The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, January 21, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 17, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org

Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday’s Bookselling This Week email.
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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#4-The Swan Thieves, by Elizabeth Kostova (9780316065788)
#7-The First Rule, by Robert Crais (9780399156137)
#12-Where the God of Love Hangs Out, by Amy Bloom (9781400063574)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-Game Change, by John Heilemann, Mark Halperin (9780061733635)
Paperback Fiction
#12-When Will There Be Good News?, by Kate Atkinson (9780316012836)
#14-Lark and Termite, by Jayne Anne Phillips (9780375701931)
#15-The School of Essential Ingredients, by Erica Bauermeister (9780425232095)
Paperback Nonfiction
#9-Animals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin (9780547248233)
#13-The Value of Nothing, by Raj Patel (9780312429249)
Children’s Interest
#9-The Underneath, by Kathi Appelt, David Small (Illus.) (9781416950592)
Children’s Illustrated
#3-Fancy Nancy: Heart to Heart, by Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.) (9780061235962)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: Leprechaun in Late Winter (Magic Tree House), by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.)
(9780375856501)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
4. The Swan Thieves- Debut
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
5. Noah’s Compass
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272409
6. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
7. The First Rule- Debut
Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156137
8. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
9. Remarkable Creatures
Tracy Chevalier, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525951452
10. Too Much Happiness
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269768
11. The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
12. Where the God of Love Hangs Out- Debut
Amy Bloom, Random House, $25, 9781400063574
13. The Last Song
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446547567
14. U Is for Undertow
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155970
15. Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton, Harper, $27.99, 9780061929373
ON THE RISE:
21. Treasure Hunt
John Lescroart, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525951445
A new Wyatt Hunt thriller by the bestselling author of A Plague of Secrets.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
2. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime- Debut
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
3. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
4. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
5. Have a Little Faith
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
6. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
7. Drive
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488849
8. The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
Norton, $24.95, 9780393061024
9. Half the Sky
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
10. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
11. The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $24.5, 9780805091748
12. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
13. Going Rogue
Sarah Palin, Harper, $28.99, 9780061939891
14. Open
Andre Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198
15. SuperFreakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $29.99, 9780060889579
ON THE RISE:
23. Freefall
Joseph Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393075960
Nobel Prize-winner Stiglitz looks at the current financial crisis.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
5. The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044936
6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
8. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
9. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
10. The Piano Teacher
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530
11. Sarah’s Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. When Will There Be Good News?- Debut
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012836
13. The Women
T.C. Boyle, Penguin, $16, 9780143116479
14. Lark and Termite- Debut
Jayne Anne Phillips, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375701931
15. The School of Essential Ingredients- Debut
Erica Bauermeister, Berkley, $15, 9780425232095
ON THE RISE:
18. The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $15, 9780307454706
Alexander McCall Smith’s delightful new novel in the 44 Scotland Street series.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. The Blind Side
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
4. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
6. My Life in France
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
7. The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
9. Animals Make Us Human- Debut
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
10. Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
11. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2010
World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571237
12. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
13. The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy- Debut
Raj Patel, Picador, $14, 9780312429249
14. Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
15. Food Matters
Mark Bittman, S&S, $15, 9781416575658

MASS MARKET
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400
3. Dear John
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
4. The Devil’s Punchbowl
Greg Iles, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781416524557
5. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.5, 9780877799290
6. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553577129
7. Terminal Freeze
Lincoln Child, Anchor, $7.99, 9781400095483
8. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
9. The Road
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476319
10. Cross Country
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446536301

CHILDREN’S INTEREST
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. 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
3. When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
5. Graceling
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
6. The Magician’s Elephant
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
7. Witch & Wizard
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316036245
8. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
9. The Underneath- Debut
Kathi Appelt, David Small (Illus.), Atheneum, $7.99, 9781416950592
10. Listen to the Wind
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
11. The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Young Readers Edition
Michael Pollan, Dial, $9.99, 9780803735002
12. Fallen
Lauren Kate, Delacorte, $17.99, 9780385738934
13. The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
14. Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle
Brian Dennis, et al., Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316053181
15. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L’Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
3. Fancy Nancy: Heart to Heart- Debut
Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235962
4. Waddle!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
5. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6. The Lion & the Mouse
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
7. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
10. Otis
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
11. Skippyjon Jones, Lost in Spice
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
12. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
13. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), S&S, $6.99, 9780689707490
14. Skippyjon Jones
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142404034
15. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341

CHILDREN’S FICTION SERIES
1. Percy Jackson & the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
New in Series: Leprechaun in Late Winter (9780375856501)
5. Hunger Games (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
8. Ranger’s Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Philomel
9. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Jude Watson, et al., Scholastic
10. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback)
Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
GHOSTS AND LIGHTNING by Trevor Byrne (Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385531276) “Denny Cullen is a loser in so many ways, yet he has a dignity that will have you rooting for him from the get-go. Denny knows that he wants more out of life than his dead-end existence in Dublin, but, somehow, the path to something better eludes him. Ghosts and Lightning is so accomplished that it’s difficult to believe that it’s a debut novel.”– Betsey Detwiler, Buttonwood Books & Toys, Cohasset, MA

ANGEL OF DEATH ROW: My Life as a Death Penalty Defense Lawyer by Andrea Lyon (Kaplan, $24.95, 9781607144342) “Glass ceiling or metal jail bars, seemingly nothing will stop Andrea Lyon from success. Her record of 19 death row victories has earned her the title of this book. This one reads like a thriller with real life-and-death consequences.” –Jamie Robinson, Bestsellers Books & Coffee Co., Mason, MI

Paperback
THE PIG DID IT by Joseph Caldwell (Delphinium, $13.99, 9781883285340) “The Pig Did It is part cozy, part Irish lament, all quirky, and great fun!”– Jill Miner, Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord, MI

For Ages 4 to 8
FU FINDS THE WAY by John Rocco (Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423109655) “Young Fu is out in the rice fields quite distracted by his fantastic daydream when he accidentally flings a clod of mud onto the face of a fearsome warrior named Chang. But when a duel takes a surprising turn, Fu forgets his sword and finds beauty in focus and ceremony. This is an awe-inspiringly beautiful book that will beckon you to hold it tenderly in your hands and give it your full attention.” –Vivian Leal, Kepler’s Books & Magazines, Menlo Park, CA