The following were the bestselling titles at Southern Independent
Booksellers Alliance member stores during the week ended Sunday,
October 15, as reported to Book Sense:
Hardcover Fiction
1. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random House, $26.95, 0375509321)
2. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277)
3. Echo Park by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316734950)
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf, $24, 0307265439)
5. On Agate Hill by Lee Smith (Algonquin, $24.95, 1565124529)
6. Act of Treason by Vince Flynn (Atria, $25.95, 0743270371)
7. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
8. Under Orders by Dick Francis (Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000)
9. Short Straw by Stuart Woods (Putnam, $25.95, 0399153683)
10. Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich (HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060584033)
11. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (Doubleday, $24.95, 0385520514)
12. Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen (Random House, $24.95, 0375502246)
13. Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund (Morrow, $26.95, 0060825391)
14. The Mission Song by John le Carre (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316016748)
15. The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153942)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. State of Denial by Bob Woodward (S&S, $30, 0743272234)
2. The Innocent Man by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238)
3. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
4. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
5. Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway, $26, 0767920929)
6. Paula Deen Celebrates! by Paula Deen (S&S, $26, 0743278119)
7. Saving Graces by Elizabeth Edwards (Broadway, $24.95, 0767925378)
8. Ageless by Suzanne Somers (Crown, $25, 0307237249)
9. The Greatest Story Ever Sold by Frank Rich (Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X)
10. Why We Want You to Be Rich by Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump (Rich Press, $24.95, 1933914025)
11. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $30, 0374292795)
12. Being Dead Is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays (Hyperion, $19.95, 1401359345)
13. The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (Norton, $24.95, 039306123X)
14. I Like You by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99, 0446578843)
15. Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides (Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin, $14, 0143037145)
2. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
3. Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X)
4. The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks (Warner, $14.99, 0446697435)
5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
6. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547)
7. Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler (Berkley, $16, 0425211894)
8. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
9. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736)
10. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
11. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
12. The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $16, 0743272498)
13. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $15, 0143037749)
14. The Sea by John Banville (Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029)
15. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Grove, $14, 0802142818)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
2. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Penguin, $15, 0143036939)
3. Running With Scissors (Movie Tie-In) by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 0312425414)
4. SWAG: Southern Women Aging Gracefully by Melinda Rainey Thompson (John F. Blair, $14.95, 089587329X)
5. Bad President by R. D. Rosen, et al. (Workman, $8.95, 0761146202)
6. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
7. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736)
8. The Places in Between by Rory Stewart (Harvest, $14, 0156031566)
9. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
10. Night by Elie Wiesel (FSG, $9, 0374500010)
11. Bless Your Heart, Tramp by Celia Rivenbark (St. Martin's, $13.95, 0312343426)
12. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell (Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269)
13. Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 1400033888)
14. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $18, 0743226720)
15. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (HarperSanFrancisco, $11.95, 0060652926)
Mass Market
1. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $7.99, 0446615625)
2. Predator by Patricia D. Cornwell (Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278)
3. Mary, Mary by James Patterson (Warner, $9.99, 0446619035)
4. School Days by Robert B. Parker (Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347)
5. Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts (Jove, $7.99, 0515141666)
6. Dark Harbor by Stuart Woods (Signet, $9.99, 0451218701)
7. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
8. Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow (Warner, $7.99, 0446617482)
9. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Warner, $6.99, 0446310786)
10. 1984 by George Orwell (Signet, $7.95, 0451524934)
Children's Titles
1. The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13) by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $12.99, 0064410161)
2. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583)
3. Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House #36) by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca (Random House, $11.95, 0375830375)
4. Mommy? by Arthur Yorinks and Maurice Sendak (Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505)
5. The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax Books, $16.95, 0786849568)
6. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
7. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
8. Angelina's Halloween by Katharine Holabird, illustrated by Helen Craig (Puffin, $5.99, 014240621X)
9. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920)
10. Junie B., First Grader: Boo and I Mean It! by Barbara Park, illustrated by Denise Brunkus (Random House, $3.99, 0375828079)
11. Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098)
12. Is There Really a Human Race? by Jamie Lee Curtis, illustrated by Laura Cornell (Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463)
13. The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (Dial, $17.99, 0803731531)
14. The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson (HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0060766018)
15. Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt (Golden, $9.99, 0307120007)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and SIBA!]
Hardcover Fiction
1. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random House, $26.95, 0375509321)
2. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277)
3. Echo Park by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316734950)
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf, $24, 0307265439)
5. On Agate Hill by Lee Smith (Algonquin, $24.95, 1565124529)
6. Act of Treason by Vince Flynn (Atria, $25.95, 0743270371)
7. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
8. Under Orders by Dick Francis (Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000)
9. Short Straw by Stuart Woods (Putnam, $25.95, 0399153683)
10. Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich (HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060584033)
11. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (Doubleday, $24.95, 0385520514)
12. Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen (Random House, $24.95, 0375502246)
13. Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund (Morrow, $26.95, 0060825391)
14. The Mission Song by John le Carre (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316016748)
15. The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153942)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. State of Denial by Bob Woodward (S&S, $30, 0743272234)
2. The Innocent Man by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238)
3. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
4. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
5. Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway, $26, 0767920929)
6. Paula Deen Celebrates! by Paula Deen (S&S, $26, 0743278119)
7. Saving Graces by Elizabeth Edwards (Broadway, $24.95, 0767925378)
8. Ageless by Suzanne Somers (Crown, $25, 0307237249)
9. The Greatest Story Ever Sold by Frank Rich (Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X)
10. Why We Want You to Be Rich by Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump (Rich Press, $24.95, 1933914025)
11. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $30, 0374292795)
12. Being Dead Is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays (Hyperion, $19.95, 1401359345)
13. The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (Norton, $24.95, 039306123X)
14. I Like You by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99, 0446578843)
15. Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides (Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin, $14, 0143037145)
2. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
3. Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X)
4. The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks (Warner, $14.99, 0446697435)
5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
6. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547)
7. Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler (Berkley, $16, 0425211894)
8. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
9. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736)
10. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
11. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
12. The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $16, 0743272498)
13. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $15, 0143037749)
14. The Sea by John Banville (Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029)
15. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Grove, $14, 0802142818)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
2. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Penguin, $15, 0143036939)
3. Running With Scissors (Movie Tie-In) by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 0312425414)
4. SWAG: Southern Women Aging Gracefully by Melinda Rainey Thompson (John F. Blair, $14.95, 089587329X)
5. Bad President by R. D. Rosen, et al. (Workman, $8.95, 0761146202)
6. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
7. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736)
8. The Places in Between by Rory Stewart (Harvest, $14, 0156031566)
9. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
10. Night by Elie Wiesel (FSG, $9, 0374500010)
11. Bless Your Heart, Tramp by Celia Rivenbark (St. Martin's, $13.95, 0312343426)
12. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell (Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269)
13. Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 1400033888)
14. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $18, 0743226720)
15. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (HarperSanFrancisco, $11.95, 0060652926)
Mass Market
1. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $7.99, 0446615625)
2. Predator by Patricia D. Cornwell (Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278)
3. Mary, Mary by James Patterson (Warner, $9.99, 0446619035)
4. School Days by Robert B. Parker (Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347)
5. Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts (Jove, $7.99, 0515141666)
6. Dark Harbor by Stuart Woods (Signet, $9.99, 0451218701)
7. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
8. Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow (Warner, $7.99, 0446617482)
9. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Warner, $6.99, 0446310786)
10. 1984 by George Orwell (Signet, $7.95, 0451524934)
Children's Titles
1. The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13) by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $12.99, 0064410161)
2. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583)
3. Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House #36) by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca (Random House, $11.95, 0375830375)
4. Mommy? by Arthur Yorinks and Maurice Sendak (Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505)
5. The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax Books, $16.95, 0786849568)
6. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
7. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
8. Angelina's Halloween by Katharine Holabird, illustrated by Helen Craig (Puffin, $5.99, 014240621X)
9. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920)
10. Junie B., First Grader: Boo and I Mean It! by Barbara Park, illustrated by Denise Brunkus (Random House, $3.99, 0375828079)
11. Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098)
12. Is There Really a Human Race? by Jamie Lee Curtis, illustrated by Laura Cornell (Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463)
13. The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (Dial, $17.99, 0803731531)
14. The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson (HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0060766018)
15. Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt (Golden, $9.99, 0307120007)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and SIBA!]