Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Dec. 16, 2007

This week's Bestsellers List includes three books by Northwest authors. Molly Gloss' The Hearts of Horses is back on top this week. Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is still on the children's list. And, Firetrap, by Oregon author Earl Emerson, is on the paperback list. Bold titles are by Northwest authors or are Northwest-related. Week ending December 16, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Hearts of Horses, Molly Gloss
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
3. T Is for Trespass, Sue Grafton
4. World Without End, Ken Follett
5. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
6. Home to Holly Springs, Jan Karon
7. Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson
8. Away, Amy Bloom
9. Bridge of Sighs, Richard Russo
10. Stone Cold, David Baldacci

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
2. The Daring Book for Girls, Miriam Peskowitz, Alexis Seabrook (Illus.)
3. I Am America (and So Can You!), Stephen Colbert
4. Boom!, Tom Brokaw
5. Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks
6. Born Standing Up, Steve Martin
7. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp
8. Our Dumb World, The Onion (Eds.)
9. Clapton, Eric Clapton
10. Deceptively Delicious, Jessica Seinfeld

MASS MARKET

1. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
2. The Innocent Man, John Grisham
3. Next, Michael Crichton
4. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
5. Dust, Martha Grimes
6. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary, Edy Garcia Schaffer (Ed.)
7. Atonement, Ian McEwan
8. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
9. Firetrap, Earl Emerson
10. What Came Before He Shot Her, Elizabeth A. George

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
2. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
3. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
4. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
5. The Boys' Book, Dominique Enright
6. One Snowy Night, M. Christina Butler, Tina Macnaughton (Illus.)
7. The Girls' Book, Juliana Foster
8. Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy, Matthew Reinhart
9. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
10. The Subtle Knife, Philip Pullman

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List is 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.