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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, October 11, 2009

Hawaii's best-sellers

Advertiser Staff

IN HAWAI'I

This list is a rotating compilation by local booksellers. This week: retail sales at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Kahala Mall, for the week ending Oct. 4.

FICTION

1. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown

2. "Say You're One of Them" (Oprah's Book Club) by Uwem Akpan

3. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

4. "Ho'okupu: An Offering of Literature by Native Hawaiian Women" edited by Miyoko Sugano and Jackie Pualani Johnson

5. "Frostbitten (Women of the Otherworld, Book 10)" by Kelley Armstrong

6. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks

7. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski

8. "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon

9. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

10. "Rough Country" by John Sandford

NONFICTION

1. "Have a Little Faith: A True Story" by Mitch Albom

2. "O'ahu Hikes" by Yvonne Harris

3. "Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government" by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe

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

5. "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" by Julia Child

6. "I Can Make You Sleep: Overcome Insomnia Forever and Get the Best Rest of Your Life" by Paul McKenna

7. "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

8. "Nuremberg and Beyond: The Memoirs of Siegfried Ramler, From 20th Century Europe to Hawai'i" by Siegfried Ramler

9. "The Time of My Life" by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi

10. "NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children" by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman