Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending May 27, 2007

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 May 27, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
3. The Overlook, Michael Connelly
4. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, Alexander McCall Smith
5. Bad Luck and Trouble, Lee Child
6. Falling Man, Don DeLillo
7. Rant, Chuck Palahniuk
8. The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolkien
9. Buddha, Deepak Chopra
10. Luncheon of the Boating Party, Susan Vreeland

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver, et al.
2. The Assault on Reason, Al Gore, Jr.
3. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
4. God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens
5. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
6. Einstein, Walter Isaacson
7. A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
8. Grace (Eventually), Anne Lamott
9. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
10. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama

MASS MARKET

1. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
2. Quietly in Their Sleep, Donna Leon
3. Catalogue of Death, Jo Dereske
4. The Old Wine Shades, Martha Grimes
5. 1984, George Orwell
6. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
7. Tomb of the Golden Bird, Elizabeth Peters
8. Killing Floor, Lee Child
9. Through a Glass, Darkly, Donna Leon1
10. The Hard Way, Lee Child

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!,, Dr. Seuss
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
3. The Sight. Erin W. Hunter
4. Eldest. Christopher Paolini
5. Flotsam. David Wiesner
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. J.K. Rowling
7. Goodnight Moon. Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
8. New Moon. Stephenie Meyer
9. Marley: A Dog Like No Other. John Grogan
10. The Golden Compass. Philip Pullman

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending May 20, 2007

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 May 20, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
2. Bad Luck and Trouble, Lee Child
3. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, Alexander McCall Smith
4. Rant, Chuck Palahniuk
5. Luncheon of the Boating Party, Susan Vreeland
6. No One Belongs Here More Than You, Miranda July
7. The Children of Hurin ,J.R.R. Tolkien
8. After Dark, Haruki Murakami
9. Falling Man, Don DeLillo
10. The 6th Target, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver, et al.
2. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
3. Einstein, Walter Isaacson
4. A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
5. Grace (Eventually), Anne Lamott
6. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
7. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
8. Blackwater, Jeremy Scahill
9. Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney
10. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins

MASS MARKET

1. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
2. The Old Wine Shades, Martha Grimes
3. The Bookwoman's Last Fling, John Dunning
4. In Plain Sight, C.J. Box, Berkley
5. The Hard Way, Lee Child
6. When Darkness Falls, Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory
7. Beguilement, Lois McMaster Bujold
8. Dead Watch, John Sandford
9. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
10. Killing Floor, Lee Child

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. The Pilgrims of Rayne (Pendragon, #8), D.J. MacHale
2. Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Dr. Seuss
3. Eldest, Christopher Paolini
4. Flotsam, David Wiesner
5. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
6. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
7. The Sight, Erin W. Hunter
8. Princess Academy, Shannon Hale
9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
10. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending May 6, 2007

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 May 6, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, Alexander McCall Smith
2. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
3. Rant, Chuck Palahniuk
4. The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolkien
5. All Together Dead, Charlaine Harris
6. The Woods, Harlan Coben
7. Boomsday, Christopher Buckley
8. Simple Genius, David Baldacci
9. Back on Blossom Street, Debbie Macomber
10. What Is the What, Dave Eggers

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
2. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver
3. Einstein, Walter Isaacson
4. A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
5. Grace (Eventually), Anne Lamott
6. At the Center of the Storm, George Tenet
7. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
8. I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora Ephron
9. The Wild Trees, Richard Preston
10. God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens

MASS MARKET

1. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
2. Through a Glass, Darkly, Donna Leon
3. The Old Wine Shades, Martha Grimes
4. The Hard Way, Lee Child
5. The Ghost Brigades, John Scalzi
6. The Bookwoman's Last Fling, John Dunning
7. Short Straw, Stuart Woods
8. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
9. Dead Watch, John Sandford
10. Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. The Sight, Erin W. Hunter
2. Eldest, Christopher Paolini
3. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 3)
Rick Riordan
4. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
5. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
7. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
8. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
9. Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Dr. Seuss
10. Flotsam, David Wiesner

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Apr 29, 2007

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 29, 2007.

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, Alexander McCall Smith
2. The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Simple Genius, David Baldacci
4. Boomsday, Christopher Buckley
5. The Woods, Harlan Coben
6. Whitethorn Woods, Maeve Binchy
7. What Is the What, Dave Eggers
8. Body Surfing, Anita Shreve
9. Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult
10. Back on Blossom Street, Debbie Macomber

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
2. A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
3. Einstein, Walter Isaacson
4. Grace (Eventually), Anne Lamott
5. The Wild Trees, Richard Preston
6. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
7. How Doctors Think, Jerome Groopman, M.D.
8. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
9. Blackwater, Jeremy Scahill
10. Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney

MASS MARKET

1. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
2. Through a Glass, Darkly, Donna Leon
3. The Old Wine Shades, Martha Grimes
4. The Hard Way, Lee Child
5. Tomb of the Golden Bird, Elizabeth Peters
6. The Bookwoman's Last Fling, John Dunning
7. Catalogue of Death, Jo Dereske
8. Piece of My Heart, Peter Robinson
9. The Alpine Recluse, Mary Daheim
10. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. The Sight (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 1), Erin W. Hunter
2. Eldest, Christopher Paolini
3. The Lost Warrior (Warriors), Erin W. Hunter
4. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
5. The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick
6. Into the Wild (Warriors #1), Erin W. Hunter
7. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
9. Gregor and the Code of Claw, Suzanne Collins
10. Eragon, Christopher Paolini