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Sunday, 28 February 2010 00:00

Southern Indie Bestseller List

For the week ending Sunday, February 28, 2010
Columbia, SC -March 3 2010 -

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound.org and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, February 28, 2010. 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 Man From Beijing
Henning Mankell, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307271860
3. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399156199
4. Bloodroot
Amy Greene, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269867
5. Split Image
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399156236
6. Brava, Valentine
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $25.99, 9780061257070
7. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
8. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
Okra Pick!9. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
Beth Hoffman, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021390

10. Gator A-Go-Go
Tim Dorsey, Morrow, $24.99, 9780061432712
11. The Swan Thieves
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
12. Worst Case
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316036221
13. Big Girl
Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $28, 9780385343183
14. Black Magic Sanction
Kim Harrison, Eos, $25.99, 9780061138034
15. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573

 

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Game Change
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
3. The Politician
Andrew Young, Thomas Dunne, $24.99, 9780312640651
4. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
5. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
6. Staying True
Jenny Sanford, Ballantine, $25, 9780345522399
7. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
8. Making Toast
Roger Rosenblatt, Ecco, $21.99, 9780061825934
9. Have a Little Faith
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
10. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
11. Making Rounds With Oscar
David Dosa, Hyperion, $23.99, 9781401323233
12. On the Brink
Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Business Plus, $28.99, 9780446561938
13. Open
Andre Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198
14. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
15. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312

 

 



TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
3. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
4. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
5. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
6. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
7. Shanghai Girls
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530
8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
10. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
11. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
12. Serena
Ron Rash, Ecco, $14.99, 9780061470844

13. Dear John
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446567329
14. The Last Song
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446570978
15. The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781416550556

 

 

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. The Lost City of Z
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
3. Same Kind of Different as Me
Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Thomas Nelson, $14.99, 9780849919107
4. An Altar in the World
Barbara Brown Taylor, HarperOne, $14.99, 9780061370472
5. In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
6. The Blind Side
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
7. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
8. Cook This, Not That!
David Zinczenko, Matt Goulding, Rodale, $19.99, 9781605294421
9. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
10. I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar
Sharon Eliza Nichols, St. Martin's Griffin, $9.99, 9780312533014
11. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016
12. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
13. Picking Cotton
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Ronald Cotton, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312599539
14. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
15. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580

 

 

MASS MARKET

1. Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061703256
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
4. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
5. First Family
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446539746
6. Dear John
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
7. The Scarecrow
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401203
8. The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
10. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990

 



CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Lion & the Mouse
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
3. The Easter Egg
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399252389
4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. Waddle!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
7. Knuffle Bunny
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9780786818709
8. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. Gallop!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633

 

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
2. When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
3. Incarceron
Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
4. Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763644321
5. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
6. Lock and Key
Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414729
7. The Magician's Elephant
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
8. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
9. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Young Readers Edition: The Secrets Behind What You Eat
Michael Pollan, Dial, $9.99, 9780803735002
10. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll, Camille Rose Garcia (Illus.), Collins Design, $16.99, 9780061886577

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
2. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2)
Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9781423103349
3. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101482
4. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423101475
5. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101499
6. Leprechaun in Late Winter (Magic Tree House #43)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $12.99, 9780375856501
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810994737
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810993136
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810983915

 

 



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:

John Grisham, author of The Innocent Man: a True Story at Square Books in Oxford, MS  (March 4 2010)

Bill Cortright, author of The Stress Response Diet and Lifestyle Program at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 4 2010)

Steven Amsterdam, author of Things We Didn't See Coming at Square Books in Oxford, MS  (March 4 2010)

Johanna Moran, author of THE WIVES OF HENRY OADES at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (March 4 2010)

Don Teague, author of Saved by Her Enemy at A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA  (March 4 2010)

Chris Bohjalian, author of Secrets of Eden at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/04/10)

Abraham Verhese, author of Cutting for Stone at A Novel Experience in Zebulon, GA  (March 4 2010)

