Northwest Bestsellers - week ending April 23. 2006

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 April 23, 2006.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Blue Shoes and Happiness, Alexander McCall Smith
2. A Dirty Job, Christopher Moore
3. Mother, Maya Angelou
4. The Madonnas of Leningrad, Debra Dean
5. Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky
6. Labyrinth, Kate Mosse
7. Black Swan Green, David Mitchell
8. The Tenth Circle, Jodi Picoult
9. Tomb of the Golden Bird, Elizabeth Peters
10. Through a Glass, Darkly, Donna Leon

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
2. Marley & Me, John Grogan
3. My Life in France, Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme
4. American Theocracy, Kevin Phillips
5. God Laughs & Plays, David James Duncan
6. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
7. Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
8. The Great Transformation, Karen Armstrong
9. Cesar's Way, Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier
10. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert

MASS MARKET

1. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
2. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
3. The Sign of the Book, John Dunning
4. With No One as Witness, Elizabeth A. George
5. Deception Point, Dan Brown
6. Locked Rooms, Laurie R. King
7. Outlander, Diana Gabaldon
8. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
9. Long Spoon Lane, Anne Perry
10. Shadow of the Giant, Orson Scott Card

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Tale of Despereaux (paperback), Kate DiCamillo
2. The Tenth City (The Land of Elyon, Book 3), Patrick Carman
3. Warriors: The New Prophecy #4: Starlight, Erin W. Hunter
4. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo
5. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
6. Night of the New Magicians (Magic Tree House #35), Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illus.)
7. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
8. The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, E.L. Konigsburg
9. Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.)
10. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Movie tie-in, children's), C.S. Lewis

Tenth City by Patrick Carman

Tenth City
by Patrick Carman

This is it: the final battle. On one side is the evil Victor Grindall and his horrific leader, the imprisoned Abaddon. On the other side is a girl named Alexa, who holds the fate of Elyon in her hands. If good is to win, Alexa must find a way to overcome the Lonely Sea, rescue her friend Yipes, and unlock the mystery of the Tenth City. Along the way, she will be attacked from above, betrayed by someone close, and guided toward a final gambit where everything will be put at stake ? and great secrets will be revealed. Read More

Northwest Bestsellers - week ending April 9, 2006

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 April 9, 2006.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Dirty Job, Christopher Moore
2. Tomb of the Golden Bird, Elizabeth Peters
3. Labyrinth, Kate Mosse
4. The Night Watch, Sarah Waters
5. The Madonnas of Leningrad, Debra Dean
6. The Blight Way: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery, Patrick F. McManus
7. Seeing, Jose Saramago
8. Two Little Girls in Blue, Mary Higgins Clark
9. The Brief History of the Dead, Kevin Brockmeier
10. In the Company of the Courtesan, Sarah Dunant

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. American Theocracy, Kevin Phillips
2. Marley & Me, John Grogan
3. My Life in France, Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme
4. Cobra II, Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor
5. The Great Transformation, Karen Armstrong
6. Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
7. Misquoting Jesus, Bart D. Ehrman
8. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
9. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
10. The Jesus Papers, Michael Baigent

MASS MARKET

1. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
2. The Sign of the Book, John Dunning
3. With No One as Witness, Elizabeth A. George
4. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
5. Locked Rooms, Laurie R. King
6. The Serpent on the Crown, Elizabeth Peters
7. One Shot, Lee Child
8. Skeleton Man, Tony Hillerman
9. Long Spoon Lane, Anne Perry
10. Ireland, Frank Delaney

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. Warriors: The New Prophecy #4: Starlight, Erin W. Hunter
2. Night of the New Magicians (Magic Tree House #35), Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illus.)
3. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
4. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Movie tie-in, children's), C.S. Lewis
6. Skippyjon Jones, Judith Schachner
7. The Tenth City (The Land of Elyon, Book 3), Patrick Carman
8. Magyk (Septimus Heap, Book One), Angie Sage
9. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo
10. Into the Wild (Warriors #1), Erin W. Hunter