Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending June 24, 2007

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List, as brought to you by Book Sense and PNBA, for the week ended Sunday, June 24, 2007. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. All books are available through northwest-books.com, specializing in books from the Pacific Northwest.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. Lean Mean Thirteen, Janet Evanovich
3. On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan
4. Michael Tolliver Lives, Armistead Maupin
5. The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolkien
6. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
7. Rant, Chuck Palahniuk
8. Divisadero, Michael Ondaatje
9. The Maytrees, Annie Dillard
10. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, Alexander McCall Smith

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden
2. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp
3. The Assault on Reason, Al Gore
4. God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens
5. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
6. The Best Life Diet, Bob Greene
7. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
8. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, Thomas Cathcart
9. Einstein, Walter Isaacson
10. Four Seasons in Rome, Anthony Doerr

MASS MARKET

1. Twelve Sharp, Janet Evanovich
2. The Art of Detection, Laurie R. King
3. Quietly in Their Sleep, Donna Leon
4. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
5. Phantom, Terry Goodkind
6. The Hard Way, Lee Child
7. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
8. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
9. 1984, George Orwell
10. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary, Edy Garcia Schaffer (Ed.)

CHILDREN'S

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. Eldest, Christopher Paolini
3. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
4. Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Dr. Seuss
5. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 3), Rick Riordan
6. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1), Rick Riordan
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
8. Warriors Field Guide: Secrets of the Clans, Erin W. Hunter, Wayne McLoughlin (Illus.)
9. The Sight (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 1), Erin W. Hunter
10. Magyk (Septimus Heap, Book 1), Angie Sage

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending June 3, 2007

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List, as brought to you by Book Sense and PNBA, for the week ended Sunday, June 3, 2007. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Week ending June 3, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
3. Divisadero, Michael Ondaatje
4. Rant, Chuck Palahniuk
5. Falling Man, Don DeLillo
6. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, Alexander McCall Smith
7. For One More Day, Mitch Albom
8. The Overlook, Michael Connelly
9. Bad Luck and Trouble, Lee Child
10. Buddha, Deepak Chopra

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp
2. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
3. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
4. The Assault on Reason, Al Gore, Jr.
5. Einstein, Walter Isaacson
6. God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens
7. A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
8. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
9. The Not So Big Life, Sarah Susanka
10. Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney

MASS MARKET

1. Phantom, Terry Goodkind
2. The Art of Detection, Laurie R. King
3. Quietly in Their Sleep, Donna Leon
4. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
5. Nightlife, Thomas Perry
6. Hit Parade, Lawrence Block
7. The Husband, Dean R. Koontz
8. Killing Floor, Lee Child
9. Black Order, James Rollins
10. The Hard Way, Lee Child

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Dr. Seuss
2. Eldest, Christopher Paolini
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
5. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
6. Warriors Field Guide: Secrets of the Clans, Erin W. Hunter
7. Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (Maximum Ride, #3), James Patterson
8. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
9. The Pilgrims of Rayne (Pendragon, #8), D.J. MacHale
10. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak

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