Our Best Seller List for August 2007

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Best Sellers in Hardcover

Best Sellers in Trade Paperback

Best Sellers in Mass Market Paperback

Hardcover Best Sellers

1. Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer

A second comic thriller by this talented team

$24.95 signed copies available

2. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews

The latest hilarious antics of Meg Lanslow

$23.95 signed copies available

3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

The popular series wraps up with a knock-out seventh

$29.99

4. Dead Connection by Alafair Burke

New character, new setting, same great suspenseful writing

$19.95 signed copies available

5. Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak

A third comic adventure for Wollie Shelley

$21.95

6. Hard Row by Margaret Maron

Judge Deborah Knott faces a difficult case that involves illegal immigrants

$24.99

7. Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson

A fourteenth delicious course in this long-running and popular culinary series

$25.95

8. Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde

Literary detective Thursday Next returns

$24.95

9. Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke

Dave Robicheaux in the aftermath of Katrina. T he first time we've had a father and daughter on the best seller list.

$26

10. The Chardonnay Charade by Ellen Crosby

Virginiai winemaker Lucie Montgomery

$24

Trade Paperback Best Sellers

1. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

A wonderful novel of suspense set among the Amish; reissued after Picoult's recent success

$15

2. The War Against Miss Winter by Kathryn Miller Haines

Entertaining debut by local writer still selling well

$13.95

3. Murder in Jerusalem by Batya Gur

Jerusalem detective Michael Ohayon, Gur's last book

$14.95

4. The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

Outstanding novel was Agatha winner and MLB best seller for several months

$13.95

5. Wycliffe and the House of Fear by W.J. Burley

Latest reissue in this traditional British series proves as popular as the earlier ones

$7.99

6. Wycliffe and the Redhead by W.J. Burley

Latest reissue in this traditional British series proves as popular as the earlier ones

$7.99

7. Puccini's Ghost by Morag Joss

Satisfying tale of suspense set in Scottish seaside town

$13

8. The Devil's Feather by Minette Walters

Tale of journalist pursued by mercenary she accused of atrocities

$13.95

9. End in Tears by Ruth Rendell

Wexford investigates the death of a young mother

$13

10. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

Marvelous historical novel follows woman's journey from 19th century Chile to Gold Rush California

$14.95

Paperback Best Sellers

1. Saks and Violins by Mary Daheim

Latest screwball mystery featuring Seattle B&B owner Judith Flynn

$6.99

2. Winter's Child by Margaret Maron

Deborah Knott has little time for a honeymoon when her new husband's ex-wife and son go missing

$6.99

3. Dark Tort by Diane Mott Davidson

Time for another helping from the queen of culinary mystery

$7.99

4. Brush with Death by Hailey Lind

reformed art forger Annie Kincaid finds a Raphael that just might be real

$6.99

5. The Chocolate Jewel Case by Joanna Carl

Chocolate maker Lee Woodyard looks into a jewel theft

$6.99

6. Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer

Comic thriller was the first collaboration with these two talented authors

$7.99

7. Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle

Greenwich Village coffee shop manager Clare Cosi

$6.99

8. A Deadly Dealer by J.B. Stanley

Antiques magazine columnist Molly Appleby

$6.99

9. No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews

Meg Lanslow discovers extreme croquet

$6.99

10. A Secret Rage by Charlaine Harris

An early novel by the popular author of the Sookie Stackhouse books

$7.99