Bestseller List for June 26, 2008
Based on sales for the week ending June 22, 2008.
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Bestseller List for June 26, 2008
Based on sales for the week ending June 22, 2008.
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.
| Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605 An indie fave about a traveling circus comes to paperback. |
2/63 |
| 2. | Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085 A widower's recollections of a day with his childhood friend. |
1/8 |
| 3. | Loving Frank Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006 Horan's fictionalized account of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney's love story is now available in paperback. |
3/11 |
| 4. | In the Woods Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492 French's debut novel is a gripping story of the murder of a child in a suburb of Dublin. |
5/5 |
| 5. | On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175 A wedding night in 1963, sexual repression, and patented McEwan prose. |
9/2 |
| 6. | The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834 A fanciful and believable tale of a Yiddish-speaking detective in Alaska. |
4/8 |
| 7. | The Maytrees Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780061239540 Free-spirited characters are dazzled by Cape Cod and the sea in a lyrically beautiful novel. |
13/2 |
| 8. | The Friday Night Knitting Club Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096 The heartwarming story of a yarn shop owner and her 12 year-old biracial daughter. |
8/25 |
| 9. | The Shack William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230 A man's relationship with God is changed when his daughter is abducted. |
6/5 |
| 10. | Divisadero Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323 A spellbinding and passionate novel from the author of The English Patient. |
10/9 |
| 11. | The Road Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899 A barren, post-apocalyptic landscape is the foreground, and background, for this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. |
7/65 |
| 12. | Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735 A high school shooting rampage is the contemporary issue for Picoult's novel. |
15/20 |
| 13. | The Gathering Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392 Enright's newest novel about a large Irish family gathering for a wake for one of their own. |
12/35 |
| 14. | The Alchemist Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415 A boy's journey and metamorphosis, with new bonus material. |
14/60 |
| 15. | Mister Pip Lloyd Jones, Dial, $12, 9780385341073 A 13-year-old girl narrates this novel of civil war on a small South Pacific island. |
/3 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 20. | The Shadow Catcher Marianne Wiggins, S&S, $15, 9780743265218 A novel of the life of photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis. |
| Trade Paperback Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252 An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. |
2/73 |
| 2. | A New Earth Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963 This follow-up to The Power of Now is an Oprah Book Club pick. |
1/21 |
| 3. | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566 The Kingsolver family moves to a rural Virginia farm and vows to eat locally for one year. |
3/8 |
| 4. | Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412 The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning. |
6/74 |
| 5. | The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705 Hope as a precursor to presidential ambitions. Now available in paperback in time for a surge in the polls. |
4/26 |
| 6. | Dreams From My Father Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773 An elegant memoir of race and place from the presidential hopeful. |
5/83 |
| 7. | The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580 A hard-boiled look at the food chain. |
7/43 |
| 8. | The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806 An enormously popular guide to spiritual enlightenment by the author of A New Earth. |
8/42 |
| 9. | Marley & Me John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091 Irresistible, funny, and finally available in paperback! |
10/15 |
| 10. | Into the Wild Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172 This heartbreaking story of the demise of a "lost" young man is now a movie. |
11/43 |
| 11. | Little Heathens Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246 Kinship and nature abound for an austere Iowa farm family during the Depression. |
12/8 |
| 12. | Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696 Ali, a Somali-born member of the Dutch parliament, gives a view of violence against women in the Muslim world. |
13/12 |
| 13. | The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542 A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing. |
/123 |
| 14. | Skinny Bitch Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95, 9780762424931 Give up sugar and go vegan, and you too can be bitchy. |
/31 |
| 15. | I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307276827 Funny, funny comic relief, on being a woman of "a certain age," from the honest and smart Ephron. |
/10 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 23. | Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful
Mercenary Army Jeremy Scahill, Nation, $16.95, 9781568583945 An investigative look at a private military contractor. |
| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Fearless Fourteen - Debut Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349516 Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum returns in the follow-up to Lean Mean Thirteen. |
/1 |
| 2. | The Host Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048 The debut adult novel by the author of the very popular series for teens, Twilight. |
3/7 |
| 3. | The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein, Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936 A look at life through the eyes of Enzo, a mixed-breed pooch. |
7/6 |
| 4. | The Enchantress of Florence Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334 An enthralling new novel by the author of Midnight's Children. |
2/4 |
| 5. | Sail James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018708 A family sailing vacation goes awry in this new page-turner. |
5/2 |
| 6. | Nothing to Lose Lee Child, Delacorte, $27, 9780385340564 Jack Reacher is back in this gripping follow-up to Bad Luck and Trouble. |
1/3 |
| 7. | Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739 The latest collection of stories by the author of The Namesake. |
6/12 |
| 8. | The Spies of Warsaw Alan Furst, Random House, $25, 9781400066025 The latest novel of espionage by the bestselling author of The Foreign Correspondent. |
4/3 |
| 9. | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587 There's been major critical acclaim for this sci-fi journey from the Dominican Republic to the U.S. and back. |
8/20 |
| 10. | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227 A masterful debut novel of a mute boy's coming of age in rural Wisconsin. |
11/2 |
| 11. | The Other David Guterson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307263155 A thoughtful and provocative novel of friendship by the author of Snow Falling on Cedars. |
14/2 |
| 12. | Chasing Harry Winston Lauren Weisberger, S&S, $25.95, 9780743290111 A novel of three best friends, from the bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada. |
/2 |
| 13. | The Garden of Last Days Andre Dubus III, Norton, $24.95, 9780393041651 A brilliant, searing new novel by the author of House of Sand and Fog. |
10/3 |
| 14. | Careless in Red Elizabeth George, Harper, $27.95, 9780061160875 Still shaken by his wife's murder, Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley returns to investigate another killing. |
9/7 |
| 15. | Snuff Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385517881 Palahniuk's outrageous tale of an aging porn queen's attempt to end her career. |
15/5 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 21. | The Broken Window Jeffery Deaver, S&S, $26.95, 9781416549970 When Lincoln Rhyme's cousin is arrested for murder, he and partner Amelia Sachs are on the case. |
| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | When You Are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479 Yet another laugh-out-loud collection of essays by indie fave Sedaris. |
1/3 |
| 2. | The Last Lecture Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257 The life-affirming "last lecture" by Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. |
2/11 |
| 3. | What Happened Scott McClellan, PublicAffairs, $27.95, 9781586485566 The former press secretary of the Bush White House gives his perspective of his time there. |
3/4 |
| 4. | The Secret Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707 A collection of wisdom and philosophies to improve our daily lives. |
6/68 |
| 5. | The Post-American World Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359 Zakaria's follow-up to his bestseller, The Future of Freedom. |
5/8 |
| 6. | In Defense of Food Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455 Pollan's answers to the questions he raised in his bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma. |
7/25 |
| 7. | The Downhill Lie Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538 Hiaasen's truly hilarious look at golf. |
4/7 |
| 8. | Audition Barbara Walters, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307266460 A memoir by one of television's most recognized journalists. |
8/7 |
| 9. | Goodnight Bush Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316040419 The Bush administration is roasted in this fun parody of the children's classic, Goodnight Moon. |
15/3 |
| 10. | The Billionaire's Vinegar Benjamin Wallace, Crown, $24.95, 9780307338778 A fun, fascinating read of wine history and mystery! |
11/3 |
| 11. | Just Who Will You Be? Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189 Shriver offers hope and inspiration and reminds people it's not too late to be the person you want to be. |
12/10 |
| 12. | The Monster of Florence - Debut Douglas Preston, Mario Spezi, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446581196 The chilling story of an Italian serial killer case. |
/1 |
| 13. | Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
- Debut Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125 Hilarious essays by the author of My Horizontal Life. |
/1 |
| 14. | The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
- Debut Vincent Bugliosi, Vanguard, $26.95, 9781593154813 The famed prosecutor's argument for holding the Bush administration responsible for the deaths of nearly 4,000 American soldiers fighting in Iraq. |
/1 |
| 15. | A Wolf at the Table Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312342029 Burroughs recounts his relationship with his aloof, distant father. |
/7 |
| Mass Market | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Lean Mean Thirteen - Debut Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349509 |
/1 |
| 2. | The Tin Roof Blowdown James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416548508 |
3/2 |
| 3. | The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890 |
1/37 |
| 4. | Step on a Crack James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Vision, $9.99, 9780446199278 |
5/4 |
| 5. | Suffer the Little Children Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614 |
2/8 |
| 6. | The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488 |
6/95 |
| 7. | 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
9/31 |
| 8. | Simple Genius David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731 |
4/13 |
| 9. | Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966 |
8/30 |
| 10. | Spare Change Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425221921 |
7/3 |
| Children's Interest | ||
| 1. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136 |
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| 2. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737 |
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| 3. | The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207 |
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| 4. | The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957 |
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| 5. | Seekers: The Quest Begins Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222 |
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| 6. | Just Listen Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974 |
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| 7. | The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785 |
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| 8. | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680 |
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| 9. | Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger Kevin Bolger, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141767 |
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| 10. | Lock and Key Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882 |
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| 11. | The Daring Book for Girls - Debut Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Collins, $26.95, 9780061472572 |
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| 12. | Fairest Gail Carson Levine, HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780060734107 |
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| 13. | The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290 |
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| 14. | Summer Ball Mike Lupica, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142411537 |
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| 15. | The Calder Game Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439852074 |
| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1. | Gallop! Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633 |
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| 2. | Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 3. | Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274 |
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| 4. | Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236 |
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| 5. | Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926 |
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| 6. | Fancy Nancy at the Museum Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075 |
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| 7. | Alphabet Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658 |
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| 8. | Fancy Nancy and the Boy From Paris Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099 |
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| 9. | Fancy Nancy Bonjour, Butterfly Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887 |
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| 10. | Fancy Nancy Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092 |
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| 11. | Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035 |
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| 12. | The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 13. | Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007 |
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| 14. | Fancy Nancy Loves! Loves!! Loves!!! Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061235993 |
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| 15. | Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341 |
| Children's Series | |
| 1. | Twilight (hardcover and paperback) Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley |
| 2. | Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House |
| 3. | Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover
and paperback) Rick Riordan, Miramax |
| 4. | Clique Summer Collection (paperback) Lisi Harrison, Poppy |
| 5. | Junie B. Jones (hardcover and paperback) Barbara Park, Denise Brunkas (Illus.), Random House |
| 6. | Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine |
| 7. | Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback) Anthony Horowitz, Puffin |
| 8. | Clique (paperback) Lisi Harrison, Little Brown |
| 9. | Pendragon (hardcover and paperback) D.J. MacHale, S&S |
| 10. | Gossip Girl (paperback) Cecily Von Ziegesar, Megan Tingley |