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"One City, One Book" – what 5 cities chose to read

Collective reading is alive and well in the 2000s – thanks to large-scale online book clubs (think "One Book, One Twitter," for example) and also to community “One City, One Book” programs which encourage an entire metropolis to read the same book at the same time. What are cities reading this year? Here are the 2011 picks of five participating cities – all of them apparently drawn to books with strong cultural themes .
4/21/11 bestselling book list, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Bestselling books the week of 4/7/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Best books of 2010: nonfiction

In 2010 Monitor reviewers critiqued hundreds of books. Here's a list of the 28 nonfiction titles they considered the most outstanding. To assist you with your holiday shopping, each title here has a link that allows you to purchase the book – even as you help to support The Christian Science Monitor
Bestselling books the week of 9/9/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

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"One City, One Book" – what 5 cities chose to read

Collective reading is alive and well in the 2000s – thanks to large-scale online book clubs (think "One Book, One Twitter," for example) and also to community “One City, One Book” programs which encourage an entire metropolis to read the same book at the same time. What are cities reading this year? Here are the 2011 picks of five participating cities – all of them apparently drawn to books with strong cultural themes .
4/21/11 bestselling book list, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Bestselling books the week of 4/7/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Best books of 2010: nonfiction

In 2010 Monitor reviewers critiqued hundreds of books. Here's a list of the 28 nonfiction titles they considered the most outstanding. To assist you with your holiday shopping, each title here has a link that allows you to purchase the book – even as you help to support The Christian Science Monitor
Bestselling books the week of 9/9/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Bestselling books the week of 9/2/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Packing for Mars

What might you expect on a flight to Mars? Here’s the nitty gritty.
Bestselling books the week of 8/26/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Bestelling books the week of 8/19/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Bestselling books the week of 8/12/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

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