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
