What Bethesda's Reading: May 2011

Top-selling books in May at the Barnes & Noble in Bethesda compared with Barnes & Noble stores nationwide and on www.bn.com.

June 27, 2011 12:12 p.m.

Hardcover Fiction—Barnes & Noble Bethesda

  1. Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse Series, #11), Charlaine Harris
  2. Buried Prey (Lucas Davenport Series, #21), John Sandford
  3. 10th Anniversary (Women’s Murder Club Series, #10), James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
  4. The Sixth Man, David Baldacci
  5. The Jefferson Key, Steve Berry
  6. Sixkill (Spencer Series, #39), Robert B. Parker
  7. The Final Storm: A Novel of the War in the Pacific, Jeff Shaara
  8. The Land of Painted Caves (Earth’s Children, #6), Jean M. Auel
  9. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson
  10. The Fifth Witness (Mickey Haller Series, #4), Michael Connelly

Hardcover Fiction—Barnes & Noble Nationwide/www.bn.com

  1. The Throne of Fire (Kane Chronicles Series, #2), Rick Riordan
  2. The Warlock, Michael Scott
  3. The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus Series, #2), Rick Riordan
  4. Smokin’ Seventeen, Janet Evanovich
  5. Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse Series, #11), Charlaine Harris
  6. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
  7. Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Conviction (#7), Aaron Allston
  8. 10th Anniversary (Women’s Murder Club Series, #10), James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
  9. The Jefferson Key, Steve Berry
  10. A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5), George R.R. Martin

Hardcover Nonfiction—Barnes & Noble Bethesda

  1. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, David McCullough
  2. Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me, Chelsea Handler
  3. In the Garden of Beasts, Erik Larson
  4. Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?, Steven Tyler
  5. Bossypants, Tina Fey
  6. The Dukan Diet, Pierre Dukan
  7. The 17 Day Diet, Mike Moreno
  8. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, Laura Hillenbrand
  9. Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography, Rob Lowe
  10. StrengthsFinder 2.0, Tom Rath

Hardcover Nonfiction—Barnes & Noble Nationwide/www.bn.com

  1. Those Guys Have All the Fun, James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales
  2. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, David McCullough
  3. Dog Sense, John Bradshaw
  4. In the Garden of Beasts, Erik Larson
  5. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, Laura Hillenbrand
  6. Area 51, Annie Jacobsen
  7. SEAL Team Six, Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin
  8. StrengthsFinder 2.0, Tom Rath
  9. The Psychopath Test, Jon Ronson
  10. Reckless Endangerment, Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner

Paperback (Fiction and Nonfiction)—Barnes & Noble Bethesda

  1. The Help, Kathryn Stockett
  2. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
  3. Something Borrowed, Emily Giffin
  4. Room, Emma Donoghue
  5. The Passage, Justin Cronin
  6. Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back, Todd Burpo, Lynn Vincent
  7. Thank You Notes, Jimmy Fallon
  8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
  9. The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin
  10. Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs, Jeni Stepanek

Paperback (Fiction and Nonfiction)—Barnes & Noble Nationwide/www.bn.com

  1. Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back, Todd Burpo, Lynn Vincent
  2. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
  3. The Help, Kathryn Stockett
  4. Now Eat This Diet, Rocco DiSpirito
  5. Hungry Girl 300 Under 300, Lisa Lillien
  6. Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
  7. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
  8. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
  9. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
  10. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford

Source: Barnes & Noble Bethesda

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