The Denver area’s best-selling books, according to information from the Tattered Cover Book Store, Barnes & Noble in Greenwood Village, the Boulder Book Store, and Borders Books in Lone Tree.
FICTION
1. The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb, $29.95
2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski, $25.95
3. The Christmas Sweater, by Glenn Beck, $19.99
4. A Mercy, by Toni Morrison, $23.95
5. The Private Patient, by P.D. James, $25.95
6. Arctic Drift, by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler, $27.95
7. Cross Country, by James Patterson, $27.99
8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, $24.95
9. Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer, $19.99
10. Scarpetta, by Patricia Cornwell, $27.95
NONFICTION
1. Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
2. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution — and How It Can Renew America, by Thomas L. Friedman, $27.95
3. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, by Jon Meacham, $30
4. American Farmer: The Heart of Our Country, by Paul Mobley, $50
5. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch, $21.95
6. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter, $19.99
7. Holidays on Ice: Featuring Six New Stories, by David Sedaris, $16.99
8. Goodnight Bush, by Eric Origen and Gan Golan, $14.99
9. Early Justice and the Formation of the Colorado Bar, by David Erickson, $39.95
10. Strengths Finder 2.0: A New and Updated Edition of the Online Test From Gallup’s Now, Discover Your Strengths, by Tom Rath, $21.95
FICTION PAPERBACK
1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz, $14
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, $16
3. Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson, $14
4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, $15
5. In the Woods, by Tana French, $14
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama, $14.95
2. Gabby Gourmet 2009, by Pat Miller, $16.95
3. The Democratic National Convention: Obama’s Mile-High Moment, by The Denver Post, $15.95
4. The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama, $14.95
5. Shakespeare: The World as Stage, by Bill Bryson, $13.95
