Jan. 24, 2009

Hardcover Fiction

1. Plum Spooky, by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's $27.95)

2. Mounting Fears, by Stuart Woods (Putnam $25.95)

3. The Piano Teacher, by Janice Y. K. Lee (Viking $25.95)

4. The Story of Edgar Sawtell, by David Wroblewski (Ecco $25.95)

5. The Book of Unholy Mischief, by Elle Newmark (Atria $26)

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

7. Never Tell a Lie, by Hallie Ephron (William Morrow $24.99)

Paperback Fiction

1. The Commoner, by John Schwartz (Vintage $14.95)

2. People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin $15)

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

4. The Senator's Wife, by Sue Miller (Vintage $14.95)

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

6. Time is a River, by Mary Alice Monroe (Pocket $15)

7. The Hearts of Horses, by Molly Gloss (Mariner $13.95)

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. Being Dead is No Excuse, by Gayden Metcalfe (Hyperion $19.95)

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

3. American Rifle, by Alexander Rose (Delacorte $30)

4. Enough! by John C. Bogle (John Wiley $24.95)

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

6. Summer at Tiffany, by Marjorie Hart (William Morrow $15.95)

7. Baptism by Fire, by Mark Updegrove (Thomas Dunne $25.95)

Paperback Nonfiction

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

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

3. What's So Amazing About Grace? by Phillip Yancey (Zondervan $14.99)

4. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers (Vintage $14.95)

5. Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan, by Suze Orman (Spiegel & Grau $9.99)

6. Mornings on Horseback, by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster $16)

7. Children in Room E4, by Susan Eaton (Algonquin $14.95)

Children's Books

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, by Jeff Kinney (Amulet $12.95)

2. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown $7.99)

3. The BGF, by Roald Dahl (Puffin $6.99)

4. Love, Splat, by Rob Scotton (HarperCollins $16.99)

5. If You Were a Penguin, by Florence Minor (HarperCollins $17.99)

6. Harry the Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion (HarperTrophy $6.99)

7. Henry's 100 Days of Kindergarten, by Nancy L. Carlson (Puffin $5.99)

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