The following were the bestselling titles during the week ended Sunday,
September 24, at New England Independent Booksellers Association stores
as reported to Book Sense:
Hardcover Fiction
1. Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen (Random House, $24.95, 0375502246)
2. The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud (Knopf, $25, 030726419X)
3. After This by Alice McDermott (FSG, $24, 0374168091)
4. The Mission Song by John Le Carre (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316016748)
5. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (Doubleday, $24.95, 0385520514)
6. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
7. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Knopf, $25, 1400044731)
8. The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon, $21.95, 0375423001)
9. The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine, $25.95, 0345476999)
10. Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood (Nan Talese, $23.95, 0385503849)
11. Imperium by Robert Harris (S&S, $26, 074326603X)
12. Brothers by Da Chen (Shaye Areheart Books, $25, 1400097282)
13. The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer (Warner, $25.99, 0446530999)
14. The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens (Steerforth Press, $24.95, 1586421174)
15. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Atria, $26, 0743298020)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Greatest Story Ever Sold by Frank Rich (Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X)
2. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
3. Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, $29.95, 0670037605)
4. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
5. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823)
6. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris (Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773)
7. Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose (HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060777044)
8. The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright (Knopf, $27.95, 037541486X)
9. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $30, 0374292795)
10. Grayson by Lynne Cox (Knopf, $16.95, 0307264548)
11. Hubris by Michael Isikoff and David Corn (Crown, $25.95, 0307346811)
12. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks (Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X)
13. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004)
14. The Good Good Pig by Sy Montgomery (Ballantine, $21.95, 0345481372)
15. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, $24.95, 0670034711)
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. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
4. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $15, 0143037749)
5. The Sea by John Banville (Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029)
6. History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
7. The March by E.L. Doctorow (Random House, $14.95, 0812976150)
8. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor, $12.95, 1400077109)
9. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
10. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
11. The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant (Scribner, $15, 0743225740)
12. The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $16, 0743272498)
13. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Vintage, $14, 1400078776)
14. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0143036696)
15. The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich (Harper Perennial, $13.95, 0060515112)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
2. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 0312425414)
3. The Places in Between by Rory Stewart (Harvest, $14, 0156031566)
4. The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer (Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768)
5. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
6. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $15, 0743243781)
7. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
8. The Old Farmer's Almanac (Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902)
9. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell (Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269)
10. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $19.95, 0743270754)
11. Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (Random House, $14.95, 0812973011)
12. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda (Random House, $13.95, 0812974409)
13. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $18, 0743226720)
14. Night by Elie Wiesel (FSG, $9, 0374500010)
15. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
Mass Market
1. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $7.99, 0446615625)
2. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
3. Lifeguard by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (Warner, $9.99, 044661761X)
4. Vanish by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine, $7.99, 0345476980)
5. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558)
6. Consent to Kill by Vince Flynn (Pocket Star, $9.99, 1416505016)
7. The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy (Warner, $7.50, 0446618128)
8. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853)
9. Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts (Jove, $7.99, 0515141658)
10. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
Children's Titles
1. The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax Books, $16.95, 0786849568)
2. Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic, $4.99, 0439376149)
3. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
4. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
5. Is There Really a Human Race? by Jamie Lee Curtis, illustrated by Laura Cornell (Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463)
6. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199)
7. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583)
8. Good Night Maine by Adam Gamble, illustrated by Suwin Chan (On Cape Publications, $9.95, 0975850288)
9. Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt (Golden, $9.99, 0307120007)
10. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849)
11. A Very Brave Witch by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Harry Bliss (S&S, $12.95, 0689867301)
12. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Sheila McGraw (Firefly, $4.95, 0920668372)
13. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking, $17.99, 0670451495)
14. Dial L for Loser (The Clique #6) by Lisi Harrison (Little, Brown, $9.99, 0316115045)
15. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and NEIBA!]
