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March 11, 2010

The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, March 11, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 7, 2010). 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 or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. HOUSE RULES - DEBUT
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9780743296434
3. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
4. THE POSTMISTRESS
Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399156199
5. THE MAN FROM BEIJING
Henning Mankell, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307271860
6. MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND - DEBUT
Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937
7. THE LACUNA
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
8. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER - DEBUT
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $21.99, 9780446563086
9. SPLIT IMAGE
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399156236
10. THE THREE WEISSMANNS OF WESTPORT
Cathleen Schine, FSG, $25, 9780374299040
11. SHADOW TAG
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.99, 9780061536090
12. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
13. WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
14. THE SWAN THIEVES
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
15. HORNS
Joe Hill, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061147951
ON THE RISE:
17. THE GIRL WHO FELL FROM THE SKY
Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin, $22.95, 9781565126800
Durrow's thoughtful novel about the daugher of white Danish woman and African-American man is a February Indie Next List Great Read.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. GAME CHANGE
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
2. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
3. THE HAPPINESS PROJECT
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
4. STONES INTO SCHOOLS
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
5. COMMITTED
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
6. WILLIE MAYS
James S. Hirsch, Scribner, $30, 9781416547907
7. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
8. THE PACIFIC - DEBUT
Hugh Ambrose, NAL, $26.95, 9780451230232
9. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
10. JUST KIDS
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312
11. HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
12. MAKING ROUNDS WITH OSCAR: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat - DEBUT
David Dosa, Hyperion, $23.99, 9781401323233
13. NO APOLOGY: The Case for American Greatness - DEBUT
Mitt Romney, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312609801
14. WHAT THE DOG SAW
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
15. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
3. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
4. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
5. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
6. LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
7. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
8. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
9. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530
10. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
11. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
12. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
13. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
14. BROOKLYN - DEBUT
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $15, 9781439148952
15. THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781416550556
ON THE RISE:
24. FOOL
Christopher Moore, Harper, $14.99, 9780060590321
Moore's hilarious take on King Lear is available in paperback.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. FOOD RULES
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
3. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
4. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
5. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
6. A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Howard Zinn, Harper, $18.99, 9780060838652
7. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
8. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $16, 9780812973013
9. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
11. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
12. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
13. HOW WE DECIDE
Jonah Lehrer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547247991
14. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
15. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
ON THE RISE:
19. EINSTEIN'S GOD
Krista Tippett, Penguin, $16, 9780143116776
An interesting look at the ways people view science and religious belief.

MASS MARKET
1. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
2. SHUTTER ISLAND
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061703256
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
4. FIRST FAMILY
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446539746
5. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
6. HEART AND SOUL
Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307278425
7. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
8. LONG LOST
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451229328
9. THE SCARECROW
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401203
10. THE LAST SONG - DEBUT
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446570961

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
3. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
4. INCARCERON
Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
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
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
7. THE DEMIGOD FILES
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
8. D'AULAIRE'S BOOK OF GREEK MYTHS
Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire, Delacorte, $19.95, 9780440406945
9. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Lewis Carroll, Camille Rose Garcia (Illus.), Collins Design, $16.99, 9780061886577
10. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
11. FALLEN
Lauren Kate, Delacorte, $17.99, 9780385738934
12. WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316114271
13. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
14. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
15. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. THE EASTER EGG
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399252389
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. THE LION & THE MOUSE
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. FANCY NANCY'S ELEGANT EASTER
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061703799
6. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. FANCY NANCY: POET EXTRAORDINAIRE! - DEBUT
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061896439
8. GREEN EGGS AND HAM
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800165
9. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
10. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
11. HAPPY EASTER, MOUSE!
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray, $6.99, 9780694014224
12. I AM A BUNNY
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785
13. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
14. THE CAT IN THE HAT
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800011
15. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
5. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
NEW IN SERIES: EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY (9780061873263)
6. HUNGER GAMES (hardover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
7. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
8. IVY & BEAN (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books

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March 4, 2010

The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, March 4, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, February 28, 2010). 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 or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE MAN FROM BEIJING
Henning Mankell, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307271860
3. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
4. SPLIT IMAGE - DEBUT
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399156236
5. THE POSTMISTRESS
Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399156199
6. THE LACUNA
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
7. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
8. SHADOW TAG
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.99, 9780061536090
9. WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
10. THE SWAN THIEVES
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
11. UNION ATLANTIC - DEBUT
Adam Haslett, Nan A. Talese, $26, 9780385524476
12. THE THREE WEISSMANNS OF WESTPORT
Cathleen Schine, FSG, $25, 9780374299040
13. NOAH'S COMPASS
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272409
14. HORNS - DEBUT
Joe Hill, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061147951
15. FANTASY IN DEATH - DEBUT
J.D. Robb, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156243
ON THE RISE:
17. BLOODROOT
Amy Greene, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269867
Greene's wonderful debut novel is a January 2010 Indie Next List Great Read.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. GAME CHANGE
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
2. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
3. STONES INTO SCHOOLS
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
4. COMMITTED
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
5. JUST KIDS
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312
6. THE HAPPINESS PROJECT
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
7. WILLIE MAYS
James S. Hirsch, Scribner, $30, 9781416547907
8. THE POLITICIAN
Andrew Young, Thomas Dunne, $24.99, 9780312640651
9. MAKING TOAST - DEBUT
Roger Rosenblatt, Ecco, $21.99, 9780061825934
10. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
11. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
12. HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
13. DRIVE
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488849
14. WHAT THE DOG SAW
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
15. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
ON THE RISE:
20. I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE
Eve Ensler, Villard, $20, 9781400061044
A call to action for girls everywhere to become the women they were always meant to be.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
3. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
4. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
5. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
6. LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
7. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
8. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
9. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530
10. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
11. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
13. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
14. THE PIANO TEACHER
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530
15. THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781416550556
ON THE RISE:
24. THE TOURIST
Olen Steinhauer, Minotaur, $14.99, 9780312374877
A contemporary spy thriller by the bestselling author of The Bridge of Sighs.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. FOOD RULES
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
4. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
6. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $16, 9780812973013
7. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
8. A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Howard Zinn, Harper, $18.99, 9780060838652
9. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
10. HOW WE DECIDE
Jonah Lehrer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547247991
11. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
12. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
13. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
14. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
15. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
ON THE RISE:
23. ANGELS AND AGES
Adam Gopnik, Vintage, $15, 9780307455307
Gopnik's look at Darwin and Lincoln, and their impact on modern life.

MASS MARKET
1. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
2. SHUTTER ISLAND
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061703256
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
4. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
5. FIRST FAMILY
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446539746
6. THE SCARECROW
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401203
7. HEART AND SOUL - DEBUT
Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307278425
8. NINE STORIES
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769501
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
10. LONG LOST - DEBUT
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451229328

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
4. INCARCERON
Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
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 DEMIGOD FILES
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
8. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
9. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
10. D'AULAIRE'S BOOK OF GREEK MYTHS
Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire, Delacorte, $19.95, 9780440406945
11. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
12. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Lewis Carroll, Camille Rose Garcia (Illus.), Collins Design, $16.99, 9780061886577
13. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
14. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
15. THE GIRL WHO COULD FLY - DEBUT
Victoria Forester, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312602383

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. THE EASTER EGG
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399252389
3. THE LION & THE MOUSE
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
6. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. FANCY NANCY'S ELEGANT EASTER
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061703799
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. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
11. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
12. ALL THE WORLD
Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $17.99, 9781416985808
13. GREEN EGGS AND HAM
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800165
14. HAPPY EASTER, MOUSE! - DEBUT
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray, $6.99, 9780694014224
15. OTIS
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
5. HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
6. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
7. IVY & BEAN (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper

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February 25, 2010

The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, February 25, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, February 21, 2010). 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 or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
3. THE MAN FROM BEIJING - DEBUT
Henning Mankell, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307271860
4. SHADOW TAG
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.99, 9780061536090
5. THE POSTMISTRESS
Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399156199
6. THE THREE WEISSMANNS OF WESTPORT - DEBUT
Cathleen Schine, FSG, $25, 9780374299040
7. THE LACUNA
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
8. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
9. WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
10. THE SWAN THIEVES
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
11. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
12. WORST CASE
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316036221
13. NOAH'S COMPASS
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272409
14. THE LOST BOOKS OF THE ODYSSEY
Zachary Mason, FSG, $24, 9780374192150
15. THE FIRST RULE
Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156137

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. GAME CHANGE
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
2. STONES INTO SCHOOLS
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
3. JUST KIDS
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312
4. COMMITTED
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
5. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
6. THE HAPPINESS PROJECT
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
7. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
8. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
9. WILLIE MAYS
James S. Hirsch, Scribner, $30, 9781416547907
10. THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $24.50, 9780805091748
11. WHAT THE DOG SAW
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
12. DRIVE
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488849
13. ON THE BRINK
Jr.Henry M. Paulson, Business Plus, $28.99, 9780446561938
14. THE KIND DIET
Alicia Silverstone, Rodale, $29.99, 9781605296449
15. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
ON THE RISE:
17. MAKING ROUNDS WITH OSCAR
David Dosa, Hyperion, $23.99, 9781401323233
The endearing true story of a cat's life at a nursing home.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
3. LITTLE BEE - DEBUT
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
4. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
5. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
6. LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
7. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
8. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
9. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530
10. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
11. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
12. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
13. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
14. THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN - DEBUT
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781416550556
15. THE PIANO TEACHER
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. FOOD RULES
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
3. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
4. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
5. A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Howard Zinn, Harper, $18.95, 9780060838652
6. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
7. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
8. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
10. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
11. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
12. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
13. HOW WE DECIDE
Jonah Lehrer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547247991
14. THE POSSESSED: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them - DEBUT
Elif Batuman, FSG, $15, 9780374532185
15. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695

MASS MARKET
1. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
2. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
3. SHUTTER ISLAND
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061703256
4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
5. THE SCARECROW
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401203
6. NINE STORIES
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769501
7. FRANNY AND ZOOEY
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769495
8. FIRST FAMILY - DEBUT
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446539746
9. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400
10. NIGHT AND DAY
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425232996

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
2. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
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 DEMIGOD FILES
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
6. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
7. INCARCERON
Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
8. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
9. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
10. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Lewis Carroll, Camille Rose Garcia (Illus.), Collins Design, $16.99, 9780061886577
11. D'AULAIRE'S BOOK OF GREEK MYTHS
Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire, Delacorte, $19.95, 9780440406945
12. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
13. WITCH & WIZARD
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316036245
14. FALLEN
Lauren Kate, Delacorte, $17.99, 9780385738934
15. THE UNDERNEATH
Kathi Appelt, David Small (Illus.), Atheneum, $7.99, 9781416950592

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. THE LION & THE MOUSE
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
3. THE EASTER EGG
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399252389
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
8. FANCY NANCY'S ELEGANT EASTER - DEBUT
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061703799
9. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
10. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
11. ALL THE WORLD
Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $17.99, 9781416985808
12. I AM A BUNNY
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785
13. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
14. FANCY NANCY: HEART TO HEART
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235962
15. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
5. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
8. IVY & BEAN (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper

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February 18, 2010

The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, February 18, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, February 14, 2010). 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 or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
3. THE POSTMISTRESS - DEBUT
Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399156199
4. SHADOW TAG
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.99, 9780061536090
5. THE LACUNA
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
6. THE SWAN THIEVES
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
7. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
8. WORST CASE
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316036221
9. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
10. WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
11. WHERE THE GOD OF LOVE HANGS OUT
Amy Bloom, Random House, $25, 9781400063574
12. NOAH'S COMPASS
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272409
13. REMARKABLE CREATURES
Tracy Chevalier, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525951452
14. THE LOST BOOKS OF THE ODYSSEY - DEBUT
Zachary Mason, FSG, $24, 9780374192150
15. BRAVA, VALENTINE - DEBUT
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $25.99, 9780061257070
ON THE RISE:
18. CONSPIRATA
Robert Harris, S&S, $26, 9780743266109
Harris follows up his bestselling novel of Ancient Rome, Imperium.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. GAME CHANGE
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
2. STONES INTO SCHOOLS
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
3. COMMITTED
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
4. JUST KIDS
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312
5. THE HAPPINESS PROJECT
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
6. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
7. WILLIE MAYS: The Life, the Legend - DEBUT
James S. Hirsch, Scribner, $30, 9781416547907
8. THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $24.5, 9780805091748
9. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
10. WHAT THE DOG SAW
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
11. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
12. THE POLITICIAN
Andrew Young, Thomas Dunne, $24.99, 9780312640651
13. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
14. OPEN
Andre Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198
15. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
ON THE RISE:
16. STAYING TRUE
Jenny Sanford, Ballantine, $25, 9780345522399
A candid memoir by the first lady of South Carolina.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
4. LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
5. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
6. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
7. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
8. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
9. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530
10. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
11. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
12. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
13. THE PIANO TEACHER
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530
14. WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012836
15. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044936
ON THE RISE:
29. HONOLULU
Alan Brennert, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312606343
A novel about a young Korean woman who immigrates to Honolulu in 1914.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. FOOD RULES
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
3. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
4. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
5. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
6. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
7. A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Howard Zinn, Harper, $18.95, 9780060838652
8. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
9. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
10. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
11. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
12. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
13. HOW WE DECIDE
Jonah Lehrer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547247991
14. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
15. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335

