Week of July 15

Hardcover Fiction

1. Iron House, by John Hart (Thomas Dunne Books $25.99)

2. Smokin’ Seventeen, by Janet Evanovich (Bantam $28)

3. State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett (Harper $26.99)

4. Now You See Her, by James Patterson (Little Brown and Company $27.99)

5. Cutting For Stone, by Abraham Verghese (Vintage Books $15.95)

Paperback Fiction

1. The Reservoir, by John Milliken Thompson (Other Press $15.95)

2. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Berkley Publishing Group $16)

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

4. Down River, by John Hart (St. Martin’s Griffin $14.99)

5. Paris Wife, by Paula McClain (Ballantine Books $25)

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. Lions of Kandahar, by Rusty Bradley (Bantam Books $26)

2. Coasts of Carolina, by Bland Simpson (University of North Carolina Press $30)

3. Reckless Endangerment, by Gretchen Morgenson (Times Books $30)

4. Tupelo Honey Café, by Brian Sonoskus (Andrews McMeel Publishing $29.99)

5. In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson (Crown Publishing Group $26)

Paperback Nonfiction

1. Death of a Pinehurst Princess, by Steve Bouser (History Press $19.99)

2. Heaven Is For Real, by Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson Publishers $16.99 )

3. A Field Guide to Wildflowers, by Bruce A. Sorrie (University of North Carolina Press $25)

4. Grammar Girl’s 101 Misused Words, by Mignon Fogarty (St. Martin’s Griffin $5.99)

5. Callings, by Gregg Levoy (Three Rivers Press $14.95)

Children’s Books

1. I Am David, by Anne Holm (Harcourt Paperbacks $6.99)

2. Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems (Harcourt Paperbacks $6.99)

3. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, by Roger Lancelyn Green (Puffin Books $4.99)

4. Stand Tall, by Joan Bauer (Speak $7.99)

5. Merlin: The Lost Years, by T.A. Barron (Puffin Books $7.99)

The Sandhills Best-Sellers List is compiled by The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines.