Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending July 22, 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 July 22, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. Lean Mean Thirteen, Janet Evanovich
3. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
4. On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan
5. The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolkien
6. Stalin's Ghost, Martin Cruz Smith
7. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
8. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, Alexander McCall Smith
9. Peony in Love, Lisa See
10. No One Belongs Here More Than You, Miranda July

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
2. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara and Camille Kingsolver
3. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
4. God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens
5. The Assault on Reason, Al Gore
6. The World Without Us, Alan Weisman
7. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
8. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
9. Merle's Door, Ted Kerasote

MASS MARKET

1. The Art of Detection, Laurie R. King
2. Twelve Sharp, Janet Evanovich
3. Dark Tort, Diane Mott Davidson
4. Lisey's Story, Stephen King
5. Unnatural Selection, Aaron Elkins
6. Dead Wrong, J. A. Jance
7. Quietly in Their Sleep, Donna Leon
8. Blown Away, G. M. Ford
9. Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan
10. The Messenger, Daniel Silva

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling
6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling
7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
8. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
9. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
10. Sealed with a Diss (A Clique Novel #8), Lisi Harrison

The Devil's Labyrinth by John Saul

The Devil's Labyrinth
by John Saul

Bestseller John Saul (Suffer the Children) links an exorcism of the devil with a plot to kill the pope in this over-the-top religious thriller. For more than three decades, bestselling novelist John Saul has been summoning macabre masterpieces from the darkest realms of his imagination. With each new book, his instinct for playing upon our deepest dread has grown only stronger and more sinister. Priced under $20.

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Collect Raindrops by Nikki McClure

Collect Raindrops: The Seasons Gathered
by Nikki McClure

Collect Raindrops celebrates the important things: the change of seasons, slowing down the world for a moment so we can actually taste it, looking up at the stars to dream. Armed with an X-acto knife, artist Nikki McClure painstakingly cuts out her images from a single sheet of black paper, creating a bold language that translates the complex poetry of motherhood, nature, and activism into a simple and endearing picture. Priced under $20.

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending July 15, 2007

This Week's Bestselling Northwest Books

Updated July 18, 2007

Three books by northwest authors are on this week's Northwest Bestsellers lists. Chuck Palahniuk's Rant is on the hardcover fiction list. J.A. Jance's Dead Wrong is on the paperback bestsellers list. And, Christopher Paolini's Eldest is on the children's list. I might note here that J.K. Rowling's six books in the Harry Potter series took six of the ten spots on the children's list in the runup to her seventh Harry Potter book.

All these books are available via northwest-books.com. Just fill in the title in the Amazon search. When you do that, I make a (very) small commission. - Art Shotwell

HARDCOVER FICTION

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

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden, Hal 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. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
7. Grace (Eventually), Anne Lamott6
8. Marley & Me, John Grogan
9. A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
10. Merle's Door, Ted Kerasote

MASS MARKET

1. Quietly in Their Sleep, Donna Leon,
2. Dead Wrong, J. A. Jance
3. Dark Tort, Diane Mott Davidson
4. The Art of Detection, Laurie R. King
5. Twelve Sharp, Janet Evanovich
6. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
7. The Book of the Dead, Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child
8. Beach Road, James Patterson, Peter de Jonge
9. 1984, George Orwell
10. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
3. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
4. Sealed with a Diss (A Clique Novel #8), Lisi Harrison
5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
7. The Icebound Land (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 3), John Flanagan
8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling
9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling
10. Eldest, Christopher Paolini

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.

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending July 1, 2007

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List, as brought to you by Book Sense and PNBA, for the week ended Sunday, July 1, 2007. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. Lean Mean Thirteen, Janet Evanovich
3. On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan
4. The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolkien
5. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
6. Stalin's Ghost, Martin Cruz Smith
7. The Maytrees, Annie Dillard
8. Divisadero, Michael Ondaatje
9. Rant, Chuck Palahniuk
10. Peony in Love, Lisa See

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
2. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara and Camille Kingsolver
3. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
4. The Assault on Reason, Al Gore
5. God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens
6. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
7. A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
8. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
9. The Secret History of the American Empire, John Perkins
10. Blessed Unrest, Paul Hawken

MASS MARKET

1. Twelve Sharp, Janet Evanovich
2. Quietly in Their Sleep, Donna Leon
3. The Art of Detection, Laurie R. King
4. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
5. Lisey's Story, Stephen King
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Dead Wrong, J.A. Jance
8. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
9. Dark Tort, Diane Mott Davidson
10. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
3. The Icebound Land (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 3), John Flanagan
4. Eldest, Christopher Paolini
5. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1), Rick Riordan
6. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
8. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
9. Warriors Field Guide: Secrets of the Clans, Erin W. Hunter, Wayne McLoughlin (Illus.)
10. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 3), Rick Riordan