Our Best Seller List for January 2010

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Best Sellers in Hardcover

Best Sellers in Trade Paperback

Best Sellers in Mass Market Paperback

Hardcover Best Sellers

1. The Odds by Kathleen George

Edgar nominee by local author back on the best seller list

$24.95

2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

The third and final chapter in the Lizbeth Salander story

$37.95

3. Crawlspace by Sarah Graves

Author's successful event boosted sales of latest in the series

$25

4. Death of a Valentine by M.C. Beaton

Holiday title featuring Scots policeman Hamish Macbeth

$23.99

5. A Whisper to the Living by Stuart M. Kaminsky

Moscow homicide detective Porfiry Rostnikov

$23.99

6. The Parisian Prodigal by Alan Gordon

Medieval mystery with Theophilus of the Fool's Guild

$25.95

7. The First Rule by Robert Crais

Joe Pike takes center stage with a supporting role for Elvis Cole

$26.95

8. The Red Door by Charles Todd

Latest in the popular Ian Rutledge series

$24.99

9. Double Black by Wendy Clinch

debut for series with ski-bum sleuth boosted by Weekly Special sales

$24.99

10. A Catered Birthday by Isis Crawford

Culinary mystery with catering sisters Bernadette & Libby Simmons

$22

Trade Paperback Best Sellers

1. Death Without Tenure by Joanne Dobson

Academic mystery earned a top sales spot even before Joanne's event on Feb. 20.

$14.95

2. The Turnaround by George Pelecanos

Book club pick boosted sales on this excellent crime novel

$14.99

3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

We just can't seem to stop selling this book, first in the trilogy

$14.95

4. The Joys of My Life by Alys Clare

Latest in the medieval mystery series at Hawkenlye Abbey

$15.95

5. Murder in Mykonos by Jeffrey Siger

Debut by local author now in paper

$14.95

6. Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

Clever first in the Peter Whimsey series enjoyes renewed life in new edition

$4.95

7. Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear

Perennial best-selling series with between-the-wars investigator Maisie Dobbs

$14

8. The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkley

Classic of the Golden Age received welcome reissue

$14.95

9. Death at the Alma Mater by G.M. Malliet

Third in a satisfying series with Detective Inspector St. Just

$14.95

10. Paris of Appalachia by Brian O'Neill

Post-Gazette columnist writes about the city he loves

$16.95

Paperback Best Sellers

1. Eggsecutive Orders by Julie Hyzy

Unique series set in the White House kitchen reaches number 3

$7.99

2. Eggs Benedict Arnold by Laura Childs

Cackleberry Club carries on with second chapter

$7.99

3. How to Wash a Cat by Rebecca M. Hale

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$6.99

4. Mrs. Malory and Any Man's Death by Hazel Holt

Latest in village mystery series is a winner

$6.99

5. Quieter Than Sleep by Joanne Dobson

First in this academic mystery series selling well ahead of the author's event

$6.99

6. The Dead Cat Bounce by Sarah Graves

A sellout for the first in the Jake Tiptree series

$6.99

7. Face at the Window by Sarah Graves

latest in paper for the Home Repair is Homicide series

$7.99

8. Murder Has No Class by Rebecca Kent

Edwardian mystery with school headmistriss Meredith Llewelyn

$6.99

9. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich

A between the numbers novel

$7.99

10. The Bone Chamber by Robin Burcell

FBI forensic artist Sydney Fitzpatrick

$7.99