Tenth of December by George Saunders is the top read among adults for the week ending March 3, according to the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.   The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, The Book House in Webster Groves and Main Street Books in St. Charles. Adults Tenth of December by George Saunders Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman The Light Bringer by Chris DiGiuseppi and Mike Force Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell The …

Former Vice President Al Gore's The Future is the top read among adults for the week ending Feb. 10, according to the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.   The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End and  Main Street Books in St. Charles. Adults The Future by Al Gore  Never Hug a Nun by Kevin Killeen Tenth of December by George Saunders Sugar Hill: Where the Sun Rose Over Harlem by Terry Baker Mulligan Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda The Midwest: God's Gift to Plant Earth by Raygun I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by …

Silenced Majority is the top read among adults for the week ending Nov. 4, according to the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.   The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults Silenced Majority by Amy Goodman  Triangles by Ellen Hopkins  I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano  Off the Leash by Jean Ellen Whatley The Man Who Saved the Union by H.W. Brands Hungry Girl to the Max! by Lisa Lillien  The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien …

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is the top read among adults for the week ending Sept. 23, according to the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.   The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky No Easy Day by Mark Owen Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn  The Malice of Fortune by Michael Ennis The Heart and the Fist by Eric Greitens Ghosts of St. Charles by Michael Henry The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern …

How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character is the top read among adults for the week ending Sept. 9, according to the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough No Easy Day by Mark Owens Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats by …

Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America is the top read among adults for the week ending Sept. 2, according to the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America by Jonathan Kozol Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story by DT Max Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James Noir at the Bar by …

State of Wonder is the number 1 read among adults at the St. Louis-area independent bookstores for the week ending Aug. 26. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults State of Wonder by Anne Patchett Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The Light Bringer by Chris DiGiuseppe and Mike Force To End All Wars by Adam Hochschild One Last Thing Before You Go by Jonathan Tropper Tough …

Giffin is the number 1 read among adults at the St. Louis-area independent bookstores for the week ending Aug. 19. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell The Age of Desire by Jennie Fields Bad Little Falls by Paul Doiron Just Ride by Grant Petersen Turn Right at Machu Pichu by Mark Adams Unbinding the Heart by Agapi Stassinopoulos The Basement Quilt by Ann Hazelwood Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L…

Where We Belong by "chick-lit" author Emily Giffin is the number 1 read among adults at the St. Louis-area independent bookstores for the week ending Aug. 5. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults Where We Belong by Emily Giffin Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James  Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Basement Quilt by Ann Hazelwood I'm No PI by Alan Zacher Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness The First 20 Minutes by …

Here's a roundup of the best-selling books in four St. Louis-area independent bookstores from the week ending July 29. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults The Other Woman's House by Sophie Hannah Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness  The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Rules of Civility by Amor Towles Not …

Criminal by Karin Slaughter is the number 1 read among adults at the St. Louis-area independent bookstores for the week ending July 22. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults Criminal by Karin Slaughter Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Wild: From Lost to Found by Cheryl Strayed Fifty Shades Darker by EL James Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness Bloodline by James Rollins The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach A New Kind of …

Count to Sleep St. Louis, a counting book celebrating the city's famous features like the Gateway Arch and St. Louis Zoo, is a hot read among young adults at the St. Louis-area independent bookstores for the week ending July 15. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults Gold by Chris Cleave The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Discovery of Witches by Deborah…

St. Louis resident Ridley Pearson is having a good week, with his books on both the adult and young adult bestseller list for the St. Louis-area independent bookstores for the week ending July 8. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults Risk Agent by Ridley Pearson Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James Fifty Shades Freed by E.L…

E.L. James' trilogy remains a hot read as all three books make the top five sells for the St. Louis-area independent bookstores for the week ending July 1. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Sue's News at the St. Louis Galleria, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves.  Adults Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn    Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich    I Got Your …

E.L. James' trilogy remains a hot read as all three books make the top five sells for the St. Louis-area independent bookstores for the week ending June 24. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Sue's News at the St. Louis Galleria, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults XO by Jeffery Deaver Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Fifty Shades Darker by E.L James Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Day in Its …

Here's a roundup of the best-selling books in five St. Louis-area independent bookstores from the week ending June 10. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Sue's News at the St. Louis Galleria, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves.  Adults Kiss the Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton  Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Hearse and Buggy by Laura Bradford Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James Reap What You Sew by Elizabeth Lynn Casey  Perfect Gentleman by Imran Ahmad Wingshooters by Nina Revoyr Most …

That graduation staple Oh The Places You'll Go made the bestseller list again for the last week of May, right in the middle of graduation season. Here's a roundup of the best-selling books in five St. Louis-area independent bookstores from the week ending May 27. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Sue's News at the St. Louis Galleria, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults Life Without Limits by Chrissie Wellington  Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James …

Native son and Bravo Television executive Andy Cohen is atop the local bestselling book list for the second week in a row. Here's a roundup of the best-selling books in five St. Louis-area independent bookstores from the week ending May 20. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Sue's News at the St. Louis Galleria, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults Most Talkative by Andy Cohen Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James Summer of '68 by Tim Wendel Fifty Shades Darker by EL James  Fifty Shades …

After a whirlwind book tour that saw him stopping in St. Louis twice in recent weeks, native son and Bravo Television executive Andy Cohen is atop the local bestselling book list. Another St. Louis native son, former basketball star and politician Bill Bradley, also cracked the top five.  Here's a roundup of the best-selling books in five St. Louis-area independent bookstores from the week ending May 13. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Sue's News at the St. Louis Galleria, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead …

Here's a roundup of the best-selling books in five St. Louis-area independent bookstores from the week ending May 4. The bookstores include Subterranean Books in University City, Sue's News at the St. Louis Galleria, Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles and Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves. Adults Heart and the Fist by Eric Greitens Prague Winter by Madeleine Albright Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James In the Garden of the Beasts by Erik Larson Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James Darth Vader and Son by Jeffery Brown Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris …