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For the eight-week period ending November 13, 2007, and based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.
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The World Is Flat
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
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Just in time for the World Series... Book Sense presents the "Play Ball" Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 23, 2007.
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Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-Experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
Zack Hample, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307280329
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 Last weekend, sales at Eso Won Books in Los Angeles were up 500 percent compared to a typical weekend, according to store co-owner James Fugate.
 Over the course of its four decades, Oscar Wilde Bookshop has played a key, though shifting, role in the LGBT literary world. The store opened for business when there were few, if any, venues where gays and lesbians could find books reflecting their lives. It grew into a meeting place, and today is a destination bookstore with an international reputation. On November 27, Oscar Wilde celebrates its 40th anniversary.
For the eight-week period ending October 7, 2007, and based on sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.
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The Secret
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
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 In the early 1980s, Jack Covert was hired by the late David Schwartz to run Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop's business book and computer section. Over the next two-plus decades, Covert helped transform and grow that section into what is now Schwartz's e-commerce business-book division, 800-CEO-READ.
For the eight-week period ending September 18, 2007, and based on sales at independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.
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The Children of Hurin
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
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 When Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe in New York City turned five years old last month, the owners and staff of the Harlem cultural landmark were busy doing what they always do: finding creative ways to meet the reading needs of one of the nation's best known and largest African-American communities.
For the eight-week period ending September 11, 2007, and based on sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522
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For sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide during the eight-week period ending August 28, 2007.
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For the eight-week period ending August 21, 2007, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.
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1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910
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Part I of a Bookselling This Week miniseries about online endeavors that will keep you on trend and put you in touch with the tens of millions of people who engage in online social networking. Coming up next week: bookseller-bloggers, and why you might want to become one.
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About ABA
The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.
Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.
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