MASS MARKET
1. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
2. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
4. THE SCARECROW
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401203
5. SHUTTER ISLAND - DEBUT
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061703256
6. NINE STORIES
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769501
7. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400
8. NIGHT AND DAY - DEBUT
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425232996
9. FRANNY AND ZOOEY
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769495
10. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
2. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
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. INCARCERON
Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
6. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
7. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
8. THE UNDERNEATH
Kathi Appelt, David Small (Illus.), Atheneum, $7.99, 9781416950592
9. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
10. THE DEMIGOD FILES
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
11. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
12. THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE
Jacqueline Kelly, Holt, $16.99, 9780805088410
13. WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316114271
14. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
15. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. FANCY NANCY: HEART TO HEART
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235962
2. THE LION & THE MOUSE
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, MOUSE!
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061804328
5. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
7. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. WHERE'S MY SWEETIE PIE?
Ed Emberley, LB Kids, $7.99, 9780316018913
11. ALL THE WORLD
Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $17.99, 9781416985808
12. MY HEART IS LIKE A ZOO
Michael Hall, Greenwillow, $16.99, 9780061915109
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. VALENTINE SURPRISE
Corinne Demas, R.W. Alley (Illus.), Walker, $6.99, 9780802720764

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
5. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
6. HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
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. IVY & BEAN (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin

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February 11, 2010

The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, February 11, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, February 7, 2010). 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 bestseller page in the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
3. THE LACUNA
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
4. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
5. SHADOW TAG - DEBUT
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.99, 9780061536090
6. THE SWAN THIEVES
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
7. NOAH'S COMPASS
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272409
8. WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
9. WORST CASE - DEBUT
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316036221
10. SECRETS OF EDEN - DEBUT
Chris Bohjalian, Shaye Areheart Books, $25, 9780307394972
11. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
12. POINT OMEGA - DEBUT
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $24, 9781439169957
13. THE FIRST RULE
Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156137
14. REMARKABLE CREATURES
Tracy Chevalier, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525951452
15. THE LAST SONG
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446547567

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. GAME CHANGE
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
2. COMMITTED
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
3. STONES INTO SCHOOLS
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
4. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS - DEBUT
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
5. JUST KIDS
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312
6. THE POLITICIAN - DEBUT
Andrew Young, Thomas Dunne, $24.99, 9780312640651
7. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
8. THE HAPPINESS PROJECT
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
9. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
10. WHAT THE DOG SAW
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
11. ON THE BRINK: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - DEBUT
Henry M. Paulson, Business Plus, $28.99, 9780446561938
12. THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $24.5, 9780805091748
13. OPEN
Andre Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198
14. DRIVE
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488849
15. FREEFALL
Joseph Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393075960

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
4. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
5. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
6. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
7. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
8. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
9. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
10. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
11. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. THE PIANO TEACHER
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530
13. SHANGHAI GIRLS - DEBUT
Lisa See, Random House Trade, $15, 9780812980530
14. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044936
15. WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012836

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. FOOD RULES
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
3. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
4. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
5. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
6. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
7. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
8. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
9. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
10. A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Howard Zinn, Harper, $18.95, 9780060838652
11. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
12. HOW WE DECIDE
Jonah Lehrer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547247991
13. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
14. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
15. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665

MASS MARKET
1. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
2. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
4. THE SCARECROW
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401203
5. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400
6. NINE STORIES
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769501
7. FRANNY AND ZOOEY
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769495
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
9. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
10. THE SILENT MAN - DEBUT
Alex Berenson, Jove, $9.99, 9780515147537

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
2. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: The Ultimate Guide
unknown, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
3. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
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. INCARCERON
Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
7. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
8. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
9. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
10. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
11. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
12. WITCH & WIZARD
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316036245
13. THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE
Jacqueline Kelly, Holt, $16.99, 9780805088410
14. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND - DEBUT
Lewis Carroll, Camille Rose Garcia, Collins Design, $16.99, 9780061886577
15. WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316114271

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. FANCY NANCY: HEART TO HEART
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235962
2. THE LION & THE MOUSE
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, MOUSE!
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061804328
5. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
7. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. WHERE'S MY SWEETIE PIE?
Ed Emberley, LB Kids, $7.99, 9780316018913
11. ALL THE WORLD
Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $17.99, 9781416985808
12. MY HEART IS LIKE A ZOO - DEBUT
Michael Hall, Greenwillow, $16.99, 9780061915109
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. VALENTINE SURPRISE - DEBUT
Corinne Demas, R.W. Alley (Illus.), Walker, $6.99, 9780802720764

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
NEW IN SERIES: THE VIPER'S NEST (9780545060479)
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
6. HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
7. IVY & BEAN (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
10. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin

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February 4, 2010

The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, February 4, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 31, 2010). 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 or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
3. THE LACUNA
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
4. THE SWAN THIEVES
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
5. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
6. NOAH'S COMPASS
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272409
7. WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
8. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
9. REMARKABLE CREATURES
Tracy Chevalier, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525951452
10. WHERE THE GOD OF LOVE HANGS OUT
Amy Bloom, Random House, $25, 9781400063574
11. TOO MUCH HAPPINESS
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269768
12. THE FIRST RULE
Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156137
13. THE LAST SONG
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446547567
14. THE GODFATHER OF KATHMANDU - DEBUT
John Burdett, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307263193
15. THE UNNAMED - DEBUT
Joshua Ferris, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316034012
ON THE RISE:
16. 36 ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Pantheon, $27.95, 9780307378187
A rollicking new novel about the conflict of faith and intellectual reason.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. GAME CHANGE
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
2. COMMITTED
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
3. STONES INTO SCHOOLS
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
4. JUST KIDS
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312
5. THE KIND DIET: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet - DEBUT
Alicia Silverstone, Rodale, $29.99, 9781605296449
6. THE HAPPINESS PROJECT - DEBUT
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
7. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
8. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
9. WHAT THE DOG SAW
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
10. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
11. DRIVE
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488849
12. THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $24.5, 9780805091748
13. OPEN
Andre Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198
14. HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
15. FREEFALL
Joseph Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393075960
ON THE RISE:
22. THE LADY IN THE TOWER
Alison Weir, Ballantine, $28, 9780345453211
An engrossing look at the fall of Anne Boleyn by the author of Mistress of the Monarchy.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. CUTTING FOR STONE - DEBUT
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
7. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
8. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
9. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
10. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
11. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044936
12. THE PIANO TEACHER
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530
13. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
14. WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012836
15. LARK AND TERMITE
Jayne Anne Phillips, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375701931

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. FOOD RULES
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
3. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
4. A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Howard Zinn, Harper, $18.95, 9780060838652
5. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
6. THE LOST CITY OF Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon - DEBUT
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
7. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
9. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
10. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
11. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
12. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
13. HOW WE DECIDE
Jonah Lehrer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547247991
14. THE VALUE OF NOTHING
Raj Patel, Picador, $14, 9780312429249
15. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363

MASS MARKET
1. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
2. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
4. THE SCARECROW - DEBUT
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401203
5. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400
6. NINE STORIES
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769501
7. FRANNY AND ZOOEY
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769495
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
9. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
10. THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
Anne Frank, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553577129

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
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. INCARCERON - DEBUT
Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
7. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
8. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
9. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
10. WITCH & WIZARD
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316036245
11. THE UNDERNEATH
Kathi Appelt, David Small (Illus.), Atheneum, $7.99, 9781416950592
12. FALLEN
Lauren Kate, Delacorte, $17.99, 9780385738934
13. THE DEMIGOD FILES
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
14. WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316114271
15. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. THE LION & THE MOUSE
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
2. FANCY NANCY: HEART TO HEART
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235962
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, MOUSE!
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061804328
6. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
7. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. ALL THE WORLD
Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $17.99, 9781416985808
9. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. WHERE'S MY SWEETIE PIE? - DEBUT
Ed Emberley, LB Kids, $7.99, 9780316018913
12. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
13. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
14. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
15. OTIS
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
5. HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. IVY & BEAN (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
9. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
10. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Jude Watson, et al., Scholastic

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January 28, 2010

The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, January 28, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 24, 2010). 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, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
3. THE LACUNA
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
4. THE SWAN THIEVES
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
5. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
6. NOAH'S COMPASS
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272409
7. WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
8. REMARKABLE CREATURES
Tracy Chevalier, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525951452
9. THE FIRST RULE
Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156137
10. THE BURNING LAND - DEBUT
Bernard Cornwell, Harper, $25.99, 9780060888749
11. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
12. THE LAST SONG
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446547567
13. WHERE THE GOD OF LOVE HANGS OUT
Amy Bloom, Random House, $25, 9781400063574
14. TOO MUCH HAPPINESS
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269768
15. DAY OUT OF DAYS - DEBUT
Sam Shepard, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307265401
ON THE RISE:
26. SAVING CEECEE HONEYCUTT
Beth Hoffman, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021390
Hoffman's charming and bittersweet debut novel.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. GAME CHANGE
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
2. COMMITTED
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
3. STONES INTO SCHOOLS
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
4. JUST KIDS - DEBUT
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312
5. WHAT THE DOG SAW
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
6. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
7. OPEN
AndRe Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198
8. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
9. HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
10. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
11. FREEFALL: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy - DEBUT
Joseph Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393075960
12. THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $24.5, 9780805091748
13. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
14. DRIVE
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488849
15. THE BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUSTRATED BY R. CRUMB
Norton, $24.95, 9780393061024
ON THE RISE:
23. YOU ARE NOT A GADGET: A Manifesto
Jaron Lanier, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269645
Computer scientist Lanier examines what he feels is the true potential of the Internet.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
6. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044936
7. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
8. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
9. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
10. THE PIANO TEACHER
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530
11. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012836
13. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE - DEBUT
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
14. THE WOMEN
T.C. Boyle, Penguin, $16, 9780143116479
15. PRECIOUS (Push Movie Tie-In Edition)
Sapphire, Vintage, $13, 9780307474841

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. FOOD RULES
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
3. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
6. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
7. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
9. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
10. HOW WE DECIDE - DEBUT
Jonah Lehrer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547247991
11. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
12. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
13. FOOD MATTERS
Mark Bittman, S&S, $15, 9781416575658
14. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2010
World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571237
15. THE VALUE OF NOTHING
Raj Patel, Picador, $14, 9780312429249

MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
3. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400
4. THE DEVIL'S PUNCHBOWL
Greg Iles, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781416524557
5. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243823
6. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476319
7. ENDER IN EXILE
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765344151
8. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
9. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
10. THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
Anne Frank, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553577129

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
2. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE - DEBUT
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
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. THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE - DEBUT
Jacqueline Kelly, Holt, $16.99, 9780805088410
7. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
8. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
9. WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON - DEBUT
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316114271
10. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
11. FALLEN
Lauren Kate, Delacorte, $17.99, 9780385738934
12. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
13. THE UNDERNEATH
Kathi Appelt, David Small (Illus.), Atheneum, $7.99, 9781416950592
14. THE DEMIGOD FILES
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
15. HATCHET
Gary Paulsen, Aladdin, $6.99, 9781416936473

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. THE LION & THE MOUSE
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
2. FANCY NANCY: HEART TO HEART
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235962
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. ALL THE WORLD
Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $17.99, 9781416985808
6. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
7. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, MOUSE! - DEBUT
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061804328
9. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. BUBBLE TROUBLE - DEBUT
Margaret Mahy, Polly Dunbar (Illus.), Clarion, $16, 9780547074214
11. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
12. OTIS
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
13. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
14. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
15. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
5. HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. IVY & BEAN (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
9. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Philomel

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January 21, 2010

The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, January 21, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 17, 2010). 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, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE LACUNA
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
3. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
4. THE SWAN THIEVES - DEBUT
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
5. NOAH'S COMPASS
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272409
6. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
7. THE FIRST RULE - DEBUT
Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156137
8. WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
9. REMARKABLE CREATURES
Tracy Chevalier, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525951452
10. TOO MUCH HAPPINESS
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269768
11. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
12. WHERE THE GOD OF LOVE HANGS OUT - DEBUT
Amy Bloom, Random House, $25, 9781400063574
13. THE LAST SONG
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446547567
14. U IS FOR UNDERTOW
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155970
15. PIRATE LATITUDES
Michael Crichton, Harper, $27.99, 9780061929373
NEW IN SERIES:
21. TREASURE HUNT
John Lescroart, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525951445
A new Wyatt Hunt thriller by the bestselling author of A Plague of Secrets.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. COMMITTED
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
2. GAME CHANGE: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime - DEBUT
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
3. STONES INTO SCHOOLS
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
4. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
5. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
6. WHAT THE DOG SAW
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
7. DRIVE
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488849
8. THE BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUSTRATED BY R. CRUMB
Norton, $24.95, 9780393061024
9. HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
10. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
11. THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $24.5, 9780805091748
12. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
13. GOING ROGUE
Sarah Palin, Harper, $28.99, 9780061939891
14. OPEN
Andre Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198
15. SUPERFREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $29.99, 9780060889579
NEW IN SERIES:
23. FREEFALL
Joseph Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393075960
Nobel Prize-winner Stiglitz looks at the current financial crisis.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044936
6. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
7. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
8. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
9. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
10. THE PIANO TEACHER
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530
11. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? - DEBUT
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012836
13. THE WOMEN
T.C. Boyle, Penguin, $16, 9780143116479
14. LARK AND TERMITE - DEBUT
Jayne Anne Phillips, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375701931
15. THE SCHOOL OF ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS - DEBUT
Erica Bauermeister, Berkley, $15, 9780425232095
NEW IN SERIES:
18. THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF SCONES
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $15, 9780307454706
Alexander McCall Smith's delightful new novel in the 44 Scotland Street series.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. FOOD RULES
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
6. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
9. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN - DEBUT
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
10. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
11. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2010
World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571237
12. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
13. THE VALUE OF NOTHING: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy - DEBUT
Raj Patel, Picador, $14, 9780312429249
14. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
15. FOOD MATTERS
Mark Bittman, S&S, $15, 9781416575658

MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400
3. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
4. THE DEVIL'S PUNCHBOWL
Greg Iles, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781416524557
5. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.5, 9780877799290
6. THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
Anne Frank, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553577129
7. TERMINAL FREEZE
Lincoln Child, Anchor, $7.99, 9781400095483
8. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
9. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476319
10. CROSS COUNTRY
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446536301

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. 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
3. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
4. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
5. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
6. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
7. WITCH & WIZARD
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316036245
8. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
9. THE UNDERNEATH - DEBUT
Kathi Appelt, David Small (Illus.), Atheneum, $7.99, 9781416950592
10. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
11. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA, YOUNG READERS EDITION
Michael Pollan, Dial, $9.99, 9780803735002
12. FALLEN
Lauren Kate, Delacorte, $17.99, 9780385738934
13. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
14. NUBS: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle
Brian Dennis, et al., Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316053181
15. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541

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: HEART TO HEART - DEBUT
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235962
4. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
5. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6. THE LION & THE MOUSE
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
7. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
10. OTIS
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
11. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
12. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
13. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
14. SKIPPYJON JONES
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142404034
15. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
4. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
NEW IN SERIES: LEPRECHAUN IN LATE WINTER (9780375856501)
5. HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Philomel
9. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Jude Watson, et al., Scholastic
10. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper

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January 14, 2010

The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, January 14, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 10, 2010). 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.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
3. THE LACUNA
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
4. NOAH'S COMPASS - DEBUT
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272409
5. WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
6. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
7. TOO MUCH HAPPINESS
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269768
8. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
9. REMARKABLE CREATURES - DEBUT
Tracy Chevalier, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525951452
10. PIRATE LATITUDES
Michael Crichton, Harper, $27.99, 9780061929373
11. U IS FOR UNDERTOW
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155970
12. LAST NIGHT IN TWISTED RIVER
John Irving, Random House, $28, 9781400063840
13. FORD COUNTY
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24, 9780385532457
14. A GATE AT THE STAIRS
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288
15. SUMMERTIME - DEBUT
J.M. Coetzee, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021383
ON THE RISE:
17. SHADES OF GREY
Jasper Fforde, Viking, $25.95, 9780670019632
The highly anticipated new novel by the bestselling author of Thursday Next is a January Indie Next List Great Read.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. COMMITTED: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage - DEBUT
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
2. STONES INTO SCHOOLS
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
3. WHAT THE DOG SAW
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
4. THE BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUSTRATED BY R. CRUMB
Norton, $24.95, 9780393061024
5. THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO: How to Get Things Right - DEBUT
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $24.5, 9780805091748
6. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
7. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
8. DRIVE: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - DEBUT
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488849
9. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
10. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
11. HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
12. SUPERFREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $29.99, 9780060889579
13. LIT
Mary Karr, Harper, $25.99, 9780060596989
14. GOING ROGUE
Sarah Palin, Harper, $28.99, 9780061939891
15. TRUE COMPASS
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258
ON THE RISE:
23. THE HAPPINESS PROJECT
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
Rubin's inspiring account of her year-long quest to live a happier life.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
4. LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
5. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
7. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044936
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 PIANO TEACHER
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530
11. A RELIABLE WIFE - DEBUT
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
12. THE WOMEN
T.C. Boyle, Penguin, $16, 9780143116479
13. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307476302
14. PRECIOUS (Push Movie Tie-In Edition)
Sapphire, Vintage, $13, 9780307474841
15. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. FOOD RULES
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
6. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
7. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
8. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
9. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2010
World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571237
10. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
11. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2010
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845
12. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA - DEBUT
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
13. FOOD MATTERS - DEBUT
Mark Bittman, S&S, $15, 9781416575658
14. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
15. THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316346627

MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400
3. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster, $7.5, 9780877799290
4. THE DEVIL'S PUNCHBOWL
Greg Iles, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781416524557
5. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476319
6. ENDER IN EXILE - DEBUT
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765344151
7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
8. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243823
9. ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
10. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
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. WITCH & WIZARD
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316036245
5. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
6. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
7. THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
8. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
9. LISTEN TO THE WIND
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
10. THE LITTLE PRINCE POP-UP
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35, 9780547260693
11. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
12. MILLION-DOLLAR THROW
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399246265
13. PETER AND THE SWORD OF MERCY
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423121343
14. LEGO STAR WARS: The Visual Dictionary
Simon Beecroft, DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756655297
15. FALLEN
Lauren Kate, Delacorte, $17.99, 9780385738934

