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
