AUGUST 08 BESTSELLERS
of reporting members
of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
Hardcovers
1 - JA Jance, Damage Control, Morrow
2 - Linda Barnes, Lie Down with the Devil, St. Martin's
3 - Daniel Silva, Moscow Rules, Putnam
4 - Donna Andrews, Cockatiels at Seven, St. Martin's
5 - Rhys Bowen, A Royal Pain, Berkley
6 - Carolyn G. Wall, Sweeping Up Glass, Poisoned Pen Press
7 - tie
Ruth Rendell, Not in the Flesh, Crown
Robert Crais, Chasing Darkness, Simon & Schuster
George Pelecanos, The Turnaround, Little Brown
Michael Koryta, Envy the Night, St. Martin's
Trade Paperback
1 - Tana French, In the Woods, Viking
2 - Leonie Swann, Three Bags Full, Flying Dolphin Press
3 - GM Malliet, Death of a Cozy Writer, Midnight Ink
4 - Rose Melikan, The Blackstone Key, Touchstone
5 - Ann Cleeves, Raven Black, Picador
6- tie
Cricket McRae, Heaven Preserve Us, Midnight Ink
Brent Ghelfi, Volk's Game, Picador
Cordelia Brances Biddle, The Conjurer, St Martin's
Catherine Aird, The Stately Home Murders, Rue Morgue
Archer Mayor, Open Season, AM Press
Mass Market Paperback
1 - Rhys Bowen, Her Royal Spyness, Berkley
2 - Monica Ferris, Knitting Bones, Berkley
3 - PJ Parrish, South of Hell, Pocket
4 - tie
Michelle Gagnon, The Boneyard, Mira
Ann Purser, Sorrow on Sunday, Berkley
6 - tie
Aaron Elkins, Little Tiny Teeth, Berkley
Sheila Connolly, One Bad Apple, Berkley
8 - Gabriella Herkert, Doggone, Obsidian
9 - Margaret Maron, Hard Row, Grand Central
10 - Giles Blunt, By the Time You Read This, St. Martin's
JULY BESTSELLERS
of reporting members
of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
Hardcover
1 – Robert Crais, Chasing Darkness, Simon & Schuster
2 – Rhys Bowen, A Royal Pain, Berkley
3 – James Lee Burke, Swan Peak, Simon & Schuster
4 – Stella Rimington, Illegal Action, Knopf
5 – Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen, St. Martin’s
6 – N.M. Kelby, Murder at the Bad Girl’s Bar &
Grill, Shaye Areheart
7 – tie
Daniel Silva, Moscow Rules, Putnam
Aaron Elkins, Uneasy Relations, Berkley
Donna Andrews, Cockatiels at Seven, St. Martin’s
Brad Thor, The Last Patriot, Atria
Thomas H. Cook, Master of the Delta, Harcourt.
Trade Paperback
1 - Tana French, In the Woods, Penguin Books
2 – Stella Rimington, Secret Asset, Vintage
3 – Leonie Swann, Three Bags Full, Flying Dolphin
4 – Kathryn Miller Haines, The Winter of Her Discontent,
Harper
5 – tie
Tom Schreck, On the Ropes, Midnight Ink
Neil Low, Thick as Thieves, Tigress
Alex Carr, An Accidental American, Random House
8 – Francie Lin,
The Foreigner, Picador
9 – tie
Victor Gishler, Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse, Touchstone
Karin Fossum, The Indian Bride, Harcourt
Mass Market
1 - Rhys Bowen, Her Royal Spyness, Berkley
2 – Stella Rimington, At Risk, Vintage
3 – tie
Aaron Elkins, Tiny Little Teeth, Berkley
Donna Andrews, The Penguin Who Knew Too Much, St.
Martin’s
5 – Ann Purser,
Sorrow on Sunday, Berkley
6 – Michelle Gagnon, Boneyard, Mira
7 – Simon Wood, We All Fall Down, Leisure
8 – James Lee Burke, The Tin Roof Blowdown, Pocket
9 – tie
Ridley Pearson, Killer Weekend, Jove
P.J. Parrish, South of Hell, Pocket
Michele Scott, A Vintage Murder, Berkley
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