Hardcover Fiction
1. Honeymoon, by James Patterson (Little Brown $27.95)
2. Blood Memory, by Greg Iles (Scribner $24.95)
3. The Broker, by John Grisham (Doubleday $27.95)
4. Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson (St. Martin’s $23)
5. President’s Assassin, by Brian Haig (Warner $25.95)
6. Unexpected Blessings, by Barbara Bradford (St. Martin’s $24.95)
7. 21, by Patrick O’Brian (W. W. Norton $21.95)
Paperback Fiction
1. Better Off Wed, by Laura Durham (Avon $6.99)
2. Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Books $14)
3. Betrayal, by Clare Francis (Berkley $14)
4. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, by Mark Haddon (Vintage $12)
5. Angels and Demons, by Dan Brown (Pocket Books $7.99)
6. Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage $11)
7. Cuba Strait, by Carsten Stroud (Pocket Books $7.99)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Summer Snow, by Trudier Harris (Beacon Press $24)
2. Hope and Honor, by Major General Sidney Shachnow (St. Martins $24.95)
3. Juiced, by Jose Conseco (ReganBooks $25.95)
4. Remembering Bill Neal, by Moreton Neal (University of North Carolina $22.95)
5. Blood Done Sign My Name, by Timothy Tyson (Crown $24)
6. French Women Don’t Get Fat, by Mireil Guiliano (Random House $22)
7. 102 Minutes, by Jim Dwyer (Times $26)
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Founding Mothers, by Cokie Roberts (Perennial $14.95)
2. Great Influenza, by John Barry (Penguin $16)
3. Elizabeth and Mary, by Jane Dunn (Vintage $16.95)
4. Devil in the White City, by Eric Larson (Vintage $14.95)
5. Grits Guide to Life, by Deborah Ford (Plume $14)
6. Hotel Babylon, by Jones Edwards (Blue Hen Books $14)
7. Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly, by Jennifer Fleischner (Broadway $15.95)
Children’s Books
1. Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Brown (HarperFestival $7.99)
2. Stepping on the Cracks, by Mary Downing Hahn (HarperTrophy $5.99)
3. Austere Academy No. 5, by Lemony Snicket (HarperCollins $11.99)
4. Because of Winn Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press $5.99)
5. Horses, by Margo Lundell (Grosset & Dunlap $3.99)
6. How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms, by Jane Yolen (Blue Sky Press $6.99)
7. Last Shot, by John Feinstein (Knopf Books for Young Readers $16.95)
The Sandhills Bestseller List is compiled by The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines.