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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, December 25, 2005

Hawai'i's best-sellers

Advertiser Staff

This list is a rotating compilation by local booksellers. This week: retail sales for Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall, for Dec. 14-20.

FICTION

1. "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden

2. "The Broker" by John Grisham

3. "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis

4. "The Chronicles of Narnia, one volume edition" by C.S. Lewis

5. "The Christmas Gift of Aloha" by Lisa Matsumoto and Michael Furuya

6. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

7. "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown

8. "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

9. "Double Tap," by Steve Martini

10. "S is for Silence" by Sue Grafton

NONFICTION

1. "Hawai'i: A Sense of Place" by Mary Philpotts McGrath

2. "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey

3. "Marley & Me" by John Grogan

4. "Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem" by Maya Angelou

5. "Teacher Man" by Frank McCourt

6. "Sudoku Easy" by Will Shortz

7. "Lost Generations" by J. Arthur Rath

8. "Freakonomics" by Steven Levitt

9. "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion

10. "Why Do Men Have Nipples?" by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg