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Sunday, 06 June 2010 00:00

Southern Indie Bestseller List

For the week ending Sunday, June 6, 2010
Columbia, SC - June 11, 2010 -

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound.org and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 30, 2010. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound.org.

STARS - A STARS Author | Okra Pick! - A SIBA Okra Pick
Printable versions: Hardcover | Paperback | Children

SPECIAL TO THE SOUTHERN LIST!

(books that appear on the southern list, but not the national list)

  • Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci (fiction)
  • Heart of the Matter by Emily Griffin (fiction)
  • The 9th Judgment by James Patterson (fiction)
  • The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver (fiction)
  • Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel (fiction)
  • The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose (nonfiction)
  • Hellhound on His Trail by Hampton Sides (nonfiction)
  • STARSOn Folly Beach by Karen White (paperback fiction)
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (paperback fiction)
  • Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner (paperback fiction)
  • The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (paperback fiction)
  • Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall (paperback nonfiction)
  • With the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge (paperback nonfiction)
  • How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (paperback nonfiction)
  • Awkward Family Photos by Mike Bender (paperback nonfiction)
  • Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (paperback nonfiction)
  • nto the Wild by Jon Krakauer (paperback nonfiction)
  • The Real George Washington by Jay A. Perry (paperback nonfiction)
  • The Fisrt Tycoon by T.J. Stiles (paperback nonfiction)
  • In the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White (paperback nonfiction)
  • Mythology by Edith Hamilton (mass market)
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (mass market)
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding (mass market)
  • The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf (children's illustrated)
  • Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin (children's illustrated)
  • Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton (children's illustrated)
  • STARSThe Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass (children's illustrated)
  • The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (children's interest)
  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman(children's interest)
  • Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (children's interest)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
2. The Help - a 2010 SIBA Book Award finalist!
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. Innocent
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446562423
4. Bullet
Laurell K. Hamilton, Berkley, $26.95, 9780425234334
5. The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman, Dial, $25, 9780385343664
6. Heart of the Matter
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9780312554163
7. 61 Hours
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385340588
8. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Aimee Bender, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385501125
9. Matterhorn
Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly, $24.95, 9780802119285
10. Beatrice and Virgil
Yann Martel, Spiegel & Grau, $24, 9781400069262
11. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937
12. Storm Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399156496
13. Deliver Us From Evil
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446564083
14. The 9th Judgment
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316036276
15. The Burning Wire
Jeffery Deaver, S&S, $26.99, 9781439156339

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Spoken From the Heart
Laura Bush, Scribner, $30, 9781439155202
2. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393072235
3. Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704
4. Women Food and God
Geneen Roth, Scribner, $24, 9781416543077
5. The Last Stand
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30, 9780670021727
6. War
Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446556248
7. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446552448
8. Operation Mincemeat
Ben Macintyre, Harmony, $25.99, 9780307453273
9. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
10. Hitch-22
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446540339
11. The Promise
Jonathan Alter, S&S, $28, 9781439101193
12. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
13. The Pacific
Hugh Ambrose, NAL, $26.95, 9780451230232
14. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
15. Hellhound on His Trail
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385523929

 



TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
3. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
4. South of Broad - a 2010 SIBA Book Award finalist!
Pat Conroy, Dial, $16, 9780385344074
5. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
6. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
STARSOkra Pick!7. On Folly Beach - A STARS Author and Summer Okra Pick!
Karen White, NAL, $15, 9780451229212
8. Tinkers
Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
11. That Old Cape Magic
Richard Russo, Vintage, $15, 9781400030910
12. Best Friends Forever
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press, $15, 9780743294300
13. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
14. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
15. The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $16, 9781594484469

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
2. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
3. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
Rhoda Janzen, Holt, $14, 9780805092257
4. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
5. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
6. Same Kind of Different as Me
Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Thomas Nelson, $14.99, 9780849919107
7. In the Sanctuary of Outcasts - a 2010 SIBA Book Award finalist!
Neil White, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061351631
8. Awkward Family Photos
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307592293
9. With the Old Breed
Eugene B. Sledge, Presidio, $16, 9780891419068
10. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster, Harper, $13.99, 9780060009427
11. Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15, 9780385494786
12. Shop Class as Soulcraft
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $15, 9780143117469
13. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172
14. The Real George Washington
Jay A. Parry, et al., National Center for Constitutional Studies, $24.95, 9780880800143
15. The First Tycoon
T.J. Stiles, Vintage, $19.95, 9781400031740

