Bestseller List for July 17, 2008
Based on sales for the week ending July 13, 2008.
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Bestseller List for July 17, 2008
Based on sales for the week ending July 13, 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. | The Shack William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230 A man's relationship with God is changed when his daughter is abducted. |
3/8 |
| 2. | Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605 An indie fave about a traveling circus comes to paperback. |
2/66 |
| 3. | Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085 A widower's recollections of a day with his childhood friend. |
1/11 |
| 4. | 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. |
4/14 |
| 5. | 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. |
7/8 |
| 6. | Away Amy Bloom, Random House, $14, 9780812977790 An extraordinary trek across America, and through unsentimental emotional landscapes. |
6/3 |
| 7. | On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307386175 A wedding night in 1963, sexual repression, and patented McEwan prose. |
5/5 |
| 8. | The Road Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899 A barren, post-apocalyptic landscape is the foreground, and background, for this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. |
9/68 |
| 9. | 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. |
11/28 |
| 10. | The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834 A fanciful and believable tale of a Yiddish-speaking detective in Alaska. |
8/11 |
| 11. | 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. |
10/5 |
| 12. | Divisadero Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323 A spellbinding and passionate novel from the author of The English Patient. |
13/12 |
| 13. | Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735 A high school shooting rampage is the contemporary issue for Picoult's novel. |
12/23 |
| 14. | The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003 A stunning, enlightening novel of friendship and Afghan culture and politics. |
14/216 |
| 15. | 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. |
/37 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 19. | Barefoot Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316018593 Hilderbrand's novel of three women spending the summer in Nantucket is now available in paperback. |
| 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. |
1/76 |
| 2. | A New Earth Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963 This follow-up to The Power of Now is an Oprah Book Club pick. |
2/24 |
| 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. |
3/11 |
| 4. | Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412 The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning. |
5/77 |
| 5. | Big Russ and Me Tim Russert, Miramax, $13.95, 9781401359652 Russert's bestselling ode to his father. |
4/5 |
| 6. | Dreams From My Father Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773 An elegant memoir of race and place from the presidential hopeful. |
6/86 |
| 7. | 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. |
7/29 |
| 8. | Wisdom of Our Fathers Tim Russert, Random House, $13.95, 9780812975437 Readers' responses to Russert's bestselling Big Russ and Me. |
9/6 |
| 9. | The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580 A hard-boiled look at the food chain. |
10/46 |
| 10. | Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Penguin, $12, 9780143113874 Philosophy through humor. Or, is that humor through philosophy? |
8/3 |
| 11. | The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806 An enormously popular guide to spiritual enlightenment by the author of A New Earth. |
12/45 |
| 12. | Marley & Me John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091 Irresistible, funny, and finally available in paperback! |
11/18 |
| 13. | Into the Wild Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172 This heartbreaking story of the demise of a "lost" young man is now a movie. |
13/46 |
| 14. | The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542 A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing. |
14/126 |
| 15. | Little Heathens Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246 Kinship and nature abound for an austere Iowa farm family during the Depression. |
/10 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 21. | Shadow of the Silk Road Colin Thubron, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780061231773 The story of the ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | 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. |
1/5 |
| 2. | Swan Peak - Debut James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.95, 9781416548522 Dave Robicheaux travels from Louisiana to Montana in Burke's latest action-packed bestseller. |
/1 |
| 3. | Fearless Fourteen Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349516 Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum returns in the follow-up to Lean Mean Thirteen. |
2/4 |
| 4. | 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. |
4/9 |
| 5. | The Host Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048 The debut adult novel by the author of the very popular series for teens, Twilight. |
5/10 |
| 6. | The Enchantress of Florence Salman Rushdie, Random House, $26, 9780375504334 An enthralling new novel by the author of Midnight's Children. |
3/7 |
| 7. | Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739 The latest collection of stories by the author of The Namesake. |
6/15 |
| 8. | 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. |
7/23 |
| 9. | Sail James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018708 A family sailing vacation goes awry in this new page-turner. |
8/5 |
| 10. | The Spies of Warsaw Alan Furst, Random House, $25, 9781400066025 The latest novel of espionage by the bestselling author of The Foreign Correspondent. |
9/6 |
| 11. | Tribute - Debut Nora Roberts, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399154911 A former child star travels to her famous grandmother's Shenandoah Valley farm. |
/1 |
| 12. | America America Ethan Canin, Random House, $27, 9780679456803 The wonderful new novel by the author of Emperor of the Air is a July Indie Next List selection. |
10/2 |
| 13. | Chasing Darkness Robert Crais, S&S, $25.95, 9780743281645 The latest Elvis Cole novel by the author of The Forgotten Man. |
11/2 |
| 14. | The Beach House Jane Green, Viking, $24.95, 9780670018857 A widow rents rooms for the summer in her beautiful Nantucket home. |
14/3 |
| 15. | A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501 Splendid characters and plot indeed, once again set in Afghanistan, by the author of the wondrous The Kite Runner. |
13/56 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 21. | City of Thieves David Benioff, Viking, $24.95, 9780670018703 A gripping novel of the WWII Siege of Leningrad. |
| 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. |
1/6 |
| 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. |
2/14 |
| 3. | Deceptively Delicious Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344 Quick and easy ways to get kids to eat what's good for them! |
/12 |
