Northwest Bestsellers - week ending Nov. 27, 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 November 27, 2005.

Books in boldface are Northwest themes or from Northwest authors.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin
2. The Lighthouse, P.D. James
3. Light From Heaven, Jan Karon
4. Saving Fish From Drowning, Amy Tan
5. Memories of My Melancholy Whores, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
6. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
7. Christ the Lord, Anne Rice
8. Son of a Witch, Gregory Maguire
9. The Highest Tide, Jim Lynch (Order it here)
10. A Sudden Country, Karen Fisher (Order it here)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
2. Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
3. Teacher Man, Frank McCourt
4. A Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
5. Our Endangered Values, Jimmy Carter
6. The Truth (With Jokes), Al Franken
7. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
8. Marley & Me, John Grogan
9. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, Steven Jay Schneider (Ed.)
10. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell

MASS MARKET

1. The Broker, John Grisham
2. Jarhead, Anthony Swofford (Order it here)
3. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
4. State of Fear, Michael Crichton
5. A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin
6. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
7. A Redbird Christmas, Fannie Flagg
8. Whiteout, Ken Follett
9. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
10. Night Fall, Nelson DeMille

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12), Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.)
2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
3. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (Order it here)
4. A Family of Poems, Caroline Kennedy, Jon J. Muth (Illus.)
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
6. Eldest, Christopher Paolini (Order it here)
7. Dog Train, Sandra Boynton
8. Fairyopolis, Cicely Mary Barker
9. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
10. Inkspell, Cornelia Funke

Entertaining in the Northwest Style

Entertaining in the Northwest Style : A Menu Cookbook
by Greg Atkinson, Anne Herman

This colorful cookbook captures the contemporary Northwest lifestyle with an array of thematic menus: sophisticated beach picnics, a spring meal to celebrate the return of the salmon, brunch aboard the cabin cruiser (just as delectable on land). Greg Atkinson?s uninhibited love of life and food shine through as he describes high tea in the garden or a dinner that draws luscious offerings from the Pike Place Market. The 14 menus capture the very essence of the statement, "Life is good." And how can it not be with fresh Kumamoto oysters from Puget Sound, or Copper River salmon from Alaska, or herbed and grilled leg of lamb? Each special menu consists of five to seven recipes that, served together, comprise a memorable culinary event. For example, Atkinson's menu for a romantic summer dinner includes "Matisse Bread" or Fougasse, Three Shellfish with Three Citrus Fruits, Provençale Chicken with Tomato and Orange, and Chocolate Marquis with Saffron Cream.

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Seven Summits: The High Peaks of the Pacific Northwest

Seven Summits : The High Peaks of the Pacific Northwest
by Art Wolfe, Michael Lanza

The Seven Summits of the Northwest are the highest mountains on the continent. Spanning the Cascade Range these famous mountains of Rainier, Baker, Hood, Shuksan, St. Helens, Glacier and Adams are like part of a jeweled necklace stretching through the western states of Oregon and Washington. Art Wolfe has visited and climbed these mountains numerous times, and best of all for the rest of us who have not, he has photographed them in their various seasons and moods.

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A Grave Mistake

A Grave Mistake
by Stella Cameron

The First Mistake
Dead: an ordinary man in a pressed suit and tie. Just the latest in a string of losers in the wrong place at the most disastrous time. Not the kind of case to yank New Orleans homicide detective Guy Gautreaux away from his leave of absence in Toussaint, Louisiana, the only home to offer him a sense of purpose after a tragedy that nearly destroyed his life.

The Second Mistake
But there's someone in Toussaint Guy will do anything -- even open up a dead cold case -- to shelter. Jilly Gable is desperate to find the love of the family who abandoned her as a child. And when the wife of a powerful New Orleans antiques dealer and loan shark -- and twisted degenerate -- sweeps into town claiming to be her mother, Jilly is all too willing to love and forget.

The Final Reckoning
Slowly and methodically, an evil envelops Jilly, and Guy must bare the truth to snatch her back from the edge. Connecting the dots between the Big Easy and Toussaint all but cinches his case, but Jilly and Guy are drawn deeper into corruption, and they have only each other for protection.

Will that be enough?

About the Author

New York Times bestselling author Stella Cameron is the award-winning author of contemporary and historical romantic-suspense novels. There are more than eight million copies of her books in print, including Kiss Them Goodbye, Cold Day in July, Tell Me Why, Glass Houses and Key West. Stella and her husband, Jerry, make their home in Washington State.

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There's Something About Christmas

There's Something About Christmas
by Debbie Macomber

Emma Collins has always believed that the world is divided into two kinds of people: those who love fruitcake and those who don't. She's firmly in the second category, so it's ironic that her major assignment for the Puyallup, Washington, Examiner is a series of articles about . . . fruitcake. At least it's a step up from writing obituaries. New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber is a multi-award-winning writer with more than sixty million copies of her books in print.

