Read a Good Book Lately?

Dan McNamara, assistant store manager at the Eagan Barnes and Noble, provided this list of books that are local hot sellers:

1. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
2. House Rules by Jodi Picoult
3. Catching Fire (Hunger Games Series #2) by Suzanne Collins
4. The Outlaws (Presidential Agent Series #6) by W. E. B. Griffin
5. Deliver Us from Evil by David Baldacci
6. Mockingjay (Hunger Games Series #3) by Suzanne Collins
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium Trilogy Series #1) by Stieg Larsson (Reg Keeland, translator)
8. Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff 
9. Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy (with Grant Blackwood)
10. Dead Zero (Bob Lee Swagger Series #7) by Stephen Hunter 

With a few exceptions, Eagan residents appear to be right on trend with Barnes and Noble's national best seller lists:

Dead or Alive (Tom Clancy)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland)

What the Night Knows (Dean Koontz)

Crossfire (James Patterson)

The Outlaws (W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV)

Freedom (Jonathon Franzen)

Port Mortuary (Patricia Cornwell)

Hell's Corner (David Baldacci

Secrets to the Grave (Tami Hoag)

Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)

Decision Points (George W. Bush)

The 7:  Seven Wonders that will Change Your Life (Glen Beck, Keith Ablow)

Cleopatra: A Life (Stacy Schiff)

Life (Keith Richards)

The 4-Hour Body (Timothy Ferriss)

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race (Jon Stewart, David Javerbaum, Rory Albanese, Steve Bodow, Josh Lieb)

Straight Talk, No Chaser (Steve Harvey)

Assholes Finish First (Tucker Max)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland)

House Rules (Jodi Piccoult)

Little Bee (Chris Cleave)

The Alchemist (Paulo Coehlo)

The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)

Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)

Sarah's Key (Tatiana de  Rosnay)

Happy Ever After (Nora Roberts)

Forgotten Garden (Kate Morton)

Just Kids (Patty Smith)

Inside of a Dog (Alexandra Horowitz)

Eat, Pray, Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)

The Book of Awakening (Mark Nepo)

My Horizontal Life (Chelsea Handler)

The 5 Love Languages (Gary Chapman)

Are You There, Vodka? It's me, Chelsea (Chelsea Handler)

The Glass Castle (Jeanette Walls)

What the Dog Saw (Malcolm Gladwell)

Lit: A Memoir (Mary Karr)