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January 2010 Bestsellers from Reporting Shops

 

Hardcovers
1 - Robert Crais, The First Rule, Putnam
2 - Charles Todd, The Red Door, Morrow
3 - T. Jefferson Parker, Iron River, Putnam
4 - Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist, St.
Martin's
5 - Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey, Viking
6 - Lou Berney, Gutshot Straight, Morrow
7 - P.D. James, Talking About Detective Fiction, Knopf
8 - Stephen Hunter, I Sniper, Simon & Schuster
9 - tie
     - Sue Grafton, U is for Undertow,
Putnam
     - John Lescroart, Treasure Hunt, Dutton

Softcovers
1 - Julie Hyzy, Eggsecutive Orders, Berkley
2 - Rebecca Hale, How to Wash a Cat, Berkley
3 -
M.C. Beaton, Death of a Witch, Grand Central
4 - tie
     Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie,
Bantam
     Andreas Camilleri, The Wings of the Sphinx, Penguin
6 - Stieg Larrson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,
Vintage
7 - Jennifer Stanley, Stirring Up Trouble, St. Martin's
8 - Josh Bazell, Beat the Reaper, Back Bay
9 - Mary Kennedy, Dead Air, Berkley
10 - Kate Atkinson, When will there be Good News?, Back Bay
 

December 2009 Bestsellers from Reporting Shops

 

Hardcovers
1 - Sue Grafton, U is for Undertow, Putnam
2 - P.D. James, Talking About Detective Fiction, Knopf
3 - tie
     Michael Connelly, 9 Dragons, Little Brown
     J.A. Jance, Trail by Fire, Touchstone
5 - Sue Henry, The End of the Road, Obsidian
6 - Steve Berry, The Paris Vendetta, Ballantine
7 - Robert B. Parker, The Professional, Putnam
8 - Stieg Larsson, The Girl who Played with Fire, Knopf
9 - tie
    Jayne Ann Krentz, Fired Up, Putnam
    Archer Mayor, The Price of Malice, St. Martin's
    Loren D. Estleman, Alone, Forge
 
Softcover
1 - Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vintage
2 - P.D. James, The Private Patient, Vintage
3 - Laura Childs, Eggs Benedict Arnold, Berkley
4 - Spencer Quinn, Dog On It, Atria
5 - Reginald Hill, The Price of Butcher's Meat, Harper
6 - Josh Bazell, Beat the Reaper, Back Bay
7 - Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman, Tower, Busted Flush
8 - tie
     Jacqueline Winspear, Among the Mad, Picador
     Hazel Holt, Mrs. Malory and Any Man's Death, Berkley
     Monica Ferris, Thai Die, Berkley
 

November 2009 Bestsellersfrom reporting shops

 

Hardcovers

1 – Michael Connelly, 9 Dragons, Little Brown

2 – Charlaine Harris, Grave Secret, Berkley

3 – Clive Cussler and Justin Scott, The Wrecker, Putnam

4 – David Baldacci, True Blue, Grand Central

5 – Steig Larsson, The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Quercus

6 - tie

      John Connolly, The Gates, Atria

      Carolyn Hart, Merry, Merry Ghost, Morrow

      Greg Bear, Mariposa, Vanguard

      Emily Arsenault, The Broken Teaglass, Delacorte

10 – Martin Limón, G.I. Bones, Soho

 

Softcovers

1 – Lorna Barrett, Bookplate Special, Berkley

2 – Steig Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vintage

3 – Donna Andrews, Six Geese A-Slaying, St. Martin’s

4 – P.D. James, The Private Patient, Vintage

5 – Carolyn Hart, Ghost at Work, Avon

6 – Susan Kandel, Dial H for Hitchcock, Harper

7 – Spencer Quinn, Dog On It, Atria

8 – Gail Carriger, Soulless, Orbit

9 – Maggie Sefton, Fleece Navidad, Berkley

10 – tie

      Josh Bazell, Beat the Reaper, Back Bay

      Keith Raffel, Smasher, Midnight Ink

      Louise Penny, Still Life, St. Martin’s

      Elaine Viets, The Fashion Hound Murder, Berkley

 

October 2009

from reporting members of the Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association

 

Hardcovers

 

1 – Michael Connelly, 9 Dragons, Little Brown

2 – Robert B. Parker, The Professional, Putnam

3 – Deborah Crombie, Necessary as Blood, Morrow

4 - James Ellroy, Blood’s a Rover, Knopf

5 – tie

            Sara Paretsky, Hardball, Putnam

            Steig Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked Over a Hornet’s Nest, Quercu

7 – John Connolly, The Gates, Atrai

8 - Archer Mayor, The Price of Malice, St. Martins

9 – Joanne Fluke, Plum Pudding Murder, Kensington

10 – Vince Flynn, Pursuit of Honor, Atria

           

Softcover

 

1 – Steig Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vintage

2 – tie

            Marcia Muller, Burn Out, Grand Central

            Cleo Coyle, Espresso Shot, Berkley

4 – Ken Bruen / Reed Farrel Coleman, Tower, Busted Flush

5 – Louise Penny, A Rule Against Murder, St. Martin’s

6 – Sophie Hannah, The Wrong Mother, Penguin

7 – Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict, Little Brown

8 – Barbara Hamilton, Ninth Daughter, Berkley

9 – Joanna Carl, The Chocolate Snowman Murders, Obsidian

10 – tie

            Louise Penny, Still Life, St. Martin’s

            Stephanie Barron, White Garden, Bantam

 

September 2009
from reporting members of the Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association
 
Hardcovers
1 - Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol, Doubleday
2 - Sara Paretsky, Hardball, Putnam
3 - tie
    Aaron Elkins, Skull Duggery, Berkley
    Jeff Lindsay, Dexter by Design, Doubleday
5 - William Kent Krueger, Heaven's Keep, Atria
6 - Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling, St. Martin's
7 - Chelsea Cain, Evil at Heart, St. Martin's
8 - Kathy Reichs, 206 Bones, Scribner
9 - Gerald Elias, Devil's Tail, St. Martin's
10 - Diana Gabaldon, An Echo in the Bone, Delacorte

Softcovers
1 - Steig Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vintage
2 - John J. Lamb, The Treacherous Teddy, Berkley
3 - Louise Penny, A Rule Against Murder, St. Martin's
4 - Donna Leon, Sea of Troubles, Penguin
5 - Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict, Little Brown
6 - Victoria Laurie, Doom with a View, Obsidian
7 - Arnaldur Indridason, The Draining Lake, Picador
8 - Hank Phillippi Ryan, Air Time, Mira
9 - tie
    Hank Phillippi Ryan, Face Time, Mira
    Sean Chercover, Trigger City, Harper
 

Bestsellers for August 2009

from reporting members of the Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association

 

Hardcover

 

1 - Steig Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire, Knopf

2 - Kathy Reichs, 206 Bones, Scribner

3 - Rennie Airth, The Dead of Winter, Viking

4 - David Rosenfelt, New Tricks, Grand Central

5 - Sophie Littlefield, Bad Day for Sorry, St. Martin’s

6 – James Lee Burke, Rain Gods, Simon & Schuster

7 – tie

      Rhys Bowen, Royal Flush, Berkley

      Brent Ghelfi, The Venona Cable, Holt

9 – tie

      Daniel Silva, The Defector, Putnam

      Margaret Maron, Sand Sharks, Grand Central

 

Softcover

 

1 – Steig Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vintage

2 – Aaron Elkins, Uneasy Relations, Berkley

3 – Juliet Blackwell, Secondhand Spirits, Berkley

4 – Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict, Little Brown

5 - Rhys Bowen, A Royal Pain, Berkley

6 – tie

      Elizabeth Lynn Casey, Sew Deadly, Berkley

      Jennie Bentley, Spackled and Spooked, Berkley

8 – Ellen Crosby, The Bordeaux Betrayal, Pocket

9 -  Deborah Crombie, Where Memories Lie, Avon

10 – Michael Koryta, Envy the Night, St. Martin’s

 

Bestsellers for July 2009

from reporting members of the Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association

 

Hardcover

 

1 – Janet Evanovich, Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, St. Martin’s

2 – James Lee Burke, Rain Gods, Simon & Schuster

3 – Rhys Bowen, Royal Flush, Berkley

4 – J.A. Jance, Fire and Ice, Morrow

5 – Steig Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire, Knopf

6 – Daniel Silva, The Defector, Putnam

7 – Laurie R. King, The Language of Bees, Bantam

8 – David Morrell, The Shimmer, Vanguard

9 – Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Angel’s Game, Doubleday

10 – Kwei Quartey, Wife of the Gods, Random House

 

Softcover

 

1 – Steig Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vintage

2 – Rhys Bowen, A Royal Pain, Berkley

3 – Deborah Crombie, Where Memories Lie, Avon

4 – Daniel Silva, The Moscow Rules, Signet

5 – Juliet Blackwell, Secondhand Spirits, Berkley

6 – Julie Kramer, Stalking Susan, Anchor

7 – G.M. Malliet, Death of a Cozy Writer, Midnight Ink

8 – Don Winslow, The Dawn Patrol, Vintage

9 – Donna Andrews, Cockatiels at Seven, St. Martin’s

10  - tie

            Megan Abbott, Bury Me Deep, Simon & Schuster

            Nicola Upson, An Expert in Murder, Harper

 

 

June 2009 Bestsellers

from reporting members of the Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association

 

Hardcovers

 

1 – Michael Connelly, The Scarecrow, Little Brown

2 – Janet Evanovich, Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, St. Martin ’s

3 – Lee Child, Gone Tomorrow, Delacorte

4 – Jeffery Deaver, Roadside Crosses, Simon & Schuster

5 – Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Delacorte

6 – Craig Johnson, The Dark Horse, Viking

7 – tie

            Andrew Grant, Even, St. Martin’s

            China Mieville, The City and the City, Del Rey

9 – Laurie R. King, The Language of Bees, Bantam

10 – tie

            John Connolly, The Lovers, Atria

            C.J. Box, Below Zero, Putnam

 

Softcovers

 

1 – Mark Schweizer, The Diva Wore Diamonds, St. James Music Press

2 – Steig Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vintage

3 – Tana French, The Likeness, Penguin

4 – James Lee Burke, Swan Peak , Pocket

5 – tie

            G.M. Malliet, Death of a Cozy Writer, Midnight Ink

            Maggie Sefton, Dyer Consequences, Berkley

7 – Carolyn Haines, Wishbones, St. Martin’s

8 – tie

            Charlaine Harris, From Dead to Worse, Ace

            Krista Davis, The Diva Takes the Cake, Berkley

10 – tie

            Reed Farrel Coleman, Walking the Perfect Square, Busted Flush

            Betty Hechtman, By Hook or By Crook, Berkley

            Mary Stanton, The Angel’s Advocate, Berkley

 

 
May 2009 Bestsellers 
from reporting members of IMBA

   

Hardcover

1 – Charlaine Harris, Dead and Gone, Ace

2 – Lee Child, Gone Tomorrow, Delacorte

3 – Michael Connelly, The Scarecrow, Little Brown

4 – Laurie R. King, The Language of Bees, Bantam

5 – Elmore Leonard, Road Dogs, Harper

6 – tie

      George Pelecanos, The Way Home, Little Brown

      Andrew Grant, Even, St. Martin’s

      Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Delecorte

      Greg Rucka, Walking Dead, Bantam

10 – Elaine Viets, Killer Cuts, Obsidian

 

Softcover

1 – Leann Sweeney, The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse, Obsidian

2 - tie

      Elaine Viets, Clubbed to Death, Obsidian

      Elizabeth George, Careless in Red, Harper

4 – Julia Spencer-Fleming, I Shall Not Want, St. Martin’s

5 – Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel, Dial

6 – tie

C.J. Box, Blood Trail, Berkley

      Tom Rob Smith, Child 44, Grand Central

8 – Curt Colbert, Seattle Noir, Akashic

9 – tie

Seth Harwood, Jack Wakes Up, Three Rivers

Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Gallery, Avon

 

 

Bestsellers for April 2009

from reporting members of IMBA
 

Hardcovers

1 – Nevada Barr, Borderline, Putnam

2 – Lisa Scottoline, Look Again, St. Martin ’s

3 – Harlan Coben, Long Lost, Dutton

4 – Mary Higgins Clark, Just Take My Heart, Simon & Schuster

5 – tie

      Diane Mott Davidson, Fatally Flaky, Morrow

      Susan Wittig Albert, Wormwood, Berkley

7 – Carola Dunn, Manna from Hades, St. Martin ’s

8 – Donna Leon, About Face, Atlantic Monthly

9 – Laurie R. King, The Language of Bees, Bantam

10 – tie

      Alexander McCall Smith, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built, Pantheon

      David Hewson, Dante’s Numbers, Delacorte

      Laura Lippman, Life Sentences, Morrow

 

Softcover

 

1 – Donna Leon, The Girl of his Dreams, Penguin

2 -  Nevada Barr, Winter Study, Berkley

3 – Susan Wittig Albert, Nightshade, Berkley

4 – Harley Jane Kozak, A Date You Can’t Refuse, Broadway

5 – Carolyn Hart, Death Walked In, Avon

6 – Denise Swanson, Murder of a Royal Pain, Obsidian

7 – Anne Perry, Buckingham Palace Gardens , Ballantine

8 – Jane Haddam, Cheating at Solitaire, St. Martin ’s

9 – tie

      Randy Wayne White, Grand Cayman Scam, Signet

      Karin Alvetgen, Missing, Felony & Mayhem

 

Bestsellers for March 2009

from reporting members of IMBA

 

Hardcover


1 - Peter Robinson, All the Colors of Darkness, Morrow
2 - tie
    Randy Wayne White, Dead Silence, Putnam
    Jacqueline Winspear, Among the Mad, Holt
4 - Barry Eisler, Fault Line, Ballantine
5 - Robert B. Parker, Night and Day, Putnam
6 - Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, St. Martin's
7 - Steig Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Knopf
8 - tie
    Earl Emerson, Cape Disappointment, Ballantine
    Walter Mosley, The Long Fall, Riverhead
10 - Joanne Fluke, Cream Puff Murder, Kensington



Softcover


1 - Hannah Dennison, Scoop!, Signet
2 - Emily Brightwell, Mrs. Jeffries in the Nick of Time, Berkley
3 - tie
    James W. Hall, Hell's Bay, St. Martin's
    Deanna Raybourn, Silent on the Moor, Mira
5 - Rhys Bowen, Tell Me, Pretty Maiden, St. Martin's
6 - Bryan Gruley, Starvation Lake, Touchstone
7 - Andrea Camilleri, August Heat, Penguin
8 - Victoria Laurie, Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun, Obsidian
9 - Alexander McCall Smith, The Miracle at Speedy Motors, Anchor
10 - Laura Childs, The Silver Needle Murder, Berkley