The Book Table‘s bestsellers of the week for Hardcover Fiction, Hardcover Nonfiction, Paperback Fiction, Paperback Nonfiction and Young Adult and Children’s Books.

For more on the local book scene, check out Helen Kossler’s books blog at OakPark.com/Books

Hardcover Fiction
Dreams of Joy
Lisa See

Caleb’s Crossing
Geraldine Brooks

Emily, Alone
Stewart O’Nan

The Pale King
David Foster Wallace

Pym
Mat Johnson

Hardcover Nonfiction
County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago’s Public Hospital
David Ansell

In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson

Bossypants
Tina Fey

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
David McCullough

She Walks in Beauty: A Woman’s Journey Through Poems
Caroline Kennedy

Paperback Fiction
The Help
Kathryn Stockett

A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin

Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese

The Frozen Rabbi
Steve Stern

Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart

Paperback Nonfiction
Oak Park: The Evolution of a Village
David Sokol

Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
Juan Gonzalez

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
John Valliant

Twenty-Five Books That Shaped America
Thomas Foster

Empire of the Summer Moon
S. C. Gwynne

Young Adult and Children’s Books
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins

The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney

Throne of Fire
Rick Riordan

I Am the Messenger
Markus Zusak

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie

Lake Theatre’s top attended movies of the weekend

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1. X-Men: First Class

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2. Kung Fu Panda 2 in 3D

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3. The Hangover, Part 2

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4. Bridesmaids

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5. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides in 3D

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Evan O'Brien is the content manager of OakPark.com. Soon after Evan was born in Chicago, his family moved to Oak Park for the same reason that attracts people to the "World's Largest Village" today: the...