The following are the bestselling titles during the week ended Sunday,
November 27, at New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association stores
as reported to Book Sense:
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Knopf, $25.95, 030726291X)
2. Mary, Mary by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.95, 031615976X)
3. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $26.95, 0446577383)
4. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $26.95, 0060548932)
5. Light From Heaven by Jan Karon (Viking, $26.95, 0670034533)
6. The March by E.L. Doctorow (Random House, $25.95, 0375506713)
7. The Sea by John Banville (Knopf, $23, 0307263118)
8. Predator by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $26.95, 0399152830)
9. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Knopf, $20, 140004460X)
10. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $25.95, 1594200637)
11. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $24.95, 0446532428)
12. Christ the Lord by Anne Rice (Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018)
13. Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (Canongate, $18, 1841957178)
14. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153012)
15. The Scorpion's Gate by Richard A. Clarke (Putnam, $24.95, 0399152946)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $26, 0743243773)
2. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X)
3. Are Men Necessary? by Maureen Dowd (Putnam, $25.95, 0399153322)
4. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906)
5. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
6. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $25, 0743284577)
7. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $32, 0743226712)
8. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $27.50, 0374292884)
9. Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss (Gotham, $20, 1592401716)
10. The Truth (With Jokes) by Al Franken (Dutton, $25.95, 0525949062)
11. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X)
12. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316172324)
13. The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr (Random House, $24.95, 0375508015)
14. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Seven Stories, $23.95, 158322713X)
15. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Doubleday, $26, 0385507968)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
2. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $15, 0060987103)
3. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $13.95, 081297235X)
4. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Vintage, $14.95, 1400079497)
5. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
6. Runaway by Alice Munro (Vintage, $14.95, 1400077915)
7. The Chronicles of Narnia (adult movie tie-in) by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060765453)
8. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454553)
9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717)
10. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
11. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
12. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14.95, 0307275167)
13. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316010677)
14. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0142001740)
15. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury, $15.95, 1582346038)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902)
2. 365: No Repeats by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082544)
3. Bad Dog by R.D. Rosen et al. (Workman, $9.95, 0761139834)
4. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Vintage, $14, 0679745580)
5. Bad Cat by Jim Edgar (Workman, $9.95, 0761136193)
6. Chronicles by Bob Dylan (S&S, $14, 0743244583)
7. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner et al. (Three Rivers, $12.95, 1400082315)
8. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006 edited by Ken Park (World Almanac, $12.95, 0886879647)
9. Sudoku Easy, Volume 1 by Will Shortz (St. Martin's, $6.95, 0312355025)
10. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2006 (Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983678)
11. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (Norton, $13.95, 0393327655)
12. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
13. Zagat Survey: New York City Restaurants (Zagat, $13.95, 1570067457 )
14. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
15. Will in the World by Stephen J. Greenblatt (Norton, $14.95, 039332737X)
Mass Market
1. The Broker by John Grisham (Dell, $7.99, 0440241588)
2. State of Fear by Michael Crichton (Avon, $7.99, 0061015733)
3. Whiteout by Ken Follett (Signet, $7.99, 0451215710)
4. Night Fall by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $7.99, 0446616621)
5. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket, $7.99, 0671027360)
6. Hour Game by David Baldacci (Warner, $7.99, 0446616494)
7. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $7.99, 1400096898)
8. The Winds of Change by Martha Grimes (Signet, $7.99, 0451216962)
9. Blood Memory by Greg Iles (Pocket, $9.95, 0743454154 )
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. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (movie tie-in, children's) by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0060765461)
3. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $9.95, 0375826696)
4. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
5. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496)
6. 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)
7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $8.99, 0439139600)
8. Winter's Tale by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon, $26.95, 0689853637)
9. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $9.99, 0439358078)
10. Dragonology by Ernest Drake, illustrated by Helen Ward and Douglas Carrel (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296)
11. Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner, illustrated by Mark Buehner (Dial, $16.99, 0803729952)
12. Dog Train by Sandra Boynton (Workman, $17.95, 0761139664)
13. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
14. Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821)