Hardcover Fiction
1. Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen (Random House, $24.95, 0375502246)
2. The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud (Knopf, $25, 030726419X)
3. After This by Alice McDermott (FSG, $24, 0374168091)
4. The Mission Song by John Le Carre (Little, Brown, $26.99, 0316016748)
5. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (Doubleday, $24.95, 0385520514)
6. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995)
7. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Knopf, $25, 1400044731)
8. The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon, $21.95, 0375423001)
9. The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine, $25.95, 0345476999)
10. Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood (Nan Talese, $23.95, 0385503849)
11. Imperium by Robert Harris (S&S, $26, 074326603X)
12. Brothers by Da Chen (Shaye Areheart Books, $25, 1400097282)
13. The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer (Warner, $25.99, 0446530999)
14. The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens (Steerforth Press, $24.95, 1586421174)
15. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Atria, $26, 0743298020)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Greatest Story Ever Sold by Frank Rich (Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X)
2. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556)
3. Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, $29.95, 0670037605)
4. Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089)
5. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823)
6. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris (Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773)
7. Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose (HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060777044)
8. The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright (Knopf, $27.95, 037541486X)
9. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, $30, 0374292795)
10. Grayson by Lynne Cox (Knopf, $16.95, 0307264548)
11. Hubris by Michael Isikoff and David Corn (Crown, $25.95, 0307346811)
12. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks (Penguin Press, $27.95, 159420103X)
13. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004)
14. The Good Good Pig by Sy Montgomery (Ballantine, $21.95, 0345481372)
15. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, $24.95, 0670034711)
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. March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $14, 0143036661)
4. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Penguin, $15, 0143037749)
5. The Sea by John Banville (Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029)
6. History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Norton, $13.95, 0393328627)
7. The March by E.L. Doctorow (Random House, $14.95, 0812976150)
8. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor, $12.95, 1400077109)
9. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $14, 1594480001)
10. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $14, 0743454537)
11. The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant (Scribner, $15, 0743225740)
12. The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $16, 0743272498)
13. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Vintage, $14, 1400078776)
14. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $14, 0143036696)
15. The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich (Harper Perennial, $13.95, 0060515112)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14, 074324754X)
2. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, $14, 0312425414)
3. The Places in Between by Rory Stewart (Harvest, $14, 0156031566)
4. The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer (Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768)
5. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671)
6. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $15, 0743243781)
7. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601)
8. The Old Farmer's Almanac (Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902)
9. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell (Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269)
10. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S, $19.95, 0743270754)
11. Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (Random House, $14.95, 0812973011)
12. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda (Random House, $13.95, 0812974409)
13. 1776 by David McCullough (S&S, $18, 0743226720)
14. Night by Elie Wiesel (FSG, $9, 0374500010)
15. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624)
Mass Market
1. The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Warner, $7.99, 0446615625)
2. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Warner, $7.99, 0446616451)
3. Lifeguard by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (Warner, $9.99, 044661761X)
4. Vanish by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine, $7.99, 0345476980)
5. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (Anchor, $7.99, 0307275558)
6. Consent to Kill by Vince Flynn (Pocket Star, $9.99, 1416505016)
7. The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy (Warner, $7.50, 0446618128)
8. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853)
9. Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts (Jove, $7.99, 0515141658)
10. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition (Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296)
Children's Titles
1. The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax Books, $16.95, 0786849568)
2. Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic, $4.99, 0439376149)
3. Pirateology by Captain William Lubber (Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434)
4. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611)
5. Is There Really a Human Race? by Jamie Lee Curtis, illustrated by Laura Cornell (Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463)
6. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199)
7. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583)
8. Good Night Maine by Adam Gamble, illustrated by Suwin Chan (On Cape Publications, $9.95, 0975850288)
9. Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt (Golden, $9.99, 0307120007)
10. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849)
11. A Very Brave Witch by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Harry Bliss (S&S, $12.95, 0689867301)
12. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Sheila McGraw (Firefly, $4.95, 0920668372)
13. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking, $17.99, 0670451495)
14. Dial L for Loser (The Clique #6) by Lisi Harrison (Little, Brown, $9.99, 0316115045)
15. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920)
[Many thanks to Book Sense and NEIBA!]