A list of the 10 most popular Fiction and Non-Fiction books sold
at The Bookery during the previous month, listed in alphabetical order
by author. The purpose of this list is less to rank books than to
provide a snapshot of current reading tastes and interests in Ithaca,
N.Y.
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Fiction:Fiction:
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"Disgrace" by JM Coetzee
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Penguin, 1999. Hardcover $23.95
Trade Fiction
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"Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden
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Random House, 1999. Paperback $14.00
Trade Fiction
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"Hunting Badger" by Tony Hillerman
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HarperCollins, 1999. Hardcover $26.00
Fiction - Mystery Hardcover
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"The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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HarperCollins, 1999. Paperback - Wraps $14.00
Trade Fiction
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"Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan
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Bantam, 1999. Paperback $12.00
Trade Fiction
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"Blue at the Mizzen" by Patrick O'Brian
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W.W.Norton, 1999. Hardcover $24.00
New Hardcover Fiction
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"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J. Rowling
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Scholastic Press, 1999. Hardcover $17.95
New Hardcover Fiction
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"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by J. Rowling
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Scholars' Press, 1999. Hardcover $19.95
Children - Middle Readers
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"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J. Rowling
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Scholastic Press, 1999. Paperback $5.99
Children - Middle Readers
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"Reliable Sources" by Beth Saulnier
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Warner, 1999. Mass Market Paperbac $6.50
Fiction - Mystery
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Mystery by local author.
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Non-Fiction:Non-Fiction:
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"What the Dormouse Said" by Amy Gash
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Workman, 1999. Hardcover $14.95
Humor
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"Carbohydrate Addict's Lifespan Program" by Richard Heller
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Penguin, 1999. Paperback - Wraps $15.95
Health - Nutrition and Diet
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"An Exhiliration of Wings: The Literature of Birdwatching" by Jen Hill
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Penguin, 1999. Hardcover $25.95
Nature
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"Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt
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Scribner's. Paperback $14.00
Biography
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"'tis: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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Simon & Schuster, 1999. Hardcover $26.00
Biography
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"The Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special" by Moosewood-Collective
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Random House, 1999. Paperback - Wraps $24.00
Cooking
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"Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook" by Joshua Piven
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Chronicle Books, 1999. Paperback $14.95
Humor
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"Galileo's Daughter" by Dava Sobel
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Walker & Co., 1999. Hardcover $27.00
Biography
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