St. Louis Independent Bookstore Bestseller List

Here's a roundup of the best-selling books in five St. Louis-area independent bookstores from the week ending Dec. 18. The bookstores include Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles,  Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves, Subterranean Books in University City, and Sue's News at the St. Louis Galleria.

Adults:

1. Finally a Locally Produced Guidebook to St. Louis by and for St. Louisans Neighborhood by Neighborhood by Amanda Doyle

2. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

3. Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh

4. Heaven is For Real by Todd Burpo

5. Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne

6. The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht

7. Go the F--- to Sleep by Adam Mansbach 

8. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris

9. Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James

10. Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly

Children's/YA:

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

2. Onward Is Best: A Christmas Story by Sarah Lindquist

3. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney

5. Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

6. Seventh Level by Jody Feldman

7. Oh The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss

8. Home for Christmas by Jan Brett

9. 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

10. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein