The following were the bestselling books at independent bookstores in Florida during the week ended Sunday, May 15:
1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
2. A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
3. The Bond by Wayne Pacelle
4. The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe
5. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
6. 22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson
7. The Dukan Diet by Pierre Dukan
8. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
9. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
10. Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Reporting bookstores and their handselling favorites:
Books & Books, Coral Gables, Miami Beach, Bal Harbour: Tropicalia by Emma Trelles
Book Mark, Neptune Beach: World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky
Inkwood Books, Tampa: Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Vero Beach Book Center: Seeds by Richard Horan
[Many thanks to the booksellers and Carl Lennertz!]