Our Best Seller List for January 2008

Best Sellers in Hardcover

Best Sellers in Trade Paperback

Best Sellers in Mass Market Paperback

Hardcover Best Sellers

1. The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry

Cotton Malone and his crew search for Alexander the Great's tomb

$25.95 Signed copies available

2. Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky

a story of two families, linked by their Midwestern pioneer pasts

$25.95 Sorry, no signed copies left

3. Afterimage by Kathleen George

The third of George's Pittsburgh-set mysteries introduces rookie cop Colleen Greer

$24.95

4. A Pale Horse by Charles Todd

Inspector Ian Rutledge

$23.95

5. The Chameleon's Shadow by Minettte Walters

Soldier returns from Iraq a burnout and finds himself accused of multiple murders

$24.95

6. Knitting Bones by Monica Ferris

Needlework shop owner Betsy Devonshire

$23.95

7. Gone to Ground by John Harvey

Cops investigate murder of a Cambridge academic

$25

8. The Tell-Tale Horse by Rita Mae Brown

Master of foxhounds, Sister Jane Arnold

$24.95

9. The Purrfect Murder by Rita Mae Brown

Harry Hairsteen and the crew in Crozet, Virginia

$25

10. SPQR XI: Under Vesuvius by John Maddox Roberts

Roman investigator Decius Caecillius Metellus

$23.95

Trade Paperback Best Sellers

1. I'm Proud of You by Tim Madigan

Author's tale of his friendship with Mr. Rogers

$11

2. The Sultan's Seal by Jenny Whtie

Mystery set in 19th century Istanbul with magistrate Kamil Pasha

$13.95

3. Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance by Gyles Brandreth

author as sleuth

$14

4. A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander

Victorian widow Lady Emily Ashton

$13.95

5. Death in the Garden by Elizabeth Ironside

woman investigates death 60 years in the past

$14.95

6. Extraordinary People by Peter May

Scottish forensic scientist Enzo MacLeod, retired to France

$14.95

7. Big Numbers by Jack Getze

down on his luck stockbroker recalls events that led to his dire predicament

$16.95

8. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

star-crossed lovers in the circus world circa 1932

$13.95

9. Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn

Victorian sleuth Lady Jane Grey

$13.95

10. Taken by Kathleen George

Pittsburgh-set suspense novel

$19

Paperback Best Sellers

1. Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie

Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James

$7.99

 

2. Real Murders by Charlaine Harris

Reissue of the first of the Aurora Teagarden series

$7.99

 

3. State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy

Olivia Paras, assistant White House chef

$7.99

 

4. A False Mirror by Charles Todd

Detective Inspector Ian Rutledge

$6.99

 

5. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton

Scottish constable Hamish Macbeth

$6.99

 

6. Getting Old Is to Die For by Rita Lakin

Senior sleuth Gladdy Gold

$6.99

 

7. The Overlook by Michael Connelly

LAPD detective Harry Bosch

$7.99

 

8. Death of a Squire by Maureen Ash

Knight Templar Bascot de Marins

$6.99

 

9. Preaching to the Corpse by Roberta Isleib

Psychologist and online advice columnist Rebecca Butterman

$6.99