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Posted on Thu, Jul 1, 2010 : 2:18 p.m.

Bestselling books in the Midwest this week

By Nicola Rooney

The Heartland Indie Bestseller List is based on actual sales in real bookstores for the week ending June 27. The list is brought to you by IndieBound, GLIBA, and MBA, based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association, the Midwest Booksellers Association, and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Sizzling Sixteen Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312383305 2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997 3. The Help Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345 4. The Overton Window Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $26, 9781439184301 5. The Passage Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $27, 9780345504968 6. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Aimee Bender, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385501125 7. The Lion Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446580830 8. Island Beneath the Sea Isabel Allende, Harper, $26.99, 9780061988240 9. Innocent Scott Turow, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446562423 10. Spies of the Balkans Alan Furst, Random House, $26, 9781400066032 11. House Rules Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9780743296434 12. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937 13. 61 Hours Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385340588 14. Mr. Peanut Adam Ross, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307270702 15. The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Medium Raw Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $26.99, 9780061718946 2. Sh*t My Dad Says Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704 3. Women Food and God Geneen Roth, Scribner, $24, 9781416543077 4. Spoken From the Heart Laura Bush, Scribner, $30, 9781439155202 5. The Big Short Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393072235 6. The Last Stand Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30, 9780670021727 7. War Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446556248 8. Hitch-22 Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446540339 9. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172 10. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446552448 11. The Last Lecture Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257 12. Last Call Daniel Okrent, Scribner, $30, 9780743277020 13. The Promise Jonathan Alter, S&S, $28, 9781439101193 14. Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923 15. Role Models John Waters, FSG, $25, 9780374251475 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. A Reliable Wife Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771 5. Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 6. That Old Cape Magic Richard Russo, Vintage, $15, 9781400030910 7. The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967 8. Sarah's Key Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848 9. South of Broad Pat Conroy, Dial, $16, 9780385344074 10. Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835 11. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347 12. The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600 13. Tinkers Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123 14. The Little Stranger Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $16, 9781594484469 15. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress Rhoda Janzen, Holt, $14, 9780805092257 2. Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412 3. Zeitoun Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943 4. Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252 5. Shop Class as Soulcraft Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $15, 9780143117469 6. Half the Sky Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387097 7. The Road to Serfdom Friedrich A. Von Hayek, Univ. of Chicago Press, $17, 9780226320557 8. Food Rules Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387 9. Rand McNally 2011 Road Atlas Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528355288 10. Manhood for Amateurs Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061490194 11. Coop Michael Perry, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061240447 12. Horse Soldiers Doug Stanton, Scribner, $16, 9781416580522 13. Awkward Family Photos Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307592293 14. The Girls From Ames Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $16, 9781592405329 15. The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542 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. Finger Lickin' Fifteen Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9780312383299 4. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789 5. 206 Bones Kathy Reichs, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9781416525677 6. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488 7. Missing Mark Julie Kramer, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307388520 8. The Last Song Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446570961 9. Sworn to Silence Linda Castillo, Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312374068 10. Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 2. Ladybug Girl at the Beach David Soman, Jacky Davis, Dial, $16.99, 9780803734166 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. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007 6. City Dog, Country Frog Mo Willems, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423103004 7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 8. Fancy Nancy: Ooh La La! It's Beauty Day Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061915253 9. Love You Forever Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375 10. The Very Fairy Princess Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316040501 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $13.99, 9780316125581 2. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207 3. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9780810996168 4. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer John Grisham, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525423843 5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697 6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718 7. Savvy Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142414330 8. Shiver Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545123273 9. Big Nate: In a Class by Himself Lincoln Peirce, Harper, $12.99, 9780061944345 10. The Sixty-Eight Rooms Marianne Malone, Random House, $16.99, 9780375857102 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 Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101499 4. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9781423103349 5. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023498 6. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423101475 7. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101482 8. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481 9. Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues, #1) Rick Riordan, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545060394 10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810983915