Our Best Seller List for August 2010

During the number one month for fiction reading we had a wide list or reading and a few events that sold in high numbers. Hundreds of titles went on vacation with Mystery Lovers readers all over the map.

Best Sellers in Hardcover

Best Sellers in Trade Paperback

Best Sellers in Mass Market Paperback

Hardcover Best Sellers

1. Mirror Image by Dennis Palumbo

In a first, the same book heads both hardcover and trade paperback lists

$24.95 signed copies available

2. I'm Too Young to Be Seventy by Judith Viorst

Who'd have thought that a bunch of ladies in North Carolina would all celebrate their 70th birthdays together?

$17

3. Star Island by Carl Hiaasen

Hiaasen's latest tale of greed, lust and bad behavior in Florida

$26.95 signed copies available

4. Danse Macabre by Gerald Elias

Mystery featuring viollinist sleuth gains authenticity from authors own background

$24.99 signed copies available

5. Burn by Nevada Barr

Park ranger Anna Pigeon head for New Orleans

$25.99

6. Crossfire by Dick Francis and Felix Francis

Returning Iraq war vet seeks blackmailer

$26.95

7. Murder on Lexington Avenue by Victoria Thompson

Turn of the century midwife Sarah Brandt

$24.95 signed copies available

8. I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman

A tense standalone about a women who must confront her past

$25.99 signed copies available

9. The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

Second in Gregory's series about the War of the Roses

$25.99

10. Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs

Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan

$26.99

10. Our Lady of Immaculate Deception by Nancy Martin

Debut for Pittsburgh-set series with Roxy Abruzzo

$24.99 signed copies available

Trade Paperback Best Sellers

1. Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Tender tale of friendship between Japanese and non-Japanese friends during WW II

$15

2. Mirror Image by Dennis Palumbo

Debut for Pittsburgh-set series with psychologist Dennis Rinaldi

$14.95

3. Devil's Trill by Gerald Elias

Violinst-author's debut mystery with violinist-sleuth Daniel Jacobus

$14.99

4. Fleet Street Murders by Charles Finch

Victorian gentleman sleuth Charles Lenox

$13.99

5. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Preciocious sleuth Flavia de Luce continues to charm book clubs and others

$15

6. A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd

The Todd's launch a new series with WW I-era nurse Bess Crawford

$14.99

7. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

First of the Milenium Trilogy tale of Lisbeth Salander

$14.95

8. Brigid of Kildare by Heather Terrell

Historical novel of early Irish bishop and her battles with the Roman church

$15

9. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe

Woman discovers family secrets in her late grandmother's papers

$15.99

10. The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle

Theft of vintage wines leads investigator on chase through Paris and elsewhere

$14.95

Paperback Best Sellers

1. Chapter & Hearse by Lorna Barrett

Mystery bookseller Tricia Miles

$7.99

2. Murder Past Due by Miranda James

Series debut introduces librarian Charlie Harris and his cat Diesel

$7.99

3. Hardball by Sara Paretsky

Chicago PI V.I. Warhsawski

$9.99

4. The Riesling Retribution by Ellen Crosby

Virginia wine maker Lucie Montgomery

$7.99

5. Even Money by Dick Francis and Felix Francis

Racing mystery set at Royal Ascot

$9.99

6. Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy

Hyzy launches a new series with museum curator Grace Wheaton

$7.99

7. Fire and Ice by J.A. Jance

Jance series characters J.P. Beaumont and Joanna Brady join forces

$9.99

8. Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch takes a case into Chinatown

$9.99

9. Deeply, Desperately by Heather Webber

Lucy Valentine psychic owner of a matchmaking serivice

$7.99

10. Sure and Certain Death by Barbara Nadel

Foyle's War fans will find much to like in this tale of Francis Hancock, an undertaker during the Blitz

$8.99

10. The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry

Cotton Malone uncovers secrets of Napoleon

$9.99