IndieBound* hardcover bestseller list 7/23/09
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
2. The Angel's Game, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday
3. Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See, Random House
4. Finger Lickin' Fifteen, by Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's
5. Best Friends Forever, by Jennifer Weiner, Atria
6. Swimsuit, by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown
7. Rain Gods, by James Lee Burke, Simon & Schuster
8. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, by Katherine Howe, Voice
9. The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder, by Rebecca Wells, Harper
10. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley, Delacorte
11. Commencement, by J.Courtney Sullivan, Knopf
12. Brooklyn, by Colm Tóibín, Scribner
13. Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, by Maile Meloy, Riverhead
14. A Short History of Women, by Kate Walbert, Scribner
15. Black Hills, by Nora Roberts, Putnam
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown
2. The End of Overeating, by David A. Kessler, Rodale
3. Shop Class as Soulcraft, by Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin Press
4. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, Knopf
5. Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers, McSweeney's
6. The Evolution of God, by Robert Wright, Little Brown
7. Liberty and Tyranny, by Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions
8. Horse Soldiers, by Doug Stanton, Scribner
9. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch, Hyperion
10. Renegade, by Richard Wolffe, Crown
11. A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition, by Ernest Hemingway, Sean Hemingway (Intro.), Scribner
12. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, by Ben Mezrich, Doubleday
13. The Girls From Ames, by Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham
14. Crazy for the Storm, by Norman Ollestad, Ecco
15. Catastrophe, by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Harper
ON THE RISE: Rocket Men, by Craig Nelson, Viking
* Published Thursday, July 23, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 19, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.
