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Posted on: Sunday, August 30, 2009

Hawaii's best-sellers

Advertiser Staff

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This list is a rotating compilation by local booksellers. This week: retail sales at Borders Books & Music, Ward Centre, for the week ending Aug. 23.

FICTION

1. "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger

2. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer

3. "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein

4. "The Weight of Silence" by Heather Gudenkauf

5. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer

6. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

7. "Under the Blood-Red Sun" by Graham Salisbury

8. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer

9. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson

10. "Too Many Mangos" by Tammy Paikai

NONFICTION

1. "Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously" by Julie Powell

2. "Ben: A Memoir, from Street Kid to Governor" by Benjamin J. Cayetano

3. "A President from Hawai'i" by Dr. Carolan and Joanna Carolan

4. "Going Against the Grain: When Professionals in Hawai'i Choose Public Schools Instead of Private Schools" by Ann Shea Bayer

5. "Wayfinding through the Storm: Speaking Truth to Power at Kamehameha Schools 1993-1999" by Gavan Daws and Na Leo o Kamehameha

6. "The Hiker's Guide to O'ahu" by Stuart M. Ball Jr.

7. "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson

8. "Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine" by Glenn Beck

9. "My Life in France" by Julia Child

10. "Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawai'i" by Tom Coffman