Beth Hoffman, author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (03/04/2010)

Kathi Appelt, author of Brand-New Baby Blues at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (March 4 2010)

Emyl Jenkins, author of THE BIG STEAL at Bienville Books in Mobile, AL  (03/04/2010)

Michele Murdock, author of A Journey of Courage: The Amazing Story of Sister at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC  (March 4 2010)

Dalis Freixa, author of The American Dream: It’s Not Forgotten at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 4 2010)

Chris Bohjalian, author of Secrets of Eden at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (March 5 2010)

Doug Bostic, author of Historic Photos of South Carolina at Burry Bookstore in Hartsville, SC  (March 5 2010)

J. T. Ellison, author of The Cold Room at Fireside Books and Gifts in Forest City, NC  (March 5 2010)

Thomas Brown, Editor, author of "City of the Silent" at Litchfield Books in Pawleys Island, SC  (03/05/2010)

Dr Donell Scott, author of Workplace Politics: Survive and Advance at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC  (March 5 2010)

George Bishop, author of LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/05/2010)

George Ivey, author of Up River: A Novel of Attempted Restoration at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC  (March 5 2010)

Anne Kornblut, author of Notes from the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, S at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (March 6 2010)

Bruce W. Bytnar, author of A Park Ranger’s Life: Thirty-Two Years Protecting at Bookworks in Staunton, VA  (March 6 2010)

Jeanne Webster, author of Strays at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC  (March 6 2010)

Sonja Lillvik, author of The Painted Fish and Other Mayan Feasts at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC  (March 6 2010)

Karen Spears Zacharias, author of "Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?" at Horton's Books & Gifts in Carrollton, GA  (03/06/2010)

Ira Sukrungruang, author of Talk Thai at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (March 6 2010)

Lester Goran, author of Tales from the Irish Club: A Collection of Short S at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 6 2010)

Jacquelyn Ingram, author of Dakotas Doggie Tale at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC  (March 6 2010)

Tony Abbott, author of New & Selected Poems 1989-2009 at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/07/2010)

Roberto A. Solera, author of El Jardin de mis Recuerdos at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 7 2010)

Spencer Barnett, author of I'm Not Talking Fast You're Just Listening Slow at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC  (March 7 2010)

Erica Ridley, author of TOO WICKED TO KISS at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (March 7 2010)

David Hume, author of How to Go to Italy at Pomegranate Books in Wilmington, NC  (March 7 2010)

Donna Schaper, author of Sacred Chow: Some Holy Ways to Eat at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 7 2010)

Jeff Garlin, author of My Footprint: Carrying the Weight of the World at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 8 2010)

Dr Francis Deng, author of Human Rights: Southern Voices at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 8 2010)

Jodi Picoult, author of House Rules at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/08/2010)

David Gewanter, author of War Bird at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 8 2010)

Johanna Moran, author of THE WIVES OF HENRY OADES at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 9 2010 )

Thomas Barrie, author of The Sacred In-Between: The Mediating Roles of Arch at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/09/2010)

Karen Spears Zacharias, author of Will Jesus Buy Me A Double-Wide at FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock, GA  (March 9 2010)

Eddie Curran, author of The Governor of Goat Hill at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (03/09/10)

argo Young, author of A Voyage Through Time at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 9 2010)

Frances Mayes, author of Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (March 9 2010)

Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, author of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Vol 1, 1929–1940 at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC  (March 9 2010)

Deborah DeNicola, author of The Future That Brought Her Here at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 10 2010)

Wayne Caldwell, author of Requiem by Fire at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/10/2010)

Jessica Clark, author of Beyond the Echo Chamber at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 10 2010)

Keith Thomson, author of Once A Spy at Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL  (03/10/2010)

Paul Collier, author of Wars, Guns and Votes at A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA  (March 10 2010)

Andrew Park, author of Between a Church and a Hard Place: One Faith-Free at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (March 11 2010)

James Grippando, author of Money to Burn at Murder on the Beach Mystery Bookstore in Delray Beach, FL  (March 11 2010)

Karen Spears Zacharias, author of Will Jesus Buy Me A Double-Wide at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (March 11 2010)

Lisa Grunberger, author of Yiddish Yoga at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 11 2010)

Deanna Raybourn, author of The Dead Travel Fast at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA  (March 11 2010)

Natasha Wing, author of he Night Before St. Patrick's Day at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (March 11 2010)

Danielle Trussoni, author of Angelology at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 11 2010)

Nicholas Haslam, author of Redeeming Features at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 11 2010)

Lori Ann LaRocco, author of Thriving in the New Economy at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 11 2010)

Peter Hedges, author of The Heights at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/11/2010)

Randy Wayne White, author of Dark Shadow at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (March 11 2010)

David Fulmer, author of The Fall at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Atlanta, GA  (March 12 2010)

Ben Moise and Jim Casada, Editors, author of "A Southern Sportsman" at Litchfield Books in Pawleys Island, SC  (03/12/2010)

James Grippando, author of Money to Burn at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 12 2010)

Bob Morris, author of Baja Florida at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 13 2010)

Ellen Elizabeth Hunter, author of Murder at the Bellamy Mansion at Two Sisters Bookery in Wilmington, NC  (March 13 2010)

Joe McGinnis, author of The Last Zinnia at Horton's Books & Gifts in Carrollton, GA  (03/13/2010)

Mary Pope Osborne, author of Magic Tree House at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/13/2010)

Mo Willems, author of An Elephant & Piggie Book: I Am Going! at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 13 2010)

Olga Menendez, author of Rompiendo Lazos at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 13 2010)

Ryan L Sumner, author of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Police at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC  (March 13 2010)

John Yow, author of The Armchair Birder at Bound to be Read in Atlanta, GA  (March 13 2010)

Nick Wynne Richard Mooryhead, author of Paradise for Sale "Florida's Booms and Busts at Muse Book Shop in Deland, FL  (03/13/2010)

Wendy Wax, author of Magnolia Wednesdays at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (March 13 2010)

Carol Burns, author of Starting Over at Page After Page in Elizabeth City, NC  (March 13 2010)

Dora Decamillis, author of My Steamboat at Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL  (03/13/2010)

Batt Humphreys, author of Dead Weight at Blue Bicycle Books in Charleston, SC  (March 13 2010)

Mary Pope Osborne, author of Magic Tree House at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (March 14 2010)

Hugh Ambrose, author of The Pacific at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (03/14/2010)

Jackson Taylor, author of The Blue Orchard at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 15 2010)

Larry Baker, author of A Good Man at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/15/2010)

Annabelle Gurwitch, author of You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 16 2010)

Frances Dowell, author of Falling In at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/16/2010)

Adam Haslett, author of Union Atlantic at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (March 16 2010)

James Litwin, author of Pete the Cat at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/16/2010)

Ron Rash, author of Burning Bright at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC  (March 16 2010)

Jason Wright, author of The Cross Gardener at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (03/16/2010)

Thomas Cahill, author of A Saint on Death Row at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 16 2010)

Poopa Dweck, author of Aromas of Aleppo: The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 16 2010)

David Kirby, author of Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial P at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (March 17 2010)

Randy Wayne White, author of Deep Shadow at Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL  (March 17 2010)

Kinda Hayward , author of Marshall Visits the Hospital at A Novel Experience in Zebulon, GA  (March 18 2010)

Mike Lupica, author of The BatBoy at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 18 2010)

Stephen J. Cannell, author of The Pallbearers at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 18 2010)

Tom Lowe, author of THE 24 th LETTER at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (March 18 2010)

Linda Smith, author of The Inside Tree at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (March 18 2010)

Dean Baker, author of False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (March 18 2010)

Sarah Addison Allen, author of The Girl Who Chased the Moon at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/18/2010)
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