March 7, 2009

Hardcover Fiction

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

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

3. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shafffer (Dial Press $22)

4. All the Colors of Darkness, by Peter Robinson (William Morrow $25.99)

5. Jesus, by Deepak Chopra (HarperOne $24.95)

6. Heart and Soul, by Maeve Binchy (Knopf $26.95)

7. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese (Knopf $26.95)

Paperback Fiction

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

2. Mary, by Janis Newman (Harvest $15)

3. The Reserve, by Russell Banks (HarperPerennial $14.99)

4. Song for Miriam, by Linda Olsson (Penguin $15)

5. The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink (Vintage $13.95)

6. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen (Algonquin $13.95)

7. Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson (Berkley $15)

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. The Last Witch of Langenburg, by Thomas Robisheaux (Norton $26.95)

2. Baked, by Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito (Stewart, Tabori & Chang $29.95)

3. Somewhere Towards the End, by Diana Athill (Norton $24.95)

4. The Gardner Heist, by Ulrich Boser (Collins $25.99)

5. The Lost City of Z, by David Grann (Doubleday $27.50

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

7. The Uncrowned King, by Kenneth Whyte (Counterpoint $30)

Paperback Nonfiction

1. Nemesis, by Peter Evans (Harper $15.99)

2. Endgame, 1945, by David Stafford (Back Bay $17.99)

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

4. The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library $14)

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

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

7. On Call in Hell, by Richard Jadick (New American Library $15)

Children's Books

1. Noah's Ark, by Jerry Pinkney (Seastar $16.99)

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

3. Dragon of the Red Dawn, by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House $4.99)

4. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia Burton (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $16)

5. The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins $17.99)

6. Galloping Gold, by Terri Farley (HarperCollins $4.99)

7. World According to Humphrey, by Betty Birney (Puffin $5.99)

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