Bestselling books the week of 4/29/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Browsing at New York's Strand Bookstore
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
2. The Double Comfort Safari Club, by Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon
3. This Body of Death, by Elizabeth George, Harper
4. Deliver Us from Evil, by David Baldacci, Grand Central
5. Imperfect Birds, by Anne Lamott, Riverhead
6. Every Last One, by Anna Quindlen, Random House
7. Matterhorn, by Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly
8. Solar, by Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese
9. Beatrice and Virgil, by Yann Martel, Spiegel & Grau
10. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, Random House
11. Anthill, by E.O. Wilson, Norton
12. House Rules, by Jodi Picoult, Atria
13. Bite Me, by Christopher Moore, Morrow
14. The Lake Shore Limited, by Sue Miller, Knopf
15. The Mapping of Love and Death, by Jacqueline Winspear, Harper
ON THE RISE:
16. A Question of Belief, by Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly
A new Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery by the bestselling author of About Face
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Big Short, by Michael Lewis, Norton
2. Women Food and God, by Geneen Roth, Scribner
3. Earth, by Bill McKibben, Times Books
4. The Bridge, by David Remnick, Knopf
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, Crown
6. Oprah, by Kitty Kelley, Crown
7. 13 Bankers, by Simon Johnson, James Kwak, Pantheon
8. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, by Chelsea Handler, Grand Central
9. In the Green Kitchen, by Alice Waters, Clarkson Potter
10. Game Change, by John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper
11. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, Knopf
12. This Time Together, by Carol Burnett, Harmony
13. The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper
14. Stones Into Schools, by Greg Mortenson, Viking
15. The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee, by Sarah Silverman, Harper
ON THE RISE:
20. Mom, by Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin Press
A celebration of mothers from Dave Isay, founder of StoryCorp










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