Bestseller List for April 2, 2009
Based on sales for the week ending March 29, 2009.
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Bestseller List for April 2, 2009
Based on sales for the week ending March 29, 2009.
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. |
1/45 |
| 2. | The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600 Barbery's novel, a major bestseller in Europe, is a September Indie Next List Notable title. |
2/30 |
| 3. | People of the Book Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007 The dazzling new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March is now available in paperback. |
3/13 |
| 4. | The Reader Bernhard Schlink, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307454898 This novel of post-World War II Germany is now a major motion picture. |
4/13 |
| 5. | The White Tiger Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603 Adiga's darkly comic debut novel looks at India's class struggles. Winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. |
5/24 |
| 6. | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295 The bestselling sci-fi journey from the Dominican Republic to the U.S. and back is now available in paperback. |
8/30 |
| 7. | American Wife Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15, 9780812975406 A quiet and unassuming young woman marries the wealthy son of a bastion family of the Republican Party and becomes first lady. |
6/7 |
| 8. | Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085 A widower's recollections of a day with his childhood friend. |
7/48 |
| 9. | 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. |
9/51 |
| 10. | Lush Life Richard Price, Picador, $15, 9780312428228 Price's novel about repercussions of a crime committed on the Lower East Side of Manhattan is available in papaerback. |
11/4 |
| 11. | The Miracle at Speedy Motors Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307277466 The latest installment of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series is available in paperback. |
10/3 |
| 12. | Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605 An indie fave about a traveling circus comes to paperback. |
/102 |
| 13. | Sarah's Key Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848 This remarkable historical novel is an October Indie Next List Great Read. |
12/11 |
| 14. | Still Alice Lisa Genova, Pocket, $15, 9781439102817 Neuroscientist Genova's debut novel of the onset of Alzheimer's is a January Indie Next List Great Read. |
13/4 |
| 15. | Revolutionary Road Richard Yates, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454621 Yates' highly regarded 1961 novel is now a major motion picture. |
14/14 |
| 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. |
1/113 |
| 2. | Dreams From My Father Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773 An elegant memoir of race and place from the president. |
2/123 |
| 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. |
3/48 |
| 4. | The Zookeeper's Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95, 9780393333060 The true story of the zookeeper who hid hundreds of Polish Jews during WWII, based on the diaries of his wife. |
5/30 |
| 5. | The Middle Place Kelly Corrigan, Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933 A moving, often humorous memoir of surviving cancer and the bonds of family. |
4/10 |
| 6. | The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580 A hard-boiled look at the food chain. |
6/83 |
| 7. | Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412 The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning. |
8/114 |
| 8. | Blink Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665 Gladwell's bestseller on the power of first impressions comes to paperback. |
7/40 |
| 9. | The Soloist Steve Lopez, Berkley, $15, 9780425226001 Lopez's moving portrait of Nathaniel Ayers is the basis for a major motion picture in theaters in April. |
9/2 |
| 10. | Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696 Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born member of the Dutch parliament, gives a view of violence against women in the Muslim world. |
14/23 |
| 11. | The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316346627 A fascinating study of how, and why, major societal changes can happen quickly. |
15/96 |
| 12. | A New Earth Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963 This follow-up to The Power of Now is an Oprah Book Club pick. |
11/56 |
| 13. | Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide David Zinczenko, Rodale, $19.95, 9781605298382 A guide to help us make healthier nutritional choices at the market. |
/9 |
| 14. | Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9780743270755 The prize-winning historian studies Lincoln as the ultimate manager and motivator. |
13/43 |
| 15. | The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806 An enormously popular guide to spiritual enlightenment by the author of A New Earth. |
10/64 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 23. | Old Friend From Far Away: The Practice of Writing
Memoir Natalie Goldberg, Free Press, $15, 9781416535034 Goldberg's hardcover bestseller is now available in paperback. |
| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991 This wonderful, poignant novel is the number one August Indie Next Great Read. |
1/35 |
| 2. | Handle With Care Jodi Picoult, Atria, $27.95, 9780743296410 Picoult's touching new novel about parents dealing with their young daughter's very rare illness. |
2/4 |
| 3. | The Help Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345 This wonderful debut set in the rural South of the 1960s is a February Indie Next List Great Read. |
5/7 |
| 4. | The Associate John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385517836 A brilliant young lawyer with a dark secret becomes an associate at the world's largest law firm. |
3/9 |
| 5. | 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. This July Indie Next List Great Read is now an Oprah Book Club title. |
7/42 |
| 6. | Fool Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060590314 Moore's hilarious take on King Lear is a March Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/7 |
| 7. | The Women T.C. Boyle, Viking, $27.95, 9780670020416 A novel about the women in the life of Frank Lloyd Wright from the author of The Road to Wellville and Drop City. |
6/7 |
| 8. | The Host Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048 The debut adult novel by the author of the very popular Twilight series for teens. |
13/39 |
| 9. | Little Bee Chris Cleave, S&S, $24, 9781416589631 Cleave's new novel about a Nigerian refugee in England is a February Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/5 |
| 10. | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269751 This debut thriller by Swedish journalist Larsson is an October Indie Next List Great Read. |
10/28 |
| 11. | Heart and Soul Maeve Binchy, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307265791 The latest novel by the bestselling author of Circle of Friends. |
8/6 |
| 12. | True Detectives - Debut Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $27, 9780345495143 Stepbrothers PI Aaron Fox and L.A. cop Moe Reed, at odds most of their lives, work on the same case in Kellerman's latest bestseller. |
/1 |
| 13. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414497 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. |
14/8 |
| 14. | Corsair Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155390 The latest Oregon Files novel by the bestselling authors of Plague Ship. |
11/3 |
| 15. | 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. |
15/34 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 19. | Pictures at an Exhibition Sara Houghteling, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266859 The son of a French-Jewish art dealer searches for paintings stolen by the Nazis during WWII. |
| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976 An entertaining and insightful look at relationships by the popular comedian and talk show host. |
