It’s that time of year when we look back. Here are our lists of our top-selling books of 2012. As you can see, we love to handsell good reads and not necessarily the “it” books. That being said the “50 Shades…” books were top sellers for us… but not THE top selling titles. Books that are staff picks are highlighted with **.
Local Authors/Titles
1.Tugger: The Pretzel Pup
2.Tugger & Mini-Mew
3.Because I Can
4.Lititz (PA) (Images of America)
5.Warwick Township, Lancaster County (Images of America Series)
General Non-Fiction
1.Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir) **
2.Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
3. Darth Vader and Son
4. The Brick Bible: The New Testament: A New Spin on the Story of Jesus **
5. What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World **
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks **
7. Fix-It and Forget-It Pink Cookbook
8. Unlikely Friendships
History/Bios/Memoirs
1. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle **
2. Zeitoun
3. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption **
4. Paterno
5. Soldier Dogs **
5. In Garden of Beasts **
6. End Of Your Life Book Club **
YA
1. The Dust of 100 Dogs **
2. Rot & Ruin **
3. Boy in Striped Pajamas
4. Divergent
5. The Book Thief
Middle Grade/Chapter Books
1. Spilling Ink: A Young Writer’s Handbook **
2. Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
3. The Teashop Girls **
4. The Candymakers **
5. The Phantom Tollbooth **
Middle Grade and YA Series
1. Stella Batts **
2. Hunger Games
3. Origami Yoda **
4. Bad Kitty **
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Picture Books
1. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site **
2. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet
3. Llama Llama Nighty Night
4. Christmas Quiet Book **
Adult Fiction
1. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen ** (Our top selling book overall!)
2. Hearse and Buggy **
3. The Great Gatsby
4. The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove **
5. The Book Lover **
6. The Tiger’s Wife **
7. The School of Essential Ingredients **
8. The House at Tyneford **
9. Joy For Beginners **
10. The Baker’s Daughter **
Honorable Mentions- Mr. Churchill’s Secretary; The Magicians; The Kitchen Daughter; 22 Britannia Road; Taft 2012; The Meryl Streep Movie Club (all staff picks just shy of tieing for #11)
