Home

Our top selling books of 2011

Every week our home page showcases the previous week's Top 5 selling books, so we thought we'd expand that just a bit.  Here are the Top 10 selling titles at Russo's Books for 2011.

 

NOTE:   Our website doesn't support bibliographic data on three local books which made our Top Ten.  Congrats to:

 

#5 CAPTURE KERN COUNTY by The Bakersfield Californian,

#9 KINDNESS by Dr. Chuck Wall,

#10 SQUARE JAW & BIG HEART by Charles Napier.


The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates (Paperback)

By Wes Moore
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780385528207
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Spiegel & Grau, 12/2010
Other Editions of this Title
It wasn't even close.  One Book One Bakersfield One Kern community wide programming, including an author visit at CSUB, propelled this title to the year's top spot.

Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back (Paperback)

By Todd Burpo, Lynn Vincent, Colton Burpo
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780849946158
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 11/2010
Other Editions of this Title

Young Todd Burpo has hit a local and national nerve with his telling of his trip to heaven...and back.

The Hunger Games (Paperback)

By Suzanne Collins
$8.99
ISBN-13: 9780439023528
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Scholastic Press, 7/2010
Other Editions of this Title

With the much-anticipated movie due out in spring, Hunger Games and its sequel's Catching Fire and Mockingjay easily outdistance any other novel in the young adult genre.

The Italians of Kern County (Paperback)

By Donna Tessandori Weeks
$26.39
ISBN-13: 9781453572511
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Xlibris Corporation, 1/2011
Other Editions of this Title

Kern County has always been a big supporter of local history, and this title has had an amazing run since its March 2011 release.  It wasn't until November that we hosted an author signing (as the author now lives in Alaska), but the book had already proven itself a top seller by that time.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever (Hardcover)

By Jeff Kinney
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9781419702235
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Harry N. Abrams, 11/2011
For a mid-November release, it did not take long for the sixth title in this popular series to hit our top ten. In a few short weeks climbed into 5th place for the entire year! Bring on #7!!!

The Help (Paperback)

By Kathryn Stockett
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780425232200
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Berkley Trade, 4/2011
Other Editions of this Title

#6 One of our bestselling hardbacks over the past two years, the paperback release corresponded with the hit move release. The results were our top selling adult ficiton book of 2011.

Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders (Paperback)

By Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781451607345
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Threshold Editions, 9/2010
Other Editions of this Title

#7 Congressman McCarthy held a signing both upon his book's September 2010 release and again days after the November election, placing it squarely as our #1 book of 2010. It remained a strong seller into 2011.

Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever (Hardcover)

By Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
$28.00
ISBN-13: 9780805093070
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Henry Holt and Co., 9/2011
Other Editions of this Title
#8 Bill O'Reilly teamed up with author Martin Dugard to recount one of the most dramatic stories in American history — how one gunshot changed the country forever. For the second year in a row, a presidential assassination book makes our Top 10 (Kennedy Detail by Blaine).

A Stolen Life: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Jaycee Dugard
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9781451629187
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Simon & Schuster, 7/2011
Other Editions of this Title
#9 Oftentimes true stories "ripped from the headlines" have a short shelf life as books. Dugard's story, however, had legs. Her tragic and compelling story attracted a wide cross-section of reader.

Inheritance (Hardcover)

By Christopher Paolini
$23.79
ISBN-13: 9780375856112
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 11/2011
Other Editions of this Title
#10 The fourth and final installment in Paolini's Inheritance series was much anticipated and proved to be worth the wait. Fans rejoice.
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • Facebook
  • Furl
  • Google
  • Icerocket
  • Magnoliacom
  • Newsvine
  • Propeller
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo

Indie Bestsellers

This feature require that you enable JavaScript in your browser.
more
Top 5 Bestsellers from Last Week
         


Ameritopia
by Mark Levin


Hunger Games
by Suzanne
Collins


American Sniper
by Chris Kyle


Killing Lincoln
by Bill O'Reilly

Heaven Is for
Real
by Todd Burpo

Russo’s Books Exclusives… 

 

Youth Book Recommendations

How does Russo's have the best young adult books and coolest events?  Simple.  We go straight to the source!  Our Youth Book Advisory Council is a group of students nominated from 20 area schools.

They meet with Russo's staff monthly to discuss books, plan activities, and learn about the book industry.  Click photo to learn about their favorite books.