Best-selling books from Midwest Independent Bookstores

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997 2. The Help Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345 3. Star Island Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272584 4. The Red Queen Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563723 5. The Postcard Killers James Patterson, Liza Marklund, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316089517 6. The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise Julia Stuart, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385533287 7. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell, Random House, $26, 9781400065455 8. Super Sad True Love Story Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $26, 9781400066407 9. The Passage Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $27, 9780345504968 10. The Cookbook Collector Allegra Goodman, Dial, $26, 9780385340854 11. Juliet Anne Fortier, Ballantine, $25, 9780345516107 12. Spider Bones Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439102398 13. I'd Know You Anywhere Laura Lippman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061706554 14. Three Stations Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $25.99, 9780743276740 15. Faithful Place Tana French, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021871 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Sh*t My Dad Says Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704 2. Women Food and God Geneen Roth, Scribner, $24, 9781416543077 3. Crimes Against Liberty David Limbaugh, Regnery, $29.95, 9781596986244 4. Empire of the Summer Moon S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $27.50, 9781416591054 5. The Power Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $23.95, 9781439181782 6. Let's Take the Long Way Home Gail Caldwell, Random House, $23, 9781400067381 7. Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923 8. War Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446556248 9. Born to Run Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309 10. Committed Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659 11. Medium Raw Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $26.99, 9780061718946 12. The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781439197516 13. Packing for Mars Mary Roach, Norton, $25.95, 9780393068474 14. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172 15. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. Sam Wasson, Harper, $19.99, 9780061774157 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546 2. Little Bee Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648 3. The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553 4. The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780060852580 5. Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 6. Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990 7. Sarah's Key Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848 8. The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967 9. The Hanging Tree Bryan Gruley, Touchstone, $15, 9781416563648 10. Tinkers Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123 11. A Gate at the Stairs Lorrie Moore, Vintage, $15, 9780375708466 12. Her Fearful Symmetry Audrey Niffenegger, Scribner, $15, 9781439169018 13. One Day David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307474711 14. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347 15. A Reliable Wife Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $16, 9780143118428 2. Zeitoun Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943 3. Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252 4. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress Rhoda Janzen, Holt, $14, 9780805092257 5. Where Men Win Glory Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307386045 6. Lit Mary Karr, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060596996 7. The Good Soldiers David Finkel, Picador, $15, 9780312430023 8. Food Rules Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387 9. Half the Sky Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387097 10. The Living Great Lakes Jerry Dennis, St. Martin's, $14.95, 9780312331030 11. The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542 12. The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580 13. Rand McNally 2011 Road Atlas Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528355288 14. Into the Wild Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172 15. Shop Class as Soulcraft Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $15, 9780143117469 MASS MARKET 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479 2. The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159 3. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789 4. Ford County: Stories John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440246213 5. True Blue David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446561976 6. The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232816 7. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290 8. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488 9. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966 10. A Cold Day in Paradise Steve Hamilton, Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312969196 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 2. It's a Book Lane Smith, Roaring Brook, $12.99, 9781596436060 3. Pinkalicious: School Rules! Victoria Kann, Harper, $3.99, 9780061928857 4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 5. Heads Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $17.99, 9781442403796 6. How Rocket Learned to Read Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375858994 7. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007 8. Star Wars: A Scanimation Book Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $14.95, 9780761158462 9. Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink Victoria Kann, Harper, $3.99, 9780061927324 10. Love You Forever Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. Beezus and Ramona Beverly Cleary, Tracy Dockray (Illus.), Harper, $5.99, 9780061914614 2. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207 3. The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future Dav Pilkey, Blue Sky, $9.99, 9780545175302 4. Scumble Ingrid Law, Dial, $16.99, 9780803733077 5. Potato Chip Science: 29 Incredible Experiments Allen Kurzweil, Workman, $17.95, 9780761148258 6. Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary Simon Beecroft, DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756655297 7. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia DK Publishing, $16.99, 9780756663087 8. Savvy Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142414330 9. I Am the Messenger Markus Zusak, Knopf, $8.95, 9780375836671 10. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9780810996168 CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES 1. Mockingjay (The Final Book of the Hunger Games) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023511 2. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780439023528 3. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023498 4. The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423113386 5. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947 6. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101499 7. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4) Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316067935 8. The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl, #7) Eoin Colfer, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423128199 9. Shiver (Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545123273 10. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423101475