The Denver area’s best-selling books, according to information from Tattered Cover Book Stores, Barnes & Noble in Greenwood Village, Boulder Book Store and Borders Books in Englewood.
Fiction
1. The Mermaid Chair
by Sue Monk Kidd|Viking, $24.95
2. Zorro
by Isabel Allende|HarperCollins, $25.95
3. The Closers
by Michael Connelly|Little, Brown, $26.95
4. Leeway Cottage
by Beth Gutcheon|HarperCollins, $24.95
5. The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown|Doubleday, $24.95
6. Saturday
by Ian McEwan|Doubleday, $26
7. A Year in the Merde
by Stephen Clarke|Bloomsbury, $22.95
8. 4th of July
by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro|Little, Brown, $27.95
9. True Believer
by Nicholas Sparks|Warner, $24.95
10. Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams|Portland House, $16.98
Nonfiction
1. 1776
by David McCullough|Simon & Schuster, $32
2. Freakonomics
by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner|Morrow, $25.95
3. The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas L. Friedman|Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.50
4. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell|Little, Brown, $25.95
5. You, the Owners Manual: An Insider’s Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger
by Michael F. Roizen|HarperCollins, $24.95
6. Medley of Gardens: Denver Style
by Maureen Jabour|Westcliffe Publishers, $27
7. The Flight of the Creative Class: Why America Is Losing the Global Competition for Talent… and What We Can Do to Win Prosperity Back
by Richard Florida|HarperCollins, $25.95
8. French Women Don’t Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure
by Mireille Guiliano|Knopf, $22
9. The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
by John Vaillant|Norton, $24.95
10. Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
by Stephen C. Lundin|Hyperion, $19.95
Fiction paperback
1. The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini|Riverhead, $14
2. Skinny Dip
by Carl Hiaasen|Warner, $12.95
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
by Mark Haddon|Vintage Contemporaries, $12
4. The Time Traveler’s Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger|Harvest, $14
5. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith|Anchor, $11.95
Nonfiction paperback
1. On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (and Always Have) in the Future Tense
by David Brooks|Simon & Schuster, $14
2. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris|Little Brown and Company, $14.95
3. What’s the Matter With Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
by Thomas Frank|Henry Holt & Company, $14
4. Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
by David Brooks|Simon & Schuster, $14
5. Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (so They Can Look up Your Skirt): A Dad’s Advice for Daughters
by Philip Van Munching|Simon & Schuster, $12.95
