Leads on Reads: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Tops Best-Seller List

Here's a roundup of the best-selling books in five St. Louis-area independent bookstores from the week ending Feb. 12. The bookstores include Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles,  Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves, Subterranean Books in University City, and Sue's News at the St. Louis Galleria.

Adults:

1. Battle Hymn Of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

2. Finally a Locally Produced Guidebook to St. Louis by and for St. Louisans Neighborhood by Neighborhood by Amanda Doyle

3. Charles Dickens: A Life by Jane Smiley

4. Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen

5. For Colored Girls by Ntozake Shange

6. Power of Principled Politics: A Voice in Behalf of Minorities, Women, Workers and the Poor by William Lacy Clay Sr.

7. At Home by Bill Bryson

8. All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps by Dave Isay

9. Gilder by Kathryn Kay

10. F My Life by Maxime Valette

Children's/YA:

1. Cold Cereal: Cold Cereal Trilogy #1 by Adam Rex

2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

4. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

5. Fault in Our Stars by John Green

6. A Boy Called Dickens by Deborah Hopkinson and John Hendrix

7. Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone

8. Valentine's Day Fun! (Max & Ruby) by Penguin Group USA

9. Pinkalicious: Pink of Hearts by Victoria Kann

10. Delirium by Lauren Oliver