15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $29.99, 0439784549)
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Knopf, $25.95, 030726291X)
2. Mary, Mary by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.95, 031615976X)
3. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $26.95, 0446577383)
4. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $26.95, 0060548932)
5. Light From Heaven by Jan Karon (Viking, $26.95, 0670034533)
6. The March by E.L. Doctorow (Random House, $25.95, 0375506713)
7. The Sea by John Banville (Knopf, $23, 0307263118)
8. Predator by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $26.95, 0399152830)
9. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Knopf, $20, 140004460X)
10. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $25.95, 1594200637)
11. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $24.95, 0446532428)
12. Christ the Lord by Anne Rice (Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018)
13. Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (Canongate, $18, 1841957178)
14. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153012)
15. The Scorpion's Gate by Richard A. Clarke (Putnam, $24.95, 0399152946)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $26, 0743243773)
2. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X)
3. Are Men Necessary? by Maureen Dowd (Putnam, $25.95, 0399153322)
4. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906)
5. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
6. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $25, 0743284577)
7. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $32, 0743226712)
8. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $27.50, 0374292884)
9. Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss (Gotham, $20, 1592401716)
10. The Truth (With Jokes) by Al Franken (Dutton, $25.95, 0525949062)
11. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X)
12. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316172324)
13. The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr (Random House, $24.95, 0375508015)
14. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Seven Stories, $23.95, 158322713X)
15. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Doubleday, $26, 0385507968)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
2. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $15, 0060987103)
3. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $13.95, 081297235X)
4. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Vintage, $14.95, 1400079497)
5. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
6. Runaway by Alice Munro (Vintage, $14.95, 1400077915)
7. The Chronicles of Narnia (adult movie tie-in) by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060765453)
8. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454553)
9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717)
10. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
11. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
12. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14.95, 0307275167)
13. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316010677)
14. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0142001740)
15. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury, $15.95, 1582346038)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902)
2. 365: No Repeats by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082544)
3. Bad Dog by R.D. Rosen et al. (Workman, $9.95, 0761139834)
4. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Vintage, $14, 0679745580)
5. Bad Cat by Jim Edgar (Workman, $9.95, 0761136193)
6. Chronicles by Bob Dylan (S&S, $14, 0743244583)
7. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner et al. (Three Rivers, $12.95, 1400082315)
8. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006 edited by Ken Park (World Almanac, $12.95, 0886879647)
9. Sudoku Easy, Volume 1 by Will Shortz (St. Martin's, $6.95, 0312355025)
10. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2006 (Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983678)
11. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (Norton, $13.95, 0393327655)
12. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
13. Zagat Survey: New York City Restaurants (Zagat, $13.95, 1570067457 )
14. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
15. Will in the World by Stephen J. Greenblatt (Norton, $14.95, 039332737X)
Mass Market
1. The Broker by John Grisham (Dell, $7.99, 0440241588)
2. State of Fear by Michael Crichton (Avon, $7.99, 0061015733)
3. Whiteout by Ken Follett (Signet, $7.99, 0451215710)
4. Night Fall by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $7.99, 0446616621)
5. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket, $7.99, 0671027360)
6. Hour Game by David Baldacci (Warner, $7.99, 0446616494)
7. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $7.99, 1400096898)
8. The Winds of Change by Martha Grimes (Signet, $7.99, 0451216962)
9. Blood Memory by Greg Iles (Pocket, $9.95, 0743454154 )
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. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (movie tie-in, children's) by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0060765461)
3. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $9.95, 0375826696)
4. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
5. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496)
6. 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)
7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $8.99, 0439139600)
8. Winter's Tale by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon, $26.95, 0689853637)
9. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $9.99, 0439358078)
10. Dragonology by Ernest Drake, illustrated by Helen Ward and Douglas Carrel (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296)
11. Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner, illustrated by Mark Buehner (Dial, $16.99, 0803729952)
12. Dog Train by Sandra Boynton (Workman, $17.95, 0761139664)
13. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
14. Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821)
15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $29.99, 0439784549)