The following were the bestselling books at independent bookstores in and near Chicago during the week ended Sunday, August 1:
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
2. Star Island by Carl Hiaasen
3. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
4. Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
5. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob Z by David Mitchell
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
2. Were You Born on the Wrong Continent by Thomas Geoghegan
3. Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
4. Women, Food, and God by Geneen Roth
5. Fiesta at Rick's by Rick Bayless
Paperback Fiction
1. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
3. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
4. One Day by David Nicholls
5. Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
2. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
3. Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart
4. Clandestine in Chile by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
5. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Children's
1. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephanie Meyer
2. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Reporting
bookstores: Anderson's, Naperville and Downers Grove; Read Between the
Lynes, Woodstock; the Book Table, Oak Park;tThe Book Cellar, Lincoln
Square; Lake Forest Books, Lake Forest; the Bookstall at Chestnut Court,
Winnetka; and 57th St. Books; Seminary Co-op; Women and Children First,
Chicago.
[Many thanks to the booksellers and Carl Lennertz!]