Her task is to interview the finalists in a fruitcake recipe contest, and that means traveling around the state. Actually . . . flying around the state. Local pilot Oliver Hamilton, who's starting an airfreight business, has agreed to take her wherever she needs to go, in exchange for free advertising. Unfortunately Emma hates small planes -- almost as much as she hates fruitcake.

But in the weeks leading up to Christmas, Emma falls for Oliver (who's not quite the Scrooge he sometimes seems) and his mutt, Oscar (who's allergic to her perfume, which makes him sneeze repeatedly). And she meets three wise women who know a lot about fruitcake -- and even more about life.

About the Author

New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber is a multi-award-winning writer with more than sixty million copies of her books in print, including 50 Harbor Street, A Good Yarn, 311 Pelican Court, The Shop on Blossom Street and Changing Habits.

Debbie Macomber lives in the state of Washington with her husband, Wayne.

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Northwest Bestsellers - week ending Nov. 20, 2005

As we go into the Thanksgiving holiday, four books by Northwest authors are on the Northwest Bestseller lists. Karen Fisher?s A Sudden Country is on the hardcover list for the second week running. Anthony Swofford?s story about his experiences in the first Gulf War, Jarhead, remains on the paperback list. And, Montana teenager Christopher Paolini?s Eldest and Eragon remain on the Children?s bestseller list.

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. These books are currently selling well independent bookstores in the Pacific Northwest. Week of November 20, 2005

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Light From Heaven, Jan Karon
2. A Feast for Crows, George R. R. Martin
3. Saving Fish From Drowning, Amy Tan
4. Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan
5. Mary, Mary, James Patterson
6. Christ the Lord, Anne Rice
7. The Highest Tide, Jim Lynch
8. A Sudden Country, Karen Fisher (order here)
9. Memories of My Melancholy Whores, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10. The Sea, John Banville

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
2. Teacher Man, Frank McCourt
3. A Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
4. Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
5. Our Endangered Values, Jimmy Carter
6. Marley & Me, John Grogan
7. The Truth (With Jokes), Al Franken
8. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
9. Talk to the Hand, Lynne Truss
10. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman

MASS MARKET

1. State of Fear, Michael Crichton
2. Jarhead, Anthony Swofford (order here)
3. The Winds of Change, Martha Grimes
4. A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin
5. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
6. The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason
7. A Redbird Christmas, Fannie Flagg
8. Night Fall, Nelson DeMille
9. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
10. Going Postal, Terry Pratchett

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12), Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.)
2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (movie tie-in, children's), C. S. Lewis
3. Eldest, Christopher Paolini (order here)
4. Winter's Tale, Robert Sabuda
5. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (order here)
6. Inkspell, Cornelia Funke
7. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
8. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling

Northwest Bestsellers - week ending Nov. 13, 2005

My congratulations to Chris Paolini for having such great sellers in Eldest and Eragon, the first two books in a planned trilogy. Paolini started working on these books as a teenager. These two books are on our Northwest children's bestsellers list again this week. One new book has popped up on the list: A Sudden Country, by Karen Fisher, is on the Northwest hardcover bestsellers list.

Remember: Find great books from the Pacific Northwest at northwest-books.com. And, you can order any book there. Try the site search if it's a book from the Pacific Northwest, or use the amazon.com search box for any other book.

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 November 13, 2005.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Light From Heaven, Jan Karon
2. A Feast for Crows, George R. R. Martin
3. The Sea, John Banville
4. Memories of My Melancholy Whores, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
5. Christ the Lord, Anne Rice
6. Saving Fish From Drowning, Amy Tan
7. Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan
8. Son of a Witch, Gregory Maguire
9. A Sudden Country, Karen Fisher (order here)
10. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Our Endangered Values, Jimmy Carter
2. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
3. Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
4. A Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
5. The Truth (With Jokes), Al Franken
6. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
7. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
8. Healthy Aging, Andrew Weil
9. The Elements of Style Illustrated, William Strunk, et al.
10. Marley & Me, John Grogan, William Morrow

MASS MARKET

1. State of Fear, Michael Crichton
2. Jarhead, Anthony Swofford
3. Whiteout, Ken Follett
4. Night Fall, Nelson DeMille
5. The Catcher in the Rye,J.D. Salinger
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. The Constant Gardener, John le Carre
8. The Winds of Change, Martha Grimes
9. Green River, Running Red, Ann Rule
10. London Bridges, James Patterson

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12), Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.)
2. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (order here)
3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (movie tie-in, children's), C. S. Lewis
4. Eldest, Christopher Paolini (order here)
5. Inkspell, Cornelia Funke
6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
8. Fairyopolis, Cicely Mary Barker
9. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling

Bestsellers - wk ending Nov 6, 2005

The same four Northwest authors are on the latest Bestsellers Lists in the Pacific Northwest. Jim Lynch?s The Highest Tide is on the hardcover bestseller list. Anthony Swofford?s Jarhead is on the paperback bestseller list. And, Christopher Paolini?s Eldest and Eragon are both still on the children?s bestseller list.

