The following were the bestselling titles at independent bookstores in and near Chicago and Milwaukee during the week ending Sunday, March 13:
1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
2. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
3. Life, on the Line by Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas
4. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
5. The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
6. The Social Animal by David Brooks
7. Open City by Teju Cole
8. Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth Bard
9. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
10. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Reporting bookstores and their handselling favorites last week:
Anderson's, Naperville and Downers Grove: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
The Book Cellar at Lincoln Square: Life, on the Line by Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas
The Book Table, Oak Park: Pym by Mat Johnson
The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, Winnetka: Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
Books & Company, Oconomowoc: Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee: Five Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth by Matthew Inman
57th St. Books, Chicago: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Lake Forest Books: Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman
Next Chapter, Mequon
Read Between the Lynes, Woodstock
Seminary Co-op: Scorecasting by Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Werthem
Women and Children First, Chicago
[Many thanks to the booksellers and Carl Lennertz!]