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MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 4 - February 11, 2010 Edition
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, February 4, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January
31, 2010). 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 or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling
This Week email.
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
14. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
15. Otis
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Percy Jackson & the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
5. Hunger Games (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
9. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
10. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Jude Watson, et al., Scholastic
OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
THE BRICKLAYER by Noah Boyd (Morrow, $24.99, 9780061827013) "Steve Vail,
now a bricklayer, was once an FBI agent, until his attitude got him fired. But
the FBI has come calling again because they need someone who can work outside
the box, and get results. Noah Boyd has written a smart, sexy, thrill-ride of
a read."-- Laura Lucy, White Birch Books, North Conway, NH
SETTLED IN THE WILD: Notes From the Edge of Town by Susan Hand Shetterly (Algonquin,
$21.95, 9781565126183) "Settled in the Wild is a delightful book about
living in the woods, enjoying what's outside your window, and finding pleasure
in taking the time to notice the little things right in front of us. Shetterly
provides a unique window into a world of wonder." -- Sue Richardson, Maine
Coast Book Shop, Inc., Damariscotta, ME
Paperback
A COMMON PORNOGRAPHY by Kevin Sampsell (Harper Perennial, $13.99, 9780061766107)
"This is a memoir written like no other-in snapshots of story and voice
that come together to pay tribute to the ordinary, as well as squirmy homage
to the dysfunctional. Sampsell's prose is spare, particular, and so engaging
that you'll spend all night telling yourself, just one more vignette and I'll
get to bed."-- Gigi Little, Powell's City of Books, Portland, OR
For Ages 9 to 12
THE UNFINISHED ANGEL by Sharon Creech (HarperCollins, $15.99, 9780061430954)
"When her space is invaded by an independent little American girl, things
start to get shook up in Angel's small mountain town. The characters in The
Unfinished Angel will make you laugh, warm your heart, and show you the power
of selfless understanding." --Sarah Dinwiddie, River Reader, Lexington,
MO
