Hardcover Non-Fiction Bestsellers 2009

Doug Stanton's national best seller Horse Soldiers topped our hardcover non-fiction charts thanks to his local Traverse City connections and a huge supply of signed books.

Coming in second was the U.S. Constitution. We don't have signed copies of those, but we keep it by the counter where it gets picked up by members of all political persuasions, convinced that no one else understands it. The Declaration of independence made the list at number 6.

Bob Butz appeared here at Brilliant Books back in June as part of our Friday Nights at Brilliant Books series. Since then his collection of insights and essays An Uncrowded Place has resonated with the good people of Leelanau, hitting number 3.

The Third Coast chronicles Ted McClelland's 10,000-mile "Great Lakes Circle Tour". Suttons Bay and some of it's sights, stores and residents are featured. Alas, not our little store. We weren't open when Ted did his tour.

Mario Batali kindly signed copies of all his books for us and they have sold fabulously all year. Spain...A Culinary Road Trip coming in at number 5 and Italian Grill at number 11. Thanks, Mario!

In November Paul Mosley brought farmers and fans to a signing of American Farmer which made the list at number 16.

 

Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan (Hardcover)

By Doug Stanton
$28.00
ISBN-13: 9781416580515
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Scribner, 05/01/2009

#1

Constitution of the United States (Hardcover)

By Founding Fathers (Created by), Applewood Books (Created by)
$9.95
ISBN-13: 9781557091055
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Applewood Books, 04/01/1995

#2

An Uncrowded Place: The Delights and Dilemmas of Life Up North and a Young Man's Search for Home (Hardcover)

By Bob Butz
$21.95
ISBN-13: 9781932399219
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Huron River Press, 10/01/2008

#3

The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-The-Queen Monarchists of (Hardcover)

By Ted McClelland
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9781556527210
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Chicago Review Press, 02/01/2008

#4

Spain...A Culinary Road Trip (Hardcover)

By Mario Batali, Gwyneth Paltrow
$34.95
ISBN-13: 9780061560934
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ecco, 11/01/2008

#5 - SIGNED by MARIO BATALI

Declaration of Independence (Hardcover)

By Benson J Lossing, Thomas Jefferson
$9.95
ISBN-13: 9781557094483
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Applewood Books, 04/01/1997

#6

A Roomful of Questions (Hardcover)

By Tracy Gallup
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781934133446
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mackinac Island Press, 09/01/2008

#7

Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)

By Malcolm Gladwell
$27.99
ISBN-13: 9780316017923
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown and Company, 11/01/2008

#8

Shop Class as Soulcraft (Hardcover)

By Matthew B. Crawford
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781594202230
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Penguin Press HC, The, 05/01/2009

#9

I'm Down: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Mishna Wolff
$23.95
ISBN-13: 9780312378554
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: St. Martin's Press, 05/01/2009

#10 - A Brilliant Books Staff Pick

Italian Grill (Hardcover)

By Mario Batali, Judith Sutton
$29.95
ISBN-13: 9780061450976
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ecco, 05/01/2008

#11 - SIGNED by MARIO BATALI

Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking (Hardcover)

By Jeff Hertzberg, Zoe Francois
$27.99
ISBN-13: 9780312362911
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Thomas Dunne Books, 11/01/2007

#12

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Hardcover)

By Christopher Mcdougall
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780307266309
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf, 05/01/2009

#13

Beach Stones (Hardcover)

By Josie Iselin
$17.95
ISBN-13: 9780810955332
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Harry N. Abrams, 05/01/2006

#14

The Last Lecture (Hardcover)

By Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
$21.95
ISBN-13: 9781401323257
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Hyperion, 04/01/2008

#15

American Farmer: The Heart of Our Country (Hardcover)

By Katrina Fried (Text by), Paul Mobley (Photographer)
$50.00
ISBN-13: 9781599620473
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Welcome Books, 10/01/2008

#16

The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite (Hardcover)

By David Kessler
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781605297859
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Rodale Books, 01/01/2009

#17

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto (Hardcover)

By Mark R. Levin
$25.00
ISBN-13: 9781416562856
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Threshold Editions, 03/01/2009

#18

True Compass: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Edward M. Kennedy
$35.00
ISBN-13: 9780446539258
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Twelve, 09/01/2009

#19

Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip (Hardcover)

By Matthew Algeo
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9781556527777
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Chicago Review Press, 05/01/2009

#20

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