May 2010

Compiled by The Country Bookshop

Hardcover Fiction

1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam $24.95)
2. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, by Helen Simonson (Random House $25)
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf $27.95)
4. Innocent, by Scott Turow (Grand Central $27.99)
5. The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman (Dial $25)

Paperback Fiction

1. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese (Vintage $15.95)
2. South of Broad, by Pat Conroy (Dial $16)
3. The Wives of Henry Oades, by Johanna Moran (Ballantine $15)
4. The Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin $14.95)
5. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson (Vintage $14.95)

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. Spoken from the Heart, Laura Bush (Scribner $30)
2. The Future of the Past, by Steven Semes (Norton $60)3.
3. The Big Short, by Michael Lewis (Norton $27.95)
4. On the Grid, by Scott Huler (Rodale $24.99)
5. Lunch in Paris, by Elizabeth Bard (Little, Brown $23.99)

Paperback Nonfiction

1. A Golfer’s Life, by Arnold Palmer with Jim Dodson (Ballantine $16.95)
2. A Son of the Game, by Jim Dodson (Algonquin $14.95)
3. Hope and Honor, by Gen. Sid Shachnow (Forge $19.99)
4. Undaunted Heart, by Suzy Barile (Eno $16.95)
5. Horse Soldiers, by Doug Stanton (Scribner $16)

Children’s Books

1. Hank Zipzer No. 17: A Brand-New Me by Henry Winkler (Grosset & Dunlap $4.99)
2. Hank Zipzer No. 1: Niagara Falls or Does It? by Henry Winkler (Grosset & Dunlap $4.99)
3. The Kane Chronicles: Red Pyramid, by Rick Riordan (Hyperion $17.99)
4. Oh, The Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss (Random House $17.99)
5. Firehouse! by Mark Teague (Orchard $16.99)