 

MASS MARKET

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159
3. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Berkley, $9.99, 9780399501487
4. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
7. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
8. The Last Song
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446570961
9. Rain Gods
James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781439128305
10. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Warner, $7.99, 9780446607254

 



CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. Star Wars: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $14.95, 9780761158462
3. The Very Fairy Princess
Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316040501
4. Ladybug Girl at the Beach
David Soman, Jacky Davis, Dial, $16.99, 9780803734166
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. The Story of Ferdinand
Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99, 9780140502343
8. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061906220
9. Barnyard Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781563054426
10. The Secret World of Walter Anderson - A STARS author and 2010 SIBA Book Award finalist!
Hester Bass, E.B. Lewis (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763635831

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $13.99, 9780316125581
2. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
John Grisham, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525423843
3. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9780810996168
4. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
5. 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
6. The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140385724
7. Scat - a 2010 SIBA Book Award finalist!
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99, 9780375834875
8. Graceling
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
9. The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
10. Al Capone Does My Shirts
Gennifer Choldenko, Penguin, $6.99, 9780142403709

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423113386
2. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423101475
3. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101499
4. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101482
5. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
6. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2)
Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9781423103349
7. Storm Warning (The 39 Clues, #9)
Linda Sue Park, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545060493
8. The Kings of Clonmel (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 8)
John Flanagan, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252068
9. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
10. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957

 



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:

Joshilyn Jackson, author of Backseat Saints at Burry Bookstore in Hartsville, SC  (06/11/2010)

Batt Humphreys, author of Dead Weight at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (06/11/2010)

Claire Cook, author of Seven year Switch at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/11/2010)

John Lang, author of Six Poets from the Mountain South at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC  (June 11 2010)

Suzetta Perkins, author of Ex-Terminator at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (June 11 2010)

Diane Chamberlain, author of Lies We Told at Two Sisters Bookery in Wilmington, NC  (June 11 2010)

Michael Malone, author of 27 VIEWS OF HILLSBOROUGH at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (June 11 2010)

Mike Halperin, author of True Tales of the Tide: An Angler's Lifelong Quest at Page After Page in Elizabeth City, NC  (June 12 2010)

Manny Alonso, author of Lulu Plays Pretend at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (June 12 2010)

Linda Greenlaw, author of Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/12/2010)

P.T. Paul, author of To Live & Write in Dixie at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (06/12/2010)

Loren Buckner, author of Parentwise at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (June 12 2010)

Susan Kelly, author of By Accident at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC  (06/12/2010)

Heather Leigh Wallace, author of Images of America: Jordan Lake at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC  (06/12/2010)

H.A. Olsen, author of A Lone Palm Stands at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (06/12/2010)

Rev. William Mills, author of 30 Day Retreat at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/13/2010)

Joseph Gatins, author of We Were Dancing on a Volcano at Bound to be Read in Atlanta, GA  (June 13 2010)

Sherry North, author of Because I Am Your Daddy at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (June 13 2010)

Joseph Bathanti, author of Restoring Sacred Art at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC  (06/13/2010)

Carrie Wagner, author of Village Wisdom: Immersed in Uganda, Inspired by Jo at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/13/2010)

Linda Greenlaw, author of Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (06/13/2010)

Ashley English, author of Homemade Living books (Keeping Chickens & Canning at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/14/2010)

Christopher Hitchens, author of Hitch-22 at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (June 14 2010)

Sebastian Junger, author of War at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (06/14/2010)

David Herlihy, author of The Lost Cyclist at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (June 15 2010)

Jim Corbett, author of THE POCKET IDIOT’S GUIDE TO GOLF RULES AND ETIQUET at Country Bookshop Inc in Southern Pines, NC  (June 15 2010)

Joshilyn Jackson, author of Backseat Saints at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (06/15/2010)

T. Collins Dodd, author of A Story for My Daughter at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (June 15 2010)

Flossie Allen, author of The Ladder of Life at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (06/15/2010)

Leonard Rogoff, author of Down Home: Jewish Life in NC at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (06/15/2010)

Aaron Lubeck, author of Green Restorations: Sustainable Buildings and Hist at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (June 16 2010)

Helio Castroneves, author of Victory Road at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (June 16 2010)

rheta grimsley johnson, author of enchanted evening barbie and the second coming at Scott's Bookstore in Newnan, GA  (june 16 2010)

