Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Dec. 30, 2007

Two books by northwest authors remain on the Northwest Bestsellers list: The Hearts of Horses, by Oregon author Molly Gloss is number two on the list. And, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Seattle author Sherman Alexie is on the children's list.
Week ending December 30, 2007. Bold titles are Northwest authors.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. The Hearts of Horses, Molly Gloss
3. T Is for Trespass, Sue Grafton
4. World Without End, Ken Follett
5. Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson
6. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
7. The Darkest Evening of the Year, Dean R. Koontz
8. Bridge of Sighs, Richard Russo
9. Double Cross, James Patterson
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. Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks
4. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
5. Born Standing Up, Steve Martin
6. Boom!, Tom Brokaw
7. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp
8. Our Dumb World, The Onion (Eds.)
9. An Inconvenient Book, Glenn Beck
10. The Art of Simple Food, Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.)

MASS MARKET

1. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
2. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
3. The Innocent Man, John Grisham
4. Atonement, Ian McEwan
5. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
6. Next, Michael Crichton
7. The Shape Shifter, Tony Hillerman
8. Dust, Martha Grimes
9. Wicked, Gregory Maguire, Douglas Smith (Illus.)
10. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary, Edy Garcia Schaffer (Ed.)

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf
2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
3. Dark River (Warriors: Power of Three, #2), Erin Hunter
4. The Sweet Far Thing, Libba Bray
5. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
6. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
7. The Subtle Knife, Philip Pullman
8. The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman
9. The Girls' Book, Juliana Foster
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling

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.