The Indie Parenting Bestseller List

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Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 9, 2009.

1.

Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace
Ayelet Gilbert Waldman, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385527934

2.

Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood
Michael Lewis, Norton, $23.95, 9780393069013

3.

We Are Our Mothers' Daughters
Cokie Roberts, Morrow, $23.99, 9780061741951

4.

What to Expect the First Year
Heidi Murkoff, et al., Workman, $16.95, 9780761152125

5.

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
Richard Louv, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565126053

6.

Eye of My Heart: 27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother
Barbara Graham (Ed.), Harper, $24.99, 9780061474156

7.

In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Harper, $25.99, 9780061690297

8.

Mama Says
Rob D. Walker, Blue Sky Press, $16.99, 9780439932080

9.

Mommywood
Tori Spelling, Simon Spotlight, $25, 9781416599104

10.

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber, Quill, $15.95, 9780380811960

11.

Some Day You'll Thank Me for This: The Official Southern Ladies' Guide to Being a "Perfect" Mother
Gayden Metcalfe, Charlotte Hays, Hyperion, $21.99, 9781401302962

12.

Porn for New Moms
Cambridge Women's Pornography Co-op (Eds.), Chronicle, $12.95, 9780811862165

13.

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Marc Weissbluth, Ballantine, $16, 9780449004029

14.

The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
Harvey Karp, Bantam, $15, 9780553381467

15.

It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita
Heather B. Armstrong, Simon Spotlight, $24, 9781416936015

16.

Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends & Other Realities of Adolescence
Rosalind Wiseman, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400047925

17.

Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater
Matthew Amster-Burton, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $23, 9780151013241

18.

Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
Daniel J. Kindlon, Ballantine, $15, 9780345434852

19.

Parenting With Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility
Foster Cline, Jim Fay, Pinon Press, $24.99, 9781576839546

20.

Things Good Mothers Know
Alexandra Stoddard, Collins Living, $21.99, 9780061714429

21.

The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old
Harvey Karp, Bantam, $15, 9780553384420

22.

The Original Summer Bridge Activities: Second to Third Grade
Hobbs Julia, Carla Fisher, Rainbow Bridge, $13.95, 9781594417283

23.

Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall? A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager
Anthony E. Wolf, FSG, $14, 9780374528539

24.

The Original Summer Bridge Activities: First to Second Grade
Hobbs Julia, Carla Fisher, Rainbow Bridge, $13.95, 9781594417276

25.

The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy
Vicki Iovine, Pocket, $15, 9781416524724