St. Louis Area Bookstore Best-Seller List

Kathryn Stockett's The Help was No. 1 on the best-seller list for the five St. Louis-area independent bookstores from the week ending April 15.

The bookstores include Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles,  Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves, Subterranean Books in University City, and Sue's News at the St. Louis Galleria.

Adults

1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
2. The Heart and the Fist by Eric Greitens
3. Guerillas in Civil War Missouri by James W Erwin
4. Miss Julia to the Rescue by Ann Ross
5. Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
6. The Might Have Been by Joe Schuster
7. Drama Years by Haley Kilpatrick
8. What Teachers Make by Taylor Mali
9. Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
10. Move Mountains Initiative by Janet Wittenauer

Children/Young Adult

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 
4. Out of This World by Amy Sklansky
5. Kingdom Keepers V: Shell Game by Ridley Pearson
6. Thou Shalt Not Road Trip by Antony John
7. A Boy Called Dickens by Deborah Hopkinson, illus by John Hendrix
8. Kingdom Keepers IV by Ridley Pearson
9. Sleepy Kittens by Ken Daurio
10. Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek by Deborah Hopkinson, illus by John Hendrix