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NAIBA BookSense Bestseller List
The New Atlantic Independent Bestseller List, as brought to you by Book Sense and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 11, 2008. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Host
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048   
2. Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739   
3. The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $22.95, 9780375424489   
4. The Plague of Doves
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.95, 9780060515126   
5. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587   
6. Careless in Red
Elizabeth George, Harper, $27.95, 9780061160875   
7. The Whole Truth
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446195973   
8. Where Are You Now?
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 9781416566380   
9. A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501   
10. Child 44
Tom Rob Smith, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446402385   
11. The Appeal
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385515047   
12. Sundays at Tiffany's
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316014779   
13. Phantom Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155000   
14. Hold Tight
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525950608   
15. Change of Heart
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26.95, 9780743496742
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257   
2. Audition
Barbara Walters, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307266460   
3. Armageddon in Retrospect
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155086   
4. A Wolf at the Table
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312342029    5. Girls Like Us
Sheila Weller, Atria, $27.95, 9780743491471   
6. Home
Julie Andrews, Hyperion, $26.95, 9780786865659   
7. The Post-American World
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359   
8. A Voyage Long and Strange
Tony Horwitz, Holt, $27.50, 9780805076035   
9. Ladies of Liberty
Cokie Roberts, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060782344   
10. In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455   
11. A Remarkable Mother
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $22.95, 9781416562450   
12. The Secret
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707   
13. Just Who Will You Be?
Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189   
14. The Downhill Lie
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $22, 9780307266538   
15. The Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Loving Frank
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006   
2. The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834   
3. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605   
4. The Friday Night Knitting Club
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096   
5. Divisadero
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323   
6. Out Stealing Horses
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085   
7. Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735   
8. The Gathering
Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392   
9. After Dark
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307278739   
10. Peony in Love
Lisa See, Random House, $14, 9780812975222   
11. The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003   
12. For One More Day
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $12, 9781401309572   
13. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149   
14. Then We Came to the End
Joshua Ferris, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316016391   
15. The Other Boleyn Girl
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 9780743227445
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. A New Earth
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963   
2. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412   
3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566   
4. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252   
5. Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773   
6. The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705   
7. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806   
8. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580   
9. Marley & Me
John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091   
10. I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307276827   
11. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172   
12. The Assault on Reason
Al Gore, Penguin, $16, 9780143113621   
13. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542   
14. Little Heathens
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246   
15. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby, Vintage, $12.95, 9780375701214
 
MASS MARKET

1. The Hollow
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515144598   
2. Suffer the Little Children
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614   
3. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890   
4. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488   
5. The Good Guy
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589115   
6. The Innocent Man
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243830   
7. Shoot Him If He Runs
Stuart Woods, Signet, $9.99, 9780451223609   
8. Simple Genius
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731   
9. Invisible Prey
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425221150   
10. Bad Luck and Trouble
Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243663
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES
1. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423101468   
2. Dylan (Clique Summer Collection #2)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy, $6.99, 9780316035651   
3. Gallop!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633   
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737   
5. Twilight
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316015844   
6. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274   
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136   
8. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957   
9. Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236   
10. Outcast (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 3)
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060892081   
11. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9780786838653   
12. Fancy Nancy and the Boy From Paris
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099   
13. Fancy Nancy at the Museum
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075   
14. Massie (Clique Summer Collection #1)
Lisi Harrison, Poppy, $6.99, 9780316027519   
15. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
Eileen Dengler
New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Assn
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