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Southern Indie Bestseller List 04/19/2009 PDF Print E-mail
Southern Independent Bestsellers
Written by Authors Round the South   
Sunday, 19 April 2009 00:00
Southern Indie Bestseller List

For the week ending Sunday, April 19, 2009
Columbia, SC -April 22, 2009 -

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound.org and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, April 19, 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-- a “Shoestring” touring author!
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. The Associate
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385517836
4. Miss Julia Delivers the Goods-- a “Shoestring” touring author!
Ann B. Ross, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020652
5. Long Lost
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525951056
6. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
7. Just Take My Heart
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 9781416570868
8. Borderline
Nevada Barr, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155697
9. Look Again
Lisa Scottoline, St. Martin's, $26.95, 9780312380724
10. The Host
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
11. Serena -- a 2009 SIBA Book Award Nominee!
Ron Rash, Ecco, $24.99, 9780061470851
12. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $24, 9781416589631
13. Handle With Care
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $27.95, 9780743296410
14. Dead Silence
Randy Wayne White, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155406
15. One Second After
William R. Forstchen, Forge, $24.95, 9780765317582

 

 

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. Dewey
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
4. House of Cards
William D. Cohan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385528269
5. Some Day You'll Thank Me for This
Gayden Metcalfe, Charlotte Hays, Hyperion, $21.99, 9781401302962
6. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
7. Jesus, Interrupted
Bart D. Ehrman, HarperOne, $25.99, 9780061173936
8. The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
9. Always Looking Up
Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401303389
10. Vicksburg, 1863
Winston Groom, Knopf, $30, 9780307264251
11. The Lost City of Z
David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531
12. Paula Deen's The Deen Family Cookbook
Paula Deen, S&S, $26, 9780743278133
13. When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479
14. Columbine
Dave Cullen, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446546935
15. The Yankee Years
Joe Torre, Tom Verducci, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385527408

 

 

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. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. City of Thieves
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
6. American Wife
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
7. The Reader
Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898
8. Loving Frank
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
9. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
10. Girls in Trucks
Katie Crouch, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316002127
11. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
13. Bound South-- a STARS touring author!
Susan Rebecca White, Touchstone, $14.99, 9781416558675
14. The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
15. The Lost Hours-- a “Shoestring” touring author!
Karen White, NAL, $15, 9780451226495

 

 

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 Soloist
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
4. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
5. Armageddon in Retrospect
Kurt Vonnegut, Berkley, $15, 9780425226896
6. 90 Minutes in Heaven
Don Piper, Revell, $13.99, 9780800759490
7. The Middle Place
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
8. The Zookeeper's Wife
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060
9. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
10. The Calorie King Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter
Allan Borushek, Family Health, $8.99, 9781930448223
11. The Prince of Frogtown -- a 2009 SIBA Book Award Nominee!
Rick Bragg, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400032686
12. The Backyard Homestead
Carleen Madigan (Ed.), Storey, $18.95, 9781603421386
13. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
14. The Power of Kindness
Piero Ferrucci, Tarcher, $12, 9781585425884
15. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412

 


MASS MARKET 

1. Angels and Demons
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524793
2. Where Are You Now?
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416570882
3. Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
4. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
5. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
6. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
7. Nothing to Lose
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243670
8. The Whole Truth
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
9. From Dead to Worse
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010
10. Tribute
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515146363

 

 


CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316024969
2. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316160209
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
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
6. Fancy Nancy Explorer Extraordinaire!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061684869
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
9. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
10. Marked (House of Night, Book 1)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's Griffin, $8.95, 9780312360269
11. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
12. Betrayed (House of Night, Book 2)
P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's, $8.95, 9780312360283
13. Moonlight on the Magic Flute (Magic Tree House, #41)
Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $11.99, 9780375856464
14. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
15. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125

 


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

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

Zachary Steele, author of Anointed at Bound to be Read in Atlanta, GA  (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)

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

John Grogan, author of Marley and Me at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, 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)

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

Karen White, author of The Lost Hours at Litchfield Books in Pawleys Island, SC  (04/24/09)

Gayden Metcalfe, author of Some Day You'll Thank Me for This at Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL  (04/24/2009)

James T. Costa, author of The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edi at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC  (04/24/2009)

Alice Friman, author of Vinculum at A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA  (04/24/2009)

Michael Davis, author of Street Gang at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (04/24/2009)

Jillian Hoffman, author of Plea of Insanity at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (04/24/2009)

Charlotte Hays, author of Some Day You'll Thank Me for This at Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL  (04/24/2009)

Aaron Gwyn, author of The World Beneath at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (04/24/2009)

Warren St. John, author of Outcasts United at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (04/24/2009)

Andrea Adler, author of The Science of Spiritual Marketing at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (04/24/2009)

STARDeborah Wiles, author of Aurora County All-Stars at FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock, GA  (04/24/2009)

Charles Vess, author of Blueberry Girl at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (04/25/2009)

Lena Gallitano, author of North Carolina Birding Trail Guides at Page After Page in Elizabeth City, NC  (04/25/2009)

Chris Tusa, author of Dirty Little Angels at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (04/25/2009)

STARDeborah Wiles, author of Aurora County All-Stars at Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, GA  (04/25/2009)

Karen White, author of The Lost Hours at Indigo Books in John's Island, SC  (04/25/2009)

Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Atlanta, GA  (04/25/2009)

Ann B. Ross, author of Miss Julia Delivers The Goods at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC  (04/25/2009)

Aaron Gwyn, author of The World Beneath at Osondu Booksellers in Waynesville, NC  (04/25/2009)

Joyce Foster, author of Painted Leaves at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC  (04/25/2009)

Lawrence Griffith, author of Flowers and Herbs of Early America at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA  (04/25/2009)

David Cox, author of Dirty Secrets, Dirty War: The Exile of Robert J. C at Bay Street Trading Co in Beaufort, SC  (04/25/2009)

Don Schroeder, author of Air Raid Night & Radio Days at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (04/25/2009)

John Yow, author of The Armchair Birder at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (04/26/2009)

Michael White, author of Palma Cathedral at Pomegranate Books in Wilmington, NC  (04/26/2009)

Craig Pittman, author of PAVING PARADISE: FLORIDA’S VANISHING WETLANDS AND at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (04/26/2009)

STARDeborah Wiles, author of Aurora County All-Stars at Main Street Books in Hattiesburg, MS  (04/27/2009)

Michael Davis, author of Street Gang at A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA  (04/27/2009)

Lauretta Hannon, author of The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Li at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (04/27/2009)

Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Atlanta, GA  (04/27/2009)

Karen White, author of The House on Tradd Street at Bay Street Trading Co in Beaufort, SC  (04/27/2009)

Karen White, author of The Lost Hours at Bay Street Trading Co in Beaufort, SC  (04/27/2009)

Ann B. Ross, author of MISS JULIA DELIVERS THE GOODS at Country Bookshop Inc in Southern Pines, NC  (04/28/09)

STARDeborah Wiles, author of Aurora County All-Stars at Lemuria Bookstore in Jackson, MS  (04/28/2009)

Joshua Howard, author of Long, Obstinate, and Bloody at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (04/28/2009)

Lauretta Hannon, author of The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Li at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (04/29/2009)

Mark Gordon Smith, author of Harrisville, a novel at Pomegranate Books in Wilmington, NC  (04/29/2009)

Abby Stokes, author of Is This Thing On? at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (04/29/2009)

Al Maginnish, author of Ghost Alphabet at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (04/29/2009)

JB Stanley, author of Thodye Battered B at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA  (04/29/2009)

Ellen Lupton, author of Graphic Design: The New Basics at A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA  (04/30/2009)

Alan Evans, author of Spirit Horses at Muse Book Shop in Deland, FL  (04/30/09)

Michael Davis, author of Street Gang at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (04/30/2009)

STARDeborah Wiles, author of Aurora County All-Stars at Lorelei Books in Vicksburg, MS  (04/30/2009)

Jessica Handler, author of Invisible Sisters at A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA  (04/30/2009)

Wells Tower, author of Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (04/30/2009)
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