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Bestsellers Thu Mar 19 2009

Chicagoland Bestseller List for Week Ending Sunday, March 15

Stores reporting this week: Anderson's Bookshop; Read Between the Lynes; The Book Cellar; Lake Forest Books; The Bookstall at Chestnut Court; The Book Table; the Seminary Co-op Bookstores; and Women and Children First.

Hardcover Fiction
1. Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly
2. Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
3. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
5. The Piano Teacher by Janice Lee

Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
2. House of Cards by William D. Cohan
3. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
4. The Lost City of Z by David Grann
5. Food Matters by Mark Bittman

Paperback Fiction
1. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
2. The Commoner by Jonathan Burnham Schwartz
3. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
4. The Ten-Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
5. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

Paperback Nonfiction
1. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
2. The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
3. The Will to Whatevs by Eugene Mirman
4. Soil Not Oil by Vendana Shiva
5. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Children's TItles
1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do-It-Yourself by Jeff Kinney
3. Scat by Carl Hiaasen
4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney

[Data gathered by Carl Lennertz of HarperCollins.]

Book Club Event

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Staff Picks

Claire:
The Universe In Miniature In Miniature
by Patrick Sommerville
Emily:
Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman
by Sam Wasson
John W:
A Visit from the Goon Squad
by Jennifer Egan
Rebecca:
Naked at the Feast: The Biography of Josephine Baker
by Lynn Haney
Megan:
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold, and Other Essays
by Gay Talese
Veronica:
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett

 

Events

Mon May 21 2012
Do Not Submit: A Storytelling Open Mic @ Trace

Mon May 21 2012
Will the Circle Be Unbroken @ Steppenwolf

Wed May 23 2012
YCA @ WBEZ

Fri May 25 2012
Slamworks presents Dead or Alive @ Vittum Theatre

Fri May 25 2012
Solo In The Second City @ Transistor



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