Specialty Bookselling

1. The Maze Runner by James Dashner (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780385737944) "James Dashner's The Maze Runner is a fast-paced, disorienting, and frighteningly adventurous story, one that any fan of The Hunger Games or Lord of the Flies is sure to love." --Kyla Paterno, Garfield Book Company at PLU, Tacoma, WA

In a strategic move that will increase its 2009 catalog circulation by 75 percent, the Association of Booksellers for Children is distributing a quantity of its 2009 Best Books for Children catalog to all of the ABA member stores receiving the Winter Children's White Box mailing this month. This is in addition to the 260 ABC members that already receive the catalog.

For the eight-week period ending October 20, 2009, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide. 1. The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438 2.

With the Major League Baseball post-season now underway, we present the Indie October Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 6, 2009. 1. Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend Larry Tye, Random House, $26, 9781400066513

For the eight-week period ending September 22, 2009, and based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores throughout the U.S. 1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308 2.

For the eight-week period ending September 9, 2009, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide. 1. Musicophilia Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539 2.

Two stalwarts of the feminist bookstore community are celebrating milestone anniversaries this fall, each with a series of in-store and off-site events, featuring locally known and nationally recognized authors. Chicago's Women & Children First is celebrating its 30th anniversary throughout September and October. And, in Atlanta, Charis Books & More will hold a weeklong party in November to mark its 35th year.

For the eight-week period ending July 21, 2009, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide. 1. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309 2.

For the eight-week period ending July 7, 2009, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide. 1. Blink Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665 2.

For the eight-week period ending June 23, 2009, and based on sales at independent book stores nationwide. 1. Watchmen Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, DC Comics, $19.99, 9780930289232 2.