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February 25 - March 4, 2010 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, February 25, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, February 21, 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.

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Debuts for the week:

Hardcover Fiction

#3-The Man From Beijing, by Henning Mankell (9780307271860)

#6-The Three Weissmanns of Westport, by Cathleen Schine (9780374299040)

Paperback Fiction

#3-Little Bee, by Chris Cleave (9781416589648)

#14-The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton (9781416550556)

Paperback Nonfiction

#14-The Possessed, by Elif Batuman (9780374532185)

Mass Market

#8-First Family, by David Baldacci (9780446539746)

Children's Illustrated

#8-Fancy Nancy's Elegant Easter, by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.) (9780061703799)

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Help

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

2. The Girl Who Played With Fire

Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980

3. The Man From Beijing- Debut

Henning Mankell, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307271860

4. Shadow Tag

Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.99, 9780061536090

5. The Postmistress

Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399156199

6. The Three Weissmanns of Westport- Debut

Cathleen Schine, FSG, $25, 9780374299040

7. The Lacuna

Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573

8. Half Broke Horses

Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289

9. Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681

10. The Swan Thieves

Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788

11. The Lost Symbol

Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225

12. Worst Case

James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316036221

13. Noah's Compass

Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272409

14. The Lost Books of the Odyssey

Zachary Mason, FSG, $24, 9780374192150

15. The First Rule

Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156137

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Game Change

John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635

2. Stones Into Schools

Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154

3. Just Kids

Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312

4. Committed

Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659

5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172

6. The Happiness Project

Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254

7. Born to Run

Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309

8. Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923

9. Willie Mays

James S. Hirsch, Scribner, $30, 9781416547907

10. The Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $24.50, 9780805091748

11. What the Dog Saw

Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848

12. Drive

Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488849

13. On the Brink

Jr.Henry M. Paulson, Business Plus, $28.99, 9780446561938

14. The Kind Diet

Alicia Silverstone, Rodale, $29.99, 9781605296449

15. Have a Little Faith

Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728

ON THE RISE:

17. Making Rounds With Oscar

David Dosa, Hyperion, $23.99, 9781401323233

The endearing true story of a cat's life at a nursing home.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546

2. A Reliable Wife

Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771

3. Little Bee- Debut

Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648

4. Olive Kitteridge

Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835

5. Cutting for Stone

Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368

6. Let the Great World Spin

Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990

7. The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600

8. The Art of Racing in the Rain

Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967

9. Shanghai Girls

Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530

10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

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

11. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347

12. Sarah's Key

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

13. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497

14. The Forgotten Garden- Debut

Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781416550556

15. The Piano Teacher

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

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Food Rules

Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387

2. Three Cups of Tea

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

3. The Lost City of Z

David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455

4. Animals Make Us Human

Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233

5. A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn, Harper, $18.95, 9780060838652

6. The Blind Side

Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386

7. In Defense of Food

Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963

8. Mountains Beyond Mountains

Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013

9. The Omnivore's Dilemma

Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580

10. Eat, Pray, Love

Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412

11. The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542

12. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363

13. How We Decide

Jonah Lehrer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547247991

14. The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them- Debut

Elif Batuman, FSG, $15, 9780374532185

15. My Life in France

Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695

MASS MARKET

1. The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488

2. Dear John

Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336

3. Shutter Island

Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061703256

4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479

5. The Scarecrow

Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401203

6. Nine Stories

J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769501

7. Franny and Zooey

J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769495

8. First Family- Debut

David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446539746

9. The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400

10. Night and Day

Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425232996

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide

Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718

2. When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425

3. The Book Thief

Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207

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. The Demigod Files

Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664

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

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

7. Incarceron

Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961

8. Graceling

Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300

9. Fantastic Mr. Fox

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

10. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll, Camille Rose Garcia (Illus.), Collins Design, $16.99, 9780061886577

11. D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire, Delacorte, $19.95, 9780440406945

12. The Magician's Elephant

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

13. Witch & Wizard

James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316036245

14. Fallen

Lauren Kate, Delacorte, $17.99, 9780385738934

15. The Underneath

Kathi Appelt, David Small (Illus.), Atheneum, $7.99, 9781416950592

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Goodnight Moon

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

2. The Lion & the Mouse

Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567

3. The Easter Egg

Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399252389

4. Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926

5. Pat the Bunny

Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007

6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908

7. Waddle!

Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128

8. Fancy Nancy's Elegant Easter- Debut

Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061703799

9. Love You Forever

Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375

10. Good Night, Gorilla

Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035

11. All the World

Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $17.99, 9781416985808

12. I Am a Bunny

Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785

13. Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341

14. Fancy Nancy: Heart to Heart

Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235962

15. Skippyjon Jones, Lost in Spice

Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES

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. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover and paperback)

Jeff Kinney, Amulet

4. The 39 Clues (hardcover)

Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic

5. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)

Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown

6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)

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

7. Hunger Games (hardcover)

Suzanne Collins, Scholastic

8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)

Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle

9. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)

Anthony Horowitz, Puffin

10. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback)

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

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES

Hardcover

THE INFORMATION OFFICER by Mark Mills (Random House, $25, 9781400068180) "Pinched between Nazis in Italy and in North Africa, Malta-a speck of a British Colony-is taking a nightly pounding. The function of the 'information' officer is to keep up the morale of the troops and local populace. But how can he when there is a murderer on the loose who might be a spy? And he is in love with two married women-a delicate balancing act in such a hermetic environment."-- Darwin Ellis, Books on the Common, Ridgefield, CT

I WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND: Finding Rapture Here on Earth by Brenda Peterson (Da Capo, $25, 9780306818042) "Peterson's latest book is the story of her unique upbringing, both in nature (her father was with the Forest Service) and in the Southern Baptist religion. At once precocious and thoughtful, she weaves her way through the contradictions of growing up to find her own spiritual place in the world. 'Glowing' would not be too strong of an adjective for this book!"-Ann Carlson, Harborwalk Books, Georgetown, SC

Paperback

BONE BY BONE by Carol O'Connell (Berkley, $9.99, 9780425231050) "Carol O'Connell's first stand-alone book is a winner--an intricately plotted story of an unsolved murder of a teenage boy. This extraordinary thriller will keep you hooked." --Patricia Worth, River Reader, Lexington, MO

For Ages 4 to 8

SUPERSISTER by Beth Cadena, Frank W. Dormer (illus.) (Clarion, $16, 9780547010069) "This is one of the best big sibling books I've seen in ages, as we follow Supersister throughout her day (as she is a great help to her mom and more). Perfect for kids expecting a new baby in the family." --Katherine Fergason, Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, Vineyard Haven, MA