Our June 2011 Bestsellers (a.k.a. What Others Are
Reading)
Hardcovers 1 – Robert Dugoni, Murder One, Touchstone 2 – Alafair Burke, Long Gone, Harper 3 – tie
Steve Martini, Trader of Secrets, Morrow Ace Atkins, The Ranger, Putnam
Jeanne Matthews, Bet Your Bones, Poisoned Pen 6 – Jo Nesbų, Snowman, Knopf 7 – Urban Waite, Terror of Living, LittleBrown
8 – Lawrence Block, A Drop of the Hard Stuff, Mulholland 9 – Erik Larson, In the Garden of Beasts, Crown 10 – Henning Mankell, The Troubled Man, Knopf
Trades 1 – Brian Thornton, The Book of Ancient Bastards, AdamsMedia 2 – Jo Nesbų, Redbreast, Harper 3 – Megan Chance, City of Ash, Broadway
4 – Chevy Stevens, Still Missing, Griffin 5 – Cherie Priest, Bloodshot, Spec 6 – tie Bill Cameron, County Line, Tyrus
Jeanne Matthews, Bet Your Bones, Poisoned Pen Deanna Raybourn, Silent in the Sanctuary, Mira
Deanna Raybourn, Silent in the Grave, Mira Helene Tursten, Detective Inspector Huss, Soho
Mass Market 1 – DD Barant, Dying Bites, St. Martin's 2 – Camilla Lackbėrg, Ice Princess, Pocket 3 – Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death, Penguin
4 – Carol O'Connell, Mallory's Oracle, Jove 5 – Brett Battles, Cleaner, Dell 6 – tie
Mike Lawson, House Rules, Grove Robert Dugoni, The Jury Master, Warner
Boyd Morrison, Rogue Wave, Pocket Lori Armstrong, No Mercy, Pocket
Nevada Barr, Burns, St. Martin's Lorna Barrett, Sentenced to Death, Berkley
Brandon Mull, Fablehaven, Aladin KW Jeter, Infernal Devices, Angry Robot
2010 Top Bestsellers
Hardcovers 1 – Amanda Quick, Burning Lamp, Putnam 2 – Jayne Ann Krentz, In Too Deep, Putnam 3 – J.A. Jance, Queen of the Night, Morrow
4 – Jayne Ann Krentz, Fired Up, Putnam 5 – Carl Hiaasen, Star Island, Knopf 6 – Robert Crais, The First Rule, Putnam 7 – Lee Child, 61 Hours, Delecorte
8 – Lee Child, Worth Dying For, Delacorte 9 – James Lee Burke, The Glass Rainbow, Simon & Schuster 10 – Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Knopf
11 – Jacqueline Winspear, Mapping of Love and Death, Harper 12 – Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile, Morrow 13 – Michael Connelly, The Reversal, Little Brown
14 – Laurie R. King, The God of the Hive, Bantam 15 – Don Winslow, Savages, Simon & Schuster 16 – tie C.J. Box, Nowhere to Run, Putnam
Elizabeth George, This Body of Death, Harper 18 – Mike Lawson, House Justice, Atlantic Monthly 19 – Jeff Lindsey, Dexter is Delicious, Deoubleday
20 – John Connolly, The Whisperers, Atria 21 - Ann Rule, In the Still of the Night, Free Press 22 – Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey, Viking 23 – Jo Nesbo, The Devil's Star, Harper
24 – Craig Johnson, Junkyard Dogs, Viking 25 – tie Lisa Lutz, The Spellman's Strike Again, Simon & Schuster
Tana French, Faithful Place, Viking
Trade Paperbacks 1 – Jo Nesbo, Redbreast, Harper 2 – Kelley Theron, Patient Enemy, Tigress 3– tie Neil Low, Unreasonable Persuasion, Tigress
Jo Nesbo, Nemesis, Harper 5 – Curt Colbert, ed., Seattle Noir, Akashic 6 – tie Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Bantam
Stuart Neville, The Ghosts of Belfast, Sono 8 – Brian Thornton, The Book of Bastards, Adams 9 – David Benioff, City of Thieves, Plume
10 – Jon Talton, Deadline Man, Poisoned Pen 11 – Rick Anderson, Seattle Vice, Sasquatch 12 – tie Cornelia Read, A Field of Darkness, Warner
Jeanne Matthews, Bones of Contention, Poisoned Pen 14 – Anthony Berkley, The Poisoned Chocolates Case, Felony & Mayhem 15 – Susan Hill, The Various Haunts of Men, Overlook
16 – tie Bethany Maines, Bulletproof Mascara, Atria Peter Lewis, Dead in the Dregs, Counterpoint
Cornelia Read, The Crazy School, Grand Central Craig Johnson, A Cold Dish, Penguin 20 – Don Winslow, The Gentlemen's Hour, Heinemann
21 – Matthew Dicks, Something Missing, Broadway 22 – tie Gillian Flynn, Dark Places, Three Rivers Charlie Huston, The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death,
Ballantine Tana French, In the Woods, Penguin
Mass Market Paperbacks 1 – Jayne Castle, Midnight Crystal, Jove 2 – Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vintage 3 – Stieg Larsson, The Gril who Played with Fire, Vintage
4 – Louise Penny, Still Life, St. Martin's 5 – Kat Richardson, Greywalker, Roc 6 – Earl Emerson, Cape Disappointment, Ballantine
7 – Brett Battles, The Cleaner, Dell 8 – Kevin O'Brien, Vicious, Pinnacle 9 – Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files, Pocket 10 – Jeff Lindsay, Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Vintage
11 – D.D. Barant, Dying Bites, St. Martin's 12 – tie Mike Lawson, House Secrets, Atlantic Gregg Olsen, Victim Six, Kensington
14 – Mike Lawson, The Inside Ring, HarperCollins 15 – tie Lee Child, Killing Floor, Jove Andrew Grant, Even, St. Martin's
Stella Cameron, Out of Body, Mira 18 – tie D.D. Barant, Death Blows, St. Martin's Wendy Roberts, Dead and Kicking, Obsidian
20 – tie Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before the War, Harper Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death, Penguin
22 – Kat Richardson, Underground, Roc 23 – tie J.A. Jance, Fire and Ice, Harper Kat Richardson, Vanished, Roc
Robet Dugoni, Wrongful Death, Pocket
2009 Top Bestsellers
Hardcovers 1 – Lee Child, Gone Tomorrow, Delacorte 2 – J.A. Jance, Fire and Ice, Morrow 3 – Michael Connelly, The Scarecrow, Little Brown
4 – Jayne Ann Krentz, Fired Up, Putnam 5 – Amanda Quick, Perfect Poison, Putnam 6 – Earl Emerson, Cape Disappointment, Ballantine 7 - Andrew Grant, Even, St. Martin's
8 – Michael Connelly, 9 Dragons, Little Brown 9 – J.A. Jance, Trial by Fire, Touchstone 10 – Jayne Ann Krentz, Running Hot, Putnam 11 – Sue Grafton, U is for Undertow, Putnam
12 – tie Sara Paretsky, Hardball, Putnam Jacqueline Winspear, Among the Mad, Holt 14 – tie
Mike Lawson, House Secrets, Atlantic Gillian Flynn, Dark Places, Shaye Areheart
James Lee Burke, Rain Gods, Simon & Schuster Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Angel's Game, Doubleday 18 – Aaron Elkins, Skull Duggery, Berkley
19 – Laurie R. King, The Language of Bees, Bantam 20 – Jeffery Deaver, Roadside Crosses, Simon & Schuster
[All of these hardcovers sales were the results of in-shop signings or signed copies provided by the publisher.]
Trade Paperbacks 1 – Curt Colbert, ed., Seattle Noir, Akashic 2 – Neil Low, Sign of the Dragon, Tigress 3 – David Benioff, City of Thieves, Plume
4 – Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs, Penguin* 5 – Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects, Three Rivers 6 – Luis Castillo, Echoes of Time, Tigress* 7 – tie
Tana French, In the Woods, Penguin* Susan Hill, The Various Haunts of Men, Overlook* 9 – Mary Malloy, The Wandering Heart, Leapfrog
10 – tie Charlie Huston, Caught Stealing, Ballantine* Cricket McRae, Lye in Wait, Midnight Ink* 12 – tie
Joshilyn Jackson, The Girl who Stopped Swimming, Grand Central L.R. Wright, The Suspect, Felony & Mayhem* 14 - tie
Adria Lang, For the Sake of the Vine, Tigress* Tana French, The Likeness, Penguin
Richard Stark, The Hunter, University of Chicago Press* 17 – tie Laurie R. King, Touchstone, Bantam
Timothy Bone, Shadows of Eden, Bonneville* Josh Bazell, Beat the Reaper, Back Bay* 20 – Cara Black, Murder in the Marais, Soho*
[Books marked with an asterisk are either debut books or first in series.]
Mass Market 1 – Jayne Castle, Obsidian Prey, Jove 2 – Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vintage* 3 – tie
Mike Lawson, The Inside Ring, Vintage* Brett Battles, The Cleaner, Dell* 5 – Kat Richardson, Greywalker, Roc*
6 – Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files, Pocket* 7 – Kat Richardson, Underground, Roc 8 – Lee Child, Killing Floor, Jove* 9 – Louise Penny, Still Life, St. Martin's*
10 – Mike Lawson, House Rules, Atlantic 11 – tie Yasmine Galenorn, Night Huntress, Berkley
William Dietrich, The Rosetta Key, Harper 13 – Carola Dunn, Death at Wentwater Court, Kensington* 14 – Mary Daheim, The Alpine Traitor, Ballantine
15 – tie Lee Child, Nothing to Lose, Dell G.M. Ford, Nameless Night, Harper 17 – William Dietrich, Napoleon's Pyramid, Harper*
18 – tie Robert Ferrigno, Sins of the Assassin, Pocket Yasmine Galenorn, Witchling, Berkley*
Ann Rule, The Stranger Beside Me, Pocket* John Hart, Downriver, St. Martin's Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover, Obsidian*
2008 Top Bestsellers
Hardcovers 1 – Elizabeth George, Careless in Red, Morrow 2 – Lee Child, Nothing to Lose, Bantam 3 – J.A. Jance, Damage Control, Morrow
4 - Dennis Lehane, The Given Day, Morrow 5 – tie G.M. Ford, Nameless Night, Morrow
Robert Crais, Chasing Darkness, Simon & Schuster 7 – J.A. Jance, Cruel Intent, Touchstone
8 – Ian Rankin, Exit Music, Little Brown 9 – Earl Emerson, Primal Threat, Ballantine 10 – James Lee Burke, Swan Peak, Simon & Schuster
11 – Laurie R. King, Touchstone, Bantam 12 – Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict, Little Brown 13 – Mike Lawson, House Rules, Atlantic Monthly
14 – Michael Gruber, The Forgery of Venus, Morrow 15 – John Straley, The Big Both Ways, Alaska Northwest Books 16 – Jayne Anne Krentz, Sizzle and Burn, Putnam
17 – Aaron Elkins, Uneasy Relations, Berkley 18 – Jacqueline Winspear, An Incomplete Revenge, Holt 19 – Dana Stabenow, Prepared for Rage, St. Martin's
20 – Amanda Quick, The Third Circle, Bantam 21 – Kathy Reichs, Devil Bones, Scribner 22 – tie
John Connolly, The Reapers, Atria
Jeffery Deaver, The Broken Window, Simon & Schuster 24 – tie
Cornelia Read, Crazy School, Grand Central
Carolyn D. Wall, Sweeping Up Glass, Poisoned Pen
Mass Market 1 – Jo Dereske, Index to Murder, Avon 2 – Mike Lawson, The Inside Ring, Vintage 3 – Jo Dereske, Miss Zukas and the Library Murders, Avon
4 – Lee Child, Killing Floor, Jove 5 – Michelle Gagnon, Boneyard, Mira 6 – Yasmine Galenorn, Darkling, Berkley 7 – tie
Leigh Richards, Califia's Daughter, Bantam G.M. Ford, Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca?, Avon
9 – Yasmine Galenorn, Witchling, Berkley 10 – Christa Faust, Money Shot, Hard Case Crime 11 – tie
Joshilyn Jackson, gods in Alabama, Grand Central Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble, Bantam
13 – Mike Lawson, Second Perimeter, Vintage 14 – Earl Emerson, Firetrap, Ballantine 15 – tie
Ridley Pearson, Killer Weekend, Jove Stella Rimington, At Risk, Vintage
Yasmine Galenorn, Dragon Wytch, Berkley 18 – Dana Stabenow, A Deeper Sleep, St. Martin's
19 – Mary Daheim, Scots on the Rocks, Avon 20 – tie Rebecca Kent, High Marks for Murder, Berkley
Gabrielle Herkert, Doggone, Obsidian John J. Lamb, The Mournful Teddy, Berkley
23 – Kate Wilhelm, Wrongful Death, Mira 24 – tie Wendy Roberts, Remains of the Dead, Obsidian
Donna Leon, Suffer the Little Children, Penguin Marcus Sakey, The Blade Itself, St. Martin's
Trade Paperback 1 – Susan Hill, The Various Haunts of Men, Overlook 2 – Michael Gruber, The Book of Air and Shadow, Harper 3 – Neil Low, Thick as Thieves, Tigress
4 – Tana French, In the Woods, Penguin 5 – L.R. Wright, The Suspect, Felony & Mayhem 6 – Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files, Simon & Schuster
7 – Charlie Newton, Calumet City, Touchstone 8 – Kat Richardson, Greywalker, Roc 9 – tie
Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs, Penguin
Clare Langley-Hawthorne, Consequences of Sin, Penguin 11 – Lowen Clausen, River, Silo
12 – Sarah Kathleen Lewis, Sex and Bacon, Seal 13 – Marc Acito, Attack of the Theatre People, Broadway 14 tie
Jeff Lindsey, Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Vintage
Inger Frimansson, Goodnight, My Darling, Pleasure Boat 16 – Duane Swierszynski, Severance Package, St. Martin's
17 – Nicola Griffith, Always, Riverhead 18 – tie Kat Richardson, Poltergeist, Roc
Matt Ruff, Bad Monkeys, Harper Cornelia Read, A Field of Darkness, Grand Central.
Leonine Swann, Three Bags Full, Flying Dolphin
John Straley, The Woman Who Married a Bear, Soho 23 – Michael, Chabon, The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Harper
24 - tie Richard Stark, The Hunter, University of Chicago Press
Marc Acito, How I Paid for College…, Broadway
Craig Johnson, Cold Dish, Penguin
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