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So Cal Indie Bestseller Lists
Weekending 08/21/11

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Hardcover Fiction

1. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
2. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
3. The Magician King
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 978067002231
14. House of Holes
Nicholson Baker, S&S, $25, 9781439189511
5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
6. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
7. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Crown, $24, 9780307887436
8. Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva, Harper, $26.99, 9780062072184
9. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
10. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595867
11. Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson, Harper, $25.99, 9780062060556
12. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831
13. Dick Francis's Gamble
Felix Francis, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157479
14. Ghost Story
Jim Butcher, Roc, $27.95, 9780451463791
15. The Cut
George Pelecanos, Reagan Arthur Books, $25.99, 9780316078429

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. Go the F**k to Sleep

Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250

2. Prime Time

Jane Fonda, Random House, $27, 9781400066971

3. A Stolen Life

Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $24.99, 9781451629187

4. Bossypants

Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861

5. Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168

6. 1493

Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722

7. In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846

8. A First-Rate Madness

Nassir Ghaemi, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202957

9. God, No!

Penn Jillette, S&S, $24.99, 9781451610369

10. The Greater Journey

David McCullough, S&S, $37.50, 9781416571766

11. Demonic

Ann Coulter, Crown Forum, $28.99, 9780307353481

12. Inside Scientology

Janet Reitman, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780618883028

13. The Social Animal

David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602

14. ZooBorns

Andrew Bleiman, Chris Eastland, S&S, $9.99, 9781439195314

15. The 17 Day Diet

Dr. Mike Moreno, Free Press, $25, 9781451648652

 


Trade Paperback Fiction

1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132

2. Sarah's Key

Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345

3. One Day

David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713

4. Room

Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328

5. A Visit From the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477

6. Cutting for Stone 
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 7. The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman, Dial, $15, 9780385343671

8. Helen of Pasadena 
Lian Dolan, Prospect Park Books, $14.95, 9780984410224
9. Swamplandia!

Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681 
10. The Hundred-Foot Journey
Richard C. Morais, Scribner, $15, 9781439165652

11. The Magicians

Lev Grossman, Plume, $16, 9780452296299

12. A Dog's Purpose  
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $12.99, 9780765330345
13. The Art of Racing in the Rain

Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967

14. The Cookbook Collector

Allegra Goodman, Dial, $15, 9780385340861

15. Faithful Place

Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143119494


Trade Paperback Nonfiction

1. Unlikely Friendships  
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131

2. Heaven Is for Real

Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158

3. Just Kids

Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228

4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189

5. Tattoos on the Heart

Greg Boyle, Free Press, $14, 9781439153154

6. The Wave

Susan Casey, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767928854

7. The Emperor of All Maladies

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915

8. Life

Keith Richards, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316034418

9. F in Exams

Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319

10. Night

Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016

11. Born to Run

Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187

12. Empire of the Summer Moon

S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061

13. Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930

14. Inside of a Dog

Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16, 9781416583431

15. Zagat Los Angeles/So. California Restaurants 2011

Zagat, $15.95, 9781604783049


Mass Market
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
5. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117
6. The Rembrandt Affair
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451233998
7. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
9. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
10. Moonlight Mile
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $9.99, 9780061836954

Children's Illustrated 

1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $8.99, 9780547366203
3. Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School
Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illus.), Greenwillow, $9.99, 9780062032744
4. Wizard of Oz Scanimation: 10 Classic Scenes from Over the Rainbow
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732
5. A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Philip Christian Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596434028
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
7. The Night Before Preschool
Natasha Wing, Amy Wummer (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448454511
8. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
9. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
10. Library Lion
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763637842

Children's Interest 

1. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
2. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880
3. Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $6.99, 9780547328614
4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99, 9780316013697
5. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
6. LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756682576
7. Mr. Popper's Penguins
Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316058438
8. Sidekicks
Dan Santat, Arthur A. Levine Books, $12.99, 9780439298193
9. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
10. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257

Children's Fiction Series

1. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
3. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. Alex Rider Adventures
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
5. The Kane Chronicles
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. Big Nate
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
9. The Ranger's Apprentice
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Michael Scott, Delacorte



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