The following were the bestselling titles at independent bookstores in the Chicago area during the week ended Sunday, March 1:
Hardcover Fiction
1. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
3. The Associate by John Grisham
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
4. The Women by T.C. Boyle
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
2. Yes We Can by Scout Tufankjian
3. Born to Be Hurt by Sam Staggs
4. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
5. Things I've Been Silent About by Azar Nafsis
Paperback Fiction
1. The Elegance of the Hedghog by Muriel Barbery
2. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
3. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
4. The Reader by Bernard Schlink
5. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
2. Nudge by Richard Thaler
3. Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
4. The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin
5. Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
Children's
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do It Yourself by Jeff Kinney
3. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
4. Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
5. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
Reporting stores: Anderson's, Naperville and Downers Grove; Read Between the Lynes, Woodstock; Book Table, Oak Park; the Book Cellar, Lincoln Square; Lake Forest Books, Lake Forest; the Bookstall at Chestnut Court, Winnetka; and 57th St. Books; Seminary Co-op; Unabridged Books; Women and Children First, Chicago
[Thanks to the booksellers and Carl Lennertz!]