HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Help, Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. Imperfect Birds, Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594487514
3. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937
4. Solar, Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385533416
5. Every Last One, Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400065745
6. Miss Julia Renews Her Vows, Ann B. Ross, Viking, $24.95, 9780670021550
7. The Shadow of Your Smile, Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.99, 9781439172261
8. Beatrice and Virgil, Yann Martel, Spiegel & Grau, $24, 9781400069262
9. Caught, Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525951582
10. Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, Lee Smith, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565129153
11. Matterhorn, Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly Press, $24.95, 9780802119285
12. The Three Weissmanns of Westport, Cathleen Schine, Sarah Crichton Books/FSG, $25, 9780374299040
13. The Postmistress, Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399156199
14. The Mapping of Love and Death, Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780061727665
15. Changes, Jim Butcher, Roc, $25.95, 9780451463173

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Big Short, Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393072235
2. Oprah, Kitty Kelley, Crown, $30, 9780307394866
3. The Bridge, David Remnick, Knopf, $29.95, 9781400043606
4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
5. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446552448
6. The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose, NAL, $26.95, 9780451230232
7. Kid Carolina, Heidi Schnakenberg, Center Street, $23.99, 9781599951034
8. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future, Michael J. Fox, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781401323868
9. Game Change, John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
10. This Time Together, Carol Burnett, Harmony, $25, 9780307461186
11. In the Green Kitchen, Alice Waters, Clarkson Potter, $28, 9780307336804
12. A Ticket to the Circus, Norris Church Mailer, Random House, $26, 9781400067947
13. Christianity, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Viking, $45, 9780670021260
14. Committed, Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
15. Paula Deen’s Savannah Style, Paula Deen, S&S, $29.99, 9781416552246

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. Little Bee, Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
4. A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
5. Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
7. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
8. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
9. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
10. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
11. Sarah’s Key, Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
13. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
14. The Sweet By and By, Todd Johnson, Harper, $13.99, 9780061579516
15. Serena- a 2009 SIBA Book Award Winner!, Ron Rash, Ecco, $14.99, 9780061470844

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Food Rules, Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. Conservative Victory, Sean Hannity, Harper, $14.99, 9780062003058
3. Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
4. The Lost City of Z, David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
5. The Blind Side, Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
6. The Girls From Ames, Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $16, 9781592405329
7. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
8. Same Kind of Different as Me, Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Thomas Nelson, $14.99, 9780849919107
9. An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor, HarperOne, $14.99, 9780061370472
10. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
11. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
12. Night, Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016
13. The Age of Wonder, Richard Holmes, Vintage, $17.95, 9781400031870
14. Nine Lives, Dan Baum, Spiegel & Grau, $15, 9780385523202
15. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060852566

MASS MARKET

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159
3. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
4. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
5. Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441018512
6. The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553577129
7. Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243687
8. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
9. Borderline, Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425233788
10. Long Lost, Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED

1. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Lion & the Mouse, Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
3. Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire!, Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061896439
4. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061906220
5. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
6. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
7. Shark vs. Train, Chris Barton, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316007627
8. Pat the Bunny, Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
9. Guess How Much I Love You, Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763642648
10. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926

CHILDREN’S INTEREST

1. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary, Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9780810996168
2. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. Big Nate: In a Class by Himself, Lincoln Peirce, HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780061944345
4. If I Stay, Gayle Forman, Speak, $8.99, 9780142415436
5. Graceling - a 2009 SIBA Book Award Winner!, Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
6. Savvy, Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142414330
7. Eli the Good - a 2010 SIBA Book Award Finalist!, Silas House, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763643416
8. The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan, Delacorte, $9.99, 9780385736824
9. Will Grayson, Will Grayson, John Green, David Levithan, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525421580
10. Leaving Gee’s Bend, Irene Latham, Putnam, $16.99, 9780399251795

CHILDREN’S SERIES TITLES

1. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4), Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101499
2. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2), Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9781423103349
3. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1), Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
4. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5), Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423101475
5. The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3), Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101482
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810970687
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136
8. The Emperor’s Code (The 39 Clues, #8), Gordon Korman, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545060486
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810994737
10. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $22.99, 9780316067928

CHILDREN’S FICTION SERIES

1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback), Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover and paperback), Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback), Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. The 39 Clues (hardcover), Gordon Korman, et al, Scholastic
5. The Hunger Games (hardcover), Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
6. Twilight (hardcover and paperback), Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
7. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback), Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback), J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback), Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
10. How to Train Your Dragon (paperback), Cressida Cowell, Little Brown

SPECIAL TO THE SOUTHERN LIST!

(books that appear on the southern list, but not the national list)

• The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark (fiction)
• Miss Julia Renews Her Vows by Ann B. Ross (fiction)
• The Postmistress by Sarah Blake (fiction)
• Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger by Lee Smith (fiction)
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future by Michael J. Fox (nonfiction)
• A Ticket to the Circus by Norris Church Mailer (nonfiction)
• Kid Carolina by Heidi Schnakenberg (nonfiction)
• Paula Deen’s Savannah Style by Paula Deen (nonfiction)
• Christianity by Diarmaid MacCulloch (nonfiction)
• The Sweet By and By by Todd Johnson (paperback fiction)
• Serena by Ron Rash (paperback fiction)
• Same Kind of Different as me by Ron Hall (paperback nonfiction)
• Nine Lives by Dan Baum (paperback nonfiction)
• An Altar in the Wold by Barbara Brown Taylor (paperback nonfiction)
• Night by Elie Wiesel (paperback nonfiction)
• Animal, Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (paperback nonfiction)
• Long Lost by Harlan Coben (mass market)
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (mass market)
• Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (mass market)
• Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney (children’s illustrated)
• Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin (children’s illustrated)
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore (children’s interest)
• Eli the Good by Silas House (children’s interest)
• Leaving Gee’s Bend by Irene Latham (children’s interest)

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES

Hardcover

THE CREATION OF EVE by Lynn Cullen (Putnam Adult, $25.95, 9780399156106)”The story of Sofonisba Anguissola, the Renaissance painter, has long been forgotten. Michelangelo’s tutelage and recommendation send her to Spanish Queen Elisabeth as a lady-in-waiting. While each endures heartbreak from men they love but can never have, Cullen takes us into the world of painting and political stratagems. This masterpiece is beautifully heartbreaking and impossible to put down.” — Lauren Denham, The Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL

CONTESTED WILL: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro (Simon & Schuster, $26, 9781416541622) “An excellent scholar and an engaging writer, Shapiro looks at the weird and enduring history of doubting that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare: When did it start? Who perpetuates it? What does it mean? And what can it tell us about the limits and pitfalls of human imagination? This is a study for all interested readers– guaranteed to be the best broad-interest Shakespeare book of the year.” — Mark David Bradshaw, Watermark Books, Wichita, KS

Paperback

CHEF: A Novel by Jaspreet Singh (Bloomsbury USA, $14.00, 9781608190850) “Set in war-torn Kashmir, a young Sikh’s training to become an army chef is the setting of this hauntingly atmospheric novel. Chef weaves together themes of conflict, duty and allegiance to self, friends and country. Throughout runs the current of food: as art, as love, as teacher and even as weapon. A quietly passionate and beautifully crafted book.” — Anne Adare, The Toadstool Bookshop, Keene, NH

For Ages 9 to 12

THE YEAR OF GOODBYES: A True Story of Friendship, Family, and Farewells by Debbie Levy (Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781423129011) “Debbie Levy takes full advantage of the power of words, intertwining her lyrical writing style with entries from her mother’s journal and autograph album. This book chronicles her mother’s last year in 1938 Nazi Germany before departing to the United States. This is a can’t-put-down book that will spark discussions among readers both young and old.” — Anna Weddington, Pomegranate Books, Wilmington, NC