Northwest Bestsellers - week ending April 24, 2005

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Most of these books arenā??t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending April 24, 2005

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, Alexander McCall Smith
2. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
3. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
4. Saturday, Ian McEwan
5. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
6. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
7. Ya-Yas in Bloom, Rebecca Wells
8. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
9. Sight Hound, Pam Houston
10. True Believer, Nicholas Sparks

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
2. My Life So Far, Jane Fonda
3. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
4. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
5. Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell
6. Garlic and Sapphires, Ruth Reichl
7. Collapse, Jared Diamond
8. Plan B, Anne Lamott
9. God's Politics, Jim Wallis
10. And One More Thing Before You Go..., Maria Shriver

MASS MARKET

1. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
3. R Is for Ricochet, Sue Grafton
4. The Bookman's Promise, John Dunning
5. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston, M.D.
6. The Shifting Tide, Anne Perry
7. Guardian of the Horizon, Elizabeth Peters
8. The Game, Laurie R. King
9. Deception Point, Dan Brown
10. The Narrows, Michael Connelly

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, Book 4), Eoin Colfer
2. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares
3. Runny Babbit, Shel Silverstein
4. Dragonology Handbook: A Practical Course in Dragons, Ernest Drake
5. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
6. Because of Winn-Dixie,Kate DiCamillo
7. Girls in Pants, Ann Brashares
8. Dragonology, Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.)
9. Skippyjon Jones, Judith Schachner
10. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares

Around the World in 80 Dates by Jennifer Cox

This may well be some of the best airplane reading ever. Part travel guide, part relationship primer, Around the World in 80 Dates mixes wry dating realities with preposterously romantic settings and a slightly more than backpacker budget. Author Jennifer Cox, an experienced travel journalist now living in Seattle, gets friends around the world to act as matchmaker for an 80-date spree, and the result is, not surprisingly, highly entertaining.

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Citizen Vince by Jess Walter

Spokane author Jess Walter is a writer with a rare talent for finding humanity and emotional truths in lives lived on both sides of the law. With his third novel, Citizen Vince, Walter has crafted a story as inventive as it is suspenseful -- an irresistible tale about the price of freedom and the mystery of salvation. Darkly funny and surprisingly hopeful, Citizen Vince is the story of a charming crook chasing the biggest score of his life: a second chance.

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Northwest Bestsellers - week ending April 17, 2005

Bestsellers in the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Most of these books arenā??t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending april 17, 2005.

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
2. Saturday, Ian McEwan
3. Ya-Yas in Bloom, Rebecca Wells
4. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
5. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
6. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
7. With No One as Witness, Elizabeth George
8. A Stroke of Midnight, Laurell K. Hamilton
9. Sight Hound, Pam Houston
10. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
2. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
3. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
4. God's Politics, Jim Wallis
5. Garlic and Sapphires, Ruth Reichl
6. My Life So Far, Jane Fonda
7. Plan B, Anne Lamott
8. Freakonomics, Steven Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
9. Collapse, Jared Diamond
10. Winning, Jack Welch, with Suzy Welch

MASS MARKET

1. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
2. R Is for Ricochet, Sue Grafton
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
4. Therapy, Jonathan Kellerman
5. The Game, Laurie R. King
6. Little Scarlet, Walter Mosley
7. The Bookman's Promise, John Dunning
8. Full Bloom, Janet Evanovich, as Charlotte Hughes
9. Guardian of the Horizon, Elizabeth Peters
10. The Narrows, Michael Connelly

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, Book 4), Eoin Colfer
2. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
3. Dragonology Handbook, Ernest Drake
4. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares
5. Skippyjon Jones, Judith Schachner
6. Runny Babbit, Shel Silverstein
7. Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo
8. Girls in Pants, Ann Brashares
9. Skippyjon Jones in the Dog House, Judith Schachner
10. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares

The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman

The Dark Hills Divide
by Patrick Carman

Yes, I know we've featured this book before, but the price has dropped to under $5.00. It's an incredible bargain.

Twelve year old Alexa Daley is spending another summer in Bridewell with her father. She looks forward to exploring the old lodge where she stays each year, with its cozy library and maze of passages and rooms. She's also eager to finally solve the mystery of what lies beyond the immense walls that protect Bridewell and the towns nearby. Legend has it the walls were built to keep out an unnamed evil that lurks in the forests and The Dark Hills - but what is it the townspeople are so afraid of?

As Alexa begins to unravel the truth about what lies outside the protective barrier she's lived behind all her life, she discovers a strange and ancient enchantment. Is it the work of Elyon, the fabled creator of the land in which she lives? In the course of her adventures, Alexa exposes a danger that could destroy everything she holds dear - unless she can find a way to thwart a traitor's plans.

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Echoes of Fury : The 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens and the Lives It Changed Forever by Frank Parchman

Echoes of Fury : The 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens and the Lives It Changed Forever
by Frank Parchman

Former investigative journalist Frank Parchman becomes embedded in the lives of eight people whose fates are profoundly altered and ultimately become intertwined in the aftermath of the volcanic fury in southwest Washington state. The story begins on March 20, 1980. After 123 years of geologic tranquility, a swarm of earthquakes signals that Americas youngest and most dangerous volcano is coming back to life.

At first, no one notices. Then, two months later, after much what now? speculation by scientists and bureaucrats, the once-beautiful mountain explodes with a force 1000 times greater than Hiroshima. All hell has broken loose. This is an epic account of the volcanos awesome display of raw-throated power; the heartbreak and anger of survivors whose lost loved ones were largely unaware that they were in danger, even 30 miles away; the thrill of scientific discovery; and, ultimately, the recovery of nature and healing of the human body and spirit.

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Northwest Bestsellers - week ending April 10, 2005

Bestsellers in the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Most of these books arenā??t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending Sunday, April 10, 2005.

Remember, find the best in Northwest fiction at northwest-books.com.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
2. Ya-Yas in Bloom, Rebecca Wells
3. Saturday, Ian McEwan
4. With No One as Witness, Elizabeth George
5. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
6. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
7. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
8. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
9. Sight Hound, Pam Houston
10. Revenge of the Sith (Star Wars), Matthew Woodring Stover

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
2. Plan B, Anne Lamott
3. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
4. Collapse, Jared Diamond
5. My Life So Far, Jane Fonda
6. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
7. God's Politics, Jim Wallis
8. Winning, Jack Welch, with Suzy Welch
9. French Women Don't Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano
10. Garlic and Sapphires, Ruth Reichl

MASS MARKET

1. R Is for Ricochet, Sue Grafton
2. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
4. Guardian of the Horizon, Elizabeth Peters
5. The Game, Laurie R. King
6. The Last Juror, John Grisham
7. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary, Edy G. Schaffer (Ed.)
8. The Shifting Tide, Anne Perry
9. High Country, Nevada Barr
10. The Bookman's Promise, John Dunning

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, Book 4), Eoin Colfer
2. Runny Babbit, Shel Silverstein
3. Girls in Pants, Ann Brashares
4. Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo
5. Carnival at Candlelight (Magic Treehouse #33), Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.)
6. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
7. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares
8. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
9. The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events #10), Lemony Snicket
10. Dragon Rider, Cornelia Funke

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Northwest Bestsellers week ending Mar 27, 2005

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Most of these books arenā??t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest.

Week ending Sunday, March 27, 2005

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Saturday, Ian McEwan
2. With No One as Witness, Elizabeth George
3. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
4. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
5. The Sign of the Book, John Dunning
6. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
7. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
8. Sight Hound, Pam Houston
9. Shadow of the Giant, Orson Scott Card
10. Ireland, Frank Delaney

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Plan B, Anne Lamott
2. The Purpose-Driven Life, Rick Warren
3. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
4. Collapse, Jared Diamond
5. God's Politics, Jim Wallis
6. French Women Don't Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano
7. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins
8. Mother-Daughter Wisdom, Christiane Northrup, M.D.
9. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
10. The Language of Baklava, Diana Abu-Jaber

MASS MARKET

1. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
2. The Game, Laurie R. King
3. The Bookman's Promise, John Dunning
4. Sleeping Beauty, Phillip Margolin
5. Deception Point, Dan Brown
6. Nighttime Is My Time, Mary Higgins Clark
7. Digital Fortress, Dan Brown
8. The Last Juror, John Grisham
9. The Narrows, Michael Connelly
10. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. Girls in Pants, Ann Brashares
2. Carnival at Candlelight (Magic Treehouse #33), Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.)
3. Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo
4. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares
5. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
6. The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes, Dubose Heyward, Marjorie Flack (Illus.)
7. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares
8. Kira-Kira, Cynthia Kadohata
9. Life of Pi (Student Edition ), Yann Martel
10. Little Chick's Easter Surprise, Karen Backstein, Lucinda McQueen (Illus.)