Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk

Snuff
by Chuck Palahniuk

From the master of literary mayhem and provocation, a full-frontal Triple X novel that goes where no American work of fiction has gone before.

Cassie Wright, porn priestess, intends to cap her legendary career by breaking the world record for serial fornication. On camera. With six hundred men. Snuff unfolds from the perspectives of Mr. 72, Mr. 137, and Mr. 600, who await their turn on camera in a very crowded green room. This wild, lethally funny, and thoroughly researched novel brings the huge yet underacknowledged presence of pornography in contemporary life into the realm of literary fiction at last. Who else but Chuck Palahniuk would dare do such a thing? Who else could do it so well, so unflinchingly, and with such an incendiary (you might say) climax?

About the Author

Chuck Palahniuk?s eight previous novels are the bestselling Rant, Haunted, Lullaby, Diary, Choke?which was made into a 2008 film by director Clark Gregg, starring Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston?Survivor, Invisible Monsters, and Fight Club, which was made into a film by director David Fincher. He is also the author of the nonfiction profile of Portland, Oregon, Fugitives and Refugees, published as part of the Crown Journeys series, and the nonfiction collection Stranger Than Fiction. He lives in Oregon.

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending May 28, 2008

Four Northwest authors are on this week's bestsellers list. Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain and Jo Dereske's Index to Murder are both recent releases. Also on the list are: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and Chuck Palahniuk's Snuff. Week ending May 25, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
2. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
3. Careless in Red, Elizabeth George
4. The Miracle at Speedy Motors, Alexander McCall Smith
5. Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri
6. Snuff, Chuck Palahniuk
7. So Brave, Young, and Handsome, Leif Enger
8. Red Bird, Mary Oliver
9. Odd Hours, Dean Koontz
10. Bright Shiny Morning, James Frey

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
2. The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria
3. The Man Who Loved China, Simon Winchester
4. Audition, Barbara Walters
5. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
6. Just Who Will You Be?, Maria Shriver
7. The Downhill Lie, Carl Hiaasen
8. Moyers on Democracy, Bill Moyers
9. The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Sally Swift
10. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden

MASS MARKET

1. Suffer the Little Children, Donna Leon
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
3. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
4. The Judas Strain, James Rollins
5. Index to Murder, Jo Dereske
6. 1984, George Orwell
7. The Sleeping Doll, Jeffery Deaver
8. The Innocent Man, John Grisham
9. The Hollow, Nora Roberts
10. Black Order, James Rollins

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4), Rick Riordan
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
3. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
4. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
5. Raven Rise (Pendragon #9), D. J. MacHale
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
7. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
8. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
9. Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Dr. Seuss
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, 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.

Index to Murder by Jo Dereske

Index to Murder
by Jo Dereske

No one could be more orderly or organized than dedicated librarian Helma Zukas. No one could be more rash and raucous than avant-garde artist Ruth Winthrop. Yet the two women are best friends and a resourceful, ingenious, crime-solving team. So when two of Ruth's latest paintings?each depicting an ex-lover who met a very untimely and mysterious end?are stolen, the amazing amateur detectives get to work. Jo Dereske lives near Bellingham, Wash.

But digging through Ruth's romantic rendezvous turns up more than broken hearts. There's an angry ex-wife, a jealous fellow artist, and a rampaging group of local tree-huggers. There's trouble brewing in Bellehaven . . . and only Helma and Ruth can make certain that mayhem doesn't lead to murder.

About the Author

I've lived in Northwest Washington State for 30 years but grew up in rural Mason County, Michigan. I longed to be a writer but as a child believed it was impossible since I didn't live anywhere near New York City. I left Michigan and headed west after college, positive I was destined to write about the wider, more exotic, world. But curiously, nearly all my books and short stories either have a connection to, or are set in, Michigan.

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending May 18, 2008

Four Northwest authors are on this week's bestsellers list. Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain and Jo Dereske's Index to Murder are both new releases. Also on the list are: The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss; and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Week ending May 18, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
2. The Miracle at Speedy Motors, Alexander McCall Smith
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
4. Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri
5. Careless in Red, Elizabeth George
6. The Plague of Doves, Louise Erdrich
7. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
8. The Hearts of Horses, Molly Gloss
9. Swine Not?, Jimmy Buffett, Helen Bransford (Illus.)
10. Bright Shiny Morning, James Frey

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
2. The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria
3. Audition, Barbara Walters
4. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
5. Armageddon in Retrospect, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
6. Bonk, Mary Roach
7. The Man Who Loved China, Simon Winchester
8. Just Who Will You Be?, Maria Shriver
9. A Wolf at the Table, Augusten Burroughs
10. Moyers on Democracy, Bill Moyers

MASS MARKET

1. Suffer the Little Children, Donna Leon
2. Bad Luck and Trouble, Lee Child
3. The Hollow, Nora Roberts
4. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
5. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betraya, Eric Van Lustbader
6. The Good Guy, Dean Koontz
7. Index to Murder, Jo Dereske
8. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
9. Invisible Prey, John Sandford
10. The Harlequin, Laurell K. Hamilton

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4), Rick Riordan
3. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
5. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
6. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
7. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
8. Outcast (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 3), Erin Hunter
9. Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Dr. Seuss
10. The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick

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.

