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 Story of Edgar Sawtelle,
by David Wroblewski, $25.95
2. The Hour I First Believed,
by Wally Lamb, $29.95
3. A Mercy,
by Toni Morrison, $23.95
4. Unaccustomed Earth,
by Jhumpa Lahiri, $25
5. The Christmas Sweater,
by Glenn Beck, $19.99
6. The Private Patient,
by P.D. James, $25.95
7. Arctic Drift, by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler, $27.95
8. Scarpetta,
by Patricia Cornwell, $27.95
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain,
by Garth Stein, $23.95
10. 2666,
by Roberto Bolaño, $30
NONFICTION
1. Outliers: The Story of Success,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
2. The Last Lecture,
by Randy Pausch, $21.95
3. The Levity Effect: Why It Pays
to Lighten Up, by Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher, $22.95
4. American Lion: Andrew
Jackson in the White House,
by Jon Meacham, $30
5. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution — and How It Can Renew America,
by Thomas L. Friedman, $27.95
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. When You Are Engulfed
in Flames,
by David Sedaris, $25.99
9. The Purpose of Christmas,
by Rick Warren, $17.99
10. In Defense of Food:
An Eater’s Manifesto,
by Michael Pellan, $21.95
FICTION PAPERBACK
1. Out Stealing Horses,
by Per Petterson, $14
2. The Shack,
by William P. Young, $14.99
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns,
by Khaled Hosseini, $16
4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog,
by Muriel Barbery, $15
5. The Brief Wondrous Life
of Oscar Wao,
by Junot Diaz, $14
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace
One School at a Time, by Greg Mortenson and Oliver Relin, $15
2. Dreams From My Father,
by Barack Obama, $14.95
3. Gabby Gourmet 2009,
by Pat Miller, $16.95
4. Team of Rivals: The Political
Genius of Abraham Lincoln,
by Doris Kearns Goodwin, $21
5. The Democratic National
Convention: Obama’s
Mile-High Moment,
by The Denver Post, $15.95
