July 2009

Hardcover Fiction

1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam $24.95)

2. Return to Sullivan's Island, by Dorothea Benton Frank (William Morrow $25.99)

3. So Happy Together, by Maryann McFadden (Hyperion $23.99)

4. Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See (Random House $25)

Paperback Fiction

1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Fiery Shaffer (Dial $14)

2. The Richest Season, by Maryann McFadden (Hyperion $14.99)

3. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout (Random House $14)

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

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. A Son of the Game, by Jim Dodson (Algonquin $24.95)

2. Picking Cotton, by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino (St. Martin's $25.95)

3. Dear Owie, by Nancy J. Howe (Vantage $28.95)

4. Horse Soldiers, by Doug Stanton (Scribner $28)

Paperback Nonfiction

1. Glenn Beck's Common Sense, by Glenn Beck (Threshold $11.99)

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

3. Same Kind of Different As Me, by Ron Hall (Thomas Nelson $14.99)

4. How Not to Look Old, by Charla Krupp (Springboard $15.99)

Children's Books

1. Night Before First Grade, by Natasha Wing (Grosset & Dunlap $3.99)

2. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (Knopf $11.99)

3. Along for the Ride, by Sarah Dessen (Viking $19.99)

4. Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown $19.99)