Southern Independent Bestseller List 09/9/2007

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
   Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501    
   

2. The Tin Roof Blowdown
   James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 9781416548485    
   

3. Loving Frank
   Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $23.95, 9780345494993    
   

4. Tree of Smoke
   Denis Johnson, FSG, $27, 9780374279127    
   

5. Away
   Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95, 9781400063567    
   

6. Bones to Ashes
   Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $25.95, 9780743294379    
   

7. Garden Spells
   Sarah Addison Allen, Bantam, $20, 9780553805482    
   

8. Songs Without Words
   Ann Packer, Knopf, $24.95, 9780375412813    
   

9. On the Road: The Original Scroll
   Jack Kerouac, Viking, $25.95, 9780670063550    
   

10. The Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
    Brock Clarke, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565125513    
    

11. The Wheel of Darkness
    Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446580281    
    

12. Power Play
    Joseph Finder, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312347482    
    

13. On Chesil Beach
    Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403    
    

14. Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
    Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $25, 9780385337496    
    

15. The Secret Servant
    Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154225

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Dangerous Book for Boys
   Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585    
   

2. Giving
   Bill Clinton, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266743    
   

3. The Secret
   Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707    
   

4. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
   Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559    
   

5. The World Without Us
   Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291    
   

6. Mother Teresa
   Brian Kolodiejchuk (Ed.), Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385520379    
   

7. Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself
   Alan Alda, Random House, $24.95, 9781400066179    
   

8. Dead Certain
   Robert Draper, Free Press, $28, 9780743277280    
   

9. God Is Not Great
   Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803    
   

10. Quiet Strength
    Tony Dungy, Tyndale, $26.99, 9781414318011    
    

11. The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About
    Kevin Trudeau, Alliance, $24.95, 9780978785109    
    

12. Lone Survivor
    Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591    
    

13. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar
    Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933    
    

14. Until Proven Innocent
    Stuart Taylor, KC Johnson, Thomas Dunne, $26.95, 9780312369125    
    

15. It's All about Him
    Denise J. Jackson, Thomas Nelson, $24.99, 9780785227762

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Water for Elephants
   Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605    
   

2. The Kite Runner
   Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003    
   

3. The Road
   Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899    
   

4. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
   Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149    
   

5. Suite Francaise
   Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275    
   

6. On Agate Hill
   Lee Smith, Ravenel, $13.95, 9781565125773    
   

7. Middlesex
   Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733    
   

8. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
   Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064    
   

9. The Emperor's Children
   Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667    
   

10. The Alchemist (Updated)
    Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415    
    

11. Grendel
    John Gardner, Vintage, $11.95, 9780679723110    
    

12. Dear John
    Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446698320    
    

13. The Echo Maker
    Richard Powers, Picador, $15, 9780312426439    
    

14. Digging to America
    Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $14.95, 9780345492340    
    

15. New Stories from the South
    Edward P. Jones (Ed.), Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565125568

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
 
2. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580

3. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252

4. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542

5. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665

6. This Is Your Brain on Music
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522

7. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609

8. 90 Minutes in Heaven
Don Piper, Revell, $12.99, 9780800759490

9. The World Is Flat
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074

10. This I Believe
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $14, 9780805086584

11. The Elements of Style
William Strunk, E.B. White, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Penguin, $15, 9780143112723

12. Chosen by a Horse
Susan Richards, Harvest, $13, 9780156031172

13. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 9780374500016

14. Porn for Women
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811855518

15. The Looming Tower
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400030842

MASS MARKET

1. The Collectors
   David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446615631    
   

2. To Kill a Mockingbird
   Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99, 9780446310789    
   

3. The King of Lies
   John Hart, St. Martin's, $6.99, 9780312363758    
   

4. Pegasus Descending
   James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9781416513452    
   

5. Act of Treason
   Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416542261    
   

6. What Came Before He Shot Her
   Elizabeth A. George, HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780060545635    
   

7. 1984
   George Orwell, Signet, $7.95, 9780451524935    
   

8. Fresh Disasters
   Stuart Woods, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221650    
   

9. Fahrenheit 451
   Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966    
   

10. Animal Farm
    George Orwell, Signet, $7.95, 9780451526342

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
   J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $34.99, 9780545010221    
   

2. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3)
   Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316160209    
   

3. Monday With a Mad Genius (Magic Tree House #38)
   Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $11.99, 9780375837296    
   

4. Twilight 
   Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $9.99, 9780316015844    
   

5. Fancy Nancy 
   Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542092    
   

6. Goodnight Moon
   Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $8.99, 9780694003617    
   

7. The Golden Compass
   Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf, $7.50, 9780440238133    
   

8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
   J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439358071    
   

9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
   J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439785969    
   

10. Hoot
    Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440421702    
    

11. Puff, the Magic Dragon
    Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823    
    

12. Diary of a Fly
    Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $15.99, 9780060001568    
    

13. Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
    Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $16.95, 9780805083361    
    

14. Mythology
    Hestia Evans, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763634032    
    

15. Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
    Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780060542139

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