PACIFIC NORTHWEST BESTSELLERS
Published 11:42 am Saturday, November 15, 2008
The Pacific Northwest Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and PNBA, for the week ended Sunday, November 9, 2008. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22
2. The Eleventh Man – Ivan Doig, Harcourt, $26
3. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle – David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95
4. Swallowing Darkness – Laurell K. Hamilton, Ballantine, $26
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95
6. The Host – Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99
7. A Lion Among Men – Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.95
8. The Brass Verdict – Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99
9. The Gate House – Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99
10. The English Major – Jim Harrison, Grove, $24
11. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95
12. Divine Justice – David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99
13. The Lucky One – Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99
14. A Most Wanted Man – John le Carré, Scribner, $28
15. Extreme Measures – Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.95
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Dewey – Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99
2. Letter to My Daughter – Maya Angelou, Random House, $25
3. Goodnight Bush – Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99
4. Hot, Flat, and Crowded -Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95
5. When You Are Engulfed in Flames -David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99
6. The Wordy Shipmates – Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $25.95
7. The Snowball – Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35
8. The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95
9. Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics – Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35
10. The Limits of Power -Andrew J. Bacevich, Metropolitan, $24
11. More Information Than You Require – John Hodgman, Dutton, $25
12. Holidays on Ice – David Sedaris, Little Brown, $16.99
13. Bad Money – Kevin Phillips, Viking, $25.95
14. Finding Beauty in a Broken World – Terry Tempest Williams, Pantheon, $26
15. My Stroke of Insight – Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Shack – William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99
2. Out Stealing Horses – Per Petterson, Picador, $14
3. The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14
4. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14
5. Run – Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95
6. Loving Frank – Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14
7. The Elegance of the Hedgehog – Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15
8. Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95
9. World Without End -Ken Follett, NAL, $22
10. The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14
11. Bridge of Sighs – Richard Russo, Vintage, $14.95
12. Home to Holly Springs – Jan Karon, Penguin, $14.95
13. Gentlemen of the Road – Michael Chabon, Del Rey, $14
14. The Almost Moon – Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99
15. Last Night at the Lobster – Stewart O’Nan, Penguin, $13
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Dreams From My Father – Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95
2. Three Cups of Tea – Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15
3. The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95
4. The Zookeeper’s Wife – Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95
5. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95
6. Musicophilia – Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95
7. Infidel – Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15
8. A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14
9. The Shock Doctrine – Naomi Klein, Picador, $16
10. The Omnivore’s Dilemma- Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16
11. The Nine – Jeffrey Toobin, Anchor, $15.95
12. The Year of Living Biblically – A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $15
13. Shakespeare: The World as Stage – Bill Bryson, Harper Perennial, $13.95
14. Marley & Me – John Grogan, Harper, $13.95
15. Me Talk Pretty One Day – David Sedaris, Little Brown, $14.99
MASS MARKET
1. The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama, Vintage, $7.99
2. Now and Then – Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99
3. The Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99
4. Cauldron – Jack McDevitt, Ace, $7.99
5. Living Dead in Dallas – Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99
6. Friends in High Places – Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99
7. Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99
8. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99
9. Making Money – Terry Pratchett, Harper, $7.99
10. Sweet Revenge – Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99
CHILDREN’S TITLES
1. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2) – Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99
2. Twilight – Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99
3. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3) – Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $19.99
4. Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3) – Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $27.50
5. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4) – Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $22.99
6. Swing! – Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95
7. Gallop! – Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95
8. The Sorcerer of the North (Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 5) – John Flanagan, Philomel, $17.99
9. Inkdeath – Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $24.99
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book – Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95
11. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99
12. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules – Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95
13. Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion – Mark Cotta Vaz, Little Brown, $16.99
14. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99
15. The City of Ember – Jeanne DuPrau, Random House, $5.99