| 4. | My Stroke of Insight Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744 A Harvard-trained brain scientist's account of her recovery from a massive stroke. |
4/5 |
| 5. | 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. |
15/6 |
| 6. | What Happened Scott McClellan, PublicAffairs, $27.95, 9781586485566 The former press secretary of the Bush White House gives his perspective of his time there. |
3/7 |
| 7. | 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. |
7/28 |
| 8. | The Secret Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707 A collection of wisdom and philosophies to improve our daily lives. |
5/71 |
| 9. | The Post-American World Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359 Zakaria's follow-up to his bestseller, The Future of Freedom. |
8/11 |
| 10. | The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder 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. |
/2 |
| 11. | Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416954125 Hilarious essays by the author of My Horizontal Life. |
11/4 |
| 12. | The Downhill Lie Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538 Hiaasen's truly hilarious look at golf. |
6/10 |
| 13. | Fleeced Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper, $26.95, 9780061547751 Morris and McGann contend that American taxpayers are routinely fleeced by the U.S. government. |
9/3 |
| 14. | Books: A Memoir - Debut Larry McMurtry, S&S, $24, 9781416583349 The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove shares his endless passion for books. |
/1 |
| 15. | The Monster of Florence Douglas Preston, Mario Spezi, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446581196 A chilling story about an Italian serial killer. |
13/4 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 19. | Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World David Maraniss, S&S, $26.95, 9781416534075 A look at the 1960 Olympic Games by the author of Clemente. |
| Mass Market | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Lean Mean Thirteen Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349509 |
1/4 |
| 2. | The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890 |
2/40 |
| 3. | The Tin Roof Blowdown James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416548508 |
3/5 |
| 4. | The Secret Servant Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451224507 |
4/3 |
| 5. | The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488 |
5/98 |
| 6. | To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789 |
/140 |
| 7. | Step on a Crack James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446199278 |
6/7 |
| 8. | Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966 |
/31 |
| 9. | Ender's Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702 |
9/8 |
| 10. | 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
7/34 |
| Children's Interest | ||
| 1. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136 |
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| 2. | The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207 |
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| 3. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737 |
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| 4. | The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957 |
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| 5. | The Willoughbys Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618979745 |
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| 6. | Seekers: The Quest Begins Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060871222 |
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| 7. | Just Listen Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974 |
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| 8. | The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290 |
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| 9. | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680 |
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| 10. | Lock and Key Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882 |
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| 11. | Speak Laurie Halse Anderson, Puffin, $10, 9780142407325 |
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| 12. | The Daring Book for Girls Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Collins, $26.95, 9780061472572 |
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| 13. | The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785 |
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| 14. | Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math
Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail - Debut Danica McKellar, Plume, $15, 9780452289499 |
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| 15. | The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877 |
| 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. | Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926 |
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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. | Fancy Nancy at the Museum Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075 |
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| 6. | Fancy Nancy and the Boy From Paris Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099 |
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| 7. | Fancy Nancy Bonjour, Butterfly Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887 |
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| 8. | Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035 |
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| 9. | Alphabet Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658 |
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| 10. | Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007 |
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| 11. | Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905 |
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| 12. | Fancy Nancy Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092 |
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| 13. | Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274 |
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| 14. | Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341 |
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| 15. | Fancy Nancy Loves! Loves!! Loves!!! Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061235993 |
| Children's Series | |
| 1. | Twilight (hardcover and paperback) Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley |
| 2. | Clique Summer Collection (paperback) Lisi Harrison, Poppy |
| 3. | Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House |
| 4. | Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover
and paperback) Rick Riordan, Miramax |
| 5. | Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine |
| 6. | The Clique (paperback) Lisi Harrison, Little Brown |
| 7. | Fun Day Faries (paperback) New in Series: Megan the Monday Fairy Daisy Meadows, Scholastic |
| 8. | Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback) Anthony Horowitz, Puffin |
| 9. | Uglies (paperback) Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse |
| 10. | Junie B. Jones (hardcover and paperback) Barbara Park, Denise Brunkas (Illus.), Random House |