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Top Selling Books of 2013 in Napa, Calistoga, North Bay

Copperfield's Books releases this year's lists.

In perhaps one of the most literary and interesting lists of the last five years, Copperfield’s Books has released its top sellers for the 2013 year.

Copperfield's has seven North Bay stores in Napa, Sonoma and Marin counties. The two Napa County stores are in Napa and Calistoga.

Here are the Top 10 for the Napa store (at Bel Aire Plaza shopping center in north Napa):

1. Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Near-Death Experience and Journey into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander (trade paper nonfiction)

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2. Inferno by Dan Brown (hardcover fiction)

3. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (hardcover fiction)

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4. Wild by Cheryl Strayed (trade paper nonfiction)

5. Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg (nonfiction)

6. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

7. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

8. Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (hardcover nonfiction)

9. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (trade paper fiction)

10. Birds of Napa County by Hermann Heinzel (nonfiction) local author

Napa Honorable mentions:

11. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (fiction)

12. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan (hardcover nonfiction)

13. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (trade paper fiction)

14. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan (nonfiction)

15. Inside a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz (nonfiction)

16. Don of A New Day by Gina Bortolussi (fiction) (local author)

17. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Marin (fiction)

18. Joyland by Stephen King (fiction)

19. Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple (trade paper fiction)

20. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor (nonfiction)


Staff at the Napa store say their favorites are on the list with The Alchemist, Inside a Dog.

Staff reports customers seem to have an equal interest in fiction and nonfiction

Also, staff notes an interest in politics and social issues with Sotomayer’s My Beloved World, Cooked, Lean In.

In addition, regional title makes it with Birds of Napa County, also local author Gina Bortolussi.

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Here are the Top 10 at the Calistoga store:

1. Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Near-Death Experience and Journey into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander (trade paper nonfiction)

2. Wild by Cheryl Strayed (trade paper nonfiction)

3. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (trade paper fiction)

4. Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison (nonfiction)

5. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain (nonfiction)

6. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (trade paper fiction)

7. Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg (nonfiction)

8. Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple (trade paper fiction

9. Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (hardcover nonfiction)

10. Calistoga by John Waters (nonfiction)

Calistoga honorable mentions:

11. The Paris Wife by Paula McClain (fiction)

12. Inferno by Dan Brown (hardcover fiction)

13. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (nonfiction)

14. The Expats: A Novel by Chris Pavone

15. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

16. Gypsy Boy: My Life in the Secret World of the Romany Gypsies by Mikey Walsh (nonfiction)

17. Day Hikes Around Napa Valley by Robert Stone (nonfiction)

18. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Marin (fiction)

19. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (hardcover fiction)

20. Napa: The Story of an American Eden by James Conaway (nonfiction)

Staff favorites at the Calistoga store include: Thinking, Fast and Slow, The Expats, The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, Gypsy Boy, and the perennial Whatever You Do, Don’t Run (a staff favorite and one that appears on each year’s list)

Staff reports that customers have a strong interest in nonfiction.

Also, regional guides sell, Calistoga, Napa, Day Hikes.

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Here are the Top 10 Bestselling Adult Books Overall in 2013 for the seven North Bay stores:

1. Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Near-Death Experience and Journey into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander (trade paper nonfiction)

2. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (hardcover fiction)

3. Wild by Cheryl Strayed (trade paper nonfiction)

4. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (hardcover fiction)

5. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (trade paper fiction)

6. Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (hardcover nonfiction)

7. Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple (trade paper fiction)

8. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (trade paper fiction)

9. Inferno by Dan Brown (hardcover fiction)

10. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan (hardcover nonfiction)

Honorable mentions:

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (fiction)

Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg (nonfiction)

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain (nonfiction)

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain (fiction)

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (fiction)

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Marin (fiction)

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (fiction)

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan (nonfiction)

Joyland by Stephen King (fiction)

The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart (nonfiction)

Dear Life by Alice Munro (fiction)

The Art Forger by BA Shapiro (fiction)

The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin (fiction)

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell (nonfiction)

The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan (fiction)

I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai (nonfiction)

Goldfinch by Donna Tart (fiction)




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