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A periodic column featuring an author, the work and the top selling books from the Lake Forest Book Store. 1. Art of Hearing Heartbeats - Jan Philipp Sendker 2. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn 3. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 4. 50 Shades of Grey - EL James 5. To Be Sung Underwater - Tom McNeal 6. 50 Shades Darker - EL James 7. Arrivals Meg - Mitchell Moore 8. Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach 9. Cat's Table - Michael Ondaatje 10. State of Wonder - Ann Patchett 11. Gold - Chris Cleave 12. Mission to Paris - Alan Furst 13. Darth Vader and Son - Jeffrey Brown 14. Maine - Courtney Sullivan 15. Lots of Candles Plenty of Cake - Anna Quindlen - information compiled by Sue Boucher For a synopsis …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, June 17-24. 1. The Charge - Brendon Burchard 2. Unintended Conseqenses - Ed Conard 3. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn 4. Jeneration X - Jen Lancaster 5. Park Lane - Frances Osborne 6. Art of Hearling Heartbeats - Jan-Phillip Sendker 7. Cabin Fever - Tom Montgomery Fate 8. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 9. 50 Shades of Gray - E L James 10. Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach 11. Lots of Candles Plenty of Cake - Anna Quindlen 12. Amateur - Edward Klein 13. Maine - Courtney Sullivan 14. This Love is not for Cowards - Robert Andrew Powell 15. …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, May 6-13. 1. Tomboy Style - Lizzie Garrett Mettler 2. Lots of Candles Plenty of Cake - Anna Quindlen 3. 50 Shades of Grey - E. L. James 4. Dream Big - Deloris Jordan 5. Prosper in Love - Deborah Michel 6. Art of Hearing Heartbeats - Jan Phillip Sendker 7. Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach 8. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 9. 50 Shades Darker - E. L. James 10. God Box - Mary Lou Quinlen 11. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 12. State of Wonder - Ann Patchett 13. 10 1/2 Things No Commencement - Charles Whelan 14. Language of Flowers - Vanessa …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, April 22-29. 1. Mrs. Kennedy and Me - Clint Hill 2. Shoemaker's Wife - Adriana Trigiani 3. Nature Principle - Richard Louv 4. City of Scoundrels - Gary Krist 5. 50 Shades of Grey - E.L. James 6. Lots of Candles Plenty of Cake - Anna Quindlen 7. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 8. History of Crabtree Farm - Kim Coventry 9. 50 Shades Free - E.L. James 10. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 11. Art of Hearing Heartbeats - Jan Phillip Sendker 12. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 13. Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach 14. What Money Can't Buy - …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, April 8-15. 1. In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larson 2. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 3. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 4. 50 Shades of Grey - E.L. James 5. Borrower - Rebecca Makkai 6. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 7. House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 8. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 9. American Heiress - Daisy Goodwin 10. American Dervish - Ayad Akhtar 11. Glow - Jessica Tuccelli 12. Big Nate Goes for Broke - Lincoln Peirce 13. Goodnight Ipad - Ann Droyd 14. Midwestern Native Garden - Charlotte Adelman 15. Buddha …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, April 1-8. 1. In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larson 2. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 3. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 4. 50 Shades of Grey - E.L. James 5. Borrower - Rebecca Makkai 6. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 7. House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 8. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 9. American Heiress - Daisy Goodwin 10. American Dervish - Ayad Akhtar 11. Glow - Jessica Tuccelli 12. Big Nate Goes for Broke - Lincoln Peirce 13. Goodnight Ipad - Ann Droyd 14. Midwestern Native Garden - Charlotte Adelman 15. Buddha in the …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, March 18-25. 1. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 2. In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larson 3. Dead of Night - Peter Lerangis 4. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 5. