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Posted on: Sunday, September 6, 2009

Hawaii's best-sellers

Advertiser Staff

IN HAWAI'I is a rotating compilation by local booksellers. This week: retail sales at Barnes & Noble, Kahala, for the week ending Aug. 31.

FICTION

1. "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger

2. "Alex Cross's Trial" by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo

3. "Blood Promise" (Vampire Academy, Book 4) by Richelle Mead

4. "Mililani Mauka" by Chris McKinney

5. "206 Bones" (Temperance Brennan novel) by Kathy Reichs

6. "The White Queen" by Philippa Gregory

7. "Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale" by Gwen Cooper

8. "Shanghai Girls" by Lisa See

9. "The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots" by Carolly Erickson

10. "Dragonbreath" by Ursula Vernon

NONFICTION

1. "O'ahu Hikes" by Yvonne Harris

2. "Ben: A Memoir, from Street Kid to Governor" by Benjamin J. Cayetano

3. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell

4. "Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1" by Julia Child

5. "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson

6. "Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies" by Michelle Malkin

7. "Strengths Finder" by Tom Rath

8. "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dub-ner

9. "My Life in France" by Julia Child

10. "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" by Barack Obama