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. Arctic Drift, by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler, $27.95
3. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,
by David Wroblewski, $25.95
4. The Christmas Sweater,
by Glenn Beck, $19.99
5. A Mercy,
by Toni Morrison, $23.95
6. Queen of Oblivion,
by Giles Carwyn and Todd
Fahnestock, $25.95
7. The Private Patient,
by P.D. James, $25.95
8. Scarpetta,
by Patricia Cornwell, $27.95
9. 2666,
by Roberto Bolaño, $30
10. Cross Country,
by James Patterson, $27.99
NONFICTION
1. Outliers: The Story of Success,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
2. Dewey: The Small-Town
Library Cat Who Touched
the World, by Vicki Myron
with Bret Witter, $19.99
3. The Last Lecture,
by Randy Pausch, $21.95
4. Holidays on Ice: Featuring
Six New Stories,
by David Sedaris, $16.99
5. Goodnight Bush, by Eric Origen and Gan Golan, $14.99
6. American Lion: Andrew
Jackson in the White House,
by Jon Meacham, $30
7. Built for Learning: A Unified
Architectural Vision for the
University of Denver,
by Daniel L. Ritchie, $49.95
8. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution — and How It Can Renew America,
by Thomas L. Friedman, $27.95
9. The Purpose of Christmas,
by Rick Warren, $17.99
10. The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008,
by Paul Krugman, $24.95
FICTION PAPERBACK
1. The Shack,
by William P. Young, $14.99
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns,
by Khaled Hosseini, $16
3. The Brief Wondrous Life
of Oscar Wao,
by Junot Diaz, $14
4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog,
by Muriel Barbery, $15
5. Hearts of Horses,
by Molly Gloss, $13.95
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. Dreams From My Father,
by Barack Obama, $14.95
2. Three Cups of Tea,
by Greg Mortenson and
David Oliver Relin, $15
3. Gabby Gourmet 2009,
by Pat Miller, $16.95
4. The Democratic National
Convention: Obama’s
Mile-High Moment,
by The Denver Post, $15.95
5. The Audacity of Hope,
by Barack Obama, $14.95
