April 30, 2011

Hardcover Fiction

1. Land of Painted Caves, by Jean Auel (Crown $30)

2. Sing You Home, by Jodi Picoult (Atria $28)

3. Crunch Time, by Diane Mott Davidson (William Morrow $26.99)

4. My New American Life, by Francine Prose (Harper $25.99)

5. Oracle of Stamboul, by Michael David Lukas (Harper $24.99)

Paperback Fiction

1. My Name is Mary Sutter, by Robin Oliveira (Penguin $15)

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

3. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese (Vintage $15.95)

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

5. Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer (Dial $15)

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. Wild North Carolina, by David Blevins (UNC Press $30)

2. How Good Riders Get Good, by Denny Emerson (Trafalgar Square $29.95)

3. Bossypants, by Tina Fey (Reagan Arthur $26.99)

4. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House $27)

5. Dressmaker of Khair Khana, by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Harper $24.99)

Paperback Nonfiction

1. Farm Fresh North Carolina, by Diane Daniel (UNC Press $18.95)

2. Honest Eating, by Jane McClaren (Chapel Hill Press $13.95)

3. I Totally Meant to Do That, by Jane Borden (Broadway Books $14)

4. Around Southern Pines, by Stephen E. Massengill (Arcadia $16.99)

5. Same Kind of Different as Me, by Ron Hall (Thomas Nelson $16.99)

Children’s Books

1. Friend for Einstein the Smallest Stallion, by Charlie Cantrell (Hyperion $16.99)

2. Mockingbird, by Kathryn Erskine (Puffin $6.99)

3. Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic $8.99)

4. My First Words at the Farm Gift Set, by H. A. Rey (Houghton Mifflin $14.99)

5. Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery, by John Feinstein (Yearling $6.99)

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