Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending June 17, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News.
Can you think of a more perfect-sounding gift for Dad on Father's Day than Arthur Herman's Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II? Business! World War II! Freedom's Forge, for God's sake.
Except for the inevitable Fifty Shades trilogy, dad-books dominated the bestseller list this week. There were books for dads of almost all stripes, except for the ones who don't read: barbecue (Charred & Scruffed), video games (Ready Player One), sports radio (KMOX: The Voice of St. Louis), supernatural cops (The Light Bringer), adventure (Turn Right at Machu Picchu)! And, of course, Father's Day, which, as a bonus, was written by veteran sportswriter Buzz Bissinger.
We're wondering, though, if any of the copies of the Hunger Games books ended up next to any dads' plates at brunch last Sunday. After all, LeBron James is a fan. Why not your old man?
Adult Bestsellers:
1. Charred & Scruffed by Adam Perry Lang and Peter Kaminsky 2. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James 3. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James 4. Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James 5. Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son by Buzz Bissinger 6. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 7. The Light Bringer by Chris DiGiuseppe and Mike Force 8. KMOX: The Voice of St. Louis (Images of America) by Frank Absher 9. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II by Arthur Herman 10. Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams
Children's/YA Bestsellers:
1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 3. The Sisters Grimm, Book 9: The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley and Peter Ferguson 4. Divergent by Veronica Roth 5. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 6. Oggie Cooder by Sarah Weeks 7. Aliens in Disguise: Rise of the Heroes by M.M. Scott and John Kaufmann 8. The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman and Victoria Jamieson 9. Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute (Lunch Lady 1) by Jarett Krosoczka 10. Play Baby Play! by Marilyn Janovitz
