Southern Indie Bestseller List
For the week ending Sunday, May 3, 2009
|
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Help -- a “Shoestring” touring author!
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. The 8th Confession
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018760
3. First Family
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446539753
4. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375424496
5. Miss Julia Delivers the Goods -- a “Shoestring” touring author!
Ann B. Ross, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020652
6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
7. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125964
8. Loitering With Intent
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155789
9. Home Safe
Elizabeth Berg, Random House, $25, 9781400065110
10. The Associate
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385517836
11. Lover Avenged
J.R. Ward, NAL, $24.95, 9780451225856
12. Long Lost
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525951056
13. Just Take My Heart
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 9781416570868
14. The Language of Bees
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $25, 9780553804546
15. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. Liberty and Tyranny
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856
3. Some Day You'll Thank Me for This
Gayden Metcalfe, Charlotte Hays, Hyperion, $21.99, 9781401302962
4. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976
5. Outcasts United
Warren St. John, Spiegel & Grau, $24.95, 9780385522038
6. Always Looking Up
Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401303389
7. Jesus, Interrupted
Bart D. Ehrman, HarperOne, $25.99, 9780061173936
8. Losing Mum and Pup
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446540940
9. American Lion
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9781400063253
10. House of Cards
William D. Cohan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385528269
11. The Lost City of Z
David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531
12. The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
13. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 9780767928823
14. Not Becoming My Mother
Ruth Reichl, Penguin Press, $19.95, 9781594202162
15. The Cracker Queen
Lauretta Hannon, Gotham, $24, 9781592404506
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Shack
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
3. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
4. Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15, 9780307278258
5. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
6. American Wife
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406
7. Loving Frank
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
8. People of the Book
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
9. Vision in White
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425227510
10. City of Thieves
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
11. The Reader
Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898
12. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
13. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
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. In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
4. The Soloist
Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001
5. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
6. Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
7. American Lion
Jon Meacham, Random House, $18, 9780812973464
8. Armageddon in Retrospect
Kurt Vonnegut, Berkley, $15, 9780425226896
9. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
10. The Middle Place
Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933
11. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 9780374500016
12. A Voyage Long and Strange
Tony Horwitz, Picador, $18, 9780312428327
13. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
14. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
15. 90 Minutes in Heaven
Don Piper, Revell, $13.99, 9780800759490
MASS MARKET
1. Careless in Red
Elizabeth George, Harper, $7.99, 9780061160905
2. Angels & Demons
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416578741
3. Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
4. Sail
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446536103
5. The Whole Truth
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685
6. The King of Lies -- a “Shoestring” touring author!
John Hart, St. Martin's, $6.99, 9780312363758
7. The Broken Window
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781416549987
8. Down River -- a “Shoestring” touring author!
John Hart, Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312945664
9. Burning Wild
Christine Feehan, Jove, $7.99, 9780515146233
10. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
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. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
8. The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
9. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101499
10. Marked (House of Night, Book 1)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's Griffin, $8.95, 9780312360269
11. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
12. Sunrise (Warriors: Power of Three, #6)
Erin Hunter, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060892173
13. The Mysterious Benedict Society-- a 2009 SIBA Book Award Nominee!
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
14. Moonlight on the Magic Flute (Magic Tree House, #41)
Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $11.99, 9780375856464
15. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
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
Jessica Handler, author of Invisible Sisters at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC (05/08/2009)
Hal Duvall, author of Juniper Road at Litchfield Books in Pawleys Island, SC (05/08/2009)
Michele Bowen, author of Up at the College at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC (05/08/2009)
Phyllis Hoffman, author of Southern Lady - Gracious Spaces at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL (05/08/09)
Danny Bernstein, author of Hiking NC's Blue Ridge Heritage at Accent on Books Inc in Asheville, NC (05/08/09)
Michael Malone, author of Four Corners of The Sky at Country Bookshop Inc in Southern Pines, NC (05/08/2009)
Frank Stitt, author of Bottega Favorita at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL (05/08/2009)
Lindi Dini Jenkins, author of Up in the Villa at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA (05/08/2009)
Hal Duvall, author of Juniper Road at Burry Bookstore in Hartsville, SC (05/08/2009)
Sherry Zangas, author of A is for Alabama Roll Tide Roll at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL (05/9/2009)
Jack Riggs, author of The Fireman's Wife at Bay Street Trading Co in Beaufort, SC (05/09/2009)
Clay Carmichael, author of Wild Things at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC (05/09/2009)
Scott Owens, author of The Fractured World at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC (05/09/2009)
Michael Malone, author of The Four Corners of the Sky at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC (05/09/2009)
Bill Griffin, author of Snake Den Ridge: A Bestiary at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC (05/09/2009)
Rick Doble, author of Cheaper: Insiders' Tips for Saving on Everything at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC (05/09/2009)
Ann B. Ross, author of Miss Julia Delivers the Goods at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC (05/10/2009)
Marc Fitten, author of Valeria's Last Stand at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA (05/11/2009)
Anne LeClaire, author of Listening Below the Noise at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC (05/12/2009)
Doug Stanton, author of Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC (05/12/2009)
David Hume, author of Travels to Italy: From Rome to Verona at Pomegranate Books in Wilmington, NC (05/13/2009)
John Hart, author of Last Child at Litchfield Books in Pawleys Island, SC (05/13/2009)
Anne LeClaire, author of Listening Below the Noise at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC (05/13/2009)
Michael Malone, author of Four Corners of The Sky at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL (05/13/2009)
Michael Lux, author of The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in Americ at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC (05/13/2009)
Joanna Catherine Scott, author of Child Of The South at Fireside Books and Gifts in Forest City, NC (05/14/2009)
Patti DiRienzo, author of Florida: A Journey Through Its Colorful Past at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL (05/14/2009)
Gigi Amateau, author of A Certain Strain of Peculiar at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA (05/14/2009)
JIM DODSON, author of A SON OF THE GAME: A Story of Golf, going Home, an at Country Bookshop Inc in Southern Pines, NC (05/14/2009)
Mindy Friddle, author of Secret Keepers at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC (05/14/2009)
Greg Garrett, author of Shame at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL (05/15/2009)
Stephen Wren, author of Jeremiah Bloom at Fireside Books and Gifts in Forest City, NC (05/15/2009)
Kevin Wislon, author of Tunneling to the Center of the Earth: Stories at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC (05/15/2009)
David Gessner, author of Soaring with Fidel at Pomegranate Books in Wilmington, NC (05/15/2009)
Michael Malone, author of The Four Corners of the Sky at Litchfield Books in Pawleys Island, SC (05/15/2009)
Mindy Friddle, author of Secret Keepers at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC (05/15/2009)
Bob Fulton, author of Bob Fulton My Career My Life at Burry Bookstore in Hartsville, SC (05/15/2009)
Karen Spears Zacharias, author of After the Flag Has Been Folded: A Daughter Remembe at Horton's Books & Gifts in Carrollton, GA (05/15/2009)
Karen Spears Zacharias, author of After the Flag Has Been Folded: A Daughter Remembe at Horton's Books & Gifts in Carrollton, GA (05/15/2009)
Michael Malone, author of The Four Corners of the Sky at Litchfield Books in Pawleys Island, SC (05/15/2009)
John Hart, author of The Last Child at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC (05/15/2009)
Sarah Susanka, author of Not So Big Remodeling: Tailoring Your Home for the at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC (05/15/2009)
Rick Riordan, author of Last Olympian at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC (05/16/2009)
Joanna Catherine Scott, author of Child of the South at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC (05/16/2009)
Hester Bass, author of So Many Houses at The BookStore in Huntsville, AL (05/16/2009)
John Hart, author of The Last Child at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC (05/16/2009)
John Hart, author of Last Child at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC (05/16/2009)
Cathy Holton, author of BEACH TRIP at Wild Hare Books in Signal Mt., TN (05/16/2009)
Michael Malone, author of Four Corners of The Sky at G.J. Ford Bookshop in St. Simons Island, GA (05/16/2009)
Elizabeth Edwards, author of Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts o at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC (05/16/2009)
Michael Malone, author of Four Corners of The Sky at Book Mark in Atlantic Beach, FL (05/16/2009)
Orissa Arend, author of Showdown in Desire: The Black Panthers Take a Stan at Garden District Book Shop Inc. in New Orleans, LA (05/16/2009)
Anne Barnhill, author of What You Long For at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC (05/17/2009)
James Dodson, author of A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going H at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC (05/18/2009)
Stephanie Pearl McPhee, author of Free Range Knitter at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL (05/19/2009)
Clay Carmichael, author of Wild Things at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC (05/19/2009)
Hester Rumberg, author of Ten Degrees of Reckoning at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC (05/20/2009)
Jo Maeder, author of When I Married My Mother at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC (05/20/2009)
Michael Malone, author of Four Corners of The Sky at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC (05/20/2009)
Jamie Freveletti, author of Running From The Devil at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC (05/21/2009)
Cheryl Renee Herbsman, author of Breathing at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC (05/21/2009)
Sam Haskell, author of Promises I Made My Mother at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL (May 21, 2009)
ERIC ALPENFELS, author of INSTINCT PUTTING at Country Bookshop Inc in Southern Pines, NC (05/21/09)
Misty Terry, author of Under Fire! Find Faith and Freedom at Lincolns Loft Bookstore in Hodgenville, KY (05/21/2009)
Gerald Grant, author of Hope and Despair in the American City: Why There A at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC (05/21/2009)
Phil Fitzpatrick, author of A Beautiful Friendship: The Joy of Chasing Bogey G at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC (05/22/2009)
Danny Bernstein, author of Hiking NC's Blue Ridge Heritage at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC (05/22/2009)
John Hart, author of The Last Child at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Atlanta, GA (05/22/2009)
Issac Bailey, author of Proud, Black, Southern at Litchfield Books in Pawleys Island, SC (05/22/2009)
Kathy Danner, author of EnJOY at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL (05/22/2009)
Tim Josephs, author of A Camouflaged Fragrance of Decency at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC (05/23/2009)
Douglas Preston, author of Cemetery Dance at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Atlanta, GA (05/23/2009)
Irene Silverblatt, author of Harvest of Blossoms at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC (05/23/2009)
Benjamin Walker, author of Winds of the South at Fireside Books and Gifts in Forest City, NC (05/23/2009)
Michael Malone, author of Four Corners of The Sky at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC (05/24/2009)
Michael Malone, author of Four Corners of The Sky at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC (05/24/09)
Douglas Preston, author of Cemetery Dance at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC (05/24/2009)
________________________________________________________________________________
|
Home | Southern Indie Bestsellers | Lady Banks' Commonplace Book | Lady Banks' Bookshelf | Literary News | Blogtastic | Recommended Reading | Author 2 Author |SIBA Book Awards | Okra Picks | Southern Indie Lit Crossword Puzzles
