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Southern Indie Bestseller List 08/29/2010 PDF Print E-mail
Southern Independent Bestsellers
Written by Authors Round the South   
Sunday, 29 August 2010 00:00

Southern Indie Bestseller List

For the week ending Sunday, August 29, 2010
Columbia, SC - September 6, 2010 -

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound.org and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, August 29, 2010. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound.org.

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Titles in red are SIBA Book Award winners and finalists!
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)
  • Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs (fiction)
  • The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove by Susan Gregg Gilmore (fiction)
  • Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner (fiction)
  • The Murder Room by Michael Capuzzo (nonfiction)
  • Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other by Scott Simon (nonfiction)
  • Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Ed.) by Irma S. Rombauer (nonfiction)
  • South of Broad by Pat Conroy (paperback fiction)
  • Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (paperback fiction)
  • Night by Elie Wiesel (paperback nonfiction)
  • Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall (paperback nonfiction)
  • In the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White (paperback nonfiction)
  • Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom (paperback nonfiction)
  • I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar by Sharon Eliza Nichols (paperback nonfiction)
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (mass market)
  • The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (mass market)
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell (mass market)
  • 1984 by George Orwell (mass market)
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding (mass market)
  • Fancy Nancy: Ooh La La! It's Beauty Day by Jane O'Connor (children's illustrated)
  • Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates (children's illustrated)
  • The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (children's interest)
  • Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, (children's interest)

 

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. Star Island
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272584
4. The Red Queen
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563723
5. The Rembrandt Affair
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156588
6. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell, Random House, $26, 9781400065455
7. The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
Julia Stuart, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385533287
8. The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman, Dial, $26, 9780385340854
9. The Postcard Killers
James Patterson, Liza Marklund, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316089517
10. Three Stations
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $25.99, 9780743276740
11. Spider Bones
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439102398
12. The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove
Susan Gregg Gilmore, Crown, $23, 9780307395030
13. The Glass Rainbow
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.99, 9781439128299
14. The Passage
Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $27, 9780345504968
15. Fly Away Home
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9780743294270

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704
2. Let's Take the Long Way Home
Gail Caldwell, Random House, $23, 9781400067381
3. The Power
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $23.95, 9781439181782
4. Women Food and God
Geneen Roth, Scribner, $24, 9781416543077
5. Medium Raw
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $26.99, 9780061718946
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
7. The Murder Room
Michael Capuzzo, Gotham, $26, 9781592401420 /2
8. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $27.50, 9781416591054
9. Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other
Scott Simon, Random House, $22, 9781400068494
10. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
11. Crimes Against Liberty
David Limbaugh, Regnery, $29.95, 9781596986244
12. War
Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446556248
13. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
14. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
15. Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $35, 9780743246262

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
4. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780060852580
7. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
8. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
9. Tinkers
Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123
10. A Gate at the Stairs
Lorrie Moore, Vintage, $15, 9780375708466
11. Her Fearful Symmetry
Audrey Niffenegger, Scribner, $15, 9781439169018
12. South of Broad
Pat Conroy, Dial, $16, 9780385344074
13. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
14. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
15. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $16, 9780143118428
2. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943
3. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016
4. Where Men Win Glory
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307386045
5. Same Kind of Different as Me
Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Thomas Nelson, $14.99, 9780849919107
6. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
Rhoda Janzen, Holt, $14, 9780805092257
7. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
8. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
9. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
10. In the Sanctuary of Outcasts
Neil White, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061351631
11. Shop Class as Soulcraft
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $15, 9780143117469
12. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
13. Tuesdays With Morrie
Mitch Albom, Broadway, $13.99, 9780767905923
14. I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar
Sharon Eliza Nichols, St. Martin's Griffin, $9.99, 9780312533014
15. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363

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. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
4. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
5. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
6. Ford County: Stories
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440246213
7. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
9. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
10. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Berkley, $9.99, 9780399501487

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. Ladybug Girl at the Beach
David Soman, Jacky Davis, Dial, $16.99, 9780803734166
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. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
7. Pinkalicious: School Rules!
Victoria Kann, Harper, $3.99, 9780061928857
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
9. Dog Loves Books
Louise Yates, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375864490
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908

CHILDREN’S INTEREST

1. Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
Simon Beecroft, DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756655297
2. The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future
Dav Pilkey, Blue Sky, $9.99, 9780545175302
3. Beezus and Ramona
Beverly Cleary, Tracy Dockray (Illus.), Harper, $5.99, 9780061914614
4. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9780810996168
5. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia
DK Publishing, $16.99, 9780756663087
6. The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140385724
7. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Aladdin, $6.99, 9781416936473
8. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257
9. Freak the Mighty
Rodman Philbrick, Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439286060
10. Savvy
Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142414330

CHILDREN’S FICTION SERIES TITLES

1. Mockingjay (The Final Book of the Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023511
2. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780439023528
3. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023498
4. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
5. The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423113386
6. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2)
Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9781423103349
7 The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101499
8. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423101475
9. The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl, #7)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423128199
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:

Mark Mustian, author of The Gendarme at Inkwood Books in Tampa, FL  (September 8 2010)

Roz Savage, author of Rowing the Atlantic at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (September 8 2010)

Scott Eyman, author of Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMill at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (September 8 2010)

Zelfda Lockhart, author of Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC  (September 8 2010)

Ellie Taylor, author of Feeding the Kids: The Flexible, No-Battles, Health at Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg, SC  (September 8 2010)

Susan Gregg Gilmore, author of The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove at Square Books in Oxford, MS  (September 9 2010)

Frank Deford, author of Bliss, Remembered at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (9/9/2010)

Carolyn Haines, author of Bone Appetit at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (09/09/2010)

Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC  (September 9 2010)

Cassandra King, author of Queen of Broken Hearts at Burry Bookstore in Hartsville, SC  (09/09/2010)

Jeff Lindsay, author of Dexter Is Delicious at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (September 9 2010)

Merri Lisa Johnson, author of Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderli at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (September 9 2010)

Cassandra King, author of Queen of Broken Hearts at Burry Bookstore in Hartsville, SC  (09/09/2010)

Donna Andrews, author of Stork Raving Mad at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA  (September 10 2010)

Deno Trakas, author of The Shuffle of Wings at Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg, SC  (September 10 2010)

Sarah Bush, author of The Invitation at Barnhill's in Winston-Salem, NC  (09/10/2010)

Mickey Mahaffey, author of Whispers of My Blood at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (September 10 2010)

Jane McClaren, author of Honest Eating at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC  (September 10 2010)

Sy Safransky, author of Sunbeams, Paper Lanterns: More Quotations from the at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC  (September 10 2010)

Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (9/10/2010)

Beth Webb Hart, author of Love Charleston at Litchfield Books in Pawleys Island, SC  (09/10/2010)

Terra Elan McVoy, author of After the Kiss at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (9/11/2010)

Yvette Cohen, author of Love Grows Here at Page After Page in Elizabeth City, NC  (September 11 2010)

Glenda Gambill, author of Alex Birthday Surprises at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC  (September 11 2010)

Howard Norman, author of What is Left the Daughter at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC  (September 11 2010)

John Boyanoski, author of High School Football in South Carolina at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (09/11/2010)

Lou Dischler, author of My Only Sunshine at Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg, SC  (September 11 2010)

Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC  (September 11 2010)

Grace Pundyk, author of The Honey Trail at Square Books in Oxford, MS  (September 11 2010)

Sara Gruen, author of Ape House at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (September 11 2010)

Diana Gabaldon, author of An Echo in the Bone at Barnhill's in Winston-Salem, NC  (09/11/2010)

John Boyanoski, author of High School Football in South Carolina at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (September 11 2010)

Mark Leslie, author of Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language & Life with an at Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL  (09/11/2010)

Nevada Barr, author of Burn at Maple Street Book Shop in New Orleans, LA  (September 11 2010)

Whitney Stewart, author of Marshall, the Sea Dog at Maple Street Book Shop in New Orleans, LA  (September 11 2010)

Lee Barclay , author of New Orleans: What Can’t be Lost at Maple Street Book Shop in New Orleans, LA  (September 11 2010)

Gregory A. Freeman, author of Troubled Water: Race, Mutiny and Bravery on the U. at A Novel Experience in Zebulon, GA  (September 11 2010)

Warren Rochelle, author of The Called at McIntyre's Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC  (September 12 2010)

Lane Smith, author of It’s a Book at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (September 12 2010)

Lilit Marcus, author of SAVE THE ASSISTANTS: A GUIDE TO SURVIVING AND THRI at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (9/12/2010)

Vicki Weaver, author of Billie Girl at Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC  (September 12 2010)

Brock Adams, author of Gulf at Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg, SC  (September 13 2010)

Fred Chappell, author of Ancestors and Others: New and Selected Stories at The Fountainhead Bookstore in Hendersonville, NC  (09/13/2010)

Eugene Marten, author of Firework at Square Books in Oxford, MS  (September 14 2010)

Jill McCorkle, author of Going Away Shoes at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC  (September 14 2010)

Terry McMillan, author of Getting to Happy at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (9/14/2010)

Lisa Unger, author of Fragile at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (September 14 2010)

Mark Mustian, author of The Gendarme at Page & Palette in Fairhope, AL  (09/14/2010)

Dan Ariely, author of Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits o at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC  (9/14/2010)

Thomas Hudgin, author of THE ANDROS CONNECTIONHE ANDROS CONNECTION at Pomegranate Books in Wilmington, NC  (September 14 2010)

Michael Knight, author of The Typist at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA  (September 14 2010)

Jenny McCarthy, author of Love, Lust and Faking It: The Naked Truth About Se at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (September 14 2010)

Venus Williams, author of Come to Win at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (September 15 2010)

Robert Goolrick, author of A Reliable Wife at Barnhill's in Winston-Salem, NC  (09/15/2010)

Robert Landori, author of Havana Harvest at Books & Books Inc in Coral Gables, FL  (September 15 2010)

Scott McKenzie, author of The Man Behind the Nose at Square Books in Oxford, MS  (September 15 2010)

Nicholas Sparks, author of Safe Haven at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC  (September 15 2010)

Richard Rothacker, author of Banktown: The Rise & Struggles of Charlotte’s Big at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC  (September 16 2010)


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