11. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416
12. THE CONSTANT PRINCESS
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 0743272498
13. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
14. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
15. FRIENDS, LOVERS, CHOCOLATE
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 1400077109
ON THE RISE:
27. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
A rich Book Sense Notable (hardcover edition) title, set in India on the eve of the Nepalese movement for an independent state.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
3. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS - DEBUT
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
4. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
5. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
6. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
7. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
8. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
9. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
10. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269
11. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
12. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
13. NEVER HAVE YOUR DOG STUFFED
Alan Alda, Random House, $13.95, 0812974409
14. AMERICA (The Book): Teacher's Edition - DEBUT
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show Staff, Warner, $15.99, 0446691860
15. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
ON THE RISE:
18. OUR ENDANGERED VALUES: America's Moral Crisis
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $15, 0743285018
The former president cautions Americans against eroding the separation between church and state.

MASS MARKET
1. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
2. PREDATOR - DEBUT
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
3. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
4. A FEAST FOR CROWS - DEBUT
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $7.99, 055358202X
5. DEATH AND JUDGMENT - DEBUT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 0143035827
6. MARY, MARY - DEBUT
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
7. ORDINARY HEROES - DEBUT
Scott Turow, Warner, $7.99, 0446617482
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
9. THE HOT KID
Elmore Leonard, HarperTorch, $9.99, 0060724234
10. THE BLACK DAHLIA
James Ellroy, Warner, $7.50, 0446618128

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
2. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
3. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
4. THE BEATRICE LETTERS
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583
5. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
6. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
7. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
8. THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER - DEBUT
Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0060766018
9. WINTERSMITH - DEBUT
Terry Pratchett, HarperCollins Publishers, $16.99, 0060890312
10. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
11. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
12. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
13. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
14. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688
15. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
Thomas Rockwell, Yearling, $5.99, 0440421853

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. MOMMY? - DEBUT
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 694003611
3. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
4. IS THERE REALLY A HUMAN RACE?
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
6. ANGELINA'S HALLOWEEN - DEBUT
Katharine Holabird, Helen Craig (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 014240621X
7. WHERE IS BABY'S PUMPKIN?
Karen Katz, Little Simon, $6.99, 1416909702
8. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: WHY, COMMAS REALLY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illus.), Putnam, $15.99, 0399244913
9. FRANKENSTEIN MAKES A SANDWICH - DEBUT
Adam Rex, Harcourt, $16, 0152057668
10. DORA'S SPOOKY HALLOWEEN - DEBUT
Sonali Fry, S&S, $5.99, 1416924825
11. ROOM ON THE BROOM
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 0142501123
12. THE PRINCESS PRIMER - DEBUT
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
13. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
14. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
15. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
NEW IN SERIES Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House #36, 0375830375 )
2. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
3. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
4. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
5. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
6. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
7. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
8. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
10. GUARDIANS OF GA'HOOLE (paperback)
Kathryn Lasky, Scholastic

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September 24,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, September 28, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 24, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 MISSION SONG, by John Le Carre
#7 - THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN, by Alexander McCall Smith
#10 - PAINT IT BLACK, by Janet Fitch
#12 - MORAL DISORDER, by Margaret Atwood
#13 - IMPERIUM, by Robert Harris
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2 - THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD, by Frank Rich
#5 - LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION, by Sam Harris
#14 - THE GOD DELUSION, by Richard Dawkins
#15 - THE CONFESSION, by James McGreevey
Paperback Nonfiction
#8 - TEACHER MAN, by Frank McCourt
#12 - TEAM OF RIVALS, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Mass Market
#9 - THUD! by Terry Pratchett
Children's Interest
#2 - FAIREST, by Gail Carson Levine
Children's Illustrated
#7 - WHERE IS BABY'S PUMPKIN? by Karen Katz ----------------------------------------------------------

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE MISSION SONG - DEBUT
John Le Carre, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316016748
2. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $24.95, 0375502246
3. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
4. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25, 030726419X
5. A SPOT OF BOTHER
Mark Haddon, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385520514
6. AFTER THIS
Alice McDermott, FSG, $24, 0374168091
7. THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN - DEBUT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375423001
8. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
9. THE BOOK OF FATE
Brad Meltzer, Warner, $25.99, 0446530999
10. PAINT IT BLACK - DEBUT
Janet Fitch, Little Brown, $24.99, 0316182745
11. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Viking, $25.95, 067003777X
12. MORAL DISORDER - DEBUT
Margaret Atwood, Nan Talese, $23.95, 0385503849
13. IMPERIUM - DEBUT
Robert Harris, S&S, $26, 074326603X
14. THE AFGHAN
Frederick Forsyth, Putnam, $26.95, 0399153942
15. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $25.95, 1400061261
ON THE RISE:
17. WHEN MADELINE WAS YOUNG
Jane Hamilton, Doubleday, $22.95, 0385516711
A family crisis makes this Book Sense Pick a rich book group choice.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
2. THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina - DEBUT
Frank Rich, Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X
3. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
4. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
5. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION - DEBUT
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
7. READING LIKE A WRITER
Francine Prose, HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060777044
8. FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X
9. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
10. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
11. HUBRIS
Michael Isikoff, David Corn, Crown, $25.95, 0307346811
12. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
13. THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $27.95, 037541486X
14. THE GOD DELUSION - DEBUT
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
15. THE CONFESSION - DEBUT
James McGreevey, Regan Books, $26.95, 0060898623
ON THE RISE:
23. STATIC: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
Amy Goodman, David Goodman, Hyperion, $23.95, 1401302939
Democracy Now! host Goodman and her brother follow up their bestseller, The Exception to the Rulers.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
4. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 143036661
5. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
6. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
7. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
8. THE CONSTANT PRINCESS
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 0743272498
9. THE MARCH
E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $14.95, 0812976150
10. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
11. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416
12. FRIENDS, LOVERS, CHOCOLATE
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 1400077109
13. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
14. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
15. THE PAINTED DRUM
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 0060515112
ON THE RISE:
24. THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH
Robert Hicks, Warner, $14.99, 0446697435
For fans of Civil War historical fiction. A #1 Book Sense Pick in hardcover.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
3. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
4. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
5. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
6. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269
7. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
8. TEACHER MAN - DEBUT
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
9. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
10. NEVER HAVE YOUR DOG STUFFED
Alan Alda, Random House, $13.95, 0812974409
11. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
12. TEAM OF RIVALS - DEBUT
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
13. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
14. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
15. THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 1878424319
ON THE RISE:
20. AMERICA (The Book)
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show Staff, Warner, $15.99, 0446691860
The funny, funny, massively-bestselling side of politics, paperback edition

MASS MARKET
1. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
2. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
3. THE BLACK DAHLIA
James Ellroy, Warner, $7.5, 0446618128
4. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
5. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
6. CONSENT TO KILL
Vince Flynn, Pocket Star, $9.99, 1416505016
7. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853
8. LIFEGUARD
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Warner, $9.99, 044661761X
9. THUD! - DEBUT
Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060815310
10. MORRIGAN'S CROSS
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141658

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: The Beatrice Letters
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583
2. FAIREST - DEBUT
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
3. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
5. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.5, 0440421705
6. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS (Movie Tie-In)
Thomas Rockwell, Yearling, $5.99, 0440421853
7. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
8. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
9. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
10. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
11. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
12. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.5, 0440237688
13. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $2.99, 0439856221
14. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
15. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. IS THERE REALLY A HUMAN RACE?
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463
3. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
5. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
6. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
7. WHERE IS BABY'S PUMPKIN? - DEBUT
Karen Katz, Little Simon, $6.99, 1416909702
8. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
9. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 0763622621
10. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
11. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: WHY, COMMAS REALLY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illus.), Putnam, $15.99, 0399244913
12. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
13. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
14. DOOBY DOOBY MOO
Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illus.), Atheneum, $16.95, 0689845073
15. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
4. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
5. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
7. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
8. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
10. CIRQUE DU FREAK (hardcover and paperback)
Darren Shan, Little Brown

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September 17,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, September 21, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 17, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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-AFTER THIS by Alice McDermott
#11-THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield
Hardcover Nonfiction
#5-HUBRIS by Michael Isikoff, David Corn
#14-THE CREATION by Edward O. Wilson
Paperback Fiction
#11-THE MARCH by E.L. Doctorow
Paperback Nonfiction
#10-NEVER HAVE YOUR DOG STUFFED by Alan Alda
Children's Fiction Series
THE LOST COLONY by Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl #5)
WOULD I LIE TO YOU by Cecily Von Ziegesar (Gossip Girl #10) ----------------------------------------------------------

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $24.95, 0375502246
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
3. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25, 030726419X
4. AFTER THIS - DEBUT
Alice McDermott, FSG, $24, 0374168091
5. THE BOOK OF FATE
Brad Meltzer, Warner, $25.99, 0446530999
6. THE AFGHAN
Frederick Forsyth, Putnam, $26.95, 0399153942
7. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
8. A SPOT OF BOTHER
Mark Haddon, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385520514
9. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Viking, $25.95, 067003777X
10. ALL AUNT HAGAR'S CHILDREN
Edward P. Jones, Amistad, $25.95, 0060557567
11. THE THIRTEENTH TALE - DEBUT
Diane Setterfield, Atria, $26, 0743298020
12. JUDGE AND JURY
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316013935
13. BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $24.95, 1400044618
14. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $25.95, 1400061261
15. MESSENGER OF TRUTH
Jacqueline Winspear, Holt, $24, 0805078983
ON THE RISE:
21. ON AGATE HILL
Lee Smith, Algonquin, $24.95, 1565124529
Nicely drawn historical fiction, set in North Carolina after the Civil War. A Book Sense Pick from the author of The Last Girls.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
2. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
3. THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $27.95, 037541486X
4. FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X
5. HUBRIS: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War - DEBUT
Michael Isikoff, David Corn, Crown, $25.95, 0307346811
6. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
7. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
9. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
10. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
11. READING LIKE A WRITER
Francine Prose, HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060777044
12. YOU: The Owner's Manual
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060765313
13. GRAYSON
Lynne Cox, Knopf, $16.95, 0307264548
14. THE CREATION: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth - DEBUT
Edward O. Wilson, Norton, $21.95, 0393062171
15. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $24.95, 0670034711
ON THE RISE:
25. REDEMPTION: The Last Battle of the Civil War
Nicholas Lemann, FSG, $24, 0374248559
Setting straight the history on Reconstruction. A Book Sense Notable title.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
4. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
5. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
6. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
7. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
8. FRIENDS, LOVERS, CHOCOLATE
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 1400077109
9. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
10. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416
11. THE MARCH - DEBUT
E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $14.95, 0812976150
12. THE CONSTANT PRINCESS
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 0743272498
13. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
14. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
15. THE PAINTED DRUM
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 0060515112
ON THE RISE:
33. THE BLACK DAHLIA
James Ellroy, Mysterious Press, $13.99, 0446698873
Reissued to coincide with the movie release, a novel based on the unsolved and brutal 40s Hollywood murder.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
3. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
4. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
5. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
6. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
7. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269
8. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
9. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
10. NEVER HAVE YOUR DOG STUFFED: And Other Things I've Learned - DEBUT
Alan Alda, Random House, $13.95, 0812974409
11. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
12. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
13. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 0452287588
14. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
15. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
ON THE RISE:
22. NEW RULES: Polite Musings From a Timid Observer
Bill Maher, Rodale, $14.95, 1594865051
A new political season means a good time to reprint. Nothing timid about Maher!

MASS MARKET
1. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
2. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
3. THE BLACK DAHLIA
James Ellroy, Warner, $7.50, 0446618128
4. LIFEGUARD
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Warner, $9.99, 044661761X
5. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
6. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853
7. MORRIGAN'S CROSS
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141658
8. CONSENT TO KILL
Vince Flynn, Pocket Star, $9.99, 1416505016
9. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
10. THE HOT KID
Elmore Leonard, HarperTorch, $9.99, 0060724234

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: The Beatrice Letters
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583
2. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
3. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
4. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
5. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS (Movie Tie-In)
Thomas Rockwell, Yearling, $5.99, 0440421853
6. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
7. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
8. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
9. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
10. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
11. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688
12. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
13. BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $5.99, 0763625582
14. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
15. THE OUTSIDERS
S.E. Hinton, Puffin, $7.99, 014038572X

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
2. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS AND THE PREPOSTEROUS PLIGHT OF THE PURPLE POTTY PEOPLE
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, $4.99, 0439376149
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
4. IS THERE REALLY A HUMAN RACE?
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
6. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
7. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!
Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illus.), Putnam, $15.99, 0399244913
8. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
9. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 0763622621
10. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
11. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
12. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
13. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
14. DOOBY DOOBY MOO
Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illus.), Atheneum, $16.95, 0689845073
15. FLOTSAM
David Wiesner, Clarion, $17, 0618194576

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
NEW IN SERIES: The Lost Colony (0786849568 )
3. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
4. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
5. ALEX RIDER Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. CIRQUE DU FREAK (hardcover and paperback)
Darren Shan, Little Brown
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
NEW IN SERIES: Would I Lie to You (0786849568)
10. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins

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September 10,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, September 14, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 10, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 BOOK OF FATE by Brad Meltzer
#10-GALLATIN CANYON by Thomas McGuane
#11-A SPOT OF BOTHER by Mark Haddon
#13-THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER by Jed Rubenfeld
Hardcover Nonfiction
#14-THE DISCOMFORT ZONE by Jonathan Franzen
Paperback Nonfiction
#13-THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
#14-A NEW EARTH by Eckhart Tolle
Mass Market
#7-THE BLACK DAHLIA by James Ellroy
#10-THE HOT KID BY ELMORE LEONARD
Children's Interest
#1-SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.)
Children's Illustrated
#2-IS THERE REALLY A HUMAN RACE? by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.)
#6-WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE BY MAURICE SENDAK
Children's Fiction Series
Guardians of Ga'hoole by Kathryn Lasky ( To Be A King, 0439795702)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $24.95, 0375502246
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 01565124995
3. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25, 030726419X
4. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Viking, $25.95, 067003777X
5. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 01400044731
6. THE BOOK OF FATE - DEBUT
Brad Meltzer, Warner, $25.99, 0446530999
7. THE AFGHAN
Frederick Forsyth, Putnam, $26.95, 0399153942
8. JUDGE AND JURY
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316013935
9. ALL AUNT HAGAR'S CHILDREN
Edward P. Jones, Amistad, $25.95, 0060557567
10. GALLATIN CANYON - DEBUT
Thomas McGuane, Knopf, $24, 1400041562
11. A SPOT OF BOTHER - DEBUT
Mark Haddon, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385520514
12. MESSENGER OF TRUTH
Jacqueline Winspear, Holt, $24, 0805078983
13. THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER - DEBUT
Jed Rubenfeld, Holt, $26, 0805080988
14. BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $24.95, 1400044618
15. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153357
ON THE RISE:
19. AFTER THIS
Alice McDermott, FSG, $24, 0374168091
A Book Sense Pick about a Long Island Catholic family in a changing America.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
2. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
3. THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $27.95, 037541486X
4. FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X
5. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
6. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
8. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
9. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
10. LIES AT THE ALTAR
Robin Smith, Hyperion, $24.95, 1401302564
11. GRAYSON
Lynne Cox, Knopf, $16.95, 0307264548
12. STATE OF EMERGENCY
Patrick J. Buchanan, St. Martin's, $24.95, 0312360037
13. READING LIKE A WRITER
Francine Prose, HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060777044
14. THE DISCOMFORT ZONE: A Personal History - DEBUT
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $22, 0374299196
15. HEAT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
ON THE RISE:
20. CHUCK KLOSTERMAN IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $25, 0743284887
Essays from the pop-culture critic.


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
4. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
5. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
6. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
7. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
8. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
9. FRIENDS, LOVERS, CHOCOLATE
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 1400077109
10. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
11. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416
12. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
13. THE CONSTANT PRINCESS
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 0743272498
14. THE PAINTED DRUM
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 0060515112
15. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
ON THE RISE:
18. A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES
Diana Gabaldon, Delta, $15, 0385340397
Paper edition of the sixth installment of the popular historical fiction/time travelling Outlander series.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
3. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
4. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
5. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
6. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
7. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269
8. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
9. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
10. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
11. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
12. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
13. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC - DEBUT
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
14. A NEW EARTH: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose - DEBUT
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 0452287588
15. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
ON THE RISE:
21. WILD DUCKS FLYING BACKWARD
Tom Robbins, Bantam, $12, 0553383531
A collection of travel writing, essays, celebrity profiles, and poetry from the unconventional Mr. Robbins.


MASS MARKET
1. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
2. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
3. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
4. MORRIGAN'S CROSS
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141658
5. LIFEGUARD
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Warner, $9.99, 044661761X
6. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
7. THE BLACK DAHLIA - DEBUT
James Ellroy, Warner, $7.5, 0446618128
8. CONSENT TO KILL
Vince Flynn, Pocket Star, $9.99, 1416505016
9. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 0316769487
10. THE HOT KID - DEBUT
Elmore Leonard, HarperTorch, $9.99, 0060724234


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: The Beatrice Letters - DEBUT
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583
2. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS (Movie Tie-In)
Thomas Rockwell, Yearling, $5.99, 0440421853
3. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
4. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
5. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
6. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
7. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.5, 0440421705
8. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
9. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
10. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.5, 0440237688
11. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
12. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Yearling, $6.5, 0440498058
13. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709
14. BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $5.99, 0763625582
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS AND THE PREPOSTEROUS PLIGHT OF THE PURPLE POTTY PEOPLE
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, $4.99, 0439376149
2. IS THERE REALLY A HUMAN RACE? - DEBUT
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463
3. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
4. GOODNIGHT MOON -
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
5. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!
Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illus.), Putnam, $15.99, 0399244913
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE - DEBUT
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
7. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
8. FLOTSAM
David Wiesner, Clarion, $17, 0618194576
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
10. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
11. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
12. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
13. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
14. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 0763622621
15. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
3. THE CLIQue (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
4. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. CIRQUE DU FREAK (hardcover and paperback)
Darren Shan, Little Brown
8. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
9. GUARDIANS OF GA'HOOLE (paperback)
Kathryn Lasky, Scholastic
NEW IN SERIES: To Be A King (0439795702)
10. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion

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September 3,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, September 7, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 3, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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
#1ÑRISE AND SHINE by Anna Quindlen
#2ÑTHE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN by Claire Messud
#7ÑBLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Haruki Murakami
#9ÑALL AUNT HAGAR'S CHILDREN by Edward P. Jones
Hardcover Nonfiction
#11ÑReading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
Paperback Fiction
#6ÑON BEAUTY by Zadie Smith
#14ÑTHE PAINTED DRUM by Louise Erdrich
#15ÑFRIENDS, LOVERS, CHOCOLATE by Alexander McCall Smith
Paperback Nonfiction
#13ÑTHE 9/11 REPORT: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson, Ernie Colon
Mass Market
#2ÑTHE CAMEL CLUB by David Baldacci
#3ÑMORRIGAN'S CROSS by Nora Roberts
#9ÑTYRANNOSAUR CANYON by Douglas J. Preston
#10ÑRUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Augusten Burroughs
Children's Illustrated
#10ÑFLOTSAM by David Wiesner
#11ÑTHE KISSING HAND by Audrey Penn, Ruth E.Harper & Nancy M.Leak (Illus.)
Children's Fiction Series
TWILIGHT (Warriors, The New Prophecy Series #5, 0060827645)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. RISE AND SHINE - DEBUT
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $24.95, 0375502246
2. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN - DEBUT
Claire Messud, Knopf, $23, 030726419X
3. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 01565124995
4. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 140004473
1 5. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Viking, $25.95, 067003777X
6. JUDGE AND JURY
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316013935
7. BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN - DEBUT
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $24.95, 1400044618
8. THE AFGHAN
Frederick Forsyth, Putnam, $26.95, 0399153942
9. ALL AUNT HAGAR'S CHILDREN - DEBUT
Edward P. Jones, Amistad, $25.95, 060557567
10. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153357
11. MESSENGER OF TRUTH
Jacqueline Winspear, Holt, $24, 0805078983
12. THE RUINS
Scott Smith, Knopf, $24.95, 01400043875
13. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $25.95, 1400061261
14. THE KEEP
Jennifer Egan, Knopf, $23.95, 1400043921
15. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 0743277724
ON THE RISE:
40. BRIEF ENCOUNTERS WITH CHE GUEVARA: Stories
Ben Fountain, Ecco, $24.95, 060885580
The short stories in this #1 Book Sense Pick are "absolutely jaw-dropping," says Audrey Bullar of Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
2. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 060817089
3. FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X
4. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
5. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
6. THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $27.95, 037541486X
7. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
8. LIES AT THE ALTAR
Robin Smith, Hyperion, $24.95, 01401302564
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
10. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
11. READING LIKE A WRITER: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them - DEBUT
Francine Prose, HarperCollins, $23.95, 060777044
12. HEAT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
13. STATE OF EMERGENCY
Patrick J. Buchanan, St. Martin's, $24.95, 0312360037
14. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316172324
15. GRAYSON
Lynne Cox, Knopf, $16.95, 0307264548
ON THE RISE:
18. ELIZABETH
J.Randy Taraborrelli, Warner, $26.99, 0446532541
As in the velvet-eyed Taylor. A new, irresistible entry of her well-documented life.


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
4. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
5. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
6. ON BEAUTY - DEBUT
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
7. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
8. THE CONSTANT PRINCESS
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 0743272498
9. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 01400078776
10. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
11. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 061122416
12. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
13. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
14. THE PAINTED DRUM - DEBUT
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 060515112
15. FRIENDS, LOVERS, CHOCOLATE - DEBUT
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 1400077109
ON THE RISE:
26. MISSING MOM
Joyce Carol Oates, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 060816228
Love her or hate her, one must admire the hard-working Ms. Oates, who reminds us here to cherish the people who love us.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 01594865671
3. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
4. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
5. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
6. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
7. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
10. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269
11. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
12. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 679745580
13. THE 9/11 REPORT: A Graphic Adaptation - DEBUT
Sid Jacobson, Ernie Colon, Hill & Wang, $16.95, 0809057395
14. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
15. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
Jared Diamond, Norton, $16.95, 0393317552
ON THE RISE:
29. HOMEGROWN DEMOCRAT: A Few Plain Thoughts From the Heart of America
Garrison Keillor, Penguin, $12, 0143037684
The paperback edition of prairie politics.


MASS MARKET
1. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
2. THE CAMEL CLUB - DEBUT
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
3. MORRIGAN'S CROSS - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141658
4. LIFEGUARD
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Warner, $9.99, 044661761X
5. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
6. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
7. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 01416524797
8. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 0316769487
9. TYRANNOSAUR CANYON - DEBUT
Douglas J. Preston, Forge, $7.99, 0765349655
10. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS - DEBUT
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS (Movie Tie-In)
Thomas Rockwell, Yearling, $5.99, 0440421853
2. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
3. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
4. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
5. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
6. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
7. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
8. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
9. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
10. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
11. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
12. THE OUTSIDERS
S.E. Hinton, Puffin, $7.99, 014038572X
13. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 040237688
14. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
15. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Yearling, $6.50, 0440498058


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS AND THE PREPOSTEROUS PLIGHT OF THE PURPLE POTTY PEOPLE
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, $4.99, 0439376149
2. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
4. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!
Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illus.), Putnam, $15.99, 0399244913
5. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
6. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
7. DOOBY DOOBY MOO
Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illus.), Atheneum, $16.95, 0689845073
8. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730
9. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 060542098
10. FLOTSAM - DEBUT
David Wiesner, Clarion, $17, 0618194576
11. THE KISSING HAND - DEBUT
Audrey Penn, Ruth E.Harper & Nancy M.Leak (Illus.), Tanglewood, $16.95, 1933718005
12. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $7.95, 04431789
13. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 0763622621
14. SABUDA & REINHART PRESENT CASTLE
Kyle Olmon, Tracy Sabin (Illus.), Orchard, $19.99, 043954324X
15. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
4. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
NEW IN SERIES
Twilight (Warriors, The New Prophecy Series #5, 0060827645)
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic,
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte,
8. THE A-LIST NOVELS (paperback)
Zoey Dean, Little Brown,
9. CIRQUE DU FREAK (hardcover and paperback)
Darren Shan, Little Brown
10. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins

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August 27,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, August 31, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 27, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 AFGHAN by Frederick Forsyth
#10 - MESSENGER OF TRUTH by Jacqueline Winspear
#12 - HUNTERS OF DUNE by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
#14 - THE MAN WHO SMILED by Henning Mankell
Hardcover Nonfiction
#10 - STATE OF EMERGENCY by Patrick J. Buchanan
#12 - LA BELLA FIGURA by Beppe Severgnini
Paperback Fiction
#15 - THE CONSTANT PRINCESS by Philippa Gregory
Paperback Nonfiction
#10 - JULIE AND JULIA by Julie Powell
#13 - BORN TO KVETCH by Michael Wex
Mass Market
#5 - CONSENT TO KILL by Vince Flynn
Children's Interest
#7 - ENDYMION SPRING by Matthew Skelton
Children's Illustrated
#15 - LIBRARY LION by Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
2. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Viking, $25.95, 067003777X
3. JUDGE AND JURY
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316013935
4. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
5. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153357
6. THE AFGHAN - DEBUT
Frederick Forsyth, Putnam, $26.95, 0399153942
7. THE KEEP
Jennifer Egan, Knopf, $23.95, 1400043921
8. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $25.95, 1400061261
9. THE RUINS
Scott Smith, Knopf, $24.95, 1400043875
10. MESSENGER OF TRUTH - DEBUT
Jacqueline Winspear, Holt, $24, 0805078983
11. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 0743277724
12. HUNTERS OF DUNE - DEBUT
Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Tor, $27.95, 0765312921
13. TERRORIST
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653
14. THE MAN WHO SMILED - DEBUT
Henning Mankell, New Press, $24.95, 1565849930
15. CORONADO
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $24.95, 006113967X
ON THE RISE:
16. SPY
Ted Bell, Atria, $25.95, 0743277236
Alex Hawke attempts to prevent a jihad with the odds heavily favoring the terrorists in their plan to devastate North America.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
2. FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X
3. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
4. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
5. THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $27.95, 037541486X
6. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
7. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
9. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
10. STATE OF EMERGENCY: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America - DEBUT
Patrick J. Buchanan, St. Martin's, $24.95, 0312360037
11. HEAT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
12. LA BELLA FIGURA: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE ITALIAN MIND - DEBUT
Beppe Severgnini, Broadway, $23.95, 0767914392
13. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316172324
14. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
15. CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
John Dean, Viking, $25.95, 0670037745
ON THE RISE:
29. READING LIKE A WRITER: A GUIDE FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE BOOKS AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO WRITE THEM
Francine Prose, HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060777044
The nuts and bolts of writing, as well as issues of craft. A Book Sense Notable.


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
5. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
6. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
7. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
8. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
9. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416
10. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
11. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
12. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
13. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
14. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0142001740
15. THE CONSTANT PRINCESS - DEBUT
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 0743272498
ON THE RISE:
22. THE PAINTED DRUM
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 0060515112
The reverberations of human passage backward and forward in time, from the Ojibwe reservation on the northern plains to New Hampshire.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
2. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
3. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
4. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
5. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
6. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
7. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
10. JULIE AND JULIA: My Year of Cooking Dangerously - DEBUT
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269
11. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
12. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
13. BORN TO KVETCH: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods - DEBUT
Michael Wex, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 0061132179
14. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
15. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
ON THE RISE:
33. THE GOLDEN SPRUCE
John Vaillant, Norton, $14.95, 0393328643
The captivating exploration of logger-turned-activist, Grant Hadwin's destructive love for a unique Sitka tree.


MASS MARKET
1. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
2. LIFEGUARD
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Warner, $9.99, 044661761X
3. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
4. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
5. CONSENT TO KILL - DEBUT
Vince Flynn, Pocket Star, $9.99, 1416505016
6. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 0345342968
7. CRUSADER'S CROSS
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 0743277201
8. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
10. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS (Movie Tie-In)
Thomas Rockwell, Yearling, $5.99, 0440421853
2. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
3. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
4. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
5. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
6. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
7. ENDYMION SPRING - DEBUT
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
8. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
9. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
10. HOW TO BE POPULAR
Meg Cabot, HarperTempest, $16.99, 0060880120
11. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $2.99, 0439856221
12. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
13. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
14. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688
15. THE OUTSIDERS
S.E. Hinton, Puffin, $7.99, 014038572X


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS AND THE PREPOSTEROUS PLIGHT OF THE PURPLE POTTY PEOPLE
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, $4.99, 0439376149
2. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
4. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!
Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illus.), Putnam, $15.99, 0399244913
5. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
6. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
7. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 0448425009
8. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
9. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
10. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
11. SABUDA & REINHART PRESENT CASTLE
Kyle Olmon, Tracy Sabin (Illus.), Orchard, $19.99, 043954324X
12. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730
13. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
14. DOOBY DOOBY MOO
Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illus.), Atheneum, $16.95, 0689845073
15. LIBRARY LION - DEBUT
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 0763622621


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
3. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
4. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
8. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
9. THE A-LIST NOVELS (paperback)
Zoey Dean, Little Brown
10. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S

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August 20,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, August 24, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 20, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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-CORONADO, by Dennis Lehane
#14-RICOCHET, by Sandra Brown
Hardcover Nonfiction
#15-GRAYSON, by Lynne Cox
Paperback Fiction
#5-THE SEA, by John Banville
Children's Interest
#4-NEW MOON, by Stephenie Meyer
#6-TWILIGHT, by Stephenie Meyer
Children's Illustrated
#1-CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS AND THE PREPOSTEROUS PLIGHT OF THE PURPLE POTTY PEOPLE, by Dav Pilkey
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
2. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS
Marisha Pessl, Viking, $25.95, 067003777X
3. JUDGE AND JURY
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Little Brown, $27.99, 316013935
4. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
5. THE RUINS
Scott Smith, Knopf, $24.95, 1400043875
6. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 399153357
7. THE KEEP
Jennifer Egan, Knopf, $23.95, 1400043921
8. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $25.95, 1400061261
9. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 743277724
10. CORONADO - DEBUT
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $24.95, 006113967X
11. TERRORIST
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 307264653
12. THE FOURTH BEAR
Jasper Fforde, Viking, $24.95, 670037729
13. THE NIGHT GARDENER
George Pelecanos, Little Brown, $24.99, 316156507
14. RICOCHET - DEBUT
Sandra Brown, S&S, $25.95, 743289331
15. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 307263940
ON THE RISE:
19. HAPPINESS SOLD SEPARATELY
Lolly Winston, Warner, $21.99, 446533068
A perceptive and engaging Book Sense Notable about a marriage in crisis.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X
2. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 60817089
3. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 307264556
4. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 374292795
5. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 307337332
6. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
7. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 670037605
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
9. THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $27.95, 037541486X
10. CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
John Dean, Viking, $25.95, 670037745
11. HEAT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
12. DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 61132381
13. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 316172324
14. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $24.95, 670034711
15. GRAYSON - DEBUT
Lynne Cox, Knopf, $16.95, 307264548
ON THE RISE:
28. THE FEMALE BRAIN
Louann Brizendine, M.D., Morgan Road, $24.95, 767920090
The biology that determines how women think, love, and process. Men, eat your hearts out!


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 143037145
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 812968069
4. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 393328627
5. THE SEA - DEBUT
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
6. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 143036661
7. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 743454537
8. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
9. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 143036696
10. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 143034901
11. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 142001740
12. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 61122416
13. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
14. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Broadway, $13.95, 767925955
15. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
ON THE RISE:
50. SKY BURIAL: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
Xinran Xue, Anchor, $13, 1400095646
A truly epic, wondrous story of love, survival, and a mysterious country.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
3. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 786888768
4. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 156031566
5. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 743226720
6. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 375725601
7. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
8. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 374500010
9. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 316346624
10. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 452287081
11. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 143036610
12. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 812973011
13. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 679745580
14. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 143036556
15. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
Jared Diamond, Norton, $16.95, 393317552
ON THE RISE:
18. BORN TO KVETCH: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods
Michael Wex, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 61132179
You'll plotz to read about the history, expressiveness, and usefulness of Yiddish.


MASS MARKET
1. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 446616451
2. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 307275558
3. LIFEGUARD
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Warner, $9.99, 044661761X
4. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
5. CRUSADER'S CROSS
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 743277201
6. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
7. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 446310786
8. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $7.95, 451524934
10. ELEVEN ON TOP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 312985347


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.5, 440421705
2. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
3. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
4. NEW MOON - DEBUT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 316160199
5. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 763625299
6. TWILIGHT - DEBUT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 316015849
7. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 439709105
8. HOW TO BE POPULAR
Meg Cabot, HarperTempest, $16.99, 60880120
9. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 763625892
10. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
Thomas Rockwell, Yearling, $5.99, 440421853
11. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 375821821
12. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $2.99, 439856221
13. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.5, 440237688
14. BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $5.99, 763625582
15. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 375831002


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS AND THE PREPOSTEROUS PLIGHT OF THE PURPLE POTTY PEOPLE - DEBUT
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, $4.99, 439376149
2. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 763631434
3. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!
Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illus.), Putnam, $15.99, 399244913
4. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 694003611
5. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
6. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
7. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
8. DOOBY DOOBY MOO
Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illus.), Atheneum, $16.95, 689845073
9. SABUDA & REINHART PRESENT CASTLE
Kyle Olmon, Tracy Sabin (Illus.), Orchard, $19.99, 043954324X
10. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 399226907
11. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 439829739
12. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 60542098
13. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 307120007
14. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 448425009
15. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 399230033


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
3. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
4. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin,
5. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
7. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins,
8. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
9. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
10. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins

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August 13,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, August 17, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 13, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS by Marisha Pessl
#11 - THE FOURTH BEAR by Jasper Fforde
#14 - THE NIGHT GARDENER by George Pelecanos
Hardcover Nonfiction
#8 - THE LOOMING TOWER by Lawrence Wright
Paperback Fiction
#14 - THE ALCHEMIST (Updated) by Paulo Coelho
Paperback Nonfiction
#15 - WHY DO MEN FALL ASLEEP AFTER SEX? by Mark Leyner, Billy Goldberg, M.D.
Children's Interest
#15 - HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS by Thomas Rockwell
Children's Illustrated
#8 - DOOBY DOOBY MOO by Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illus.)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
2. JUDGE AND JURY
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316013935
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
4. THE RUINS
Scott Smith, Knopf, $24.95, 1400043875
5. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153357
6. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS - DEBUT
Marisha Pessl, Viking, $25.95, 067003777X
7. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 0743277724
8. THE KEEP
Jennifer Egan, Knopf, $23.95, 1400043921
9. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $25.95, 1400061261
10. PHANTOM
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $29.95, 0765305240
11. THE FOURTH BEAR -DEBUT
Jasper Fforde, Viking, $24.95, 0670037729
12. TERRORIST
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653
13. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
14. THE NIGHT GARDENER - DEBUT
George Pelecanos, Little Brown, $24.99, 0316156507
15. TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $26.95, 0312349483
ON THE RISE:
16. CORONADO
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $24.95, 006113967X
Five short stories and a play, in the "noir" vein, from the author of Mystic River.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
3. FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X
4. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
6. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
7. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
8. THE LOOMING TOWER: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 - DEBUT
Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $27.95, 037541486X
9. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
10. DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381
11. HEAT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
12. THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE
Ron Suskind, S&S, $27, 0743271092
13. CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
John Dean, Viking, $25.95, 0670037745
14. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
15. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316172324
ON THE RISE:
18. GRAYSON
Lynne Cox, Knopf, $16.95, 0307264548
A tale of a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and the bond formed between a swimming champion and a baby whale.


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
5. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
6. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
7. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
8. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
9. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
10. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Broadway, $13.95, 0767925955
11. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
12. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0142001740
13. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
14. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated) - DEBUT
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416
15. FREDDY AND FREDERICKA
Mark Helprin, Penguin, $15, 0143037250
ON THE RISE:
27. LOST IN THE FOREST
Sue Miller, Ballantine, $13.95, 0345469593
The poignant story of a Southern family breaking apart and coming back together again, by the author of The Good Mother.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
2. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
4. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
5. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
6. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
7. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14.99, 031242227X
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
10. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
11. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $11, 1592402038
12. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
13. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
14. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
15. WHY DO MEN FALL ASLEEP AFTER SEX?: More Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Whiskey Sour - DEBUT
Mark Leyner, Billy Goldberg, M.D., Three Rivers, $13.95, 0307345971
ON THE RISE:
21. FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM
Thomas L. Friedman, Anchor, $15.95, 0385413726
Friedman's 1989 National Book Award-winning study of the Middle East, brought up-to-date with a new chapter examining critical events from 1995.


MASS MARKET
1. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
2. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
3. LIFEGUARD
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Warner, $9.99, 044661761X
4. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
5. CRUSADER'S CROSS
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 0743277201
6. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
7. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
8. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 0316769487
9. 4TH OF JULY
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Warner, $9.99, 0446613363
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
2. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
3. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
5. HOW TO BE POPULAR
Meg Cabot, HarperTempest, $16.99, 0060880120
6. THE RUINS OF GORLAN (Ranger's Apprentice, Book One)
John Flanagan, Penguin, $6.99, 0142406635
7. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
8. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
9. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
10. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709
11. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $2.99, 0439856221
12. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688
13. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
14. BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $5.99, 0763625582
15. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS - DEBUT
Thomas Rockwell, Yearling, $5.99, 0440421853


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
2. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!
Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illus.), Putnam, $15.99, 0399244913
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
4. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
5. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
6. SABUDA & REINHART PRESENT CASTLE: Medieval Days and Knights
Kyle Olmon, Tracy Sabin (Illus.), Orchard, $19.99, 043954324X
7. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
8. DOOBY DOOBY MOO - DEBUT
Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illus.), Atheneum, $16.95, 0689845073
9. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
10. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
11. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
12. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 0448425009
13. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
14. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730
15. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
3. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic 4. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
5. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. ALEX RIDER Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
7. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
8. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
9. WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
10. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins

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August 6,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, August 10, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 6, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 - JUDGE AND JURY BY JAMES PATTERSON & ANDREW GROSS
#7 - THE KEEP BY JENNIFER EGAN
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2 - I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK BY NORA EPHRON
Paperback Fiction
#15 - FREDDY AND FREDERICKA BY MARK HELPRIN
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
2. JUDGE AND JURY - DEBUT
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316013935
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
4. THE RUINS
Scott Smith, Knopf, $24.95, 1400043875
5. THE MESSENGER
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153357
6. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 0743277724
7. THE KEEP - DEBUT
Jennifer Egan, Knopf, $23.95, 1400043921
8. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $25.95, 1400061261
9. TERRORIST
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653
10. PHANTOM
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $29.95, 0765305240
11. TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $26.95, 0312349483
12. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
13. TALK TALK
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $25.95, 0670037702
14. ANGELS FALL
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153721
15. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749
ON THE RISE:
18. THE NIGHT GARDENER
George Pelecanos, Little Brown, $24.99, 0316156507
A literary, engrossing murder mystery that wonders how violence impacts society.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman - DEBUT
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
3. FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X
4. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
5. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
6. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
7. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
8. CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
John Dean, Viking, $25.95, 0670037745
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
10. THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE
Ron Suskind, S&S, $27, 0743271092
11. HEAT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
12. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316172324
13. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
14. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $24.95, 0670034711
15. MOCKINGBIRD
Charles J. Shields, Holt, $25, 080507919X
ON THE RISE:
22. THE PRICE OF PRIVILEGE: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids
Madeline Levine, Ph.D., HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060595841
Uh oh. How can we undo the damage of too much stuff?


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
4. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
5. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
6. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
7. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
8. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
9. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
10. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
11. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14, 0375706674
12. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Broadway, $13.95, 0767925955
13. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0142001740
14. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
15. FREDDY AND FREDERICKA - DEBUT
Mark Helprin, Penguin, $15, 0143037250
ON THE RISE:
23. THE TRAVELER
John Twelve Hawks, Vintage, $13.95, 1400079292
A Book Sense Pick in hardcover that combines mysticism, conspiracy theory, and the martial arts.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
2. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
3. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
4. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
5. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
6. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
7. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
10. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
11. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
12. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
13. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
14. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $11, 1592402038
15. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
ON THE RISE:
16. WHY DO MEN FALL ASLEEP AFTER SEX?: More Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Whiskey Sour
Mark Leyner, Billy Goldberg, M.D., Three Rivers, $13.95, 0307345971
More questions/answers from the guys who wrote "that nipple book."


MASS MARKET
1. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
2. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
3. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
4. LIFEGUARD
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Warner, $9.99, 044661761X
5. CRUSADER'S CROSS
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 0743277201
6. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
7. 4TH OF JULY
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Warner, $9.99, 0446613363
8. ELEVEN ON TOP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312985347
9. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 0316769487
10. DIGITAL FORTRESS
Dan Brown, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312995423


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
2. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
3. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
5. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $2.99, 0439856221
6. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
7. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
8. THE RUINS OF GORLAN (Ranger's Apprentice, Book One)
John Flanagan, Penguin, $6.99, 0142406635
9. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
10. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709
11. HOW TO BE POPULAR
Meg Cabot, HarperTempest, $16.99, 0060880120
12. THE BURNING BRIDGE (Ranger's Apprentice, Book Two)
John Flanagan, Penguin, $16.99, 0399244557
13. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $7.99, 0142406252
14. PEACHES
Jodi Lynn Anderson, HarperTrophy, $8.99, 0060733071
15. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. PIRATEOLOGY William Captain Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
2. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!
Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illus.), Putnam, $15.99, 0399244913
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
4. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
5. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
6. SABUDA & REINHART PRESENT CASTLE: Medieval Days and Knights
Kyle Olmon, Tracy Sabin (Illus.), Orchard, $19.99, 043954324X
7. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
8. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
10. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
11. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
12. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
13. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
14. HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 0152018484
15. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
3. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
4. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
5. ALEX RIDER Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
9. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
10. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins

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June 30, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, August 3, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 30, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 MESSENGER, by Daniel Silva
#13 - END IN TEARS, by Ruth Rendell
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2 - FIASCO by Thomas E. Ricks
#13 - THE LANGUAGE OF GOD, by Debut Francis S. Collins
Paperback Fiction
#14 - THE LAST DAYS OF DOGTOWN, by Anita Diamant
Mass Market
#4 - LIFEGUARD, by James Patterson, Andrew Gross
#5 - CRUSADER'S CROSS, by James Lee
Children's Interest
#13 - HOW TO BE POPULAR, by Meg Cabot
Children's Illustrated
#4 - EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illus.)
Children's Fiction Series
#5. - HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback) by J.K. Rowling
New in series: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
#7. - THE CLIQUE (paperback) by Lisi Harrison
New in series: Dial L for Loser
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
2. PEGASUS DESCENDING
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 0743277724
3. THE MESSENGER - DEBUT
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153357
4. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
5. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $25.95, 1400061261
6. THE RUINS
Scott Smith, Knopf, $24.95, 1400043875
7. TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $26.95, 0312349483
8. PHANTOM
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $29.95, 0765305240
9. TERRORIST
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653
10. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
11. ANGELS FALL
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153721
12. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749
13. END IN TEARS - DEBUT
Ruth Rendell, Crown, $25, 0307339769
14. TALK TALK
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $25.95, 0670037702
15. THE DEVIL AND MISS PRYM
Paulo Coelho, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060527994
ON THE RISE:
28. THE BRAMBLES
Eliza Minot, Knopf, $23.95, 1400042690
Birth and death, love and life, much accomplished.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Marley & Me
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. FIASCO: The American Military Adventure in Iraq - DEBUT<
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X
3. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
4. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
6. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
7. HEAT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
8. THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE
Ron Suskind, S&S, $27, 0743271092
9. CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
John Dean, Viking, $25.95, 0670037745
10. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
11. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316172324
12. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
13. THE LANGUAGE OF GOD: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief - DEBUT
Francis S. Collins, Free Press, $26, 0743286391
14. DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381
15. MOCKINGBIRD
Charles J. Shields, Holt, $25, 080507919X
ON THE RISE:
27. WHOSE FREEDOM?: The Battle Over America's Most Important Idea
George Lakoff, FSG, $23, 0374158282
Progressive and conservative definitions of freedom from the author of Don't Think of an Elephant!


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
5. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
6. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
7. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
8. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Broadway, $13.95, 0767925955
9. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
10. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
11. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
12. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0142001740
13. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
14. THE LAST DAYS OF DOGTOWN - DEBUT
Anita Diamant, Scribner, $15, 0743225740
15. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14, 0375706674
ON THE RISE:
29. A SUDDEN COUNTRY
Karen Fisher, Random House, $13.95, 0812973437

A Summer Paperback Book Sense Pick concerning the 1847 Oregon migration. Both sweeping and spare.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
2. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
3. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
4. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
5. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
6. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
7. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
8. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
9. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
10. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
11. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
12. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
13. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
14. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
15. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
Jared Diamond, Norton, $16.95, 0393317552
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MASS MARKET
1. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
2. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
3. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
4. LIFEGUARD - DEBUT
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Warner, $9.99, 044661761X
5. CRUSADER'S CROSS - DEBUT
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 0743277201
6. ELEVEN ON TOP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312985347
7. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
9. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
10. 4TH OF JULY
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Warner, $9.99, 0446613363


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
2. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
3. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
5. THE RUINS OF GORLAN (Ranger's Apprentice, Book One)
John Flanagan, Penguin, $6.99, 0142406635
6. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
7. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $2.99, 0439856221
8. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
9. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
10. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
11. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $7.99, 0142406252
12. THE BURNING BRIDGE (Ranger's Apprentice, Book Two)
John Flanagan, Penguin, $16.99, 0399244557
13. HOW TO BE POPULAR - DEBUT
Meg Cabot, HarperTempest, $16.99, 0060880120
14. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709
15. PEACHES
Jodi Lynn Anderson, HarperTrophy, $8.99, 0060733071


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. PIRATEOLOGY
William Captain Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
4. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! - DEBUT
Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illus.), Putnam, $15.99, 0399244913
5. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
6. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
7. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
8. SABUDA & REINHART PRESENT CASTLE: Medieval Days and Knights
Kyle Olmon, Tracy Sabin (Illus.), Orchard, $19.99, 043954324X
9. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $7.95, 0064431789
10. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
11. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
12. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
13. HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 0152018484
14. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
15. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
4. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
New in series: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (paperback, 0439785960)
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
New in series: Dial L for Loser (The Clique #6, 0316115045)
8. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
9. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
10. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollin

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June 23, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, July 27, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 23, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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-PEGASUS DESCENDING, by James Lee Burke
#3-PHANTOM, by Terry Goodkind
#6-THE RUINS, by Scott Smith
Paperback Fiction
#11-NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, by Cormac McCarthy
#13-ESPRESSO TALES, by Alexander McCall Smith
Paperback Nonfiction
#10-THE TENDER BAR, by J.R. Moehringer
Children's Interest
#13-PEACHES, by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Children's Illustratedv #6-SABUDA & REINHART PRESENTS: Castle, by Kyle Olmon, Tracy Sabin (Illus.)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
2. PEGASUS DESCENDING - DEBUT
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 0743277724
3. PHANTOM - DEBUT
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $29.95, 0765305240
4. TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $26.95, 0312349483
5. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
6. THE RUINS - DEBUT
Scott Smith, Knopf, $24.95, 1400043875
7. TERRORIST
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653
8. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $25.95, 1400061261
9. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
10. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749
11. ANGELS FALL
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153721
12. BREAK NO BONES
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $25.95, 0743233492
13. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harcourt, $25, 0151012377
14. THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Alan Furst, Random House, $24.95, 1400060192
15. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Little Brown, $27.95, 0316159786
ON THE RISE:
30. BETWEEN, GEORGIA
Joshilyn Jackson, Warner, $22.99, 0446524425
The #1 Book Sense Pick for July! Tons of Southern characters, a bit of Shakespearean family fueding, and whiskey-smooth charm.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE
Ron Suskind, S&S, $27, 0743271092
3. CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
John Dean, Viking, $25.95, 0670037745
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
5. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
6. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
7. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
8. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
9. HEAT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
10. MOCKINGBIRD
Charles J. Shields, Holt, $25, 080507919X
11. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
12. DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381
13. A HECKUVA JOB
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $12.95, 1400065569
14. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316172324
15. GODLESS
Ann H. Coulter, Crown Forum, $27.95, 1400054206
ON THE RISE:
24. THE LONG TAIL: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
Chris Anderson, Hyperion, $24.95, 1401302378
The thesis: technology has created more niche markets for more goods, a switch from the standard 80/20 retail rule.


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
4. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
5. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
6. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Broadway, $13.95, 0767925955
7. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
8. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
9. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
10. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
11. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - DEBUT
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14, 0375706674
12. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
13. ESPRESSO TALES - DEBUT
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 0307275973
14. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0142001740
15. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
ON THE RISE:
25. VERONICA
Mary Gaitskill, Vintage, $13.95, 037572785X
This National Book Award Finalist concerns a close friendship between two women in which beauty and ugliness collide in many ways.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
2. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
3. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
4. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
5. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
6. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
7. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
10. THE TENDER BAR - DEBUT
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
11. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
12. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
13. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
14. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
Jared Diamond, Norton, $16.95, 0393317552
15. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
ON THE RISE:
39. A WOMAN IN BERLIN: EIGHT WEEKS IN THE CONQUERED CITY
Anonymous, Picador, $14, 0312426119
A stunning, brutal, and important journal of mass rape and abuse during the 1945 Russian occupation of Berlin.


MASS MARKET
1. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
2. THE LINCOLN LAWYERv Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
3. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
4. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
5. ELEVEN ON TOP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312985347
6. FIRE SALE
Sara Paretsky, Signet, $9.99, 045121899X
7. 4TH OF JULY
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Warner, $9.99, 0446613363
8. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 0316769487
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
10. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
2. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
3. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
5. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
6. THE RUINS OF GORLAN (Ranger's Apprentice, Book One)
John Flanagan, Penguin, $6.99, 0142406635
7. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
8. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $2.99, 0439856221
9. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
10. THE BURNING BRIDGE (Ranger's Apprentice, Book Two)
John Flanagan, Penguin, $16.99, 0399244557
11. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $17.99, 0670061050
12. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709
13. PEACHES - DEBUT
Jodi Lynn Anderson, HarperTrophy, $8.99, 0060733071
14. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
15. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $7.99, 0142406252


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. PIRATEOLOGY
William Captain Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
2. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
3. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
4. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
5. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
6. SABUDA & REINHART PRESENTS: CASTLE - DEBUT
Kyle Olmon, Tracy Sabin (Illus.), Orchard, $19.99, 043954324X
7. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
8. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?v Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
9. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
10. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
11. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
12. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
13. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
14. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $7.95, 0064431789
15. HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 0152018484


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
4. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
10. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins

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June 16, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, July 20, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 16, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 - ANGELS FALL by Nora Roberts
#7 - BREAK NO BONES by Kathy Reichs
#12 - TALK TALK by T.C. Boyle
#13 - THE DEVIL AND MISS PRYM by Paulo Coelho
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3 - CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE by John Dean
Children's Illustrated
#1 - PIRATEOLOGY by William Captain Lubber
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
2. TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $26.95, 0312349483
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
4. TERRORIST
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653
5. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $25.95, 1400061261
6. ANGELS FALL - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153721
7. BREAK NO BONES - DEBUT
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $25.95, 0743233492
8. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
9. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749
10. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Little Brown, $27.95, 0316159786
11. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722
12. TALK TALK - DEBUT
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $25.95, 0670037702
13. THE DEVIL AND MISS PRYM - DEBUT
Paulo Coelho, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060527994
14. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harcourt, $25, 0151012377
15. THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Alan Furst, Random House, $24.95, 1400060192
ON THE RISE:
29. ONE MISSISSIPPI
Mark Childress, Little Brown, $24.99, 0316012114
Comic/violent coming-of-age in rural Mississippi.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE
Ron Suskind, S&S, $27, 0743271092
3. CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE - DEBUT
John Dean, Viking, $25.95, 0670037745
4. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
6. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
7. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
8. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
9. HEAT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
10. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
11. GODLESS
Ann H. Coulter, Crown Forum, $27.95, 1400054206
12. A HECKUVA JOB
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $12.95, 1400065569
13. DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381
14. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $22.95, 1400064805
15. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316172324
ON THE RISE:
18. FEEDING THE MONSTER: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the Top
Seth Mnookin, S&S, $26, 0743286812
That being the Boston Red Sox. Red Sox Nation rejoice!


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Broadway, $13.95, 0767925955
5. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
6. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
7. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
8. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
9. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
10. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
11. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
12. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
13. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0142001740
14. A WEDDING IN DECEMBER
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316154512
15. UNTIL I FIND YOU
John Irving, Ballantine, $15.95, 0345479726
ON THE RISE:
16. ESPRESSO TALES
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 0307275973
Paper edition of one of the charming Edinburgh series installments.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
2. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
3. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
4. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
5. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
6. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
7. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
10. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
11. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
12. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
13. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
14. PLAN B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 1594481571
15. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
Jared Diamond, Norton, $16.95, 0393317552
ON THE RISE:
21. ISTANBUL: Memories and the City
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage Books USA, $14.95, 1400033888
Turkish novelist Pamuk (Snow) presents a gorgeous portrait of his city.


MASS MARKET
1. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
2. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
3. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
4. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
5. ELEVEN ON TOP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312985347
6. 4TH OF JULY
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Warner, $9.99, 0446613363
7. FIRE SALE
Sara Paretsky, Signet, $9.99, 045121899X
8. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
9. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 0316769487
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
2. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
3. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
5. THE RUINS OF GORLAN (Ranger's Apprentice, Book One)
John Flanagan, Penguin, $6.99, 0142406635
6. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
7. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $2.99, 0439856221
8. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
9. THE BURNING BRIDGE (Ranger's Apprentice, Book Two)
John Flanagan, Philomel, $16.99, 0399244557
10. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
11. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
12. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $17.99, 0670061050
13. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709
14. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688
15. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. PIRATEOLOGY - DEBUT
William Captain Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
4. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
5. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
6. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
7. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
8. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
10. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
11. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
12. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X
13. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $7.95, 0064431789
14. HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 0152018484
15. WALTER THE FARTING DOG GOES ON A CRUISE
William Kotzwinkle, et al., Dutton, $16.99, 0525477144


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
3. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
4. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
5. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
7. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
10. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins

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June 10, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, July 13, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 10, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 - CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN, by Fannie Flagg
#15 - DANSE MACABRE, by Laurell K. Hamilton
Mass Market
# 2 - THE LINCOLN LAWYER, by Michael Connelly
#7 - FIRE SALE, by Sara Paretsky
Children's Interest
#2 - PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES, by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
#11 - PEACHES, by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: CARNIVAL AT CANDLELIGHT (Magic Tree House #33, 0375830340)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
2. TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $26.95, 0312349483
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
4. TERRORIST
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653
5. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
6. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN - DEBUT
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $25.95, 1400061261
7. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749
8. THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Alan Furst, Random House, $24.95, 1400060192
9. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Little Brown, $27.95, 0316159786
10. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harcourt, $25, 0151012377
11. AT RISK
Patricia D. Cornwell, Putnam, $21.95, 0399153624
12. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722
13. EVERYMAN
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 061873516X
14. BLUE SCREEN
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $24.95, 0399153519
15. DANSE MACABRE - DEBUT
Laurell K. Hamilton, Berkley, $25.95, 0425207978
ON THE RISE:
23. BABY PROOF Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $23.95, 0312348649
What is really important in life? Thoughtful chick lit at its best.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE
Ron Suskind, S&S, $27, 0743271092
3. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
4. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
6. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
7. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
8. HEAT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
9. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
10. GODLESS
Ann H. Coulter, Crown Forum, $27.95, 1400054206
11. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $22.95, 1400064805
12. DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381
13. A HECKUVA JOB
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $12.95, 1400065569
14. ARMED MADHOUSE
Greg Palast, Dutton, $25.95, 0525949682
15. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316172324
ON THE RISE:
35. LET ME FINISH
Roger Angell, Harcourt, $25, 0151013500
Rich autobiographical essays by the wonderful long-time New Yorker contributor. A Book Sense Pick.


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
3. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Broadway, $13.99, 0767925955
4. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 0393328627
5. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
6. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
7. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
8. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
9. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
10. UNTIL I FIND YOU
John Irving, Ballantine, $15.95, 0345479726
11. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
12. A WEDDING IN DECEMBER
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316154512
13. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
14. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0142001740
15. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
ON THE RISE:
21. THE LAST DAYS OF DOGTOWN
Anita Diamant, Scribner, $15, 0743225740
A Summer Paperback Book Sense Pick. Massachusetts in the 1800s from the author of fabulous The Red Tent.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
2. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
4. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
5. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
6. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
7. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
10. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
Jared Diamond, Norton, $16.95, 0393317552
11. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
12. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
13. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
14. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
15. PLAN B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 1594481571
ON THE RISE:
26. LANCE ARMSTRONG'S WAR
Daniel Coyle, HarperCollins, $14.95, 0060734981
Tis the season for the Tour de France É without Lance??!!


MASS MARKET
1. THE DEVIL WEARS Prada
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
2. THE LINCOLN LAWYER - DEBUT
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451
3. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
4. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
5. 11 ON TOP
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312985347
6. 4TH OF JULY
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Warner, $9.99, 0446613363
7. FIRE SALE - DEBUT
Sara Paretsky, Signet, $9.99, 045121899X
8. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
10. BLACK WIND
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 0425204235


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Hoot
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
2. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES - DEBUT
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
3. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
4. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
5. THE RUINS OF GORLAN (Ranger's Apprentice, Book One)
John Flanagan, Penguin, $6.99, 0142406635
6. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $2.99, 0439856221
7. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
8. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
9. THE BURNING BRIDGE (Ranger's Apprentice, Book Two)
John Flanagan, Philomel, $16.99, 0399244557
10. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
11. PEACHES - DEBUT
Jodi Lynn Anderson, HarperTrophy, $8.99, 0060733071
12. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
13. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $7.99, 0142406252
14. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
15. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
2. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
4. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
5. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
6. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X
7. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
8. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
9. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
10. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
11. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
12. OLIVIA
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $16.95, 0689829531
13. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
14. WIZARDOLOGY
Master Merlin, Helen Ward, John Howe, et al, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763628956
15. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $4.95, 0920668372


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
NEW IN SERIES: Carnival at Candlelight (Magic Tree House #33, 0375830340)
2. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
4. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Random House
10. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins

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June 3, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, July 6, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 3, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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-TWELVE SHARP, by Janet Evanovich
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE, by Ron Suskind
#13-UNCOMMON CARRIERS, by John McPhee
Paperback Nonfiction
#4-1776, by David McCullough
Mass Market
#4-11 ON TOP, by Janet Evanovich
Children's Interest
#4-The RUINS OF GORLAN, by John Flanagan
#13-The BURNING BRIDGE, by John Flanagan
#14-THE SEA OF TROLLS (paperback), by Nancy Farmer
Children's Illustrated
#12-BATS AT THE BEACH, by Brian Lies
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. TWELVE SHARP - DEBUT
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $26.95, 0312349483
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
3. TERRORIST
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653
4. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
5. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
6. BLUE SCREEN
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $24.95, 0399153519
7. THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Alan Furst, Random House, $24.95, 1400060192
8. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Little Brown, $27.95, 0316159786
9. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749
10. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722
11. EVERYMAN
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 061873516X
12. AT RISK
Patricia D. Cornwell, Putnam, $21.95, 0399153624
13. TELEGRAPH DAYS Larry McMurtry, S&S, $25, 0743250788
14. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harcourt, $25, 0151012377
15. THE HUSBAND
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $27, 0553804790
ON THE RISE:
39. BACK TO WANDO PASSO
David Payne, Morrow, $24.95, 0060851899
Two marriages, and centuries, are intertwined in this ambitious and haunting tale. A Book Sense Pick.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Marley & Me
JOHN GROGAN, MORROW, $21.95, 0060817089
2. The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11 - DEBUT
Ron Suskind, S&S, $27, 0743271092
3. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
4. GODLESS
Ann H. Coulter, Crown Forum, $27.95, 1400054206
5. A HECKUVA JOB
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $12.95, 1400065569
6. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $22.95, 1400064805
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
8. DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381
9. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
10. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
11. HEAT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
12. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
13. UNCOMMON CARRIERS - DEBUT
John McPhee, FSG, $24, 0374280398
14. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
15. ARMED MADHOUSE
Greg Palast, Dutton, $25.95, 0525949682
ON THE RISE:
23. FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin, $19.95, 0618477942
A moving illustrated autobiographical work, dealing mostly with the author's relationship with her closeted gay father.


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
3. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
4. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Broadway, $13.95, 0767925955
5. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
6. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
7. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
8. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
9. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
10. UNTIL I FIND YOU
John Irving, Ballantine, $15.95, 0345479726
11. A WEDDING IN DECEMBER
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316154512
12. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
13. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
14. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
15. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0142001740
ON THE RISE:
30. ANY BITTER THING
Monica Wood, Ballantine, $13.95, 0345477685
Following a car accident, a young woman revisits the losses and loves of her childhood.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
2. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
3. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
4. 1776 - DEBUT
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
5. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
6. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
7. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
10. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
11. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $11, 1592402038
12. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
Jared Diamond, Norton, $16.95, 0393317552
13. PLAN B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 1594481571
14. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
15. THE THINKING FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP
Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey (Eds.), HarperCollins, $14.95, 0061132268
ON THE RISE:
19. GETTING STONED WITH SAVAGES: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
J.Maarten Troost, Broadway, $12.95, 0767921992
When in Fiji and Vanuatu....


MASS MARKET
1. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
2. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
3. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
4. 11 ON TOP - DEBUT

Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312985347
5. 4TH OF JULY
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Warner, $9.99, 0446613363
6. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
7. BLACK WIND
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 0425204235
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
9. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 0316769487
10. BLOOD FROM A STONE
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 014303698X


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
3. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $2.99, 0439856221
4. THE RUINS OF GORLAN (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 1) - DEBUT
John Flanagan, Penguin, $6.99, 0142406635
5. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
6. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892 7. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
8. CHEW ON THIS
Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618710310
9. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
10. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
11. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $17.99, 0670061050
12. FLUSH Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
13. THE BURNING BRIDGE (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2) - DEBUT
John Flanagan, Philomel, $16.99, 0399244557
14. THE SEA OF TROLLS (paperback) - DEBUT
Nancy Farmer, Simon Pulse, $8.99, 0689867468
15. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $17, 0679805273
4. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
5. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X
6. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
7. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
10. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
11. LILLY'S BIG DAY
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060742364
12. BATS AT THE BEACH - DEBUT
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
13. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
14. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $7.99, 0064431789
15. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
4. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7.PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
8.WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
9. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Random House
10. SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins

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June 25, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, June 29, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 25, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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-TWELVE SHARP, by Janet Evanovich
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE, by Ron Suskind
#13-UNCOMMON CARRIERS, by John McPhee
Paperback Nonfiction
#4-1776, by David McCullough
Mass Market
#4-11 ON TOP, by Janet Evanovich
Children's Interest
#4-The RUINS OF GORLAN, by John Flanagan
#13-The BURNING BRIDGE, by John Flanagan
#14-THE SEA OF TROLLS (paperback), by Nancy Farmer
Children's Illustrated
#12-BATS AT THE BEACH, by Brian Lies
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. TWELVE SHARP - DEBUT
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $26.95, 0312349483
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
3. TERRORIST
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653
4. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
5. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
6. BLUE SCREEN
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $24.95, 0399153519
7. THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Alan Furst, Random House, $24.95, 1400060192
8. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Little Brown, $27.95, 0316159786
9. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749
10. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722
11. EVERYMAN
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 061873516X
12. AT RISK
Patricia D. Cornwell, Putnam, $21.95, 0399153624
13. TELEGRAPH DAYS Larry McMurtry, S&S, $25, 0743250788
14. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harcourt, $25, 0151012377
15. THE HUSBAND
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $27, 0553804790
ON THE RISE:
39. BACK TO WANDO PASSO
David Payne, Morrow, $24.95, 0060851899
Two marriages, and centuries, are intertwined in this ambitious and haunting tale. A Book Sense Pick.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Marley & Me
JOHN GROGAN, MORROW, $21.95, 0060817089
2. The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11 - DEBUT
Ron Suskind, S&S, $27, 0743271092
3. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
4. GODLESS
Ann H. Coulter, Crown Forum, $27.95, 1400054206
5. A HECKUVA JOB
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $12.95, 1400065569
6. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $22.95, 1400064805
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
8. DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381
9. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
10. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
11. HEAT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
12. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
13. UNCOMMON CARRIERS - DEBUT
John McPhee, FSG, $24, 0374280398
14. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
15. ARMED MADHOUSE
Greg Palast, Dutton, $25.95, 0525949682
ON THE RISE:
23. FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin, $19.95, 0618477942
A moving illustrated autobiographical work, dealing mostly with the author's relationship with her closeted gay father.


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
3. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
4. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Broadway, $13.95, 0767925955
5. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
6. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
7. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
8. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
9. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
10. UNTIL I FIND YOU
John Irving, Ballantine, $15.95, 0345479726
11. A WEDDING IN DECEMBER
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316154512
12. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
13. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
14. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
15. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0142001740
ON THE RISE:
30. ANY BITTER THING
Monica Wood, Ballantine, $13.95, 0345477685
Following a car accident, a young woman revisits the losses and loves of her childhood.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
2. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
3. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
4. 1776 - DEBUT
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
5. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
6. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
7. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
10. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
11. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $11, 1592402038
12. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
Jared Diamond, Norton, $16.95, 0393317552
13. PLAN B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 1594481571
14. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
15. THE THINKING FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP
Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey (Eds.), HarperCollins, $14.95, 0061132268
ON THE RISE:
19. GETTING STONED WITH SAVAGES: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
J.Maarten Troost, Broadway, $12.95, 0767921992
When in Fiji and Vanuatu....


MASS MARKET
1. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
2. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
3. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
4. 11 ON TOP - DEBUT

Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312985347
5. 4TH OF JULY
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Warner, $9.99, 0446613363
6. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
7. BLACK WIND
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 0425204235
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
9. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 0316769487
10. BLOOD FROM A STONE
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 014303698X


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
3. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $2.99, 0439856221
4. THE RUINS OF GORLAN (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 1) - DEBUT
John Flanagan, Penguin, $6.99, 0142406635
5. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
6. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892 7. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
8. CHEW ON THIS
Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618710310
9. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
10. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
11. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $17.99, 0670061050
12. FLUSH Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
13. THE BURNING BRIDGE (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2) - DEBUT
John Flanagan, Philomel, $16.99, 0399244557
14. THE SEA OF TROLLS (paperback) - DEBUT
Nancy Farmer, Simon Pulse, $8.99, 0689867468
15. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $17, 0679805273
4. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
5. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X
6. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
7. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
10. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
11. LILLY'S BIG DAY
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060742364
12. BATS AT THE BEACH - DEBUT
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
13. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
14. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $7.99, 0064431789
15. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
4. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7.PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
8.WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
9. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Random House
10. SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins

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June 18, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, June 22, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 18, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 #9 - BLUE SCREEN, by Robert B. Parker
#15 - THE POE SHADOW, by Matthew Pearl
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
#12- HEAT, by Bill Buford
#15- THE BIG BAM, by Leigh Montville
PAPERBACK FICTION
#10 - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (Movie tie-in), by Lauren Weisberger
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
#12 - THE PLACES IN BETWEEN, by Rory Stewart
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
#15 - UP ON DADDY'S SHOULDERS, by Matt Berry, Lucy Corvino (Illus.)
CHILDREN'S FICTION Series
New in series: GIRLS IN PANTS (paperback, 0553375938)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. TERRORIST
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
3. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
4. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
5. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Little Brown, $27.95, 0316159786
6. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722
7. EVERYMAN
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 061873516X
8. THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Alan Furst, Random House, $24.95, 1400060192
9. BLUE SCREEN - DEBUT
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $24.95, 0399153519
10. AT RISK
Patricia D. Cornwell, Putnam, $21.95, 0399153624
11. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749
12. TELEGRAPH DAYS
Larry McMurtry, S&S, $25, 0743250788
13. THE HARD WAY
Lee Child, Delacorte, $25, 0385336691
14. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harcourt, $25, 0151012377
15. THE POE SHADOW - DEBUT
Matthew Pearl, Random House, $24.95, 1400061032
ON THE RISE:
37. WHITE APPLES AND THE TASTE OF STONE: Selected Poems 1946-2006
Donald Hall, Houghton Mifflin, $30, 061853721X
The work of the new U.S. Poet Laureate. A Poetry Book Sense Pick.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION<
1. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $22.95, 1400064805
2. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
3. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
4. GODLESS
Ann H. Coulter, Crown Forum, $27.95, 1400054206
5. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
6. DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381
7. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
9. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
10. ARMED MADHOUSE
Greg Palast, Dutton, $25.95, 0525949682
11. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
12. HEAT: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany - DEBUT
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
13. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Knopf, $24.95, 1400042666
14. MY LIFE IN AND OUT OF THE ROUGH
John Daly, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061120626
15. THE BIG BAM: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth - DEBUT
Leigh Montville, Doubleday, $26.95, 0385514379
ON THE RISE:
49. THE $64 TOMATO
William Alexander, Algonquin, $22.95, 1565125037
The perfect subtitle for this Book Sense Notable: How One Man Nearly Lost his Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden.


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
4. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
5. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
6. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
7. UNTIL I FIND YOU
John Irving, Ballantine, $15.95, 0345479726
8. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
9. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
10. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (Movie tie-in) - DEBUT
Lauren Weisberger, Broadway, $13.95, 0767925955
11. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
12. A WEDDING IN DECEMBER
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316154512
13. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
14. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
15. A LONG WAY DOWN
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 1594481938
ON THE RISE:
41. GODS IN ALABAMA
Joshilyn Jackson, Warner, $12.95, 0446694533
A Book Sense Summer Paperback Pick, with an unconventional Southern heroine.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
2. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
4. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
5. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
6. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
7. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
10. BIG RUSS AND ME
Tim Russert, Miramax Books, $13.95, 1401359655
11. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $11, 1592402038
12. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN - DEBUT
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
13. THE THINKING FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP
Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey (Eds.), HarperCollins, $14.95, 0061132268
14. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
15. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $18.95, 0761104844
ON THE RISE:
20. 1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
One year, grippingly told, by the renowned historian and storyteller.


MASS MARKET
1. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
2. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
3. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
4. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
5. 4TH OF JULY
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Warner, $9.99, 0446613363
6. BLACK WIND
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 0425204235
7. BLOOD FROM A STONE
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 014303698X
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
9. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 0316769487
10. THE INNOCENT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 045121577X


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
> 1. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
3. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
4. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
5. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
6. CHEW ON THIS
Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618710310
7. SMALL STEPS
Louis Sachar, Dela corte, $16.95, 0385733143
8. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
9. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709
10. A FAMILY OF POEMS
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112
11. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 0439372976
12. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $17.99, 0670061050
13. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
14. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
15. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $7.99, 0142406252


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $17, 0679805273
2. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
4. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
5. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X
6. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
7. LILLY'S BIG DAY
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060742364
8. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
9. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
10. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
11. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
12. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: Dinosaurs
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 0763622281
13. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
14. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
15. UP ON DADDY'S SHOULDERS - DEBUT


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
3. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
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
7. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Random House
8. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
9. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
10. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
New in series: GIRLS IN PANTS (paperback, 0553375938)

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June 11, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, June 15, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 11, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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
#1 - TERRORIST by John Updike
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
#5 - GODLESS by Ann H. Coulter
#10 - ARMED MADHOUSE by Greg Palast
#15 - THE NASTY BITS by Anthony Bourdain
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
#12 - IF YOU LIVED HERE, I'D KNOW YOUR NAME by Heather Lende
#13 - THE THINKING FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP edited by Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey
MASS MARKET
#6 - BLACK WIND by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler
#9 - SKINNY DIP by Carl Hiaasen
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
#2 - OLIVIA FORMS A BAND by Ian Falconer
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. TERRORIST - DEBUT
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
3. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
4. THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Alan Furst, Random House, $24.95, 1400060192
5. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
6. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722
7. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Little Brown, $27.95, 0316159786
8. EVERYMAN
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 061873516X
9. AT RISK
Patricia D. Cornwell, Putnam, $21.95, 0399153624
10. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749
11. TELEGRAPH DAYS
Larry McMurtry, S&S, $25, 0743250788
12. THE WHISTLING SEASON
Ivan Doig, Harcourt, $25, 0151012377
13. THE HARD WAY
Lee Child, Delacorte, $25, 0385336691
14. THE BOOK OF THE DEAD
Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child, Warner, $25.95, 0446576980
15. DEAD WATCH
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 0399153543
ON THE RISE:
22. THE STOLEN CHILD
Keith Donohue, Nan Talese, $23.95, 0385516169
Changelings and hobgoblins inhabit this fantasy for adults. A May 2006 Book Sense Pick.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $22.95, 1400064805
3. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
4. DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381
5. GODLESS: The Church of Liberalism - DEBUTBR> Ann H. Coulter, Crown Forum, $27.95, 1400054206
6. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
7. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
9. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
10. ARMED MADHOUSE - DEBUT
Greg Palast, Dutton, $25.95, 0525949682
11. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
12. THE MIGHTY AND THE ALMIGHTY
Madeleine Albright, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060892579
13. MOCKINGBIRD
Charles J. Shields, Holt, $25, 080507919X
14. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $23.95, 0312315961
15. THE NASTY BITS: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones - DEBUT
Anthony Bourdain, Bloomsbury, $24.95, 1582344515
ON THE RISE:
21. THE GOOD GOOD PIG: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
Sy Montgomery, Ballantine, $21.95, 0345481372
A lovely pig story and Book Sense Pick.


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
2. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
3. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
4. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
5. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
6. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
7. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
8. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
9. UNTIL I FIND YOU
John Irving, Ballantine, $15.95, 0345479726
10. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
11. A WEDDING IN DECEMBER
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316154512
12. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
13. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $14.95, 0307277674
14. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
15. A LONG WAY DOWN
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 1594481938
ON THE RISE:
40. RULES FOR OLD MEN WAITING
Peter Pouncey, Random House, $13.95, 0812973968
A Summer Paperback Book Sense Pick. An old man, waiting in a winter-bound house, meditates on life and war.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
2. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
4. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
5. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
6. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
7. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. PLAN B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 1594481571
10. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
11. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $11, 1592402038
12. IF YOU LIVED HERE, I'D KNOW YOUR NAME: News From Small-Town Alaska - DEBUT
Heather Lende, Algonquin, $12.95, 156512524X
13. THE THINKING FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP - DEBUT
Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey (Eds.), HarperCollins, $14.95, 0061132268
14. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
15. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $18.95, 0761104844
ON THE RISE:
28. THE DEVIL'S TEETH: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
Susan Casey, Owl Books, $14, 0805080112
Mysterious sharks and the scientists who love them. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover and Summer Paperback Pick as well.


MASS MARKET
1. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
2. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
3. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
4. 4TH OF JULY
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Warner, $9.99, 0446613363
5. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
6. BLACK WIND - DEBUT
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 0425204235
7. BLOOD FROM A STONE
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 014303698X
8. THE INNOCENT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 045121577X
9. SKINNY DIP - DEBUT
Carl Hiaasen, Warner, $7.99, 0446615129
10. DIGITAL FORTRESS
Dan Brown, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312995423


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
4. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
5. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
6. CHEW ON THIS
Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618710310
7. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
8. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
9. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $17.99, 0670061050
10. THE WRIGHT 3
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $16.99, 0439693675
11. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 0439372976
12. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Knopf, $15.95, 0375831436
13. SMALL STEPS
Louis Sachar, Delacorte, $16.95, 0385733143
14. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709
15. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $7.99, 0142406252


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $17, 0679805273
2. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND - DEBUT
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
4. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
5. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
6. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X
7. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
8. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $7.99, 0064431789
9. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
10. LILLY'S BIG DAY
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060742364
11. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
12. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
13. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
14. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
15. OLIVIA
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $16.95, 689829531
ON THE RISE:
21. COOKIES
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Jane Dyer (Illus.), HarperCollins, $12.99, 006058081X


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House (hardcover and paperback)
2. JUNIE B. JONES
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House (hardcover and paperback)
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin (hardcover and paperback)
4. PENDRAGON
D.J. Machale, S&S (hardcover and paperback)
5. GOSSIP GIRL
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown (paperback)
6. HARRY POTTER
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic (hardcover and paperback)
7. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins (hardcover and paperback)
8. THE BOOK OF EMBER
Jeanne DuPrau, Random House (hardcover and paperback)
9. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins (hardcover)
10. THE CLIQUE
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown (paperback)

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June 4, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, June 8, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 4, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT by Alan Furst
#9 - THE BOOK OF THE DEAD by Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child
#12 - THE HUSBAND BY DEAN R. Koontz
#15 - THE ART OF DETECTION by Laurie R. King
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
#13 - MOCKINGBIRD by Charles J. Shields
#14 - A HECKUVA JOB by Calvin Trillin
PAPERBACK FICTION
#12 - THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER by Kim Edwards
#13 - UNTIL I FIND YOU by John Irving
MASS MARKET
#3 - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA by Lauren Weisberger
#5 - 4TH OF JULY by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
#8 - BLUE SMOKE by Nora Roberts
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722
2. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
3. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
4. The Foreign Correspondent -DEBUT
Alan Furst, Random House, $24.95, 1400060192
5. AT RISK
Patricia D. Cornwell, Putnam, $21.95, 0399153624
6. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Little Brown, $27.95, 0316159786
7. EVERYMAN
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 061873516X
8. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
9. THE BOOK OF THE DEAD - DEBUT
Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child, Warner, $25.95, 0446576980
10. THE HARD WAY
Lee Child, Delacorte, $25, 0385336691
11. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749
12. THE HUSBAND - DEBUTt
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $27, 0553804790
13. DEAD WATCH
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 0399153543
14. TELEGRAPH DAYS
Larry McMurtry, S&S, $25, 0743250788
15. THE ART OF DETECTION - DEBUT
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $24, 0553804537
ON THE RISE:
24. THE KING OF LIES
John Hart, St. Martin's, $22.95, 031234161X
"A riveting and wrenching mystery," says Betsy Burton of The King's English, Salt Lake City, UT, of this June Book Sense Pick.


HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert, Random House, $22.95, 1400064805
3. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
4. DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
6. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
7. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
8. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
9. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
10. THE MIGHTY AND THE ALMIGHTY
Madeleine Albright, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060892579
11. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Knopf, $24.95, 1400042666
12. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $23.95, 0312315961
13. MOCKINGBIRD: A Portrait of Harper Lee - DEBUT
Charles J. Shields, Holt, $25, 080507919X
14. A HECKUVA JOB: More of the Bush Administration in Rhyme - DEBUT
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $12.95, 1400065569
15. AMERICAN THEOCRACY
Kevin Phillips, Viking, $26.95, 067003486X
ON THE RISE:
22. HEAT: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
Journalist enslaves himself to star chef Mario Batali and transforms into a true kitchen insider. A Book Sense Notable.


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
2. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
3. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
4. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
5. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
6. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
7. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
8. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $14.95, 0307277674
9. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
10. A LONG WAY DOWN
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 1594481938
11. A WEDDING IN DECEMBER
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316154512
12. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER - DEBUT
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
13. UNTIL I FIND YOU - DEBUT
John Irving, Ballantine, $15.95, 0345479726
14. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
15. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
ON THE RISE:
33. THE HIGHEST TIDE
Jim Lynch, Bloomsbury, $13.95, 1582346291
Coming-of-age, and wonder, on the shores of the Puget Sound. An enchanting Book Sense 2006 Reading Group Pick.


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. NIGHT
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
2. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
4. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
5. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
6. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
7. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
8. PLAN B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 1594481571
9. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $11, 1592402038
10. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
11. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
12. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
13. EXPRESS LANE MEALS
Rachael Ray, Clarkson Potter, $18.95, 1400082552
14. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
Jared Diamond, Norton, $16.95, 0393317552
15. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $18.95, 0761104844
ON THE RISE:
16. THE THINKING FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP
Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey (Eds.), HarperCollins, $14.95, 0061132268
Essays from the nations competing in this year's World Cup tournament.


MASS MARKET
1. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
2. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
3. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - DEBUT
Lauren Weisberger, Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558
4. BLOOD FROM A STONE
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 014303698X
5. 4TH OF JULY - DEBUT
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Warner, $9.99, 0446613363
6. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
7. THE INNOCENT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 045121577X
8. BLUE SMOKE - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141399
9. BROKEN PREY
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 0425204308
10. WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS
Elizabeth A. George, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060545615


CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
3. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
4. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
5. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
6. CHEW ON THIS
Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618710310
7. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
8. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
9. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $17.99, 0670061050
10. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
11. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709
12. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $7.99, 0142406252
13. INKSPELL
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $19.99, 0439554004
14. THE WRIGHT 3
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $16.99, 0439693675
15. A FAMILY OF POEMS
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $17, 0679805273
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
4. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: SHARKS AND OTHER SEA MONSTERS
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X
5. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
6. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
7. LILLY'S BIG DAY Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060742364
8. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
9. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
10. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
11. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
12. WALTER THE FARTING DOG GOES ON A CRUISE
William Kotzwinkle, et al., Dutton, $16.99, 0525477144
13. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $4.95, 0920668372
14. MERCY WATSON GOES FOR A RIDE
Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illus.), Candlewick, $12.99, 0763623326
15. DON'T LET THE PIGEON STAY UP LATE!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $12.99, 0786837462


CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
3. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
4. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardcover and paperback) Jeanne DuPrau, Random House
8. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
9. CHILDREN OF THE RED KING (hardcover)
Jenny Nimmo, Orchard
10. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte

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May 28, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, June 1, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 28, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 - AT RISK by Patricia D. Cornwell
#8 - THE WHOLE WORLD OVER by Julia Glass
#12 - WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen
#13 - TELEGRAPH DAYS by Larry McMurtry
#14 - THEFT by Peter Carey
#15 - THE WHISTLING SEASON by Ivan Doig
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
#2 - WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS by Tim Russert
#3 - DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE by Anderson Cooper
#13 - STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS by Daniel Gilbert
#15 - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH by Al Gore
MASS MARKET
#7 - CROSS BONES by Kathy Reichs
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
#8 - SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER by James Patterson
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
New in Series - Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha! Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.)

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
2. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722
3. AT RISK - Debut
Patricia D. Cornwell, Putnam, $21.95, 0399153624
4. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
5. EVERYMAN
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 061873516X
6. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Little Brown, $27.95, 0316159786
7. THE HARD WAY
Lee Child, Delacorte, $25, 0385336691
8. THE WHOLE WORLD OVER - Debut by Julia Glass, Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749
9. DEAD WATCH
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 0399153543
10. PROMISE ME
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $26.95, 0525949496
11. THE MAN OF MY DREAMS
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $22.95, 1400064767
12. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS - Debut
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995 by 13. TELEGRAPH DAYS - Debut by Larry McMurtry, S&S, $25, 0743250788
14. THEFT - Debut
Peter Carey, Knopf, $24, 0307263711
15. THE WHISTLING SEASON - Debut by Ivan Doig, Harcourt, $25, 0151012377
ON THE RISE:
17. THE POE SHADOW
Matthew Pearl, Random House, $24.95, 1400061032
The odd circumstances surrounding the death of Edgar Allan Poe provide the basis for this historical mystery from the author of The Dante Club.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS: Lessons and Letters From Daughters and Sons - Debut
Tim Russert, Random House, $22.95, 1400064805
3. DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival - Debut
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381
4. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
5. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
7. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
8. FREAKONOMICKS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
9. THE MIGHTY AND THE ALMIGHTY
Madeleine Albright, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060892579
10. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
11. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $23.95, 0312315961
12. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X
13. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS - Debut
Daniel Gilbert, Knopf, $24.95, 1400042666
14. AMERICAN THOECRACY
Kevin Phillips, Viking, $26.95, 067003486X
15. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH - Debut
Al Gore, Rodale Press, $21.95, 1594865671
ON THE RISE:
19. THE NAST BITS: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
Anthony Bourdain, Bloomsbury, $24.95, 1582344515
The truthful bits: tasty anecdotes and more from the salty author of Kitchen Confidential.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
2. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $14.95, 0307277674
3. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
4. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
5. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
6. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
7. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
8. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
9. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
10. A LONG WAY DOWN
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 1594481938
11. A WEDDING IN DECEMBER
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316154512
12. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
13. ZORRO
Isabelle Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 0060779004
14. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
15. EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE
Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $13.95, 0618711651
ON THE RISE:
32. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
A tragic snap-decision about a handicapped baby, played-out among the affected.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. NIGHT
Elie Weisel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
2. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
3. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
4. GARLIC AND SAPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
5. THE DEVIL IN WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
6. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
7. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. PLAN B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 1594481571
10. EATS, SHOOTS, & LEAVES
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $11, 1592402038
11. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
12. EXPRESS LANE MEALS
Rachael Ray, Clarkson Potter, $18.95, 1400082552
13. ANIMALS IN TRANSPLANTATION
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Harvest, $15, 0156031442
14. AMERICAN PROMETHEUS
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $17.95, 0375726268
15. UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 1400032806
ON THE RISE:
29. IF YOU LIVE HERE, I'D KNOW YOUR NAME: News From Small-Town Alaska
Heather Lende, Algonquin, $12.95, 156512524X
How can you not love a book with a moose on the cover? The real deal, and a Book Sense Paperback Pick.

MASS MARKET
1. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
2. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
3. BLOOD FROM A STONE
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 014303698X
4. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
5. THE INNOCENT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 045121577X
6. BROKEN PREY
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 0425204308
7. CROSS BONES - Debut
Kathy Reichs, Pocket Star, $9.99, 0743453026
8. THE ITALIAN SECRETARY
Caleb Carr, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312939132
9. HOLY BLOOD, HOLY GRAIL
Michael Baigent, et al., Dell, $7.99, 0440136482
10. DIGITAL FORTRESS
Dan Brown, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312995423

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
3. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
4. CHEW ON THIS
Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618710310
5. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
6. THE BOOK OF THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
7. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $17.99, 0670061050
8. SCHOOLS OUT - FOREVER (Maximum Ride #2) - Debut
James Patterson, Little Brown, $16.99, 0316155594
9. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
10. A FAMILY OF POEMS
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112
11. THE WRIGHT 3
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $16.99, 0439693675
12. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709
13. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688
14. FLYTE (Septimus Heap #2)
Angie Sage, Katherine Tegen, $17.99, 0060577347
15. SMALL STEPS
Louis Sachar, Delacorte, $16.95, 0385733143

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17, 0679805273
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. PIRATES
John Matthews, Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344
4. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
5. LILLY'S BIG DAY
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060742364
6. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X
7. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
9. DAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
10. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DID YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
11. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
12. WALTER THE FARTING DOG GOES ON A CRUISE
William Kotzwinkle, et al., Dutton, $16.99, 0525477144
13. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $7.99, 0064431789
14. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
15. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $4.95, 0920668372

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
3. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
4. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
5. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
New in Series: Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha!
6. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
7. THE BOOK OF EMBER (hardCover and paperback)
Jeanne DuPrau, Random House
8. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
9. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
10. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins

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May 14, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, May 18, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 14, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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
#14 - THE GIRLS by Lori Lansens
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
#3 - MAYFLOWER by Nathaniel Philbrick
#12 - THE GREAT DELUGE by Douglas Brinkley
#13 - MY LIFE IN AND OUT OF THE ROUGH by John Daly
#15 - LIES AT THE ALTAR by Robin Smith
Paperback Nonfiction
#14 - AMERICAN PROMETHEUS by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
#14 - FLY BY NIGHT by Frances Hardinge
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
#7 - WALTER THE FARTING DOG GOES ON A CRUISE by William Kotzwinkle, et al

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. MOTHER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $9.95, 1400066018
2. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722
3. DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
4. EVERYMAN
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 061873516X
5. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
6. BEACH ROAD
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Little Brown, $27.95, 0316159786
7. PROMISE ME
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $26.95, 0525949496
8. TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 0743264908
9. ABSURDISTAN
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $24.95, 1400061962
10. A DIRTY JOB
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $24.95, 0060590270
11. ELEMENTS OF STYLE
Wendy Wasserstein, Knopf, $23.95, 1400042313
12. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26, 0743496701
13. THE BOOKWOMAN'S LAST FLING
John Dunning, Scribner, $25, 0743289455
14. THE GIRLS - DEBUT
Lori Lansens, Little Brown, $23.95, 0316069035
15. IN THE COMPANY OF THE COURTESAN
Sarah Dunant, Random House, $23.95, 1400063817
ON THE RISE:
17. THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $23, 0871139375
Immerse yourself in Venice and the famed island of Murano and its glass factory in this newest Commissario Brunetti mystery.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. THE MIGHTY AND THE ALMIGHTY
Madeleine Albright, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060892579
3. MAYFLOWER: A Story of Courage, Community, and War - DEBUT
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
5. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
6. THE WORLD IS FLAT (UPDATED AND EXPANDED)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
7. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
8. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
9. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $23.95, 0312315961
10. YOU'RE WEARING THAT?
Deborah Tannen, Random House, $24.95, 1400062586
11. A DEATH IN BELMONT
Sebastian Junger, Norton, $23.95, 0393059804
12. THE GREAT DELUGE: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast - DEBUT
Douglas Brinkley, Morrow, $29.95, 0061124230
13. MY LIFE IN AND OUT OF THE ROUGH: The Truth Behind All That Bull**** You Think You Know About Me - DEBUT
John Daly, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061120626
14. YOU: The Owner's Manual
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060765313
15. LIES AT THE ALTAR: The Truth about Great Marriages - DEBUT
Robin Smith, Hyperion, $24.95, 1401302564
ON THE RISE:
22. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS
Daniel Gilbert, Knopf, $24.95, 1400042666
A Harvard professor explains the limitations of the imagination and how it affects our search for happiness.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $14.95, 0307277674
2. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
5. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
6. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
7. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
8. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
9. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
10. A WEDDING IN DECEMBER
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316154512
11. A LONG WAY DOWN
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 1594481938
12. ZORRO
Isabelle Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 0060779004
13. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
14. IN THE COMPANY OF CHEERFUL LADIES
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 140007570X
15. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
ON THE RISE:
37. A YEAR IN THE MERDE
Stephen Clarke, Bloomsbury, $13.95, 1582346178
This funny former Book Sense Pick chronicles a Brit's adventures in France.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
3. RACHAEL RAY EXPRESS LANE MEALS
Rachael Ray, Clarkson Potter, $18.95, 1400082552
4. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
5. PLAN B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 1594481571
6. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $11, 1592402038
7. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
8. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
9. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
10. NIGHT
Elie Weisel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
11. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
12. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
13. 365: No Repeats
Rachael Ray, Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082544
14. AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer - DEBUT
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $17.95, 0375726268
15. ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Harvest, $15, 0156031442
ON THE RISE:
27. MOTHER-DAUGHTER WISDOM: Understanding the Crucial Link Between Mothers, Daughters, and Health
Christiane Northrup, Bantam, $18, 0553380125
A paperback edition of a nice Mother's Day (and any day) gift.

MASS MARKET
1. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
2. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
3. THE INNOCENT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 045121577X
4. BLOOD FROM A STONE
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 014303698X
5. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
6. BROKEN PREY
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 0425204308
7. THE ITALIAN SECRETARY
Caleb Carr, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312939132
8. WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS
Elizabeth A. George, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060545615
9. ONE SHOT
Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 0440241022
10. THE TWELFTH CARD
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket, $9.99, 0743491564

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (PAPERBACK)
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
3. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
4. CHEW ON THIS
Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618710310
5. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
6. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
7. A FAMILY OF POEMS
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112
8. THE WRIGHT 3
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $16.99, 0439693675
9. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
10. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $17.99, 0670061050
11. SMALL STEPS
Louis Sachar, Delacorte, $16.95, 0385733143
12. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
13. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709
14. FLY BY NIGHT - DEBUT
Frances Hardinge, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060876271
15. FLYTE (SEPTIMUS HEAP, BOOK TWO)
Angie Sage, Katherine Tegen, $17.99, 60577347

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr., Seuss, Random House, $17, 0679805273
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X
4. LILLY'S BIG DAY
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060742364
5. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Peter Greste (Photo.), Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
6. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
7. WALTER THE FARTING DOG GOES ON A CRUISE - DEBUT
William Kotzwinkle, et al., Dutton, $16.99, 0525477144
8. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $4.95, 0920668372
9. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
10. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
11. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
12. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
13. FAIRYOPOLIS
Cicely Mary Barker, Frederick Warne, $19.99, 0723257248
14. ZEN SHORTS
Jon J. Muth, Scholastic, $16.95, 0439339111
15. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
3. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
4. Gossip Girl (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
5. Junie B. Jones (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. Children of the Red King (hardcover)
Jenny Nimmo, Orchard
7. The Clique (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
8. Warriors: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
9. A Series of Unfortunate Events (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
10. Cirque Du Freak (hardcover and paperback)
Darren Shan, Little Brown

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May 7, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, May 11th, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 7th, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 - DIGGING TO AMERICA by Anne Tyler
#5 - BEACH ROAD by James Patterson, Peter de Jonge
#11 - ABSURDISTAN by Gary Shteyngart
#15 - THE BOOKWOMAN'S LAST FLING by John Dunning
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
#4 - THE MIGHTY AND THE ALMIGHTY by Madeleine Albright
#8 - POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS by Augusten Burroughs
#13 - CLEMENTE by David Maraniss
Paperback Fiction
#12 - A WEDDING IN DECEMBER by Anita Shreve
#13 - A LONG WAY DOWN by Nick Hornby
MASS MARKET
#4 - BOOD FROM A STONE by Donna Leon
#9 - THE ITALIAN SECRETARY by Caleb Carr
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
#6 - CHEW ON THIS by Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson
New in fiction series - Charlie Bone and the Hidden King (Children of the Red King, 0439545307)

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722
2. DIGGING TO AMERICA - DEBUT
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
3. EVERYMAN
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 061873516X
4. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
5. BEACH ROAD - DEBUT
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Little Brown, $27.95, 0316159786
6. PROMISE ME
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $26.95, 0525949496
7. MOTHER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $9.95, 1400066018
8. ELEMENTS OF STYLE
Wendy Wasserstein, Knopf, $23.95, 1400042313
9. TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 0743264908
10. A DIRTY JOB
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $24.95, 0060590270
11. ABSURDISTAN - DEBUT
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $24.95, 1400061962
12. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26, 0743496701
13. DARK TORT
Diane Mott Davidson, Morrow, $24.95, 0060527315
14. DARK HARBOR
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 039915342X
15. THE BOOKWOMAN'S LAST FLING - DEBUT
John Dunning, Scribner, $25, 0743289455
ON THE RISE:
25. SAVANNAH BREEZE
Mary Kay Andrews, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060564660
A Book Sense Pick for May. The eccentrics resurface in this sequel to 2001's SAVANNAH BLUES.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
3. THE WORLD IS FLAT (UPDATED AND EXPANDED)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
4. THE MIGHTY AND THE ALMIGHTY: REFLECTIONS ON AMERICA, GOD, AND WORLD AFFAIRS - DEBUT
Madeleine Albright, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060892579
5. YOU: THE OWNER'S MANUAL
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060765313
6. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
7. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
8. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS - DEBUT
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $23.95, 0312315961
9. THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS
Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, Gregor Wurst (Eds.), National Geographic, $22, 1426200420
10. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
11. AMERICAN THEOCRACY
Kevin Phillips, Viking, $26.95, 067003486X
12. A DEATH IN BELMONT
Sebastian Junger, Norton, $23.95, 0393059804
13. CLEMENTE: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero - DEBUT
David Maraniss, S&S, $26, 0743217810
14. COBRA II
Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor, Pantheon, $27.95, 0375422625
15. THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION
Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $30, 0375413170
ON THE RISE:
28. POLITICS LOST: How American Democracy Was Trivialized by People Who Think You're Stupid
Joe Klein, Doubleday, $23.95, 0385510276
Time reporter Klein's dissection of how political consultants have affected the presidential campaigns of the last 40 years.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
2. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
5. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $14.95, 0307277674
6. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
7. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
8. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
9. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
10. ZORRO
Isabelle Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 0060779004
11. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
12. A WEDDING IN DECEMBER - DEBUT
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316154512
13. A LONG WAY DOWN - DEBUT
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 1594481938
14. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
15. IN THE COMPANY OF CHEERFUL LADIES
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 140007570X
ON THE RISE:
26. EVERYONE WORTH KNOWING
Lauren Weisberger, Pocket, $14, 0743262336
A sharp, witty and outrageous lampooning of the public relations industry, by the author of The Devil Wears Prada.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
3. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
4. PLAN B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 1594481571
5. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
6. NIGHT
Elie Weisel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
7. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $11, 1592402038
8. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
9. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
10. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
11. RACHAEL RAY EXPRESS LANE MEALS
Rachael Ray, Clarkson Potter, $18.95, 1400082552
12. ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Harvest, $15, 0156031442
13. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
14. MY LIFE SO FAR
Jane Fonda, Random House, $16.95, 0812975766
15. THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 1878424319
ON THE RISE:
23. YOU: The Smart Patient
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $14.95, 0743293010
A "how-to" guide on receiving proper medical care for youself and your family.

MASS MARKET
1. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
2. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
3. THE INNOCENT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 045121577X
4. BLOOD FROM A STONE - DEBUT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 014303698X
5. BROKEN PREY*
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 0425204308
6. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
7. WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS
Elizabeth A. George, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060545615
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
9. THE ITALIAN SECRETARY - DEBUT
Caleb Carr, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312939132
10. THE SIGN OF THE BOOK
John Dunning, Pocket, $9.99, 0743482476
*New mass market edition

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (paperback)
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
3. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
4. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
5. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
6. CHEW ON THIS - DEBUT
Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618710310
7. A FAMILY OF POEMS
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112
8. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
9. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
10. SMALL STEPS
Louis Sachar, Delacorte, $16.95, 0385733143
11. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $17.99, 0670061050
12. THE WRIGHT 3
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $16.99, 0439693675
13. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Knopf, $15.95, 0375831436
14. INKSPELL
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $19.99, 0439554004
15. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $7.99, 0142406252

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $17, 0679805273
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. LILLY'S BIG DAY
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060742364
4. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X
5. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Peter Greste (Photo.), Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
6. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
7. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
8. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $4.95, 0920668372
9. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
10. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
11. DON'T LET THE PIGEON STAY UP LATE!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $12.99, 0786837462
12. ZEN SHORTS
Jon J. Muth, Scholastic, $16.95, 0439339111
13. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
14. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
15. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $7.99, 0064431789

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
3. Junie B. Jones (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
4. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
5. Gossip Girl (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
6. Children of the Red King (hardcover)
Jenny Nimmo, Orchard
New in Series:
Charlie Bone and the Hidden King (0439545307)
7. The Clique (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
8. A Series of Unfortunate Events (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
9. Warriors: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax Books

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April 30, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, May 4th, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, April 30, 2006). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.

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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 - PROMISE ME by Harlan Coben
#11 - HOW OPAL MEHTA GOT KISSED, GOT WILD, AND GOT A LIFE by Kaavya Viswanathan
Paperback Fiction
# 15 - ZORRO by Isabelle Allende
MASS MARKET
# 3 - THE INNOCENT by Harlan Coben
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
#13 - AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS by Gennifer Choldenko
New in fiction series - ONLY IN YOUR DREAMS (Gossip Girl, 0316011827), STARTLED BY HIS FURRY SHORTS (Confessions of Georgia Nicholson, 0060853840)

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722
2. PROMISE ME - DEBUT
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $26.95, 0525949496
3. EVERYMAN
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 061873516X
4. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
5. MOTHER
Maya Angelou, Random House, $9.95, 1400066018
6. ELEMENTS OF STYLE
Wendy Wasserstein, Knopf, $23.95, 1400042313
7. TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 0743264908
8. A DIRTY JOB
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $24.95, 0060590270
9. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26, 0743496701
10. THE TEMPLAR LEGACY
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $24.95, 0345476158
11. HOW OPAL MEHTA GOT KISSED, GOT WILD, AND GOT A LIFE - DEBUT
Kaavya Viswanathan, Little Brown, $21.95, 0316059889
12. DARK TORT
Diane Mott Davidson, Morrow, $24.95, 0060527315
13. IN THE COMPANY OF THE COURTESAN
Sarah Dunant, Random House, $23.95, 1400063817
14. GONE
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $26.95, 0345452615
15. LABYRINTH
Kate Mosse, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153446
ON THE RISE:
19. THE DEBUTANTE DIVORCEE
Plum Sykes, Miramax Books, $23.95, 1401352448
The funny follow-up to Sykes' bestselling 2004 debut, Bergdorf Blondes.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
3. THE WORLD IS FLAT (UPDATED AND EXPANDED)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
4. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
5. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
6. AMERICAN THEOCRACY
Kevin Phillips, Viking, $26.95, 067003486X
7. A DEATH IN BELMONT
Sebastian Junger, Norton, $23.95, 0393059804
8. THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS
Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, Gregor Wurst (Eds.), National Geographic, $22, 1426200420
9. THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION
Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $30, 0375413170
10. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
11. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X
12. MANHUNT
James L. Swanson, Morrow, $26.95, 0060518499
13. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316172324
14. COBRA II
Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor, Pantheon, $27.95, 0375422625
15. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $24.95, 0670034711
ON THE RISE:
18. CLEMENTE: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
David Maraniss, S&S, $26, 0743217810
A tribute to the first great Latin American baseball star. A Book Sense Notable for May 2006.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
2. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
5. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
6. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $14.95, 0307277674
7. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
8. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
9. HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
10. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
11. EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $13.95, 0618711651
12. IN THE COMPANY OF CHEERFUL LADIES
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 140007570X
13. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
14. WICKED
Gregory Maguire, Regan Books, $16, 0060987103
15. ZORRO - DEBUT
Isabelle Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 0060779004
ON THE RISE:
21. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416
A boy's journey and metamorphosis, with new bonus material.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
3. PLAN B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 1594481571
4. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
5. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
6. NIGHT
Elie Weisel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
7. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
8. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
9. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $11, 1592402038
10. RACHAEL RAY EXPRESS LANE MEALS
Rachael Ray, Clarkson Potter, $18.95, 1400082552
11. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
12. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
13. MY LIFE SO FAR
Jane Fonda, Random House, $16.95, 0812975766
14. ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Harvest, $15, 0156031442
15. THE LAST TRUE STORY I'LL EVER TELL
John R. Crawford, Riverhead, $14, 1594482012
ON THE RISE:
36. LEAVING THE SAINTS: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith
Martha Beck, Three Rivers, $14.95, 0307335992
A writer's controversial account of her decision to leave the Morman Church. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover.

MASS MARKET
1. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
2. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
3. THE INNOCENT - DEBUT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 045121577X
4. WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS
Elizabeth A. George, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060545615
5. LOCKED ROOMS
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $6.99, 0553583417
6. DECEPTION POINT
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
7. THE TWELFTH CARD
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket, $9.99, 0743491564
8. ONE SHOT
Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 0440241022
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 0446310786
10. THE CLOSERS
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616443

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (PAPERBACK)
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
2. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
3. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
4. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
5. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011
6. THE WRIGHT 3
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $16.99, 0439693675
7. A FAMILY OF POEMS
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112
8. SMALL STEPS
Louis Sachar, Delacorte, $16.95, 0385733143
9. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
10. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $17.99, 0670061050
11. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
12. FLYTE (SEPTIMUS HEAP, BOOK TWO)
Angie Sage, Katherine Tegen, $17.99, 0060577347
13. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS - DEBUT
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 0142403709
14. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 0439372976
15. CHEW ON THIS
Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618710310

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: SHARKS AND OTHER SEA MONSTERS
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X
3. LILLY'S BIG DAY
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060742364
4. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17, 0679805273
5. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Peter Greste (Photo.), Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739
6. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
7. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
8. DON'T LET THE PIGEON STAY UP LATE!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $12.99, 0786837462
9. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $4.95, 0920668372
10. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730
11. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $7.99, 0064431789
12. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 0399226907
13. OLIVIA
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $16.95, 0689829531
14. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 0805047905
15. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. Gossip Girl (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
New in Series:
Only in Your Dreams (0316011827)
3. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
4. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
5. Junie B. Jones (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. The Clique (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
7. A Series of Unfortunate Events (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
8. Warriors: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback
Erin W. Hunter, Avon
9. The Bartimaeus Trilogy (hardcover and paperback)
Jonathan Stroud, Hyperion
10. Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (hardcover and paperback)
Louise Rennison, HarperTempest
New in Series:
Startled by His Furry Shorts (0060853840)

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April 23, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, April 27, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, April 23, 2006). 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 on Wednesday afternoon 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 - BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS, by Alexander McCall Smith
#7 - MOTHER: A Cradle to Hold Me, by Maya Angelou
#8 - ELEMENTS OF STYLE, by Wendy Wasserstein
#13 - BLACK SWAN GREEN, by David Mitchell
#14 - EVERYMAN, by Philip Roth
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
#6 - THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded), by Thomas L. Friedman
#8 - A DEATH IN BELMONT, by Sebastian Junger
#14 - AMERICAN GOSPEL, by Jon Meacham
Paperback Fiction
#4 - MARCH, by Geraldine Brooks
#14 - THE HISTORY OF LOVE, by Nicole Krauss
Paperback Nonfiction
#5 - MY LIFE SO FAR, by Jane Fonda
#12 -RACHAEL RAY EXPRESS LANE MEALS, by Rachael Ray
MASS MARKET
# 8 - THE TWELFTH CARD, by Jeffery Deaver
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
#12 - THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER, by Sarah Dessen
New in fiction series - Lord of the Shadows (Cirque Du Freak, 0316156280)

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS - DEBUT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722
2. A DIRTY JOB
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $24.95, 0060590270
3. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
4. TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 0743264908
5. GONE
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $26.95, 0345452615
6. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26, 0743496701
7. MOTHER: A CRADLE TO HOLD ME - DEBUT
Maya Angelou, Random House, $9.95, 1400066018
8. ELEMENTS OF STYLE - DEBUT
Wendy Wasserstein, Knopf, $23.95, 1400042313
9. DARK TORT
Diane Mott Davidson, Morrow, $24.95, 0060527315
10. LABYRINTH
Kate Mosse, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153446
11. DARK HARBOR
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 039915342X
12. IN THE COMPANY OF THE COURTESAN
Sarah Dunant, Random House, $23.95, 1400063817
13. BLACK SWAN GREEN - DEBUT
David Mitchell, Random House, $23.95, 1400063795
14. EVERYMAN - DEBUT
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 061873516X
15. THE TEMPLAR LEGACY
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $24.95, 0345476158
ON THE RISE:
24. SAVING THE WORLD
Julia Alvarez, Algonquin, $24.95, 156512510X
A #1 Book Sense Pick, "a rare novel" that is "compulsively readable." (Janet Brown, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
2. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
3. AMERICAN THEOCRACY
Kevin Phillips, Viking, $26.95, 067003486X
4. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
5. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
6. THE WORLD IS FLAT (UPDATED AND EXPANDED) - DEBUT
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
7. THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS
Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, Gregor Wurst (Eds.), National Geographic, $22, 1426200420
8. A DEATH IN BELMONT - DEBUT
Sebastian Junger, Norton, $23.95, 0393059804
9. CESAR'S WAY
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
10. THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION
Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $30, 0375413170
11. COBRA II
Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor, Pantheon, $27.95, 0375422625
12. MANHUNT
James L. Swanson, Morrow, $26.95, 0060518499
13. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion, Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X
14. AMERICAN GOSPEL: GOD, THE FOUNDING FATHERS, AND THE MAKING OF A NATION - DEBUT
Jon Meacham, Random House, $23.95, 1400065550
15. MISQUOTING JESUS
Bart D. Ehrman, HarperSanFrancisco, $24.95, 0060738170
ON THE RISE:
20. OVERTHROW: AMERICA'S CENTURY OF REGIME CHANGE FROM HAWAII TO IRAQ
Stephen Kinzer, Times Books, $27.50, 0805078614
A history of the U.S. government tactic of "regime change."

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. SATURDAY
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
2. THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. MARCH - DEBUT
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
5. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
6. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $14.95, 0307277674
7. NEVER LET ME GO
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
8. GILEAD
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
9. IN THE COMPANY OF CHEERFUL LADIES
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 140007570X
10. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
11. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
12. EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $13.95, 0618711651
13. WICKED
Gregory Maguire, Regan Books, $16, 0060987103
14. THE HISTORY OF LOVE - DEBUT
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
15. THE YEAR OF PLEASURES
Elizabeth Berg, Ballantine, $13.95, 0812970993
ON THE RISE:
37. THE BRIGHT FOREVER
Lee Martin, Three Rivers, $14, 0307209865
A Book Sense Pick in which small events lead to life-changing circumstances.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
2. PLAN B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 1594481571
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
4. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
5. MY LIFE SO FAR - DEBUT
Jane Fonda, Random House, $16.95, 0812975766
6. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
7. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $11, 1592402038
8. NIGHT
Elie Weisel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
9. COLLAPSE
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
10. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
11. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
12. RACHAEL RAY EXPRESS LANE MEALS - DEBUT
Rachael Ray, Clarkson Potter, $18.95, 1400082552
13. ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Harvest, $15, 0156031442
14. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
15. A MILLION LITTLE PIECES
James Frey, Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902
ON THE RISE:
22. AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $17.95, 0375726268
A deep, fantastic look at a complex man, best known for the Manhattan Project.

MASS MARKET
1. THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown, Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179
2. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
3. WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS
Elizabeth A. George, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060545615
4. DECEPTION POINT*
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800
5. LOCKED ROOMS
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $6.99, 0553583417
6. ONE SHOT
Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 0440241022
7. THE SIGN OF THE BOOK
John Dunning, Pocket, $9.99, 0743482476
8. THE TWELFTH CARD - DEBUT
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket, $9.99, 0743491564
9. SKELETON MAN
Tony Hillerman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 006056346X
10. THE CLOSERS
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616443
*new mass market edition

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (PAPERBACK)
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 763625299
2. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 763625892
3. THE WRIGHT 3
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $16.99, 439693675
4. HEAT
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $16.99, 399243011
5. A FAMILY OF POEMS
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.95, 786851112
6. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 375831002
7. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 440421705
8. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $17.99, 670061050
9. SMALL STEPS
Louis Sachar, Delacorte, $16.95, 385733143
10. FLYTE (SEPTIMUS HEAP, BOOK TWO)
Angie Sage, Katherine Tegen, $17.99, 60577347
11. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER - DEBUT
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $7.99, 142406252
12. CHASING VERMEER
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 439372976
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 439709105
14. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 375821821
15. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Knopf, $15.95, 375831436

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. LILLY'S BIG DAY
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060742364
3. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: SHARKS AND OTHER SEA MONSTERS
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X
4. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
5. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Peter Greste