I recently found this list of the top November indie sales of the last 10 years from the ABA. The list was created ”to celebrate 10 years of intelligent, interesting book recommendations from independent booksellers across the country” :
- 1999:
Ahab’s Wife; Or, The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter Naslund (Morrow/Harper) - 2000:
City of Light by Lauren Belfer (Dial) - 2001:
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman (Seven Stories/Plume) - 2002:
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (Anchor) - 2003:
So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson (Berkeley) - 2004:
The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore (Morrow) - 2005:
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Marley & Me by John Grogan (Morrow/Harper) - 2006:
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (Broadway) - 2007:
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill (Morrow/Harper) - 2008:
I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass (Pantheon/Anchor) - 2009:
Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem (Doubleday)
Hope everyone is spending Thanksgiving in a delightful way! I am very thankful to be spending it with my family in Michigan…
