BookCourt Best Sellers

August 6, 2023

20% off list price

Hardcover Fiction

1. NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU. Miranda July. Simon & Schuster. $23. Our Price $18.40.
2. YIDDISH POLICEMAN’S UNION. Michael Chabon. HarperCollins. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
3. THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.
4. ON CHESIL BEACH. Ian McEwan. Random House. $22. Our Price $17.60.
5. AFTER DARK. Haruki Murakami. Random House. $22.95. Our Price $18.36.
6. CHILDREN OF HURIN. JRR Tolkein. Houghton Mifflin. $26. Our Price $20.80.
7. SPOOK COUNTRY. William Gibson. Putnam. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.
8. THEN WE CAME TO THE END. Joshua Ferris. Little, Brown. $23.99. Our Price $19.19.
9. DIVISADERO. Michael Ondaatje. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.
10. MERE ANARCHY. Woody Allen. Random House. $21.95. Our Price $17.56.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. TRAVELS WITH HERODOTUS. Ryszard Kapuscinski. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.
2. ALONE IN THE KITCHEN WITH AN EGGPLANT. Jennifer Ferrari-Adler. Riverhead. $22.95. Our Price $18.36.
3. OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA. Michael Pollan. Penguin. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
4. LONG WAY GONE. Ishamel Beah. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $22. Our Price $17.60.
5. HERE IS NEW YORK. EB White. Little Bookroom. $16.95. Our Price $13.56.
6. INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMERICAN SERVICEMEN IN AUSTRALIA. Bodleian Library. $10. Our Price $8.
7. INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMERICAN SERVICEMEN IN IRAQ. Bodleian Library. $10. Our Price $8.
8. HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT. Wilfred Sheed. Random House. $29.95. Our Price $23.96.
9. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE. Barbara Kingsolver. HarperCollins. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
10. BAMBI VS. GODZILLA. David Mamet. Random House. $22. Our Price $17.60.

Paperback Fiction

1. EMPEROR’S CHILDREN. Claire Messud. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
2. THE ROAD. Cormac McCarthy. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
3. HISTORY OF LOVE. Nicole Krauss. Norton. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
4. SUITE FRANCAISE. Irene Nemirovsky. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
5. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. Sara Gruen. Algonquin. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
6. DUD AVOCADO. Elaine Dundy. New York Review. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
7. LAY OF THE LAND. Richard Ford. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
8. BROOKLYN FOLLIES. Paul Auster. St. Martin’s Press. $14. Our Price $11.16.
9. ABSURDISTAN. Gary Shteyngart. Times Books. $13.95. Our Price $11.96.
10. THAT AWFUL MESS ON THE VIA MERULANA. Carlo Gadda. New York Review. $16.95. Our Price $13.56.

Paperback Nonfiction

1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE. Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin. $15. Our Price $12.
2. WALKING BROOKLYN. Adrienne Onofri. Wilderness Press. $17.95. Our Price $14.36
3. HEAT. Bill Buford. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
4. YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING. Joan Didion. Random House. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
5. LADIES & GENTLEMEN THE BRONX IS BURNING. Jonathan Mahler. St. Martin’s Press. $15. Our Price $12.
6. MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Kurt Vonnegut. Times Books. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
7. WORLD IS FLAT. Thomas Friedman. St. Martin’s Press. $16. Our Price $12.80.
8. NFT NEW YORK CITY 2007. Not For Tourists. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
9. NFT BROOKLYN 2007. Not For Tourists. $9.95. Our Price $7.96.
10. BLINK. Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown. $15.99. Our Price $12.79.

Children’s Hardcover & Paperback

1. HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $34.95. Our Price $27.96.
2. HARRY POTTER & SORCERER’S STONE. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $8.99. Our Price $7.19.
3. HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $9.99. Our Price $7.99.
4. HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $8.99. Our Price $7.19.
5. DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS. Hal Iggulden. HarperCollins. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
6. WICKED BIG TODDLAH. Kevin Hawkes. Random House. $16.99. Our Price $13.59.
7. ANGELINA TAKES THE STAGE. Katharine Holabird. Putnam. $4.99. Our Price $3.79.
8. DUCK & GOOSE. Tad Hills. Random House $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
9. GOOD NIGHT NEW YORK CITY. A. Gamble. Our World of Books. $9.95. Our Price $7.96.
10. PRINCESS & THE PEA. Lauren Child. Hyperion. $16.99. Our Price $13.59.

Listings are based on sales figures compiled by BookCourt for the one-week period ending 8/05/07. Sales generated by school and other special sales are not included.