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Bestsellers Thu Jul 16 2009

Chicagoland Bestseller List for Week Ending Sunday, July 12

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. The Help by Katherine Stockett
2. Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
3. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
4. B is for Beer by Tom Robbins
5. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton
2. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
3. Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton
4. Hometown Architect by Patrick Cannon
5. Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama

Paperback Fiction
1. Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
2. Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
3. Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
4. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
5. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Paperback Nonfiction
1. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
3. My Sroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
4. Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes
5. Public Enemies by Bryan Burrough

Children's
1. Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
2. Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-it-Yourself Book by Jeff Kinney
4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
5. Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

Book Club Event

Coming soon!

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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