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December 17 - December 24, 2009 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, December 17, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 13, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit www.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 and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

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Debuts for the week:

Hardcover Fiction

#15-La's Orchestra Saves the World, by Alexander McCall Smith

(9780307378385)

Paperback Nonfiction

#14-Going Rouge, by Richard Kim, Betsy Reed (Eds.) (9780757315244)

Children's Illustrated

#12-The Spirit of Christmas, by Nancy Tillman (9780312549657)

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Lacuna

Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573

2. The Help

Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345

3. The Lost Symbol

Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225

4. Half Broke Horses

Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289

5. Too Much Happiness

Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269768

6. Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681

7. U Is for Undertow

Sue Grafton, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155970

8. Pirate Latitudes

Michael Crichton, Harper, $27.99, 9780061929373

9. The Girl Who Played With Fire

Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980

10. Under the Dome

Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781439148501

11. Last Night in Twisted River

John Irving, Random House, $28, 9781400063840

12. Ford County

John Grisham, Doubleday, $24, 9780385532457

13. I, Alex Cross

James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018784

14. A Gate at the Stairs

Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288

15. La's Orchestra Saves the World- Debut

Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780307378385

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Stones Into Schools

Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154

2. Going Rogue

Sarah Palin, Harper, $28.99, 9780061939891

3. What the Dog Saw

Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848

4. Open

Andre Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198

5. True Compass

Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258

6. Have a Little Faith

Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728

7. SuperFreakonomics

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $29.99, 9780060889579

8. The Big Burn

Timothy Egan, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780618968411

9. Where Men Win Glory

Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385522267

10. Born to Run

Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309

11. The Imperial Cruise

James Bradley, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316008952

12. Half the Sky

Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146

13. Guinness World Records 2010

Guinness, Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994503

14. Strength in What Remains

Tracy Kidder, Random House, $26, 9781400066216

15. When the Game Was Ours

Larry Bird, Earvin Johnson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547225470

ON THE RISE:

21. Our Front Pages

The Onion (Eds.), Scribner, $28, 9781439156926

A hilarious new collection from the folks at The Onion.

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. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004

4. The Art of Racing in the Rain

Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967

5. The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600

6. Let the Great World Spin

Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990

7. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347

8. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234

9. The Piano Teacher

Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530

10. The Road

Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307476302

11. The Private Patient

P.D. James, Vintage, $15, 9780307455284

12. Sarah's Key

Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848

13. Precious (Push Movie Tie-In Edition)

Sapphire, Vintage, $13, 9780307474841

14. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344

15. The Shack

William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Three Cups of Tea

Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252

2. The Blind Side

Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386

3. My Life in France

Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695

4. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2010

Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845

5. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2010

World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571237

6. Freakonomics

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335

7. Nightlight

The Harvard Lampoon, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307476104

8. In Defense of Food

Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963

9. The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542

10. Alex & Me

Irene M. Pepperberg, Harper, $13.99, 9780061673986

11. The Omnivore's Dilemma

Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580

12. Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0

Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312428921

13. The Sibley Guide to Trees

David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $39.95, 9780375415197

14. Going Rouge- Debut

Richard Kim, Betsy Reed (Eds.), Health Communications, $15.95, 9780757315244

15. When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680

ON THE RISE:

35. Invictus

John Carlin, Penguin, $16, 9780143117155

The story of Nelson Mandela's effort to bring South Africans together around

the national rugby team is now a major motion picture.

MASS MARKET

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479

2. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition

Merriam-Webster, $7.5, 9780877799290

3. The Associate

John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243823

4. The Road

Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476319

5. Arctic Drift

Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425231456

6. Dead Until Dark

Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990

7. The Charlemagne Pursuit

Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345485809

8. Santa Clawed

Rita Mae Brown, Sneaky Pie Brown, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553591590

9. Exit Music

Ian Rankin, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316018876

10. Cross Country

James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446536301

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. The Magician's Elephant

Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109

2. The Book Thief

Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207

3. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552

4. 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

5. When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425

6. Million-Dollar Throw

Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399246265

7. Return to the Hundred Acre Wood

David Benedictus, Mark Burgess (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 9780525421603

8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697

9. The Little Prince Pop-Up

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35, 9780547260693

10. The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921

11. A Really Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson, Delacorte, $19.99, 9780385738101

12. Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle

Brian Dennis, et al., Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316053181

13. Graceling

Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300

14. The Name of This Book Is Secret

Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illus.), Little Brown, $5.99,

9780316113694

15. Listen to the Wind

Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas

Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061235900

2. Waddle!

Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128

3. Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926

4. Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617

5. The Christmas Magic

Lauren Thompson, Jon J Muth, Scholastic, $16.99, 9780439774970

6. The Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492

7. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790

8. Skippyjon Jones, Lost in Spice

Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659

9. Otis

Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488

10. Carl's Snowy Afternoon

Alexandra Day, FSG, $12.99, 9780374310868

11. Gallop!

Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633

12. The Spirit of Christmas- Debut

Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9780312549657

13. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905

14. Good Night, Gorilla

Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035

15. The Lion & the Mouse

Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover and paperback)

Jeff Kinney, Amulet

2. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)

Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown

3. Percy Jackson & the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)

Rick Riordan, Miramax

4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)

Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House

5. The Hunger Games (hardcover)

Suzanne Collins, Scholastic

6. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)

Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle

7. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)

Anthony Horowitz, Puffin

8. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback)

Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper

9. The 39 Clues (hardcover)

Jude Watson, et al., Scholastic

10. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)

J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES

Hardcover

A YEAR OF CATS AND DOGS by Margaret Hawkins (Permanent Press, $28, 9781579621896) "At the end of a long relationship, Maryanne is spurred into action, or rather inaction, as she 'cleans house' in her life and some urprising and wonderful things move into the space that she creates. Maryanne is a very real character and a true seeker. We should all be that brave." --Anne Wilde, Next Chapter Bookshop, Mequon, WI

AMERICA'S PROPHET: Moses and the American Story by Bruce Feiler (Morrow, $26.99, 9780060574888) "Do you think you know all about the Pilgrims, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, the emancipation of slaves, and Martin Luther King, Jr.? Think again. I thought I did until I read America's Prophet, a thoroughly enjoyable and accessible book, with a surprisingly fresh focus on American history." --Fran Wilson, Colorado State University Bookstore, Fort Collins, CO

Paperback

THE WOLF AT TWILIGHT: An Indian Elder's Journey Through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows by Kent Nerburn (New World Library, $14.95,9781577315780) "The Wolf at Twilight continues the story begun in Neither Wolf Nor Dog. Nerburn and Indian elder Dan embark on a journey into Dan's past, facing a painful legacy as they search to discover the fate of Dan's sister. If you have read Nerburn's earlier works, you'll want to read this beautifully told book. Ifyou're not familiar with Nerburn's writing, this book will be a good place to start." --Sally Wizik Wills, Sister Wolf Books, Park Rapids, MN

For Ages 4 to 8

FIRST BALLET by Deanna Caswell, Elizabeth Matthews (illus.) (Hyperion, $16.99, 9781423113539) "If ever a book proved the idea that less is more when it comes to picture book rhyme schemes it is First Ballet. This delightful book not only captures the magic of loving the ballet, but it conveys the charm of truly being captivated by anything magical." --Kenny Brechner, Devaney, Doak & Garrett Booksellers, Farmington, ME