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Southern Indie Bestseller List

For the week ending Sunday, March 7, 2010
Columbia, SC -March 11 2010 -

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound.org and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, March 7, 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. House Rules
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9780743296434
3. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937
4. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399156199
5. The Swan Thieves
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
6. Brava, Valentine
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $25.99, 9780061257070
7. The Man From Beijing
Henning Mankell, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307271860
8. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $21.99, 9780446563086
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
Okra Pick!10. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
Beth Hoffman, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021390

11. Split Image
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399156236
12. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
13. The Three Weissmanns of Westport
Cathleen Schine, FSG, $25, 9780374299040
14. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
15. Bloodroot
Amy Greene, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269867

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 Pacific
Hugh Ambrose, NAL, $26.95, 9780451230232
4. The Politician
Andrew Young, Thomas Dunne, $24.99, 9780312640651
5. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
6. No Apology
Mitt Romney, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312609801
7. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
8. Staying True
Jenny Sanford, Ballantine, $25, 9780345522399
9. Willie Mays
James S. Hirsch, Scribner, $30, 9781416547907
10. Making Rounds With Oscar
David Dosa, Hyperion, $23.99, 9781401323233
11. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
12. Citizens of London
Lynne Olson, Random House, $28, 9781400067589
13. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
14. Jesus Calling
Sarah Young, Integrity, $14.99, 9781591451884
15. Not Without Hope
Nick Schuyler, Jere Longman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061993992

 



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. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
7. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
8. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
9. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
10. Shanghai Girls
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530
11. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781416550556
13. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
14. The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $14, 9780743273565
15. The Last Song
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446570978

 

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. The Lost City of Z
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
3. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
4. Same Kind of Different as Me
Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Thomas Nelson, $14.99, 9780849919107
5. Now Eat This!
Rocco DiSpirito, Ballantine, $22, 9780345520906
6. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
7. In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
8. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
9. Animals Make Us Human
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
10. The Blind Side
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
11. All New Square Foot Gardening
Mel Bartholomew, Cool Springs, $19.99, 9781591862024
12. The Art of Conversation
Catherine Blyth, Gotham, $15, 9781592404971
13. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
14. My Horizontal Life
Chelsea Handler, Bloomsbury, $14.95, 9781582346182
15. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $14.99, 9780802473158

 

MASS MARKET

1. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
2. Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061703256
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
4. Long Lost
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451229328
5. Dear John
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
6. The Last Song
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446570961
7. First Family
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446539746
8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
9. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
10. Heart and Soul
Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307278425

 

 



CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. The Easter Egg
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399252389
2. Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061896439
3. The Lion & the Mouse
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
6. Fancy Nancy's Elegant Easter
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061703799
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
8. Happy Easter, Mouse!
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray, $6.99, 9780694014224
9. Waddle!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
10. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785

 

 

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
3. When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
4. Incarceron
Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
5. Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle
Brian Dennis, et al., Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316053181
6. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
7. Listen to the Wind
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
8. The Girl Who Could Fly
Victoria Forester, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312602383
9. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
10. A Nest for Celeste
Henry Cole, Katherine Tegen Books, $16.99, 9780061704109

 

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101499
2. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
3. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2)
Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9781423103349
4. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101482
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810983915
6. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423101475
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810993136
8. Leprechaun in Late Winter (Magic Tree House #43)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $12.99, 9780375856501
9. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
10. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023498

 



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:
Charles London, author of Far From Zion at Octavia Books in New Orleans, LA  (March 11 2010)

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

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

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

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

Nicholas Haslam, author of Redeeming Features 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)

Lori Ann LaRocco, author of Thriving in the New Economy at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, 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)

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

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

Kathleen Norris, author of Acedia & Me at Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Atlanta, GA  (March 12 2010)

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

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

Jeff Garlin, author of My Footprint at A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA  (March 12 2010)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alix Dobkin, author of My Red Blood at Osondu Booksellers in Waynesville, NC  (March 14 2010)

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

Ron Hall, author of What Difference Do it Make? at Rock Point Books in Chattanooga, TN  (March 15 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)

Denny Stockdale, author of The Neighborhood Ice Cream Shop: 8 Keys to Redisco at Blue Ridge Books & News in Waynesville, NC  (March 16 2010)

