The following are the bestselling titles during the week ended Sunday,
December 11, at Great Lakes Booksellers Association and Midwest
Booksellers Association stores as reported to Book Sense:
Hardcover Fiction
1. Light From Heaven by Jan Karon (Viking, $26.95, 0670034533)
2. S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton (Putnam, $26.95, 0399152970)
3. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Knopf, $25.95, 030726291X)
4. Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou (Random House, $9.95, 1400065585)
5. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $26.95, 0060548932)
6. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $24.95, 0446532428)
7. Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow (FSG, $25, 0374184216)
8. Mary, Mary by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.95, 031615976X)
9. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $26.95, 0446577383)
10. The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $24.95, 074327248X)
11. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153012)
12. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $21.95, 1400060281)
13. Christ the Lord by Anne Rice (Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018)
14. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316011770)
15. The Christmas Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini (S&S, $18.95, 074328657X)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $25, 0743284577)
2. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $26, 0743243773)
3. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906)
4. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
5. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $27.50, 0374292884)
6. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $32, 0743226712)
7. The Truth (With Jokes) by Al Franken (Dutton, $25.95, 0525949062)
8. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X)
9. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X)
10. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Seven Stories, $23.95, 158322713X)
11. Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary by Jeff Foxworthy, illustrated by Layron DeJarnette (Villard, $16.95, 1400064651)
12. Guinness World Records 2006 (Guinness, $27.95, 1904994024)
13. Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss (Gotham, $20, 1592401716)
14. The Elements of Style Illustrated by William Strunk et al. (Penguin Press, $24.95, 1594200696)
15. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda (Random House, $24.95, 1400064090)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
2. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $15, 0060987103)
3. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14.95, 0307275167)
4. The Chronicles of Narnia (adult movie tie-in edition) by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060765453)
5. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
6. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717)
7. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
8. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $13.95, 081297235X)
9. Runaway by Alice Munro (Vintage, $14.95, 1400077915)
10. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454553)
11. The Best American Short Stories 2005 edited by Michael Chabon (Houghton Mifflin, $14, 0618427058)
12. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0142001740)
13. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $16, 0743227441)
14. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
15. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos (Grove, $13, 0802142109)
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. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
4. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg M.D. (Three Rivers, $12.95, 1400082315)
5. Bad Cat by Jim Edgar (Workman, $9.95, 0761136193)
6. Bad Dog by R.D. Rosen et al. (Workman, $9.95, 0761139834)
7. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz (Workman, $18.95, 0761104844)
8. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006 edited by Ken Park (World Almanac, $12.95, 0886879647)
9. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2006 (Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983678)
10. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (Norton, $16.95, 0393317552)
11. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Vintage, $14, 0679745580)
12. Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Get Real Meals by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $18.95, 1400082536)
13. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
14. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237)
15. Chronicles by Bob Dylan (S&S, $14, 0743244583)
Mass Market
1. Red Lily by Nora Roberts (Jove, $7.99, 0515139408)
2. The Broker by John Grisham (Dell, $7.99, 0440241588)
3. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
4. State of Fear by Michael Crichton (Avon, $7.99, 0061015733)
5. A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg (Fawcett, $6.99, 0345480260)
6. Whiteout by Ken Follett (Signet, $7.99, 0451215710)
7. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Warner, $6.99, 0446310786)
8. Night Fall by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $7.99, 0446616621)
9. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Tor, $6.99, 0812550706)
10. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary edited by Edy G. Schaffer (Avon, $7.50, 0380724251)
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 Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12) by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $11.99, 0064410153)
3. Winter's Tale by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon, $26.95, 0689853637)
4. A Family of Poems by Caroline Kennedy, illustrated by Jon J. Muth (Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112)
5. Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner, illustrated Mark Buehner (Dial, $16.99, 0803729952)
6. Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick (Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805)
7. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496)
8. 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)
9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $29.99, 0439784549)
10. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
11. The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell (Little, Brown, $14.99, 031611488X)
12. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $9.95, 0375826696)
13. Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821)
14. Lost in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick (Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174880)
15. Dog Train by Sandra Boynton (Workman, $17.95, 0761139664)
[Many thanks to Book Sense, the GLBA and MBA!]
Hardcover Fiction
1. Light From Heaven by Jan Karon (Viking, $26.95, 0670034533)
2. S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton (Putnam, $26.95, 0399152970)
3. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Knopf, $25.95, 030726291X)
4. Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou (Random House, $9.95, 1400065585)
5. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $26.95, 0060548932)
6. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $24.95, 0446532428)
7. Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow (FSG, $25, 0374184216)
8. Mary, Mary by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.95, 031615976X)
9. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $26.95, 0446577383)
10. The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $24.95, 074327248X)
11. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153012)
12. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $21.95, 1400060281)
13. Christ the Lord by Anne Rice (Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018)
14. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316011770)
15. The Christmas Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini (S&S, $18.95, 074328657X)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $25, 0743284577)
2. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $26, 0743243773)
3. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906)
4. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
5. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $27.50, 0374292884)
6. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $32, 0743226712)
7. The Truth (With Jokes) by Al Franken (Dutton, $25.95, 0525949062)
8. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X)
9. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X)
10. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Seven Stories, $23.95, 158322713X)
11. Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary by Jeff Foxworthy, illustrated by Layron DeJarnette (Villard, $16.95, 1400064651)
12. Guinness World Records 2006 (Guinness, $27.95, 1904994024)
13. Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss (Gotham, $20, 1592401716)
14. The Elements of Style Illustrated by William Strunk et al. (Penguin Press, $24.95, 1594200696)
15. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda (Random House, $24.95, 1400064090)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
2. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $15, 0060987103)
3. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14.95, 0307275167)
4. The Chronicles of Narnia (adult movie tie-in edition) by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060765453)
5. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
6. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717)
7. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
8. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $13.95, 081297235X)
9. Runaway by Alice Munro (Vintage, $14.95, 1400077915)
10. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454553)
11. The Best American Short Stories 2005 edited by Michael Chabon (Houghton Mifflin, $14, 0618427058)
12. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0142001740)
13. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $16, 0743227441)
14. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
15. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos (Grove, $13, 0802142109)
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. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
4. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg M.D. (Three Rivers, $12.95, 1400082315)
5. Bad Cat by Jim Edgar (Workman, $9.95, 0761136193)
6. Bad Dog by R.D. Rosen et al. (Workman, $9.95, 0761139834)
7. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz (Workman, $18.95, 0761104844)
8. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006 edited by Ken Park (World Almanac, $12.95, 0886879647)
9. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2006 (Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983678)
10. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (Norton, $16.95, 0393317552)
11. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Vintage, $14, 0679745580)
12. Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Get Real Meals by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $18.95, 1400082536)
13. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
14. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237)
15. Chronicles by Bob Dylan (S&S, $14, 0743244583)
Mass Market
1. Red Lily by Nora Roberts (Jove, $7.99, 0515139408)
2. The Broker by John Grisham (Dell, $7.99, 0440241588)
3. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
4. State of Fear by Michael Crichton (Avon, $7.99, 0061015733)
5. A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg (Fawcett, $6.99, 0345480260)
6. Whiteout by Ken Follett (Signet, $7.99, 0451215710)
7. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Warner, $6.99, 0446310786)
8. Night Fall by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $7.99, 0446616621)
9. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Tor, $6.99, 0812550706)
10. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary edited by Edy G. Schaffer (Avon, $7.50, 0380724251)
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 Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12) by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $11.99, 0064410153)
3. Winter's Tale by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon, $26.95, 0689853637)
4. A Family of Poems by Caroline Kennedy, illustrated by Jon J. Muth (Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112)
5. Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner, illustrated Mark Buehner (Dial, $16.99, 0803729952)
6. Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick (Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805)
7. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496)
8. 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)
9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $29.99, 0439784549)
10. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
11. The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell (Little, Brown, $14.99, 031611488X)
12. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $9.95, 0375826696)
13. Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821)
14. Lost in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick (Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174880)
15. Dog Train by Sandra Boynton (Workman, $17.95, 0761139664)
[Many thanks to Book Sense, the GLBA and MBA!]