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 November 6, 2005.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan
2. The Highest Tide, Jim Lynch (a northwest-books.com author)
3. Memories of My Melancholy Whores, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
4. Saving Fish From Drowning, Amy Tan
5. Predator, Patricia Cornwell
6. Christ the Lord, Anne Rice
7. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
8. The March, E. L. Doctorow
9. The Trouble With Poetry, Billy Collins
10. The Sea, John Banville

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
2. The Truth (With Jokes), Al Franken
3. Our Endangered Values, Jimmy Carter
4. A Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
5. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
6. Healthy Aging, Andrew Weil
7. The Elements of Style Illustrated, William Strunk, et al.
8. Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
9. The River of Doubt, Candice Millard
10. A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle

MASS MARKET

1. State of Fear, Michael Crichton
2. Whiteout, Ken Follett
3. Jarhead, Anthony Swofford (a northwest-books.com author)
4. The Winds of Change, Martha Grimes
5. Night Fall, Nelson DeMille
6. The Constant Gardener, John le Carre
7. Dressed for Death, Donna Leon
8. Melancholy Baby, Robert B. Parker
9. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
10. The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12), Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.)
2. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (a northwest-books.com author)
3. Inkspell, Cornelia Funke
4. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (movie tie-in, children's), C. S. Lewis
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
6. Eldest, Christopher Paolini (a northwest-books.com author)
7. Skippyjon Jones, Judith Schachner
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
9. Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
Tony DiTerlizzi
10. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)

Bestsellers - wk ending Oct 30, 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 October 30, 2005.

Remember: The highlighted books are featured at northwest-books.com. All books can be ordered through northwest-books.com any time.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Predator, Patricia Cornwell
2. Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan
3. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
4. Saving Fish From Drowning, Amy Tan
5. Son of a Witch, Gregory Maguire
6. The Scorpion's Gate, Richard A. Clarke
7. Memories of My Melancholy Whores, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
8. The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly
9. The Highest Tide, Jim Lynch (a northwest-books.com author)
10. The Trouble With Poetry, Billy Collins

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Healthy Aging, Andrew Weil
2. The Truth (With Jokes), Al Franken
3. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
4. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
5. A Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
6. Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
7. A Crack in the Edge of the World, Simon Winchester
8. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
9. The City of Falling Angels, John Berendt
10. A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle

MASS MARKET

1. State of Fear, Michael Crichton
2. Night Fall, Nelson DeMille
3. Dressed for Death, Donna Leon
4. Jarhead, Anthony Swofford (a northwest-books.com author)
5. The Colorado Kid, Stephen King
6. Going Postal, Terry Pratchett
7. The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason
8. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston, M.D.
9. A Taint in the Blood, Dana Stabenow
10. Green River, Running Red, Ann Rule

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12), Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.)
2. Eldest, Christopher Paolini (a northwest-books.com author)
3. Inkspell, Cornelia Funke
4. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (a northwest-books.com author)
5. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (movie tie-in, children's), C. S. Lewis
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
9. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling

Red Herring by Clyde W. Ford

Red Herring
by Clyde W. Ford

Red Herring is a story about courage triumphant over fear. It?s a mystery set in the Pacific Northwest?in Bellingham, Washington and the San Juan Islands. When radar spots a vessel heading toward an oil refinery, a Coast Guard patrol is dispatched, and an unmanned boat operating under autopilot is intercepted. Then the Coast Guard discovers explosives aboard, along with a note threatening the construction of a pipeline beneath an environmentally sensitive body of water. Fear of terrorism erupts. Ex-coast guard commander Charlie Noble, now a marine private investigator, agrees to search for the man most believe is behind the bomb plot. But Noble steps into a dangerous, puzzling web of intrigue involving corporate greed, Homeland Security, and murder. Through personal courage, gritty determination and uncompromising honor, he unravels the truth.

From the Author

Red Herring is the first in a series of books featuring lead character Charlie Noble. Throughout the series I intend to have Charlie work his way slowly up the Inside Passage in his adventures. This is an area I love and have cruised through extensively over the last decade.

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The Long Mile by Clyde W. Ford

The Long Mile
by Clyde W. Ford

Framed and found guilty of a murder he didn't commit, NYPD officer John Shannon served two years in a federal penitentiary. When his conviction is overturned on appeal, Shannon walks out of prison to a life in shambles. His wife is contemplating divorce. The Feds are champing at the bit to throw him back in prison. His fellow police officers think he's a cop killer. Drug lords, street gangs, and the Mob all want a piece of him. And now his thirteen-year-old son has gone missing.

Shannon embarks on a dangerous quest to find his son and uncover the truth behind the bungled drug raid that cost him his career, his family, and his freedom. He's forced to flee from a police department he can no longer trust and to make a Faustian alliance with a shrewd Homeland Security operative who's got his own score to settle. On the run, but determined to see his family safe, Shannon's only allies are an idealistic young attorney, his estranged wife, a loyal cop, his own cunning and luck, and the strange yet powerful wisdom given to him by a lifer named Promise. John Shannon is in a race with time to redeem his reputation, reclaim his life, and save his son without losing his soul.

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