Top 20 Bestsellers 2009

#1 - The true story of a nun's disappearance over a century ago has gripped locals and visitors alike.
Isadore's Secret has been at the top of our best seller lists and in the regional top ten since its launch here at Brilliant books in September

#3 - Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this is was our biggest selling 'non-local' book of 2009

#5 - Ken treated us to a presentation of his time lapse photography in early December and revived interest in the definitive book of images of Leelanau.

#7 - Doug Stanton's story of the first soldiers into Afghanistan was our best selling non-fiction hardcover of 2009.
Having signed copies of a national best seller certainly helped.

#9 - Now out of print and hard to find, this 10th Anniversary edition contained an animated DVD narrated by Jeff Daniels

#11 - A Northern Michigan murder mystery set in the fictional town of Starvation Lake. Deservedly a Michigan Notable book for 2009

#13 - An enthralling international bestseller on our best seller list all year.

#15 - We keep it on the counter next to the check out. It is bought by Conservatives and Liberals alike.

#17 - We filed this with Thomas Paine's Common Sense, and sold quite a few of those too.

#19 - The Twilight phenomenon didn't avoid our part of the world.

#20 = - The book describes Mortenson's transition from a mountain-climber to humanitarian committed to reducing poverty and educating girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The book's title comes from a Balti proverb: "The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an honored guest. The third time you share a cup of tea, you become family..."

#20 = - Picoult is popular with visitors and locals. The release of the movie of the book spurred sales, despite the somewhat different story lines - The book is far better than the movie.