Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The following tables detail top hardcover and paperback sales from independent bookstores across the U.S. for sales in the week ended August 24.

Top Selling Hardcover Fiction

Rank  Title                      Author              Publisher         SRP($)
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 1  The Guernsey Literary and    Mary Ann Shaffer    Dial              22.00
    Potato Peel Pie Society
 2  The Story of Edgar           David Wroblewski    Ecco              25.95
    Sawtelle
 3  The Art of Racing in the     Garth Stein         Harper            23.95
    Rain
 4  The Lace Reader              Brunonia Barry      Morrow            24.95
 5  The Host                     Stephenie Meyer     Little Brown      25.99
 6  The Little Book - Debut      Selden Edwards      Dutton            25.95
 7  Off Season                   Anne Rivers Siddon  Grand Central     24.99
 8  Moscow Rules                 Daniel Silva        Putnam            26.95
 9  Unaccustomed Earth           Jhumpa Lahiri       Knopf             25.00
10  The 19th Wife                David Ebershoff     Random House      26.00


Top Selling Hardcover Nonfiction

Rank  Title                      Author              Publisher         SRP($)
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 1  The Last Lecture             Randy Pausch        Hyperion          21.95
 2  When You Are Engulfed in     David Sedaris       Little Brown      25.99
    Flames
 3  Goodnight Bush               Erich Origen        Little Brown      14.99
 4  The Obama Nation             Jerome R. Corsi     Threshold         28.00
 5  The Way of the World         Ron Suskind         Harper            27.95
 6  Traffic                      Tom Vanderbilt      Knopf             24.95
 7  What I Talk About When I     Haruki Murakami     Knopf             21.00
    Talk About Running
 8  The Dark Side                Jane Mayer          Doubleday         27.50
 9  Are You There, Vodka?        Chelsea Handler     Simon Spotlight   24.95
    It's Me, Chelsea
10  The Wrecking Crew            Thomas Frank        Metropolitan      25.00


Top Selling Paperback Fiction

Rank  Title                      Author              Publisher         SRP($)
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 1  The Shack                    William P. Young    Windblown         14.99
 2  Run                          Ann Patchett        Harper Perennia   14.95
 3  Bridge of Sighs              Richard Russo       Vintage           14.95
 4  Out Stealing Horses          Per Petterson       Picador           14.00
 5  Loving Frank                 Nancy Horan         Ballantine        14.00
 6  Water for Elephants          Sara Gruen          Algonquin         13.95
 7  In the Woods                 Tana French         Penguin           14.00
 8  The Road                     Cormac McCarthy     Vintage           14.95
 9  Away                         Amy Bloom           Random House      14.00
10  The Yiddish Policemen's      Michael Chabon      Harper Perennia   15.95
    Union


Top Selling Paperback Nonfiction

Rank  Title                      Author              Publisher         SRP($)
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 1  Three Cups of Tea            Greg Mortenson      Penguin           15.00
 2  Eat, Pray, Love              Elizabeth Gilbert   Penguin           15.00
 3  Animal, Vegetable,           Barbara and Camill  Harper Perennia   14.95
    Miracle
 4  A New Earth                  Eckhart Tolle       Plume             14.00
 5  A Long Way Gone              Ishmael Beah        FSG               12.00
 6  The World Without Us         Alan Weisman        Picador           15.00
 7  The Omnivore's Dilemma       Michael Pollan      Penguin           16.00
 8  Plato and a Platypus Walk    Thomas Cathcart     Penguin           12.00
    Into a Bar
 9  Dreams From My Father        Barack Obama        Three Rivers      14.95
10  The Power of Now             Eckhart Tolle       New World         14.00



Source: American Booksellers Association, www.bookweb.org.
        Based on reporting from hundreds of independent
        bookstores across the United States.

To contact the reporter on this story: Stephanie Luke in Princeton at at sluke4@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: August 28, 2008 16:37 EDT