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 Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
2. South of Broad, by Pat Conroy, $29.95
3. A Gate at the Stairs, by Lorrie Moore, $25.95
4. The Silent Spirit, by Margaret Coel, $24.95
5. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, $25.95
6. The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks, $24.99
7. That Old Cape Magic, by Richard Russo, $25.95
8. Alex Cross’s Trial, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo, $27.99
9. The Magicians, by Lev Grossman, $26.95
10. Spartan Gold, by Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood, $26.95
NONFICTION
1. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, by Christopher McDougall, $24.95
2. The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, $50
3. Colorado Classique: A Collection of Fresh Recipes From the Rockies, by the Junior League of Denver, $29.95
4. Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children in a Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World, by Rafe Esquith, $24.95
5. Smaldone: The Untold Story of an American Crime Family, by Dick Kreck, $24.95
6. The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper and Fairer Health Care, by T.R. Reid, $25.95
7. The Solomon Secret: 7 Principles of Financial Success from King Solomon, History’s Wealthiest Man, by Bruce Fleet, $19.95
8. Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies, by Michelle Malkin, $27.95
9. Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin, by Kathy Griffin, $25
10. In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect, by Ronald Kessler, $26
FICTION PAPERBACK
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, $14.95
2. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
3. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout, $14
4. The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger, $14.95
5. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, $15
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
2. Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers, by Karyl McBride, $24
3. My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme, $15
4. The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, by Jeff Sharlet, $15.99
5. Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, by Julie Powell, $14.99
