The following were the bestselling titles at Southeast Booksellers
Association member stores during the week ended Sunday, December 18, 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. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $26.95, 0446577383)
5. Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou (Random House, $9.95, 1400065585)
6. The March by E.L. Doctorow (Random House, $25.95, 0375506713)
7. Christ the Lord by Anne Rice (Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018)
8. Mary, Mary by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.95, 031615976X)
9. The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks (Warner, $24.95, 0446500127)
10. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $24.95, 0446532428)
11. The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $24.95, 074327248X)
12. Predator by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $26.95, 0399152830)
13. Golfing With God by Roland Merullo (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565125010)
14. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $25.95, 1594200637)
15. Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow (FSG, $25, 0374184216)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $25, 0743284577)
2. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $32, 0743226712)
3. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $27.50, 0374292884)
4. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906)
5. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $26, 0743243773)
6. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
7. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X)
8. Being Dead Is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays (Hyperion, $19.95, 1401359345)
9. The Elements of Style Illustrated by William Strunk et al. (Penguin Press, $24.95, 1594200696)
10. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X)
11. Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary by Jeff Foxworthy (Villard, $16.95, 1400064651)
12. The Official Guide to Christmas in the South by David C. Barnette (Morrow, $14.95, 0060850531)
13. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Penguin, $25.95, 1594200580)
14. Paula Deen & Friends by Paula H. Deen and Martha Nesbit (S&S, $25, 0743267222)
15. The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr (Random House, $24.95, 0375508015)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
2. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14.95, 0307275167)
3. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $15, 0060987103)
4. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $13.95, 081297235X)
5. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0142001740)
6. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316010677)
7. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
8. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Vintage, $14.95, 1400079497)
9. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Harvest, $14, 015602943X)
10. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717)
11. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor, $12.95, 1400034779)
12. The Known World by Edward P. Jones (Amistad, $13.95, 0060557559)
13. Runaway by Alice Munro (Vintage, $14.95, 1400077915)
14. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
15. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $16, 0743227441)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902)
2. Bad Cat by Jim Edgar (Workman, $9.95, 0761136193)
3. Bad Dog by R.D. Rosen et al. (Workman, $9.95, 0761139834)
4. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006 edited by Ken Park (World Almanac, $12.95, 0886879647)
5. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz (Workman, $18.95, 0761104844)
6. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg M.D. (Three Rivers, $12.95, 1400082315)
7. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
8. 365: No Repeats by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082544)
9. The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook by Paula H. Deen (Random House, $15.95, 0375751114)
10. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
11. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2006 (Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983678)
12. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237)
13. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Vintage, $14, 0679745580)
14. The Lady & Sons Just Desserts by Paula H. Deen (S&S, $16.95, 0743224841)
15. Chronicles by Bob Dylan (S&S, $14, 0743244583)
Mass Market
1. The Broker by John Grisham (Dell, $7.99, 0440241588)
2. Red Lily by Nora Roberts (Jove, $7.99, 0515139408)
3. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket, $7.99, 0671027360)
4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $7.99, 1400096898)
5. A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg (Fawcett, $6.99, 0345480260)
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. Blood Memory by Greg Iles (Pocket, $9.95, 0743454154)
10. Whiteout by Ken Follett (Signet, $7.99, 0451215710)
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. A Family of Poems by Caroline Kennedy, illustrated by Jon J. Muth (Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112)
3. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496)
4. Winter's Tale by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon, $26.95, 0689853637)
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $29.99, 0439784549)
6. The O'Reilly Factor for Kids by Bill O'Reilly (HarperCollins, $13.95, 0060544252)
7. Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821)
8. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
9. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12) by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $11.99, 0064410153)
10. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $9.95, 0375826696)
11. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
12. The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell (Little, Brown, $14.99, 031611488X)
13. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Scholastic, $7.99, 0439709105)
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. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0064402754)
[Many thanks to SEBA and 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. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $26.95, 0446577383)
5. Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou (Random House, $9.95, 1400065585)
6. The March by E.L. Doctorow (Random House, $25.95, 0375506713)
7. Christ the Lord by Anne Rice (Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018)
8. Mary, Mary by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.95, 031615976X)
9. The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks (Warner, $24.95, 0446500127)
10. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $24.95, 0446532428)
11. The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $24.95, 074327248X)
12. Predator by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $26.95, 0399152830)
13. Golfing With God by Roland Merullo (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565125010)
14. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $25.95, 1594200637)
15. Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow (FSG, $25, 0374184216)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $25, 0743284577)
2. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $32, 0743226712)
3. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $27.50, 0374292884)
4. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906)
5. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $26, 0743243773)
6. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
7. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X)
8. Being Dead Is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays (Hyperion, $19.95, 1401359345)
9. The Elements of Style Illustrated by William Strunk et al. (Penguin Press, $24.95, 1594200696)
10. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X)
11. Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary by Jeff Foxworthy (Villard, $16.95, 1400064651)
12. The Official Guide to Christmas in the South by David C. Barnette (Morrow, $14.95, 0060850531)
13. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Penguin, $25.95, 1594200580)
14. Paula Deen & Friends by Paula H. Deen and Martha Nesbit (S&S, $25, 0743267222)
15. The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr (Random House, $24.95, 0375508015)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
2. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14.95, 0307275167)
3. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $15, 0060987103)
4. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $13.95, 081297235X)
5. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0142001740)
6. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316010677)
7. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
8. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Vintage, $14.95, 1400079497)
9. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Harvest, $14, 015602943X)
10. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717)
11. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor, $12.95, 1400034779)
12. The Known World by Edward P. Jones (Amistad, $13.95, 0060557559)
13. Runaway by Alice Munro (Vintage, $14.95, 1400077915)
14. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
15. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $16, 0743227441)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902)
2. Bad Cat by Jim Edgar (Workman, $9.95, 0761136193)
3. Bad Dog by R.D. Rosen et al. (Workman, $9.95, 0761139834)
4. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006 edited by Ken Park (World Almanac, $12.95, 0886879647)
5. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz (Workman, $18.95, 0761104844)
6. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg M.D. (Three Rivers, $12.95, 1400082315)
7. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
8. 365: No Repeats by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082544)
9. The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook by Paula H. Deen (Random House, $15.95, 0375751114)
10. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
11. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2006 (Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983678)
12. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237)
13. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Vintage, $14, 0679745580)
14. The Lady & Sons Just Desserts by Paula H. Deen (S&S, $16.95, 0743224841)
15. Chronicles by Bob Dylan (S&S, $14, 0743244583)
Mass Market
1. The Broker by John Grisham (Dell, $7.99, 0440241588)
2. Red Lily by Nora Roberts (Jove, $7.99, 0515139408)
3. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket, $7.99, 0671027360)
4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $7.99, 1400096898)
5. A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg (Fawcett, $6.99, 0345480260)
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. Blood Memory by Greg Iles (Pocket, $9.95, 0743454154)
10. Whiteout by Ken Follett (Signet, $7.99, 0451215710)
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. A Family of Poems by Caroline Kennedy, illustrated by Jon J. Muth (Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112)
3. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496)
4. Winter's Tale by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon, $26.95, 0689853637)
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $29.99, 0439784549)
6. The O'Reilly Factor for Kids by Bill O'Reilly (HarperCollins, $13.95, 0060544252)
7. Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821)
8. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
9. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12) by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $11.99, 0064410153)
10. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $9.95, 0375826696)
11. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
12. The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell (Little, Brown, $14.99, 031611488X)
13. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Scholastic, $7.99, 0439709105)
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. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0064402754)
[Many thanks to SEBA and Book Sense!]