The Denver area’s best-selling books, according to information from the Tattered Cover Book Store, Barnes & Noble in Greenwood Village, Boulder Book Store and Borders Books at Arapahoe Crossings.
FICTION
1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
2. The First Rule, by Robert Crais, $26.95
3. Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, by Maaza Mengiste, $24.95
4. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, $25.95
5. Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger, $26.99
6. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown, $29.95
7. Kisser, by Stuart Woods, $25.95
8. Alice I Have Been, by Melanie Benjamin, $25
9. The Swan Thieves, by Elizabeth Kostova, $26.99
10. Noah’s Compass, by Anne Tyler, $25.95
NONFICTION
1. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, $27.99
2. Stones into Schools, by Greg Mortenson, $26.95
3. Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage, by Elizabeth Gilbert, $26.95
4. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, $24.95
5. The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun, by Gretchen Rubin, $25.99
6. Just Don’t Fall: How I Grew up, Conquered Illness, and Made It down the Mountain, by Josh Sundquist, $25.95
7. Have a Little Faith: A True Story, by Mitch Albom, $23.99
8. The Wisdom of a Broken Heart: An Uncommon Guide to Healing, Insight, and Love, by Susan Piver, $23
9. Bicycle Diaries, by David Byrne, $25.95
10. I Am Ozzy, by Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres, $26.99
PAPERBACK FICTION
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. Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann, $15
4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, $15
5. More of This World or Maybe Another, by Barb Johnson, $13.99
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, by Michael Pollan, $11
2. Denver’s Best Dive Bars, by Drew Bixby, $12.95
3. Democracy at the Crossroads: Princes, Peasants, Poets and Presidents in the Struggle for (and against) the Rule of Law, by Craig S. Barnes, $15.95
4. Gabby Gourmet 2010 Restaurant Guide, by Pat Miller, $16.95
5. A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present, by Howard Zinn, $18.95
