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. Secrets of Eden,
by Chris Bohjalian, $25
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, $25.95
4. Blackout,
by Connie Willis, $26
5. Shadow Tag,
by Louise Erdrich, $25.99
6. Dozen on Denver,
various authors, $22
7. Worst Case,
by James Patterson and
Michael Ledwidge, $27.99
8. Winter Garden,
by Kristin Hannah, $26.99
9. The Lacuna,
by Barbara Kingsolver, $26.99
10. Flirt,
by Laurell K. Hamilton, $23.95
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. Just Like Us: The True Story
of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America,
by Helen Thorpe, $27.99
3. Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage,
by Elizabeth Gilbert, $26.95
4. To Hell on a Fast Horse:
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett,
and the Epic Chase to Justice
in the Old West,
by Mark Lee Gardner, $26.99
5. Spirited: Connect to the Guides All Around You,
by Rebecca Rosen, $24.99
6. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, $24.95
7. Staying True,
by Jenny Sanford, $25
8. Colorado Classique: A Collection of Fresh Recipes From the Rockies, by the Junior League of Denver, $29.95
9. 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
10. On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System, by Henry M. Paulson Jr., $28.99
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. Olive Kitteridge,
by Elizabeth Strout, $14
4. Let the Great World Spin,
by Colum McCann, $15
5. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, $15
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Food Rules: An Eater’s
Manual, by Michael Pollan, $11
2. Animals Make Us Human:
Creating the Best Life for
Animals,
by Temple Grandin, $15.95
3. The Lost City of Z,
by David Grann, $15.95
4. Gabby Gourmet 2010
Restaurant Guide,
by Pat Miller, $16.95
5. Freakonomics,
by Steven D. Levitt and
Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
