Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Dec. 23, 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. Web of Evil, by J.A. Jance, is on the mass market list. Bolded titles are Northwest books. Week ending December 23, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. The Hearts of Horses, Molly Gloss
3. World Without End, Ken Follett
4. T Is for Trespass, Sue Grafton
5. Bridge of Sighs, Richard Russo
6. Home to Holly Springs, Jan Karon
7. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
8. The Darkest Evening of the Year, Dean R. Koontz
9. Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson
10. Gentlemen of the Road, Michael Chabon

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. I Am America (and So Can You!), Stephen Colbert
2. The Daring Book for Girls, Miriam Peskowitz, Alexis Seabrook (Illus.)
3. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
4. Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks
5. Our Dumb World, The Onion (Eds.)
6. Boom!, Tom Brokaw
7. Born Standing Up, Steve Martin
8. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara and Camille Kingsolver
9. Good Dog. Stay., Anna Quindlen
10. Rescuing Sprite, Mark R. Levin

MASS MARKET

1. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
2. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
3. Next, Michael Crichton
4. The Innocent Man, John Grisham
5. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary, Edy Garcia Schaffer (Ed.)
6. Atonement, Ian McEwan
7. Web of Evil, J.A. Jance
8. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
9. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
10. Dust, Martha Grimes

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
2. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
3. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
4. The Girls' Book, Juliana Foster
5. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
6. The Boys' Book, Dominique Enright
7. Olivia Helps With Christmas, Ian Falconer
8. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
9. Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy, Matthew Reinhart
10. Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones, Judith Schachner

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.

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.

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Dec. 2, 2007

There are four Northwest authors on the Northwest Bestsellers lists this week. The Hearts of Horses, by Molly Gloss, is at the top of the hardcover bestsellers list. Web of Evil, by J.A. Jance and Firetrap, by Portland author Earl Emerson, are both on the mass market list. And, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie remains on the children's list this week. Week ending December 2, 2007.

Bolded titles are by Northwest authors or are Northwest related.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Hearts of Horses, Molly Gloss
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
3. World Without End, Ken Follett
4. Home to Holly Springs, Jan Karon
5. Bridge of Sighs, Richard Russo
6. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
7. Run, Ann Patchett
8. Confessor, Terry Goodkind
9. Stone Cold, David Baldacci
10. Christmas Stories, Diana Secker Tesdell (Ed.)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Daring Book for Girls, Miriam Peskowitz, Alexis Seabrook (Illus.)
2. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
3. I Am America (and So Can You!), Stephen Colbert
4. Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks
5. Born Standing Up, Steve Martin
6. You: Staying Young, Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
7. Deceptively Delicious, Jessica Seinfeld
8. Our Dumb World, The Onion (Eds.)
9. The Zookeeper's Wife, Diane Ackerman
10. The Age of Turbulence, Alan Greenspan

MASS MARKET

1. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
2. The Innocent Man, John Grisham
3. Next, Michael Crichton
4. Blood Brothers, Nora Roberts
5. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
6. Web of Evil, J.A. Jance
7. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
8. Wicked, Gregory Maguire, Douglas Smith (Illus.)
9. Too Late to Say Goodbye, Ann Rule
10. Firetrap, Earl W. Emerson

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Gallop!, Rufus Seder
2. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
4. The Boys' Book, Dominique Enright
5. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
6. Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones, Judith Schachner
7. One Snowy Night, M. Christina Butler, Tina Macnaughton (Illus.)
8. Blue Moo, Sandra Boynton
9. The Three Snow Bears, Jan Brett
10. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer

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.