3/5 |
| 2. | Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923 The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not. |
1/19 |
| 3. | Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
- Debut Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781416562856 The latest from the popular radio talk-show host and bestselling author of Men in Black. |
/1 |
| 4. | The Lost City of Z David Grann, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385513531 This fascinating look at British explorer Percy Fawcett's 1925 Amazon expedition is a March Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/5 |
| 5. | House of Cards William D. Cohan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385528269 A shocking chronicle of the collapse of Bear Stearns by the author of The Last Tycoons. |
4/3 |
| 6. | A Lion Called Christian Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, Broadway, $21.95, 9780767932301 Originally published in 1971, now revised and updated with more than 50 photographs. |
5/2 |
| 7. | Dewey Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410 The touching true story of an abandoned kitten's impact on a public library and the town of Spencer, Iowa. |
6/28 |
| 8. | The Last Lecture Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257 The life-affirming "last lecture" by Pausch, then a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. |
9/51 |
| 9. | The Yankee Years Joe Torre, Tom Verducci, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385527408 The former Yankee manager tells of his 12 seasons at the helm. |
7/8 |
| 10. | The Inaugural Address, 2009 Barack Obama, Penguin, $12, 9780143116424 A keepsake edition commemorating the inauguration of President Obama. |
8/8 |
| 11. | Jesus, Interrupted Bart D. Ehrman, HarperOne, $25.99, 9780061173936 The lastest from the bestselling author of God's Problem and Misquoting Jesus. |
/2 |
| 12. | How We Decide Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780618620111 Lehrer's fascinating and entertaining look at the human decision-making process. |
13/6 |
| 13. | Animals Make Us Human Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780151014897 A fascinating look at how animals and humans can best interact. |
10/12 |
| 14. | Food Matters Mark Bittman, S&S, $25, 9781416575641 A plan for responsible eating by the author of How to Cook Everything. |
11/12 |
| 15. | Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350 The latest cookbook from the Food Network star and bestselling author of Barefoot in Paris. |
12/22 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 16. | Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story Isabel Gillies, Scribner, $25, 9781439110072 Gillies' memoir of the breakup of her marriage is an April Indie Next List Great Read. |
| Mass Market | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Nothing to Lose - Debut Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243670 |
/1 |
| 2. | The Whole Truth David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446539685 |
1/5 |
| 3. | Hold Tight Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451226501 |
2/4 |
| 4. | Where Are You Now? - Debut Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416570882 |
/1 |
| 5. | Angels and Demons Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416524793 |
8/30 |
| 6. | Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144 |
3/9 |
| 7. | The Appeal John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243816 |
4/19 |
| 8. | From Dead to Worse - Debut Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010 |
/1 |
| 9. | Buckingham Palace Gardens - Debut Anne Perry, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345469328 |
/1 |
| 10. | Chasing Darkness Robert Crais, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416514985 |
5/6 |
| Children's Interest | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810970687 |
1/10 |
| 2. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136 |
4/82 |
| 3. | The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921 |
2/23 |
| 4. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737 |
6/63 |
| 5. | Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the
World... One Child at a Time Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125 |
3/10 |
| 6. | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
- Debut Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697 |
/1 |
| 7. | The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207 |
5/81 |
| 8. | Scat Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375834868 |
8/9 |
| 9. | Twilight: Director's Notebook Catherine Hardwicke, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316070522 |
7/2 |
| 10. | Inkheart Cornelia Funke, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780439709101 |
13/131 |
| 11. | The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957 |
11/52 |
| 12. | Listen to the Wind Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588 |
9/10 |
| 13. | Coraline Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 9780380807345 |
14/7 |
| 14. | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537 |
15/15 |
| 15. | The Composer Is Dead Lemony Snicket, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061236273 |
12/3 |
| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1. | Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 2. | Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926 |
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| 3. | Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007 |
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| 4. | Gallop! Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633 |
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| 5. | The House in the Night Susan Marie Swanson, Beth Krommes (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin, $17, 9780618862443 |
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| 6. | The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 7. | Cat Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $16.99, 9781416978008 |
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| 8. | The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes Dubose Heyward, Marjorie Flack (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin, $6.95, 9780395185575 |
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| 9. | The Very Hungry Caterpillar Pop-Up Book
- Debut Eric Carle, Philomel, $29.99, 9780399250392 |
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| 10. | Swing! Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272 |
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| 11. | I Am a Bunny Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785 |
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| 12. | Good Egg - Debut Barney Saltzberg, Workman, $9.95, 9780761154068 |
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| 13. | Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905 |
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| 14. | Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803733398 |
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| 15. | Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035 |
| Children's Series | |
| 1. | Twilight (hardcover and paperback) Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown |
| 2. | Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House |
| 3. | House of Night (hardcover
and paperback) P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's |
| 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. | Maximum Ride (hardcover and paperback) James Patterson, Little Brown |
| 7. | Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback) Anthony Horowitz, Puffin |
| 8. | Mortal Instruments (hardcover and paperback) New in Series: City of Glass Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry |
| 9. | The 39 Clues (hardcover) Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Scholastic |
| 10. | Junie B. Jones (hardcover and paperback) Barbara Park, Denise Brunkas (Illus.), Random House |