I enjoy reading various bestseller’s lists, from local lists to “The New York Times’” list.  I just like to see what books people are reading and what the current trends are.  Independent bookstores are always interesting to me.  While the city I live in has hardly any independent stores left (we just have the big chains now - the only independent stores we have are “used bookstores”), I do like to see what people are buying in the independent stores across our country.  Sometimes the list wil vary slightly from the chain stores.

I wanted to share with you the latest “Independent Bookstores Bestsellers List” which is for the week ending May 2, 2010 and was published in the latest (May 7, 2010) issue of “Bookreporter.com Newsletter”.  The latest list, in various categories, follows”
 

May 6, 2010

The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, May 6, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 2, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org

Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org or click on the bestseller link in Thursday’s Bookselling This Week email.

Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#5-ISLAND BENEATH THE SEA, by Isabel Allende (9780061988240)
#11-THE 9TH JUDGMENT, by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (9780316036276)
#12-THE GOD OF THE HIVE, by Laurie R. King (9780553805543)
#15-LOVER MINE, by J.R. Ward (9780451229854)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#8-MOM, by Dave Isay (Ed.) (9781594202612)
#10-PARISIANS, by Graham Robb (9780393067248)
#13-LIFT, by Kelly Corrigan (9781401341244)
Paperback Fiction
#12-SAVOR THE MOMENT, by Nora Roberts (9780425233689)
Paperback Nonfiction
#3-SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT, by Matthew B. Crawford (9780143117469)
Children’s Interest
#3-THE CARRIE DIARIES, by Candace Bushnell (9780061728914)
#10-SCAT, by Carl Hiaasen (9780375834875)
#15-THE CLOCK WITHOUT A FACE, by Gus Twintig (9781934781715)
Children’s Illustrated
#7-THE SANDWICH SWAP, by Queen Rania of Jordan Al Abdullah, et al. (9781423124849)
Children’s Fiction Series
NEW IN SERIES: BURNED (House of Night), by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (9780312606169)

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780375424502
3. IMPERFECT BIRDS
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594487514
4. EVERY LAST ONE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400065745
5. ISLAND BENEATH THE SEA - DEBUT
Isabel Allende, Harper, $26.99, 9780061988240
6. THIS BODY OF DEATH
Elizabeth George, Harper, $28.99, 9780061160882
7. DELIVER US FROM EVIL
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446564083
8. MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND
Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937
9. SOLAR
Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385533416
10. MATTERHORN
Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly, $24.95, 9780802119285
11. THE 9TH JUDGMENT - DEBUT
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316036276
12. THE GOD OF THE HIVE - DEBUT
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $25, 9780553805543
13. BEATRICE AND VIRGIL
Yann Martel, Spiegel & Grau, $24, 9781400069262
14. ANTHILL
E.O. Wilson, Norton, $24.95, 9780393071191
15. LOVER MINE - DEBUT
J.R. Ward, NAL, $25.95, 9780451229854

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE BIG SHORT
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393072235
2. CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG
Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446552448
3. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
4. EAARTH
Bill McKibben, Times Books, $24, 9780805090567
5. THE BRIDGE
David Remnick, Knopf, $29.95, 9781400043606
6. WOMEN FOOD AND GOD
Geneen Roth, Scribner, $24, 9781416543077
7. IN THE GREEN KITCHEN
Alice Waters, Clarkson Potter, $28, 9780307336804
8. MOM: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps - DEBUT
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594202612
9. THIS TIME TOGETHER
Carol Burnett, Harmony, $25, 9780307461186
10. PARISIANS: An Adventure History of Paris - DEBUT
Graham Robb, Norton, $28.95, 9780393067248
11. OPRAH
Kitty Kelley, Crown, $30, 9780307394866
12. BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
13. LIFT - DEBUT
Kelly Corrigan, Hyperion, $16.99, 9781401341244
14. STONES INTO SCHOOLS
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
15. 13 BANKERS
Simon Johnson, James Kwak, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307379054
ON THE RISE:
17. HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385523929
An intense look at the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the search for his killer, by the bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. LITTLE BEE
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
3. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
4. CUTTING FOR STONE
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
5. LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
6. A RELIABLE WIFE
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
7. THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
8. OLIVE KITTERIDGE
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
9. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
10. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
11. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
12. SAVOR THE MOMENT - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425233689
13. SARAH’S KEY
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
14. BROOKLYN
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $15, 9781439148952
15. SHANGHAI GIRLS
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530
ON THE RISE:
23. PYGMY
Chuck Palahniuk, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307389817
A darkly comic novel from the bestselling author of Fight Club and Snuff is now available in paperback.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. FOOD RULES
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
3. SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT - DEBUT
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $15, 9780143117469
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
5. THE GIRLS FROM AMES
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $16, 9781592405329
6. FOR YOU MOM, FINALLY
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $13, 9780143117346
7. MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS
Rhoda Janzen, Holt, $14, 9780805092257
8. THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
9. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
10. THE AGE OF WONDER
Richard Holmes, Vintage, $17.95, 9781400031870
11. I AM NUJOOD, AGE 10 AND DIVORCED
Nujood Ali, Three Rivers, $12, 9780307589675
12. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
13. THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
14. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
15. EINSTEIN’S GOD
Krista Tippett, Penguin, $16, 9780143116776
ON THE RISE:
25. THE FIRST TYCOON
T.J. Stiles, Vintage, $19.95, 9781400031740
A powerful account of the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt.

MASS MARKET
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159
3. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
4. GONE TOMORROW
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243687
5. DEAD AND GONE
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441018512
6. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7. THE LAST SONG
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446570961
8. BORDERLINE
Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425233788
9. FATALLY FLAKY
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780061348143
10. FIRST FAMILY
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446539746