Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Jan. 27, 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. Bolded titles are Northwest authors or subjects.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Duma Key, Stephen King
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
3. The Hearts of Horses, Molly Gloss
4. Plum Lucky, Janet Evanovich
5. World Without End, Ken Follett
6. People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks
7. Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson
8. The Senator's Wife, Sue Miller
9. T Is for Trespass, Sue Grafton
10. Loving Frank, Nancy Horan

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
2. The Daring Book for Girls, Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz
3. Memo to the President Elect, Madeleine Albright
4. Born Standing Up, Steve Martin
5. I Am America (and So Can You!), Stephen Colbert
6. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
7. Creating a World Without Poverty, Muhammad Yunus
8. Boom!, Tom Brokaw
9. Free Lunch, David Cay Johnston
10. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)

MASS MARKET

1. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
2. Atonement, Ian McEwan
3. The Shape Shifter, Tony Hillerman
4. Plum Lovin', Janet Evanovich
5. The Innocent Man, John Grisham
6. The Watchman, Robert Crais
7. Iron Kissed, Patricia Briggs
8. Dust, Martha Grimes
9. Off Armageddon Reef, David Weber
10. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

CHILDREN'S TITLES

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

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.