2007 Bestsellers

The holidays are fast approaching and I finally have about two minutes to catch my breath. Two minutes really is not enough time for even me to come up with a creative blog idea so this week I'm going to cheat. The 2007 Book Sense Bestsellers list has been released, so my question for this week is:

How many books on the 2007 Book Sense Bestsellers list have you read and which would you recommend?

2007 Book Sense Bestsellers from sales at independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide. For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSEor visit www.booksense.com

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605

2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149

3. The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003

4. The Road
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899

5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064

6. Suite Francaise
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275

7. The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818

8. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415

9. The History of Love
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 9780393328622

10. My Sister's Keeper
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743454537

11. Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 9780312427733

12. The Emperor's Children
Claire Messud, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276667

13. The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri, Mariner, $14, 9780618485222

14. The Whistling Season
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646

15. Astrid and Veronika
Linda Olsson, Penguin, $14, 9780143038078



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TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412

2. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252

3. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542

4. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431

5. The Worst Hard Time
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473

6. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172

7. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609

8. The Measure of a Man
Sidney Poitier, HarperOne, $14.95, 9780061357909

9. Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773

10. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665

11. Mayflower
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $16, 9780143111979

12. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580

13. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 9780374500016

14. Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013

15. 90 Minutes in Heaven
Don Piper, Revell, $12.99, 9780800759490



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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501

2. The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Michael Chabon, Harper, $26.95, 9780007149827

3. The Children of Hurin
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642

4. For One More Day
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401303273

5. Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26.95, 9780743496728

6. On Chesil Beach
Ian McEwan, Nan Talese, $22, 9780385522403

7. Lean Mean Thirteen
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.95, 9780312349493

8. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 9780375422737

9. Playing for Pizza
John Grisham, Doubleday, $21.95, 9780385525008

10. What Is the What
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $26, 9781932416640

11. The Maytrees
Annie Dillard, Harper, $24.95, 9780061239533

12. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565124998

13. Bridge of Sighs
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780375414954

14. Run
Ann Patchett, Harper, $25.95, 9780061340635

15. Plum Lovin'
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $16.95, 9780312306342



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HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Secret
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707

2. The Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585

3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95, 9780060852559

4. I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $21.95, 9780307264558

5. The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 9780307237699

6. A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235

7. Marley & Me
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 9780060817084

8. God Is Not Great
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803

9. The Assault on Reason
Al Gore, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226

10. You: On a Diet
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 9780743292542

11. Einstein
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730

12. I Am America (and So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446580502

13. Deceptively Delicious
Jessica Seinfeld, Collins, $24.95, 9780061251344

14. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823

15. The Best Life Diet
Bob Greene, S&S, $26, 9781416540663



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CHILDREN'S FICTION

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $34.99, 9780545010221

2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $9.99, 9780439785969

3. Twilight
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316015844

4. Eclipse
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316160209

5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $9.99, 9780439358071

6. Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288

7. Forever in Blue
Ann Brashares, Delacorte, $18.99, 9780385729369

8. New Moon
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $18.99, 9780316160193

9. Eragon
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440238485

10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $6.99, 9780590353427

11. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $8.99, 9780439064873

12. Eldest
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375840401

13. The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf, $7.50, 9780440238133

14. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $8.99, 9780439136365

15. The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9780786838653



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CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

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

2. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926

3. Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542139

4. Fancy Nancy
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092

5. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17, 9780679805274

6. Dog
Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Illus.), S&S, $14.99, 9781416941378

7. Flotsam
David Wiesner, Clarion, $17, 9780618194575

8. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007

9. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375

10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905

11. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035

12. Pirates Don't Change Diapers
Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.), Harcourt, $16, 9780152053536

13. Puff, the Magic Dragon
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Sterling, $16.95, 9781402747823

14. Skippyjon Jones
Judith Schachner, Puffin, $5.99, 9780142404034

15. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908