Our bestsellers of the year

Water Street Bookstore's Bestselling Books of 2012 (so far)

(It's a miracle! Our top selling book of the year ISN'T Fifty Shades! I mean, sure, it's number two, but small victories, people.) 

1. The Art of Hearing Hearbeats by Jan-Phillip Sendker

2. Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James

3. Fifty Shades Darker by EL James

4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

5. Fifty Shades Freed by EL James

6. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

7. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

8. Divergent by Veronica Roth

9. Following Atticus by Tom Ryan

10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #7 The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

Fiction:

1. The Art of Hearing Hearbeats by Jan-Phillip Sendker

2. Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James

3. Fifty Shades Darker by EL James

4. Fifty Shades Freed by EL James

5. A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein

6. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

7. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

8. Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

9. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

10. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Non-fiction (also known as books with colons in their titles):

1. Following Atticus: Forty Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship by Tom Ryan

2. God Believes in Love: Straight Talk about Gay Marriage by Bishop Gene Robinson

3. The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work and Family by Madeleine Kunin

4. A God in the House: Poets Talk About Faith edited by Ilya Kaminsky & Katherine Towler

5. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

6. Bossypants by Tina Fey

7. The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Market It, and Sell it...Successfully by Arielle Eckstut & David Henry Sterry

8. The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal

9. Unbroken: A WWII Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

10. Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben

Children's:

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

4. Divergent by Veronica Roth

5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #7 The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

6. The Maze Runner by James Dashner

7. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan 

8. Middleworld by J & P Voelkel

9. The Books of Elsewhere #1 The Shadows by Jacqueline West

10. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead