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Posted on Thu, Jul 22, 2010 : 10:41 a.m.

Bestselling books from Midwest Independent Bookstores

By Nicola Rooney

My personal favorites from this week's lists are "A Reliable Wife" by David Goolrick and "Living Great Lakes" by Jerry Dennis - the choice for this year's Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads.

"The Girl Who Played With Fire" opens at the Michigan Theater tonight. The movie version is getting praise from all quarters, but of course, there's much more in the book!

The Heartland Indie Bestseller List is brought to you by IndieBound, GLIBA, and MBA, based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association, the Midwest Booksellers Association, and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Help Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345 2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997 3. Sizzling Sixteen Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312383305 4. Faithful Place Tana French, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021871 5. The Passage Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $27, 9780345504968 6. Fly Away Home Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9780743294270 7. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell, Random House, $26, 9781400065455 8. Private James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316096157 9. The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.99, 9781439128299 10. The Cookbook Collector Allegra Goodman, Dial, $26, 9780385340854 11. Corduroy Mansions Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307379085 12. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Harper, $25, 9780061743528 13. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937 14. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Aimee Bender, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385501125 15. The Search Nora Roberts, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156571 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Women Food and God Geneen Roth, Scribner, $24, 9781416543077 2. Sh*t My Dad Says Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704 3. Empire of the Summer Moon S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $27.50, 9781416591054 4. The Last Stand Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30, 9780670021727 5. The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781439197516 6. Medium Raw Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $26.99, 9780061718946 7. War Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $26.99, 9780446556248 8. The Big Short Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393072235 9. Born to Run Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309 10. Scout, Atticus, and Boo Mary Murphy, Harper, $24.99, 9780061924071 11. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172 12. Spoken From the Heart Laura Bush, Scribner, $30, 9781439155202 13. Last Call Daniel Okrent, Scribner, $30, 9780743277020 14. Committed Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659 15. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446552448 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546 2. The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553 3. Little Bee Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648 4. Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 5. Her Fearful Symmetry Audrey Niffenegger, Scribner, $15, 9781439169018 6. A Reliable Wife Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771 7. Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990 8. The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967 9. One Day David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307474711 10. Sarah's Key Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848 11. Tinkers Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123 12. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004 13. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347 14. That Old Cape Magic Richard Russo, Vintage, $15, 9781400030910 15. Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $16, 9780143118428 2. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress Rhoda Janzen, Holt, $14, 9780805092257 3. Zeitoun Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943 4. Lit Mary Karr, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060596996 5. Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252 6. Food Rules Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387 7. The Girls From Ames Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $16, 9781592405329 8. Half the Sky Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387097 9. Strength in What Remains Tracy Kidder, Random House, $16, 9780812977615 10. The Lost City of Z David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455 11. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363 12. The Living Great Lakes Jerry Dennis, St. Martin's, $14.95, 9780312331030 13. The Devil in the White City Erik Larson, Vintage, $15, 9780375725609 14. The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542 15. The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580 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. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789 4. Finger Lickin' Fifteen Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9780312383299 5. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488 6. Nine Dragons Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446561952 7. Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990 8. A Cold Day in Paradise Steve Hamilton, Minotaur Books, $7.99, 9780312969196 9. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966 10. Dear John Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 2. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007 3. City Dog, Country Frog Mo Willems, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423103004 4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 5. Star Wars: A Scanimation Book Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $14.95, 9780761158462 6. Pinkalicious: School Rules! Victoria Kann, Harper, $3.99, 9780061928857 7. The Very Fairy Princess Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton, Christine Davenier (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316040501 8. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905 9. Fancy Nancy: Ooh La La! It's Beauty Day Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061915253 10. The Lion & the Mouse Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $13.99, 9780316125581 2. Linger Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780545123280 3. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207 4. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9780810996168 5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697 6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718 7. Shiver Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545123273 8. Big Nate: In a Class by Himself Lincoln Peirce, Harper, $12.99, 9780061944345 9. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer John Grisham, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525423843 10. Before I Fall Lauren Oliver, Harper, $17.99, 9780061726804 CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES 1. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780439023528 2. The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423113386 3. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947 4. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9781423103349 5. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423101475 6. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101499 7. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023498 8. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101482 9. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4) Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $22.99, 9780316067928 10. Twilight Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316038386