Hawaii best-sellers
This list is a rotating compilation by local booksellers. This week: retail sales at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Kähala, for Dec. 12.
FICTION
1. "Hawai'i Snowman" by Christine and Michel Le
2. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown
3. "Divine Misdemeanors" by Laurell K. Hamilton
4. "The Fire Kimono" by Laura Joh Rowland
5. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
6. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King
7. "U is for Undertow" by Sue Grafton
8. "Pirate Latitudes" by Michael Crichton
9. "La's Orchestra Saves the World" by Alexander McCall Smith
10. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson
NONFICTION
1. "Among Friends" by Mary Lou Sanelli
2. "Talking Hawai'i's Story: Oral Histories of an Island People" by Michi Kodama-Nishimoto, Warren S. Nishimoto, and Cynthia A. Oshiro
3. "The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War" by James Bradley
4. "The Lego Book" by Nevin Martell
5. "Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan" by Greg Mortenson
6. "O'ahu Hikes" by Yvonne Harris
7. "The Blind Side" by Michael Lewis
8. "Stories of Aloha" by Jocelyn Fujii
9. "Ben: A Memoir, From Street Kid to Governor" by Benjamin Cayetano
10. "What the Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell