The following are the bestselling titles at Great Lakes Booksellers
Association and Midwest Booksellers Association member stores during
the week ended Sunday, February 26, as reported to Book Sense.
Hardcover Fiction
1. In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant (Random House, $23.95, 1400063817)
2. The 5th Horseman by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $27.95, 0316159778)
3. The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry (Ballantine, $24.95, 0345476158)
4. The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury (Dutton, $24.95, 0525949410)
5. The Old Wine Shades by Martha Grimes (Viking, $25.95, 0670034797)
6. Cell by Stephen King (Scribner, $26.95, 0743292332)
7. The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier (Pantheon, $22.95, 0375423699)
8. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $24.95, 0385504209)
9. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Knopf, $25.95, 030726291X)
10. The Two Minute Rule by Robert Crais (S&S, $24.95, 0743281616)
11. Sea Change by Robert B. Parker (Putnam, $24.95, 0399152679)
12. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun (Putnam, $23.95, 0399153071)
13. The Hunt Club by John Lescroart (Dutton, $26.95, 0525949143)
14. The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons (Harcourt, $23, 0151012040)
15. Rasputin's Daughter by Robert Alexander (Viking, $23.95, 0670034681)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
2. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $27.50, 0374292884)
3. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $25, 0743284577)
4. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X)
5. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X)
6. You're Wearing That? by Deborah Tannen (Random House, $24.95, 1400062586)
7. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906)
8. Manhunt by James L. Swanson (Morrow, $26.95, 0060518499)
9. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $26, 0743243773)
10. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, $24.95, 0670034711)
11. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316172324)
12. The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren (Zondervan, $19.99, 0310205719)
13. The Wal-Mart Effect by Charles Fishman (Penguin Press, $25.95, 1594200769)
14. Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman (HarperSanFrancisco, $24.95, 0060738170)
15. The Colony by John Tayman (Scribner, $27.50, 074323300X)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Picador, $14, 031242440X)
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
4. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
5. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $15, 0060987103)
6. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
7. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
8. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $13.95, 081297235X)
9. Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish (Bantam, $11, 0553382640)
10. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14.95, 0307275167)
11. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos (Grove, $13, 0802142109)
12. Close Range by Annie Proulx (Scribner, $14, 0684852225)
13. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717)
14. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454553)
15. Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (Scribner, $9.95, 0743271327)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. Night by Elie Weisel (FSG, $9, 0374500010)
2. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
3. *A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902)
4. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
5. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins (Plume, $15, 0452287081)
6. Collapse by Jared Diamond (Penguin, $17, 0143036556)
7. Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson (Harvest, $15, 0156031442)
8. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Vintage, $14, 0679745580)
9. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
10. 365: No Repeats by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082544)
11. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (Norton, $13.95, 0393327655)
12. Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell (S&S, $14, 074326004X)
13. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (Norton, $16.95, 0393317552)
14. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz (Workman, $18.95, 0761104844)
15. The Blue Pages: A Directory of Companies Rated by Their Politics and Practices (PoliPointPress, $9.95, 0976062119)
Mass Market
1. Skeleton Man by Tony Hillerman (HarperTorch, $7.99, 006056346X)
2. The Closers by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616443)
3. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket, $7.99, 0671027360)
4. Hard Truth by Nevada Barr (Berkley, $7.99, 0425208419)
5. The Third Secret by Steve Berry (Ballantine, $7.99, 034547614X)
6. The Broker by John Grisham (Dell, $7.99, 0440241588)
7. Night by Elie Wiesel (Bantam, $5.99, 0553272535)
8. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary edited by Edy G. Schaffer (Avon, $7.50, 0380724251)
9. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
10. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Warner, $6.99, 0446310786)
Children's (Fiction and Illustrated)
1. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892)
2. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060092726)
3. The Pretty Committee Strikes Back by Lisi Harrison (Little, Brown, $9.99, 0316115002)
4. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (children's movie tie-in edition) by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0060765461)
5. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
6. Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098)
7. Curious George the Movie: Touch and Feel Book (Houghton Mifflin, $5.99, 0618605878)
8. Small Steps by Louis Sachar (Delacorte, $16.95, 0385733143)
9. Curious George by H.A. Rey (Houghton Mifflin, $6.95, 039515023X)
10. The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster, illustrated by Chris Raschka (Michael Di Capua, $15.95, 0786809140)
11. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $8.95, 0375829164)
12. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $5.99, 0763625582)
13. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
14. Dragonology by Ernest Drake, illustrated by Helen Ward and Douglas Carrel (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296)
15. Curious George's Big Adventures (movie tie-in) by R.P. Anderson (Houghton Mifflin, $3.99, 0618634495)
*ABA and Book Sense acknowledge the controversy surrounding the veracity of the contents of this book.
[Many thanks to Book Sense, GLBA and MBA!]
Hardcover Fiction
1. In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant (Random House, $23.95, 1400063817)
2. The 5th Horseman by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $27.95, 0316159778)
3. The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry (Ballantine, $24.95, 0345476158)
4. The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury (Dutton, $24.95, 0525949410)
5. The Old Wine Shades by Martha Grimes (Viking, $25.95, 0670034797)
6. Cell by Stephen King (Scribner, $26.95, 0743292332)
7. The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier (Pantheon, $22.95, 0375423699)
8. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $24.95, 0385504209)
9. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Knopf, $25.95, 030726291X)
10. The Two Minute Rule by Robert Crais (S&S, $24.95, 0743281616)
11. Sea Change by Robert B. Parker (Putnam, $24.95, 0399152679)
12. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun (Putnam, $23.95, 0399153071)
13. The Hunt Club by John Lescroart (Dutton, $26.95, 0525949143)
14. The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons (Harcourt, $23, 0151012040)
15. Rasputin's Daughter by Robert Alexander (Viking, $23.95, 0670034681)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
2. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $27.50, 0374292884)
3. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $25, 0743284577)
4. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X)
5. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X)
6. You're Wearing That? by Deborah Tannen (Random House, $24.95, 1400062586)
7. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906)
8. Manhunt by James L. Swanson (Morrow, $26.95, 0060518499)
9. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $26, 0743243773)
10. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, $24.95, 0670034711)
11. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316172324)
12. The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren (Zondervan, $19.99, 0310205719)
13. The Wal-Mart Effect by Charles Fishman (Penguin Press, $25.95, 1594200769)
14. Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman (HarperSanFrancisco, $24.95, 0060738170)
15. The Colony by John Tayman (Scribner, $27.50, 074323300X)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Picador, $14, 031242440X)
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
4. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
5. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $15, 0060987103)
6. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
7. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
8. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $13.95, 081297235X)
9. Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish (Bantam, $11, 0553382640)
10. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14.95, 0307275167)
11. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos (Grove, $13, 0802142109)
12. Close Range by Annie Proulx (Scribner, $14, 0684852225)
13. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717)
14. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454553)
15. Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (Scribner, $9.95, 0743271327)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. Night by Elie Weisel (FSG, $9, 0374500010)
2. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
3. *A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902)
4. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
5. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins (Plume, $15, 0452287081)
6. Collapse by Jared Diamond (Penguin, $17, 0143036556)
7. Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson (Harvest, $15, 0156031442)
8. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Vintage, $14, 0679745580)
9. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
10. 365: No Repeats by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082544)
11. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (Norton, $13.95, 0393327655)
12. Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell (S&S, $14, 074326004X)
13. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (Norton, $16.95, 0393317552)
14. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz (Workman, $18.95, 0761104844)
15. The Blue Pages: A Directory of Companies Rated by Their Politics and Practices (PoliPointPress, $9.95, 0976062119)
Mass Market
1. Skeleton Man by Tony Hillerman (HarperTorch, $7.99, 006056346X)
2. The Closers by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616443)
3. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket, $7.99, 0671027360)
4. Hard Truth by Nevada Barr (Berkley, $7.99, 0425208419)
5. The Third Secret by Steve Berry (Ballantine, $7.99, 034547614X)
6. The Broker by John Grisham (Dell, $7.99, 0440241588)
7. Night by Elie Wiesel (Bantam, $5.99, 0553272535)
8. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary edited by Edy G. Schaffer (Avon, $7.50, 0380724251)
9. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
10. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Warner, $6.99, 0446310786)
Children's (Fiction and Illustrated)
1. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892)
2. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060092726)
3. The Pretty Committee Strikes Back by Lisi Harrison (Little, Brown, $9.99, 0316115002)
4. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (children's movie tie-in edition) by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0060765461)
5. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
6. Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098)
7. Curious George the Movie: Touch and Feel Book (Houghton Mifflin, $5.99, 0618605878)
8. Small Steps by Louis Sachar (Delacorte, $16.95, 0385733143)
9. Curious George by H.A. Rey (Houghton Mifflin, $6.95, 039515023X)
10. The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster, illustrated by Chris Raschka (Michael Di Capua, $15.95, 0786809140)
11. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $8.95, 0375829164)
12. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $5.99, 0763625582)
13. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
14. Dragonology by Ernest Drake, illustrated by Helen Ward and Douglas Carrel (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296)
15. Curious George's Big Adventures (movie tie-in) by R.P. Anderson (Houghton Mifflin, $3.99, 0618634495)
*ABA and Book Sense acknowledge the controversy surrounding the veracity of the contents of this book.
[Many thanks to Book Sense, GLBA and MBA!]