Chicagoland bestsellers for the week ending Sunday, February 9:
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
2. Miles from Nowhere by Nami Mun
3. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
4. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
5. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
2. Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
3. The Breakthrough by Gwen Ifill
4. American Lion by Jon Meacham
5. Angels and Ages by Adam Gopnik
Paperback Fiction
1. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
3. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
5. The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Eat This Not That by David Zinczenko
2. Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
3. Not for Tourists Guide to Chicago from Not for Tourists
4. Charlatan by Pope Brock
5. Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbott
Children's
1. Diary of Wimpy Kid: Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
2. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
4. Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
5. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Reporting stores: Anderson's, Naperville and Downer's Grove; Read Between the Lynes, Woodstock; The Book Cellar, Lincoln Square; Lake Forest Books, Lake Forest; The Bookstall at Chestnut Court, Winnetka; 57th St. Books; Seminary Co-op; Unabridged Books; Women and Children First, Chicago.
Note: This list, which was developed recently by Carl Lennertz at HarperCollins with the help of Jim Dana at Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association and Chicago area booksellers, fills a gap in reporting on bestselling titles in major U.S. cities. Shelf Awareness plans to run the weekly list regularly.