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WORD: Sedaris, Verghese, Larsson top Southern Indie Bestseller List
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Novelists David Sedaris, Abraham Verghese and Stieg Larsson topped the first Southern Indie Bestseller List of 2011, based on reporting from IndieBound.org and independent booksellers of  the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA). The top 15 books in hardcover fiction, trade paperback fiction, and mass market are as follows.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316038393
2. Room, Emma Donoghue, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316098335
3. The Confession, John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385528047
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
5. The Help, Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
6. Freedom, Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $28, 9780374158460
7. Port Mortuary, Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157219
8. Dead or Alive, Tom Clancy, Grant Blackwood, Putnam, $28.95, 9780399157233
9. An Object of Beauty, Steve Martin, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446573641
10. Fall of Giants, Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525951650
11. I Still Dream About You, Fannie Flagg, Random House, $26, 9781400065936
12. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, Tom Franklin, Morrow, $24.99, 9780060594664
13. Lord of Misrule, Jaimy Gordon, McPherson, $25, 9780929701837
14. In the Company of Others, Jan Karon, Viking, $27.95, 9780670022120
15. Hell's Corner, David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446195522
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
2. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
4. The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. Little Bee, Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648
7. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781616200152
8. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
9. Tinkers, Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123
10. A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
11. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565125605
12. The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780060852580
13. Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
14. The Finkler Question, Howard Jacobson, Bloomsbury, $15, 9781608196111
15. Half Broke Horses, Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9781416586296

MASS MARKET

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159
3. The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9781400079148
4. 61 Hours, Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243694
5. U Is for Undertow, Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425238110
6. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
7. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
8. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
9. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
10. 1984, George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

Check out Sibaweb.com for more information about SIBA, and IndieBound.org to learn more about the group.

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