Capitol Hill restaurants, bars, shops, etc., send us your lists. Bestsellers, etc — we’ll share them here. Send a note to [email protected]. The latest top sellers from 10th Ave’s Elliott Bay Book Co. are below. This week, we also have a top 10 list of a different ilk from Broadway’s Spin Cycle.

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Elliott Bay Book Company Bestsellers — Week of July 8th

FICTION

1) STATE OF WONDER by Ann Patchett
2) ALIF THE UNSEEN by G. Willow Wilson
3) 50 SHADES OF GREY by E.L. James
4) EXISTENCE by David Brin
5) THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes
6) GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn
7) THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern
8) READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline
9) THE ART OF FIELDING by Chad Harbach
10) 50 SHADES DARKER by E.L. James

NON-FICTION

1) THE SWEET LIFE IN PARIS by David Lebovitz
2) BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey
3) IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson
4) WILD by Cheryl Strayed
5) NOTES FROM NO MAN’S LAND by Eula Biss
6) MOLLY MOON’S HOMEMADE ICE CREAM by Molly Moon
7) GRASSROOTS by Phil Campbell
8) THE PSYCHOPATH TEST by Jon Ronson
9) GIFTS OF THE CROW by John Marzluff
10) BITTERS by Brad Parsons

 

 

Top Ten Quotes from customers at Spin Cycle — By Danny

1. “Do you buy Redbox DVDs?”
2. “Why did your dad get you an American Express card. Nobody ever takes it.”
3. “I’m trying to open these headphones. I couldn’t even burn them open.”
4. “Is he one of those dead rappers?”
5. “I am going to put this in the top shelf” -woman as she put her change in her bra.
6. Son:“Mom, you should get this ‘Single White Female’”- Mom:“Hey that’s me!”
7 “I think I still have enough money to get a tattoo.”     
8  “Well, I like Jerry MacGuire, so that makes two Tom Cruise movies.”  
9 “The craziest porno I ever saw was with Henry Rollins and Lydia Lunch. It was when he was a heroin addict and he just beat the crap out of her the whole time. People say I am lying but it sells for $50 on ebay. ”
10. “I am not a fan of Bob Dylan. I mean, I like some of his songs. I mean he wrote “Stairway to Heaven” for god sake.”