The following were the bestselling titles at member bookstores of the
Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association during the
week ended Sunday, August 6, as reported to Book Sense:
Hardcover Fiction
1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
2. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Knopf, $25, 1400044731)
3. Judge and Jury by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (Little, Brown, $27.99, 0316013935)
4. Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke (S&S, $26, 0743277724)
5. The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig (Harcourt, $25, 0151012377)
6. The Messenger by Daniel Silva (Putnam, $25.95, 0399153357)
7. The Ruins by Scott Smith (Knopf, $24.95, 1400043875)
8. Phantom by Terry Goodkind (Tor, $29.95, 0765305240)
9. The Keep by Jennifer Egan (Knopf, $23.95, 1400043921)
10. Terrorist by John Updike (Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653)
11. Digging to America by Anne Tyler (Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940)
12. Gallatin Canyon by Thomas McGuane (Knopf, $24, 1400041562)
13. Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg (Random House, $25.95, 1400061261)
14. Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's, $26.95, 0312349483)
15. Telegraph Days by Larry McMurtry (S&S, $25, 0743250788)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
2. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $30, 0374292795)
3. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks (Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X)
4. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
5. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan and Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332)
6. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X)
7. Conservatives Without Conscience by John Dean (Viking, $25.95, 0670037745)
8. The One Percent Doctrine by Ron Suskind (S&S, $27, 0743271092)
9. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316172324)
10. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, $24.95, 0670034711)
11. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823)
12. Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, $29.95, 0670037605)
13. Uncommon Carriers by John McPhee (FSG, $24, 0374280398)
14. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Viking, $25.95, 0670034827)
15. The Mighty and the Almighty by Madeleine Albright (HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060892579)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin, $14, 0143037145)
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
3. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0143036696)
4. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
5. History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
6. No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage, $14, 0375706674)
7. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
8. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Picador, $14, 031242440X)
9. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
10. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
11. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416)
12. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0142001740)
13. Saturday by Ian McEwan (Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196)
14. A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher (Random House, $13.95, 0812973437)
15. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (St. Martin's, $14.95, 0312330537)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer (Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768)
2. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
3. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
4. Collapse by Jared Diamond (Penguin, $17, 0143036556)
5. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $18, 0743226720)
6. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
7. The Places in Between by Rory Stewart (Harvest, $14, 0156031566)
8. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (Norton, $16.95, 0393317552)
9. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 031242227X)
10. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
11. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins (Plume, $15, 0452287081)
12. Rocky Mountain Wildflowers: Pocket Guide by David Dahms (Paragon, $6.95, 0964635925)
13. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library, $14, 1577314808)
14. Birds of Colorado Field Guide by Stan Tekiela (Adventure Publications, $13.95, 1885061323)
15. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (Anchor, $14.95, 1400032806)
Mass Market
1. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797)
2. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
3. Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke (Pocket, $7.99, 0743277201)
4. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179)
5. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558)
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Warner, $6.99, 0446310786)
7. Pirate by Ted Bell (Pocket Star, $9.99, 1416510796)
8. Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312985347)
9. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Tor, $6.99, 0812550706)
10. Deception Point by Dan Brown (Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800)
Children's Titles
1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic Paperbacks, $9.99, 0439785960)
2. Pirateology by William Captain Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
3. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $9.95, 0375826696)
4. Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney, $18.99, 078683787X)
5. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705)
6. Pirates by John Matthews (Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344)
7. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
8. Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? by Carmela Lavigna Coyle, illustrated by Mike Gordon (Rising Moon, $15.95, 0873588282)
9. Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney, $7.99, 078684907X)
10. Dial L for Loser (The Clique #6) by Lisi Harrison (Little, Brown, $9.99, 0316115045)
11. Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098)
12. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299)
13. Carnival at Candlelight (Magic Tree House #33) by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Salvatore Murdocca (Random House, $4.99, 0375830340)
14. Olivia Forms a Band by Ian Falconer (Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X)
15. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and MPIBA!]
Hardcover Fiction
1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
2. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Knopf, $25, 1400044731)
3. Judge and Jury by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (Little, Brown, $27.99, 0316013935)
4. Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke (S&S, $26, 0743277724)
5. The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig (Harcourt, $25, 0151012377)
6. The Messenger by Daniel Silva (Putnam, $25.95, 0399153357)
7. The Ruins by Scott Smith (Knopf, $24.95, 1400043875)
8. Phantom by Terry Goodkind (Tor, $29.95, 0765305240)
9. The Keep by Jennifer Egan (Knopf, $23.95, 1400043921)
10. Terrorist by John Updike (Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653)
11. Digging to America by Anne Tyler (Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940)
12. Gallatin Canyon by Thomas McGuane (Knopf, $24, 1400041562)
13. Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg (Random House, $25.95, 1400061261)
14. Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's, $26.95, 0312349483)
15. Telegraph Days by Larry McMurtry (S&S, $25, 0743250788)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
2. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $30, 0374292795)
3. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks (Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X)
4. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
5. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan and Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332)
6. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X)
7. Conservatives Without Conscience by John Dean (Viking, $25.95, 0670037745)
8. The One Percent Doctrine by Ron Suskind (S&S, $27, 0743271092)
9. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316172324)
10. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, $24.95, 0670034711)
11. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823)
12. Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, $29.95, 0670037605)
13. Uncommon Carriers by John McPhee (FSG, $24, 0374280398)
14. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Viking, $25.95, 0670034827)
15. The Mighty and the Almighty by Madeleine Albright (HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060892579)
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin, $14, 0143037145)
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House, $13.95, 0812968069)
3. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0143036696)
4. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, 0143034901)
5. History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
6. No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage, $14, 0375706674)
7. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
8. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Picador, $14, 031242440X)
9. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
10. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
11. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416)
12. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0142001740)
13. Saturday by Ian McEwan (Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196)
14. A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher (Random House, $13.95, 0812973437)
15. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (St. Martin's, $14.95, 0312330537)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer (Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768)
2. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
3. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
4. Collapse by Jared Diamond (Penguin, $17, 0143036556)
5. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $18, 0743226720)
6. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
7. The Places in Between by Rory Stewart (Harvest, $14, 0156031566)
8. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (Norton, $16.95, 0393317552)
9. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 031242227X)
10. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
11. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins (Plume, $15, 0452287081)
12. Rocky Mountain Wildflowers: Pocket Guide by David Dahms (Paragon, $6.95, 0964635925)
13. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library, $14, 1577314808)
14. Birds of Colorado Field Guide by Stan Tekiela (Adventure Publications, $13.95, 1885061323)
15. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (Anchor, $14.95, 1400032806)
Mass Market
1. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797)
2. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
3. Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke (Pocket, $7.99, 0743277201)
4. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Anchor, $7.99, 1400079179)
5. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558)
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Warner, $6.99, 0446310786)
7. Pirate by Ted Bell (Pocket Star, $9.99, 1416510796)
8. Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312985347)
9. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Tor, $6.99, 0812550706)
10. Deception Point by Dan Brown (Pocket, $9.99, 1416524800)
Children's Titles
1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic Paperbacks, $9.99, 0439785960)
2. Pirateology by William Captain Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
3. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $9.95, 0375826696)
4. Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney, $18.99, 078683787X)
5. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705)
6. Pirates by John Matthews (Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927344)
7. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $21, 037582670X)
8. Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? by Carmela Lavigna Coyle, illustrated by Mike Gordon (Rising Moon, $15.95, 0873588282)
9. Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney, $7.99, 078684907X)
10. Dial L for Loser (The Clique #6) by Lisi Harrison (Little, Brown, $9.99, 0316115045)
11. Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098)
12. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299)
13. Carnival at Candlelight (Magic Tree House #33) by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Salvatore Murdocca (Random House, $4.99, 0375830340)
14. Olivia Forms a Band by Ian Falconer (Atheneum, $17.95, 141692454X)
15. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and MPIBA!]