Our Best Seller List for January 2009

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Best Sellers in Hardcover

Best Sellers in Trade Paperback

Best Sellers in Mass Market Paperback

Hardcover Best Sellers

1. The Fortune Teller's Daughter by Lila Shaara

A dazzling novel of small town secrets and academic intrigue

$25. signed copies available

2. Never Tell a Lie by Hallie Ephron

Woman's husband suspected of murder in this sharp suspenser

$24.99, signed copies available

3. A Matter of Justice by Charles Todd

Shell-shocked Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge

$24.99, signed copies available

4. Runner by Thomas Perry

The long-awaited return of Jane Whitefield, who makes people disappear

$26

5. A Body to Die For by G.A. McKevett

Plus-sized PI Savannah Reid

$22

6. A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

Quebec detective Armand Gamache

$24.95

7. Murder in the Latin Quarter by Cara Black

Parisian detective Aimee LeDuc discovers a sister she never knew she had

$24

8. Bone by Bone by Carol O'Connell

Missing teen returns 20 years later, bone by bone

$24.95 signed copies available

9. The Fallingwater Cookbook by Suzanne Martinson

Part cookbook, part memoir, part local history--the story of the Kaufmann's at Fallingwater

$29.95

10. A Face at the Window by Sarah Graves

Home renovater Jake Tiptree

$22

Trade Paperback Best Sellers

1. The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin

Based on interviews with the Justices themselves, an analysis of the future of the Supreme Court

$15.95

2. A Pale Horse by Charles Todd

Shell-shocked Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge

$14.99

3. Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski

A vivid, tantalizing trip through modern anthropology, an excellent book club read

$14

4. Dating is Murder by Harley Jane Kozak

Greeting card designer and serial dater Wollie Shelley

$12.95

5. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

A Black woman's struggle to establish her identity in '30s America

$15.95

6. Rumpole Misbehaves by John Mortimer

Barrister Horace Rumpole

$14

7. Ice Trap by Kitty Sewell

Novel of suspense set in the Arctic wilderness

$15

8. An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie Dobbs, investigator in '20 London

$14

9. A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch

Victorian gentleman sleuth Charles Lenox

$13.95

9. Game Over by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

At last, a new case for London detective Bill Slider

$15.95

10. The Eight by Katherine Neville

The beloved international thriller about a chess set with mystical power

$14.95

Paperback Best Sellers

1. Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson

Yorkshire Inspector Alan Banks

$7.99

2. The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion by Alice Kimberly

Haunted bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure

$7.99

3. A Test of Wills by Charles Todd

Shell-shocked Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge, the first in the series

$7.99

4. Lady Killer by Lisa Scottoline

The return of Mary DiNunzio from Scottoline's debut Everywhere That Mary Went

$7.99

5. The Apostate's Tale by Margaret Frazer

Medieval mystery with Dame Frevisse

$7.99

6. Lifelines by C.J. Lyons

Mystery and a bit of romance at Pittsburgh (fictitious) Angels of Mercy hospital

$7.99

7. The Giver by Lois Lowry

Pittsburgh's One Book-One Community reading choice

$8.95

8. The Book of Old Houses by Sarah Graves

Home renovater Jake Tiptree

$6.99

9. Warning Signs by C.J. Lyons

Second in the series set in Pittsburgh's Angels of Mercy hospital

$7.99

10. Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett

Mystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles

$6.99