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Blogs, Bleader Dec 10, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending December 6

what's hot in local bookstores
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, Too Much Happiness, Alice Munro, The Help, Kathryn Stockett, The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver, Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger, Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, Rhoda Janzen, SuperFreakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Half the Sky, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Open, Andre Agassi, Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Precious, Sapphire, Time Traveler's Wife, The Blind Side, Michael Lewis, Logicomix, Apostolos Doxiadis, Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009, Dave Eggers, Reakonomics, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, Jon Meacham

Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending November 29

What's hot in local bookstores
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, The Help, Kathryn Stockett, The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver, Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore, Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger, Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, SuperFreakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Precious, Sapphire, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Open, Andre Agassi, The Case for God, Karen Armstrong, You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas, Augusten Burroughs, The Piano Teacher, Janice Y.K. Lee, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, Michael Lewis, Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, Julie Powell, I Am America (And So Can You!), Stephen Colbert, Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, Apostolos Doxiadis, The Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell

Blogs, Bleader Nov 25, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending November 22

What's hot in local bookstores
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, Help, Kathryn Stockett, The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver, I Alex Cross, James Patterson, Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger, Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood, SuperFreakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer, What the Dog Saw, Malcolm Gladwell, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Precious, Sapphire, Home Safe, Elizabeth Berg, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, My Life in France, Julia Child, Blink, Door, Margaret Atwood, Our Choice, Al Gore, Everyday Food, Martha Stewart

Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending November 15

What's hot in local bookstores
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver, The Help, Kathryn Stockett, Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger, Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood, Superfreakonomics, Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner, The Audacity to Win, David Plouffe, Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer, You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas, Augusten Burroughs, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Precious, Sapphire, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, More Information Than You Require, John Hodgman, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, Al Gore, My Life in France, Julia Child, Logicomix, Apostolos Doxiadis, Freakonomics

Blogs, Bleader Nov 10, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending November 8

What's hot in local bookstores
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, Help, Kathryn Stockett, Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver, Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood, Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, Lost Symbol, Dan Brown, What Would Susie Say?, Susie Essman, What the Dog Saw, Malcolm Gladwell, Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer, Case for God, Karen Armstrong, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, y Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Precious, Sapphire, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, My Life in France, Julia Child, Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain, Supercapitalism, Robert Reich, My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor, More Information Than You Require, John Hodgman

Blogs, Bleader Nov 4, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending November 1

what's hot in local bookstores
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, Help, Kathryn Stockett, Last Night in Twisted River, John Irving, Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, Half Broke Horses, Jeannette Wall, Children's Book, A.S. Byatt, SuperFreakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, What the Dog Saw, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, Clinton Tapes, Taylor Branch, Drinking with George, George Wendt, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffe, Annie Barrows, Chicago Haunts 3, Ursula Bielski, Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell, Logicomix, Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Papadimitriou, Zookeeper's Wife, Diane Ackerman, Freakonomics

Blogs, Bleader Oct 29, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending October 25

what's been hot in local bookstores
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, Lost Symbol, Dan Brown, Help, Kathryn Stockett, Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger, Hardball, Sara Paretsky, The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, Christopher McDougall, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, Gail Collins, Bicycle Diaries, David Byrne, Chicago Best Sellers, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffe, Annie Barrows, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Sarah's Key, Tatiana De Rosnay, Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell, American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood, Howard Blum, Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan, Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story, Diane Ackerman, Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking, Julia Child

Blogs, Bleader Oct 22, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for week ending October 18
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, Lost Symbol, Dan Brown, Hardball, Sara Paretsky, Help, Kathryn Stockett, Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore, Chicago Humanities Festival, Children's Book, A.S. Byatt, True Compass, Edward M. Kennedy, Manood for Amateurs, Michael Chabon, Bicycle Diaries, David Byrne, Half the Sky, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Read My Pins: Stories From a Diplomat's Jewel Box, Madeleine Albright, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Say You're One of Them, Uwem Akpan, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Indignation, Philip Roth, Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein, Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell, This Is Not a Book, Keri Smith, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, Michael Pollan, Freakonomics, Steve D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, My Life in France, Julia Child

Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending September 13

What books arehot in Chicago this week, culled from the lists of various local booksellers.
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Media, Lit & Lectures, News, Books, The Help, Kathryn Stockett, A Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore, Homer & Langley, E.L. Doctorow, South of Broad, Pat Conroy, White Queen, Philippa Gregory, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, Christopher McDougall, The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008, Thomas E. Ricks, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, Her Fearful Symmetry, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay, Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct, P.M. Forni, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, by Azar Nafisi, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, Julie Powell

Blogs, Bleader Sep 9, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for the Week Ending September 6
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Media, Lit & Lectures, News, Books, Homer & Langley, E.L. Doctorow, The Help, Kathryn Stockett, A Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore, South of Broad, Pat Conroy, The Women, T.C. Boyle, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Grand Illusion, Theresa Amato, Born to Run, Christopher McDougall, Cahokia, Timothy R. Pauketat, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Shack, William Paul Young, My Life in France, In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan, Devil in the White City, Erik Larson, Cults Conspiracies and Secret Socieities, Arthur Goldwag, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami

Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2009
Chicago Best Seller List for Week Ending August 23
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, The Help, Kathryn Stockett, That Old Cape Magic, Richard Russo, Writers on the Record, South of Broad, Pat Conroy, Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, White Queen, Phillippa Gregory, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Outliers, Malcom Gladwell, Cahokia, Timothy Pauketat, I'm Down, Mishna Wolff, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, Mercy, Toni Morrison, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, My Life in France, Julie & Julia, Julie Powell, Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, Jeff Sharlet, Julia's Kitchen Wisdom, Tunnel and the Light, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Blogs, Bleader Aug 21, 2009
Chicago Best Seller List for the week ending August 16
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, South of Broad, Pat Conroy, the Help, Kathryn Stockett, That Old Cape Magic, Richard Russo, Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Fergie, Ferguson Jenkins, Slippery Year, Melanie Gideon, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, My Life in France, Julie and Julia, Julie Powell, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris, Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene

Blogs, Bleader Aug 14, 2009
Chicago Best Seller List for the week ending August 9
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, The Help, Kathryn Stockett, That Old Cape Magic, Richard Russo, Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon, The Amateurs, Marcus Sakey, Writers on the Record, Outliers, Malcom Gladwell, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Ferguson Jenkins, Dancing to the Precipice, Caroline Moorhead, Catastrophe, Dick Morris, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Burrows, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Julie & Julia, My Life in France, Three Cups of Tea, Julia Child, Julie Powell, Greg Mortenson, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris, Ask Me About My Divorce, Women Open Up About Moving On, Candace Walsh

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