Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Jan. 6, 2008

Northwest authors have four (count 'me, four) books on this week's Northwest Bestseller's list. J.A. Jance's latest novel, Hand of Evil, set in Arizona, is on the hardcover fiction list. Also on the hardcover fiction list is the wonderful The Hearts of Horses, by Molly Gloss. J.A. Jance has a paperback on the list, too. It's Web of Evil, available at $7.99. And, remaining on the list is award-winning The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.

Week ending Sunday, January 6, 2008. Bold titles are Northwest books and are available via northwest-books.com.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. The Hearts of Horses, Molly Gloss
3. World Without End, Ken Follett
4. Touchstone, Laurie R. King
5. Hand of Evil, J.A. Jance
6. Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson
7. Bridge of Sighs, Richard Russo
8. Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson
9. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky (Trans.)
10. T Is for Trespass, Sue Grafton

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
2. The Daring Book for Girls, Miriam Peskowitz, Alexis Seabrook (Illus.)
3. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
4. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara and Camille Kingsolver
5. Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks
6. The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein
7. Born Standing Up, Steve Martin
8. The Zookeeper's Wife, Diane Ackerman
9. Boom!, Tom Brokaw
10. You: Staying Young, Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.

MASS MARKET

1. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
2. The Shape Shifter, Tony Hillerman
3. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
4. Atonement, Ian McEwan
5. Dust, Martha Grimes
6. Next, Michael Crichton
7. Web of Evil, J.A. Jance
8. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
9. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary, Edy Garcia Schaffer (Ed.)
10. Outlander, Diana Gabaldon

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Dark River (Warriors: Power of Three, #2), Erin Hunter
2. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
4. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
5. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
6. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
7. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
8. The Subtle Knife, Philip Pullman
9. The Sweet Far Thing, Libba Bray
10. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

he 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.