Our Best Seller List for May 2008

Ah spring…..when all the mystery readers are out walking, gardening and coming to author events. Our kickin’ Indiana Jones event with James Rollins filled the classic single screen Oaks movie theater and other exciting store events---with and without a Mediterranean buffet---scored.

Mother’s Day, autographed firsts, Victoria Thompson’s third terrific virtual signing and book groups also did a nice job with sales. On to summer!

Best Sellers in Hardcover

Best Sellers in Trade Paperback

Best Sellers in Mass Market Paperback

Hardcover Best Sellers

1. Careless in Red by Elizabeth George

Thomas Lynley, life after leaving Scotland Yard. Signed copies a boost to sales, sadlyl, they're all gone.

$27.95

2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Rollins

Best seller Rollins turns the screenplay of the movie into a compelling novel.

$26, signed copies available

3. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris

Sookie Stackhouse faces a crisis in the world of the undead

$24.95, signed copies available

4. Murder on Bank Street by Victoria Thompson

Gaslight era midwife Sarah Brandt. Authors email announcement of signed books boosted sales for this popular series.

$23.95, signed copies available

5. Clubbed to Death by Elaine Viets

Hellen Hawthorne takes a new dead end job--at a country club.

$21.95, signed copies available

6. Girl of His Dreams by Donna Leon

Venice's own Guido Brunetti

$24

7. Buckingham Palace Gardens by Anne Perry

Thomas and Charlotte Pitt

$26

8. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

Based on the CMU's professor's final lecture, composed after he found he had pancreatic cancer

$21.95

9. Winter Study by Nevada Barr

Park ranger Anna Pigeon

$24.95, signed copies available

10. The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith

Botswana PI Precious Ramotswe

$22.95

Trade Paperback Best Sellers

1. Rosewater and Sodabread by Marsha Mehran

The sisters we me in Pomegranate Soup continue their adventures in Ireland

$14

2. Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran

Three Iranian sisters open a restaurant in a small village in Ireland

$13.95

3. Tug of War by Barbara Cleverly

Scotland Yard Inspector Joe Sandilands

$13

4. Exit Music by Ian Rankin

Rebus ready for retirement--but not before one more case.

$22

5. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

Compelling tale of Frank Lloyd Wright and his affair with Mameh Chaney

$14

6. In the Woods by Tana French

Edgar-winning debut introduces Dublin cop Cassie Maddox

$14

7. Raisins and Almonds by Kerry Greenwood

Golden Age sleuth Phryne Fisher

$14.95

8. The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon

Alaska, not Israel, becomes the Jewish homeland in this homage to the detective novel

$15.95

9. Little Heathens by Mildred Kalish

Author's tale of growing up on her grandparent's farm during the Great Depression

$12

10. Zoo Station by David Downing

Debut set in Berlin just before WW II

$14

Paperback Best Sellers

1. Index to Murder by Jo Dereske

Librarian Helma Zukas

$6.99

2. Suffer the Little Children by Donna Leon

Venetian policeman Guido Brunetti

$7.99

3. Murder Is Binding by Lorna Barrett

Mystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles

$6.99

4. Murder With Reservations by Elaine Viets

Helen Hawthorne finds work as a hotel maid

$6.99

5. The Chyrsalis by Heather Terrell

Lawyer follows trail of painting stolen by the Nazi's

$6.99

6. The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid

Standalone revolves around body found in bog that may be Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian

$7.99

7. Slipknot by Linda Greenlaw

Debut introduces marine insurance investigator Jane Bunker

$6.99

8. Macaroni Boy by Katherine Ayres

Young adult mystery set in Pittsburgh's Strip District in the '30s

$5.99

9. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

First in the Sookie Stackhouse series

$7.99

10. Murder Can Crash Your Party by Selma Eichler

New York PI Desiree Shapiro

$6.99