Denny Stockdale, author of The Neighborhood Ice Cream Shop: 8 Keys to Redisco at Osondu Booksellers in Waynesville, NC  (March 16 2010)

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

Ron Rash, author of Burning Bright at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC  (March 18 2010)

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

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

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

Jack Riggs, author of The Fireman's Wife at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC  (Friday, March 13th)

Howard Frank Mosher, author of Walking to Gatlinburg at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/19/10)

Preston L. Allen, author of Jesus Boy at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 19 2010)

Joanna Smith Rakoff, author of A Fortunate Age at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 19 2010)

David Fulmer, author of The Fall at Bound to be Read in Atlanta, GA  (March 19 2010)

Sarah Addison Allen, author of "The Girl Who Chased the Moon" at Litchfield Books in Pawleys Island, SC  (03/19/2010)

Patricia Sprinkle, author of Hold Up the Sky at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (03/19/2010)

Wayne Caldwell, author of Requiem by Fire at Fireside Books and Gifts in Forest City, NC  (March 19 2010)

Cappy Hall Rearick, author of Return to Rocky Bottom at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (03/20/2010)

Karen Spears Zacharias, author of Will Jesus Buy Me A Double-Wide at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC  (March 20 2010)

Naseem Rakha, author of The Crying Tree at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 20 2010)

River Jordan, author of Saints In Limbo at Cowan's Book Nook in East Ellijay, GA  (March 20 2010)

Shellie Tomlinson, author of Suck Your Stomach In & Put Some Color On! at Rock Point Books in Chattanooga, TN  (March 20 2010)

Peggy Tabor Millin, author of Women, Writing, and Soul-Making: Creativity and th at Blue Ridge Books & News in Waynesville, NC  (March 20 2010)

Percy Jackson, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympian at Page After Page in Elizabeth City, NC  (March 20 2010)

Julie Williams, author of Wings of Opportunity at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/20/2010)

Dr. Sameet Kumar, author of The Mindful Path Through Worry and Rumination Lett at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 20 2010)

James Dean, author of Pete the Cat at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (03/20/2010)

Jack Riggs, author of The Fireman's Wife at Book Exchange in Marietta, GA  (March 21, 2010)

RRiver Jordan, author of Saints In Limbo at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC  (March 21 2010)

James Dean, author of Pete the Cat at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 21 2010)

Michael Bennett, author of The Stack and Tilt Swing at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 21 2010)

Alex Stepick, author of Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 21 2010)

Shellie Tomlinson, author of Suck Your Stomach In & Put Some Color On! at Osondu Booksellers in Waynesville, NC  (March 22 2010)

Chris Cleave, author of Little Bee at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 22 2010)

Virginia Jacko, author of The Blind Visionary at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 22 2010)

Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/22/2010)

Eve Ensler, author of The Secret Life of Girls Around the World at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 23 2010)

Marianna Olszewski, author of ive It, Love It, Earn It: A Woman’s Guide to Finan at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 23 2010)

River Jordan, author of Saints In Limbo at FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock, GA  (March 23 2010)

Don and Nina Worth, author of Art Deco in Shanghai and Miami Beach at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 23 2010)

Lionel Shriver, author of So Much For That at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/23/2010)

Lee Smith, author of Mrs Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/24/2010)

River Jordan, author of Saints In Limbo at Bound to be Read in Atlanta, GA  (March 24 2010)

Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (March 24 2010)

Shellie Tomlinson, author of Suck Your Stomach In & Put Some Color On! at Yawn's Books & More in Canton, GA  (March 24 2010)

Lionel Shriver, author of So Much for That at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 24 2010)

Eric Groves, author of The Constant Contact Guide to Email Marketing at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 24 2010)

James Crisp, author of How Did Davy Die at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (03/25/2010)

Frederick Golder, author of Uncivil Rights: A Guide to Workers' Rights at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (March 25 2010)

Frank Lentricchia, author of The Italian Actress at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (March 25 2010)

Alan Deniro, author of Total Oblivion, More or Less at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC  (March 25 2010)

Francis O'Roark Dowell, author of Falling In at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (March 25 2010)

Howard Frank Mosher, author of Walking to Gatlinburg at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (03/25/2010)

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