Local best sellers
The Denver area’s best-selling books, according to information from the Tattered Cover Book Stores, Barnes & Noble in Greenwood Village, Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins and the Boulder Book Store.
FICTION
1. The Land of Painted
Caves, by Jean M. Auel, $30
2. The Tiger’s Wife,
by Téa Obreht, $25
3. Drawing Conclusions,
by Donna Leon, $24
4. The Pale King, by David
Foster Wallace, $27.99
5. The Paris Wife,
by Paula McLain, $25
6. Heads You Lose, by Lisa
Lutz and David Hayward, $24.95
7. The Fifth Witness, by Michael Connelly, $27.99
8. Crunch Time, by Diane
Mott Davidson, $26.99
9. The Saturday Big Tent
Wedding Party, by Alexander McCall Smith, $24.95
10. Cold Wind,
by C.J. Box, $25.95
NONFICTION
1. Bossypants,
by Tina Fey, $26.99
2. The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent and Accelerate Performance, by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, $22.95
3. The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization, by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, $25
4. Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner’s Story of Love, Loss, and a RecordSetting Run Across America, by Marshall Ulrich, $26
5. Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian With Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers,
by John Elder Robison, $24
6. Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success, by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan
and Al Switzler, $26.99
7. A Widow’s Story: A
Memoir, by Joyce Carol Oates, $27.99
8. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption,
by Laura Hillenbrand, $27
9. Be Your Own Shaman: Heal Yourself and Others with 21st-Century Energy Medicine,
by Deborah King, $22.95
10. The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, by David Brooks, $27
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Help,
by Kathryn Stockett, $16
2. Cutting for Stone, by
Abraham Verghese, $15.95
3. Plainsong,
by Kent Haruf, $15
4. The Kite Runner,
by Khaled Hosseini, $15
5. Water for Elephants,
by Sara Gruen, $13.95
PAPERBACK
NONFICTION
1. The God Upgrade: Finding Your 21st-Century Spirituality in Judaism’s 5,000-Year-Old Tradition,
by Jamie Korngold, $15.99
2. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High,|
by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler, $16.95
3. The San Luis Valley, Land of the Six-Armed Cross, by Virginia McConnell Simmons, $27.50
4. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
5. Beekeeping for
Dummies, by Howland Blackiston, $19.99
