St. Louis Readers Love 'Count to Sleep St. Louis'

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  in University City, Left Bank Books in the Central West End,  in St. Charles and  in Webster Groves.

Adults

1. Gold by Chris Cleave
2. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
3. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
4. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
5. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
6. Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
7. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
8. Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
9. The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner
10. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larkson

Children/Young Adults

1. Divergent by Veronica Roth
2. Count to Sleep St. Louis by Adam Gamble
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4. Insignia by S.J. Kincaid
5. Oggie Cooder by Sarah Weeks
6. The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man by Michael Chabon
7. Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
8. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
9. Out of This World by Amy Sklansky
10. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak