The following are the bestselling titles at Pacific Northwest
Bookseller Association member stores during the week ended Sunday,
November 13, as reported to Book Sense.
Hardcover Fiction
1. Light From Heaven by Jan Karon (Viking, $26.95, 0670034533)
2. A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin (Spectra, $28, 0553801503)
3. The Sea by John Banville (Knopf, $23, 0307263118)
4. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Knopf, $20, 140004460X)
5. Christ the Lord by Anne Rice (Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018)
6. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153012)
7. Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan (Tor, $29.95, 0312873077)
8. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $26.95, 0060548932)
9. A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher (Random House, $24.95, 1400063221)
10. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte, $28, 0385324162)
11. Predator by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $26.95, 0399152830)
12. The Trouble With Poetry by Billy Collins (Random House, $22.95, 037550382X)
13. Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (Canongate, $18, 1841957178)
14. The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch (Bloomsbury, $23.95, 1582346054)
15. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $24.95, 0385504209)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $25, 0743284577)
2. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X)
3. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906)
4. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Seven Stories, $23.95, 158322713X)
5. The Truth (With Jokes) by Al Franken (Dutton, $25.95, 0525949062)
6. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X)
7. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $27.50, 0374292884)
8. Healthy Aging by Andrew Weil (Knopf, $27.95, 0375407553)
9. The Elements of Style Illustrated by William Strunk et al. (Penguin Press, $24.95, 1594200696)
10. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
11. Harvest for Hope by Jane Goodall (Warner, $24.95, 0446533629)
12. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Penguin, $25.95, 1594200580)
13. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316172324)
14. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Doubleday, $26, 0385507968)
15. 1491 by Charles C. Mann (Knopf, $30, 140004006X)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
2. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos (Grove, $13, 0802142109)
3. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
4. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $15, 0060987103)
5. Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner (Milkweed, $14.95, 1571310479)
6. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Harvest, $14, 015602943X)
7. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
8. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717)
9. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14.95, 0679781587)
10. Runaway by Alice Munro (Vintage, $14.95, 1400077915)
11. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
12. The Chronicles of Narnia (adult movie tie-in) by C. S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060765453)
13. The Best American Short Stories 2005 edited by Michael Chabon (Houghton Mifflin, $14, 0618427058)
14. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0142001740)
15. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316010677)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902)
2. Bad Dog by R. D. Rosen et al. (Workman, $9.95, 0761139834)
3. Sudoku Easy to Hard edited by Will Shortz (St. Martin's, $6.95, 0312355033)
4. Bad Cat by Jim Edgar (Workman, $9.95, 0761136193)
5. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (Norton, $13.95, 0393327655)
6. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
7. Sudoku Easy, Volume 1 by Will Shortz (St. Martin's, $6.95, 0312355025)
8. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Vintage, $14, 0679745580)
9. The Original Sudoku edited by Nikoli Publishing (Workman, $8.95, 0761142150)
10. Chronicles by Bob Dylan (S&S, $14, 0743244583)
11. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner et al. (Three Rivers, $12.95, 1400082315)
12. Don't Think of an Elephant by George Lakoff (Chelsea Green, $10, 1931498717)
13. Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (Random House, $14.95, 0812973011)
14. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library, $14, 1577314808)
15. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
Mass Market
1. State of Fear by Michael Crichton (Avon, $7.99, 0061015733)
2. Jarhead by Anthony Swofford (Pocket, $7.99, 141651340X)
3. Whiteout by Ken Follett (Signet, $7.99, 0451215710)
4. Night Fall by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $7.99, 0446616621)
5. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Warner, $6.99, 0316769487)
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Warner, $6.99, 0446310786)
7. The Constant Gardener by John le Carre (Pocket, $7.99, 1416503900)
8. The Winds of Change by Martha Grimes (Signet, $7.99, 0451216962)
9. Green River, Running Red by Ann Rule (Pocket Star, $9.95, 0743460502)
10. London Bridges by James Patterson (Warner, $7.99, 0446613355)
Children's (Fiction and Illustrated)
1. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12) by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $11.99, 0064410153)
2. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $9.95, 0375826696)
3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (movie tie-in, children's) by C. S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0060765461)
4. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
5. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House, $19.99, 0439554004)
6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $8.99, 0439139600)
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $29.99, 0439784549)
8. Fairyopolis by Cicely Mary Barker (Frederick Warne, $19.99, 0723257248)
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Scholastic, $7.99, 0439709105)
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $9.99, 0439358078)
11. Skippyjon Jones by Judith Schachner (Puffin, $5.99, 0142404039)
12. Napoleon Dynamite: The Complete Quote Book (Simon Spotlight, $7.95, 1416913912)
13. Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821)
14. Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May) by Barbara Park, illustrated by Denise Brunkus (Random House, $11.95, 0375828087)
15. Winter's Tale by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon, $26.95, 0689853637)
[Thanks to Book Sense and PNBA!]
Hardcover Fiction
1. Light From Heaven by Jan Karon (Viking, $26.95, 0670034533)
2. A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin (Spectra, $28, 0553801503)
3. The Sea by John Banville (Knopf, $23, 0307263118)
4. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Knopf, $20, 140004460X)
5. Christ the Lord by Anne Rice (Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018)
6. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153012)
7. Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan (Tor, $29.95, 0312873077)
8. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $26.95, 0060548932)
9. A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher (Random House, $24.95, 1400063221)
10. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte, $28, 0385324162)
11. Predator by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $26.95, 0399152830)
12. The Trouble With Poetry by Billy Collins (Random House, $22.95, 037550382X)
13. Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (Canongate, $18, 1841957178)
14. The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch (Bloomsbury, $23.95, 1582346054)
15. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $24.95, 0385504209)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $25, 0743284577)
2. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X)
3. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906)
4. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Seven Stories, $23.95, 158322713X)
5. The Truth (With Jokes) by Al Franken (Dutton, $25.95, 0525949062)
6. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X)
7. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $27.50, 0374292884)
8. Healthy Aging by Andrew Weil (Knopf, $27.95, 0375407553)
9. The Elements of Style Illustrated by William Strunk et al. (Penguin Press, $24.95, 1594200696)
10. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
11. Harvest for Hope by Jane Goodall (Warner, $24.95, 0446533629)
12. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Penguin, $25.95, 1594200580)
13. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316172324)
14. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Doubleday, $26, 0385507968)
15. 1491 by Charles C. Mann (Knopf, $30, 140004006X)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
2. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos (Grove, $13, 0802142109)
3. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
4. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $15, 0060987103)
5. Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner (Milkweed, $14.95, 1571310479)
6. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Harvest, $14, 015602943X)
7. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
8. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717)
9. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14.95, 0679781587)
10. Runaway by Alice Munro (Vintage, $14.95, 1400077915)
11. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
12. The Chronicles of Narnia (adult movie tie-in) by C. S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060765453)
13. The Best American Short Stories 2005 edited by Michael Chabon (Houghton Mifflin, $14, 0618427058)
14. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0142001740)
15. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316010677)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902)
2. Bad Dog by R. D. Rosen et al. (Workman, $9.95, 0761139834)
3. Sudoku Easy to Hard edited by Will Shortz (St. Martin's, $6.95, 0312355033)
4. Bad Cat by Jim Edgar (Workman, $9.95, 0761136193)
5. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (Norton, $13.95, 0393327655)
6. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
7. Sudoku Easy, Volume 1 by Will Shortz (St. Martin's, $6.95, 0312355025)
8. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Vintage, $14, 0679745580)
9. The Original Sudoku edited by Nikoli Publishing (Workman, $8.95, 0761142150)
10. Chronicles by Bob Dylan (S&S, $14, 0743244583)
11. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner et al. (Three Rivers, $12.95, 1400082315)
12. Don't Think of an Elephant by George Lakoff (Chelsea Green, $10, 1931498717)
13. Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (Random House, $14.95, 0812973011)
14. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library, $14, 1577314808)
15. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
Mass Market
1. State of Fear by Michael Crichton (Avon, $7.99, 0061015733)
2. Jarhead by Anthony Swofford (Pocket, $7.99, 141651340X)
3. Whiteout by Ken Follett (Signet, $7.99, 0451215710)
4. Night Fall by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $7.99, 0446616621)
5. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Warner, $6.99, 0316769487)
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Warner, $6.99, 0446310786)
7. The Constant Gardener by John le Carre (Pocket, $7.99, 1416503900)
8. The Winds of Change by Martha Grimes (Signet, $7.99, 0451216962)
9. Green River, Running Red by Ann Rule (Pocket Star, $9.95, 0743460502)
10. London Bridges by James Patterson (Warner, $7.99, 0446613355)
Children's (Fiction and Illustrated)
1. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12) by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $11.99, 0064410153)
2. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $9.95, 0375826696)
3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (movie tie-in, children's) by C. S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0060765461)
4. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
5. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House, $19.99, 0439554004)
6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $8.99, 0439139600)
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $29.99, 0439784549)
8. Fairyopolis by Cicely Mary Barker (Frederick Warne, $19.99, 0723257248)
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Scholastic, $7.99, 0439709105)
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $9.99, 0439358078)
11. Skippyjon Jones by Judith Schachner (Puffin, $5.99, 0142404039)
12. Napoleon Dynamite: The Complete Quote Book (Simon Spotlight, $7.95, 1416913912)
13. Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821)
14. Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May) by Barbara Park, illustrated by Denise Brunkus (Random House, $11.95, 0375828087)
15. Winter's Tale by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon, $26.95, 0689853637)
[Thanks to Book Sense and PNBA!]