Northwest Bestsellers - wk of Aug. 26, 2007

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 August 26, 2007.

Books are available through northwest-books.com.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. Spook Country, William Gibson
3. Bad Monkeys, Matt Ruff
4. Away, Amy Bloom
5. The Maytrees, Annie Dillard
6. Loving Frank, Nancy Horan
7. Thursday Next, Jasper Fforde
8. Justice Denied, J.A. Jance
9. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
10. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp
2. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
3. The World Without Us, Alan Weisman
4. God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens
5. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
6. A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
7. Guinness World Records 2008, Guinness (Eds.)
8. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
9. Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson
10. The Loved Dog, Tamar Geller

MASS MARKET

1. Under Orders, Dick Francis
2. The Bourne Ultimatum, Robert Ludlum
3. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
4. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
5. One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
6. The Ruins, Scott Smith
7. The Afghan, Frederick Forsyth
8. Echo Park, Michael Connelly
9. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
10. Lord of the Flies, William Golding

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
3. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
4. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
5. Firestar's Quest (Warriors Super Edition), Erin Hunter
6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
7. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
9. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling

Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff

Bad Monkeys
by Matt Ruff

Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons?"Bad Monkeys" for short. This confession earns Jane a trip to the jail's psychiatric wing, where a doctor attempts to determine whether she is lying, crazy?or playing a different game altogether. What follows is one of the most clever and gripping novels you'll ever read.

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk of Aug. 12, 2007

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 August 12, 2007. All books may be ordered through northwest-books.com.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. Spook Country, William Gibson
3. The Maytrees, Annie Dillard
4. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
5. Thursday Next, Jasper Fforde
6. Justice Denied, J.A. Jance
7. The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolkien
8. Loving Frank, Nancy Horan
9. On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan
10. Sandworms of Dune, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

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 World Without Us, Alan Weisman
6. Merle's Door, Ted Kerasote
7. The Assault on Reason, Al Gore
8. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
9. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
10. The Not So Big Life, Sarah Susanka

MASS MARKET

1. Under Orders, Dick Francis
2. Echo Park, Michael Connelly
3. Dead Wrong, J.A. Jance
4. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
5. 1984, George Orwell
6. Quietly in Their Sleep, Donna Leon
7. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
8. The Bourne Ultimatum, Robert Ludlum
9. The Art of Detection, Laurie R. King
10. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
2. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
3. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
6. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling
9. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Aug. 5, 2007

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 August 5, 2007.

All these books are available through northwest-books.com.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. The Maytrees, Annie Dillard
3. Justice Denied, J.A. Jance
4. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
5. Bad Monkeys, Matt Ruff
6. Thursday Next, Jasper Fforde
7. The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolkien
8. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
9. On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan
10. The Secret Servant, Daniel Silva

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

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

MASS MARKET

1. Dead Wrong, J.A. Jance
2. Echo Park, Michael Connelly
3. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
4. Quietly in Their Sleep, Donna Leon
5. 1984, George Orwell
6. One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
7. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
8. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
9. The Art of Detection, Laurie R. King
10. Unnatural Selection, Aaron Elkins

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 Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling
6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling
7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
8. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
9. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
10. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman

Soul of the City: The Pike Place Public Market

Soul of the City: The Pike Place Public Market
by Alice Shorett and Murray Morgan

This book tells the story of the reformers who conceived of the Market, the happenstance amalgam of entrepreneurs and populists who brought it into being, the truck farmers who brought in their produce and their hopes, the people of Seattle who came to think of the Market as their birthright, and the recurring battles to keep progress from paving and reshaping it.

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Justice Denied by J.A. Jance

Justice Denied
by J.A. Jance

Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumont is handed a hush?hush special assignment: find out what really happened in the shooting death of an ex-con. At first, everything seems straightforward, but the deeper Beau digs, the more complicated it becomes. The ex-con really had turned over a new leaf and his murder has nothing to do with, say, a drug deal gone bad. Someone targeted DeShawn for death.

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending July 29, 2007

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 29, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. Justice Denied, J.A. Jance
3. The Maytrees, Annie Dillard
4. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
5. Lean Mean Thirteen, Janet Evanovich
6. The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolkien
7. First Among Sequels, Jasper Fforde
8. On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan
9. The Secret Servant, Daniel Silva
10. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon

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. Merle's Door, Ted Kerasote
6. The Assault on Reason, Al Gore
7. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
8. You: On a Diet, Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
9. Prime, Pepper Schwartz
10. Marley & Me, John Grogan

MASS MARKET

1. Dead Wrong, J.A. Jance
2. Twelve Sharp, Janet Evanovich
3. The Art of Detection, Laurie R. King
4. The Messenger, Daniel Silva
5. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
6. The Old Wine Shades, Martha Grimes
7. The Book of the Dead, Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child
8. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary, Edy Garcia Schaffer (Ed.)
9. Dark Tort, Diane Mott Davidson
10. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)

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 Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 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