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Southern Independent Bestsellers
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Sunday, 12 April 2009 00:00

Southern Indie Bestseller List

For the week ending Sunday, April 12, 2009
Columbia, SC -April 15, 2009 -

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound.org and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, April 12, 2009. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound.org.

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
3. Long Lost
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525951056
4. The Associate
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385517836
5. Just Take My Heart
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 9781416570868
6. Turn Coat
Jim Butcher, Roc, $25.95, 9780451462565
7. The Host
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
8. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
9. Serena-- a 2009 SIBA Book Award Nominee!
Ron Rash, Ecco, $24.99, 9780061470851

10. The Missing
Tim Gautreaux, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307270153
11. Handle With Care
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $27.95, 9780743296410
12. Fatally Flaky
Diane Mott Davidson, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061348136
13. The Sweet By and By-- a STARS “Shoestring” touring author!
Todd Johnson, Morrow, $24.99, 9780061579523

14. Fool
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060590314
15. Dead Silence
Randy Wayne White, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155406

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Liberty and Tyranny
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
2. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
3. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
4. Dewey
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
5. House of Cards
William D. Cohan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385528269
6. Some Day You'll Thank Me for This
Gayden Metcalfe, Charlotte Hays, Hyperion, $21.99, 9781401302962
7. Paula Deen's The Deen Family Cookbook
Paula Deen, S&S, $26, 9780743278133
8. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 9780767928823
9. A Lion Called Christian
Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, Broadway, $21.95, 9780767932301
10. The Lost City of Z
David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531
11. Always Looking Up
Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401303389
12. Jesus, Interrupted
Bart D. Ehrman, HarperOne, $25.99, 9780061173936
13. The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
14. Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
15. Master Your Metabolism
Jillian Michaels, Mariska Van Aalst, Crown, $26, 9780307450739

 



TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Shack
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
3. People of the Book
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
4. American Wife
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
5. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
6. City of Thieves
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
7. The Reader
Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898
8. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
9. The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
10. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
11. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
12. Loving Frank
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
13. Mudbound-- a 2009 SIBA Book Award Nominee!
Hillary Jordan, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565126770
14. Still Alice
Lisa Genova, Pocket, $15, 9781439102817
15. Girls in Trucks
Katie Crouch, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316002127

 

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 

1. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
2. Same Kind of Different as Me
Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Thomas Nelson, $14.99, 9780849919107
3. The Middle Place
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
4. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. Armageddon in Retrospect
Kurt Vonnegut, Berkley, $15, 9780425226896
6. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
7. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
8. Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
9. The Forgotten Man
Amity Shlaes, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060936426
10. The Love Dare
Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick, B&H, $14.99, 9780805448856
11. The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316346627
12. The Soloist
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
13. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
14. A Wolf at the Table
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 9780312428273
15. Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide
David Zinczenko, Rodale, $19.95, 9781605298382


MASS MARKET 

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
2. Winter Study
Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425226957
3. Nothing to Lose
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243670
4. From Dead to Worse
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
5. The Whole Truth
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
6. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
7. Angels and Demons
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524793
8. Down River -- a “Shoestring” touring author!
John Hart, Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312945664

9. Where Are You Now?
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416570882
10. Hold Tight
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451226501

 




CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316160209
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316024969
3. Twilight
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316038386
4. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $22.99, 9780316067928
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
6. Fancy Nancy: Explorer Extraordinaire!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
9. The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes
Dubose Heyward, Marjorie Flack (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin, $6.95, 9780395185575
10. Dumb Bunny
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House, $4.99, 9780375838101
11. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
12. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
13. Good Egg
Barney Saltzberg, Workman, $9.95, 9780761154068
14. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
15. Moonlight on the Magic Flute (Magic Tree House, #41)
Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $11.99, 9780375856464



Meet Your Favorite Writers At Your Favorite Bookstores! 
The following authors are appearing at independent bookstores around the South this week!
See the full calendar at Authors 'Round the South

Arron Gwyn, author of The World Beneath at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC  (04/16/2009)

Don Bruns, author of Bahama Burnout at Muse Book Shop in Deland, FL  (04/16/09)

Kevin Wilson, author of Tunneling to the Center of the Earth at Square Books in Oxford, MS  (04/16/2009)

Cokie Roberts, author of We Are Our Mothers' Daughters at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (04/16/2009)

Brett Friedlander, author of Chasing Moonlight at Pomegranate Books in Wilmington, NC  (04/17/2009)

Jerry Stubblefield, author of Homunculus at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (04/17/2009)

Julia Taylor Ebel, author of Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns at Osondu Booksellers in Waynesville, NC  (04/17/2009)

Carolyn Hart Margaret Maron, author of "Care to Die" and "Death's Half Acre" at Litchfield Books in Pawleys Island, SC  (04/17/09)

Todd Johnson, author of The Sweet By and By at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC  (04/17/2009)

Julia Taylor Ebel, author of The Picture Man at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC  (04/18/2009)

Paul A. Fredette, author of Consider the Ravens at Osondu Booksellers in Waynesville, NC  (04/18/2009)

Lauch Magruder, author of Without Regard at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (04/18/2009)

Todd Johnson, author of The Sweet By and By at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (04/18/2009)

Nicole Seitz, author of 100 Years of Happiness at Bay Street Trading Co in Beaufort, SC  (04/18/2009)

Joanna Catherine Scott, author of Child Of The South at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC  (04/18/2009)

Ned Cline, author of Walter Davis Story at Page After Page in Elizabeth City, NC  (04/18/2009)

David Sedaris, author of When You Are Engulfed in FLames at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (04/18/2009)

Robert Baldwin, author of Life & Death Matters at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (04/18/2009)

Frank Stitt, author of Frank Stitt's Bottega Favorita at Capitol Book & News Co in Montgomery, AL  (04/18/2009)

Warren St. John, author of Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town at Capitol Book & News Co in Montgomery, AL  (04/18/2009)

Ellen Crosby, author of Merlot Mysteries at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA  (04/19/2009)

Lauretta Hannon, author of The Cracker Queen at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (04/19/2009)

Gwen Ifill, author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of at A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA  (04/20/2009)

Gayden Metcalfe, author of Some Day You'll Thank Me for This: The Official So at Lemuria Bookstore in Jackson, MS  (04/20/2009)

Ann B. Ross, author of Miss Julia Delivers the Goods at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (04/20/2009)

Cliff Edwards, author of Mystery of the Night Cafe: Hidden Key to the Spiri at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA  (04/21/2009)

Nicole Seitz, author of A Hundred Years of Happiness(Paperback) at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Atlanta, GA  (04/21/2009)

Paul Sutter, author of Environmental History and the American South: A Re at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Atlanta, GA  (04/21/2009)

Kevin Wilson, author of Tunneling to the Center of the Earth: Stories at A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA  (04/21/2009)

Karen White, author of The Lost Hours at Book Exchange in Marietta, GA  (04/21/2009)

Deborah Wiles, author of Aurora County All-Stars at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (04/21/2009)

Paul Sutter, author of Environmental History and the American South: A Re at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Atlanta, GA  (04/22/2009)

Stuart Woods, author of Loitering with Intent at A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA  (04/22/2009)

Stefan Merrill Block, author of The Story of Forgetting at Garden District Book Shop Inc. in New Orleans, LA  (04/22/2009)

Warren St. John, author of Outcasts United at A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA  (04/22/2009)

Michael Beadle, author of selections at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC  (04/23/2009)

Susan Sully, author of Southern Cosmopolitan: Redefining Interior Style o at Garden District Book Shop Inc. in New Orleans, LA  (04/23/2009)

Kathy Lee Gifford, author of Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (04/23/2009)

Adam Shepard, author of SCRATCH BEGINNINGS: Me, $25, and the American Drea at Country Bookshop Inc in Southern Pines, NC  (04/23/09)

Marc Fitten, author of Valeria's Last Stand at A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA  (04/23/2009)

John Grogan, author of Marley and Me at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (04/23/2009)________________________________________________________________________________



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