Best Sellers


In the last twelve months, these are some of the books which have been the most popular with our customers.

FICTION

NON-FICTION

The Girl with Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
$14.95

First book in a series, a thriller from Sweden, featuring a moody computer hacker on the trail of murder and financial scams.

Tales of the Road: Highway 61
Cathy Wurzer
$24.95

From the Mississippi River in the south to the Pigeon River in the north, the story of Minnesota's scenic highway.

Cork O'Connor series
William Kent Krueger
$15.00
(Red Knife)

Red Knife is one the latest Cork O'Connor mysteries, from the fictional Aurora, Minnesota.

The Best Casserole Book Ever
Beatrice Ojakangas
$24.95

500 casserole recipes for lovers of hot dish.

Antler, Bear, Canoe
Betsy Bowen
$16.00 (hardcover) $6.95 (paper)

The classic northwoods ABC book with beautiful woodcut prints.

fungi

Fascinating Fungi of the
North Woods
Cora Mollen and Larry Weber
$14.95

A field guide to local fungi.

Silent Words
Joan M. Drury
$14.95

Second book in the "Silence" trilogy, a mystery set on the North Shore.

Wildflowers of the Boundary Waters
Betty Vos Hemstad
$22.95

Stunning photographs and informative text of BWCAW wildflowers.

The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
$11.99

Heroism and survival during World War II.

Minong: the Good Place
Timothy Cochrane
$24.95

Native American history of Isle Royale.

TWILIGHT

Twilight series
Stephenie Meyer
$22.99
(Breaking Dawn)

Breaking Dawn is the fourth (and last) volume in Meyer's vampire series.

Lake Superior Rocks & Minerals
Bob Lynch
$12.95

A field guide for the Lake Superior region.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
$14.00

A novel set during WW II, on the Isle of Guernsey, during the German occupation.

Coast Guard Point

The Story of Coast Guard Point
Harry Drabik
$4.95

A brief history of this important feature of Grand Marais.

The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown
$29.95

The latest adventure of Robert Langdon, hero from The DaVinci Code.

Superior Artisans
Cameron Norman
$24.95

Portraits of North Short artists.

The Plague of Doves
Louise Erdrich
$14.99

Winner of the 2009 Minnesota Book Award, an unsolved murder in an Ojibwe family propels two communities together.

Rock Picker's Guide to
Lake Superior's North Shore
Mark Stensaas
$9.95

A perennial bestseller, a rock hound's guide to the North Shore.

A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
$16.00

From Hosseini, another heart-breaking novel set in Afghanistan.

Hanging On

Hanging On: Homesteading in Cook County
Eleanor Jackson Stone
$5.00

Published by the Cook County Historical Society.