Top-Selling Titles in Chicago and Milwaukee

The following were the bestselling books at independent bookstores in and around Chicago and Milwaukee during the week ending Sunday, February 20:

Hardcover Fiction

1. Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
2. Swamplandia by Karen Russell
3. Room by Emma Donoghue
4. While Mortals Sleep by Kurt Vonnegut
5. Fadeaway Girl by Martha Grimes

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
2. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
3. Hey Buddy by Gary W. Moore
4. Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff
5. A Widow's Story by Joyce Carol Oates

Paperback Fiction

1. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
2. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
3. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
4. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
5. True Grit by Charles Portis

Paperback Nonfiction

1. Just Kids by Patti Smith
2. Nurtureshock by Po Bronson
3. The Big Short by Michael Lewis
4. Awkward Family Photos by Mike Bender
5. Country Driving by Peter Hessler

Children's

1. Silverlicious by Victoria Kann
2. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
3. Papertoy Monsters by Bri Castleforte
4. When I Grow Up by Al Yankovic
5. Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes

Reporting bookstores: Anderson's, Naperville and Downers Grove; Read Between the Lynes, Woodstock; the Book Table, Oak Park; the Book Cellar, Lincoln Square; Lake Forest Books, Lake Forest; the Bookstall at Chestnut Court, Winnetka; Women and Children First, Chicago; Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee; and Next Chapter Bookshop, Meqoun, Wis.

[Many thanks to the reporting booksellers and Carl Lennertz!]

 

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