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 6. House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 7. Soldiers Wife - Margaret Leroy 8. Devil in the White City - Erik Larson 9. Faith - Jennifer Haigh 10. Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka 11. Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer 12. Art of Hearing Heartbeats - Jan-Phillip Sendker 13. Weird Sisters - Eleanor Brown 14. Fault in Our Stars - John Green 15. Stay Close - …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, March 11-18. 1. Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult 2. Midwestern Native Garden - Charlotte Adelman 3. Real Moms Love to Eat - Beth Aldrich 4. 39 Clues Dead of Night - Peter Lerangis 5. Moon Walking with Einstein - Joshua Foer 6. Arcadia - Lauren Groff 7. Getting Somewhere - Beth Neff 8. Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult 9. House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 10. Healing - Jonathan O'Dell 11. Darlings - Cristina Alger 12. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 13. Faith - Jennifer Haigh 14. Fault in Our Stars - John Green 15. Weird Sisters - Eleanor Brown - …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, March 4-11. 1. Juliette Gordon Low - Stacy Cordery 2. When You Say "Thank You," Mean It - Mary O'Donohue 3. Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult 4. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 6. The House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 7. Darlings - Christine Alger 8. Catherine the Great - Robert Massie 9. The Lantern - Deborah Larenson 10. Moonwalking with Einstein - Joshua Foer 11. Real Moms Love to Eat - Beth Aldrich 12. Lady Almina and the Real Downton - Countess Carnavon 13. Bringing up Bebe - Pamela Druckerman 14. …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, Feb. 26 to March 4. 1. Sonoma Rose - Jennifer Chiaverini 2. Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult 3. The Wedding Quilt - Jennifer Chiaverini 4. Uniion Quilters - Jennifer Chiaverini 5. Aloha Quilt - Jennifer Chiaverini 6. The House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 7. Healing - Jonathan O'Dell 8. Darlings - Chirstina Alger 9. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 10. Catching Filre - Suzanne Collins 11. Birds of a Feather Shop Together - Sandra Bark 12. City of Veils - Zoe Ferrakis 13. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 14. American Dervish - Ayad Akhtar 15. Faith - …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, Feb. 19-26. 1. And Only to Deceive - Tasha Alexander 2. Elizabeth the Queen - Sally Bedell Smith 3. Secret History of the Pink Carnation - Lauren Willig 4. Garden Intrigue - Lauren Willig 5. 52 Small Changes - Brett Blumenthal 6. Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer 7. Poisoned Season - Tasha Alexander 8. Crimsom Warning - Tasha Alexander 9. Darlings - Christina Alger 10. City of Veils - Zoe Ferrakis 11. Lady Matador's Hotel - Christina Garcia 12. Goodnight Ipad - Ann Droyd 13. Real Moms Love to Eat - Beth Aldrich 14. Soldier's Wife - …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, Feb. 12-19. 1. From Values to Action - Harry M. Kraemer (see attached video) 2. The House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 3. Stay Awake - Dan Chaon 4. Death Comes to Pemberly - P.D. James 5. Lego Ideas Book 6. Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer 7. Lady Almina and the Real Downtown Abbey - Countess of Carnavon 8. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 9. Goodnight Ipad - Ann Droyd 10. Last Storyteller - Frank Delaney 11. Hugs From Pearl - Paul Schmid 12. City of Veils - Zoe Ferrakis 13. Plant a Kiss - Amy Krouse Rosenthal 14. Tiger's Wife - Tea …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, Jan. 29 to Feb. 5. 1. The House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomon 2. Object of Beauty - Steve Martin 3. Elizabeth the Queen - Sally Bedell Smith 4. Statistical Probablity of Love at First Sight - Jennifer E. Smith 5. Go the F--- to Sleep - Adam Mansbach 6. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 7. Believing the Lie - Elizabeth George 8. Hugs from Pearl - Paul Schmid 9. Tiger's Wife - Tia Obreht 10. MWF Seeking BFF - Rachel Bertsche 11. Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer 12. Paris Wife - Paula McLain 13. Dog's Purpose - Bruce Cameron 14. Lake of Dreams…
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, Jan. 15-22. 1. Treats Truck Baking - Kim Ima 2. The House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 3. Elizabeth the Queen - Sally Bedell Smith 4. Statistical Probablity of Love at First Sight - Jennifer E. Smith 5. MWF Seeking BFF - Rachel Bertsche 6. City of Veils - Zoe Ferrakis 7. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 8. Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer 9. Soldiers Wife - Margaret Leroy 10. Maman's Homesick Pie - Donia Bijan 11. Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern 12. Divergent - Veronica Roth 13. Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach 14. Bossypants - …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, Jan. 15-22. 1. WWF Seeking BFF - Rachel Bertsche 2. The House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 3. Soldier's Wife - Margaret Leroy 4. Elizabeth the Queen - Sally Bedell Smith 5. Goodnight Ipad - Ann Droyd 6. State of Wonder - Ann Patchett 7. Blind Contessa's New Machine - Carey Wallace 8. A Visit from the Good Squad - Jennifer Egan 9. I Remember Nothing - Nora Ephron 10. Cookbook Collector - Allegra Goodman 11. Vanished Kingdom - Norman Davies 12. Unbroken - Lauren Hillenbrand 13. Room - Emma Donoghue 14. Looking at Lincoln - Maira Kalman 15…
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, Jan. 8-15. 1. Diary of an Alcoholic Housewife - Brenda Wilhelmson 2. Real Moms Love to Eat - Beth Aldrich 3. The House at Tynford - Natasha Solomons 4. Goodnight Ipad - Ann Droyd 5. City of Veils - Zoe Ferrakis 6. Blind Contessa's New Machine - Carey Wallace 7. Elizabeth the Queen - Sally Bedell Smith 8. A Visit from the Good Squad - Jennifer Egan 9. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 10. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 11. Vanished Kingdom - Norman Davies 12. Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick 13. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 14. Death …
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, Dec. Jan. 2-9. 1. House at Tynford - Natasha Solomons 2. Goodnight Ipad - Ann Droyd 3. Soldiers Wife - Margaret Leroy 4. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 5. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 6. City of Veils - Zoe Ferrakis 7. Eighty Dollar Champ - Elizabeth Letts 8. Rough Guide to the Ipad 9. Secret Gift - Ted Gup 10. Maman's Homesick Pie - Donia Bijan 11. The Shallows - Nicholas Carr 12. In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larsen 13. Everyday Food Light - Martha Stewart 14. Hare with Amber Eyes - Edmund deWaal 15. Moonlight Rising…
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, Dec. 26-Jan. 2. 1. Soldier's Wife - Margaret Leroy 2. Catherine the Great - Robert Massie 3. Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson 4. Tiger's Wife - Tea Obreht 5. House at Tynford - Natasha Solomons 6. Rough Guide to the Ipad 7. Death Comes to Pemberly - P.D. James 8. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 9. Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton 10. Pilgrimage - Annie Leibovitz 11. Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard 12. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 13. Statistical Probability of Love - Jennifer E. Smith 14. Hare with Amber Eyes…
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, Dec. 5-12. 1. Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson 2. Sports and Faith - Pat McCaskey 3. Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly 4. Death Comes to Pemberly - P D James 5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kenney 6. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 7. Swerve - Stephen Greenblatt 8. Tiger's Wife - Tea Obrecht 9. Boomerang - Michael Lewis 10. My Father's Daughter - Gwenyth Paltrow 11. Unbroken - Lauren Hillenbrand 12. Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer 13. Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern 14. Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach 15. In the Garden of Beasts…
Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, Nov. 28-Dec. 5. 1. Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson 2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cabin Fever - Jeff Kinney 3. In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larsen 4. Michelin Red Guide to Chicago - Michelin 5. Blind Contessa's New Machine - Carey Wallace 6. Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer 7. Victorian Flower Dictionary - Mandy Kirkby 8. Boomerang - Megan McKinney 9. Unbroken - Lauren Hillenbrand 10. Homecoming of Samuel Lake - Jenny Wingfield 11. Over and Under the Snow - Kate Messner 12. Story of Christmas - Pamela Dalton 13. Wayne Gretzky's Ghost - Roy …