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein

A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope, The Art of Racing in the Rain is a beautifully crafted and captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life . . . as only a dog could tell it.

Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver.

Through Denny, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition, and he sees that life, like racing, isn't simply about going fast. Using the techniques needed on the race track, one can successfully navigate all of life's ordeals.

On the eve of his death, Enzo takes stock of his life, recalling all that he and his family have been through: the sacrifices Denny has made to succeed professionally; the unexpected loss of Eve, Denny's wife; the three-year battle over their daughter, Zoë, whose maternal grandparents pulled every string to gain custody. In the end, despite what he sees as his own limitations, Enzo comes through heroically to preserve the Swift family, holding in his heart the dream that Denny will become a racing champion with Zoë at his side. Having learned what it takes to be a compassionate and successful person, the wise canine can barely wait until his next lifetime, when he is sure he will return as a man.

About the Author

Garth Stein is the author of three novels: The Art of Racing in the Rain (Harper, 2008); How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets (Soho Press, 2005), which won a 2006 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award, and was a Book Sense Pick in both hardcover and paperback; and Raven Stole the Moon (Pocket, 1998). He has also written a full-length play, Brother Jones, which received its first production in Los Angeles, in February, 2005, and was described as "brimming with intensity," by the L.A. Weekly.

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending May 11, 2008

Just two Northwest writers are on this week's Northwest Bestseller list: The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss; and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin dropped below the top ten and William Dietrich's The Rosetta Key is below the top ten, too. Week ending May 11, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
2. The Miracle at Speedy Motors, Alexander McCall Smith
3. Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri
4. Careless in Red, Elizabeth George
5. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
6. The Plague of Doves, Louise Erdrich
7. The Girl With No Shadow, Joanne Harris
8. The Hearts of Horses, Molly Gloss
9. Red Bird, Mary Oliver
10. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
2. Audition, Barbara Walters
3. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
4. Just Who Will You Be?, Maria Shriver
5. Armageddon in Retrospect, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
6. A Remarkable Mother, Jimmy Carter
7. The Open Road, Pico Iyer
8. Home, Julie Andrews
9. Bonk, Mary Roach
10. Don'ts for Wives, Blanche Ebbutt

MASS MARKET

1. The Hollow, Nora Roberts
2. Suffer the Little Children, Donna Leon
3. Bad Luck and Trouble, Lee Child
4. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
5. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
6. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal, Eric Van Lustbader
7. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary, Edy Garcia Schaffer (Ed.)
8. Simple Genius, David Baldacci
9. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
10. The Good Guy, Dean Koontz

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4), Rick Riordan
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
4. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
5. Outcast (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 3), Erin Hunter
6. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
7. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney
9. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, 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.

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending May 4, 2008

Three Northwest writers are on this week's Northwest Bestseller list: Lavinia, by Portland author Ursula K. Le Guin; The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss; and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Week ending May 4, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Miracle at Speedy Motors, Alexander McCall Smith
2. Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri
3. The Plague of Doves, Louise Erdrich
4. The Girl With No Shadow, Joanne Harris
5. Red Bird, Mary Oliver
6. The Hearts of Horses, Molly Gloss
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
8. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
9. Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin
10. So Brave, Young, and Handsome, Leif Enger

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Bonk, Mary Roach
2. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
3. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
4. Armageddon in Retrospect, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
5. A Wolf at the Table, Augusten Burroughs
6. The Open Road, Pico Iyer
7. Just Who Will You Be?., Maria Shriver
8. A Remarkable Mother, Jimmy Carter
9. Bad Money, Kevin Phillips
10. A Voyage Long and Strange, Tony Horwitz

MASS MARKET

1. Suffer the Little Children, Donna Leon
2. Bad Luck and Trouble, Lee Child
3. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
4. Index to Murder, Jo Dereske
5. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
6. The Innocent Man, John Grisham
7. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
8. Simple Genius, David Baldacci
9. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
10. The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Outcast (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 3), Erin Hunter
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
3. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
4. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
5. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
6. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney
10. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)

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.