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Best-selling books in St. Louis for the week ending March 27

Madalyn Painter
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St. Louis Public Radio

Below is the top-ten list of the St. Louis region's best-selling adult and children's books. The list is compiled by the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.

For the week ending March 27:

Adult

1.    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
2.    Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock by Sammy Hagar
3.    Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo
4.    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
5.    The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
6.    It Gets Better by Dan Savage
7.    St. Charles Then and Now by Vicki Berger Erwin and Jessica Dreyer
8.    Getting Things Done  by David Allen
9.    A Visit From the Good Squad by Jennifer Egan
10.  The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

Listen to our interview with Dan Savage on St. Louis on the Air.

Children

1.     Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2.     Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3.     The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
4.     Nurse, Soldier, Spy:  The Story of Sarah Edmonds, A Civil War Hero by Marissa Moss
5.     Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
6.     Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama
7.     Impossible by Nancy Werlin
8.     Lego Star Wars Visual Dictionary by DK
9.     Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
10.  The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

 

As the Director of Marketing & Digital Media for St. Louis Public Radio, Madalyn Painter works to move audiences to deeper levels of loyalty to our service to the community. She and her team provide targeted marketing, business intelligence, and visual design and support the station’s digital products and strategy.