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
The State of Wonder
Ann Patchett

The Inspector and Silence
Hakan Nesser

The Pale King
David Foster Wallace

Fallen
Karin Slaughter

American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition
Neil Gaiman

Hardcover Nonfiction
Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach

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

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin
Erik Larson

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
David McCullough

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

Paperback Fiction
A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin

The Help
Kathryn Stockett

Borkmann’s Point
Hakan Nesser

Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cakes
Aimee Bender

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

Twenty-Five Books That Shaped America
Thomas Foster

Life
Keith Richards

Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom
Jennifer Holland

Damn You, Autocorrect!: Awesomely Embarrassing Text Messages You Didn’t Mean to Send
Jillian Madison

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

The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney

Should I Share My Ice Cream
Mo Willems

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie

Star Wars Character Dictionary
DK Publishing

Lake Theatre’s top attended movies of the weekend

 

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1. Cars 2

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2. Bad Teacher

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3. Midnight in Paris

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4. Super 8

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5. Green Lantern

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6. X-Men: First Class

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