Southern Independent Bestsellers
For the week ending Sunday, May 4, 2008 Columbia, SC - May 8, 2008 -The Southern Independent Bestseller List, as brought to you by Book Sense and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 4, 2008. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and Book Sense. Archived lists are available on Authors 'Round the South, the place to find your favorite authors at your favorite neighborhood bookstores. |
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739 2. Hold Tight Harlan Coben, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525950608 3. The Whole Truth David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446195973 4. The Miracle at Speedy Motors Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $22.95, 9780375424489 5. Bulls Island Dorothea Benton Frank, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061438431 6. Sundays at Tiffany's James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316014779 7. So Brave, Young, and Handsome Leif Enger, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780871139856 8. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587 9. Dead Heat Joel C. Rosenberg, Tyndale, $24.99, 9781414311616 10. The Appeal John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385515047 11. The Girl With No Shadow Joanne Harris, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061431623 12. Santa Fe Dead Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154904 13. Where Are You Now? Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 9781416566380 14. The Plague of Doves Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.95, 9780060515126 15. Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.95, 9780743294256 |
 | HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. The Last Lecture Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257 2. Ladies of Liberty Cokie Roberts, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060782344 3. A Voyage Long and Strange Tony Horwitz, Holt, $27.50, 9780805076035 4. Home Julie Andrews, Hyperion, $26.95, 9780786865659 5. Armageddon in Retrospect Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155086 6. A Remarkable Mother Jimmy Carter, S&S, $22.95, 9781416562450 7. A Wolf at the Table Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312342029 8. Just Who Will You Be?. Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189 9. What Now? Ann Patchett, Harper, $14.95, 9780061340659 10. In Defense of Food Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455 11. The Secret Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707 12. The Revolution Ron Paul, Grand Central, $21, 9780446537513 13. How Not to Look Old Charla Krupp, Springboard, $25.99, 9780446581141 14. I Before E (Except After C) Judy Parkinson, Reader's Digest, $14.95, 9780762109173 15. Girls Like Us Sheila Weller, Atria, $27.95, 9780743491471 |  | TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605 2. Loving Frank Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006 3. The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834 4. The Friday Night Knitting Club Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096 5. Suite Francaise Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275 6. The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003 7. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064 8. The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149 9. The Shack William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230 10. Luncheon of the Boating Party Susan Vreeland, Penguin, $15, 9780143113522 11. The Gathering Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392 12. Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735 13. The Alchemist Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415 14. The Book of Air and Shadows Michael Gruber, Harper, $14.95, 9780061456572 15. Ten Days in the Hills Jane Smiley, Anchor, $14.95, 9781400033201 | TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. A New Earth Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963 2. Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252 3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566 4. Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412 5. The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806 6. The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705 7. Dreams From My Father Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773 8. The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542 9. Eat This Not That! David Zinczenko, Rodale, $19.95, 9781594868542 10. Into the Wild Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172 11. I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307276827 12. Marley & Me John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091 13. Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696 14. 90 Minutes in Heaven Don Piper, Revell, $12.99, 9780800759490 15. The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580 | 
| MASS MARKET 1. The Woods Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221957 2. The Land of Mango Sunsets Dorothea Benton Frank, Avon, $7.99, 9780060892395 3. The Hollow Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515144598 4. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal Eric Van Lustbader, Vision, $9.99, 9780446618809 5. The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890 6. Simple Genius David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731 7. Invisible Prey John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425221150 8. The Good Guy Dean Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589115 9. Suffer the Little Children Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614 10. The King of Lies John Hart, St. Martin's, $6.99, 9780312363758 | CHILDREN'S TITLES 1. Gallop! Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633 2. Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236 3. Read All About It! Laura Bush, Jenna Bush, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061560750 4. Twilight Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316015844 5. Fancy Nancy Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092 6. The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957 7. Outcast (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 3) Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060892081 8. Fancy Nancy at the Museum Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075 9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737 10. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 11. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3) Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316160209 12. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207 13. New Moon Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $19.99, 9780316160193 14. Fancy Nancy Loves! Loves!! Loves!!! Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061235993 15. Alphabet Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658 | |