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Southern Indie Bestseller List 12/7/2008

Southern Indie Bestseller List

For the week ending Sunday, December 7, 2008
Columbia, SC -December 10, 2008 -

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound.org and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, December 7, 2008. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound.org.

Printable versions: Hardcover | Paperback | Children

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Scarpetta
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155161
2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95, 9780061374227
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22, 9780385340991
4. The Hour I First Believed
Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.95, 9780060393496
5. The Christmas Sweater
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $19.99, 9781416594857
6. Serena
Ron Rash, Ecco, $24.95, 9780061470851
7. The Private Patient
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307270771
8. The Gate House
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446533423
9. A Mercy
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307264237
10. Cross Country
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018722
11. Divine Justice
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446195508
12. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446579933
13. Extreme Measures
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.95, 9780743270427
14. The Charlemagne Pursuit
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $26, 9780345485793
15. Just After Sunset
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 9781416584087

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
2. Dewey
Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99, 9780446407410
3. American Lion
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9781400063253
4. The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257
5. Do the Right Thing
Mike Huckabee, Sentinel, $25.95, 9781595230546
6. Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781400054350
7. The Purpose of Christmas
Rick Warren, Howard, $17.99, 9781416559009
8. Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95, 9780374166854
9. Letter to My Daughter
Maya Angelou, Random House, $25, 9781400066124
10. The Snowball
Alice Schroeder, Bantam, $35, 9780553805093
11. Call Me Ted
Ted Turner, Grand Central, $30, 9780446581899
12. Annie Leibovitz at Work
Annie Leibovitz, Random House, $40, 9780375505102
13. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316035903
14. Guinness World Records 2009
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994374
15. When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316143479 

 

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Shack
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594483851
3. Loving Frank
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
4. The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 9780142001745
5. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
6. The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14, 9781416562603
7. Out Stealing Horses
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
8. Run
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061340642
9. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14, 9781594483295
10. World Without End
Ken Follett, NAL, $22, 9780451224996
11. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
12. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
13. Shadow Country
Peter Matthiessen, Modern Library, $16, 9780812980622
14. In the Woods
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
15. The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog
Dave Barry, Berkley, $14, 9780425217740

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 

1. Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
2. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
3. The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705
4. Marley & Me
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091
5. Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9780743270755
6. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
7. Boone
Robert Morgan, Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565126152
8. World Almanac and Book of Facts 2009
World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571053
9. Musicophilia
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539
10. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
11. Same Kind of Different as Me
Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Thomas Nelson, $14.99, 9780849919107
12. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2009
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984531
13. Listening Is an Act of Love
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin, $15, 9780143114345
14. A New Earth
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
15. The Love Dare
Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick, B&H, $14.99, 9780805448856


MASS MARKET 

1. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
2. The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307455871
3. The Appeal
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243816
4. The Pagan Stone
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515144666
5. Down River
John Hart, St. Martin's Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312945664
6. T Is for Trespass
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425224847
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
8. Marley & Me
John Grogan, Harper, $7.99, 9780061687204
9. The Venetian Betrayal
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345485786
10. A Prisoner of Birth
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9780312944094

 

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. The Tales of Beedle the Bard
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine, $12.99, 9780545128285
2. Twilight
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316038386
3. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316024969
4. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316160209
5. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $22.99, 9780316067928
6. Swing!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151272
7. Gallop!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95, 9780810979772
9. A Very Marley Christmas
John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061372926
10. The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763625290
11. The Lump of Coal
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061574283
12. One False Note (The 39 Clues, #2)
Gordon Korman, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545060424
13. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
14. Fancy Nancy: Let's Get Fancy Together!
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061576713
15. ABC3D
Marion Bataille, Roaring Brook, $19.95, 9781596434257
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