The Publishers Weekly bestsellers list was delayed due to the holiday. These are the bestselling books at area independent stores for the week that ended May 23. Stores reporting: the Book House, Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, the Novel Neighbor, Subterranean Books.
- Rob Levy Special to the Post-Dispatch
Crime doesn鈥檛 pay. Even if you have all the money in the world. This is the premise of Debbie Baldwin鈥檚 eighth book, "The Architect of Deception."
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended May 16 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, reprinted from Publishers Weekly.聽
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Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended May 9 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, reprinted from Publishers Weekly.聽
- Chris Hewitt The Minnesota Star Tribune
Like Cynthia D鈥橝prix Sweeney鈥檚 just-published 鈥淟ake Effect,鈥 bestselling writer Tom Perrotta鈥檚 鈥淕host Town鈥 is about life in the suburbs in the 1970s.
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Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended May 2 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, reprinted from Publishers Weekly.聽
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Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended April 18 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, reprinted from Publishers Weekly.聽
This month, if you read just one former 鈥淎rrested Development鈥 writer鈥檚 comic novel about a woman who used to write for TV but has shifted gears, make it 鈥淕o Gentle.鈥
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended April 18 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, reprinted from Publishers Weekly.聽
Independent Bookstore Day returns April 25, offering readers a chance to celebrate local book shops with author events, children鈥檚 programming, giveaways and exclusive merchandise.
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The Publishers Weekly bestsellers list was delayed due to the holiday. These are the bestselling books at area independent stores for the week that ended May 23. Stores reporting: the Book House, Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, the Novel Neighbor, Subterranean Books.
Crime doesn鈥檛 pay. Even if you have all the money in the world. This is the premise of Debbie Baldwin鈥檚 eighth book, "The Architect of Deception."
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended May 16 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, reprinted from Publishers Weekly.聽
There's an event for every kind of reader this summer 鈥 from literary heavyweights to romance juggernauts to thriller bestsellers.聽
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