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Bestselling hardcover books, according to IndieBound*
| October 8, 2009 edition
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown, Doubleday
2. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
3. An Echo in the Bone, by Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte
4. Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger, Scribner
5. A Gate at the Stairs, by Lorrie Moore, Knopf
6. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, Knopf
7. South of Broad, by Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese
8. The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese
9. Juliet, Naked, by Nick Hornby, Riverhead
10. The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central
11. That Old Cape Magic, by Richard Russo, Knopf
12. Homer & Langley, by E.L. Doctorow, Random House
13. Rough Country, by John Sandford, Putnam
14. The Wild Things, by Dave Eggers, McSweeney’s
15. A Change in Altitude, by Anita Shreve, Little Brown
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. True Compass, by Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve
2. Where Men Win Glory, by Jon Krakauer, Doubleday
3. Have a Little Faith: A True Story, by Mitch Albom, Hyperion
4. Arguing With Idiots, by Glenn Beck, et al., Threshold Editions
5. The Case for God, by Karen Armstrong, Knopf
6. Strength in What Remains, by Tracy Kidder, Random House
7. The Greatest Show on Earth, by Richard Dawkins, Free Press
8. Half the Sky, by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf
9. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I, by Julia Child, et al., Knopf
10. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, Knopf
11. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown
12. Bicycle Diaries, by David Byrne, Viking
13. Nurtureshock, by Jo Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Twelve
14. Traveling With Pomegranates, by Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor, Viking
15. The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, by Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Knopf
ON THE RISE: High on Arrival, by MacKenzie Phillips, Simon Spotlight
* Published Thursday, October 8, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 4, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
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