The following were the bestselling titles during the week ended Sunday,
December 17, at member bookstores of the Great Lakes Booksellers
Association and the Midwest Booksellers Association as reported to Book
Sense:
Hardcover Fiction
1. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277)
2. The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451)
3. Next by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985)
4. Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995)
5. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $24.99, 0446528056)
6. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random House, $26.95, 0375509321)
7. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $25.95, 0743272501)
8. Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99, 0316159794)
9. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
10. The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry (Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132)
11. The Echo Maker by Richard Powers (FSG, $25, 0374146357)
12. The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg (Random House, $17.95, 1400065380)
13. Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $26.99, 044657967X)
14. Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou (Random House, $9.95, 1400065585)
15. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Atria, $26, 0743298020)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown, $25, 0307237699)
2. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
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. The Innocent Man by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238)
6. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $27, 0743285026)
7. I Like You by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99, 0446578843)
8. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (Crown, $25.95, 1400080665)
9. The Intellectual Devotional by David S. Kidder and Noah D. Oppenheim (Rodale, $22.50, 1594865132)
10. You: On a Diet by Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. (Free Press, $25, 0743292545)
11. Truck by Michael Perry (HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060571179)
12. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $27.95, 0061234001)
13. Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway, $26, 0767920929)
14. Weird Michigan by Linda S. Godfrey (Sterling, $19.95, 1402739079)
15. Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Edition) by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker (Scribner, $30, 0743246268)
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. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Grove, $14, 0802142818)
4. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
5. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
6. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $15, 074349671X)
7. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
8. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
9. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
10. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $16, 0060987103)
11. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X)
12. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
13. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416)
14. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (, Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
15. On Beauty by Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773)
2. The Iraq Study Group Report (Vintage, $10.95, 0307386562)
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
4. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
5. Bad President by R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett, Rob Battles and James Friedman (Workman, $8.95, 0761146202)
6. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2007 (World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957)
7. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237)
8. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $19.95, 0743270754)
9. The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner (Amistad, $14.95, 0060744871)
10. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz (Workman, $18.95, 0761104844)
11. The Places in Between by Rory Stewart (Harvest, $14, 0156031566)
12. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
13. 365 by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082544)
14. Rachael Ray 2, 4, 6, 8 by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082560)
15. Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook by Dawn J. Ranck (Good Books, $16.95, 1561483397)
Mass Market
1. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fourth Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
2. The Christmas Thief by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark (Pocket, $7.99, 0743272250)
3. S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton (Berkley, $7.99, 0425212696)
4. The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury (Signet, $9.99, 0451219953)
5. Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley (Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083)
6. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary edited by Edy Garcia Schaffer (Avon, $7.50, 0380724251)
7. Deception Point by Dan Brown (Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800)
8. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797)
9. A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg (Fawcett, $6.99, 0345480260)
10. The Broker by John Grisham (Dell, $7.99, 0440241588)
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. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
4. Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick (Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805)
5. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
6. Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098)
7. Christmas by Robert Sabuda (Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688)
8. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496)
9. Tails by Matthew Van Fleet (Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730)
10. Your Personal Penguin by Sandra Boynton (Workman, $6.95, 0761143726)
11. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
12. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (children's movie tie-in edition) by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0060765461)
13. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892)
14. Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner, illustrated by Mark Buehner (Dial, $16.99, 0803729952)
15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $9.99, 0439785960)
[Many thanks to Book Sense, GLBA and MBA!]
Hardcover Fiction
1. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277)
2. The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451)
3. Next by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985)
4. Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995)
5. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $24.99, 0446528056)
6. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random House, $26.95, 0375509321)
7. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $25.95, 0743272501)
8. Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99, 0316159794)
9. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
10. The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry (Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132)
11. The Echo Maker by Richard Powers (FSG, $25, 0374146357)
12. The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg (Random House, $17.95, 1400065380)
13. Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $26.99, 044657967X)
14. Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou (Random House, $9.95, 1400065585)
15. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Atria, $26, 0743298020)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown, $25, 0307237699)
2. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
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. The Innocent Man by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238)
6. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $27, 0743285026)
7. I Like You by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99, 0446578843)
8. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (Crown, $25.95, 1400080665)
9. The Intellectual Devotional by David S. Kidder and Noah D. Oppenheim (Rodale, $22.50, 1594865132)
10. You: On a Diet by Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. (Free Press, $25, 0743292545)
11. Truck by Michael Perry (HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060571179)
12. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $27.95, 0061234001)
13. Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway, $26, 0767920929)
14. Weird Michigan by Linda S. Godfrey (Sterling, $19.95, 1402739079)
15. Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Edition) by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker (Scribner, $30, 0743246268)
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. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Grove, $14, 0802142818)
4. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
5. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
6. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $15, 074349671X)
7. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
8. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
9. Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860)
10. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books, $16, 0060987103)
11. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X)
12. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707)
13. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416)
14. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (, Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
15. On Beauty by Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773)
2. The Iraq Study Group Report (Vintage, $10.95, 0307386562)
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
4. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
5. Bad President by R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett, Rob Battles and James Friedman (Workman, $8.95, 0761146202)
6. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2007 (World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957)
7. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237)
8. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $19.95, 0743270754)
9. The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner (Amistad, $14.95, 0060744871)
10. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz (Workman, $18.95, 0761104844)
11. The Places in Between by Rory Stewart (Harvest, $14, 0156031566)
12. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
13. 365 by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082544)
14. Rachael Ray 2, 4, 6, 8 by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082560)
15. Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook by Dawn J. Ranck (Good Books, $16.95, 1561483397)
Mass Market
1. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fourth Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
2. The Christmas Thief by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark (Pocket, $7.99, 0743272250)
3. S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton (Berkley, $7.99, 0425212696)
4. The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury (Signet, $9.99, 0451219953)
5. Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley (Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083)
6. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary edited by Edy Garcia Schaffer (Avon, $7.50, 0380724251)
7. Deception Point by Dan Brown (Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800)
8. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797)
9. A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg (Fawcett, $6.99, 0345480260)
10. The Broker by John Grisham (Dell, $7.99, 0440241588)
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. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
4. Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick (Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805)
5. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
6. Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098)
7. Christmas by Robert Sabuda (Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688)
8. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496)
9. Tails by Matthew Van Fleet (Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730)
10. Your Personal Penguin by Sandra Boynton (Workman, $6.95, 0761143726)
11. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
12. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (children's movie tie-in edition) by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0060765461)
13. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892)
14. Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner, illustrated by Mark Buehner (Dial, $16.99, 0803729952)
15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $9.99, 0439785960)
[Many thanks to Book Sense, GLBA and MBA!]