Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Jan. 20, 2008

Again, two books from Northwest authors are the latest Northwest Bestseller's list. The Hearts of Horses, by Molly Gloss, remains on the list, as well as the award-winning The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Week ending January 20, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks
3. Plum Lucky, Janet Evanovich
4. The Senator's Wife, Sue Miller
5. The Hearts of Horses, Molly Gloss
6. World Without End, Ken Follett
7. Touchstone, Laurie R. King
8. T Is for Trespass, Sue Grafton
9. Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson
10. Blue Heaven, C.J. Box

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
2. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp
3. Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks
4. Free Lunch, David Cay Johnston
5. The Daring Book for Girls, Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz
6. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
7. Born Standing Up, Steve Martin
8. The Zookeeper's Wife, Diane Ackerman
9. The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein
10. Memo to the President Elect, Madeleine Albright

MASS MARKET

1. Atonement, Ian McEwan
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
3. Plum Lovin', Janet Evanovich
4. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
5. The Shape Shifter, Tony Hillerman
6. The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers, Lilian Jackson Braun
7. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
8. A Deeper Sleep, Dana Stabenow
9. When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodron
10. Hurricane Punch, Tim Dorsey, Harper

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
4. The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick
5. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
6. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
7. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
8. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
9. The Sweet Far Thing, Libba Bray
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rorick Rules, Jeff Kinney

Shop local: All these books are available through Watermark Books in Anacortes or through Anacortes-based northwest-books.com.

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.