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. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
4. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
7. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
8. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
9. THE LION & THE MOUSE
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
10. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
11. OTIS
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
12. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
13. THE STORY OF FERDINAND
Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99, 9780140502343
14. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
15. FANCY NANCY'S SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061235900

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
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. HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. IVY & BEAN (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. FANCY NANCY I CAN READ SERIES (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
10. RANGER'S APPRENTICE (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Philomel
NEW IN SERIES: ERAK'S RANSOM (9780399252051)

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January 7, 2010

The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, January 7, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 3, 2010). 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.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE LACUNA
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
3. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
4. THE LOST SYMBOL
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
5. HALF BROKE HORSES
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
6. WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
7. TOO MUCH HAPPINESS
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269768
8. U IS FOR UNDERTOW
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155970
9. PIRATE LATITUDES
Michael Crichton, Harper, $27.99, 9780061929373
10. LAST NIGHT IN TWISTED RIVER
John Irving, Random House, $28, 9781400063840
11. A GATE AT THE STAIRS
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288
12. FORD COUNTY
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24, 9780385532457
13. I, ALEX CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018784
14. THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385528771
15. HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY
Audrey Niffenegger, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439165393
ON THE RISE:
18. SUMMERTIME
J.M. Coetzee, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021383
Compelling new fiction by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Disgrace.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. STONES INTO SCHOOLS
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
2. WHAT THE DOG SAW
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
3. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
4. THE BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUSTRATED BY R. CRUMB
Norton, $24.95, 9780393061024
5. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
6. OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
7. TRUE COMPASS
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258
8. GOING ROGUE
Sarah Palin, Harper, $28.99, 9780061939891
9. SUPERFREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $29.99, 9780060889579
10. HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
11. EATING ANIMALS
Jonathan Safran Foer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316069908
12. WHERE MEN WIN GLORY
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385522267
13. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
14. OPEN
Andre Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198
15. LIT
Mary Karr, Harper, $25.99, 9780060596989
ON THE RISE:
30. POPS
Terry Teachout, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30, 9780151010899
Teachout's biography of jazz great Louis Armstrong is a December Indie Next List Great Read.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
4. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
7. THE PIANO TEACHER
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530
8. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044936
9. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
10. SARAH'S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
11. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234
12. PRECIOUS (Push Movie Tie-In Edition)
Sapphire, Vintage, $13, 9780307474841
13. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307476302
14. THE WOMEN - DEBUT
T.C. Boyle, Penguin, $16, 9780143116479
15. THE PRIVATE PATIENT
P.D. James, Vintage, $15, 9780307455284

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
2. FOOD RULES: An Eater's Manual
Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, $11, 9780143116387
3. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
4. MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
5. FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
6. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 2010
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845
7. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
9. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
10. NIGHTLIGHT
The Harvard Lampoon, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307476104
11. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
12. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2010
World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571237
13. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
14. BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
15. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED 2.0
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312428921
ON THE RISE:
17. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
Hilarious essays by the author of My Horizontal Life.

MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400
3. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476319
4. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
5. THE DEVIL'S PUNCHBOWL - DEBUT
Greg Iles, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781416524557
6. THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243823
7. DEAD UNTIL DARK
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
8. CROSS COUNTRY
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446536301
9. PLUM SPOOKY - DEBUT
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312383343
10. TERMINAL FREEZE - DEBUT
Lincoln Child, Anchor, $7.99, 9781400095483

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
3. WITCH & WIZARD
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316036245
4. GRACELING
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
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 MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
7. WHEN YOU REACH ME
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
8. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
9. PETER AND THE SWORD OF MERCY
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423121343
10. MILLION-DOLLAR THROW
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399246265
11. LEGO STAR WARS: The Visual Dictionary
Simon Beecroft, DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756655297
12. FALLEN - DEBUT
Lauren Kate, Delacorte, $17.99, 9780385738934
13. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
14. LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
15. RETURN TO THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD
David Benedictus, Mark Burgess (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 9780525421603

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. WADDLE!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
3. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. FANCY NANCY'S SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061235900
5. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
6. GALLOP!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
7. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
8. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. THE LION & THE MOUSE
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
10. CARL'S SNOWY AFTERNOON
Alexandra Day, FSG, $12.99, 9780374310868
11. OTIS
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
12. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
13. SKIPPYJON JONES
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142404034
14. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
15. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. TWILIGHT (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
4. HUNGER GAMES (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
8. MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
9. IVY & BEAN (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
10. THE 39 CLUES (hardcover)
Jude Watson, et al., Scholastic

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