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MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 11 - February 18, 2010 Edition
The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, February 11, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, February
7, 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 bestseller page in the IndieBound section on
BookWeb.org or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week
email.
1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
New in Series: The Viper's Nest (9780545060479)
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
6. Hunger Games (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
10. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
THEN CAME THE EVENING: A Novel by Brian Hart (Bloomsbury, $25, 9781608190140)
"Brian Hart's dark, brooding debut novel portrays an American West that
few writers capture, and certainly not as well as he does. Tense dialogue captures
the lives entwined in this bleak, raw landscape. Then Came the Evening is a
psychological stunner." -- Andy Nettell, Back of Beyond Books, Moab, UT
GET ME OUT: A History of Childbirth From the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank
by Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D. (Norton, $24.95, 9780393064582) "Epstein
moves through history, grabbing the interesting bits of information given to
pregnant ladies of the past, and those of today, delivering a robust history
of childbirth."-- Jeanne Regentin, Between the Covers, Harbor Springs,
MI
Paperback
I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR BAND by Julie Klausner (Gotham, $15, 9781592405619)
"Klausner's memoir airs the sordid laundry of her past loves and lusts
with unabashed honesty, tragicomic detail, and inventive vulgarities. This book
is that throw your head back and laugh maniacally kind of funny, and it will
leave you full of perspective, compassion, and charmed disgust." -- Laura
'Wally' Johnston, The Rediscovered Bookshop, Boise, ID
For Ages 4 to 8
THE BOOK ABOUT MOOMIN, MYMBLE AND LITTLE MY by Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly,
$16.95, 9781897299951) "We would all like to be someone who can do no wrong,
but I'm afraid we'll have to leave that to people like Tove Jansson, the beloved
creator of the Moomins. This marvelously fun cut-out book is appearing for the
first time in English. As Moomintroll heads home, he has a series of adventures,
in which children are asked to guess what happens next. Just delightful!"
--Kenny Brechner, Devaney, Doak & Garrett Booksellers, Farmington, ME
