The following were the bestselling titles during the week ended Sunday,
December 10, at member stores of the New England Independent
Booksellers Association as reported to Book Sense:
Hardcover Fiction
1. Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995)
2. Next by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985)
3. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277)
4. The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451)
5. The View From Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828)
6. The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry (Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132)
7. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random House, $26.95, 0375509321)
8. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $25.95, 0743272501)
9. Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $26.99, 044657967X)
10. Lisey's Story by Stephen King (Scribner, $28, 0743289412)
11. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
12. The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford (Knopf, $26.95, 0679454683)
13. Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99, 0316159794)
14. Treasure of Khan by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (Putnam, $27.95, 0399153691)
15. Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris (Delacorte, $27.95, 0385339410)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown, $25, 0307237699)
2. Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, $29.95, 0670037605)
3. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (Broadway, $25, 076791936X)
4. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
5. Palestine by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $27, 0743285026)
6. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823)
7. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
8. Moving the Chains by Charles P. Pierce (FSG, $24, 0374299234)
9. The Innocent Man by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238)
10. I Like You by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99, 0446578843)
11. Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Edition) by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker (Scribner, $30, 0743246268)
12. Barefoot Contessa at Home by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346)
13. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (Crown, $25.95, 1400080665)
14. Bird Songs edited by Les Beletsky (Chronicle, $45, 1932855416)
15. You: On a Diet by Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. (Free Press, $25, 0743292545)
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. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $15, 074349671X)
5. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
6. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
7. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
8. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X)
9. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
10. The Best American Short Stories edited by Ann Patchett (Houghton Mifflin, $14, 061854352X)
11. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage, $11.95, 1400095948)
12. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736)
13. The Sea by John Banville (Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029)
14. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $15, 0143037749)
15. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. The Iraq Study Group Report by the Iraq Study Group (Vintage, $10.95, 0307386562)
2. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773)
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
4. The Old Farmer's Almanac (Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902)
5. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $19.95, 0743270754)
6. Bad President by R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett, Rob Battles and James Friedman (Workman, $8.95, 0761146202)
7. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
8. The Places in Between by Rory Stewart (Harvest, $14, 0156031566)
9. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2007 (World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957)
10. 1491 by Charles C. Mann (Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059)
11. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237)
12. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736)
13. The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan (Mariner, $14.95, 0618773479)
14. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 0312425414)
15. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $15, 0743243781)
Mass Market
1. The Brothers Bulger by Howie Carr (Warner, $9.99, 0446618888)
2. S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton (Berkley, $7.99, 0425212696)
3. The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury (Signet, $9.99, 0451219953)
4. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fourth Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
5. The Cell by Stephen King (Pocket, $9.99, 1416524517)
6. Turning Angel by Greg Iles (Pocket, $9.99, 0743454162)
7. St. Alban's Fire by Archer Mayor (Warner, $6.99, 0446618101)
8. Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley (Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083)
9. The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum (St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693)
10. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
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 Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496)
4. Miracle on 49th Street by Mike Lupica (Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883)
5. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
6. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
7. Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House #36) by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca (Random House, $11.95, 0375830375)
8. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892)
9. Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick (Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805)
10. One Winter's Day by M. Christina Butler, illustrated by Tina Macnaughton (Good Books, $16, 1561485322)
11. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299)
12. The Snowmen by Caralyn Buehner and Mark Buehner (Dial, $21.99, 0803731809)
13. Christmas by Robert Sabuda (Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688)
14. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920)
15. Dragonology by Ernest Drake, illustrated by Helen Ward and Douglas Carrel (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and NEIBA!]
Hardcover Fiction
1. Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995)
2. Next by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985)
3. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277)
4. The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451)
5. The View From Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828)
6. The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry (Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132)
7. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random House, $26.95, 0375509321)
8. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $25.95, 0743272501)
9. Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $26.99, 044657967X)
10. Lisey's Story by Stephen King (Scribner, $28, 0743289412)
11. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
12. The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford (Knopf, $26.95, 0679454683)
13. Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99, 0316159794)
14. Treasure of Khan by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (Putnam, $27.95, 0399153691)
15. Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris (Delacorte, $27.95, 0385339410)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown, $25, 0307237699)
2. Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, $29.95, 0670037605)
3. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (Broadway, $25, 076791936X)
4. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
5. Palestine by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $27, 0743285026)
6. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823)
7. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
8. Moving the Chains by Charles P. Pierce (FSG, $24, 0374299234)
9. The Innocent Man by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238)
10. I Like You by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99, 0446578843)
11. Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Edition) by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker (Scribner, $30, 0743246268)
12. Barefoot Contessa at Home by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346)
13. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (Crown, $25.95, 1400080665)
14. Bird Songs edited by Les Beletsky (Chronicle, $45, 1932855416)
15. You: On a Diet by Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. (Free Press, $25, 0743292545)
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. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $15, 074349671X)
5. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
6. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
7. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
8. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X)
9. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
10. The Best American Short Stories edited by Ann Patchett (Houghton Mifflin, $14, 061854352X)
11. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage, $11.95, 1400095948)
12. The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736)
13. The Sea by John Banville (Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029)
14. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $15, 0143037749)
15. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. The Iraq Study Group Report by the Iraq Study Group (Vintage, $10.95, 0307386562)
2. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773)
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
4. The Old Farmer's Almanac (Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902)
5. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $19.95, 0743270754)
6. Bad President by R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett, Rob Battles and James Friedman (Workman, $8.95, 0761146202)
7. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
8. The Places in Between by Rory Stewart (Harvest, $14, 0156031566)
9. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2007 (World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957)
10. 1491 by Charles C. Mann (Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059)
11. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237)
12. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736)
13. The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan (Mariner, $14.95, 0618773479)
14. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 0312425414)
15. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $15, 0743243781)
Mass Market
1. The Brothers Bulger by Howie Carr (Warner, $9.99, 0446618888)
2. S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton (Berkley, $7.99, 0425212696)
3. The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury (Signet, $9.99, 0451219953)
4. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fourth Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
5. The Cell by Stephen King (Pocket, $9.99, 1416524517)
6. Turning Angel by Greg Iles (Pocket, $9.99, 0743454162)
7. St. Alban's Fire by Archer Mayor (Warner, $6.99, 0446618101)
8. Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley (Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083)
9. The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum (St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693)
10. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
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 Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496)
4. Miracle on 49th Street by Mike Lupica (Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883)
5. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
6. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
7. Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House #36) by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca (Random House, $11.95, 0375830375)
8. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892)
9. Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick (Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805)
10. One Winter's Day by M. Christina Butler, illustrated by Tina Macnaughton (Good Books, $16, 1561485322)
11. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299)
12. The Snowmen by Caralyn Buehner and Mark Buehner (Dial, $21.99, 0803731809)
13. Christmas by Robert Sabuda (Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688)
14. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920)
15. Dragonology by Ernest Drake, illustrated by Helen Ward and Douglas Carrel (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and NEIBA!]