Dec. 20, 2008

Hardcover Fiction

1. The Christmas Sweater, by Glenn Beck (Threshold $19.99)

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

3. The Private Patient, by P. D. James (Knopf $25.95)

4. Brass Verdict, by Michael Connellly (Little Brown $26.99)

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

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

7. Grace, by Richard Evans (Simon & Schuster $19.95)

Paperback Fiction

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

2. World Without End, by Ken Follett (New American Library $22)

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

4. Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin $15)

5. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, by Maggie O'Farrell (Harvest $14)

6. Plum Wine, by Angela Davis-Gardner (Dial $13)

7. Change of Heart, by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square $16)

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. American Lion, by Jon Meacham (Random House $30)

2. The Purpose of Christmas, by Rick Warren (Howard Books $17.99)

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

4. Crazy Good, by Charles Leerhsen (Simon & Schuster $26)

5. Do the Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee (Sentinel $25.95)

6. Reflections & Recipes, by Berta Lou Scott (Southern Supreme $24.95)

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

Paperback Nonfiction

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

2. Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama (Vintage $7.99)

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

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

5. Marley & Me, by John Grogan (Harper $13.95)

6. Lion in the White House, by Aida Donald (Basic $15.95)

7. Final Rounds, by Jim Dodson (Bantam $16)

Children's Books

1. Fancy Nancy at the Museum, by Jane O'Connor (HarperTrophy $3.99)

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

3. Swing! by Rufus Seder (Workman $12.95)

4. Gingerbread Friends, by Jan Brett (Putnam $17.99)

5. 39 Clues: One False Note, by Gordon Korman (Scholastic $12.99)

6. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley $10.99)

7. Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown $22.99)

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