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MINNESOTA BEST-SELLERS

About once a month, we'll ask two booksellers — one independent and one chain — for current best-sellers. The specific booksellers will change every month.

BARNES & NOBLE
3225 West 69th Street, Edina
TOP 10 FICTION
1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
2. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
3. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
4. Pursuit Of Honor by Vince Flynn
5. U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
6. Ford County by John Grisham
7. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
8. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
9. I, Alex Cross by James Patterson
10. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

TOP 10 NONFICTION
1. Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson
2. Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin
3. Superfreakonomics by Steven Levitt
4. Drink This: Wine Made Simple by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
5. Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
6. What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
7. True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
8. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
9. Kevin Kling's Holiday Inn by Kevin Kling
10. Weird Minnesota by Eric Dregni

COMMON GOOD BOOKS
165 Western Ave North, St. Paul
TOP 10 FICTION
1. A Christmas Blizzard by Garrison Keillor
2. Pilgrims by Garrison Keillor
3. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
4. Total Oblivion, More or Less by Alan Deniro
5. Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
6. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
7. The Farmer's Daughter by Jim Harrison
8. Let the Great World Spin by C. McCann
9. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell
10. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

TOP 10 NONFICTION
1. Paris Photos, Paris Walks by Peter O'Toole
2. Kevin Kling's Holiday Inn by Kevin Kling
3. Drink This: Wine Made Simple by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
4. St Paul Almanac
5. Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson
6. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do by Michael Sandel
7. The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper by Lynne Rosetto Kasper
8. The Pleasures of Cooking for One by Judith Jones
9. Women, Work, & the Art of Savoir Faire by Mireille Guiliano
10. Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr

 

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    Indispensable resources for Minnesota readers

    By Audra Otto | Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 3:34 pm

    As an avid reader, there are certain websites I visit regularly to stay connected to Minnesota's literary community. These sites are easy to use and keep me informed about literary events and local authors and publishers.

    Check out these worthy local links, if you haven't already.

    Twin Cities Literary Calendar
    Rain Taxi publishes this online incarnation of the monthly Minnesota Literature Newsletter, which folded in December 2008.

    The calendar is crammed with readings, book festivals, book store celebrations, and book group meetings. The calendar is easy to follow because book events are color-coded by genre:
    blue: book clubs
    green: fiction
    red: nonfiction
    yellow: poetry
    brown: lectures and panels  
    purple: children and young adult

    150 Best Minnesota Books
    In honor of the Minnesota Historical Society's 2009 sesquicentennial, acquisition librarian Patrick Coleman is designating the greatest 150 books to come out of Minnesota. New selections are added to the blog twice a month and all books are available for viewing in the Minnesota History Center library. Readers are free to add to and take issue with the growing list. Click here for the bare-bones listing of the books Coleman has chosen so far.

    Minnesota Book Awards
    A veritable showcase of the Minnesota's literary talent, the Minnesota Book Awards honor the state's finest authors, illustrators and publishers. Here, you can learn about recent years' winners and finalists, read author news, and watch author interviews with the likes of Patricia Hampl, Deborah Keenan and William Kent Krueger. You can also download reading guides for the 2007 and 2008 award winners.

    NoveList Plus
    Available in the seven-county Twin Cities metro, this database has detailed information on more than 200,000 fiction and nonfiction titles. Additional features include author read-alikes and book discussion guides. Log-in requires a library card bar code, so you must be a registered borrower of the public library.

    If there are resources for the local literary community that you want to share with readers, email aotto [at] minnpost [dot] com.

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