Tonight I was looking at the Play insert in the Birmingham News (which covers arts and entertainment here in our lovely city) and discovered a very interesting list.  There were three bookstores listed, and each listed their top best sellers for the week.

Alabama Booksmith (one of my favorite bookstores for first editions)

1. Dear Amrican Airlines by Jonathan Miles
2. Book of Dads by Rick Bragg
3. Rick Bragg Family Trilogy by Rick Bragg
4. The Help by Katherine Stockett
5. In the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White

Little Professors Books (always good to local schools)

1. Disillusion by Kanika Reese
2. Birmingham Then & Now by Todd Keith
3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
4. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Shaffer and Annie Barrows
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Milestone Books (A wonderful little nook that treats bibliophiles right.)

1. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Shaffer and Annie Barrows
2. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense by Glenn Beck
3. Alabama Bomber Boys by Donald Wilson (a local author)
4. Christy Miller Vol 1 by Robin Jones Gunn
5. Driftwood Summer by Patti Callahan Henry

So why did I find this interesting? I thought it would be interesting to do the same thing for local libraries to look for trends.  It might be interesting to look at what various social circles are reading.

Cathy, any way to look at what different grade levels are checking out from our library?