The following are the bestselling titles at New England Bookseller
Association bookstores during the week ended Sunday, December 4, as
reported to Book Sense:
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Knopf, $25.95, 030726291X)
2. The March by E.L. Doctorow (Random House, $25.95, 0375506713)
3. Mary, Mary by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.95, 031615976X)
4. Light From Heaven by Jan Karon (Viking, $26.95, 0670034533)
5. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $26.95, 0060548932)
6. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Knopf, $20, 140004460X)
7. The Sea by John Banville (Knopf, $23, 0307263118)
8. The Trouble With Poetry by Billy Collins (Random House, $22.95, 037550382X)
9. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $25.95, 1594200637)
10. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153012)
11. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $24.95, 0446532428)
12. A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316738999)
13. Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou (Random House, $9.95, 1400065585)
14. Predator by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $26.95, 0399152830)
15. Christ the Lord by Anne Rice (Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906)
2. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $26, 0743243773)
3. The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam (Hyperion, $24.95, 1401301541)
4. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X)
5. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $27.50, 0374292884)
6. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
7. The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr (Random House, $24.95, 0375508015)
8. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $25, 0743284577)
9. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $32, 0743226712)
10. Are Men Necessary? by Maureen Dowd (Putnam, $25.95, 0399153322)
11. 1491 by Charles C. Mann (Knopf, $30, 140004006X)
12. The Elements of Style Illustrated by William Strunk et al. (Penguin Press, $24.95, 1594200696)
13. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Penguin, $25.95, 1594200580)
14. Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss (Gotham, $20, 1592401716)
15. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Seven Stories, $23.95, 158322713X)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
2. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $15, 0060987103)
3. Runaway by Alice Munro (Vintage, $14.95, 1400077915)
4. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454553)
5. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316010677)
6. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $13.95, 081297235X)
7. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14.95, 0307275167)
8. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
9. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
10. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
11. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Vintage, $14.95, 1400079497)
12. The Best American Short Stories 2005 edited by Michael Chabon (Houghton Mifflin, $14, 0618427058)
13. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717)
14. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0142001740)
15. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902)
2. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2006 (Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983678)
3. 365: No Repeats by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082544)
4. Bad Cat by Jim Edgar (Workman, $9.95, 0761136193)
5. Sudoku Easy, Volume 1 by Will Shortz (St. Martin's, $6.95, 0312355025)
6. Sudoku Easy to Hard edited by Will Shortz (St. Martin's, $6.95, 0312355033)
7. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (Norton, $13.95, 0393327655)
8. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner et al. (Three Rivers, $12.95, 1400082315)
9. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
10. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237)
11. Bad Dog by R.D. Rosen et al. (Workman, $9.95, 0761139834)
12. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006 edited by Ken Park (World Almanac, $12.95, 0886879647)
13. Chronicles by Bob Dylan (S&S, $14, 0743244583)
14. The Original Sudoku edited by Nikoli Publishing (Workman, $8.95, 0761142150)
15. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Vintage, $14, 0679745580)
Mass Market
1. Red Lily by Nora Roberts (Jove, $7.99, 0515139408)
2. The Broker by John Grisham (Dell, $7.99, 0440241588)
3. Whiteout by Ken Follett (Signet, $7.99, 0451215710)
4. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket, $7.99, 0671027360)
5. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $7.99, 1400096898)
6. Night Fall by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $7.99, 0446616621)
7. State of Fear by Michael Crichton ((Avon, $7.99, 0061015733)
8. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
9. The Winds of Change by Martha Grimes (Signet, $7.99, 0451216962)
10. The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason (Dell, $7.99, 0440241359)
Children's (Fiction and Illustrated)
1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (children's movie tie-in edition) by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0060765461)
2. The Winter's Tale by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon, $26.95, 0689853637)
3. A Family of Poems by Caroline Kennedy, illustrated by Jon J. Muth (Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112)
4. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496)
5. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12) by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $11.99, 0064410153)
6. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
7. Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821)
8. Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner, illustrated by Mark Buehner (Dial, $16.99, 0803729952)
9. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
10. The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell (Little, Brown, $14.99, 031611488X)
11. Fairyopolis by Cicely Mary Barker (Frederick Warne, $19.99, 0723257248)
12. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall (Knopf, $15.95, 0375831436)
13. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $29.99, 0439784549)
14. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House, $19.99, 0439554004)
15. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers (Dutton, $15.99, 0525467343)
[Many thanks to NEBA and Book Sense!]
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Knopf, $25.95, 030726291X)
2. The March by E.L. Doctorow (Random House, $25.95, 0375506713)
3. Mary, Mary by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.95, 031615976X)
4. Light From Heaven by Jan Karon (Viking, $26.95, 0670034533)
5. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $26.95, 0060548932)
6. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Knopf, $20, 140004460X)
7. The Sea by John Banville (Knopf, $23, 0307263118)
8. The Trouble With Poetry by Billy Collins (Random House, $22.95, 037550382X)
9. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $25.95, 1594200637)
10. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153012)
11. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $24.95, 0446532428)
12. A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316738999)
13. Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou (Random House, $9.95, 1400065585)
14. Predator by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $26.95, 0399152830)
15. Christ the Lord by Anne Rice (Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906)
2. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $26, 0743243773)
3. The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam (Hyperion, $24.95, 1401301541)
4. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X)
5. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $27.50, 0374292884)
6. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
7. The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr (Random House, $24.95, 0375508015)
8. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $25, 0743284577)
9. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $32, 0743226712)
10. Are Men Necessary? by Maureen Dowd (Putnam, $25.95, 0399153322)
11. 1491 by Charles C. Mann (Knopf, $30, 140004006X)
12. The Elements of Style Illustrated by William Strunk et al. (Penguin Press, $24.95, 1594200696)
13. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Penguin, $25.95, 1594200580)
14. Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss (Gotham, $20, 1592401716)
15. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Seven Stories, $23.95, 158322713X)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
2. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $15, 0060987103)
3. Runaway by Alice Munro (Vintage, $14.95, 1400077915)
4. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454553)
5. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316010677)
6. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $13.95, 081297235X)
7. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14.95, 0307275167)
8. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
9. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
10. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
11. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Vintage, $14.95, 1400079497)
12. The Best American Short Stories 2005 edited by Michael Chabon (Houghton Mifflin, $14, 0618427058)
13. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717)
14. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0142001740)
15. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902)
2. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2006 (Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983678)
3. 365: No Repeats by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082544)
4. Bad Cat by Jim Edgar (Workman, $9.95, 0761136193)
5. Sudoku Easy, Volume 1 by Will Shortz (St. Martin's, $6.95, 0312355025)
6. Sudoku Easy to Hard edited by Will Shortz (St. Martin's, $6.95, 0312355033)
7. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (Norton, $13.95, 0393327655)
8. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner et al. (Three Rivers, $12.95, 1400082315)
9. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
10. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237)
11. Bad Dog by R.D. Rosen et al. (Workman, $9.95, 0761139834)
12. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006 edited by Ken Park (World Almanac, $12.95, 0886879647)
13. Chronicles by Bob Dylan (S&S, $14, 0743244583)
14. The Original Sudoku edited by Nikoli Publishing (Workman, $8.95, 0761142150)
15. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Vintage, $14, 0679745580)
Mass Market
1. Red Lily by Nora Roberts (Jove, $7.99, 0515139408)
2. The Broker by John Grisham (Dell, $7.99, 0440241588)
3. Whiteout by Ken Follett (Signet, $7.99, 0451215710)
4. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket, $7.99, 0671027360)
5. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $7.99, 1400096898)
6. Night Fall by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $7.99, 0446616621)
7. State of Fear by Michael Crichton ((Avon, $7.99, 0061015733)
8. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
9. The Winds of Change by Martha Grimes (Signet, $7.99, 0451216962)
10. The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason (Dell, $7.99, 0440241359)
Children's (Fiction and Illustrated)
1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (children's movie tie-in edition) by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0060765461)
2. The Winter's Tale by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon, $26.95, 0689853637)
3. A Family of Poems by Caroline Kennedy, illustrated by Jon J. Muth (Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112)
4. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496)
5. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12) by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $11.99, 0064410153)
6. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
7. Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821)
8. Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner, illustrated by Mark Buehner (Dial, $16.99, 0803729952)
9. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
10. The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell (Little, Brown, $14.99, 031611488X)
11. Fairyopolis by Cicely Mary Barker (Frederick Warne, $19.99, 0723257248)
12. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall (Knopf, $15.95, 0375831436)
13. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $29.99, 0439784549)
14. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House, $19.99, 0439554004)
15. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers (Dutton, $15.99, 0525467343)
[Many thanks to NEBA and Book Sense!]