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Our April 2008 Bestsellers (a.k.a. What Others Are Reading)

The Third Circle by Amanda QuickHardcovers
1 – Amanda Quick, The Third Circle, Putnam
2 – Michael Gruber, The Forgery of Venus, Morrow
3 – Nevada Barr, Winter Study, Putnam
4 – Lisa Lutz, The Curse of the Spellmans, Simon & Schuster
5 – Randy Wayne White, Black Widow, Putnam
6 – tie
           Pari Noskin Taichert, The Socorro Blast, Univ. of
A Cold Dark Place by Gregg OlsenNew Mexico Press
           William Dietrich, The Rosetta Key, Harper
           Harlan Coben, Hold Tight, Dutton
9 – tie
           Kate Mosse, Sepulcher, Putnam
           Ridley Pearson, Steel Trapp, Disney

Trade Paperbacks
1 – Susan Hill, The Various Haunts of Men, Overlook
2 – Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files, Simon & Schuster
3 – Michael Gruber, The Book of Air and Shadows, Harper
4 – Andreas Camilleri, Paper Moon, Penguin
5 – tie
           Nicola Griffith, Always, Riverhead
           Charlie Newton, Calumet City, Touchstone
           Marc Acito, How I Paid for College, Broadway
8 – Robert Fate, Baby Shark's High Plains Redemption, CCP
9 – tie
           Joshilyn Jackson, Between, Georgia, Warner
           Lowen Clausen, River, Silo
           John Straley, The Big Both Ways, Alaska Northwest Books
           Candace Robb, Vigil of Spies, Century
           Thomas Perry, Silence, Harcourt  
           Helene Tursten, The Glass Devil, Soho
           Benjamin Black, Christine Falls, Picador

Mass Market Paperbacks
1 -- tie
           Gregg Olsen, A Cold Dark Place, Kensington
           Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble, Bantam
3 – Caitlin Kittredge, Night Life, St Martin's
4 – tie
           Cleo Coyle, French Pressed, Berkley
           Jo Dereske, Index to Murder, Avon
6 –Denise Swanson, Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry, Signet
7 – tie
           John J. Lamb, Mournful Teddy, Berkley
           Greg Bear, Quantico, Vanguard
           Jane Haddam, Glass Houses, St. Martin's
           John Connolly, Unquiet, Pocket

 

2007 Top 25 Bestsellers

Hardcovers
1 - Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble, Bantam
2 - JA Jance, Justice Denied, Morrow
3 - Michael Connelly, The Overlook, Little Brown
4 - JA Jance, Hand of Evil, Simon & Schuster
5 - Michael Gruber, The Book of Air and Shadows, Morrow
6 - JA Jance, Web of Evil, Simon & Schuster
7 - Sue Grafton, T is for Trespass, Putnam
8 - Dana Stabenow, A Deeper Sleep, St. Martin's
9 - Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Harper Collins
10 - James Lee Burke, The Tin Roof Blowdown, Simon & Schuster
11 - Robert Dugoni, Damage Control, Warner
12 - Martin Cruz Smith, Stalin's Ghost, Simon & Schuster
13 - Amanda Quick, The River Knows, Putnam
14 - Carol O'Connell, Find Me, Putnam
15 - Ridley Pearson, Killer Weekend, Putnam
16 - Jasper Fforde, Thursday Next: First Among Sequels, Viking
17 - Elizabeth Lowell, Innocent as Sin, Morrow
18 - Nicola Griffith, Always, Riverhead
19 - CJ Box, Free Fire, Putnam
20 - Matt Ruff, Bad Monkeys, Harper
21 - tie
 Aaron Elkins, Tiny Little Teeth, Berkley
 Matthew Scott Hansen, Shadowkiller, Simon & Schuster
22- Greg Rucka, Patriot Acts, Bantam
23 - tie
 John Connolly, The Unquiet, Simon & Schuster
           Jayne Ann Krentz, White Lies, Bantam
           JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Scholastic

Softcover Combined
1 - Jo Dereske, Catalogue of Death, Avon
2 - Mike Lawson, The Inside Ring, Vintage
3 - Kat Richardson, Greywalker, Roc
4 - tie
 Gabriel Herkert, Catnapped, Signet
 Tim Maleeny, Stealing the Dragon, Midnight Ink
6 - Leigh Richards (Laurie R. King), Califia's Daughter, Bantam
7 - tie
           Lee Child, Killing Floor, Jove
           Robert Dugoni, Jury Master, Warner
9 - Jo Dereske, Miss Zukas and the Library Murders, Avon
10 - Kjell Ericksson, The Princess of Burundi, St. Martin's
11 - Charlie Huston, Caught Stealing, Ballantine
12 - Mike Lawson, The Second Perimeter, Vintage
13 - JA Jance, Edge of Evil, Pocket
14 - tie
           Cricket McRae, Lye in Wait, Midnight Ink
           Ayna Meppelink, I See a Red Door, James A. Rock
16 - Gregg Olsen, A Wicked Snow, Kensington
17 - Nicola Griffith, The Blue Place, Avon
18 - tie
           Allen Wyler, Dead Head, St. Martin's
           Yasmine Galenorn, Witchling, Berkley
20 - Lowen Clausen, River, Silo
21 - Peter Spiegelman, Black Maps, Vintage
22 - tie
           GM Ford, Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca?, Avon
           GM Ford, Blown Away, Avon
24 - tie
 Yasmine Galenorn, Changling, Berkley
 Zoλ Sharp, First Drop, St. Martin's

Mass Market
1 - Jo Dereske, Catalogue of Death, Avon
2 - Mike Lawson, The Inside Ring, Vintage
3 - Gabriel Herkert, Catnapped, Signet
4 - Leigh Richards (Laurie R. King), Califia's Daughter, Bantam
5 - tie
 Lee Child, Killing Floor, Jove
           Robert Dugoni, Jury Master, Warner
7 - Jo Dereske, Miss Zukas and the Library Murders, Avon
8 - Mike Lawson, The Second Perimeter, Vintage
9 - JA Jance, Edge of Evil, Pocket
10 - Gregg Olsen, A Wicked Snow, Kensington
11 - tie
 Allen Wyler, Dead Head, St. Martin's
 Yasmine Galenorn, Witchling, Berkley
13 - tie
           GM Ford, Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca?, Avon
           GM Ford, Blown Away, Avon
15 - tie
           Yasmine Galenorn, Changling, Berkley
 Zoλ Sharp, First Drop, St. Martin's
17 - tie -
 Lee Child, The Hard Way, Bantam
           David Handler, The Cold Blue Blood, St. Martin's
19 - Jo Dereske, Bookmarked to Die, Avon
20 - Natalie R. Collins, Wives and Sisters, St. Martin's
21 - tie
           Kevin O'Brien, Killing Spree, Kensington
           Dana Stabenow, Blindfold Games, St. Martin's
23 - tie
 Lee Child, The Enemy, Bantam
 James Rollins, Black Order, Harper
25 - tie
 Mary Daheim, The Alpine Recluse, Ballantine
           Natalie Roberts, Tutu Deadly, Berkley
           John Dunning, The Bookwoman's Last Fling, Pocket

Trade Paperback
1 - Kat Richardson, Greywalker, Roc
2 - Tim Maleeny, Stealing the Dragon, Midnight Ink
3 - Kjell Eriksson, The Princess of Burundi, St. Martin's
4 - Charlie Huston, Caught Stealing, Ballantine
5- tie
           Cricket McRae, Lying in Wait, Midnight Ink
           Ayna Meppelink, I See a Red Door, James A. Rock
7 - Nicola Griffith, The Blue Place, Avon
8 - Lowen Clausen, River, Silo
9 - Peter Spiegelman, Black Maps, Vintage
10 - Joshilyn Jackson, gods in Alabama, Warner
11 - tie
           Kat Richardson, Poltergeist, Roc
           Inger Frimansson, Good Night, My Darling, Pleasure Boat
13 - tie
           Kate Moss, Labrynth, Berkley
           Helene Tursten, Detective Inspector Huss, Soho
15 - tie
 Steve Hockensmith, Holmes on the Range, St. Martin's
           Tim Maleeny, Beating the Babushka, Midnight Ink
17 - Vicki Hendricks, Cruel Poetry, Serpent's Tail
18 - tie
           Jess Walter, Citizen Vince, Harper
           Hakan Nesser, Borkman's Point, Vintage
20 - James Lee Burke, Jesus Out to Sea, Simon & Schuster
21 - Thomas Mullen, The Last Town on Earth, Random House
22 - tie
           Ron Chudley, Old Bones, Touchwood
           Joshilyn Jackson, Between, Georgia, Warner
           Jess Walter, The Zero, Harper
           Duane Swiercynski, The Wheelman, St. Martin's
           Bill Cameron, Lost Dog, Midnight Ink

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