Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending August 5, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books and Subterranean Books.
At numbers 5 and 6 on this week's local bestseller list are debut novels by two local authors: The Basement Quilt, the first volume in a projected series by Ann M. Hazelwood, a writer and quilter from St. Charles; and I'm No P.I., a mystery that mixes comedy and noir from Alan Zacher, a St. Louisan who recently returned home after years as an actor in L.A. (Writes one Amazon reviewer: "Circumstances have molded him into a man that society would best describe as a loser." We assume this applies to Tom Mayor, Zacher's accidental gumshoe, and not to the author himself.)
Adult Bestsellers:
1. Where We Belong by Emily Giffin 2. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James 3. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James 4. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 5. The Basement Quilt by Ann Hazelwood 6. I'm No P.I. by Alan Zacher 7. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 8. The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can: Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer by Gretchen Reynolds 9. Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony de Mello and J. Francis Stroud 10. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Children's/YA Bestsellers:
1. Count to Sleep St. Louis by Adam Gamble and Joe Veno 2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 3. Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri 4. Ash by Malinda Lo 5. Another Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone and Michael Smollin 6. Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers and Marla Frazee 7. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 8. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen 9. On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman 10. Lego Hero Factory: Meet the Heroes by Shari Last
