Northwest Bestsellers - wk. ending Aug. 28, 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 aren?t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending Sunday, August 28, 2005.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
2. No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
3. Long Time Gone, J.A. Jance (order it now)
4. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
5. The Summer He Didn't Die, Jim Harrison
6. Until I Find You, John Irving
7. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
8. A Sudden Country, Karen Fisher
9. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
10. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. 1776, David McCullough
2. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
3. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
4. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
5. 1491, Charles C. Mann
6. Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About, Kevin Trudeau
7. French Women Don't Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano
8. Room Full of Mirrors, Charles R. Cross
9. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
10. He's Just Not That Into You, Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo

MASS MARKET

1. The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason
2. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
3. Day of the Dead, J.A. Jance (order it now)
4. The Constant Gardener, John Le Carre
5. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
6. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston, M.D.
7. Trace, Patricia D. Cornwell
8. Deception Point, Dan Brown
9. Absolute Friends, John Le Carre
10. This Old Souse, Mary Daheim (order it now)

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. Eldest, Christopher Paolini (order it now)
2. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (order it now)
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
4. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Movie Tie-in), Ann Brashares
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
6. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares
7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
9. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
10. Beyond the Valley of Thorns, Patrick Carman

The Pen and The Key

The Pen and The Key : 50th Anniversary Anthology of Pacific Northwest Writers
by Kathleen Alcala, Peter Bacho, Marvin Bell, Terry Brooks, Stella Cameron, Nigel Loring (Editor)

A new anthology from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association (PNWA) includes a foreword by best-selling true crime writer, Ann Rule, and previously unpublished short stories, nonfiction and poetry by 23 acclaimed Northwest writers.

Contributing authors include Kathleen Alcalá, Peter Bacho, Marvin Bell, Terry Brooks, Stella Cameron, Meg Chittenden, Robert Ferrigno, Elizabeth George, Phyllis Hollenbeck, J.A. Jance, Kay Kenyon, Bharti Kirchner, Craig Lesley, Mark Lindquist, Don McQuinn, Fred Melton, Jim Molnar, Marjorie Reynolds, Daniel Sconce, Anna Sheehan, Indu Sundaresan, Stephen Walker and Shawn Wong.

About the Writers

Kathleen Alcalá is the author of a short story collection, Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist (Calyx), and three novels set in 19th Century Mexico: Spirits of the Ordinary, The Flower in the Skull, and Treasures in Heaven. Her work has been favorably reviewed in The New York Times Book Review, and has received the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, the Governor's Writers Award, the Western States Book Award for Fiction, and the Washington State Book Award. She is a co-founder of and contributing editor to The Raven Chronicles, a magazine of multicultural art, literature and the spoken word, and has been a writer in residence at Seattle University, Richard Hugo House, and most recently a visiting lecturer at the University of New Mexico. A play based on her novel, Spirits of the Ordinary, was produced in 2003 by the Miracle Theatre of Portland, Oregon. She recently completed a collection of essays called The Skeleton in the Closet.

A long-standing member of Los Norteños, a group of Latino writers in Western Washington, Kathleen has published fiction and nonfiction in numerous magazines, and has provided the introduction to two anthologies ? Cracking the Earth (Calyx, 2001), and Fantasmas ? Supernatural Stories by Mexican American Writers (Bilingual Review Press, 2001). Kathleen is a graduate of Stanford University with a B.A. in Human Language, and the University of Washington with an M.A. in English. She lives on Bainbridge Island with her husband and son.

Peter Bacho, a Tacoma-based author, is the Distinguished Northwest Writer in Residence at Seattle University (Winter 2005). He is the author of five books. His awards include an American Book Award for his novel, CEBU, The Murray Morgan Prize, and a Washington Governor's Writers Award for his collection of short stories, Dark Blue Suit. His newest novel, Entrys will be published next year by the University of Hawaii Press.

Marvin Bell delivered the PNWA 2000 Conference keynote in Tacoma. His seventeen books of poems and essays include Rampant (2004) from Copper Canyon Press and Poems for a Midsummer Night's Dream (74th Street Productions). He recently retired from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop after forty years on its faculty. His Arts and Humanities poem included here was written while serving as Iowa's first poet Laureate. He and his wife Dorothy live half the year in Port Townsend, Washington.

Terry Brooks was born in Sterling, Illinois, in 1944. He received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College, where he majored in English Literature, and his graduate degree from the School of Law at Washington & Lee University. A writer since the age of ten, he published his first novel, The Sword of Shannara, in 1977. It became the first work of fiction ever to appear on the New York Times Trade Paperback Bestseller List, where it remained for over five months. He has written twenty-one novels, two movie adaptations, and a memoir on his writing life. He has sold over twenty million copies of his books and is published worldwide. He lives with his wife Judine in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii.

Stella Cameron is the New York Times/USA Today/Washington Post/Booklist best selling, award-winner author of sixty historical and contemporary novels and novellas. She has won the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense and the Romantic Times best Romantic Suspense of the Year Award. She has been a RITA finalist, and is the recipient of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Achievement Award for distinguished professional achievement enhancing the stature of the Northwest literary community. Stella and her husband live in Seattle, Washington. They are the parents of three children.

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The Olympic: The Story of Seattle's Landmark Hotel

The Olympic: The Story of Seattle's Landmark Hotel, 1924-2004
by Alan J. Stein

Since 1924, The Olympic Hotel has been the place in Seattle to stay, dine, consult, entertain--and to make history.

As the new stewards and operators of The Olympic, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts commissioned History Ink/HistoryLink to prepare this book on the occasion of The Olympic Hotel's 80th year of operation. Author Alan J. Stein traces the history of the hotel's site (the original campus of today's University of Washington), the public campaign to build a "community hotel," the numerous events and celebrities it has hosted, and The Olympic's rebirth in the 1980s to the present.

Life in The Olympic reflected events beyond its doors: the Roaring Twenties, the dark days of the Great Depression, patriotic rallies and bond drives during World War II, the promise and exhilaration of the 1962 World's Fair, Seattle's urban renaissance of the 1970s and 1980s, and protests and debates from the Vietnam War to WTO.

Giants stride through the pages of this book, as they did through The Olympic's' corridors: presidents and senators, aviators and astronauts, movie stars and musicians, industrialists and union leaders, kings and queens--and at least one emperor. Thousands upon thousands of humbler citizens from near and far have also trod The Olympic's carpets, dined in its restaurants, rested in its suites, and celebrated the great milestones of life in its lobbies and ballrooms.

It is these memories that make The Olympic unique among all of Seattle's many fine hotels and social venues. And it is these experiences--and those awaiting generations to come--that bring the story of this great hotel to life.

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New This Week

Eldest has already become the biggest hit book on northwest-books.com. Yes, we've sold more copies of it than any other book in the nearly two years we've been around. The reviews have been great! Tomorrow, we'll see the bestseller lists for last week. Maybe Eldest will be on it.

This week, I'm adding an anthology of short stories from Pacific Northwest writers. The Pen and The Key includes previously unpublished short stories, nonfiction and poetry by a wide array of authors.

Turning from fiction to history, Seattle Olympic Hotel has, since 1924, been the place in Seattle to stay, dine, consult, entertain--and to make history. The Olympic: The Story of Seattle?s Landmark Hotel tells the story.

Review of Eldest

Amazon.com Review of Eldest

Surpassing its popular prequel Eragon, this second volume in the Inheritance trilogy shows growing maturity and skill on the part of its very young author, who was only seventeen when the first volume was published in 2003. The story is solidly in the tradition (some might say derivative) of the classic heroic quest fantasy, with the predictable cast of dwarves, elves, and dragons--but also including some imaginatively creepy creatures of evil.

The land of Alagaesia is suffering under the Empire of the wicked Galbatorix, and Eragon and his dragon Saphira, last of the Riders, are the only hope. But Eragon is young and has much to learn, and so he is sent off to the elven forest city of Ellesmera, where he and Saphira are tutored in magic, battle skills, and the ancient language by the wise former Rider Oromis and his elderly dragon Glaedr. Meanwhile, back at Carvahall, Eragon's home, his cousin Roran is the target of a siege by the hideous Ra'zac, and he must lead the villagers on a desperate escape over the mountains. The two narratives move toward a massive battle with the forces of Galbatorix, where Eragon learns a shocking secret about his parentage and commits himself to saving his people.

The sheer size of the novel, as well as its many characters, places with difficult names, and its use of imaginary languages make this a challenging read, even for experienced fantasy readers. It is essential to have the plot threads of the first volume well in mind before beginning--the publisher has provided not only a map, but a helpful synopsis of the first book and a much-needed Language Guide. But no obstacles will deter the many fans of Eragon from diving headfirst into this highly-awaited fantasy. (Ages 12 and up) --Patty Campbell

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Aug. 21, 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 aren?t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest.

Week ending Sunday, August 21, 2005

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
2. The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
3. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
4. Long Time Gone, J.A. Jance (Order it now)
5. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
6. A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby
7. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, Alexander McCall Smith
8. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
9. Until I Find You, John Irving
10. Crusader's Cross, James Lee Burke

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
2. 1776, David McCullough
3. Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About, Kevin Trudeau
4. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
5. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
6. New Rules, Bill Maher
7. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
8. Lance Armstrong's War, Daniel Coyle
9. The Grizzly Maze, Nick Jans
10. 1491, Charles C. Mann

MASS MARKET

1. The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason
2. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
3. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
4. Trace, Patricia D. Cornwell
5. Day of the Dead, J.A. Jance (Order it now)
6. This Old Souse, Mary Daheim (Order it now)
7. Ten Big Ones, Janet Evanovich
8. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston, M.D.
9. Deception Point, Dan Brown
10. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
3. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Movie Tie-in), Ann Brashares
4. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares
5. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (Order it now)
6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling
8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Movie Tie-in), Roald Dahl
9. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
10. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Aug. 14, 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 aren?t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending August 14, 2005.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Until I Find You, John Irving
2. Long Time Gone, J.A. Jance (Order it now)
3. The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
4. No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
6. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
7. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
8. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
9. Crusader's Cross, James Lee Burke
10. A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
2. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
3. 1776, David McCullough
4. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
5. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
6. Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About, Kevin Trudeau
7. New Rules, Bill Maher
8. Collapse, Jared Diamond
9. French Women Don't Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano
10. You: The Owner's Manual, Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.

MASS MARKET

1. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
2. The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason
3. Day of the Dead, J.A. Jance (Order it now)
4. One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
5. Trace, Patricia D. Cornwell
6. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston, M.D.
7. Absolute Friends, John Le Carre
8. Deception Point, Dan Brown
9. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
10. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary, Edy G. Schaffer (Ed.)

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
3. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Movie Tie-in), Ann Brashares
4. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (Order it now)
5. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares
6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling
8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
9. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Movie Tie-in), Roald Dahl
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling

Double Tap by Steve Martini

Paul Madriani's defense of a soldier on trial for murder-and the explosive government secrets it could reveal-propel Steve Martini's latest thriller.

The Arraignment, Steve Martini's most recent bestseller featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani, has proved his most popular yet. Now Madriani is faced with daunting ballistics evidence: a so-called "double tap"-two bullet wounds tightly grouped in the victim's head, shots that could have been made only by a crack marksman. Paul's client, Emiliano Ruiz, is an enigma-a career soldier who refuses to discuss his past though it is clear that he is a battle-tested pro. Ruiz is accused of killing a beautiful businesswoman and guru of a high-tech software empire catering to the military. A key to the case: the murder weapon is one used solely in special operations, where the "double tap" has become the signature of the most skilled assassins.

Ruiz is sitting on secrets-there's a seven-year gap on his military risumi, for which Madriani can find no details. And, more troubling, he discovers that the victim and her company were involved in a controversial government computer program designed to combat terrorists. Madriani finds himself in a deadly legal quagmire-with a client who is unwilling to cooperate and prosecutors who stonewall his every question about the victim's shadowy business and his client's past. Justice, and the unvarnished truth, has never been so elusive-or so dangerous.

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Eldest by Christopher Paolini

Christopher Paolini?s inspired fantasy series, which he began at age 15 with Eragon, continues with Eldest. The eagerly anticipated sequel goes on sale August 23. You can pre-order it here at 32% off list price.

From the Inside Flap

Darkness falls?despair abounds?evil reigns?
Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime, his eyes open to awe-inspring new places and people, his days filled with fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn?t know whom he can trust.

Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle?one that might put Eragon in even graver danger. Will the king?s dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life. . . .

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New this week

I?ve added two Featured Books this week. I?ve added Christopher Paolini?s long-awaited EldestEragon, a wonderful fantasy about a child who pairs with a dragon. Quick, order it now so you?ll have it when it?s released on August 23. New this week is the latest thriller from Bellingham writer Steve Martini, Double Tap. to the front page since the book?s debut is near. It?s the sequel to

Sometimes it just feel like I should say ?ditto.? But, I won?t. This week?s Northwest Bestseller listsJ. A. Jance?s Long Time Gone is another mystery in the J. P. Beaumont series. Another Seattle writer, Mary Dahiem?s This Old Souse is on the list again. include the same four books as last week. Part-time Seattle resident

The paperback release of Jance?s Day of the Dead is on the list, as well as Eragon, also now in paperback.

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Aug. 7, 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 aren?t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending August 7, 2005.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
2. Long Time Gone, J.A. Jance (Order it here)
3. The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
4. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
5. Until I Find You, John Irving
6. Crusader's Cross, James Lee Burke
7. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
8. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
9. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, Alexander McCall Smith
10. The Big Over Easy, Jasper Fforde

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. 1776, David McCullough
2. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
3. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
4. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
5. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
6. The Perricone Promise, Nicholas Perricone, M.D.
7. Lance Armstrong's War, Daniel Coyle
8. Collapse, Jared Diamond
9. French Women Don't Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano
10. Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About, Kevin Trudeau

MASS MARKET

1. The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason
2. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
3. Day of the Dead, J.A. Jance (Order it here)
4. Absolute Friends, John Le Carre
5. Ten Big Ones, Janet Evanovich
6. One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
7. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
8. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
9. This Old Souse, Mary Daheim (Order it here)
10. Digital Fortress, Dan Brown

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
4. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Movie Tie-in), Ann Brashares
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Movie Tie-in), Roald Dahl
6. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares
7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling
8. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (Order it here)
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
10. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)

This Old Souse by Mary Daheim

This Old Souse : A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery
by Mary Daheim

A nostalgic trip back to Renie's old neighborhood wasn't meant to get B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn's snooping engine revved up. But when the exotic and decrepit manse on Moonfleet Street that the cousins always thought was deserted turns out not to be, Judith figures what's wrong with giving the creaky old house a closer look? The friendly neighborhood milk man claims he's been making deliveries there for as long as he can remember. The seldom seen and rarely heard occupants, Dick and Jane Bland, and Jane's spinster sister, Sally, pay their dairy bills by putting cash in the milk box -- a curious situation to be sure, but certainly nothing sinister. At least not until Judith goes from being suspicious to being a suspect when she opens the trunk of her car and discovers a dead body ... which, when alive, was tightly wrapped up in this whole blamed Bland business.

Long Time Gone by J A Jance

Long Time Gone : A Novel of Suspense
(J. P. Beaumont Mysteries)
by J. A. Jance

After more than twenty years of distinguished service with the Seattle Police Department, Jonas Piedmont Beaumont is now working for the Washington State Attorney's Special Homicide Investigation Team or, as it's more commonly called, the SHIT squad. But the more things change, the more they stay the same.

An eyewitness to a fifty-year-old murder has just come forward, and Beau has been hand-picked to lead the investigation. While undergoing hypnotherapy, a middle-aged nun unexpectedly recalls the grisly details of a cold-blooded killing she witnessed when she was five years old. Though fear has kept these memories repressed for half a century, they've now risen to the surface to cast a harsh light on a deadly plot that spans two generations. And Beau's caught in the glare, facing a ruthless band of coconspirators willing to go to any lengths to keep their secrets hidden.

But there's more shaking up Beau's world. His former partner, Ron Peters -- caught in a bitter child-custody battle -- becomes the prime suspect in his ex-wife's vicious murder. A surrogate parent to Ron's three children, Beau must watch helplessly as his friend spirals through an emotional free fall, his life and family torn to pieces. Everywhere he turns, Beau keeps butting heads with an adversary from the Seattle PD with a personal vendetta. And his growing feelings for Melissa Soames?the squad's newest investigator and Beau's unlikely ally -- is a distraction that threatens to open painful old wounds and rouse his personal demons.

Filled with all of the Jance trademarks -- heart-stopping suspense, deeply drawn characters, local flavor, intelligence, and humanity -- Long Time Gone is a crowning achievement in this bestselling author's career.

This week's featured books

Well, this week there are four (yes, four) Northwest authors on the bestseller lists in the Pacific Northwest. Two of them are new publications: Part-time Seattle resident J. A. Jance?s Long Time Gone is another mystery in the J. P. Beaumont series. If you remember, Beaumont has been a private investigator. Now she?s working the the Washington state Attorney General?s office... Meanwhile, another Seattle writer, Mary Dahiem, has released the latest in her Bed & Breakfast series: This Old Souse. This story doesn?t focus so much as the B&B, but on another mystery in town.

The paperback version of Jance?s Day of the Dead is on the paperback bestseller list. And, Eragon continues to be on the Northwest Bestsellers list. The long-awaited sequel, Eldest, is set for release on August 23. You can pre-order Eldest now and get it delivered as soon as it?s published.

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending July 31, 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 aren?t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending July 31, 2005.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
2. No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
3. Long Time Gone, J.A. Jance (Order it here)
4. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
5. Until I Find You, John Irving
6. The Big Over Easy, Jasper Fforde
7. Zorro, Isabel Allende
8. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
9. Eleven on Top, Janet Evanovich
10. Locked Rooms, Laurie R. King

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. 1776, David McCullough
2. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
3. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
4. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
5. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
6. Collapse, Jared Diamond
7. French Women Don't Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano
8. Lance Armstrong's War, Daniel Coyle
9. Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About, Kevin Trudeau
10. Plan B, Anne Lamott

MASS MARKET

1. The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason
2. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
3. One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
4. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
5. Day of the Dead, J.A. Jance (Order it here)
6. This Old Souse, Mary Daheim (Order it here)
7. Trace, Patricia D. Cornwell
8. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston, M.D.
9. Deception Point, Dan Brown
10. Ten Big Ones, Janet Evanovich

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
4. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Movie Tie-in), Ann Brashares
5. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (Order it here)
6. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares
7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
9. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Movie Tie-in), Roald Dahl
10. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke