The Book Table‘s bestsellers of the week for Hardcover Fiction, Hardcover Nonfiction, Paperback Fiction, Paperback Nonfiction and Young Adult and Children’s Books.
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Hardcover Fiction
The State of Wonder
Ann Patchett
Turn of Mind
Alice LaPlante
The Pale King
David Foster Wallace
The Paris Wife
Paula McLain
The Hypnotist
Lars Kepler
Hardcover Nonfiction
Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach
County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago’s Public Hospital
David Ansell
Click here to read books blogger Helen Kossler’s interview with author Dr. David Ansell.
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
David McCullough
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin
Erik Larson
Ron Santo: A Perfect Ten
Rich Wolfe
Paperback Fiction
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
Room
Emma Donoghue
Spies of the Balkans
Alan Furst
Faithful Place
Tana French
Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese
Paperback Nonfiction
Oak Park: The Evolution of a Village
David Sokol
Click here to read books blogger Helen Kossler’s take on Oak Park: the Evolution of a Village.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
Just Kids
Patti Smith
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
Medium Raw
Anthony Bourdain
Young Adult and Children’s Books
The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney
Should I Share My Ice Cream
Mo Willems
Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
Lake Theatre’s top attended movies of the weekend
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2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
3. Zookeeper
5. Bad Teacher
6. Cars 2
7. Larry Crowne