Two October Literary Luncheons hosted by Diesel, A Bookstore gave author Ann Patchett the No. 1 spot for fiction and Alice Waters the star billing for nonfiction. Two brand new novels are out and have gone directly onto the bestseller list: “The Almost Moon” by Alice Sebold (author of “Lovely Bones”) and “The Abstinence Teacher” by Tom Perrotta (“Little Children,” “Election Day”). Elizabeth Gilbert has one book on the fiction list, “Pilgrims,” and the classic “Eat, Pray, Love” remains on the nonfiction. Two titles sharing overlapping times, places and people are being purchased (often at the same time!): Clapton’s “Clapton” and Pattie Boyd’s “Wonderful Tonight.”
For the children, the hot new pop up book is “Star Wars Holocron” and the new Cornelia Funke “Igraine the Brave,” is just out in hardback. And, in anticipation of the new movie, “The Golden Compass” has popped onto the bestsellers again. Whatever age you are, it’s worth reading before you see the movie.
Fiction
1. “Run,” by Ann Patchett, hardcover, HarperCollins, $25.95
2. “The Almost Moon,” by Alice Sebold, hardcover, Hachette, $24.99
3. “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” by Khaled Hosseini, hardcover, Riverhead, $25.95
4. “Love in the Time of Cholera,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, paperback, Random House, $14.95
5. “The Power of the Dog,” by Don Winslow, paperback, Vintage, $14.95
6. “The Emperor’s Children,” by Claire Messud, paperback, Random House, $14.95
7. “The Alchemist,” by Paul Coelho, paperback, HarperCollins, $13.95
8. “The Abstinence Teacher,” by Tom Perrotta, hardcover, St. Martin’s Press, $24.95
9. “The Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseini, paperback, Riverhead, $15.95
10. “Pilgrims,” by Elizabeth Gilbert, paperback, Penguin, $14
Nonfiction
1. “The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution,” hardcover, Clarkson Potter, $35
2. “Eat, Pray, Love,” by Elizabeth Gilbert, paperback, Penguin, $15
3. “I Am America (And So Can You!),” by Stephen Colbert, hardcover, Hachette, $26.99
4. “Clapton,” by Eric Clapton, hardcover, Random House, $26
5. “The Whale Warriors,” by Peter Heller, hardcover, Simon and Schuster, $25
6. “Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me,” by Pattie Boyd, hardcover, Random House, $25.95
7. “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” by Michael Pollan, paperback, Penguin, $16
8. “Into the Wild,” by Jon Krakauer, paperback, Vintage, $13.95
9. “This is Your Brain on Music,” by Daniel Levitin, paperback, Penguin, $15
10. “Be the Pack Leader,” by Cesar Millan, hardcover, Random House, $25.95
Children
1. “Dog,” by Matthew Fleet, hardcover, Simon & Schuster, $14.99
2. “The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Book 1),” by Philip Pullman, paperback, Random House, $7.50
3. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Abrams, $12.95
4. “The Tail of Emily Windsnap,” by Liz Kessler and Sarah Gibb, paperback, Random House, $5.99
5. “The Island of the Blue Dolphins,” by Scott O’Dell, paperback, Random House, $6.50
6. “Igraine the Brave,” by Cornelia Funke, hardcover, Scholastic, $16.99
7. “Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bone,” by Judith Schachner, hardcover, Penguin, $16.99
8. “Walter the Farting Dog: Banned from the Beach,” by William Kotzwinkle, hardcover, Dutton, $16.99
9. “Star Wars Holocron,” by George Lucas, hardcover, Candlewick Press, $19.99
10. “Mythology,” by Hesia Evans, hardcover, Candlewick, $19.99
Book list provided by Diesel, A Bookstore