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Murder OneOur 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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