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Southern Indie Bestseller List 08/22/2010 PDF Print E-mail
Southern Independent Bestsellers
Written by Authors Round the South   
Sunday, 22 August 2010 00:00

Southern Indie Bestseller List

For the week ending Sunday, August 22, 2010
Columbia, SC - August 29, 2010 -

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound.org and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, August 22, 2010. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound.org.

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Printable versions: Hardcover | Paperback | Children

SPECIAL TO THE SOUTHERN LIST!

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

  • The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke (fiction)
  • The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth (fiction)
  • The Lion by Nelson DeMille (fiction)
  • Last Night at Chateau Marmont by Lauren Weisberger (fiction)
  • Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson (fiction)
  • Coming Back Stronger by Drew Brees (nonfiction)
  • The Sugar King of Havana by John Paul Rathbone (nonfiction)
  • The Big Short by Malcolm Gladwell (nonfiction)
  • All My Friends Are Dead by Avery Monsen (nonfiction)
  • Composed by Rosanne Cash (nonfiction)
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (paperback fiction)
  • The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (paperback fiction)
  • Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (paperback nonfiction)
  • The Lost City of Z by David Grann (paperback nonfiction)
  • Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (paperback nonfiction)
  • Night by Elie Wiesel (paperback nonfiction)
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell (mass market)
  • 1984 by George Orwell (mass market)
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding (mass market)
  • The Very Fairy Princess by Julie Andrews (children's illustrated)
  • The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn (children's illustrated)
  • Fancy Nancy: Ooh La La! It's Beuaty Day by Jane O'Connor (children's illustrated)
  • Goldilicious by Victoria Kann (children's illustrated)
  • Holes by Louis Sachar (children's interest)
  • Weird But True! 2: 300 Outrageous Facts by National Geographic Kids (children's interest)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
2. Star Island
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272584
3. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
4. Three Stations
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $25.99, 9780743276740
5. The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman, Dial, $26, 9780385340854
6. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell, Random House, $26, 9781400065455
7. The Red Queen
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563723
8. The Postcard Killers
James Patterson, Liza Marklund, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316089517
9. The Cobra
Frederick Forsyth, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156809
10. Crossfire
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156816
11. The Rembrandt Affair
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156588
12. Last Night at Chateau Marmont
Lauren Weisberger, Atria, $25.99, 9781439136614
13. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937
14. The Glass Rainbow
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.99, 9781439128299
15. The Lion
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446580830

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704
2. The Power
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $23.95, 9781439181782
3. Women Food and God
Geneen Roth, Scribner, $24, 9781416543077
4. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $27.50, 9781416591054
5. Coming Back Stronger
Drew Brees, Tyndale, $26.99, 9781414339436
6. Medium Raw
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $26.99, 9780061718946
7. War
Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446556248
8. Packing for Mars
Mary Roach, Norton, $25.95, 9780393068474
9. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393072235
10. Composed
Rosanne Cash, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021963
11. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
12. The Sugar King of Havana
John Paul Rathbone, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202582
13. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.
Sam Wasson, Harper, $19.99, 9780061774157
14. All My Friends Are Dead
Avery Monsen, Jory John, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811874557
15. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309

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. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
5. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780060852580
6. South of Broad
Pat Conroy, Dial, $16, 9780385344074
7. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
8. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
9. Tinkers
Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123
10. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
11. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307474711
13. Her Fearful Symmetry
Audrey Niffenegger, Scribner, $15, 9781439169018
14. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
15. The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781416550556

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $16, 9780143118428
2. Where Men Win Glory
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307386045
3. Lit
Mary Karr, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060596996
4. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
Rhoda Janzen, Holt, $14, 9780805092257
5. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943
6. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
7. Shop Class as Soulcraft
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $15, 9780143117469
8. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
9. Gift From the Sea
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Pantheon, $9.95, 9780679732419
10. Half the Sky
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387097
11. The Lost City of Z
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
12. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016
13. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
14. Awkward Family Photos
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307592293
15. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665

MASS MARKET

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
6. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Berkley, $9.99, 9780399501487
7. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
8. Ford County: Stories
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440246213
9. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
10. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED

1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. It's a Book
Lane Smith, Roaring Brook, $12.99, 9781596436060
3. Pinkalicious: School Rules!
Victoria Kann, Harper, $3.99, 9780061928857
4. How Rocket Learned to Read
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375858994
5. Fancy Nancy: Ooh La La! It's Beauty Day
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061915253
6. Ladybug Girl at the Beach
David Soman, Jacky Davis, Dial, $16.99, 9780803734166
7. The Kissing Hand
Audrey Penn, Ruth E. Harper, Nancy M. Leak (Illus.), Tanglewood, $16.95, 9781933718002
8. The Very Fairy Princess
Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton, Christine Davenier (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316040501
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
10. Goldilicious
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061244087

CHILDREN’S INTEREST

1. Beezus and Ramona
Beverly Cleary, Tracy Dockray (Illus.), Harper, $5.99, 9780061914614
2. The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future
Dav Pilkey, Blue Sky, $9.99, 9780545175302
3. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9780810996168
4. Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
Simon Beecroft, DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756655297
5. Weird But True! 2: 300 Outrageous Facts
National Geographic Kids, Jonathan Halling (Illus.), National Geographic, $6.95, 9781426306884
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
7. Holes
Louis Sachar, Yearling, $6.99, 9780440419464
8. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257
9. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $13.99, 9780316125581
10. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207

CHILDREN’S FICTION SERIES TITLES

1. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780439023528
2. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023498
3. The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423113386
4. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423101475
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810993136
6. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101499
7. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2)
Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9781423103349
8. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
9. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316067935
10. The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl, #7)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423128199



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:

Cindy Woodsmall, author of The Bridge of Peace at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (08/31/2010)

Katie Wyatt, author of KidZNotes: Transforming Children's Futures Through at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (9/1/2010)

Mark Van Name, author of Children No More at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (9/2/2010)

Pat Benatar, author of BETWEEN A HEART AND A ROCK PLACE: A MEMOIR at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (09/02/2010)

Michael Knight, author of The Typist at Square Books in Oxford, MS  (September 2 2010)

Carl Hiaasen, author of Star Island at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (September 2 2010)

Ann Greenleaf Wirtz, author of The Henderson County Curb Market: A Blue Ridge He at The Fountainhead Bookstore in Hendersonville, NC  (09/03/10)

Olivia deBelle Bryd, author of Miss Hildreth Wore Brown – Anecdotes of a Southern at Yawn's Books & More in Canton, GA  (September 3 2010)

Beth Webb Hart, author of Love, Charleston at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (09/03/2010)

Winston Groom, author of The Crimson Tide National Championship Edition: Th at Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL  (09/03/2010)

Mark Mustian, author of The Gendarme at Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL  (09/04/2010)

Beth Webb Hart, author of Author Love, Charleston at Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg, SC  (September 4 2010)

Nancy Lynch, author of Vietnam Mailbag: Voices from the War 1968-1972 at Bookworks in Staunton, VA  (September 4 2010)

Pat Marshall Peacock, author of Gypsy Carousel at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (09/04/2010)

Brandon Sanderson, author of The Way of Kings at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Atlanta, GA  (September 4 2010)

Star Wolf, author of Shamanic Egyptian Astrology at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (September 4 2010)

Woody Woodruff, author of Historic Photos of University of Alabama Football at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (09/06/2010)

Madaline Herlong, author of The Great Wide Sea at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (09/06/2010)

Brandon Sanderson, author of Way of Kings at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (9/7/2010)

Jean Claude Bemis, author of The Wolf Tree at Square Books in Oxford, MS  (September 7 2010)


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