The Latest Bestseller Updates

By Carl Lennertz

Sales news from data gathered this week from 350 indies.

Hardcover fiction:

To watch:

• #18 Pasadena, David Ebershoff, Random House, $24.95, 0375504567 -- A Book Sense 76 pick and a previous On the Rise pick.
  
• #28 The Book of Illusions, Paul Auster, Holt, $24, 0805054081 -- A 76 pick and a previous On the Rise pick.
  
• #41 The Chili Queen, Sandra Dallas, St. Martin's, $22.95, 0312303491 -- A frequent Book Sense 76 pick author, in paper.
  

Hardcover nonfiction:

On the Rise: #30 One Hundred Demons, Lynda Barry, Sasquatch Books, $24.95, 1570613370

To watch: #53 The Whole Foods Market Cookbook, Steve Petusevsky, Clarkson Potter, $25.95, 0609806440

Trade paper fiction:

To watch: #38 My Name Is Red, Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706852

Trade paper nonfiction:

Very interesting!

• #39 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, $23.95, 1557987912 -- and it’s in the top 20 and climbing at Amazon.com?!
  
• #42 In the Presence of Fear: Three Essays for a Changed World, Wendell Berry, Orion Society, $8, 0913098604 -- A Book Sense 76 pick from a few months back.
  

Mass market:

Three debuts!

• #1 A Traitor to Memory, Elizabeth George, Bantam, $7.99, 0553582364
  
• #7 Last Man Standing, David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446611778
  
• #8 The Blue Last, Martha Grimes, Onyx, $7.99, 0451410556
  

And a neat kid’s debut:

• #3 Lady Knight, Tamora Pierce, Random House Children's Pub., $16.95, 0375814655
  

Carl
carl@booksense.com