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Canada's First Teen Reads Awards

Indigo Books & Music conducted its first Teen Reads Awards contest this year, with more than 15,000 teens voting for their favorite books and authors.  Following are this year's winners.

Best New Writer – Fallen, Lauren Kate

Best Teen Series – Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead

Best Lip Lock – Bella and Edward from Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer

Best Hottie – Jace Waylaynd from Mortal Instruments: City of Glass, Cassandra Clare

Best Book-to-Flick – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, JK Rowling

Best Hero– Percy Jackson from The Last Olympians, Rick Riordan

Best Villain –Alice Milthorpe from Prophecy of the Sisters, Michelle Zink

Best All Time Fave – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling

Best Canadian Read – The Reckoning, Kelley Armstrong

Best Read – Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins

 

New York Times Best Sellers

Following were the NY Times Best Sellers as of January 9, 2011.  For the latest list visit the New York Times Best Sellers page.

HARDCOVER FICTION

  1. WHAT THE NIGHT KNOWS, by Dean Koontz
  2. DEAD OR ALIVE, by Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood
  3. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson
  4. THE OUTLAWS, by W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV
  5. THE CONFESSION, by John Grisham

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  1. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand
  2. DECISION POINTS, by George W. Bush
  3. LIFE, by Keith Richards with James Fox
  4. CLEOPATRA, by Stacy Schiff
  5. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN, VOL. 1, by Mark Twain

PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION

  1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson
  2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson
  3. HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult
  4. CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese
  5. LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave

PAPERBACK MASS-MARKET FICTION

  1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson
  2. RUTHLESS GAME, by Christine Feehan
  3. DELIVER US FROM EVIL, by David Baldacci
  4. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson
  5. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

  1. JUST KIDS, by Patti Smith
  2. INSIDE OF A DOG, by Alexandra Horowitz
  3. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert
  4. WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell
  5. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler