November 5, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 1, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit www.IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-THE GATHERING STORM, by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (9780765302304)
#4-LAST NIGHT IN TWISTED RIVER, by John Irving (9781400063840)
#7-TRUE BLUE, by David Baldacci (9780446195515)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#8-THE BIG BURN, by Timothy Egan (9780618968411)
#14-EATING ANIMALS, by Jonathan Safran Foer (9780316069908)
Paperback Fiction
#11-BED OF ROSES, by Nora Roberts (9780425230077)
#13-PRECIOUS, by Sapphire (9780307474841)
Paperback Nonfiction
#13-THE ASCENT OF MONEY, by Niall Ferguson (9780143116172)
Mass Market
#10-ALL TOGETHER DEAD, by Charlaine Harris (9780441015818)
Children's Interest
#15-I AM A GENIUS OF UNSPEAKABLE EVIL AND I WANT TO BE YOUR CLASS PRESIDENT,
by Josh Lieb (9781595142405)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: TEMPTED (House of Night), by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (9780312567484)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GATHERING STORM - DEBUT
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $29.99, 9780765302304
2. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
3. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
4. LAST NIGHT IN TWISTED RIVER - DEBUT
John Irving, Random House, $28, 9781400063840
5. WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
6. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
7. TRUE BLUE - DEBUT
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446195515
8. NINE DRAGONS
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316166317
9. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
10. SOUTH OF BROAD
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
11. THE CHILDREN'S BOOK
A.S. Byatt, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272096
12. HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY
Audrey Niffenegger, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439165393
13. THE WILD THINGS
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $19.95, 9781934781616
14. AN ECHO IN THE BONE
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $30, 9780385342452
15. THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385528771
ON THE RISE:
19. CHRONIC CITY
Jonathan Lethem, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385518635
Lethem's brilliantly funny novel about life in Manhattan is a November Indie Next List Great Read.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. SUPERFREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $29.99, 9780060889579
2. WHAT THE DOG SAW
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
3. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
4. WHERE MEN WIN GLORY
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385522267
5. TRUE COMPASS
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258
6. MANHOOD FOR AMATEURS
Michael Chabon, Harper, $25.99, 9780061490187
7. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
8. THE BIG BURN: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America - DEBUT
Timothy Egan, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780618968411
9. THE BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUSTRATED BY R. CRUMB
Norton, $24.95, 9780393061024
10. TOO BIG TO FAIL
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $32.95, 9780670021253
11. STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $26, 9781400066216
12. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
13. HIGHEST DUTY
Capt.Chesley Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061924682
14. EATING ANIMALS - DEBUT
Jonathan Safran Foer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316069908
15. BRIGHT-SIDED
Barbara Ehrenreich, Metropolitan, $23, 9780805087499
ON THE RISE:
27. THE CONSCIOUS COOK
Tal Ronnen, William Morrow Cookbooks, $29.99, 9780061874338
75 great original recipes that will change the way many think about meatless cooking.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
2. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
3. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM
Uwem Akpan, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316086370
7. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234
8. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
9. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
11. BED OF ROSES - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425230077
12. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
13. PRECIOUS (Push Movie Tie-In Edition) - DEBUT
Sapphire, Vintage, $13, 9780307474841
14. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
15. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
ON THE RISE:
21. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
O'Neill's brilliant novel of post-9/11 New York is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
2. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
4. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
5. ALEX & ME
Irene M. Pepperberg, Harper, $13.99, 9780061673986
6. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
7. THE WORDY SHIPMATES
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $16, 9781594484001
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
9. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
10. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2010
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845
11. THE WIDOW CLICQUOT
Tilar J. Mazzeo, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061288586
12. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
13. THE ASCENT OF MONEY: A Financial History of the World - DEBUT
Niall Ferguson, Penguin, $16, 9780143116172
14. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
15. THE SIBLEY GUIDE TO TREES
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $39.95, 9780375415197
ON THE RISE:
27. I JUDGE YOU WHEN YOU USE POOR GRAMMAR
Sharon Eliza Nichols, St. Martin's Griffin, $9.99, 9780312533014
A humorous look at bad grammar and spelling, based on the Facebook group of the same name.
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243823
3. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
4. CROSS COUNTRY
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446536301
5. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
6. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
7. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401197
8. SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230169
9. ROUGH WEATHER
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230176
10. ALL TOGETHER DEAD - DEBUT
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441015818
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
4. PETER AND THE SWORD OF MERCY
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423121343
5. RETURN TO THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD
David Benedictus, Mark Burgess (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 9780525421603
6. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
7. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
8. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
9. LEGO STAR WARS: The Visual Dictionary
Simon Beecroft, DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756655297
10. JULIE ANDREWS' COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS, AND LULLABIES
Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316040495
11. FIRE
Kristin Cashore, Dial, $17.99, 9780803734616
12. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
13. ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS
Neil Gaiman, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Harper, $14.99, 9780061671739
14. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA FOR KIDS: The Secrets Behind What You Eat
Michael Pollan, Richie Chevat, Dial, $9.99, 9780803735002
15. I AM A GENIUS OF UNSPEAKABLE EVIL AND I WANT TO BE YOUR CLASS PRESIDENT - DEBUT
Josh Lieb, Razorbill, $15.99, 9781595142405
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
5. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
6. OTIS
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
7. WHAT WAS I SCARED OF?
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $11.99, 9780375853425
8. 10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS
Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.), Knopf, $6.99, 9780375853470
9. DUCK & GOOSE FIND A PUMPKIN
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $6.99, 9780375858130
10. ONE, TWO...BOO!
Kristen L. Depken, Claudine Gevry (Illus.), Golden, $3.99, 9780375844188
11. MOONLIGHT: The Halloween Cat
Cynthia Rylant, Melissa Sweet (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780064438148
12. GOODNIGHT GOON
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
13. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
14. STREGA NONA'S HARVEST
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399252914
15. THE LITTLE OLD LADY WHO WAS NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING
Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780064431835
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. THE HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
6. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
NEW IN SERIES: TEMPTED (9780312567484)
7. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
8. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
10. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Patrick Carmen, Jude Watson, et al, Scholastic
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October 29, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 29, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 25, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit www.IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#8-THE SCARPETTA FACTOR, by Patricia Cornwell (9780399156397)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (9780060889579)
#3-WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell (9780316075848)
#7-TOO BIG TO FAIL, by Andrew Ross Sorkin (9780670021253)
#8-THE BOOK OF GENESIS, by R. Crumb (9780393061024)
#9-WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED, by Gail Collins (9780316059541)
Mass Market
#7-EXTREME MEASURES, by Vince Flynn (9781416505044)
#8-ANATHEM, by Neal Stephenson (9780061474101)
Children's Interest
#14-THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA FOR KIDS, by Michael Pollan, Richie Chevat (9780803735002)
Children's Illustrated
#14-THE RUNAWAY MUMMY, by Michael Rex (9780399252037)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
2. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
4. NINE DRAGONS
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316166317
5. WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
6. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
7. THE CHILDREN'S BOOK
A.S. Byatt, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272096
8. THE SCARPETTA FACTOR - DEBUT
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399156397
9. PURSUIT OF HONOR
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595168
10. THE WILD THINGS
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $19.95, 9781934781616
11. AN ECHO IN THE BONE
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $30, 9780385342452
12. HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY
Audrey Niffenegger, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439165393
13. JULIET, NAKED
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488870
14. A GATE AT THE STAIRS
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288
15. SOUTH OF BROAD
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
ON THE RISE:
25. THE HUMBLING
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780547239699
In Roth's latest novel, one of America's leading stage actors looks back at his fading career.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
2. SUPERFREAKONOMICS: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance - DEBUT
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $29.99, 9780060889579
3. WHAT THE DOG SAW: And Other Adventures - DEBUT
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
4. TRUE COMPASS
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258
5. MANHOOD FOR AMATEURS
Michael Chabon, Harper, $25.99, 9780061490187
6. WHERE MEN WIN GLORY
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385522267
7. TOO BIG TO FAIL: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System -- And Themselves - DEBUT
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $32.95, 9780670021253
8. THE BOOK OF GENESIS - DEBUT
R. Crumb, Norton, $24.95, 9780393061024
9. WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present - DEBUT
Gail Collins, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316059541
10. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Richard Dawkins, Free Press, $30, 9781416594789
11. STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $26, 9781400066216
12. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
13. BRIGHT-SIDED
Barbara Ehrenreich, Metropolitan, $23, 9780805087499
14. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
15. HIGHEST DUTY
Capt.Chesley Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061924682
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
2. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234
7. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
8. SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM
Uwem Akpan, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316086370
9. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
10. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
11. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
12. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
13. THE LACE READER
Brunonia Barry, Harper, $14.99, 9780061624773
14. HANDLE WITH CARE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $16, 9780743296427
15. THE GIVEN DAY
Dennis Lehane, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780380731879
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
4. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
5. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
6. THE WORDY SHIPMATES
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $16, 9781594484001
7. ALEX & ME
Irene M. Pepperberg, Harper, $13.99, 9780061673986
8. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
9. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2010
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845
10. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
11. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
12. THE SIBLEY GUIDE TO TREES
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $39.95, 9780375415197
13. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
14. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
15. THE WIDOW CLICQUOT
Tilar J. Mazzeo, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061288586
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243823
3. SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230169
4. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
5. CROSS COUNTRY
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446536301
6. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401197
7. EXTREME MEASURES - DEBUT
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416505044
8. ANATHEM - DEBUT
Neal Stephenson, Harper, $7.99, 9780061474101
9. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
10. ROUGH WEATHER
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230176
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. RETURN TO THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD
David Benedictus, Mark Burgess (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 9780525421603
4. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
5. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
6. PETER AND THE SWORD OF MERCY
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423121343
7. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
8. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
9. JULIE ANDREWS' COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS, AND LULLABIES
Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316040495
10. FIRE
Kristin Cashore, Dial, $17.99, 9780803734616
11. ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS
Neil Gaiman, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Harper, $14.99, 9780061671739
12. LEGO STAR WARS: The Visual Dictionary
Simon Beecroft, DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756655297
13. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
14. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA FOR KIDS: The Secrets Behind What You Eat - DEBUT
Michael Pollan, Richie Chevat, Dial, $9.99, 9780803735002
15. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
5. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
6. ONE, TWO...BOO!
Kristen L. Depken, Claudine Gevry (Illus.), Golden, $3.99, 9780375844188
7. DUCK & GOOSE FIND A PUMPKIN
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $6.99, 9780375858130
8. OTIS
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
9. MOONLIGHT: The Halloween Cat
Cynthia Rylant, Melissa Sweet (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780064438148
10. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
11. GOODNIGHT GOON
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
12. WHAT WAS I SCARED OF?
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $11.99, 9780375853425
13. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
14. THE RUNAWAY MUMMY: A Petrifying Parody - DEBUT
Michael Rex, Putnam, $15.99, 9780399252037
15. 10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS
Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.), Knopf, $6.99, 9780375853470
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. THE HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
6. MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
8. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
9. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
10. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Patrick Carmen, Jude Watson, et al, Scholastic
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October 22, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 22, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 18, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit www.IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-NINE DRAGONS, by Michael Connelly (9780316166317)
#5-PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn (9781416595168)
#8-WOLF HALL, by Hilary Mantel (9780805080681)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#6-HIGHEST DUTY, by Capt.Chesley Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow (9780061924682)
#12-BRIGHT-SIDED, by Barbara Ehrenreich (9780805087499)
#14-JUSTICE, by Michael J. Sandel (9780374180652)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14-THE WIDOW CLICQUOT, by Tilar J. Mazzeo (9780061288586)
#15-THE SIBLEY GUIDE TO TREES, by David Allen Sibley (9780375415197)
Children's Interest
#2-RETURN TO THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD, by David Benedictus, Mark Burgess (9780525421603)
#7-PETER AND THE SWORD OF MERCY, by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson (9781423121343)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: DOG DAYS (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), by Jeff Kinney (9780810983915)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
2. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. NINE DRAGONS - DEBUT
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316166317
4. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
5. PURSUIT OF HONOR - DEBUT
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595168
6. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
7. THE CHILDREN'S BOOK
A.S. Byatt, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272096
8. WOLF HALL - DEBUT
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
9. THE WILD THINGS
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $19.95, 9781934781616
10. JULIET, NAKED
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488870
11. AN ECHO IN THE BONE
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $30, 9780385342452
12. HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY
Audrey Niffenegger, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439165393
13. SOUTH OF BROAD
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
14. THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385528771
15. A GATE AT THE STAIRS
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
2. TRUE COMPASS
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258
3. WHERE MEN WIN GLORY
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385522267
4. MANHOOD FOR AMATEURS
Michael Chabon, Harper, $25.99, 9780061490187
5. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Richard Dawkins, Free Press, $30, 9781416594789
6. HIGHEST DUTY: My Search for What Really Matters - DEBUT
Capt.Chesley Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061924682
7. STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $26, 9781400066216
8. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS
Glenn Beck, et al., Threshold Editions, $29.99, 9781416595014
9. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
10. THE CASE FOR GOD
Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269188
11. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
12. BRIGHT-SIDED: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America - DEBUT
Barbara Ehrenreich, Metropolitan, $23, 9780805087499
13. HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
14. JUSTICE: What's the Right Thing to Do? - DEBUT
Michael J. Sandel, FSG, $25, 9780374180652
15. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
ON THE RISE:
26. THE BIG BURN
Timothy Egan, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780618968411
A fascinating account of a massive wild fire in the Pacific Northwest in 1910 by the award-winning author of The Worst Hard Time.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
2. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234
7. SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM
Uwem Akpan, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316086370
8. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
9. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
10. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
11. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
12. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
13. HANDLE WITH CARE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $16, 9780743296427
14. THE GIVEN DAY
Dennis Lehane, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780380731879
15. HOME
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 9780312428549
ON THE RISE:
25. THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER
Kathleen Kent, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316024495
Kent's bestselling debut novel is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
4. THE WORDY SHIPMATES
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $16, 9781594484001
5. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
6. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2010
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845
7. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
8. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
9. ALEX & ME
Irene M. Pepperberg, Harper, $13.99, 9780061673986
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
11. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
12. WISHFUL DRINKING
Carrie Fisher, S&S, $13.99, 9781439153710
13. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
14. THE WIDOW CLICQUOT - DEBUT
Tilar J. Mazzeo, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061288586
15. THE SIBLEY GUIDE TO TREES (Flexibound) - DEBUT
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $39.95, 9780375415197
ON THE RISE:
21. NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF
Julian Barnes, Vintage International, $15, 9780307389985
In this memoir, novelist Barnes examines his longtime preoccupation with death.
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243823
3. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
4. CROSS COUNTRY
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446536301
5. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401197
6. SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230169
7. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
8. CLUB DEAD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
9. DEAD TO THE WORLD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441012183
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
2. RETURN TO THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD - DEBUT
David Benedictus, Mark Burgess (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 9780525421603
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
5. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
6. LEGO STAR WARS: The Visual Dictionary
DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756655297
7. PETER AND THE SWORD OF MERCY - DEBUT
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423121343
8. JULIE ANDREWS' COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS, AND LULLABIES
Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316040495
9. FIRE
Kristin Cashore, Dial, $17.99, 9780803734616
10. ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS
Neil Gaiman, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Harper, $14.99, 9780061671739
11. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
12. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
13. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
14. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 9780142410349
15. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
3. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
4. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
6. ONE, TWO...BOO!
Kristen L. Depken, Claudine Gevry (Illus.), Golden, $3.99, 9780375844188
7. DUCK & GOOSE FIND A PUMPKIN
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $6.99, 9780375858130
8. GOODNIGHT GOON
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
9. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. OTIS
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
11. MOONLIGHT: The Halloween Cat
Cynthia Rylant, Melissa Sweet (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780064438148
12. 10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS
Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.), Knopf, $6.99, 9780375853470
13. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
14. WHAT WAS I SCARED OF?
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $11.99, 9780375853425
15. NEW MOON: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316075800
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
NEW IN SERIES: DOG DAYS (9780810983915)
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. THE HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
10. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Patrick Carmen, Jude Watson, et al, Scholastic
© Copyright 2009, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
October 15, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 15, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 11, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-HALF BROKE HORSES, by Jeannette Walls (9781416586289)
#7-THE CHILDREN'S BOOK, by A.S. Byatt (9780307272096)
#11-THE PROFESSIONAL, by Robert B. Parker (9780399155949)
#14-A TOUCH OF DEAD, by Charlaine Harris (9780441017836)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#4-MANHOOD FOR AMATEURS, by Michael Chabon (9780061490187)
Paperback Fiction
#12-HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET, by Jamie Ford (9780345505347)
Paperback Nonfiction
#3-THE WORDY SHIPMATES, by Sarah Vowell (9781594484001)
#15-WISHFUL DRINKING, by Carrie Fisher (9781439153710)
Children's Interest
#3-FIRE, by Kristin Cashore (9780803734616)
#4-JULIE ANDREWS' COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS AND LULLABIES, by Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton (9780316040495)
Children's Illustrated
#10-NEW MOON: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion, by Mark Cotta Vaz (9780316075800)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY AND THE PRISONER'S DILEMMA, by Trenton Lee Stewart (9780316045520)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
2. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. HALF BROKE HORSES: A True-Life Novel - DEBUT
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
4. AN ECHO IN THE BONE
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $30, 9780385342452
5. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
6. HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY
Audrey Niffenegger, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439165393
7. THE CHILDREN'S BOOK - DEBUT
A.S. Byatt, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272096
8. SOUTH OF BROAD
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
9. JULIET, NAKED
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488870
10. THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385528771
11. THE PROFESSIONAL - DEBUT
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155949
12. A GATE AT THE STAIRS
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288
13. THE LAST SONG
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446547567
14. A TOUCH OF DEAD - DEBUT
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $23.95, 9780441017836
15. THE WILD THINGS
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $19.95, 9781934781616
ON THE RISE:
17. UNSEEN ACADEMICALS
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $25.99, 9780061161704
A new Discworld novel by the bestselling author of Making Money.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. TRUE COMPASS
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258
2. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
3. WHERE MEN WIN GLORY
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385522267
4. MANHOOD FOR AMATEURS: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son - DEBUT
Michael Chabon, Harper, $25.99, 9780061490187
5. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS
Glenn Beck, et al., Threshold Editions, $29.99, 9781416595014
6. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Richard Dawkins, Free Press, $30, 9781416594789
7. THE CASE FOR GOD
Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269188
8. STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $26, 9781400066216
9. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
10. HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
11. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
12. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
13. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2010
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994503
14. BICYCLE DIARIES
David Byrne, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021147
15. THE NATIONAL PARKS
Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Knopf, $50, 9780307268969
ON THE RISE:
22. THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND
William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061730320
This powerful and fascinating look at Kamkwamba's work with wind energy is an October Indie Next List Great Read.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
2. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
3. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234
7. SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM
Uwem Akpan, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316086370
8. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
9. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
10. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
11. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
12. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET - DEBUT
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
13. HANDLE WITH CARE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $16, 9780743296427
14. THE GIVEN DAY
Dennis Lehane, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780380731879
15. THE LACE READER
Brunonia Barry, Harper, $14.99, 9780061624773
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE WORDY SHIPMATES - DEBUT
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $16, 9781594484001
4. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2010
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845
5. ALEX & ME
Irene M. Pepperberg, Harper, $13.99, 9780061673986
6. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
7. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
8. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
9. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
11. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
12. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
13. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
14. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
15. WISHFUL DRINKING - DEBUT
Carrie Fisher, S&S, $13.99, 9781439153710
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243823
3. CROSS COUNTRY
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446536301
4. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
5. ROUGH WEATHER
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230176
6. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401197
7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
8. SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230169
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
10. DEAD AS A DOORNAIL
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441013333
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. FIRE - DEBUT
Kristin Cashore, Dial, $17.99, 9780803734616
4. JULIE ANDREWS' COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS AND LULLABIES - DEBUT
Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316040495
5. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
6. LEGO STAR WARS: The Visual Dictionary
DK, $21.99, 9780756655297
7. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
8. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
9. ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS
Neil Gaiman, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Harper, $14.99, 9780061671739
10. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
11. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
12. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
13. FLAWED DOGS
Berkeley Breathed, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399252181
14. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
15. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
3. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
4. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
6. DUCK & GOOSE FIND A PUMPKIN
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $6.99, 9780375858130
7. ONE, TWO...BOO!
Kristen L. Depken, Claudine Gevry (Illus.), Golden, $3.99, 9780375844188
8. OTIS
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
9. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. NEW MOON: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion - DEBUT
Mark Cotta Vaz, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316075800
11. MOONLIGHT: THE HALLOWEEN CAT
Cynthia Rylant, Melissa Sweet (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780064438148
12. GOODNIGHT GOON
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
13. WHAT WAS I SCARED OF?
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $11.99, 9780375853425
14. 10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS
Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.), Knopf, $6.99, 9780375853470
15. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. THE HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
NEW IN SERIES: THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY AND THE PRISONER'S DILEMMA (9780316045520)
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
8. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
9. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
10. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Patrick Carmen, Jude Watson, et al, Scholastic
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October 8, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 8, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 4, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#4-HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY, by Audrey Niffenegger (9781439165393)
#9-JULIET, NAKED, by Nick Hornby (9781594488870)
#13-ROUGH COUNTRY, by John Sandford (9780399155987)
#14-THE WILD THINGS, by Dave Eggers (9781934781616)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom (9780786868728)
#15-THE NATIONAL PARKS, by Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan (9780307268969)
Paperback Fiction
#12-THE GIVEN DAY, by Dennis Lehane (9780380731879)
#13-HANDLE WITH CARE, by Jodi Picoult (9780743296427)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14-LOGICOMIX, by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Papadimitriou (9781596914520)
Mass Market
#3-CROSS COUNTRY, by James Patterson (9780446536301)
Children's Interest
#8-LEGO STAR WARS: The Visual Dictionary (9780756655297)
#10-FLAWED DOGS, by Berkeley Breathed (9780399252181)
Children's Illustrated
#12-10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS, by Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.) (9780375853470)
#13-MOONLIGHT: The Halloween Cat, by Cynthia Rylant, Melissa Sweet (Illus.) (9780064438148)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
2. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. AN ECHO IN THE BONE
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $30, 9780385342452
4. HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY - DEBUT
Audrey Niffenegger, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439165393
5. A GATE AT THE STAIRS
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288
6. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
7. SOUTH OF BROAD
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
8. THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385528771
9. JULIET, NAKED - DEBUT
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488870
10. THE LAST SONG
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446547567
11. THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC
Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375414961
12. HOMER & LANGLEY
E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $26, 9781400064946
13. ROUGH COUNTRY - DEBUT
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155987
14. THE WILD THINGS - DEBUT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $19.95, 9781934781616
15. A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE
Anita Shreve, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316020701
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. TRUE COMPASS
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258
2. WHERE MEN WIN GLORY
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385522267
3. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH: A True Story - DEBUT
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
4. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS
Glenn Beck, et al., Threshold Editions, $29.99, 9781416595014
5. THE CASE FOR GOD
Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269188
6. STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $26, 9781400066216
7. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Richard Dawkins, Free Press, $30, 9781416594789
8. HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
9. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOLUME I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
10. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
11. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
12. BICYCLE DIARIES
David Byrne, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021147
13. NURTURESHOCK
Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446504126
14. TRAVELING WITH POMEGRANATES
Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021208
15. THE NATIONAL PARKS: America's Best Idea - DEBUT
Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Knopf, $50, 9780307268969
ON THE RISE:
22. HIGH ON ARRIVAL
MacKenzie Phillips, Simon Spotlight, $25.99, 9781439153857
MacKenzie Phillips recounts her life with her father, The Mamas and the Papas frontman, John Phillips.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
2. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234
7. SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM
Uwem Akpan, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316086370
8. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
9. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
10. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
11. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
12. THE GIVEN DAY - DEBUT
Dennis Lehane, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780380731879
13. HANDLE WITH CARE - DEBUT
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $16, 9780743296427
14. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
15. GOURMET RHAPSODY
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372952
ON THE RISE:
27. THE ENGLISH MAJOR
Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $14, 9780802144140
Harrison's witty novel of a 60-year-old man's search for himself is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
4. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
6. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2010
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845
7. ALEX & ME
Irene M. Pepperberg, Harper, $13.99, 9780061673986
8. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
9. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
10. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
11. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
12. JULIA'S KITCHEN WISDOM
Julia Child, Knopf, $14.95, 9780375711855
13. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
14. LOGICOMIX: An Epic Search for Truth - DEBUT
Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Papadimitriou, Bloomsbury, $22.95, 9781596914520
15. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $14, 9780307389831
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243823
3. CROSS COUNTRY - DEBUT
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446536301
4. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401197
5. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
6. ROUGH WEATHER
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230176
7. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
8. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
9. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
10. CLUB DEAD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
4. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
5. ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS
Neil Gaiman, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Harper, $14.99, 9780061671739
6. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
7. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
8. LEGO STAR WARS: The Visual Dictionary - DEBUT
DK, $21.99, 9780756655297
9. IMPOSSIBLE
Nancy Werlin, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414910
10. FLAWED DOGS - DEBUT
Berkeley Breathed, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399252181
11. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
12. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 9780142410349
13. AL CAPONE SHINES MY SHOES
Gennifer Choldenko, Dial, $17.99, 9780803734609
14. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
15. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
3. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
4. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE
Judith Byron Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
6. OTIS
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
7. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. DUCK & GOOSE FIND A PUMPKIN
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $6.99, 9780375858130
9. ONE, TWO... BOO!
Kristen L. Depken, Claudine Gevry (Illus.), Golden, $3.99, 9780375844188
10. STREGA NONA'S HARVEST
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399252914
11. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
12. 10 TRICK-OR-TREATERS - DEBUT
Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (Illus.), Knopf, $6.99, 9780375853470
13. MOONLIGHT: The Halloween Cat - DEBUT
Cynthia Rylant, Melissa Sweet (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780064438148
14. GOODNIGHT GOON
Michael Rex, Putnam, $14.99, 9780399245343
15. WHAT WAS I SCARED OF?
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $11.99, 9780375853425
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. THE HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
5. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Patrick Carmen, Jude Watson, et al, Scholastic
8. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
9. VAMPIRE DIARIES (paperback)
L.J. Smith, Harper Teen
10. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
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October 1, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, October 1, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 27, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-AN ECHO IN THE BONE, by Diana Gabaldon (9780385342452)
#5-THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD, by Margaret Atwood (9780385528771)
#12-A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE, by Anita Shreve (9780316020701)
#13-BLOOD'S A ROVER, by James Ellroy (9780679403937)
#14-THE LOST ART OF GRATITUDE, by Alexander McCall Smith (9780375425141)
#15-HARDBALL, by Sara Paretsky (9780399155932)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, by Glenn Beck (9781416595014)
#5-THE CASE FOR GOD, by Karen Armstrong (9780307269188)
#10-THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, by Richard Dawkins (9781416594789)
#11-AMERICAN ON PURPOSE, by Craig Ferguson (9780061719547)
#15-BICYCLE DIARIES, by David Byrne (9780670021147)
Mass Market
#3-THE ASSOCIATE, by John Grisham (9780440243823)
Children's Interest
#6-ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS, by Neil Gaiman, Brett Helquist (Illus.) (9780061671739)
Children's Illustrated
#5-SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE, by Judith Byron Schachner (9780525479659)
#6-OTIS, by Loren Long (9780399252488)
#12-ONE, TWO... BOO!, by Kristen L. Depken, Claudine Gevry (Illus.) (9780375844188)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
2. AN ECHO IN THE BONE - DEBUT
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $30, 9780385342452
3. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
4. SOUTH OF BROAD
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
5. THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD - DEBUT
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385528771
6. A GATE AT THE STAIRS
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288
7. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
8. HOMER & LANGLEY
E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $26, 9781400064946
9. THE LAST SONG
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446547567
10. THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC
Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375414961
11. THE WHITE QUEEN
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563686
12. A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE - DEBUT
Anita Shreve, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316020701
13. BLOOD'S A ROVER - DEBUT
James Ellroy, Knopf, $28.95, 9780679403937
14. THE LOST ART OF GRATITUDE - DEBUT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375425141
15. HARDBALL - DEBUT
Sara Paretsky, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155932
ON THE RISE:
16. LOVE AND SUMMER
William Trevor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021239
Trevor's haunting new novel is an October Indie Next List Notable title.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. TRUE COMPASS
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258
2. WHERE MEN WIN GLORY
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385522267
3. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government - DEBUT
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $29.99, 9781416595014
4. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
5. THE CASE FOR GOD - DEBUT
Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269188
6. STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $26, 9781400066216
7. THE HEALING OF AMERICA
T.R. Reid, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202346
8. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
9. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
10. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH: The Evidence for Evolution - DEBUT
Richard Dawkins, Free Press, $30, 9781416594789
11. AMERICAN ON PURPOSE: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot - DEBUT
Craig Ferguson, Harper, $25.99, 9780061719547
12. TRAVELING WITH POMEGRANATES
Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021208
13. HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
14. NURTURESHOCK
Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446504126
15. BICYCLE DIARIES - DEBUT
David Byrne, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021147
ON THE RISE:
20. THE MAN WHO LOVED BOOKS TOO MUCH
Allison Hoover Bartlett, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594488917
The fascinating true story of an infamous book thief is an October Indie Next List Great Read.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
2. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234
6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
7. SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM
Uwem Akpan, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316086370
8. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
9. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
11. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
12. HOME
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 9780312428549
13. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
14. GOURMET RHAPSODY
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372952
15. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
ON THE RISE:
22. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2009
Alice Sebold, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14, 9780618792252
A great collection of the best American short fiction of 2009.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
4. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
5. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
7. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
8. ALEX & ME
Irene M. Pepperberg, Harper, $13.99, 9780061673986
9. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
10. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
11. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2010
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845
12. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
13. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
14. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $14, 9780307389831
15. JULIA'S KITCHEN WISDOM
Julia Child, Knopf, $14.95, 9780375711855
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
3. THE ASSOCIATE - DEBUT
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243823
4. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401197
5. SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230169
6. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
7. CLUB DEAD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
8. DEAD TO THE WORLD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441012183
9. ROUGH WEATHER
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230176
10. DIVINE JUSTICE
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446544887
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
4. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
5. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
6. ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS - DEBUT
Neil Gaiman, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Harper, $14.99, 9780061671739
7. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
8. AL CAPONE SHINES MY SHOES
Gennifer Choldenko, Dial, $17.99, 9780803734609
9. IMPOSSIBLE
Nancy Werlin, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414910
10. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 9780142403709
11. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
12. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
13. TRICKS
Ellen Hopkins, Margaret K. McElderry, $18.99, 9781416950073
14. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
15. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
3. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
4. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE - DEBUT
Judith Byron Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
6. OTIS - DEBUT
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
7. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. WHAT WAS I SCARED OF?
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $11.99, 9780375853425
9. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. DUCK & GOOSE FIND A PUMPKIN
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $6.99, 9780375858130
11. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
12. ONE, TWO... BOO! - DEBUT
Kristen L. Depken, Claudine Gevry (Illus.), Golden, $3.99, 9780375844188
13. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
14. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
15. DEWEY: There's a Cat in the Library!
Vicki Myron, Bret Witter, Steve James (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316068741
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. THE HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Patrick Carmwen, Jude Watson, et al, Scholastic
8. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
9. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
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September 24, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, September 24, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 20, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown (9780385504225)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy (9780446539258)
#2-WHERE MEN WIN GLORY, by Jon Krakauer (9780385522267)
#13-GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2010 (9781904994503)
Paperback Fiction
#11- SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM, by Uwem Akpan (9780316086370)
#14-THE LACE READER, by Brunonia Barry (9780061624773)
Children's Illustrated
#2-WADDLE!, by Rufus Butler Seder (9780761151128)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE LOST SYMBOL - DEBUT
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
2. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. A GATE AT THE STAIRS
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288
4. SOUTH OF BROAD
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
5. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
6. THE LAST SONG
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446547567
7. THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC
Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375414961
8. HOMER & LANGLEY
E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $26, 9781400064946
9. THE WHITE QUEEN
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563686
10. DAY AFTER NIGHT
Anita Diamant, Scribner, $27, 9780743299848
11. ALEX CROSS'S TRIAL
James Patterson, Richard DiLallo, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316070621
12. THE ANTHOLOGIST
Nicholson Baker, S&S, $25, 9781416572442
13. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
14. INHERENT VICE
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202247
15. DEAD AND GONE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $25.95, 9780441017157
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. TRUE COMPASS: A Memoir - DEBUT
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258
2. WHERE MEN WIN GLORY: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman - DEBUT
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385522267
3. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
4. STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $26, 9781400066216
5. THE HEALING OF AMERICA
T.R. Reid, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202346
6. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
7. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
8. TRAVELING WITH POMEGRANATES
Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021208
9. ZEITOUN
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $24, 9781934781630
10. NURTURESHOCK
Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446504126
11. HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
12. OFFICIAL BOOK CLUB SELECTION
Kathy Griffin, Ballantine, $25, 9780345518514
13. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2010 - DEBUT
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994503
14. IN THE PRESIDENT'S SECRET SERVICE
Ronald Kessler, Crown, $26, 9780307461353
15. THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR
Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780060565282
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234
7. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
8. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
9. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
11. SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM - DEBUT
Uwem Akpan, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316086370
12. GOURMET RHAPSODY
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372952
13. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060988432
14. THE LACE READER - DEBUT
Brunonia Barry, Harper, $14.99, 9780061624773
15. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
ON THE RISE:
24. FINE JUST THE WAY IT IS
Annie Proulx, Scribner, $15, 9781416571674
Proulx's latest collection of Wyoming Stories is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
4. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume 1
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $30, 9780394721781
5. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
6. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
7. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
8. ALEX & ME
Irene M. Pepperberg, Harper, $13.99, 9780061673986
9. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
10. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
11. JULIA'S KITCHEN WISDOM
Julia Child, Knopf, $14.95, 9780375711855
12. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
13. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2010
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845
14. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
15. THE FAMILY
Jeff Sharlet, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060560058
ON THE RISE:
17. WISHFUL DRINKING
Carrie Fisher, S&S, $13.99, 9781439153710
The bestselling memoir by the popular actress is now available in paperback.
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
3. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401197
4. SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230169
5. CLUB DEAD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
6. ROUGH WEATHER
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230176
7. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
8. DEAD TO THE WORLD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441012183
9. DIVINE JUSTICE
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446544887
10. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
4. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
5. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
6. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
7. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
8. AL CAPONE SHINES MY SHOES
Gennifer Choldenko, Dial, $17.99, 9780803734609
9. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
10. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
11. IMPOSSIBLE
Nancy Werlin, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414910
12. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 9780142410349
13. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
14. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
15. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. WADDLE! - DEBUT
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
3. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
4. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. STREGA NONA'S HARVEST
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399252914
7. WHAT WAS I SCARED OF?
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $11.99, 9780375853425
8. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
9. DEWEY: There's a Cat in the Library!
Vicki Myron, Bret Witter, Steve James (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316068741
10. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
11. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
12. NIGHT-NIGHT, LITTLE POOKIE
Sandra Boynton, Robin Corey, $5.99, 9780375854095
13. DUCK & GOOSE FIND A PUMPKIN
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $6.99, 9780375858130
14. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
15. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. THE HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
8. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Patrick Carmen, Jude Watson, et al, Scholastic
9. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
© Copyright 2009, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
September 17, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, September 17, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 13, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#5-THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks (9780446547567)
#10-DAY AFTER NIGHT, by Anita Diamant (9780743299848)
#12-THE ANTHOLOGIST, by Nicholson Baker (9781416572442)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#6-TRAVELING WITH POMEGRANATES, by Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor (9780670021208)
#12-HALF THE SKY, by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn (9780307267146)
#13-OFFICIAL BOOK CLUB SELECTION, by Kathy Griffin (9780345518514)
#15-REPUBLICAN GOMORRAH, by Max Blumenthal (9781568583983)
Paperback Fiction
#7-THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski (9780061374234)
#12-HOME, by Marilynne Robinson (9780312428549)
Paperback Nonfiction
#12-MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume 1, by Julia Child, et al. ( 9780394721781)
#14-FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (9780060731335)
Children's Interest
#1-THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT, by Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.) (9780763644109)
#6-AL CAPONE SHINES MY SHOES, by Gennifer Choldenko (9780803734609)
Children's Illustrated
#6-DEWEY: There's a Cat in the Library!, by Vicki Myron, Bret Witter, Steve James (Illus.) (9780316068741)
#8-STREGA NONA'S HARVEST, by Tomie dePaola (9780399252914)
#13-DUCK & GOOSE FIND A PUMPKIN, by Tad Hills (9780375858130)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. SOUTH OF BROAD
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
3. A GATE AT THE STAIRS
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288
4. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
5. THE LAST SONG - DEBUT
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446547567
6. THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC
Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375414961
7. HOMER & LANGLEY
E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $26, 9781400064946
8. THE WHITE QUEEN
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563686
9. INHERENT VICE
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202247
10. DAY AFTER NIGHT - DEBUT
Anita Diamant, Scribner, $27, 9780743299848
11. EVEN MONEY
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155918
12. THE ANTHOLOGIST - DEBUT
Nicholson Baker, S&S, $25, 9781416572442
13. THE MAGICIANS
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670020553
14. ALEX CROSS'S TRIAL
James Patterson, Richard DiLallo, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316070621
15. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $26, 9781400066216
2. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
3. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
4. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
5. ZEITOUN
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $24, 9781934781630
6. TRAVELING WITH POMEGRANATES: A Mother-Daughter Story - DEBUT
Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021208
7. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $25.95, 9781594202230
8. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
9. CULTURE OF CORRUPTION
Michelle Malkin, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596981096
10. THE HEALING OF AMERICA
T.R. Reid, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202346
11. IN THE PRESIDENT'S SECRET SERVICE
Ronald Kessler, Crown, $26, 9780307461353
12. HALF THE SKY: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide - DEBUT
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
13. OFFICIAL BOOK CLUB SELECTION: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin - DEBUT
Kathy Griffin, Ballantine, $25, 9780345518514
14. NURTURESHOCK
Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446504126
15. REPUBLICAN GOMORRAH: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party - DEBUT
Max Blumenthal, Nation, $25, 9781568583983
ON THE RISE:
17. YOU WERE ALWAYS MOM'S FAVORITE!
Deborah Tannen, Random House, $26, 9781400066322
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
7. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE - DEBUT
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234
8. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
9. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
11. GOURMET RHAPSODY
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372952
12. HOME - DEBUT
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 9780312428549
13. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
14. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060988432
15. A MERCY
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $15, 9780307276766
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
4. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
5. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
6. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
7. ALEX & ME
Irene M. Pepperberg, Harper, $13.99, 9780061673986
8. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
9. THE FAMILY
Jeff Sharlet, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060560058
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
11. JULIA'S KITCHEN WISDOM
Julia Child, Knopf, $14.95, 9780375711855
12. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume 1 - DEBUT
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $30, 9780394721781
13. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2010
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845
14. FREAKONOMICS: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Updated) - DEBUT
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
15. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
ON THE RISE:
18. THE HEMINGSES OF MONTICELLO
Annette Gordon-Reed, Norton, $18.95, 9780393337761
A fascinating look at the blood ties of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings.
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401197
3. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
4. SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230169
5. ROUGH WEATHER
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230176
6. DIVINE JUSTICE
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446544887
7. DEAD TO THE WORLD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441012183
8. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
9. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316042512
10. CLUB DEAD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT - DEBUT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
4. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
5. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
6. AL CAPONE SHINES MY SHOES - DEBUT
Gennifer Choldenko, Dial, $17.99, 9780803734609
7. IMPOSSIBLE
Nancy Werlin, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414910
8. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
9. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
10. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
11. AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 9780142403709
12. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
13. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
14. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
15. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
4. NIGHT-NIGHT, LITTLE POOKIE
Sandra Boynton, Robin Corey, $5.99, 9780375854095
5. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. DEWEY: There's a Cat in the Library! - DEBUT
Vicki Myron, Bret Witter, Steve James (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316068741
7. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. STREGA NONA'S HARVEST - DEBUT
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399252914
9. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
11. WHAT WAS I SCARED OF?
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $11.99, 9780375853425
12. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
13. DUCK & GOOSE FIND A PUMPKIN - DEBUT
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $6.99, 9780375858130
14. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
15. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. THE HUNGER Games (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Jeff Kinney (Illus.), Amulet
7. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Patrick Carmen, Jude Watson, et al, Scholastic
8. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
9. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
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September 10, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, September 10, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 6, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-A GATE AT THE STAIRS, by Lorrie Moore (9780375409288)
#6-HOMER & LANGLEY, by E.L. Doctorow (9781400064946)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#11-NURTURESHOCK, by Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman (9780446504126)
Paperback Nonfiction
#11-THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2010 (9781571984845)
#13-ALEX & ME, by Irene M. Pepperberg (9780061673986)
Mass Market
#7-DIVINE JUSTICE, by David Baldacci (9780446544887)
#9-ROUGH WEATHER, by Robert B. Parker (9780425230176)
Children's Interest
#10-GRACELING, by Kristin Cashore (9780547258300)
#14-IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE, by Pseudonymous Bosch (9780316113687)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: CATCHING FIRE (Hunger Games), by Suzanne Collins (9780439023498)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. SOUTH OF BROAD
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
3. A GATE AT THE STAIRS - DEBUT
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288
4. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
5. THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC
Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375414961
6. HOMER & LANGLEY - DEBUT
E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $26, 9781400064946
7. THE WHITE QUEEN
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563686
8. INHERENT VICE
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202247
9. THE MAGICIANS
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670020553
10. ALEX CROSS'S TRIAL
James Patterson, Richard DiLallo, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316070621
11. EVEN MONEY
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155918
12. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
13. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9780743294294
14. AWAIT YOUR REPLY
Dan Chaon, Ballantine, $25, 9780345476029
15. 206 BONES
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $26.99, 9780743294393
ON THE RISE:
24. THE SKATING RINK
Roberto Bolano, New Directions, $21.95, 9780811217132
A witty and romantic crime story by the award-winning author of 2666.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $26, 9781400066216
2. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
3. ZEITOUN
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $24, 9781934781630
4. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
5. IN THE PRESIDENT'S SECRET SERVICE
Ronald Kessler, Crown, $26, 9780307461353
6. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOLUME I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
7. CULTURE OF CORRUPTION
Michelle Malkin, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596981096
8. THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR
Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780060565282
9. THE HEALING OF AMERICA
T.R. Reid, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202346
10. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $25.95, 9781594202230
11. NURTURESHOCK: New Thinking about Children - DEBUT
Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446504126
12. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
13. LAST LION
Peter Canellos (Ed.), S&S, $28, 9781439138175
14. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
15. BORN ROUND
Frank Bruni, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202315
ON THE RISE:
20. I DRINK FOR A REASON
David Cross, Grand Central, $23.99, 9780446579483
A hilarious collection of essays by the popular comedian and actor.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
5. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
7. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
8. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
9. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
10. GOURMET RHAPSODY
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372952
11. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060988432
12. A MERCY
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $15, 9780307276766
13. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
14. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
15. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
2. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
5. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
6. THE FAMILY
Jeff Sharlet, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060560058
7. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
9. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $14, 9780307389831
10. JULIA'S KITCHEN WISDOM
Julia Child, Knopf, $14.95, 9780375711855
11. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2010 - DEBUT
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845
12. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
13. ALEX & ME - DEBUT
Irene M. Pepperberg, Harper, $13.99, 9780061673986
14. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
15. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
3. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401197
4. SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230169
5. CLUB DEAD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
6. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316042512
7. DIVINE JUSTICE - DEBUT
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446544887
8. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
9. ROUGH WEATHER - DEBUT
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230176
10. DEAD TO THE WORLD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441012183
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
4. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
5. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
6. THIS BOOK IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316040860
7. IMPOSSIBLE
Nancy Werlin, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414910
8. TRICKS
Ellen Hopkins, Margaret K. McElderry, $18.99, 9781416950073
9. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
10. GRACELING - DEBUT
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
11. JUNIE B.'S ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL
Barbara Park, Random House, $12.99, 9780375838118
12. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
13. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
14. IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE - DEBUT
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113687
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
4. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
7. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
8. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
9. NIGHT-NIGHT, LITTLE POOKIE
Sandra Boynton, Robin Corey, $5.99, 9780375854095
10. WHAT WAS I SCARED OF?
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $11.99, 9780375853425
11. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
12. THE KISSING HAND
Audrey Penn, Ruth E.Harper & Nancy M.Leak (Illus.), Tanglewood, $16.95, 9781933718002
13. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
14. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Mercer Mayer, HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780060539696
15. THE CARE & KEEPING OF YOU
Valorie Lee Schaefer, Norm Bendell (Illus.), Pleasant Company, $9.95, 9781562476663
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. HUNGER GAMES (hardcover) - DEBUT
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
NEW IN SERIES: CATCHING FIRE (9780439023498)
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
5. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Jeff Kinney (Illus.), Amulet
7. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Scholastic
8. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
9. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
10. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
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September 3, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, September 3, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 30, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Please note: Due to the Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 7, next week's Indie Bestseller List will be produced and emailed on Wednesday, September 9.
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#7-ALEX CROSS'S TRIAL, by James Patterson, Richard DiLallo (9780316070621)
#9-EVEN MONEY, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis (9780399155918)
#10-206 BONES, by Kathy Reichs (9780743294393)
#14-AWAIT YOUR REPLY, by Dan Chaon (9780345476029)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS, by Tracy Kidder (9781400066216)
#6-THE HEALING OF AMERICA, by T.R. Reid (9781594202346)
#11-BORN ROUND, by Frank Bruni (9781594202315)
Paperback Fiction
#14-GOURMET RHAPSODY, by Muriel Barbery (9781933372952)
Mass Market
#3-SCARPETTA, by Patricia Cornwell (9780425230169)
Children's Interest
#8-TRICKS, by Ellen Hopkins (9781416950073)
#10-THIS BOOK IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU, by Pseudonymous Bosch (9780316040860)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: BLOOD PROMISE (Vampire Academy), by Richelle Mead (9781595141989)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. SOUTH OF BROAD
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
2. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
4. THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC
Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375414961
5. THE WHITE QUEEN
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563686
6. INHERENT VICE
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202247
7. ALEX CROSS'S TRIAL - DEBUT
James Patterson, Richard DiLallo, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316070621
8. THE MAGICIANS
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670020553
9. EVEN MONEY - DEBUT
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155918
10. 206 BONES - DEBUT
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $26.99, 9780743294393
11. THE ANGEL'S GAME
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385528702
12. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
13. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
14. AWAIT YOUR REPLY - DEBUT
Dan Chaon, Ballantine, $25, 9780345476029
15. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9780743294294
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. ZEITOUN
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $24, 9781934781630
2. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
3. STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS - DEBUT
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $26, 9781400066216
4. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOLUME I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
5. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
6. THE HEALING OF AMERICA: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care - DEBUT
T.R. Reid, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202346
7. IN THE PRESIDENT'S SECRET SERVICE
Ronald Kessler, Crown, $26, 9780307461353
8. THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR
Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780060565282
9. CULTURE OF CORRUPTION
Michelle Malkin, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596981096
10. THE EVOLUTION OF GOD
Robert Wright, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316734912
11. BORN ROUND: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater - DEBUT
Frank Bruni, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202315
12. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
13. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
14. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $25.95, 9781594202230
15. LAST LION
Peter Canellos, S&S, $28, 9781439138175
ON THE RISE:
18. IF IGNORANCE IS BLISS, WHY AREN'T THERE MORE HAPPY PEOPLE?
John Mitchinson, John Lloyd, Harmony, $21.99, 9780307460660
The very funny latest by the authors of The Book of General Ignorance.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
2. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
5. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
7. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
8. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
9. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
10. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060988432
11. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
12. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
13. A MERCY
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $15, 9780307276766
14. GOURMET RHAPSODY - DEBUT
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372952
15. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
ON THE RISE:
16. THE LACE READER
Brunonia Barry, Harper, $14.99, 9780061624773
Barry's captivating novel set in Salem, Massachusetts, is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
4. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
5. THE FAMILY
Jeff Sharlet, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060560058
6. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
7. JULIA'S KITCHEN WISDOM
Julia Child, Knopf, $14.95, 9780375711855
8. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
10. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $14, 9780307389831
11. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
12. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
13. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
14. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
15. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, $15, 9781416551775
ON THE RISE:
22. THE ANGLO FILES: A Field Guide to the British
Sarah Lyall, Norton, $15.95, 9780393334760
Lyall's witty and insightful look at Britain in the 21st century is now available in paperback.
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
3. SCARPETTA - DEBUT
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230169
4. THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401197
5. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316042512
6. CLUB DEAD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
7. DEAD TO THE WORLD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441012183
8. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
9. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
10. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
4. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
5. IMPOSSIBLE
Nancy Werlin, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414910
6. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
7. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
8. TRICKS - DEBUT
Ellen Hopkins, Margaret K. McElderry, $18.99, 9781416950073
9. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
10. THIS BOOK IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU - DEBUT
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316040860
11. ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $19.99, 9780670011940
12. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
13. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
14. JUNIE B.'S ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL
Barbara Park, Random House, $12.99, 9780375838118
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
4. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Mercer Mayer, HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780060539696
5. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. NIGHT-NIGHT, LITTLE POOKIE
Sandra Boynton, Robin Corey, $5.99, 9780375854095
7. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
8. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
11. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
12. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
13. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
14. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
15. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Patrick Carmen, Jude Watson, et al, Scholastic
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
8. VAMPIRE ACADEMY (hardcover)
Richelle Mead, Sleuth RazorBill
NEW IN SERIES: BLOOD PROMISE (9781595141989)
9. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
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August 27, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 27, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 23, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#5-THE WHITE QUEEN, by Philippa Gregory (9781416563686)
#13-A HAPPY MARRIAGE, by Rafael Yglesias (9781439102305)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#9-IN THE PRESIDENT'S SECRET SERVICE, by Ronald Kessler (9780307461353)
Mass Market
#3-THE BRASS VERDICT, by Michael Connelly (9780446401197)
#9-THE BODIES LEFT BEHIND, by Jeffery Deaver (9781416595625)
Children's Illustrated
#11-WHAT WAS I SCARED OF? by Dr. Seuss (9780375853425)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. SOUTH OF BROAD
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
2. THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC
Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375414961
3. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
4. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
5. THE WHITE QUEEN - DEBUT
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563686
6. INHERENT VICE
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202247
7. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
8. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9780743294294
9. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
10. THE DEFECTOR
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155680
11. THE ANGEL'S GAME
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385528702
12. THE MAGICIANS
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670020553
13. A HAPPY MARRIAGE - DEBUT
Rafael Yglesias, Scribner, $26, 9781439102305
14. THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU
Jonathan Tropper, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525951278
15. SWIMSUIT
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018777
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. ZEITOUN
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $24, 9781934781630
2. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
3. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
4. THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR
Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780060565282
5. CULTURE OF CORRUPTION
Michelle Malkin, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596981096
6. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
7. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
8. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $25.95, 9781594202230
9. IN THE PRESIDENT'S SECRET SERVICE - DEBUT
Ronald Kessler, Crown, $26, 9780307461353
10. THE EVOLUTION OF GOD
Robert Wright, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316734912
11. WICKED PLANTS
Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illus.), Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565126831
12. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
13. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
14. IN FED WE TRUST
David Wessel, Crown Business, $26.99, 9780307459688
15. THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES
Ben Mezrich, Doubleday, $25, 9780385529372
ON THE RISE:
22. GOAT SONG
Brad Kessler, Scribner, $24, 9781416560999
Kessler's affectionate account of herding milking goats in Vermont is a July Indie Next List Notable title.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
3. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
4. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
5. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
7. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
8. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
9. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. A MERCY
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $15, 9780307276766
11. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
12. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
13. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060988432
14. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
15. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
2. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. THE FAMILY
Jeff Sharlet, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060560058
5. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
6. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
7. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
8. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $14, 9780307389831
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
10. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
11. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
12. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
13. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, $15, 9781416551775
14. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
15. JULIA'S KITCHEN WISDOM
Julia Child, Knopf, $14.95, 9780375711855
ON THE RISE:
30. TRAFFIC: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says about Us)
Tom Vanderbilt, Vintage, $16, 9780307277190
Vanderbilt's bestselling look at our driving habits is now available in paperback.
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
3. THE BRASS VERDICT - DEBUT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401197
4. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316042512
5. CLUB DEAD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
6. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451227386
7. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
8. DEAD TO THE WORLD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441012183
9. THE BODIES LEFT BEHIND - DEBUT
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781416595625
10. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
4. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
5. IMPOSSIBLE
Nancy Werlin, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414910
6. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
7. ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $19.99, 9780670011940
8. JUNIE B.'S ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL
Barbara Park, Random House, $12.99, 9780375838118
9. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
10. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
11. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
12. L.A. CANDY
Lauren Conrad, Harper, $17.99, 9780061767586
13. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
14. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
15. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
3. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
5. NIGHT-NIGHT, LITTLE POOKIE
Sandra Boynton, Robin Corey, $5.99, 9780375854095
6. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Mercer Mayer, HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780060539696
7. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
9. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
10. MARLEY GOES TO SCHOOL
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061561511
11. WHAT WAS I SCARED OF? A Glow-In-The Dark Encounter - DEBUT
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $11.99, 9780375853425
12. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
13. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
14. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
15. OLIVIA
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.99, 9780689829536
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
4. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Patrick Carman, Jude Watson, et al, Scholastic
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
7. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
8. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
9. RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Philomel
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
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August 20, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 20, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 16, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit www.IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-SOUTH OF BROAD, by Pat Conroy (9780385413053)
#10-THE MAGICIANS, by Lev Grossman (9780670020553)
#11-THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU, by Jonathan Tropper (9780525951278)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#7-CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, by Michelle Malkin (9781596981096)
#8-THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA, 2008, by Daniel J. Balz, Haynes Bonner Johnson (9780670021116)
Paperback Fiction
#14-A MERCY, by Toni Morrison (9780307276766)
Paperback Nonfiction
#10-WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING, by Haruki Murakami (9780307389831)
#14-JULIA'S KITCHEN WISDOM, by Julia Child (9780375711855)
Children's Interest
#7-IMPOSSIBLE, by Nancy Werlin (9780142414910)
Children's Illustrated
#5-NIGHT-NIGHT, LITTLE POOKIE, by Sandra Boynton (9780375854095)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: THE BLACK CIRCLE (The 39 Clues), by Patrick Carman (9780545060455)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. SOUTH OF BROAD - DEBUT
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
2. THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC
Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375414961
3. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
4. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
5. INHERENT VICE
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202247
6. THE DEFECTOR
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155680
7. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9780743294294
8. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
9. THE ANGEL'S GAME
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385528702
10. THE MAGICIANS - DEBUT
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670020553
11. THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU - DEBUT
Jonathan Tropper, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525951278
12. RAIN GODS
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.99, 9781439128244
13. THE CROWNING GLORY OF CALLA LILY PONDER
Rebecca Wells, Harper, $25.99, 9780060175313
14. SWIMSUIT
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018777
15. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR
Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780060565282
2. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
3. ZEITOUN
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $24, 9781934781630
4. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
5. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
6. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
7. CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies - DEBUT
Michelle Malkin, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596981096
8. THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election - DEBUT
Daniel J. Balz, Haynes Bonner Johnson, Viking, $29.95, 9780670021116
9. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $25.95, 9781594202230
10. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
11. IN FED WE TRUST
David Wessel, Crown Business, $26.99, 9780307459688
12. WICKED PLANTS
Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illus.), Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565126831
13. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
14. THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES
Ben Mezrich, Doubleday, $25, 9780385529372
15. THE EVOLUTION OF GOD
Robert Wright, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316734912
ON THE RISE:
17. A COLOSSAL FAILURE OF COMMON SENSE
Lawrence G. McDonald, Crown Business, $27, 9780307588333
McDonald's close-up view of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
3. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
7. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
8. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
9. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
11. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060988432
12. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
13. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
14. A MERCY - DEBUT
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $15, 9780307276766
15. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
ON THE RISE:
20. THE GOOD THIEF
Hannah Tinti, Dial, $15, 9780385337465
Tinti's wonderful Dickensian novel is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
2. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. THE FAMILY
Jeff Sharlet, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060560058
5. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
6. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
7. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
9. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
10. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING - DEBUT
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $14, 9780307389831
11. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, $15, 9781416551775
12. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
13. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
14. JULIA'S KITCHEN WISDOM: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking - DEBUT
Julia Child, Knopf, $14.95, 9780375711855
15. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
3. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316042512
4. CLUB DEAD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
5. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
6. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451227386
7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
8. DEAD TO THE WORLD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441012183
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
10. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
4. JUNIE B.'S ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL
Barbara Park, Random House, $12.99, 9780375838118
5. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
6. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
7. IMPOSSIBLE - DEBUT
Nancy Werlin, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414910
8. ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $19.99, 9780670011940
9. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
10. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
11. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142406250
12. L.A. CANDY
Lauren Conrad, Harper, $17.99, 9780061767586
13. THE DEMIGOD FILES
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
14. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
15. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
4. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. NIGHT-NIGHT, LITTLE POOKIE - DEBUT
Sandra Boynton, Robin Corey, $5.99, 9780375854095
6. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
7. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
9. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
10. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
11. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Mercer Mayer, HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780060539696
12. THE NIGHT BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
13. FANCY NANCY TEA PARTIES
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061801747
14. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
15. BARNYARD DANCE!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781563054426
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Patrick Carman, Jude Watson, et al, Scholastic
NEW IN SERIES: THE BLACK CIRCLE (9780545060455)
5. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
8. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Philomel
9. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
10. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
© Copyright 2009, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
August 13, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 13, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 9, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit www.IndieBound.org
Booksellers:The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC, by Richard Russo (9780375414961)
#4-INHERENT VICE, by Thomas Pynchon (9781594202247)
#13-SACRED HEARTS, by Sarah Dunant (9781400063826)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I, by Julia Child, et al. (9780375413407)
#10-IN FED WE TRUST, by David Wessel (9780307459688)
Paperback Fiction
#13-THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED, by Wally Lamb (9780060988432)
Children's Interest
#15-WHEN YOU REACH ME, by Rebecca Stead (9780385737425)
Children's Illustrated
#12-FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, by Mercer Mayer (9780060539696)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: THE SIEGE OF MACINDAW (Ranger's Apprentice), by John Flanagan (9780399250330)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC - DEBUT
Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375414961
2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
3. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
4. INHERENT VICE - DEBUT
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202247
5. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9780743294294
6. THE DEFECTOR
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155680
7. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
8. THE ANGEL'S GAME
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385528702
9. RAIN GODS
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.99, 9781439128244
10. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
11. FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312383282
12. TWENTIES GIRL
Sophie Kinsella, Dial, $26, 9780385342025
13. SACRED HEARTS - DEBUT
Sarah Dunant, Random House, $25, 9781400063826
14. SWIMSUIT
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018777
15. THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE
Katherine Howe, Voice, $25.99, 9781401340902
ON THE RISE:
27. LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Colum McCann, Random House, $25, 9781400063734
McCann's lyrical novel centers around Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
3. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOLUME I - DEBUT
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
4. THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR
Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780060565282
5. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
6. ZEITOUN
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $24, 9781934781630
7. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
8. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $25.95, 9781594202230
9. WICKED PLANTS
Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illus.), Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565126831
10. IN FED WE TRUST - DEBUT
David Wessel, Crown Business, $26.99, 9780307459688
11. CATASTROPHE
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, $26.99, 9780061771040
12. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
13. THE EVOLUTION OF GOD
Robert Wright, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316734912
14. HORSE SOLDIERS
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $28, 9781416580515
15. THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES
Ben Mezrich, Doubleday, $25, 9780385529372
ON THE RISE:
20. IN THE PRESIDENT'S SECRET SERVICE
Ronald Kessler, Crown, $26, 9780307461353
A fascinating look at the U.S. Secret Service and their job of protecting the president and family.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
7. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
8. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
9. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
11. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
12. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
13. THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED - DEBUT
Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060988432
14. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
15. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
ON THE RISE:
20. A MOST WANTED MAN
John le Carré, Scribner, $16, 9781416594895
Le Carré's latest novel of spies and counterspies is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
2. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
5. THE FAMILY
Jeff Sharlet, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060560058
6. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
7. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
9. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
10. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
11. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
12. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
13. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, $15, 9781416551775
14. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
15. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
ON THE RISE:
19. THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH
Helene Cooper, S&S, $15, 9780743266253
Journalist Cooper's gripping memoir of her childhood in Liberia and her family's exile to the U.S.
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
3. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316042512
4. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
5. CLUB DEAD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
6. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451227386
7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
9. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
10. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439157268
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
3. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
4. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
5. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
6. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
7. ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $19.99, 9780670011940
8. JUNIE B.'S ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL
Barbara Park, Random House, $12.99, 9780375838118
9. L.A. CANDY
Lauren Conrad, Harper, $17.99, 9780061767586
10. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
11. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
12. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
13. DANIEL X: Watch the Skies
James Patterson, Ned Rust, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316036184
14. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
15. WHEN YOU REACH ME - DEBUT
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
4. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
5. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
6. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
10. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
11. FANCY NANCY TEA PARTIES
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061801747
12. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - DEBUT
Mercer Mayer, HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780060539696
13. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
14. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
15. MARLEY GOES TO SCHOOL
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061561511
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Philomel
NEW IN SERIES: THE SIEGE OF MACINDAW (9780399250330)
7. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, et al, Scholastic
8. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
9. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
© Copyright 2009, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
August 6, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, August 6, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 2, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit www.IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson (9780307269980)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#4-THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR, by Douglas Brinkley (9780060565282)
#15-THE AGE OF WONDER, by Richard Holmes (9780375422225)
Paperback Nonfiction
#9-THE FAMILY, by Jeff Sharlet (9780060560058)
Mass Market
#5-FRANKENSTEIN: Dead and Alive, by Dean Koontz (9780553587906)
Children's Interest
#9-JUNIE B.'S ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL, by Barbara Park (9780375838118)
#12-DANIEL X: Watch the Skies, by James Patterson, Ned Rust (9780316036184)
#14-THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET, by Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford ( 9780316113694)
Children's Illustrated
#13-MARLEY GOES TO SCHOOL, by John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.) (9780061561511)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: A GOOD NIGHT FOR GHOSTS (Magic Tree House), by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.) (9780375856488)
NEW IN SERIES: BLUESTAR'S PROPHECY (Warriors), by Erin Hunter, Wayne McLoughlin (Illus.), (9780061582479)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE - DEBUT
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
2. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. THE DEFECTOR
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155680
4. THE ANGEL'S GAME
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385528702
5. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
6. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9780743294294
7. THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE
Katherine Howe, Voice, $25.99, 9781401340902
8. RAIN GODS
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.99, 9781439128244
9. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
10. FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312383282
11. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $25, 9781439138311
12. SWIMSUIT
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018777
13. THE CROWNING GLORY OF CALLA LILY PONDER
Rebecca Wells, Harper, $25.99, 9780060175313
14. TWENTIES GIRL
Sophie Kinsella, Dial, $26, 9780385342025
15. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414497
ON THE RISE:
30. A HAPPY MARRIAGE
Rafael Yglesias, Scribner, $26, 9781439102305
This passionate novel of marriage, life, love, and loss is a July 2009 Indie Next List Great Read.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
3. ZEITOUN
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $24, 9781934781630
4. THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America - DEBUT
Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780060565282
5. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
6. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $25.95, 9781594202230
7. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
8. HORSE SOLDIERS
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $28, 9781416580515
9. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
10. THE EVOLUTION OF GOD
Robert Wright, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316734912
11. THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES
Ben Mezrich, Doubleday, $25, 9780385529372
12. SATCHEL
Larry Tye, Random House, $26, 9781400066513
13. WICKED PLANTS
Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illus.), Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565126831
14. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $26, 9781592404452
15. THE AGE OF WONDER: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science - DEBUT
Richard Holmes, Pantheon, $40, 9780375422225
ON THE RISE:
22. COLD: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places
Bill Streever, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316042918
Streever's fascinating look at the importance of cold to planet Earth.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
5. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
6. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
7. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
8. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
9. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
11. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
12. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
13. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
14. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $16, 9780743454537
15. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
4. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
5. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
6. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
9. THE FAMILY: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power - DEBUT
Jeff Sharlet, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060560058
10. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
11. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
12. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
13. THE FOREVER WAR
Dexter Filkins, Vintage, $15, 9780307279446
14. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
15. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, $15, 9781416551775
MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
3. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316042512
4. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451227386
5. FRANKENSTEIN: Dead and Alive - DEBUT
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553587906
6. CLUB DEAD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
7. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439157268
8. FEARLESS FOURTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349523
9. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
10. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
3. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
4. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
5. ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $19.99, 9780670011940
6. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
7. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
8. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
9. JUNIE B.'S ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL - DEBUT
Barbara Park, Random House, $12.99, 9780375838118
10. L.A. CANDY
Lauren Conrad, Harper, $17.99, 9780061767586
11. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
12. DANIEL X: Watch the Skies - DEBUT
James Patterson, Ned Rust, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316036184
13. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142406250
14. THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET - DEBUT
Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99, 9780316113694
15. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
3. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
4. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
5. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
7. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
8. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
9. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
10. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
11. FANCY NANCY TEA PARTIES
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061801747
12. BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
13. MARLEY GOES TO SCHOOL - DEBUT
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061561511
14. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
15. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
3. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
NEW IN SERIES: A GOOD NIGHT FOR GHOSTS (9780375856488)
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ Series (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
7. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Wayne McLoughlin (Illus.), Harper
NEW IN SERIES: BLUESTAR'S PROPHECY (9780061582479)
8. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
9. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
© Copyright 2009, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
July 30, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, July 30, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 26, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-THE DEFECTOR, by Daniel Silva (9780399155680)
#13-JERICHO'S FALL, by Stephen L. Carter (9780307272621)
#15-TWENTIES GIRL, by Sophie Kinsella (9780385342025)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#11-EMPIRE OF ILLUSION, by Chris Hedges (9781568584379)
Paperback Fiction
#15- I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE, by Julia Glass (9781400075775)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE DEFECTOR - DEBUT
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155680
3. THE ANGEL'S GAME
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385528702
4. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
5. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9780743294294
6. RAIN GODS
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.99, 9781439128244
7. FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312383282
8. SWIMSUIT
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018777
9. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
10. THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE
Katherine Howe, Voice, $25.99, 9781401340902
11. A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN
Kate Walbert, Scribner, $24, 9781416594987
12. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $25, 9781439138311
13. JERICHO'S FALL - DEBUT
Stephen L. Carter, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272621
14. THE CROWNING GLORY OF CALLA LILY PONDER
Rebecca Wells, Harper, $25.99, 9780060175313
15. TWENTIES GIRL - DEBUT
Sophie Kinsella, Dial, $26, 9780385342025
ON THE RISE:
17. SACRED HEARTS
Sarah Dunant, Random House, $25, 9781400063826
A rewarding new novel of a 16th-century Italian convent by the author of The Birth of Venus.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
3. ZEITOUN
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $24, 9781934781630
4. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202230
5. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
6. THE EVOLUTION OF GOD
Robert Wright, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316734912
7. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
8. HORSE SOLDIERS
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $28, 9781416580515
9. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
10. THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES
Ben Mezrich, Doubleday, $25, 9780385529372
11. EMPIRE OF ILLUSION: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle - DEBUT
Chris Hedges, Nation, $24.95, 9781568584379
12. SATCHEL
Larry Tye, Random House, $26, 9781400066513
13. WICKED PLANTS
Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illus.), Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565126831
14. CATASTROPHE
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, $26.99, 9780061771040
15. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $26, 9781592404452
ON THE RISE:
21. THE AGE OF WONDER
Richard Holmes, Pantheon, $40, 9780375422225
An insightful look at the work of prominent British scientists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
7. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
8. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
9. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
11. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
12. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
13. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $16, 9780743454537
14. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
15. I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE - DEBUT
Julia Glass, Anchor, $15, 9781400075775
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
2. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
4. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
5. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
6. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
9. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
10. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
11. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
12. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $18, 9780812973464
13. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
14. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, $15, 9781416551775
15. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
ON THE RISE:
16. THE FAMILY
Jeff Sharlet, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060560058
An investigative look at a Washington-based fundamentalist group and their connection to U.S. political power.
MASS MARKET
1. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
2. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
3. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451227386
4. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316042512
5. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439157268
6. FEARLESS FOURTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349523
7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
8. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
9. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
10. CLUB DEAD
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
3. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
4. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
5. ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $19.99, 9780670011940
6. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
7. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
8. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
9. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
10. L.A. CANDY
Lauren Conrad, Harper, $17.99, 9780061767586
11. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
12. A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY
Libba Bray, Delacorte, $9.99, 9780385732314
13. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
14. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
15. SIR JOHN HARGRAVE'S MISCHIEF MAKER'S MANUAL
Sir John Hargrave, Grosset & Dunlap, $15.99, 9780448449821
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
3. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
4. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
7. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. FANCY NANCY TEA PARTIES
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061801747
9. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
10. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
11. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
12. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
13. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
14. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
15. BARNYARD DANCE!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781563054426
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
7. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
8. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
9. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, et al, Scholastic
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July 23, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, July 23, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 19, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers:The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#5-BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, by Jennifer Weiner (9780743294294)
#7-RAIN GODS, by James Lee Burke (9781439128244)
#13-BOTH WAYS IS THE ONLY WAY I WANT IT, by Maile Meloy (9781594488696)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#11-A MOVEABLE FEAST, by Ernest Hemingway, Sean Hemingway (Intro.) (9781416591313)
#12-THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES, by Ben Mezrich (9780385529372)
Mass Market
#8-JULIE AND JULIA, by Julie Powell (9780316042512)
#9-DEAD TO THE WORLD, by Charlaine Harris (9780441012183)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE ANGEL'S GAME
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385528702
3. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
4. FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312383282
5. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER - DEBUT
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9780743294294
6. SWIMSUIT
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018777
7. RAIN GODS - DEBUT
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.99, 9781439128244
8. THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE
Katherine Howe, Voice, $25.99, 9781401340902
9. THE CROWNING GLORY OF CALLA LILY PONDER
Rebecca Wells, Harper, $25.99, 9780060175313
10. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
11. COMMENCEMENT
J.Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307270740
12. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $25, 9781439138311
13. BOTH WAYS IS THE ONLY WAY I WANT IT - DEBUT
Maile Meloy, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488696
14. A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN
Kate Walbert, Scribner, $24, 9781416594987
15. BLACK HILLS
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155819
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
3. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202230
4. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
5. ZEITOUN
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $24, 9781934781630
6. THE EVOLUTION OF GOD
Robert Wright, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316734912
7. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
8. HORSE SOLDIERS
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $28, 9781416580515
9. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
10. RENEGADE
Richard Wolffe, Crown, $26, 9780307463128
11. A MOVEABLE FEAST: The Restored Edition - DEBUT
Ernest Hemingway, Sean Hemingway (Intro.), Scribner, $25, 9781416591313
12. THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES: The Founding of Facebook - DEBUT
Ben Mezrich, Doubleday, $25, 9780385529372
13. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $26, 9781592404452
14. CRAZY FOR THE STORM
Norman Ollestad, Ecco, $25.99, 9780061766725
15. CATASTROPHE
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, $26.99, 9780061771040
ON THE RISE:
29. ROCKET MEN
Craig Nelson, Viking, $27.95, 9780670021031
A fascinating account of the first manned lunar landing in July 1969.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
7. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
8. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
9. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
11. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438
12. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $16, 9780743454537
13. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
14. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
15. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
ON THE RISE:
18. I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE
Julia Glass, Anchor, $15, 9781400075775
The new novel by the author of The Whole World Over is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. JULIE & JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316013260
4. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
5. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
6. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
9. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
10. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
11. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $18, 9780812973464
12. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, $15, 9781416551775
13. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
14. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
15. THE FOREVER WAR
Dexter Filkins, Vintage, $15, 9780307279446
MASS MARKET
1. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
2. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
3. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439157268
4. FEARLESS FOURTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349523
5. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
6. MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451227386
7. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
8. JULIE AND JULIA - DEBUT
Julie Powell, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316042512
9. DEAD TO THE WORLD - DEBUT
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441012183
10. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $19.99, 9780670011940
3. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
4. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
5. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
6. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
7. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
8. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
9. L.A. CANDY
Lauren Conrad, Harper, $17.99, 9780061767586
10. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
11. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
12. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
13. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142406250
14. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
15. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.5, 9780440421702
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
3. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
4. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
5. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
9. FANCY NANCY TEA PARTIES
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061801747
10. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
11. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
12. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
13. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
14. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $16.99, 9780670061983
15. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
7. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
8. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
9. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, et al, Scholastic
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
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July 16, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, July 16, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 12, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers:The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#7-BLACK HILLS, by Nora Roberts (9780399155819)
#10-THE DEVIL'S PUNCHBOWL, by Greg Iles (9780743292511)
#12-THE CROWNING GLORY OF CALLA LILY PONDER, by Rebecca Wells (9780060175313)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#11-ZEITOUN, by Dave Eggers (9781934781630)
#14-THE BOLTER, by Frances Osborne (9780307270146)
Mass Market
#5-MOSCOW RULES, by Daniel Silva (9780451227386)
Children's Interest
#11-L.A. CANDY, by Lauren Conrad (9780061767586)
Children's Illustrated
#10-FANCY NANCY: TEA PARTIES, by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.) (9780061801747)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: BOYS R US (The Clique), by Lisi Harrison (9780316006828)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE ANGEL'S GAME
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385528702
3. FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312383282
4. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
5. SWIMSUIT
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018777
6. THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE
Katherine Howe, Voice, $25.99, 9781401340902
7. BLACK HILLS - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155819
8. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
9. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $25, 9781439138311
10. THE DEVIL'S PUNCHBOWL - DEBUT
Greg Iles, Scribner, $26.99, 9780743292511
11. THE SCARECROW
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316166300
12. THE CROWNING GLORY OF CALLA LILY PONDER - DEBUT
Rebecca Wells, Harper, $25.99, 9780060175313
13. A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN
Kate Walbert, Scribner, $24, 9781416594987
14. THE DOOMSDAY KEY
James Rollins, Morrow, $27.99, 9780061231407
15. COMMENCEMENT
J.Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307270740
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
3. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202230
4. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
5. HORSE SOLDIERS
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $28, 9781416580515
6. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
7. CATASTROPHE
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, $26.99, 9780061771040
8. CRAZY FOR THE STORM
Norman Ollestad, Ecco, $25.99, 9780061766725
9. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
10. WICKED PLANTS
Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illus.), Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565126831
11. ZEITOUN - DEBUT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $24, 9781934781630
12. LOSING MUM AND PUP
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446540940
13. RENEGADE
Richard Wolffe, Crown, $26, 9780307463128
14. THE BOLTER - DEBUT
Frances Osborne, Knopf, $30, 9780307270146
15. SATCHEL
Larry Tye, Random House, $26, 9781400066513
ON THE RISE:
19. TEARS IN THE DARKNESS
Michael Norman, Elizabeth M. Norman, FSG, $30, 9780374272609
The story of the Bataan Death March during WWII.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
7. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
8. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
9. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
11. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $16, 9780743454537
12. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
13. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
14. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
15. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
ON THE RISE:
18. THE BEACH HOUSE
Jane Green, Plume, $15, 9780452295384
A novel of summer in Nantucket from the bestselling author of Dune Road.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
4. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316013260
5. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
7. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
8. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
9. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $18, 9780812973464
10. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, $15, 9781416551775
11. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
12. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
13. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
14. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
15. THE FOREVER WAR
Dexter Filkins, Vintage, $15, 9780307279446
MASS MARKET
1. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
2. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
3. FEARLESS FOURTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349523
4. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439157268
5. MOSCOW RULES - DEBUT
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451227386
6. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
7. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
8. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
9. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
10. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416578741
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $19.99, 9780670011940
3. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
4. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
5. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
6. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
7. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
8. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
9. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
10. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142406250
11. L.A. CANDY - DEBUT
Lauren Conrad, Harper, $17.99, 9780061767586
12. INKSPELL
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $9.99, 9780439554015
13. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
14. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974
15. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
3. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
4. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
6. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
10. FANCY NANCY: TEA PARTIES - DEBUT
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061801747
11. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
12. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
13. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
14. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
15. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
3. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
6. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy
NEW IN SERIES: BOYS R US (9780316006828)
7. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
8. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
9. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, et al, Scholastic
10. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
© Copyright 2009, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
July 9, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, July 9, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 5, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#5-SWIMSUIT, by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (9780316018777)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#14-THE EVOLUTION OF GOD, by Robert Wright (9780316734912)
Children's Interest
#13-DRAGONBREATH, by Ursula Vernon (9780803733633)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: FANCY NANCY: I Can Read Series, by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312383282
2. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. THE ANGEL'S GAME
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385528702
4. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
5. SWIMSUIT - DEBUT
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018777
6. THE SCARECROW
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316166300
7. THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE
Katherine Howe, Voice, $25.99, 9781401340902
8. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
9. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $25, 9781439138311
10. GONE TOMORROW
Lee Child, Delacorte, $27, 9780385340571
11. MY FATHER'S TEARS AND OTHER STORIES
John Updike, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307271563
12. A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN
Kate Walbert, Scribner, $24, 9781416594987
13. THE SELECTED WORKS OF T.S. SPIVET
Reif Larsen, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202179
14. COMMENCEMENT
J.Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307270740
15. B IS FOR BEER
Tom Robbins, Ecco, $17.95, 9780061687273
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
3. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202230
4. CATASTROPHE
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, $26.99, 9780061771040
5. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
6. HORSE SOLDIERS
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $28, 9781416580515
7. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
8. LOSING MUM AND PUP
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446540940
9. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
10. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $26, 9781592404452
11. RENEGADE
Richard Wolffe, Crown, $26, 9780307463128
12. SATCHEL
Larry Tye, Random House, $26, 9781400066513
13. CRAZY FOR THE STORM
Norman Ollestad, Ecco, $25.99, 9780061766725
14. THE EVOLUTION OF GOD - DEBUT
Robert Wright, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316734912
15. HOME GAME
Michael Lewis, Norton, $23.95, 9780393069013
ON THE RISE:
25. THE BOLTER
Frances Osborne, Knopf, $30, 9780307270146
The author of Lilla's Feast looks at the adventurous life of Lady Idina Sackville.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
7. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $16, 9780743454537
8. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
9. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
10. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
11. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
12. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
13. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
14. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
15. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
ON THE RISE:
24. THE OUTLANDER
Gil Adamson, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061491344
In the winter of 1903 a 19-year-old widow travels across Idaho and Montana in an attempt to escape her past.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
4. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
6. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316013260
7. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
8. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
9. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $18, 9780812973464
10. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, $15, 9781416551775
11. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
12. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
13. THE FOREVER WAR
Dexter Filkins, Vintage, $15, 9780307279446
14. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
15. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
ON THE RISE:
20. PUBLIC ENEMIES
Bryan Burrough, Penguin, $16, 9780143115861
A compelling look at notorious criminals like John Dillinger and Bonnie and Clyde, and the creation of the FBI.
MASS MARKET
1. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
2. FEARLESS FOURTEEN
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349523
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
4. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439157268
5. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
6. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416578741
7. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
8. SWAN PEAK
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416548546
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
10. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $19.99, 9780670011940
3. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
4. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
5. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
6. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
7. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
8. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
9. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
10. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
11. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
12. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
13. DRAGONBREATH - DEBUT
Ursula Vernon, Dial, $12.99, 9780803733633
14. SIR JOHN HARGRAVE'S MISCHIEF MAKER'S MANUAL
Sir John Hargrave, Grosset & Dunlap, $15.99, 9780448449821
15. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375841859
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
3. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
4. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
5. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
7. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
9. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
10. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
11. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
12. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
13. BARNYARD DANCE!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781563054426
14. THE CURIOUS GARDEN
Peter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316015479
15. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. NEW IN SERIES: FANCY NANCY: I Can Read Series (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
8. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, et al, Scholastic
9. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
© Copyright 2009, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
July 1, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, July 1, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 28, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Wednesday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN, by Janet Evanovich (9780312383282)
#15-THE DOOMSDAY KEY, by James Rollins (9780061231407)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#6-CATASTROPHE, by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann (9780061771040)
Paperback Fiction
#7-THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson (9780307454546)
Paperback Nonfiction
#15-THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE, by Douglas Preston (9780446581271)
Mass Market
#1-FEARLESS FOURTEEN, by Janet Evanovich (9780312349523)
#4-THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson (9780307473479)
#8-DEVIL BONES, by Kathy Reichs (9781416525660)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN - DEBUT
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, 27.95, 9780312383282
2. THE ANGEL'S GAME
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday, 26.95, 9780385528702
3. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, 25, 9781400067114
4. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, 24.95, 9780399155345
5. THE SCARECROW
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, 27.99, 9780316166300
6. THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE
Katherine Howe, Voice, 25.99, 9781401340902
7. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, 25, 9781439138311
8. THE SELECTED WORKS OF T.S. SPIVET
Reif Larsen, Penguin Press, 27.95, 9781594202179
9. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, 23, 9780385342308
10. GONE TOMORROW
Lee Child, Delacorte, 27, 9780385340571
11. A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN
Kate Walbert, Scribner, 24, 9781416594987
12. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, 23.95, 9780375424496
13. COMMENCEMENT
J.Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, 24.95, 9780307270740
14. PYGMY
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, 24.95, 9780385526340
15. THE DOOMSDAY KEY - DEBUT
James Rollins, Morrow, 27.99, 9780061231407
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, 27.99, 9780316017923
2. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin Press, 25.95, 9781594202230
3. HORSE SOLDIERS
Doug Stanton, Scribner, 28, 9781416580515
4. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, 25.95, 9781605297859
5. RENEGADE
Richard Wolffe, Crown, 26, 9780307463128
6. CATASTROPHE - DEBUT
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, 26.99, 9780061771040
7. LOSING MUM AND PUP
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, 24.99, 9780446540940
8. CRAZY FOR THE STORM
Norman Ollestad, Ecco, 25.99, 9780061766725
9. HOME GAME
Michael Lewis, Norton, 23.95, 9780393069013
10. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, 25, 9781416562856
11. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, 26, 9781592404452
12. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, 21.95, 9781401323257
13. SATCHEL
Larry Tye, Random House, 26, 9781400066513
14. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, 24.95, 9780307266309
15. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, 19.99, 9780446407410
ON THE RISE:
19. FARM CITY: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Novella Carpenter, Penguin Press, 25.95, 9781594202216
A charming memoir of a woman who turned a vacant lot in downtown Oakland into a thriving farm.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, 14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, 14, 9780812971835
3. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, 15, 9781933372600
4. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, 14.99, 9780964729230
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, 14.99, 9780061537967
6. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, 16, 9780743454537
7. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - DEBUT
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, 14.95, 9780307454546
8. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, 12.95, 9781594743344
9. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, 15, 9780307278258
10. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, 14.95, 9780307388773
11. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, 13.95, 9780312370848
12. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, 14, 9781416562603
13. THE LIKENESS
Tana French, Penguin, 15, 9780143115625
14. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, 14, 9781594483295
15. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, 15, 9780143115007
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, 15, 9780143038252
2. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, 15.99, 9780316154680
3. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, 15, 9780143114963
4. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, 11.99, 9781439168578
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, 16, 9780143038580
6. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, 18, 9780812973464
7. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, 15, 9780452295544
8. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, 14.95, 9780060852566
9. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, 15, 9781416551775
10. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, 15, 9780143038412
11. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, 14.95, 9780393333060
12. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, 15.99, 9780316010665
13. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, 14.95, 9781400082773
14. THE FOREVER WAR
Dexter Filkins, Vintage, 15, 9780307279446
15. THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE - DEBUT
Douglas Preston, Grand Central, 14.99, 9780446581271
MASS MARKET
1. FEARLESS FOURTEEN - DEBUT
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's Press, 7.99, 9780312349523
2. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, 7.99, 9780441016990
3. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Pocket, 7.99, 9781439157268
4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - DEBUT
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, 7.99, 9780307473479
5. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, 6.99, 9780316769488
6. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, 7.99, 9780061160905
7. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, 9.99, 9781416578741
8. DEVIL BONES - DEBUT
Kathy Reichs, Pocket Star, 7.99, 9781416525660
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, 9.99, 9780451524935
10. SWAN PEAK
James Lee Burke, Pocket, 9.99, 9781416548546
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, 11.99, 9780375842207
2. ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Sarah Dessen, Viking, 19.99, 9780670011940
3. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, 8.99, 9780316013697
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, 6.99, 9780316003957
5. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, 8.99, 9780142414125
6. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, 8.99, 9780142414729
7. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, 17.99, 9780439023481
8. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, 17.99, 9780060530921
9. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, 16.99, 9780375834868
10. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, 9.99, 9780439709101
11. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, 8.99, 9780385751537
12. THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, 8.99, 9780142406250
13. THE DEMIGOD FILES
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, 12.95, 9781423121664
14. JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, 8.99, 9780142410974
15. SIR JOHN HARGRAVE'S MISCHIEF MAKER'S MANUAL
Sir John Hargrave, Grosset & Dunlap, 15.99, 9780448449821
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, 8.99, 9780694003617
2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, 17.95, 9780060254926
3. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, 17.99, 9780679805274
4. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, 17.99, 9780061244087
5. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, 9.99, 9780307120007
6. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, 10.99, 9780399226908
7. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, 12.99, 9780061684869
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, 7.99, 9780399230035
9. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, 7.99, 9780140564341
10. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, 7.95, 9780805047905
11. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, 12.95, 9780761147633
12. THE CURIOUS GARDEN
Peter Brown, Little Brown, 16.99, 9780316015479
13. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, 12.95, 9780761151272
14. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, 16.99, 9780670061983
15. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, 17.99, 9780060542092
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
7. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
8. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
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June 25, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, June 25, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 21, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-THE ANGEL'S GAME, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (9780385528702)
#6-A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN, by Kate Walbert (9781416594987)
#15-COMMENCEMENT, by J. Courtney Sullivan (9780307270740)
Paperback Nonfiction
#3-GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE, by Glenn Beck (9781439168578)
Children's Interest
#1-ALONG FOR THE RIDE, by Sarah Dessen (9780670011940)
#12-SIR JOHN HARGRAVE'S MISCHIEF MAKER'S MANUAL, by Sir John Hargrave (9780448449821)
#13-TWEAK, by Nic Sheff (9781416972198)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE ANGEL'S GAME - DEBUT
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday, 26.95, 9780385528702
2. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, 25, 9781400067114
3. THE SCARECROW
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, 27.99, 9780316166300
4. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, 24.95, 9780399155345
5. GONE TOMORROW
Lee Child, Delacorte, 27, 9780385340571
6. A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN - DEBUT
Kate Walbert, Scribner, 24, 9781416594987
7. MY FATHER'S TEARS AND OTHER STORIES
John Updike, Knopf, 25.95, 9780307271563
8. THE SELECTED WORKS OF T. S. SPIVET
Reif Larsen, Penguin Press, 27.95, 9781594202179
9. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, 25, 9781439138311
10. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, 23, 9780385342308
11. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, 23.95, 9780375424496
12. B IS FOR BEER
Tom Robbins, Ecco, 17.95, 9780061687273
13. ROAD DOGS
Elmore Leonard, Morrow, 26.99, 9780061733147
14. THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE
Katherine Howe, Hyperion, 25.99, 9781401340902
15. COMMENCEMENT - DEBUT
J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, 24.95, 9780307270740
ON THE RISE:
27. DUNE ROAD
Jane Green, Viking, 25.95, 9780670020867
An absorbing summer read from the bestselling author of The Beach House.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, 27.99, 9780316017923
2. HOME GAME
Michael Lewis, Norton, 23.95, 9780393069013
3. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, 25, 9781416562856
4. RENEGADE
Richard Wolffe, Crown, 26, 9780307463128
5. HORSE SOLDIERS
Doug Stanton, Scribner, 28, 9781416580515
6. CRAZY FOR THE STORM
Norman Ollestad, Ecco, 25.99, 9780061766725
7. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, 21.95, 9781401323257
8. SATCHEL
Larry Tye, Random House, 26, 9781400066513
9. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin Press, 25.95, 9781594202230
10. LOSING MUM AND PUP
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, 24.99, 9780446540940
11. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, 24.95, 9780307266309
12. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, 26, 9780767928823
13. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, 25.95, 9781605297859
14. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, 26, 9781592404452
15. WICKED PLANTS
Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illus.), Algonquin, 18.95, 9781565126831
ON THE RISE:
16. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Rocco Mediate, John Feinstein, Little Brown, 26.99, 9780316049108
Rocco Mediate's story of his showdown against Tiger Woods at the 2008 U.S. Open.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, 14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, 14, 9780812971835
3. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, 14.99, 9780061537967
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, 15, 9781933372600
5. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, 14.99, 9780964729230
6. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, 12.95, 9781594743344
7. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, 14.95, 9780307388773
8. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, 16, 9780743454537
9. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, 15, 9780307278258
10. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, 15, 9780452295292
11. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, 13.95, 9780312370848
12. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, 14, 9781416562603
13. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, 14, 9781594483295
14. THE LIKENESS
Tana French, Penguin, 15, 9780143115625
15. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, 15, 9780143115007
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, 15, 9780143038252
2. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, 15.99, 9780316154680
3. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE: The Case Against an Out-Of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine - DEBUT
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, 11.99, 9781439168578
4. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, 15, 9780143114963
5. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, 18, 9780812973464
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, 16, 9780143038580
7. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, 15, 9780452295544
8. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage, 14, 9780307280459
9. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, 14.95, 9781400082773
10. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, 15.99, 9780316010665
11. THE FOREVER WAR
Dexter Filkins, Vintage, 15, 9780307279446
12. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, 15, 9781416551775
13. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, 14.95, 9780060852566
14. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, 15, 9780143038412
15. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, 14.95, 9780393333060
MASS MARKET
1. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, 7.99, 9780441016990
2. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, 9.99, 9781416578741
3. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, 7.99, 9780061160905
4. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, 6.99, 9780316769488
5. SWAN PEAK
James Lee Burke, Pocket, 9.99, 9781416548546
6. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, 9.99, 9780451524935
7. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Pocket, 7.99, 9781439157268
8. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, 7.99, 9780441009237
9. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, 6.99, 9780345342966
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, 7.99, 9780446310789
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ALONG FOR THE RIDE - DEBUT
Sarah Dessen, Viking, 19.99, 9780670011940
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, 11.99, 9780375842207
3. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, 6.99, 9780316003957
4. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, 8.99, 9780142414125
5. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, 8.99, 9780316013697
6. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, 8.99, 9780142414729
7. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, 17.99, 9780060530921
8. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, 17.99, 9780439023481
9. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, 16.99, 9780375834868
10. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, 8.99, 9780385751537
11. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, 9.99, 9780439709101
12. SIR JOHN HARGRAVE'S MISCHIEF MAKER'S MANUAL - DEBUT
Sir John Hargrave, Grosset & Dunlap, 15.99, 9780448449821
13. TWEAK: Growing Up on Methamphetamines - PAPERBACK DEBUT
Nic Sheff, Atheneum, 9.99, 9781416972198
14. A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY
Libba Bray, Delacorte, 9.99, 9780385732314
15. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, 12.99, 9780545128285
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, 8.99, 9780694003617
2. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, 17.99, 9780679805274
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, 17.95, 9780060254926
4. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, 17.99, 9780061244087
5. BECAUSE YOUR DADDY LOVES YOU
Andrew Clements, R.W. Alley (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 6.99, 9780547237640
6. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, 10.99, 9780399226908
7. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, 12.99, 9780061684869
8. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, 9.99, 9780307120007
9. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, 12.95, 9780761147633
10. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, 7.95, 9780805047905
11. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, 12.95, 9780761151272
12. FANCY NANCY SEES STARS
Jane O'Connor, Ted Enik (Illus.), HarperTrophy, 3.99, 9780061236112
13. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, 7.99, 9780140564341
14. THE CURIOUS GARDEN
Peter Brown, Little Brown, 16.99, 9780316015479
15. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, 7.99, 9780399230035
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. GALLAGHER GIRLS (hardcover and paperback)
Ally Carter, Hyperion
7. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper
8. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
9. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
© Copyright 2009, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
June 18, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, June 18, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 14, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers:The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#4-THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE, by Katherine Howe (9781401340902)
#9-THE LITTLE STRANGER, by Sarah Waters (9781594488801)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#8-SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT, by Matthew B. Crawford (9781594202230)
#10-CRAZY FOR THE STORM, by Norman Ollestad (9780061766725)
#11-SATCHEL, by Larry Tye (9781400066513)
Paperback Fiction
#6-THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein (9780061537967)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14-WESLEY THE OWL, by Stacey O'Brien (9781416551775)
Children's Interest
#8-DON'T JUDGE A GIRL BY HER COVER, by Ally Carter (9781423116387)
Children's Illustrated
#12-BECAUSE YOUR DADDY LOVES YOU, by Andrew Clements, R.W. Alley (Illus.) (9780547237640)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
2. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. THE SCARECROW
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316166300
4. THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE - DEBUT
Katherine Howe, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401340902
5. MY FATHER'S TEARS AND OTHER STORIES
John Updike, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307271563
6. GONE TOMORROW
Lee Child, Delacorte, $27, 9780385340571
7. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375424496
8. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
9. THE LITTLE STRANGER - DEBUT
Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488801
10. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $25, 9781439138311
11. THE SELECTED WORKS OF T. S. SPIVET
Reif Larsen, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202179
12. ROAD DOGS
Elmore Leonard, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061733147
13. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
14. PYGMY
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385526340
15. FIRST FAMILY
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446539753
ON THE RISE:
23. THE STRAIN
Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061558238
The first novel of the Strain Trilogy is a June Indie Next List Great Read.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
3. HOME GAME
Michael Lewis, Norton, $23.95, 9780393069013
4. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
5. LOSING MUM AND PUP
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446540940
6. HORSE SOLDIERS
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $28, 9781416580515
7. RENEGADE
Richard Wolffe, Crown, $26, 9780307463128
8. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work - DEBUT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202230
9. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $26, 9781592404452
10. CRAZY FOR THE STORM: A Memoir of Survival - DEBUT
Norman Ollestad, Ecco, $25.99, 9780061766725
11. SATCHEL: The Life and Times of an American Legend - DEBUT
Larry Tye, Random House, $26, 9781400066513
12. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
13. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
14. THIS IS WATER
David Foster Wallace, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316068222
15. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
ON THE RISE:
17. EXCUSES BEGONE!
Wayne W. Dyer, Hay House, $24.95, 9781401921736
Dr. Dyer's advice on how to change self-defeating behavior.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN - DEBUT
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
7. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
8. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $16, 9780743454537
9. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
10. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
11. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
12. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
13. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
14. THE LIKENESS
Tana French, Penguin, $15, 9780143115625
15. TESTIMONY
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067348
ON THE RISE:
26. THE OTHER
David Guterson, Vintage, $15, 9780307274816
A thoughtful and provocative novel of friendship by the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
3. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $18, 9780812973464
6. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
7. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
8. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
9. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage, $14, 9780307280459
10. COOK YOURSELF THIN
Lifetime Television (Eds.), Hyperion, $19.99, 9781401341138
11. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
12. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
13. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
14. WESLEY THE OWL - DEBUT
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, $15, 9781416551775
15. THE FOREVER WAR
Dexter Filkins, Vintage, $15, 9780307279446
ON THE RISE:
19. HAVANA NOCTURNE
T.J. English, Harper, $15.99, 9780061712746
A look at mob-controlled Cuba in the decades leading up to the revolution.
MASS MARKET
1. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416578741
2. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
3. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
4. SWAN PEAK
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416548546
5. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
6. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
7. FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
8. RULES OF DECEPTION
Christopher Reich, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307387820
9. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
10. SAIL
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446536103
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
5. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
6. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
7. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
8. DON'T JUDGE A GIRL BY HER COVER - DEBUT
Ally Carter, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423116387
9. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
10. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
11. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
12. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
13. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
14. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
15. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
5. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
8. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
10. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
11. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
12. BECAUSE YOUR DADDY LOVES YOU - DEBUT
Andrew Clements, R.W. Alley (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $6.99, 9780547237640
13. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
14. FANCY NANCY SEES STARS
Jane O'Connor, Ted Enik (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $3.99, 9780061236112
15. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $16.99, 9780670061983
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
5. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
6. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
7. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Wayne McLoughlin (Illus.), Avon
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
© Copyright 2009, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
June 11, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, June 11, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 7, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#5-MY FATHER'S TEARS AND OTHER STORIES, by John Updike (9780307271563)
#9-SKIN TRADE, by Laurell K. Hamilton, (9780425227725)
#14-THE STORY SISTERS, by Alice Hoffman (9780307393869)
#15-MEDUSA, by Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos (9780399155659)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#4-RENEGADE, by Richard Wolffe (9780307463128)
#5-HOME GAME, by Michael Lewis (9780393069013)
Paperback Nonfiction
#3-WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, by David Sedaris (9780316154680)
#10-COOK YOURSELF THIN, by Lifetime Television (Eds.) (9781401341138)
#13-THE FOREVER WAR, by Dexter Filkins (9780307279446)
Mass Market
#9-MY SISTER'S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult (9781439157268)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: BEYOND THE GRAVE (The 39 Clues), by Jude Watson (9780545060448)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
2. THE SCARECROW
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316166300
3. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
4. GONE TOMORROW
Lee Child, Delacorte, $27, 9780385340571
5. MY FATHER'S TEARS AND OTHER STORIES - DEBUT
John Updike, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307271563
6. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375424496
7. ROAD DOGS
Elmore Leonard, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061733147
8. THE SELECTED WORKS OF T. S. SPIVET
Reif Larsen, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202179
9. SKIN TRADE - DEBUT
Laurell K. Hamilton, Berkley, $26.95, 9780425227725
10. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, C.Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
11. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $25, 9781439138311
12. PYGMY
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385526340
13. FIRST FAMILY
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446539753
14. THE STORY SISTERS - DEBUT
Alice Hoffman, Shaye Areheart, $25, 9780307393869
15. MEDUSA - DEBUT
Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155659
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
3. HORSE SOLDIERS
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $28, 9781416580515
4. RENEGADE: The Making of a President - DEBUT
Richard Wolffe, Crown, $26, 9780307463128
5. HOME GAME: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood - DEBUT
Michael Lewis, Norton, $23.95, 9780393069013
6. LOSING MUM AND PUP
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446540940
7. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
8. RESILIENCE
Elizabeth Edwards, Broadway, $22.95, 9780767931366
9. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
10. NOT BECOMING MY MOTHER
Ruth Reichl, Penguin Press, $19.95, 9781594202162
11. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $26, 9781592404452
12. THIS IS WATER
David Foster Wallace, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316068222
13. THE G FREE DIET
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Center Street, $24.99, 9781599951881
14. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
15. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
ON THE RISE:
17. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202230
Crawford examines the importance of understanding how things work and "manual competence."
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
4. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
5. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
6. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
7. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
8. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
9. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
11. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
12. TESTIMONY
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067348
13. THE LIKENESS
Tana French, Penguin, $15, 9780143115625
14. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
15. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $16, 9780743454537
ON THE RISE:
27. EAST OF THE SUN
Julia Gregson, Touchstone, $16, 9781439101124
This finely written novel of friendship between three women is a June Indie Next List Great Read.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
3. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES - DEBUT
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
4. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
5. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $18, 9780812973464
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
7. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
8. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
9. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
10. COOK YOURSELF THIN: Skinny Meals You Can Make in Minutes - DEBUT
Lifetime Television (Eds.), Hyperion, $19.99, 9781401341138
11. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
12. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
13. THE FOREVER WAR - DEBUT
Dexter Filkins, Vintage, $15, 9780307279446
14. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $15.95, 9780393334807
15. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
ON THE RISE:
16. WESLEY THE OWL
Stacey O'Brien, Free Press, $15, 9781416551775
The captivating memoir of emotions shared between an owl and "his girl" is now available in paperback.
MASS MARKET
1. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416578741
2. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
3. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
4. SWAN PEAK
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416548546
5. RULES OF DECEPTION
Christopher Reich, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307387820
6. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7. SAIL
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446536103
8. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
9. MY SISTER'S KEEPER - DEBUT
Jodi Picoult, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439157268
10. WINTER STUDY
Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226957
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
7. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
8. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
9. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
10. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
11. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
12. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
13. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
14. THE DEMIGOD FILES
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. GOLDILICIOUS
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
7. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
8. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
11. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
12. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
13. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
14. THE CURIOUS GARDEN
Peter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316015479
15. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $16.99, 9780670061983
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
NEW IN SERIES: BEYOND THE GRAVE (9780545060448)
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. SECRETS OF THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS FLAMMEL (hardcover and paperback)
Michael Scott, Delacorte
© Copyright 2009, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
June 4, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, June 4, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 31, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-THE SCARECROW, by Michael Connelly (9780316166300)
#3-SHANGHAI GIRLS, by Lisa See (9781400067114)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#15-BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall (9780307266309)
Paperback Fiction
#14-THE LIKENESS, by Tana French (9780143115625)
Paperback Nonfiction
#15-THE DOWNHILL LIE, by Carl Hiaasen (9780307280459)
Mass Market
#3-SWAN PEAK, by James Lee Burke (9781416548546)
Children's Illustrated
#4-GOLDILICIOUS, by Victoria Kann (9780061244087)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: THE SORCERESS (Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel), by Michael Scott (9780385735292)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE SCARECROW - DEBUT
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316166300
2. GONE TOMORROW
Lee Child, Delacorte, $27, 9780385340571
3. SHANGHAI GIRLS - DEBUT
Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114
4. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
5. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375424496
6. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
7. THE SELECTED WORKS OF T. S. SPIVET
Reif Larsen, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202179
8. PYGMY
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385526340
9. ROAD DOGS
Elmore Leonard, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061733147
10. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $25, 9781439138311
11. B IS FOR BEER
Tom Robbins, Ecco, $17.95, 9780061687273
12. FIRST FAMILY
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446539753
13. WICKED PREY
John Sandford, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155673
14. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
15. DEAD AND GONE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $25.95, 9780441017157
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. HORSE SOLDIERS
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $28, 9781416580515
3. LOSING MUM AND PUP
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446540940
4. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
5. NOT BECOMING MY MOTHER
Ruth Reichl, Penguin Press, $19.95, 9781594202162
6. RESILIENCE
Elizabeth Edwards, Broadway, $22.95, 9780767931366
7. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
8. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $26, 9781592404452
9. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
10. THIS IS WATER
David Foster Wallace, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316068222
11. ALWAYS LOOKING UP
Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401303389
12. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
13. WICKED PLANTS
Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illus.), Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565126831
14. THE FOOD OF A YOUNGER LAND
Mark Kurlansky, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594488658
15. BORN TO RUN: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen - DEBUT
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
ON THE RISE:
19. MY REMARKABLE JOURNEY
Larry King, Weinstein, $27.95, 9781602860865
The legendary talk show host tells the story of his life and career.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
4. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
5. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
6. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
7. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
8. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
9. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
10. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
11. TESTIMONY
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067348
12. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
13. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
14. THE LIKENESS - DEBUT
Tana French, Penguin, $15, 9780143115625
15. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
3. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
4. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $18, 9780812973464
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
6. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
7. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
8. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
9. A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE
Tony Horwitz, Picador, $18, 9780312428327
10. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $15.95, 9780393334807
11. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
12. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
13. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
14. THE SOLOIST
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
15. THE DOWNHILL LIE: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport - DEBUT
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage, $14, 9780307280459
ON THE RISE:
17. COOK YOURSELF THIN
Lifetime Television (Eds.), Hyperion, $19.99, 9781401341138
A companion to the Lifetime reality show offering recipes to easily cut calories.
MASS MARKET
1. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416578741
2. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
3. SWAN PEAK - DEBUT
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416548546
4. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
5. SAIL
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446536103
6. RULES OF DECEPTION
Christopher Reich, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307387820
7. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
8. PHANTOM PREY
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425227985
9. WINTER STUDY
Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226957
10. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441009237
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
6. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
7. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
8. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
9. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
10. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
11. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
12. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
13. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
14. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
15. IF I STAY
Gayle Forman, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525421030
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. GOLDILICIOUS - DEBUT
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087
5. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
7. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
9. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
10. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
11. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
12. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $16.99, 9780670061983
13. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
14. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
15. SKIPPYJON JONES
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142404034
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
5. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
6. SECRETS OF THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS FLAMMEL (hardcover and paperback)
Michael Scott, Delacorte
NEW IN SERIES: THE SORCERESS (9780385735292)
7. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
8. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
9. ALEX RIDER Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
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May 28, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, May 28, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 24, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org on Wednesday and choose the format that works best for you.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-GONE TOMORROW, by Lee Child (9780385340571)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#7-HORSE SOLDIERS, by Doug Stanton (9781416580515)
#13-WICKED PLANTS, by Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illus.) (9781565126831)
#14-THE FOOD OF A YOUNGER LAND, by Mark Kurlansky (9781594488658)
Paperback Nonfiction
#5-A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE, by Tony Horwitz (9780312428327)
#15-MY STROKE OF INSIGHT, by Jill Bolte Taylor (9780452295544)
Mass Market
#4-RULES OF DECEPTION, by Christopher Reich (9780307387820)
Children's Interest
#6-LOCK AND KEY, by Sarah Dessen (9780142414729)
#15-IF I STAY, by Gayle Forman (9780525421030)
Children's Illustrated
#13-THE NORTH STAR, by Peter H. Reynolds (9780763636777)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. GONE TOMORROW - DEBUT
Lee Child, Delacorte, $27, 9780385340571
2. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375424496
3. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
4. THE SELECTED WORKS OF T. S. SPIVET
Reif Larsen, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202179
5. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $25, 9781439138311
6. ROAD DOGS
Elmore Leonard, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061733147
7. FIRST FAMILY
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446539753
8. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
9. PYGMY
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385526340
10. B IS FOR BEER
Tom Robbins, Ecco, $17.95, 9780061687273
11. CEMETERY DANCE
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580298
12. WICKED PREY
John Sandford, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155673
13. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
14. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
15. THE LANGUAGE OF BEES
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $25, 9780553804546
ON THE RISE:
20. THE INCREMENT
David Ignatius, Norton, $26.95, 9780393065046
The latest espionage novel from the bestselling author of Body of Lies.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. LOSING MUM AND PUP
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446540940
3. RESILIENCE
Elizabeth Edwards, Broadway, $22.95, 9780767931366
4. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
5. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
6. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $26, 9781592404452
7. HORSE SOLDIERS: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan - DEBUT
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $28, 9781416580515
8. THE END OF OVEREATING
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
9. NOT BECOMING MY MOTHER
Ruth Reichl, Penguin Press, $19.95, 9781594202162
10. THIS IS WATER
David Foster Wallace, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316068222
11. ALWAYS LOOKING UP
Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401303389
12. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
13. WICKED PLANTS: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities - DEBUT
Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illus.), Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565126831
14. THE FOOD OF A YOUNGER LAND: A Portrait of American Food - DEBUT
Mark Kurlansky, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594488658
15. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
ON THE RISE:
16. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
4. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
5. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
6. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
7. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
8. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
9. TESTIMONY
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067348
10. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
11. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
12. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
13. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
14. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
15. MUDBOUND
Hillary Jordan, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565126770
ON THE RISE:
21. AMERICA AMERICA
Ethan Canin, Random House, $15, 9780812979893
The wonderful novel by the author of Emperor of the Air is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
3. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $18, 9780812973464
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE - DEBUT
Tony Horwitz, Picador, $18, 9780312428327
6. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $15.95, 9780393334807
7. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
8. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
9. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
10. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
11. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
12. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
13. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Berkley, $15, 9780425226896
14. THE SOLOIST
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
15. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey - DEBUT
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544
ON THE RISE:
23. THE DARK SIDE
Jane Mayer, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307456298
Mayer's disturbing look at the decisions made by the Bush administration after September 11, 2001.
MASS MARKET
1. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416578741
2. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
3. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
4. RULES OF DECEPTION - DEBUT
Christopher Reich, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307387820
5. PHANTOM PREY
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425227985
6. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
7. SAIL
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446536103
8. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
9. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
10. WINTER STUDY
Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226957
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
6. LOCK AND KEY - DEBUT
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
7. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
8. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
9. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
10. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
11. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
12. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
13. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
14. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
15. IF I STAY - DEBUT
Gayle Forman, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525421030
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
5. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
6. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
7. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
8. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
9. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
10. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
12. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
13. THE NORTH STAR - DEBUT
Peter H. Reynolds, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763636777
14. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $16.99, 9780670061983
15. THE CURIOUS GARDEN
Peter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316015479
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
5. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
8. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, Rick Riodan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. MORTAL INSTRUMENTS (hardcover and paperback)
Cassandra Clare, Simon Pulse
© Copyright 2009, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
May 21, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, May 21, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 17, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#5-ROAD DOGS, by Elmore Leonard (9780061733147)
#7-CEMETERY DANCE, by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child (9780446580298)
#8-WICKED PREY, by John Sandford (9780399155673)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#11-THE END OF OVEREATING, by David A. Kessler (9781605297859)
#15-COOP, by Michael Perry (9780061240430)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: THE SOLDIERS OF HALLA (Pendragon), by D.J. Machale (9781416914204)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375424496
2. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. THE SELECTED WORKS OF T. S. SPIVET
Reif Larsen, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202179
4. PYGMY
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385526340
5. ROAD DOGS - DEBUT
Elmore Leonard, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061733147
6. FIRST FAMILY
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446539753
7. CEMETERY DANCE - DEBUT
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580298
8. WICKED PREY - DEBUT
John Sandford, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155673
9. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $25, 9781439138311
10. B IS FOR BEER
Tom Robbins, Ecco, $17.95, 9780061687273
11. DEAD AND GONE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $25.95, 9780441017157
12. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
13. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
14. THE 8TH CONFESSION
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018760
15. SAG HARBOR
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385527651
ON THE RISE:
16. NOBODY MOVE
Denis Johnson, FSG, $23, 9780374222901
A darkly funny new novel from the author of the National Book Award-winner Tree of Smoke.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. RESILIENCE
Elizabeth Edwards, Broadway, $22.95, 9780767931366
3. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
4. LOSING MUM AND PUP
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446540940
5. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
6. ALWAYS LOOKING UP
Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401303389
7. NOT BECOMING MY MOTHER
Ruth Reichl, Penguin Press, $19.95, 9781594202162
8. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $26, 9781592404452
9. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
10. THIS IS WATER
David Foster Wallace, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316068222
11. THE END OF OVEREATING: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite - DEBUT
David A. Kessler, Rodale, $25.95, 9781605297859
12. COLUMBINE
Dave Cullen, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446546935
13. BAD MOTHER
Ayelet Gilbert Waldman, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385527934
14. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
15. COOP: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting - DEBUT
Michael Perry, Harper, $25.99, 9780061240430
ON THE RISE:
19. HORSE SOLDIERS
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $28, 9781416580515
A fascinating account of U.S. Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
4. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
5. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
6. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
7. NETHERLAND
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
8. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
9. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
10. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
11. TESTIMONY
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067348
12. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
13. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
14. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
15. MUDBOUND
Hillary Jordan, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565126770
ON THE RISE:
17. THE PLAGUE OF DOVES
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060515133
The wonderful new novel by the author of Love Medicine is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
3. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $18, 9780812973464
4. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
5. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
6. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $15.95, 9780393334807
7. THE SOLOIST
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
8. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
9. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
10. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
11. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Berkley, $15, 9780425226896
12. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
13. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
14. BONK
Mary Roach, Norton, $14.95, 9780393334791
15. THE BILLIONAIRE'S VINEGAR
Benjamin Wallace, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307338785
ON THE RISE:
18. THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage, $14, 9780307280459
Hiaasen's truly funny look at golf is now available in paperback.
MASS MARKET
1. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416578741
2. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
3. PHANTOM PREY
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425227985
4. SAIL
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446536103
5. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
6. HOLD TIGHT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451226501
7. WINTER STUDY
Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226957
8. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
9. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
10. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
4. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
6. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
7. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
8. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
9. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
10. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
11. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
12. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
13. THE DEMIGOD FILES
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
14. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
5. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
7. THE CURIOUS GARDEN
Peter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316015479
8. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $16.99, 9780670061983
11. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
12. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
13. LADYBUG GIRL AND BUMBLEBEE BOY
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803733398
14. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
15. BARNYARD DANCE!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781563054426
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. PENDRAGON (hardcover and paperback)
D.J. Machale, S&S
NEW IN SERIES: THE SOLDIERS OF HALLA (9781416914204)
5. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
6. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, Goedon Korman, Scholastic
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. WARRIORS: POWER OF THREE (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
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May 14, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, May 14, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 10, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris (9780441017157)
#3-PYGMY, by Chuck Palahniuk (9780385526340)
#6-BROOKLYN, by Colm Tóibín (9781439138311)
#11-THE SELECTED WORKS OF T. S. SPIVET, by Reif Larsen (9781594202179)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#7-RESILIENCE, by Elizabeth Edwards (9780767931366)
#8-BAD MOTHER, by Ayelet Gilbert Waldman (9780385527934)
#12-THE G-FREE DIET, by Elisabeth Hasselbeck (9781599951881)
#15-WE ARE OUR MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS, by Cokie Roberts (9780061741951)
Paperback Fiction
#1-THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer,
Annie Barrows (9780385341004)
#14-TESTIMONY, by Anita Shreve (9780316067348)
#15-NETHERLAND, by Joseph O'Neill (9780307388773)
Paperback Nonfiction
#6-THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD, by Fareed Zakaria (9780393334807)
#13-AUDITION, by Barbara Walters (9780307279965)
Mass Market
#7-PHANTOM PREY, by John Sandford (9780425227985)
#9-SAIL, by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (9780446536103)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: THE LAST Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians), by Rick Riordan (9781423101475)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375424496
2. DEAD AND GONE- DEBUT
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $25.95, 9780441017157
3. PYGMY-DEBUT
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385526340
4. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
5. FIRST FAMILY
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446539753
6. BROOKLYN-DEBUT
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $25, 9781439138311
7. THE 8TH CONFESSION
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018760
8. B IS FOR BEER
Tom Robbins, Ecco, $17.95, 9780061687273
9. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
10. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
11. THE SELECTED WORKS OF T. S. SPIVET- DEBUT
Reif Larsen, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202179
12. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
13. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $24, 9781416589631
14. THE LANGUAGE OF BEES
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $25, 9780553804546
15. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
ON THE RISE:
18. THE LITTLE STRANGER
Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488801
A chilling ghost story from the bestselling author of The Night Watch.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. NOT BECOMING MY MOTHER
Ruth Reichl, Penguin Press, $19.95, 9781594202162
3. ALWAYS LOOKING UP
Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401303389
4. LOSING MUM AND PUP
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446540940
5. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
6. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
7. RESILIENCE: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities-DEBUT
Elizabeth Edwards, Broadway, $22.95, 9780767931366
8. BAD MOTHER: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace- DEBUT
Ayelet Gilbert Waldman, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385527934
9. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
10. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $26, 9781592404452
11. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
12. THE G-FREE DIET: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide-DEBUT
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Center Street, $24.99, 9781599951881
13. 10-10-10: 10 MINUTES, 10 MONTHS, 10 YEARS
Suzy Welch, Scribner, $24, 9781416591825
14. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
15. WE ARE OUR MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS- DEBUT
Cokie Roberts, Morrow, $23.99, 9780061741951
ON THE RISE:
25. WICKED PLANTS
Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illus.), Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565126831
A fascinating look at plants that "kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend."
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY-DEBUT
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
4. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
5. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
6. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
7. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
8. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
9. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
10. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
11. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
12. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
13. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
14. TESTIMONY-DEBUT
Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067348
15. NETHERLAND- DEBUT
Joseph O'Neill, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307388773
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
3. THE SOLOIST
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
4. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $18, 9780812973464
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
6. THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD-DEBUT
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $15.95, 9780393334807
7. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
8. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
9. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
10. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Berkley, $15, 9780425226896
11. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
12. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
13. AUDITION- DEBUT
Barbara Walters, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279965
14. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446697965
15. THE BILLIONAIRE'S VINEGAR
Benjamin Wallace, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307338785
ON THE RISE:
21. PORN FOR WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op, Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811866293
The latest from the authors of Porn for Women and Porn for New Moms.
MASS MARKET
1. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416578741
2. CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
3. WINTER STUDY
Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226957
4. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
5. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
6. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
7. PHANTOM PREY- DEBUT
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425227985
8. NOTHING TO LOSE
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243670
9. SAIL-DEBUT
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446536103
10. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
5. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
6. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
7. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
8. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
9. THE DEMIGOD FILES
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
10. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
11. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
12. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
13. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
14. TWILIGHT: Director's Notebook
Catherine Hardwicke, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316070522
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
5. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
6. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
7. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $16.99, 9780670061983
8. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
11. THE CURIOUS GARDEN
Peter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316015479
12. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
13. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
14. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
15. THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT
Susan Marie Swanson, Beth Krommes (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin, $17, 9780618862443
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
NEW IN SERIES: THE LAST OLYMPIAN (9781423101475)
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. WARRIORS: Power of Three (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper
10. MORTAL INSTRUMENTS (paperback)
Cassandra Clare, Simon Pulse
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May 7, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, May 7, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 3, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-THE 8TH CONFESSION, by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (9780316018760)
#6-THE LANGUAGE OF BEES, by Laurie R. King (9780553804546)
#9-HOME SAFE, by Elizabeth Berg (9781400065110)
#10-SAG HARBOR, by Colson Whitehead (9780385527651)
#12-THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE, by Alan Bradley (9780385342308)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-LOSING MUM AND PUP, by Christopher Buckley (9780446540940)
#15-SHOWING UP FOR LIFE, by Bill Gates, Sr. (9780385527019)
Paperback Fiction
#14-VISION IN WHITE, by Nora Roberts (9780425227510)
Paperback Nonfiction
#2-IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan (9780143114963)
#15-AMERICAN LION, by Jon Meacham, (9780812973464)
Mass Market
#2-CARELESS IN RED, by Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
#5-THE BROKEN WINDOW, by Jeffery Deaver (9781416549987)
#8-ODD HOURS, by Dean Koontz (9780553591705)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375424496
2. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
3. THE 8TH CONFESSION- DEBUT
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018760
4. FIRST FAMILY
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446539753
5. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
6. THE LANGUAGE OF BEES- DEBUT
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $25, 9780553804546
7. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
8. B IS FOR BEER
Tom Robbins, Ecco, $17.95, 9780061687273
9. HOME SAFE- DEBUT
Elizabeth Berg, Random House, $25, 9781400065110
10. SAG HARBOR- DEBUT
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385527651
11. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414497
12. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE- DEBUT
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
13. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
14. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $24, 9781416589631
15. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
ON THE RISE:
29. SUMMER ON BLOSSOM STREET
Debbie Macomber, Mira, $24.95, 9780778326434
The latest Blossom Street novel by the bestselling author of Twenty Wishes.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
3. LOSING MUM AND PUP- DEBUT
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446540940
4. ALWAYS LOOKING UP
Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401303389
5. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
6. NOT BECOMING MY MOTHER
Ruth Reichl, Penguin Press, $19.95, 9781594202162
7. COLUMBINE
Dave Cullen, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446546935
8. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
9. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $26, 9781592404452
10. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
11. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531
12. HOUSE OF CARDS
William D. Cohan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385528269
13. THIS IS WATER
David Foster Wallace, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316068222
14. THE HORSE BOY
Rupert Isaacson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316008235
15. SHOWING UP FOR LIFE: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime- DEBUT
Bill Gates, Sr., Broadway Business, $22, 9780385527019
ON THE RISE:
24. OUTCASTS UNITED
Warren St. John, Spiegel & Grau, $24.95, 9780385522038
A poignant story of a Clarkston, Georgia, soccer program for boys from families of refugees from war-torn countries. A May Indie Next List Notable title.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
2. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
3. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
4. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
5. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
6. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
7. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
8. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
9. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
10. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
11. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
13. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
14. VISION IN WHITE- DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425227510
15. MUDBOUND
Hillary Jordan, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565126770
ON THE RISE:
20. THE SECRET SCRIPTURE
Sebastian Barry, Penguin, $15, 9780143115694
A wonderful literary puzzle by the author of A Long Long Way.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD- DEBUT
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
3. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
4. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
5. THE SOLOIST
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
6. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Berkley, $15, 9780425226896
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
9. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
10. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
11. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446697965
12. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
13. THE BILLIONAIRE'S VINEGAR
Benjamin Wallace, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307338785
14. BONK
Mary Roach, Norton, $14.95, 9780393334791
15. AMERICAN LION: Andrew Jackson in the White House- DEBUT
Jon Meacham, Random House, $18, 9780812973464
ON THE RISE:
16. A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE
Tony Horwitz, Picador, $18, 9780312428327
Horwitz's fresh, lively look at the discovery of the New World is now available in paperback.
MASS MARKET
1. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416578741
2. CARELESS IN RED- DEBUT
Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
3. NOTHING TO LOSE
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243670
4. WINTER STUDY
Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226957
5. THE BROKEN WINDOW- DEBUT
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781416549987
6. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
7. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
8. ODD HOURS- DEBUT
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553591705
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
10. CHILD 44
Tom Rob Smith, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446402392
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
6. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
7. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
8. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
9. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
10. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
11. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
12. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
13. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
14. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
15. MILES TO GO
Miley Cyrus, Hyperion, $24.95, 9781423119920
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
3. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
4. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
5. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
8. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
9. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
10. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
11. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $16.99, 9780670061983
12. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
13. THE CURIOUS GARDEN
Peter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316015479
14. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
15. LADYBUG GIRL AND BUMBLEBEE BOY
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803733398
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. WARRIORS: Power of Three (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper
4. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
6. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. MORTAL INSTRUMENTS (paperback)
Cassandra Clare, Simon Pulse
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April 30, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, April 30, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, April 26, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT, by Alexander McCall Smith (9780375424496)
#3-FIRST FAMILY, by David Baldacci (9780446539753)
#5-B IS FOR BEER, by Tom Robbins (9780061687273)
#14-LOITERING WITH INTENT, by Stuart Woods (9780399155789)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#8-NOT BECOMING MY MOTHER, by Ruth Reichl (9781594202162)
#10-10-10-10: A LIFE-TRANSFORMING IDEA, by Suzy Welch (9781416591825)
#14-THE GIRLS FROM AMES, by Jeffrey Zaslow (9781592404452)
Paperback Fiction
#4-OLIVE KITTERIDGE, by Elizabeth Strout (9780812971835)
Paperback Nonfiction
#15-GIRLS LIKE US, by Sheila Weller (9780743491488)
Children’s Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: SUNRISE (WARRIORS: Power of Three), by Erin Hunter (9780060892173)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT- DEBUT
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375424496
2. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
3. FIRST FAMILY- DEBUT
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446539753
4. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
5. B IS FOR BEER- DEBUT
Tom Robbins, Ecco, $17.95, 9780061687273
6. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
7. LONG LOST
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525951056
8. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $24, 9781416589631
9. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
10. HANDLE WITH CARE
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $27.95, 9780743296410
11. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385517836
12. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
13. BORDERLINE
Nevada Barr, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155697
14. LOITERING WITH INTENT- DEBUT
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155789
15. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
ON THE RISE:
18. JEFF IN VENICE, DEATH IN VARANASI
Geoff Dyer, Pantheon, $24, 9780307377371
Dyer's wonderfully entertaining new novel is a May Indie Next List Notable title.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
2. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
3. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
4. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
5. ALWAYS LOOKING UP
Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401303389
6. COLUMBINE
Dave Cullen, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446546935
7. HOUSE OF CARDS
William D. Cohan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385528269
8. NOT BECOMING MY MOTHER: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way- DEBUT
Ruth Reichl, Penguin Press, $19.95, 9781594202162
9. AMERICAN LION
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9781400063253
10. 10-10-10: A LIFE-TRANSFORMING IDEA- DEBUT
Suzy Welch, Scribner, $24, 9781416591825
11. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
12. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531
13. A LION CALLED CHRISTIAN
Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, Broadway, $21.95, 9780767932301
14. THE GIRLS FROM AMES: A Story of Women and Friendship- DEBUT
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $26, 9781592404452
15. THE SECRET
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
ON THE RISE:
22. COOP: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting
Michael Perry, Harper, $25.99, 9780061240430
The new memoir by the author of Truck: A Love Story is a May Indie Next List Great Read.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
3. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
4. OLIVE KITTERIDGE- DEBUT
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
5. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
6. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
7. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
8. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
9. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
10. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
11. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. THE READER
Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898
13. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
14. MUDBOUND
Hillary Jordan, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565126770
15. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307277466
ON THE RISE:
24. LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312348663
The fourth novel by the author of Something Blue is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. THE SOLOIST
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
3. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
4. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Berkley, $15, 9780425226896
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
6. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
7. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
8. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
9. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446697965
10. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
11. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
12. THE BILLIONAIRE'S VINEGAR
Benjamin Wallace, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307338785
13. BONK
Mary Roach, Norton, $14.95, 9780393334791
14. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316346627
15. GIRLS LIKE US: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation- DEBUT
Sheila Weller, Washington Square, $17, 9780743491488
MASS MARKET
1. ANGELS & DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416578741
2. NOTHING TO LOSE
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243670
3. WINTER STUDY
Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226957
4. HOLD TIGHT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451226501
5. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
6. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
7. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
8. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
10. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
5. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
6. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
7. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
8. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
9. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
10. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
11. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
12. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
13. TWILIGHT: Director's Notebook
Catherine Hardwicke, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316070522
14. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
3. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
4. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
5. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
7. THE LORAX
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379
8. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
9. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
10. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $16.99, 9780670061983
11. THE CURIOUS GARDEN
Peter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316015479
12. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
13. THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT
Susan Marie Swanson, Beth Krommes (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin, $17, 9780618862443
14. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR POP-UP BOOK
Eric Carle, Philomel, $29.99, 9780399250392
15. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. WARRIORS: Power of Three (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper
NEW IN SERIES: SUNRISE (9780060892173)
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
6. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
8. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
9. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
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April 23, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, April 23, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, April 19, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#7-THE SONG IS YOU, by Arthur Phillips (9781400066469)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#13-THE HORSE BOY, by Rupert Isaacson (9780316008235)
#15-THIS IS WATER, by David Foster Wallace (9780316068222)
Paperback Fiction
#13-THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS, by Donna Leon (9780143115618)
#14-GIRLS IN TRUCKS, by Katie Crouch (9780316002127)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14-THE BILLIONAIRE'S VINEGAR, by Benjamin Wallace (9780307338785)
Children’s Interest
#15-MILES TO GO, by Miley Cyrus (9781423119920)
Children’s Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: BLOODHOUND (Beka Cooper Series), by Tamora Pierce (9780375814693)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
2. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. LONG LOST
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525951056
4. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
5. ABOUT FACE
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780802118967
6. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385517836
7. THE SONG IS YOU- DEBUT
Arthur Phillips, Random House, $25, 9781400066469
8. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
9. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
10. BORDERLINE
Nevada Barr, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155697
11. HANDLE WITH CARE
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $27.95, 9780743296410
12. JUST TAKE MY HEART
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 9781416570868
13. TURN COAT
Jim Butcher, Roc, $25.95, 9780451462565
14. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $24, 9781416589631
15. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414497
ON THE RISE:
20. LOOK AGAIN
Lisa Scottoline, St. Martin's, $26.95, 9780312380724
The new thriller by the bestselling author of Lady Killer is a May Indie Next List Notable title.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
2. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
3. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
4. HOUSE OF CARDS
William D. Cohan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385528269
5. ALWAYS LOOKING UP
Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401303389
6. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531
7. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
8. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
9. COLUMBINE
Dave Cullen, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446546935
10. A LION CALLED CHRISTIAN
Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, Broadway, $21.95, 9780767932301
11. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 2009
Barack Obama, Penguin, $12, 9780143116424
12. THE YANKEE YEARS
Joe Torre, Tom Verducci, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385527408
13. THE HORSE BOY: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son- DEBUT
Rupert Isaacson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316008235
14. JESUS, INTERRUPTED
Bart D. Ehrman, HarperOne, $25.99, 9780061173936
15. THIS IS WATER: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, About Living a Compassionate Life- DEBUT
David Foster Wallace, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316068222
ON THE RISE:
25. 10-10-10: A LIFE-TRANSFORMING IDEA
Suzy Welch, Scribner, $24, 9781416591825
Welch offers a new approach to effective decision making in a hectic world.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
2. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
3. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
4. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
5. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
6. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
7. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
8. THE READER
Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898
9. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
10. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
11. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
13. THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS- DEBUT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $14, 9780143115618
14. GIRLS IN TRUCKS- DEBUT
Katie Crouch, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316002127
15. MUDBOUND
Hillary Jordan, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565126770
ON THE RISE:
24. CERTAIN GIRLS
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square, $15, 9780743294263
Weiner's sequel to her bestseller Good in Bed is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
3. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
4. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
5. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Berkley, $15, 9780425226896
6. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
7. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446697965
8. THE SOLOIST
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
9. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
10. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
11. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
12. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
13. BONK
Mary Roach, Norton, $14.95, 9780393334791
14. THE BILLIONAIRE'S VINEGAR: THE MYSTERY OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE BOTTLE OF WINE- DEBUT
Benjamin Wallace, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307338785
15. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316346627
ON THE RISE:
19. PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE
Michio Kaku, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307278821
Kaku explains complex theories of physics to the general reader.
MASS MARKET
1. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524793
2. NOTHING TO LOSE
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243670
3. WINTER STUDY
Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226957
4. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
5. HOLD TIGHT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451226501
6. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
7. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
8. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
9. CHILD 44
Tom Rob Smith, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446402392
10. WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416570882
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
5. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
6. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
7. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
8. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
9. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
10. TWILIGHT: Director's Notebook
Catherine Hardwicke, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316070522
11. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
12. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
13. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
14. THE DEMIGOD FILES
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
15. MILES TO GO- DEBUT
Miley Cyrus, Hyperion, $24.95, 9781423119920
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. FANCY NANCY EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
5. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
7. THE CURIOUS GARDEN
Peter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316015479
8. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
9. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
10. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
11. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR POP-UP BOOK
Eric Carle, Philomel, $29.99, 9780399250392
12. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $16.99, 9780670061983
13. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
14. FANCY NANCY SEES STARS
Jane O'Connor, Ted Enik (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $3.99, 9780061236112
15. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
5. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
6. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
8. BEKA COOPER (hardcover)
Tamora Pierce, Random House
NEW IN SERIES: BLOODHOUND (9780375814693)
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
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April 16, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, April 16, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, April 12, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-TURN COAT, by Jim Butcher (9780451462565)
#12-JUST TAKE MY HEART, by Mary Higgins Clark (9781416570868)
#14-BORDERLINE, by Nevada Barr (9780399155697)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#10-MY BOOKY WOOK, by Russell Brand (9780061730412)
#14-COLUMBINE, by Dave Cullen (9780446546935)
Paperback Fiction
#2-UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, by Jhumpa Lahiri (9780307278258)
Paperback Nonfiction
#11-BONK, by Mary Roach (9780393334791)
Mass Market
#5-CHILD 44, by Tom Rob Smith (9780446402392)
#10-TRIBUTE, by Nora Roberts (9780515146363)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
2. LONG LOST
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525951056
3. TURN COAT- DEBUT
Jim Butcher, Roc, $25.95, 9780451462565
4. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
5. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
6. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
7. HANDLE WITH CARE
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $27.95, 9780743296410
8. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385517836
9. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
10. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $24, 9781416589631
11. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
12. JUST TAKE MY HEART- DEBUT
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 9781416570868
13. FOOL
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060590314
14. BORDERLINE- DEBUT
Nevada Barr, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155697
15. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414497
ON THE RISE:
20. EVERYTHING RAVAGED, EVERYTHING BURNED
Wells Tower, FSG, $24, 9780374292195
Tower's debut is an outstanding collection of short stories.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
2. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
3. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
4. HOUSE OF CARDS
William D. Cohan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385528269
5. ALWAYS LOOKING UP
Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401303389
6. A LION CALLED CHRISTIAN
Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, Broadway, $21.95, 9780767932301
7. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
8. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531
9. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
10. MY BOOKY WOOK- DEBUT
Russell Brand, HarperCollins, $25.99, 9780061730412
11. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 2009
Barack Obama, Penguin, $12, 9780143116424
12. THE YANKEE YEARS
Joe Torre, Tom Verducci, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385527408
13. HOW WE DECIDE
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780618620111
14. COLUMBINE- DEBUT
Dave Cullen, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446546935
15. JESUS, INTERRUPTED
Bart D. Ehrman, HarperOne, $25.99, 9780061173936
ON THE RISE:
21. THIS IS WATER
David Foster Wallace, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316068222
Wallace's commencement address given at Kenyon College in 2005.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH- DEBUT
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
3. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
4. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
5. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
6. CITY OF THIEVES
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
7. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
8. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
9. THE READER
Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898
10. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
11. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307277466
13. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
14. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
15. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
ON THE RISE:
20. COMFORT FOOD
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $15, 9780425226209
The follow-up to The Friday Night Knitting Club is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
3. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
4. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
5. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
6. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
7. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
8. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Berkley, $15, 9780425226896
9. GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446697965
10. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
11. BONK: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex- DEBUT
Mary Roach, Norton, $14.95, 9780393334791
12. THE SOLOIST
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
13. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
14. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316346627
15. THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
ON THE RISE:
21. BAD MONEY
Kevin Phillips, Penguin, $16, 9780143114802
The author of American Theocracy describes how the U.S. financial sector is failing the American people.
MASS MARKET
1. NOTHING TO LOSE
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243670
2. WINTER STUDY
Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226957
3. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524793
4. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
5. CHILD 44- DEBUT
Tom Rob Smith, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446402392
6. HOLD TIGHT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451226501
7. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
8. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
10. TRIBUTE- DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515146363
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
4. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
5. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
6. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
7. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
8. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
9. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
10. TWILIGHT: Director's Notebook
Catherine Hardwicke, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316070522
11. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
12. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
13. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
14. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
15. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. FANCY NANCY: EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780061684869
2. THE COUNTRY BUNNY AND THE LITTLE GOLD SHOES
Dubose Heyward, Marjorie Flack (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin, $6.95, 9780395185575
3. GOOD EGG
Barney Saltzberg, Workman, $9.95, 9780761154068
4. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
7. I AM A BUNNY
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785
8. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
9. TEN LITTLE EASTER EGGS
Lily Karr, Cartwheel, $5.99, 9780545089241
10. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
11. PETER RABBIT EASTER EGG HUNT
Beatrix Potter, Frederick Warne, $9.99, 9780723263548
12. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
13. CAT
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $16.99, 9781416978008
14. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR POP-UP BOOK
Eric Carle, Philomel, $29.99, 9780399250392
15. LADYBUG GIRL AND BUMBLEBEE BOY
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803733398
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
5. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
6. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
8. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
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April 9, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, April 9, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, April 5, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-LONG LOST, by Harlan Coben (9780525951056)
#8-A RELIABLE WIFE, by Robert Goolrick (9781565125964)
#15-ABOUT FACE, by Donna Leon (9780802118967)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#4-ALWAYS LOOKING UP, by Michael J. Fox (9781401303389)
Paperback Fiction
#10-CITY OF THIEVES, by David Benioff (9780452295292)
#11-PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, by Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, (9781594743344)
Paperback Nonfiction
#9-ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT, by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (9780425226896)
#14-GOD IS NOT GREAT, by Christopher Hitchens (9780446697965)
Mass Market
#6-WINTER STUDY, by Nevada Barr (9780425226957)
Children's Illustrated
#2-FANCY NANCY: EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!, by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.) (9780061684869)
#9-LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA, by Anna Dewdney (9780670061983)
#13-PETER RABBIT EASTER EGG HUNT, by Beatrix Potter (9780723263548)
#14-TEN LITTLE EASTER EGGS, by Lily Karr (9780545089241)
#15-THE CURIOUS GARDEN, by Peter Brown (9780316015479)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
2. LONG LOST - DEBUT
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525951056
3. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/ Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
4. HANDLE WITH CARE
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $27.95, 9780743296410
5. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385517836
6. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
7. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $24, 9781416589631
8. A RELIABLE WIFE- DEBUT
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
9. THE WOMEN
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $27.95, 9780670020416
10. FOOL
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060590314
11. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
12. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414497
13. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
14. CORSAIR
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155390
15. ABOUT FACE - DEBUT
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780802118967
ON THE RISE:
16. THE LONG FALL
Walter Mosley, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488580
Mosley introduces Leonid McGill, a New York City private detective, in his latest bestseller and April Indie Next List Great Read.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
3. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
4. ALWAYS LOOKING UP: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist- DEBUT
Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401303389
5. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531
6. HOUSE OF CARDS
William D. Cohan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385528269
7. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
8. A LION CALLED CHRISTIAN
Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, Broadway, $21.95, 9780767932301
9. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
10. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780151014897
11. THE YANKEE YEARS
Joe Torre, Tom Verducci, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385527408
12. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 2009
Barack Obama, Penguin, $12, 9780143116424
13. JESUS, INTERRUPTED
Bart D. Ehrman, HarperOne, $25.99, 9780061173936
14. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455
15. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
ON THE RISE:
25. SEEKING PEACE: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World
Mary Pipher, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488610
Pipher's inspiring memoir is an April Indie Next List Great Read.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
3. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
4. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
5. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
6. THE READER
Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898
7. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
8. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
9. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
10. CITY OF THIEVES - DEBUT
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
11. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES- DEBUT
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
12. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
13. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307277466
14. LUSH LIFE
Richard Price, Picador, $15, 9780312428228
15. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
ON THE RISE:
17. THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS
Donna Leon, Penguin, $14, 9780143115618
The captivating 17th Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery is now available in paperback.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
3. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
7. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
8. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
9. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT- DEBUT
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Berkley, $15, 9780425226896
10. THE SOLOIST
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
11. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316346627
12. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
13. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9780743270755
14. GOD IS NOT GREAT: How Religion Poisons Everything - DEBUT
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446697965
15. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
ON THE RISE:
16. BONK: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Mary Roach, Norton, $14.95, 9780393334791
Roach's interesting and humorous look at sex and science is available in paperback.
MASS MARKET
1. NOTHING TO LOSE
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243670
2. FROM DEAD TO WORSE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
3. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524793
4. HOLD TIGHT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451226501
5. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
6. WINTER STUDY- DEBUT
Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226957
7. BUCKINGHAM PALACE GARDENS
Anne Perry, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345469328
8. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
9. WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416570882
10. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
5. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
6. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
7. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
8. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
9. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
10. TWILIGHT: Director's Notebook
Catherine Hardwicke, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316070522
11. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
12. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
14. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
15. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. FANCY NANCY: EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE! - DEBUT
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780061684869
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. THE COUNTRY BUNNY AND THE LITTLE GOLD SHOES
Dubose Heyward, Marjorie Flack (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin, $6.95, 9780395185575
5. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. GOOD EGG
Barney Saltzberg, Workman, $9.95, 9780761154068
7. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
8. I AM A BUNNY
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785
9. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA- DEBUT
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $16.99, 9780670061983
10. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
11. CAT
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $16.99, 9781416978008
12. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
13. PETER RABBIT EASTER EGG HUNT- DEBUT
Beatrix Potter, Frederick Warne, $9.99, 9780723263548
14. TEN LITTLE EASTER EGGS - DEBUT
Lily Karr, Cartwheel, $5.99, 9780545089241
15. THE CURIOUS GARDEN - DEBUT
Peter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316015479
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
5. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
10. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
© Copyright 2009, IndieBound, a trademark of the American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
April 2, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, April 2, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 29, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#12-TRUE DETECTIVES, by Jonathan Kellerman (9780345495143)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin (9781416562856)
Mass Market
#1-NOTHING TO LOSE, by Lee Child (9780440243670)
#4-WHERE ARE YOU NOW?, by Mary Higgins Clark (9781416570882)
#8-FROM DEAD TO WORSE, by Charlaine Harris (9780441017010)
#9-BUCKINGHAM PALACE GARDENS, by Anne Perry (9780345469328)
Children's Interest
#6-THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN (paperback), by Sherman Alexie (9780316013697)
Children's Illustrated
#9-THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR POP-UP BOOK, by Eric Carle (9780399250392)
#12-GOOD EGG, by Barney Saltzberg (9780761154068)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: City of Glass (Mortal Instruments), by Cassandra Clare (9781416914303)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
2. HANDLE WITH CARE
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $27.95, 9780743296410
3. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
4. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385517836
5. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
6. FOOL
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060590314
7. THE WOMEN
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $27.95, 9780670020416
8. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
9. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $24, 9781416589631
10. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
11. HEART AND SOUL
Maeve Binchy, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307265791
12. TRUE DETECTIVES - DEBUT
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $27, 9780345495143
13. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414497
14. CORSAIR
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155390
15. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
ON THE RISE:
19. PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Sara Houghteling, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266859
The son of a French-Jewish art dealer searches for paintings stolen by the Nazis during WWII.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
2. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
3. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY: A CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO - DEBUT
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
4. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531
5. HOUSE OF CARDS
William D. Cohan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385528269
6. A LION CALLED CHRISTIAN
Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, Broadway, $21.95, 9780767932301
7. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
8. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
9. THE YANKEE YEARS
Joe Torre, Tom Verducci, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385527408
10. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 2009
Barack Obama, Penguin, $12, 9780143116424
11. JESUS, INTERRUPTED
Bart D. Ehrman, HarperOne, $25.99, 9780061173936
12. HOW WE DECIDE
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780618620111
13. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780151014897
14. FOOD MATTERS
Mark Bittman, S&S, $25, 9781416575641
15. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
ON THE RISE:
16. HAPPENS EVERY DAY
Isabel Gillies, Scribner, $25, 9781439110072
Gillies' memoir of the breakup of her marriage is an April Indie Next List Great Read.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
3. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
4. THE READER
Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898
5. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
6. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
7. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
8. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
9. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
10. LUSH LIFE
Richard Price, Picador, $15, 9780312428228
11. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307277466
12. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
13. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
14. STILL ALICE
Lisa Genova, Pocket, $15, 9781439102817
15. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Richard Yates, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454621
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
5. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
7. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
8. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
9. THE SOLOIST
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
10. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
11. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316346627
12. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
13. EAT THIS, NOT THAT! SUPERMARKET SURVIVAL GUIDE
David Zinczenko, Rodale, $19.95, 9781605298382
14. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9780743270755
15. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
ON THE RISE:
23. OLD FRIEND FROM FAR AWAY: The Practice of Writing Memoir
Natalie Goldberg, Free Press, $15, 9781416535034
Goldberg's hardcover bestseller is now available in paperback.
MASS MARKET
1. NOTHING TO LOSE - DEBUT
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243670
2. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
3. HOLD TIGHT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451226501
4. WHERE ARE YOU NOW? - DEBUT
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416570882
5. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524793
6. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
7. THE APPEAL
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243816
8. FROM DEAD TO WORSE - DEBUT
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
9. BUCKINGHAM PALACE GARDENS - DEBUT
Anne Perry, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345469328
10. CHASING DARKNESS
Robert Crais, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416514985
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
3. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
5. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
6. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN - DEBUT IN PAPERBACK
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
7. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
8. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
9. TWILIGHT: Director's Notebook
Catherine Hardwicke, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316070522
10. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
11. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
12. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
13. CORALINE
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780380807345
14. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
15. THE COMPOSER IS DEAD
Lemony Snicket, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061236273
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
3. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
4. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
5. THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT
Susan Marie Swanson, Beth Krommes (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin, $17, 9780618862443
6. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. CAT
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $16.99, 9781416978008
8. THE COUNTRY BUNNY AND THE LITTLE GOLD SHOES
Dubose Heyward, Marjorie Flack (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin, $6.95, 9780395185575
9. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR POP-UP BOOK - DEBUT
Eric Carle, Philomel, $29.99, 9780399250392
10. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
11. I AM A BUNNY
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785
12. GOOD EGG - DEBUT
Barney Saltzberg, Workman, $9.95, 9780761154068
13. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
14. LADYBUG GIRL AND BUMBLEBEE BOY
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803733398
15. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
4. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. MAXIMUM RIDE (hardcover and paperback)
James Patterson, Little Brown
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. MORTAL INSTRUMENTS (hardcover and paperback)
Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry
NEW IN SERIES: CITY OF GLASS (9781416914303)
9. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
10. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
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March 26, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, March 26, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 22, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#5-A LION CALLED CHRISTIAN, by John Rendall, Anthony Bourke (9780767932301)
#14-CHEEVER, by Blake Bailey (9781400043941)
Paperback Fiction
#15-MUDBOUND, by Hillary Jordan (9781565126770)
Paperback Nonfiction
#9-THE SOLOIST, by Steve Lopez (9780425226001)
Children's Interest
#7-TWILIGHT: Director's Notebook, by Catherine Hardwicke (9780316070522)
Children's Illustrated
#15-ALL IN A DAY, by Cynthia Rylant, Nikki McClure (Illus.) (9780810983212)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: MAX (Maximum Ride), by James Patterson (9780316002899)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
2. HANDLE WITH CARE
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $27.95, 9780743296410
3. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385517836
4. FOOL
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060590314
5. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
6. THE WOMEN
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $27.95, 9780670020416
7. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
8. HEART AND SOUL
Maeve Binchy, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307265791
9. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $24, 9781416589631
10. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
11. CORSAIR
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155390
12. NIGHT AND DAY
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155413
13. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
14. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414497
15. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936
ON THE RISE:
21. THE TOURIST
Olen Steinhauer, Minotaur, $24.95, 9780312369729
Steinhauer's outstanding contemporary espionage novel is a March Indie Next List Great Read.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531
3. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
4. HOUSE OF CARDS
William D. Cohan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385528269
5. A LION CALLED CHRISTIAN: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion - DEBUT
John Rendall, Anthony Bourke, Broadway, $21.95, 9780767932301
6. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
7. THE YANKEE YEARS
Joe Torre, Tom Verducci, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385527408
8. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 2009
Barack Obama, Penguin, $12, 9780143116424
9. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
10. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780151014897
11. FOOD MATTERS
Mark Bittman, S&S, $25, 9781416575641
12. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
13. HOW WE DECIDE
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780618620111
14. CHEEVER: A LIFE - DEBUT
Blake Bailey, Knopf, $35, 9781400043941
15. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
ON THE RISE:
24. MY BOOKY WOOK
Russell Brand, HarperCollins, $25.99, 9780061730412
An irreverent memoir by the popular British comedian and actor.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
3. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
4. THE READER
Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898
5. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
6. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
7. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
8. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
9. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
10. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307277466
11. LUSH LIFE
Richard Price, Picador, $15, 9780312428228
12. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
13. STILL ALICE
Lisa Genova, Pocket, $15, 9781439102817
14. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Richard Yates, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454621
15. MUDBOUND - DEBUT
Hillary Jordan, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565126770
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
4. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
5. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
6. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
7. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
8. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
9. THE SOLOIST (Movie Tie-in) - DEBUT
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
10. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
11. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
12. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
13. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9780743270755
14. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
15. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316346627
ON THE RISE:
29. THE MATCH: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever
Mark Frost, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781401309619
The latest by the bestselling author of The Greatest Game Ever Played is available in paperback.
MASS MARKET
1. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
2. HOLD TIGHT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451226501
3. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
4. THE APPEAL
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243816
5. CHASING DARKNESS
Robert Crais, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416514985
6. BONES
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345495174
7. PLAGUE SHIP
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226698
8. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524793
9. STRANGER IN PARADISE
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226285
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
2. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
5. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
7. TWILIGHT: Director's Notebook - DEBUT
Catherine Hardwicke, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316070522
8. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
9. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
10. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
11. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
12. THE COMPOSER IS DEAD
Lemony Snicket, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061236273
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
14. CORALINE
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780380807345
15. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT
Susan Marie Swanson, Beth Krommes (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin, $17, 9780618862443
3. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
4. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
6. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
7. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. LADYBUG GIRL AND BUMBLEBEE BOY
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803733398
9. CAT
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $16.99, 9781416978008
10. FANCY NANCY SEES STARS
Jane O'Connor, Ted Enik (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $3.99, 9780061236112
11. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
12. TWILIGHT: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316043137
13. THE COUNTRY BUNNY AND THE LITTLE GOLD SHOES
Dubose Heyward, Marjorie Flack (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin, $6.95, 9780395185575
14. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
15. ALL IN A DAY - DEBUT
Cynthia Rylant, Nikki McClure (Illus.), Abrams, $17.95, 9780810983212
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
5. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
6. MAXIMUM RIDE (hardcover and paperback)
James Patterson, Little Brown
NEW IN SERIES: MAX (9780316002899)
7. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
10. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
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March 19, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, March 19, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 15, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#8-CORSAIR, by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul (9780399155390)
#15-BICYCLES, by Nikki Giovanni (9780061726453)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-HOUSE OF CARDS, by William D. Cohan (9780385528269)
#15-JESUS, INTERRUPTED, by Bart D. Ehrman (9780061173936)
Paperback Fiction
#12-THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS, by Alexander McCall Smith (9780307277466)
Mass Market
#10-SMALL FAVOR, by Jim Butcher (9780451462008)
Children's Interest
#8-THE COMPOSER IS DEAD, by Lemony Snicket, Carson Ellis (Illus.) (9780061236273)
Children's Illustrated
#8-LADYBUG GIRL AND BUMBLEBEE BOY, by Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.) (9780803733398)
#12-THAT'S WHAT LEPRECHAUNS DO, by Eve Bunting, Emily Arnold McCully (Illus.) (9780547076737)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: HUNTED (HOUSE OF NIGHT), by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (9780312379827)
NEW IN SERIES: MOONLIGHT ON THE MAGIC FLUTE (Magic Tree House), by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.) (9780375856464)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
2. HANDLE WITH CARE
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $27.95, 9780743296410
3. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385517836
4. FOOL
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060590314
5. THE WOMEN
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $27.95, 9780670020416
6. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
7. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
8. CORSAIR - DEBUT
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155390
9. HEART AND SOUL
Maeve Binchy, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307265791
10. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $24, 9781416589631
11. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414497
12. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
13. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
14. NIGHT AND DAY
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155413
15. BICYCLES: Love Poems - DEBUT
Nikki Giovanni, Morrow, $16.99, 9780061726453
ON THE RISE:
20. THE BELIEVERS
Zoe Heller, Harper, $25.99, 9780061430206
The new novel by the author of What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal is a March Indie Next List Notable title.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
3. HOUSE OF CARDS: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street - DEBUT
William D. Cohan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385528269
4. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
5. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 2009
Barack Obama, Penguin, $12, 9780143116424
6. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531
7. THE YANKEE YEARS
Joe Torre, Tom Verducci, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385527408
8. FOOD MATTERS
Mark Bittman, S&S, $25, 9781416575641
9. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780151014897
10. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
11. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
12. THE RETURN OF DEPRESSION ECONOMICS AND THE CRISIS OF 2008
Paul Krugman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393071016
13. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
14. HOW WE DECIDE
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780618620111
15. JESUS, INTERRUPTED: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible - DEBUT
Bart D. Ehrman, HarperOne, $25.99, 9780061173936
ON THE RISE:
32. A JURY OF HER PEERS
Elaine Showalter, Knopf, $30, 9781400041237
An impressive and comprehensive history of American women writers.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. THE READER
Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898
3. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
4. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
5. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
6. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
7. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
8. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
9. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
10. LUSH LIFE
Richard Price, Picador, $15, 9780312428228
11. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Richard Yates, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454621
12. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS - DEBUT
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307277466
13. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594483851
14. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
15. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
ON THE RISE:
24. SONATA FOR MIRIAM
Linda Olsson, Penguin, $15, 9780143114703
The second novel by the bestselling author of Astrid & Veronika is a March Indie Next List Great Read.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
3. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
4. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
6. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
7. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
8. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9780743270755
9. A NEW EARTH
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
10. SUZE ORMAN'S 2009 ACTION PLAN
Suze Orman, Spiegel & Grau, $9.99, 9780385530934
11. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
12. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
13. INFIDEL
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696
14. EAT THIS, NOT THAT! SUPERMARKET SURVIVAL GUIDE
David Zinczenko, Rodale, $19.95, 9781605298382
15. THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806
ON THE RISE:
24. NUDGE
Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein, Penguin, $16, 9780143115267
This entertaining book by two University of Chicago professors aims to help people make better decisions for themselves and for society.
MASS MARKET
1. THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
2. HOLD TIGHT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451226501
3. CHASING DARKNESS
Robert Crais, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416514985
4. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
5. THE APPEAL
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243816
6. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
8. BONES
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345495174
9. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524793
10. SMALL FAVOR - DEBUT
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451462008
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
2. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
4. THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
5. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
6. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
7. SCAT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868
8. THE COMPOSER IS DEAD - DEBUT
Lemony Snicket, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061236273
9. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
10. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
11. CORALINE
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780380807345
12. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101
13. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
14. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
15. THE HUNGER GAMES
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT
Susan Marie Swanson, Beth Krommes (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin, $17, 9780618862443
3. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. SWING!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
7. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. LADYBUG GIRL AND BUMBLEBEE BOY - DEBUT
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803733398
9. CAT
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $16.99, 9781416978008
10. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
11. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
12. THAT'S WHAT LEPRECHAUNS DO - DEBUT
Eve Bunting, Emily Arnold McCully (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $6.99, 9780547076737
13. FANCY NANCY SEES STARS
Jane O'Connor, Ted Enik (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $3.99, 9780061236112
14. GREEN EGGS AND HAM
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800165
15. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. HOUSE OF NIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
NEW IN SERIES: HUNTED (9780312379827)
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
NEW IN SERIES: MOONLIGHT ON THE MAGIC FLUTE (9780375856464)
4. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic
5. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
6. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
9. WARRIORS (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Avon
10. THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
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March 12, 2009
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, March 12, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 8, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-HANDLE WITH CARE, by Jodi Picoult (9780743296410)
#14-THE KINDLY ONES, by Jonathan Littell (9780061353451)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#10-FLANNERY, by Brad Gooch (9780316000666)
Paperback Fiction
#10-LUSH LIFE, by Richard Price (9780312428228)
#14-THE THIRD ANGEL, by Alice Hoffman (9780307405951)
Mass Market
#1-HOLD TIGHT, by Harlan Coben (9780451226501)
Children's Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: THE SWORD THIEF (The 39 Clues), by Peter Lerangis (9780545060431)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
2. HANDLE WITH CARE - DEBUT
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $27.95, 9780743296410
3. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385517836
4. THE WOMEN
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $27.95, 9780670020416
5. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
6. FOOL
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060590314
7. HEART AND SOUL
Maeve Binchy, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307265791
8. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414497
9. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
10. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $24, 9781416589631
11. NIGHT AND DAY
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155413
12. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751
13. AMONG THE MAD
Jacqueline Winspear, Holt, $25, 9780805082166
14. THE KINDLY ONES - DEBUT
Jonathan Littell, Harper, $29.99, 9780061353451
15. THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
ON THE RISE:
20. DROOD
Dan Simmons, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316007023
A chilling and mysterious novel about the later years of the life of Charles Dickens.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
3. THE YANKEE YEARS
Joe Torre, Tom Verducci, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385527408
4. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531
5. DEWEY
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
6. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 2009
Barack Obama, Penguin, $12, 9780143116424
7. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780151014897
8. THE LAST LECTURE
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
9. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
10. FLANNERY: A Life of Flannery O'Connor - DEBUT
Brad Gooch, Little Brown, $30, 9780316000666
11. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
12. THE RETURN OF DEPRESSION ECONOMICS AND THE CRISIS OF 2008
Paul Krugman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393071016
13. HOW WE DECIDE
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780618620111
14. FOOD MATTERS
Mark Bittman, S&S, $25, 9781416575641
15. LAST LION
Peter Canellos, S&S, $28, 9781439138175
ON THE RISE:
20. THE GARDNER HEIST
Ulrich Boser, HarperCollins, $25.99, 9780061451836
A fascinating look at the 1990 art theft at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE SHACK
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. THE READER
Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898
3. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
4. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
5. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
6. THE WHITE TIGER
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
7. AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
8. OUT STEALING HORSES
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
9. LOVING FRANK
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
10. LUSH LIFE - DEBUT
Richard Price, Picador, $15, 9780312428228
11. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Richard Yates, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454621
12. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
13. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594483851
14. THE THIRD ANGEL - DEBUT
Alice Hoffman, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307405951