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Bestsellers for  2011

  HARDCOVER :

 1. Craig Johnson, HELL IS EMPTY

2. Chelsea Cain, THE NIGHT SEASON

3. Dana Haynes,  BREAKING POINT

4. Sue Grafton, V IS FOR VENGEANCE

5. Carola Dunn, ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH 

6. Louise Penny, A TRICK OF THE LIGHT

7. Tie:

    J.A. Jance, FATAL ERROR

    Phillip Margolin /Ami Margolin Rome, VANISHING ACTS

 8. Alafair Burke, LONG GONE

9.Julia Spencer-Fleming, ONE WAS A SOLDIER

10. Laurie R. King, THE PIRATE KING

TRADE PAPERBACK: 

 1. Steve Hamilton,  THE LOCK ARTIST

2. Bill Cameron, COUNTY LINE

3. Johnny Shaw,  DOVE SEASON

4. Tie:

    Louise Penny, BURY YOUR DEAD

    Craig Johnson, THE COLD DISH

5. Tom Franklin, CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER 

6. Colin Cotterill, THE CORONER'S LUNCH

7. Tie:

    Louise Penny, THE BRUTAL TELLING

    Michael Van Rooy, AN ORDINARY DECENT CRIMINAL

8. Ann Cleeves, RAVEN BLACK

9. Tana French, FAITHFUL PLACE

10. Jo Nesbo, THE REDBREAST

MASS MARKET PAPERBACK:

  1. Camilla Lackberg, THE ICE PRINCESS

2. Louise Penny, STILL LIFE

3. Dana Haynes, CRASHERS

4. Elizabeth George, THIS BODY OF DEATH

5. Noah Boyd, THE BRICKLAYER

6. Kate Atkinson, CASE HISTORIES

7. Pip Ballantine, PHOENIX RISING

8. Martha Grimes, THE BLACK CAT

9. Jo Nesbo, THE REDBREAST

10. Tie:

       Keith Thompson,  ONCE A SPY  

      Sue Grafton, U IS FOR UNDERTOW