The following were the bestselling titles during the week ended Sunday,
October 29, at member stores of the Mountains and Plains Independent
Booksellers Association, as reported to Book Sense:
Hardcover Fiction
1. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277)
2. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random House, $26.95, 0375509321)
3. Lisey's Story by Stephen King (Scribner, $28, 0743289412)
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf, $24, 0307265439)
5. What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George (HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060545623)
6. The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford (Knopf, $26.95, 0679454683)
7. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
8. Under Orders by Dick Francis (Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000)
9. The Collectors by David Baldacci (Warner, $26.99, 044653109X)
10. Echo Park by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316734950)
11. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown, $24.99, 0316154849)
12. Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund (Morrow, $26.95, 0060825391)
13. Hundred Dollar Baby by Robert B. Parker (Putnam, $24.95, 0399153764)
14. The Mission Song by John le Carre (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316016748)
15. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Atria, $26, 0743298020)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown, $25, 0307237699)
2. State of Denial by Bob Woodward (S&S, $30, 0743272234)
3. The Innocent Man by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238)
4. Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides (Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771)
5. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
6. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (Broadway, $25, 076791936X)
7. Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway, $26, 0767920929)
8. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
9. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris (Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773)
10. Life After Death by Deepak Chopra (Harmony, $24, 0307345785)
11. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan and Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332)
12. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $30, 0374292795)
13. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (Crown, $25.95, 1400080665)
14. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823)
15. I Like You by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99, 0446578843)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin, $14, 0143037145)
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
3. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
4. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
5. The Sea by John Banville (Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029)
6. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
7. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $15, 0143037749)
8. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736)
9. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X)
10. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
11. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416)
12. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547)
13. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0143036696)
14. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
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. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 0312425414)
3. The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer (Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768)
4. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
5. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen, $12.95, 1878424319)
6. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736)
7. 1491 by Charles C. Mann (Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059)
8. Bad President by R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett and Rob Battles (Workman, $8.95, 0761146202)
9. Collapse by Jared Diamond (Penguin, $17, 0143036556)
10. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $15, 0743243781)
11. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
12. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Penguin, $15, 0143036939)
13. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773)
14. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (Plume, $14, 0452287588)
15. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki (Warner, $16.95, 0446677450)
Mass Market
1. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $7.99, 0446615625)
2. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060515198)
3. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Tor, $6.99, 0812550706)
4. Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke (Pocket, $7.99, 0743277201)
5. Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston (Forge, $7.99, 0765349655)
6. School Days by Robert B. Parker (Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347)
7. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin (Bantam, $7.99, 055358202X)
8. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Berkley, $7.95, 0399501487)
9. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
10. The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy (Warner, $7.50, 0446618128)
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. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
3. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $10.95, 0375826696)
4. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849)
5. The Eternal Flame (The Great Tree of Avalon, Book 3) by T.A. Barron (Philomel, $19.99, 0399242139)
6. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
7. The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax Books, $16.95, 0786849568)
8. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920)
9. When Sheep Sleep by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by David M. McPhail (Abrams, $15.95, 0810954699)
10. Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House #36) by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca (Random House, $11.95, 0375830375)
11. Mommy? by Arthur Yorinks and Maurice Sendak (Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505)
12. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105)
13. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199)
14. Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney, $18.99, 078683787X)
15. Is There Really a Human Race? by Jamie Lee Curtis, illustrated by Laura Cornell (Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and MPIBA!]
Hardcover Fiction
1. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277)
2. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random House, $26.95, 0375509321)
3. Lisey's Story by Stephen King (Scribner, $28, 0743289412)
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf, $24, 0307265439)
5. What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George (HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060545623)
6. The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford (Knopf, $26.95, 0679454683)
7. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
8. Under Orders by Dick Francis (Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000)
9. The Collectors by David Baldacci (Warner, $26.99, 044653109X)
10. Echo Park by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316734950)
11. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown, $24.99, 0316154849)
12. Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund (Morrow, $26.95, 0060825391)
13. Hundred Dollar Baby by Robert B. Parker (Putnam, $24.95, 0399153764)
14. The Mission Song by John le Carre (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316016748)
15. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Atria, $26, 0743298020)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown, $25, 0307237699)
2. State of Denial by Bob Woodward (S&S, $30, 0743272234)
3. The Innocent Man by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238)
4. Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides (Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771)
5. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
6. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (Broadway, $25, 076791936X)
7. Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway, $26, 0767920929)
8. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
9. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris (Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773)
10. Life After Death by Deepak Chopra (Harmony, $24, 0307345785)
11. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan and Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332)
12. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $30, 0374292795)
13. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (Crown, $25.95, 1400080665)
14. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823)
15. I Like You by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99, 0446578843)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin, $14, 0143037145)
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
3. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
4. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
5. The Sea by John Banville (Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029)
6. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
7. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $15, 0143037749)
8. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736)
9. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X)
10. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
11. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416)
12. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547)
13. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0143036696)
14. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
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. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 0312425414)
3. The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer (Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768)
4. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
5. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen, $12.95, 1878424319)
6. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736)
7. 1491 by Charles C. Mann (Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059)
8. Bad President by R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett and Rob Battles (Workman, $8.95, 0761146202)
9. Collapse by Jared Diamond (Penguin, $17, 0143036556)
10. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $15, 0743243781)
11. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
12. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Penguin, $15, 0143036939)
13. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773)
14. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (Plume, $14, 0452287588)
15. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki (Warner, $16.95, 0446677450)
Mass Market
1. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $7.99, 0446615625)
2. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060515198)
3. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Tor, $6.99, 0812550706)
4. Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke (Pocket, $7.99, 0743277201)
5. Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston (Forge, $7.99, 0765349655)
6. School Days by Robert B. Parker (Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347)
7. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin (Bantam, $7.99, 055358202X)
8. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Berkley, $7.95, 0399501487)
9. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
10. The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy (Warner, $7.50, 0446618128)
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. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
3. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $10.95, 0375826696)
4. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849)
5. The Eternal Flame (The Great Tree of Avalon, Book 3) by T.A. Barron (Philomel, $19.99, 0399242139)
6. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
7. The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax Books, $16.95, 0786849568)
8. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920)
9. When Sheep Sleep by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by David M. McPhail (Abrams, $15.95, 0810954699)
10. Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House #36) by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca (Random House, $11.95, 0375830375)
11. Mommy? by Arthur Yorinks and Maurice Sendak (Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505)
12. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105)
13. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199)
14. Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney, $18.99, 078683787X)
15. Is There Really a Human Race? by Jamie Lee Curtis, illustrated by Laura Cornell (Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and MPIBA!]