Bestselling books the week of 2/4/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling most in independent bookstores across the US.
Lynsey Addario
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, Knopf
3. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, Harper
4. The Swan Thieves, by Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown
5. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls, Scribner
6. Noah's Compass, by Anne Tyler, Knopf
7. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel, Holt
8. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown, Doubleday
9. Remarkable Creatures, by Tracy Chevalier, Dutton
10. Where the God of Love Hangs Out, by Amy Bloom, Random House
11. Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munro, Knopf
12. The First Rule, by Robert Crais, Putnam
13. The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central
14. The Godfather of Kathmandu, by John Burdett, Knopf
15. The Unnamed, by Joshua Ferris, Reagan Arthur Books
ON THE RISE:
16. 36 Arguments for the Existence of God, by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Pantheon
A rollicking new novel about the conflict of faith and intellectual reason.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Game Change, by John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper
2. Committed, by Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking
3. Stones Into Schools, by Greg Mortenson, Viking
4. Just Kids, by Patti Smith, Ecco
5. The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet, by Alicia Silverstone, Rodale
6. The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper
7. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown
8. Have a Little Faith, by Mitch Albom, Hyperion
9. What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown
10. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, Knopf
11. Drive, by Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead
12. The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande, Metropolitan
13. Open, by Andre Agassi, Knopf
14. Half the Sky, by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf
15. Freefall, by Joseph Stiglitz, Norton
ON THE RISE:
22. The Lady in the Tower, by Alison Weir, Ballantine
An engrossing look at the fall of Anne Boleyn by the author of Mistress of the Monarchy










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