Bestsellers at the U.Va. Bookstore: July through September 2011

TOPICS:

Fiction/Poetry

A Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R.R. Martin
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Henry Spearman Mystery Series by Marshall Jevons, a.k.a. Kenneth G. Elzinga (faculty)
The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
Milagros: Girl from Away by Meg Medina
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
Hell’s Corner by David Baldacci (Law ’86)
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them by Wayne Pacelle
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother by Janny Scott
Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom by Carol Ann Tomlinson (faculty) and Marcia B. Imbeau
The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life by Jasmin Darznik (visiting professor)
Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker
Bossypants by Tina Fey (Col ’92)

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