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
Reamde
Neal Stephenson

The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern

State of Wonder
Ann Patchett

The Paris Wife
Paula McLain

The Leftovers
Tom Perrotta

Hardcover Nonfiction
Life Itself: A Memoir
Roger Ebert

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
Ron Suskind

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand

Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961
Paul Hendrickson

The Atheist’s Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life Without Illusions
Alex Rosenberg

Paperback Fiction
The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow

The Help
Kathryn Stockett

A Visit from the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan

Room
Emma Donoghue

A Theory of Great Men
Daniel Greenstone

Paperback Non-Fiction
The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @Mayoremanuel
Dan Sinker

Cleopatra: A Life
Stacy Schiff

F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers
Richard Benson

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Siddhartha Mukherjee

Let’s Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
Gail Caldwell

Young Adult and Children’s Books
Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein

Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins

Bumble-Ardy
Maurice Sendak

Goliath
Scott Westerfeld

Divergent
Veronica Roth

Lake Theatre’s top attended movies of the weekend

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1. The Lion King 3D

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2. Moneyball

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3. Dolphin Tale

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4. Contagion

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5. Drive

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6. Abduction

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7. The Help

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