Dec. 13, 2008

Hardcover Fiction

1. The Gate House, by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central $27.99)

2. The Bible Salesman, by Clyde Edgerton (Little Brown $23.99)

3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial $22)

4. Serena, by Ron Rash (Ecco $24.99)

5. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski (Ecco $25.95)

6. Scarpetta, by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam $27.95)

7. A Mercy, by Toni Morrison (Knopf $23.95)

Paperback Fiction

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead $16)

2. The Shack, by William Young (Windblown $14.99)

3. Lottery, by Patricia Wood (Berkley $14)

4. War & Peace, by Leo Tolstoy (Vintage $19.95)

5. Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan (Ballantine $14)

6. The World According to Bertie, by Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor $13.95)

7. What Was Lost, by Catherine O'Flynn (Henry Holt $14)

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like, by Mardy Grothe (Collins $14.95)

2. Holy Smoke, by John Shelton Reed et al (UNC Press $30)

3. Dewey, by Vicki Myron (Grand Central $19.99)

4. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch (Hyperion $21.95)

5. Viva Le Repartee, by Mardy Grothe (HarperCollins $14.95)

6. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown $27.99)

7. 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die, by Stephen Farthing (Universe $34.95)

Paperback Nonfiction

1. What's So Amazing About Grace, by Philip Yancey (Zondervan $14.99)

2. Team of Rivals, by Doris Goodwin (Simon & Schuster $21)

3. Culture Warrior, by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway $14.95)

4. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson (Penguin $15)

5. Overhills, by Jeffrey Irwin and Kaitlin O'Shea (Arcadia $19.99)

6. The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama (Three Rivers $14.95)

7. Boone, by Robert Morgan (Algonquin $18.95)

Children's Books

1. Tales of Beedle the Bard, by J. K. Rowling (Arthur Levine $12.99)

2. 39 Clues: One False Note, by Gordon Korman (Scholastic $12.99)

3. The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate Dicamillo (Candlewick $7.99)

4. The Borrowers, by Mary Norton (Odyssey $5.95)

5. A Very Marley Christmas, by John Grogan (HarperCollins $17.99)

6. The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan (Miramax $7.99)

7. Masterpiece, by Kelly Murphy (Henry Holt $16.95)

The Sandhills Bestsellers List is compiled by The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines.