The following were the bestselling books at independent bookstores in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas during the week ended Sunday, June 26:
1. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
2. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
3. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
4. Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
5. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
7. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
8. The Greater Journey by David McCullough
9. Smokin' 17 by Janet Evanovich
10. All of It by Jeanette Haien
The reporting bookstores and their handselling favorites:
Anderson's, Naperville and Downers Grove: The Chicago Homegrown Cookbook by Heather Lalley
Book Cellar, Lincoln Square: Of Lamb by Matthea Harvey
Book Stall at Chestnut Court, Winnetka: State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Book Table, Oak Park: Ladies and Gentlemen by Adam Ross
Books & Co., Oconomowoc
Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee
57th St. Books, Chicago
Lake Forest Books: The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
Next Chapter, Mequon
Read Between the Lynes, Woodstock: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Seminary Co-op
Women and Children First, Chicago: Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell
[Many thanks to the booksellers and Carl Lennertz!]
