Following closely on the heels of the posting of our bestseller list for November is this hot-off-the-virtual-presses excessively timely December bestseller list. Congrats – again! – to all the local authors who are so well-loved by our staff and customers. Happy New Year!

New Non-Fiction (hardcover)

1. Stones Into Schools by Greg Mortenson

2. Double Take by Kevin Connolly

3. Big Burn by Timothy Egan

4. Born to Run by Christopher McDougall

5. Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer

Non-Fiction (paperback)

1. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

2. The Soloist by Steve Lopez

3. My Life in France by Julia Child

4. Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

5. Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink edited by David Remnick

Regional

1. Northern Pacific Railroad & Yellowstone National Park by Phyllis Smith and William Hoy

2. The Lost Explorer by Conrad Anker

3. Montana Place Names by the Montana Historical Society

4. Montana Women Homesteaders edited by Sarah Carter

5. Ski Trails of Southwest Montana by Melynda Harrison

Fiction (paperback)

1. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

2. Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

3. Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

4. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

5. Mudbound by Hillary Jordan

6. Where the White Horses Gallop by Beatrice MacNeil

7. Velva Jean Learns to Drive by Jennifer Niven

8. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

New Fiction (hardcover)

1. Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls

2. Farmer’s Daughter by Jim Harrison

3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

4. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

5. Both Way Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy

Mystery

1. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

2. Triple Cross by Mark T. Sullivan

3. U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton

4. Blue Heaven by C. J. Box

Young Adult (series & stand-alone titles)

1. The Hunger Games & Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

2. Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz

3. Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer

4. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

5. Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Juvenile Series

1. Rainbow Magic Fairies by Daisy Meadows

2. Tintin by Herge

3. Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

4. The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker

5. Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne

Juvenile Stand-Alone Titles

1. Listen to the Wind by Greg Mortenson

2. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

3. Tree that Time Built (poems) selected by Mary Ann Hoberman and Linda Winston

4. The Georges and the Jewels by Jane Smiley

5. Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson