The following were the bestselling titles at member stores of the
Northern California Independent Booksellers Association during the week
ended Sunday, October 22, as reported to Book Sense:
Hardcover Fiction
1. Echo Park by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316734950)
2. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf, $24, 0307265439)
3. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277)
4. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random House, $26.95, 0375509321)
5. What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George (HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060545623)
6. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown, $24.99, 0316154849)
7. Under Orders by Dick Francis (Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000)
8. Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen (Random House, $24.95, 0375502246)
9. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Knopf, $25, 1400044731)
10. The Mission Song by John le Carre (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316016748)
11. The Collectors by David Baldacci (Warner, $26.99, 044653109X)
12. The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud (Knopf, $25, 030726419X)
13. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
14. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman (Morrow, $26.95, 0060515228)
15. Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund (Morrow, $26.95, 0060825391)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. State of Denial by Bob Woodward (S&S, $30, 0743272234)
2. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
3. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown, $25, 0307237699)
4. The Innocent Man by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238)
5. I Like You by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99, 0446578843)
6. Michelin Guide: San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country (Michelin Travel, $16.95, 2067120840)
7. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (Broadway, $25, 076791936X)
8. Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose (HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060777044)
9. Ageless by Suzanne Somers (Crown, $25, 0307237249)
10. The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (Norton, $24.95, 039306123X)
11. Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman (Bantam, $28, 0553803522)
12. Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway, $26, 0767920929)
13. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris (Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773)
14. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
15. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin, $14, 0143037145)
2. Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X)
3. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $15, 0143037749)
4. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736)
5. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
6. The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316154520)
7. The Sea by John Banville (Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029)
8. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547)
9. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
10. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
11. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
12. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
13. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
14. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Vintage, $14, 1400078776)
15. Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee (Penguin, $14, 0143037897)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 0312425414)
2. 1491 by Charles C. Mann (Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059)
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
4. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Penguin, $15, 0143036939)
5. Zagat: San Francisco/Bay Area Restaurants 2007 (Zagat, $13.95, 1570068100)
6. Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser (Anchor, $16.95, 0307277747)
7. Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 1400033888)
8. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
9. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736)
10. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
11. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (Norton, $13.95, 0393327655)
12. Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky (Owl, $13, 0805076883)
13. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda (Random House, $13.95, 0812974409)
14. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773)
15. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $19.95, 0743270754)
Mass Market
1. School Days by Robert B. Parker (Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347)
2. Predator by Patricia D. Cornwell (Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278)
3. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
4. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060515198)
5. Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow (Warner, $7.99, 0446617482)
6. Death and Judgment by Donna Leon (Penguin, $7.99, 0143035827)
7. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $7.99, 0446615625)
8. Mary, Mary by James Patterson (Warner, $9.99, 0446619035)
9. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853)
10. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Warner, $6.99, 0446310786)
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. Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler (Puffin, $6.99, 0142501123)
3. The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax Books, $16.95, 0786849568)
4. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
5. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583)
6. Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House #36) by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca (Random House, $11.95, 0375830375)
7. Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic, $4.99, 0439376149)
8. Mommy? by Arthur Yorinks and Maurice Sendak (Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505)
9. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $9.95, 0375826696)
10. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920)
11. Dora's Spooky Halloween by Sonali Fry (S&S, $5.99, 1416924825)
12. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
13. Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060890312)
14. Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033)
15. The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson (HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0060766018)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and NCIBA!]
Hardcover Fiction
1. Echo Park by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316734950)
2. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf, $24, 0307265439)
3. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277)
4. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random House, $26.95, 0375509321)
5. What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George (HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060545623)
6. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown, $24.99, 0316154849)
7. Under Orders by Dick Francis (Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000)
8. Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen (Random House, $24.95, 0375502246)
9. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Knopf, $25, 1400044731)
10. The Mission Song by John le Carre (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316016748)
11. The Collectors by David Baldacci (Warner, $26.99, 044653109X)
12. The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud (Knopf, $25, 030726419X)
13. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
14. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman (Morrow, $26.95, 0060515228)
15. Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund (Morrow, $26.95, 0060825391)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. State of Denial by Bob Woodward (S&S, $30, 0743272234)
2. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
3. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown, $25, 0307237699)
4. The Innocent Man by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238)
5. I Like You by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99, 0446578843)
6. Michelin Guide: San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country (Michelin Travel, $16.95, 2067120840)
7. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (Broadway, $25, 076791936X)
8. Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose (HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060777044)
9. Ageless by Suzanne Somers (Crown, $25, 0307237249)
10. The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (Norton, $24.95, 039306123X)
11. Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman (Bantam, $28, 0553803522)
12. Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway, $26, 0767920929)
13. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris (Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773)
14. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
15. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin, $14, 0143037145)
2. Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X)
3. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $15, 0143037749)
4. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736)
5. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
6. The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316154520)
7. The Sea by John Banville (Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029)
8. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547)
9. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
10. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
11. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
12. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
13. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
14. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Vintage, $14, 1400078776)
15. Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee (Penguin, $14, 0143037897)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 0312425414)
2. 1491 by Charles C. Mann (Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059)
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
4. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Penguin, $15, 0143036939)
5. Zagat: San Francisco/Bay Area Restaurants 2007 (Zagat, $13.95, 1570068100)
6. Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser (Anchor, $16.95, 0307277747)
7. Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 1400033888)
8. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
9. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736)
10. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
11. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (Norton, $13.95, 0393327655)
12. Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky (Owl, $13, 0805076883)
13. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda (Random House, $13.95, 0812974409)
14. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773)
15. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $19.95, 0743270754)
Mass Market
1. School Days by Robert B. Parker (Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347)
2. Predator by Patricia D. Cornwell (Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278)
3. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
4. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060515198)
5. Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow (Warner, $7.99, 0446617482)
6. Death and Judgment by Donna Leon (Penguin, $7.99, 0143035827)
7. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $7.99, 0446615625)
8. Mary, Mary by James Patterson (Warner, $9.99, 0446619035)
9. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853)
10. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Warner, $6.99, 0446310786)
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. Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler (Puffin, $6.99, 0142501123)
3. The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax Books, $16.95, 0786849568)
4. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
5. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583)
6. Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House #36) by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca (Random House, $11.95, 0375830375)
7. Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic, $4.99, 0439376149)
8. Mommy? by Arthur Yorinks and Maurice Sendak (Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505)
9. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $9.95, 0375826696)
10. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920)
11. Dora's Spooky Halloween by Sonali Fry (S&S, $5.99, 1416924825)
12. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
13. Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060890312)
14. Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033)
15. The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson (HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0060766018)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and NCIBA!]