The following were the bestselling titles at member bookstores of the
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association during the week ended Sunday,
November 26, as reported to Book Sense:
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451)
2. Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995)
3. Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (Penguin Press, $35, 159420120X)
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf, $24, 0307265439)
5. The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry (Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132)
6. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random House, $26.95, 0375509321)
7. Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende (HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061161535)
8. What Is the What by Dave Eggers (McSweeney's, $26, 1932416641)
9. The View From Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828)
10. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277)
11. Lisey's Story by Stephen King (Scribner, $28, 0743289412)
12. The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig (Harcourt, $25, 0151012377)
13. Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $26.99, 044657967X)
14. Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99, 0316159794)
15. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown, $25, 0307237699)
2. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (Broadway, $25, 076791936X)
3. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (Crown, $25.95, 1400080665)
4. I Like You by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99, 0446578843)
5. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
6. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
7. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris (Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773)
8. You: On a Diet by Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. (Free Press, $25, 0743292545)
9. Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker (Scribner, $30, 0743246268)
10. Among Wild Horses by Lynne Pomeranz (Storey Publishing, $16.95, 158017633X)
11. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823)
12. Dream Golf by Stephen Goodwin (Algonquin, $24.95, 1565125304)
13. No Shortcuts to the Top by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts (Broadway, $23.95, 0767924703)
14. Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides (Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771)
15. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks (Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin, $14, 0143037145)
2. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Grove, $14, 0802142818)
3. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
4. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X)
5. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
6. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
7. A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher (Random House, $13.95, 0812973437)
8. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736)
9. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage, $11.95, 1400095948)
10. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
11. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
12. Light From Heaven by Jan Karon (Penguin, $13.95, 0143037706)
13. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos (Grove, $13, 0802142109)
14. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
15. The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (Riverhead, $15, 1594482306)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan (Mariner, $14.95, 0618773479)
2. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773)
3. Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (Random House, $14.95, 0812973011)
4. 1491 by Charles C. Mann (Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059)
5. Bad President by R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett, Rob Battles and James Friedman (Workman, $8.95, 0761146202)
6. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $15, 0743243781)
7. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736)
8. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $19.95, 0743270754)
9. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
10. If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather Lende (Algonquin, $12.95, 156512524X)
11. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
12. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (Norton, $13.95, 0393327655)
13. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
14. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 0312425414)
15. Born to Kvetch by Michael Wex (Harper Perennial, $13.95, 0061132179)
Mass Market
1. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fourth Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
2. No Regrets and Other True Cases by Ann Rule (Pocket Star, $7.99, 0743448758)
3. The Cell by Stephen King (Pocket, $9.99, 1416524517)
4. Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley (Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083)
5. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853)
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. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
9. Death and Judgment by Donna Leon (Penguin, $7.99, 0143035827)
10. Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich (HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060598808)
Children's Titles
1. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X)
2. The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13) by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $12.99, 0064410161)
3. The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax, $16.95, 0786849568)
4. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
5. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, illustrated by Eric Carle (Holt, $7.95, 0805047905)
6. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849)
7. Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney, $18.99, 078683787X)
8. Terrier by Tamora Pierce (Random House, $18.95, 037581468X)
9. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
10. Into the Wild (Warriors #1) by Erin W. Hunter (Avon, $5.99, 0060525509)
11. Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House #36) by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca (Random House, $11.95, 0375830375)
12. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199)
13. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299)
14. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705)
15. The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore, illustrated by Richard Jesse Watson (HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060757418)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and PNBA!]
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451)
2. Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995)
3. Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (Penguin Press, $35, 159420120X)
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf, $24, 0307265439)
5. The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry (Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132)
6. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random House, $26.95, 0375509321)
7. Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende (HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061161535)
8. What Is the What by Dave Eggers (McSweeney's, $26, 1932416641)
9. The View From Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828)
10. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277)
11. Lisey's Story by Stephen King (Scribner, $28, 0743289412)
12. The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig (Harcourt, $25, 0151012377)
13. Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $26.99, 044657967X)
14. Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99, 0316159794)
15. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown, $25, 0307237699)
2. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (Broadway, $25, 076791936X)
3. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (Crown, $25.95, 1400080665)
4. I Like You by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99, 0446578843)
5. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
6. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
7. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris (Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773)
8. You: On a Diet by Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. (Free Press, $25, 0743292545)
9. Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker (Scribner, $30, 0743246268)
10. Among Wild Horses by Lynne Pomeranz (Storey Publishing, $16.95, 158017633X)
11. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823)
12. Dream Golf by Stephen Goodwin (Algonquin, $24.95, 1565125304)
13. No Shortcuts to the Top by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts (Broadway, $23.95, 0767924703)
14. Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides (Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771)
15. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks (Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin, $14, 0143037145)
2. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Grove, $14, 0802142818)
3. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
4. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X)
5. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
6. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
7. A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher (Random House, $13.95, 0812973437)
8. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736)
9. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage, $11.95, 1400095948)
10. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
11. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
12. Light From Heaven by Jan Karon (Penguin, $13.95, 0143037706)
13. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos (Grove, $13, 0802142109)
14. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
15. The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (Riverhead, $15, 1594482306)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan (Mariner, $14.95, 0618773479)
2. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773)
3. Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (Random House, $14.95, 0812973011)
4. 1491 by Charles C. Mann (Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059)
5. Bad President by R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett, Rob Battles and James Friedman (Workman, $8.95, 0761146202)
6. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $15, 0743243781)
7. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736)
8. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $19.95, 0743270754)
9. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
10. If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather Lende (Algonquin, $12.95, 156512524X)
11. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
12. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (Norton, $13.95, 0393327655)
13. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
14. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 0312425414)
15. Born to Kvetch by Michael Wex (Harper Perennial, $13.95, 0061132179)
Mass Market
1. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fourth Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
2. No Regrets and Other True Cases by Ann Rule (Pocket Star, $7.99, 0743448758)
3. The Cell by Stephen King (Pocket, $9.99, 1416524517)
4. Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley (Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083)
5. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853)
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. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
9. Death and Judgment by Donna Leon (Penguin, $7.99, 0143035827)
10. Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich (HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060598808)
Children's Titles
1. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X)
2. The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13) by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $12.99, 0064410161)
3. The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax, $16.95, 0786849568)
4. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
5. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, illustrated by Eric Carle (Holt, $7.95, 0805047905)
6. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849)
7. Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney, $18.99, 078683787X)
8. Terrier by Tamora Pierce (Random House, $18.95, 037581468X)
9. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
10. Into the Wild (Warriors #1) by Erin W. Hunter (Avon, $5.99, 0060525509)
11. Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House #36) by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca (Random House, $11.95, 0375830375)
12. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199)
13. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299)
14. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705)
15. The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore, illustrated by Richard Jesse Watson (HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060757418)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and PNBA!]