Bestselling books in the Midwest
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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. The Passage Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $27, 9780345504968 4. The Lion Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446580830 5. Innocent Scott Turow, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446562423 6. 61 Hours Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385340588 7. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Aimee Bender, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385501125 8. Dead in the Family Charlaine Harris, Ace, $25.95, 9780441018642 9. The Imperfectionists Tom Rachman, Dial, $25, 9780385343664 10. Matterhorn Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly, $24.95, 9780802119285 11. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937 12. Storm Prey John Sandford, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399156496 13. Island Beneath the Sea Isabel Allende, Harper, $26.99, 9780061988240 14. Beatrice and Virgil Yann Martel, Spiegel & Grau, $24, 9781400069262 15. The Lonely Polygamist Brady Udall, Norton, $26.95, 9780393062625 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Sh*t My Dad Says Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704 2. Medium Raw Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $26.99, 9780061718946 3. Women Food and God Geneen Roth, Scribner, $24, 9781416543077 4. The Last Stand Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30, 9780670021727 5. Spoken From the Heart Laura Bush, Scribner, $30, 9781439155202 6. War Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446556248 7. The Big Short Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393072235 8. Hitch-22 Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446540339 9. The Promise Jonathan Alter, S&S, $28, 9781439101193 10. Born to Run Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309 11. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Daniel G. Amen M.D., Harmony, $25.99, 9780307463579 12. Operation Mincemeat Ben Macintyre, Harmony, $25.99, 9780307453273 13. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172 14. God Never Blinks Regina Brett, Grand Central, $21.99, 9780446556521 15. Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546 2. The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553 3. Little Bee Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648 4. Tinkers Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123 5. Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 6. The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967 7. A Reliable Wife Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771 8. The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600 9. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347 10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004 11. That Old Cape Magic Richard Russo, Vintage, $15, 9781400030910 12. South of Broad Pat Conroy, Dial, $16, 9780385344074 13. Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835 14. The Little Stranger Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $16, 9781594484469 15. Sarah's Key Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412 2. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress Rhoda Janzen, Holt, $14, 9780805092257 3. Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252 4. Food Rules Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387 5. Strength in What Remains Tracy Kidder, Random House, $16, 9780812977615 6. The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542 7. Shop Class as Soulcraft Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $15, 9780143117469 8. Half the Sky Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387097 9. The Girls From Ames Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $16, 9781592405329 10. Mountains Beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder, Random House, $16, 9780812973013 11. Manhood for Amateurs Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061490194 12. Coop Michael Perry, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061240447 13. Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide Stan Tekiela, Adventure, $12.95, 9781591930402 14. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Thomas C. Foster, Harper, $13.99, 9780060009427 15. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363 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. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488 5. Lord of the Flies William Golding, Berkley, $9.99, 9780399501487 6. Dear John Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336 7. Dead and Gone Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441018512 8. Killing Floor Lee Child, Penguin, $9.99, 9780515141429 9. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 10. From Dead to Worse Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441017010 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274 2. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 3. Star Wars: A Scanimation Book Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $14.95, 9780761158462 4. Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink Victoria Kann, HarperFestival, $3.99, 9780061927324 5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 6. The Very Fairy Princess Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316040501 7. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926 8. The Lion & the Mouse Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567 9. The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein, Harper, $16.99, 9780060256654 10. Ladybug Girl at the Beach David Soman, Jacky Davis, Dial, $16.99, 9780803734166 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $13.99, 9780316125581 2. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer John Grisham, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525423843 3. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207 4. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9780810996168 5. City Dog, Country Frog Mo Willems, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423103004 6. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257 7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697 8. Big Nate: In a Class by Himself Lincoln Peirce, Harper, $12.99, 9780061944345 9. Instructions Neil Gaiman, Charles Vess (Illus.), Harper, $14.99, 9780061960307 10. Hoot Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 9780440421702 CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES 1. The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423113386 2. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947 3. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481 4. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101499 5. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9781423103349 6. Storm Warning (The 39 Clues, #9) Linda Sue Park, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545060493 7. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101482 8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810993136 9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810994737 10. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423101475