Christina Gonzalez, author of The Red Umbrella at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (June 16 2010)

Patricia Marshall, author of Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (06/16/2010)

Jeffrey Stepakoff, author of FIREWORKS OVER TOCCOA at Book Exchange in Marietta, GA  (06/17/2010)

Laurent Dubois, author of Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of Fra at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (June 17 2010)

Sebastian Junger, author of War at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (June 17 2010)

Christopher Hitchens, author of Hitch 22 at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (06/17/2010)

Dave Tompkins, author of How to Wreck a Nice Beach at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/17/2010)

Eric Litwin, author of I Love My White Shoes at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (06/17/2010)

Eve Bunting, author of A Perfect Father's Day at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (06/17/2010)

Howard Bryant, author of The Last Hero at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (06/17/2010)

Malinda Maynor Lawery, author of LUMBEE INDIANS IN THE JIM CROW SOUTH: Race, Identi at Country Bookshop Inc in Southern Pines, NC  (June 17 2010)

Mary Alice Monroe, author of Last Light Over Carolina at Book Exchange in Marietta, GA  (June 17, 2010)

Thomas Daly, author of Rage Company at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (June 17 2010)

Sam McLeod, author of Big Appetite: My Southern-Fried Search for the Mea at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (June 18 2010)

Oscar Hijuelos, author of Beautiful Maria of My Soul at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (June 18 2010)

Norma Price, author of Crossing with the Virgin at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/18/2010)

Dave Tompkins, author of How to Wreck a Nice Beach at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (06/19/2010)

Sidney Phillips, author of You'll Be Sor-ree at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (06/19/2010)

Steve Butler, author of We Do Remember You at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC  (June 19 2010)

Doug James, author of Billy Benson at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (06/19/2010)

Edith Edwards, author of Tales Through Time: Women of the South at Two Sisters Bookery in Wilmington, NC  (June 19 2010)

Guido Levetto, author of A Return To Yesterday at Muse Book Shop in Deland, FL  (06/19/2010)

Anne Clinard Barnhill, author of At Home in the Land of Oz: Autism, My Sister, and at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (June 19 2010)

Elizabeth Eslami, author of Bone Worship at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/19/2010)

Thomas Rain Crow, author of The Sacred Land at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC  (June 19 2010)

Patricia Marshall, author of Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC  (06/19/2010)

Anne Barnhill, author of What You Long For at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (06/19/2010)

Paul Wieland, author of Crossing the Threshold at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/20/2010)

Trey Moore, author of Some Will Play the Cello at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/20/2010)

Sam McLeod, author of Big Appetite: My Southern Fried Search for the Mea at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (06/21/2010)

Patrick Gene Frank, author of On the Blue Ridge Line at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/21/2010)

Elise Blackwell, author of An Unfinished Score at Octavia Books in New Orleans, LA  (June 22 2010)

Barbara Pleasant, author of Starter Vegetable Gardens at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (06/22/2010)

Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/22/2010)

Denise Hildreth, author of Hurricanes in Paradise at Book Exchange in Marietta, GA  (06/22/2010)

Maryann McFadden, author of So Happy Together at Book Exchange in Marietta, GA  (06/22/2010)

Nicole Seitz, author of Saving Cicadas at Book Exchange in Marietta, GA  (06/22/2010)

Eugene Morris, author of "The Greatest Living Spearhunter in the World" at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (06/22/2010)

George Singleton, author of Pep Talks, Warnings, and Screeds: Indispensable Wi at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (June 23 2010)

Sam McLeod, author of Big Appetite: My Southern Fried Search for the Mea at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (06/23/2010)

Randy Johnson, author of Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (06/23/2010)

Queen Rania Al Abdullah, author of The Sandwich Swap at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (06/24/2010)

Brett Webb-Mitchell, author of Beyond Accessibility: Toward Full Inclusion of Peo at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (June 24 2010)

Oscar Hijuelos, author of Beautiful Maria of My Soul at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (06/24/2010)

Elise Blackwell, author of An Unfinished Score at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (06/24/2010)

Karin Slaughter, author of Broken at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (06/24/2010)

Dr, Laurel Clark, author of The Law of Attraction at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/24/2010)

Maurice Stanley, author of Sorrows End at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC  (June 24 2010)

Stephan Martin, author of Cosmic Conversations at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (06/25/2010)

John Wood, author of North Carolina Trivia: Weird, Wacky, and Wild at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (06/25/2010)

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