Arts & Entertainment

'One Last Strike' Tops St. Louis Bestseller List

The memoir by the Cardinals former skipper this week's bestseller at St. Louis area independent book stores.

One Last StrikeΒ is the top read among adults for the week ending Oct. 28, according to theΒ St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance. Β 

The bookstores includeΒ Subterranean BooksΒ in University City,Β Left Bank Books in the Central West End,Β Main Street BooksΒ in St. Charles andΒ Pudd'nhead BooksΒ in Webster Groves.

Adults

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  1. One Last Strike by Tony La RussaΒ 
  2. Fifty Year Sword by Mark Z. DanielewskiΒ 
  3. Racketeer by John GrishamΒ 
  4. Rock and Roll Myths by Daniel Durchholz
  5. Hollywood Myths by Joe Williams
  6. I Could Pee On This by Francesco Marciuliano
  7. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
  8. Finding Your Positives by Steve Ward
  9. Lamar Hunt: A Life in Sports by Michael MacCambridgeΒ 
  10. Where's You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple

Children/Young Adult

  1. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
  2. Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima
  3. Story County Here We Come! by Derek AndersonΒ 
  4. Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
  5. Second Chance by Heather Brewer
  6. If I Built A House by Chris Van Dusen
  7. Merry Christmas, Splat by Rob ScottonΒ 
  8. AlphaOops: H is for Halloween by Alethea Kontis
  9. Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin
  10. Wiggle March by Amy Pixton

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