The following are the top 100 hardcover bestsellers reported by the 140 Above
the Treeline bookstores between June 1 and June 6. Note: this is a kind of one-store, one-vote list. The percentage
is the amount of stores selling at least one copy of the title since
June 1. The ranking is not based on total number of copies sold.
- Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089) 62%
- Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss (Random House Children's Books, $17, 0679805273) 59%
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X) 54%
- Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422722) 53%
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995) 53%
- Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival by Anderson Cooper (HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381) 51%
- Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons by Tim Russert (Random House, $22.95, 1400064805) 51%
- Digging to America by Anne Tyler (Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940) 49%
- Junie B., First Grader Aloha-Ha-Ha! by Barbara Park (Random House Books for Young Readers, $11.95, 0375834036) 46%
- The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $30, 0374292795) 45%
- My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme (Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468) 45%
- Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, $29.95, 0670037605) 44%
- The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Penguin, $26.95, 1594200823) 44%
- The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and
World Affairs by Madeleine K. Albright (HarperCollins, $25.95,
0060892579) 43%
- Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and
Correcting Common Dog Problems by Cesar Millan and Melissa Jo Peltier
(Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332) 43%
- The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Frust (Random House, $24.95, 1400060192) 41%
- Beach Road by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.95, 0316159786) 40%
- Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Knopf, $25, 1400044731) 39%
- The Whole World Over by Julia Glass (Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749) 38%
- Charlie Bone and the Hidden King by Jenny Nimmo (Orchard, $9.95, 0439545307) 38%
- Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss (S&S, $26, 0743217810) 36%
- At Risk by Patricia D. Cornwell (Putnam, $21.95, 0399153624) 36%
- The Book of the Dead by Douglas J. Preston (Warner, $25.95, 0446576980) 36%
- The Hard Way by Lee Child (Delacorte, $25, 0385336691) 36%
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316172324) 36%
- Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook,
Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by
Bill Buford (Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201) 34%
- The Husband by Dean R. Koontz (Bantam, $27, 0553804790) 34%
- Dead Watch by John Sandford (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153543) 33%
- Everyman by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin, $24, 061873516X) 33%
- The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain (Bloomsbury, $24.95, 1582344515) 33%
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.95, 0375831002) 32%
- The Quillan Games by D.J. MacHale (S&S Children's Publishing, $15.95, 1416914234) 32%
- Lilly's Big Day by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow, $16.99, 0060742364) 31%
- The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel by Jeffery Deaver (S&S, $26, 0743260937) 31%
- Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields (Holt, $25, 080507919X) 31%
- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X) 31%
- Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy,
India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, $24.95, 0670034711)
30%
- American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion,
Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century by Kevin Phillips (Viking,
$26.95, 067003486X) 30%
- Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz (Philomel, $17.99, 0399241523) 30%
- Pirates by John Matthews (Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344) 30%
- Encyclopedia Prehistorica Sharks and Other Sea Monsters: The
Definitive Pop-Up by Robert Clarke Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart
(Candlewick, $27.99, 076362229X) 30%
- Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin's, $23.95, 0312315961) 29%
- The Art of Detection by Laurie R. King (Bantam, $24, 0553804537) 29%
- A Heckuva Job: More of the Bush Administration in Rhyme by Calvin Trillin (Random House, $12.95, 1400065569) 29%
- Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor (HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098) 29%
- Heat by Mike Lupica (Philomel, $16.99, 0399243011) 29%
- The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $22.95, 1400064767) 29%
- Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert (Knopf, $24.95, 1400042666) 29%
- My Life in and Out of the Rough: The Truth Behind All That
Bull**** You Think You Know about Me by John Daly (HarperCollins,
$25.95, 0061120626) 28%
- A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger (Norton, $23.95, 0393059804) 28%
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892) 28%
- The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl (Random House, $24.95, 1400061032) 28%
- Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home by Nando Parrado (Crown, $25, 1400097673) 28%
- Blow the House Down by Robert Baer (Crown, $25.95, 1400098351) 28%
- Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson (Morrow, $26.95, 0060518499) 27%
- Lies at the Altar: The Truth about Great Marriages by Robin Smith (Hyperion, $24.95, 1401302564) 27%
- Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey (Knopf, $24, 0307263711) 27%
- Telegraph Days by Larry McMurtry (S&S, $25, 0743250788) 27%
- A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore (Morrow, $24.95, 0060590270) 26%
- You: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body That Will
Make You Healthier and Younger by Mehmet C. Oz (HarperCollins, $24.95,
0060765313) 27%
- Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff (Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739) 26%
- Tails by Matthew Van Fleet (Red Wagon Books, $13.95, 0152167730) 26%
- The Girls by Lori Lansens (Little, Brown, $23.95, 0316069035) 26%
- The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions by Karen Armstrong (Knopf, $30, 0375413170) 25%
- Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $35, 0684824906) 25%
- Night of the New Magicians by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House Books for Young Readers, $11.95, 0375830359) 25%
- The Debutante Divorcee by Plum Sykes (Miramax, $23.95, 1401352448) 25%
- Flyte by Angie Sage (Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 0060577347) 24%
- Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food by Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618710310) 24%
- Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children, $12.99, 0786837462) 24%
- The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery (Ballantine, $21.95, 0345481372) 24%
- The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau (Random House Books for Young Readers, $15.95, 0375875263) 24%
- Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel--Why
Everything You Know Is Wrong by John Stossel (Hyperion, $24.95,
1401302548) 24%
- The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig (Harcourt, $25, 0151012377) 23%
- The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth by Leigh Montville (Doubleday, $26.95, 0385514379) 23%
- The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran (Knopf, $15, 0394404289) 23%
- House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power by James Carroll (Houghton Mifflin, $30, 0618187804) 23%
- Uncommon Carriers by John McPhee (FSG, $24, 0374280398) 23%
- Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House, $19.99, 0439554004) 23%
- The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett (Scholastic, $16.99, 0439693675) 23%
- The Bookwoman's Last Fling by John Dunning (Scribner, $25, 0743289455) 23%
- The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart by Willie Nelson (Gotham, $20, 159240197X) 22%
- Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (Viking, $17.99, 0670061050) 22%
- Shanks for Nothing by Rick Reilly (Doubleday, $24.95, 0385501110) 22%
- Elements of Style by Wendy Wasserstein (Knopf, $23.95, 1400042313) 22%
- Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman (HarperSanFrancisco, $24.95, 0060738170) 21%
- Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers, $21, 037582670X) 21%
- Revolutionary Wealth by Alvin Toffler (Knopf, $27.95, 0375401741) 21%
- School's Out--Forever by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $16.99, 0316155594) 21%
- Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.95, 0375821821) 21%
- Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic, $16.95, 0439339111) 21%
- Promise Me by Harlan Coben (Dutton, $26.95, 0525949496) 21%
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss (Random House Children's Books, $8.99, 0394800168) 21%
- Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud (Miramax, $17.95, 0786818611) 21%
- Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart (Random House, $24.95, 1400061962) 21%
- Startled by His Furry Shorts by Louise Rennison (HarperTempest, $16.99, 0060853840) 20%
- The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and
a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (Knopf Books for Young
Readers, $15.95, 0375831436) 20%
- The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue (Nan A. Talese, $23.95, 0385516169) 20%
- Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy by Noam Chomsky (Metropolitan, $24, 0805079122) 20%
- Teacher Man: A Memoir by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $26, 0743243773) 20%
[Thanks to Above the Treeline!]
