

Best-Selling Books Week Ended August 22
FICTION
1. “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press)
2. “The Postcard Killers” by James Patterson and Liza Marklund (Little, Brown)
3. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)
4. “Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
5. “Spider Bones: A Novel” by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)
6. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books)
7. “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future” by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic)
8. “Tough Customer: A Novel: by Sandra Brown (Simon & Schuster)
9. “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press)
10. “Bearers of the Black Staff: Legends of Shannara” by Terry Brooks (Del Rey)
11. “The Red Queen: A Novel” by Phillipa Gregory (Touchstone)
12. “Star Island” by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf)
13. “The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner” by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
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