Bestsellers, wk ending Dec. 6, 2009

The Pacific Northwest Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by northwest-books.com, IndieBound and PNBA, is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and IndieBound. Most of these books aren't books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Titles shown with a mark (·) before the name are not listed on the comparable National Independent Bestseller List for the same week.

Week ending December 6, 2009

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
2. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
3. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
*4. War Dances
Sherman Alexie, Grove, $23, 9780802119193
5. Too Much Happiness
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269768
6. Under the Dome
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781439148501
7. U Is for Undertow
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155970
8. Last Night in Twisted River
John Irving, Random House, $28, 9781400063840
9. The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
10. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
11. Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton, Harper, $27.99, 9780061929373
12. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
*13. Trial by Fire
J. A. Jance, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563808
14. I, Alex Cross
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018784
*15. The Gathering Storm
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $29.99, 9780765302304

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
2. The Big Burn
Timothy Egan, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780618968411
3. Where Men Win Glory
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385522267
4. Going Rogue
Sarah Palin, Harper, $28.99, 9780061939891
*5. The Collector
Jack Nisbet, Sasquatch, $23.95, 9781570616136
6. Half the Sky
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
7. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
8. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
*9. Rustic Fruit Desserts
Cory Schreiber, Julie Richardson, Ten Speed Press, $22, 9781580089760
10. True Compass
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258
11. The Imperial Cruise
James Bradley, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316008952
12. SuperFreakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $29.99, 9780060889579
*13. The Elements
Theodore Gray (Ed.), Black Dog & Leventhal, $29.95, 9781579128142
14. Have a Little Faith
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
15. Open
Andre Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
3. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
7. The Road
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307476302
8. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234
9. The Piano Teacher
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530
10. Precious (Push Movie Tie-In Edition)
Sapphire, Vintage, $13, 9780307474841
*11. People of the Book
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007
12. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
13. The Private Patient
P.D. James, Vintage, $15, 9780307455284
14. The Shack
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
*15. City of Thieves
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
*2. Winetrails of Washington
Steve Roberts, Lisa Pettit (Illus.), Winetrails Northwest, $19.95, 9780979269806
3. My Life in France
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
4. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
*5. Winetrails of Oregon
Steve M. Roberts, Lisa Pettit (Illus.), Winetrails Northwest, $24.95, 9780979269813
6. I Am America (and So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $15.99, 9780446582186
*7. Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
Steve Trudell, Joe Ammirati, Timber, $27.95, 9780881929355
8. In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
*9. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060852566
10. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
11. Alex & Me
Irene M. Pepperberg, Harper, $13.99, 9780061673986
12. Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
13. Nightlight
The Harvard Lampoon, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307476104
14. Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312428921
*15. Give a Little
Wendy Smith, Hyperion, $14.99, 9781401323400

MASS MARKET

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. The Road
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476319
3. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
*4. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $7.99, 9780440212560
*5. Dead to the World
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441012183
*6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
*7. Cruel Intent
J.A. Jance, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9781416566359
8. Exit Music
Ian Rankin, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316018876
9. Santa Clawed
Rita Mae Brown, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553591590
*10. Club Dead
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441010516

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Waddle!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
2. Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061235900
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. The Christmas Magic
Lauren Thompson, Jon J Muth, Scholastic, $16.99, 9780439774970
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
6. Gallop!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
*7. The Spirit of Christmas
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9780312549657
8. Skippyjon Jones, Lost in Spice
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
9. Carl's Snowy Afternoon
Alexandra Day, FSG, $12.99, 9780374310868
*10. Jan Brett's Snowy Treasury
Jan Brett, Putnam, $29.99, 9780399254017

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
4. Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
David Benedictus, Mark Burgess (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 9780525421603
5. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
6. The Magician's Elephant
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
7. Graceling
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
8. Peter and the Sword of Mercy
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423121343
*9. Open Me Up
DK Publishing, $24.99, 9780756655327
*10. Listen to the Wind
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES

1. Twilight
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316038386
2. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481
3. Eclipse
(Twilight, Book 3)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316027656
4. The Fourth Apprentice
(Warriors: Omen of the Stars, #1)
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780061555091
5. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957
6. New Moon
(Twilight, Book 2)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316024969
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810983915
8. The Lightning Thief
(Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9780786838653
9. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316036733
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136