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Our August 2010 Bestsellers (a.k.a. What Others Are Reading)

Hardcovers
1 – Carl Hiaasen, Star Island, Knopf
2 – Kat Richardson, Labyrinth, Roc
3 – Ridley Pearson, In Harms Way, Putnam
4 – J.A. Jance, Queen of the Night, Morrow
5 – tie
       Naomi Hirahara, Blood Hina, Minotaur
       Martin Cruz Smith, Three Stations, Simon & Schuster
7 – Don Winslow, Savages, Simon & Schuster
8 – Alex Kava, Damaged, Doubleday
9 – tie
       Nevada Barr, Burn, Minotaur
       Tana French, Faithful Place, Viking

Trades
1 – Brian Thornton, The Book of Bastards, Adams
2 – Jø Nesbo, Redbreast, Harper
3 - Naomi Hirahara, Summer of the Big Bachi, Delta
4 - Naomi Hirahara, 1001 Cranes, Yearling
5 – Curt Colbert, Seattle Noir, Akashic
6 – Cricket McRae, Something Borrowed, Something Bleu, Midnight Ink
7 – Peter Lewis, Dead in the Dregs, Counterpoint
8 – tie
       Peter Mayle, The Vintage Caper, Vintage
       Haomi Hirahara, Snakeskin Shamisen, Delta
10 – Jø Nesbo, Nemesis, Harper

Mass Market
1 – Jayne Castle, Midnight Crystal, Jove
2 – Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vintage
3 – Stieg Larsson, The Girl who Played with Fire, Vintage
4 – Kat Richardson, Vanished, Roc
5 – Miranda James, Murder Past Due, Berkley
6 – J.A. Jance, Fire and Ice, Harper
7 – tie
       Amanda Lee, The Quick and the Thread, Obsidian
       Kat Richardson, Greywalker, Roc
9 – Lorna Barrett, Chapter and Hearse, Berkley
10 – Andrew Grant, Even, St. Martin's

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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