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. Pygmy, by Chuck Palahniuk, $24.95
2. B Is for Beer, by Tom Robbins, $17.95
3. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built, by Alexander McCall Smith, $23.95
4. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, by J. R. R. Tolkien, $26
5. The 8th Confession, by James Patterson, $27.99
6. Fatally Flaky, by Diane Mott Davidson, $25.99
7. Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris, $25.95
8. First Family, by David Baldacci, $27.99
9. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
10. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski, $25.95
NONFICTION
1. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch, $21.95
2. Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
3. Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting, by Michael Perry, $25.99
4. Columbine, by Dave Cullen, $26.99
5. Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist, by Michael J. Fox. $25.99
6. Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul, by Stuart Brown, M.D., $24.95
7. The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, by David Kessler, $25.95
8. Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals, by Temple Grandin, $26
9. Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, by Mark R. Levin, $25
10. The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship, by David Whyte, $25.95
FICTION PAPERBACK
1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, $14
2. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, $15
3. Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri, $15
4. People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks, $15
5. The Shack, by William P. Young, $14.99
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
2. In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, by Michael Pollan, $15
3. Hungry Girl 200 under 200: 200 Recipes under 200 Calories, by Lisa Lillien, $19.95
4. Recipe, Please: Favorite Recipes from Colorado Restaurants, by Marty Meitus, $16
5. Ask Arthur Frommer: And Travel Better, Cheaper, Smarter, by Arthur Frommer, $19.99
