Bestsellers

The following is a partial list of the Dijkstra Agency’s bestsellers.

JANELL CANNON

Janell Cannon, StellalunaStellaluna (Harcourt, 1993): New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
Verdi (Harcourt, 1997): Publishers Weekly bestseller
Crickwing (Harcourt, 2000): New York Times bestseller
Pinduli (Harcourt, 2004): New York Times bestseller

DIANE MOTT DAVIDSON

Catering to Nobody (Bantam, 1990): USA Today bestseller
Dying for Chocolate (Bantam, 1993): USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller
The Cereal Murders (Bantam, 1994): USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller
Killer Pancake (Bantam, 1996): USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller
Main Corpse (Bantam, 1996): Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller
Grilling Season (Bantam, 1997): Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller
Prime Cut (Bantam, 1998): Book Sense bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller
Diane Mott Davidson, The Grilling SeasonTough Cookie (Bantam, 2000): Book Sense bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller
Sticks and Stones (Bantam, 2001): Book Sense bestseller, Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller
Chopping Spree (Bantam, 2002): Book Sense bestseller, Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller
Double Shot (William Morrow, 2004): New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller
Dark Tort (William Morrow, 2006): New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller
Sweet Revenge (William Morrow, 2007): Book Sense bestseller, Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller

MIKE DAVIS

Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster (Metropolitan, 1998): Los Angeles Times bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller

CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Mistress of SpicesArranged Marriage: Stories (Anchor, 1996): San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
Mistress of Spices: A Novel (Doubleday, 1997): Book Sense bestseller, Los Angeles Times bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
Sister of My Heart: A Novel (Doubleday, 1999): San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
The Vine of Desire: A Novel (Doubleday, 2002): San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
The Conch Bearer (Brotherhood of the Conch) (Roaring Brook, 2003): Book Sense bestseller

LILLIAN FADERMAN

Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir (Houghton Mifflin, 2003): San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians (Basic Books, 2006): Los Angeles Times bestseller

SUSAN FALUDI

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women (Crown, 1991): New York Times bestseller

JOEL GREENBLATT

The Little Book that Beats the Market (Wiley, 2006): New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller

CHALMERS JOHNSON

Chalmers Johnson, Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American EmpireBlowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire (Metropolitan, 2000): New York Times bestseller
Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic (Metropolitan, 2004): Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (Metropolitan, 2006): Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller

LAUREN KESSLER

The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes (Random House, 2000): Los Angeles Times

MAXINE HONG KINGSTON

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts (Vintage, 1989): New York Times bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
China Men (Vintage, 1989): New York Times bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book (Vintage, 1990): San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
The Fifth Book of Peace (Knopf, 2003): San Francisco Chronicle bestseller

MELINDA LONG

How I Became a Pirate (Harcourt, 2003): Book Sense bestseller, Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller

ANCHEE MIN

Red Azalea (Pantheon, 1994): Chicago Tribune bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
Becoming Madame Mao (Houghton Mifflin, 2000): Book Sense bestseller, Los Angeles Times bestseller

PAT MONTANDON

Oh the Hell of it All: A Memoir (Harper, 2007): San Francisco Chronicle bestseller

STEPHEN PROTHERO

Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know - and Doesn't (Harper One, 2007): New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, Washington Post bestseller

LISA SEE

Lisa See, Shanghai GirlsOn Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family (St. Martin's, 1995): Los Angeles Times bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, Washington Post bestseller
Flower Net (Harper Collins, 1997): Los Angeles Times bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, Washington Post bestseller
The Interior (Harper Collins, 1999): Los Angeles Times bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
Dragon Bones (Random House, 2003): Los Angeles Times bestseller
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Random House, 2005): Book Sense bestseller, Chicago Tribune bestseller, Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Washington Post bestseller
Peony in Love (Random House, 2007): Chicago Tribune bestseller, Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller

BARBARA SERANELLA

No Human Involved (Harper Collins, 1997): Los Angeles Times bestseller
Unwanted Company (Harper Collins, 2000): Los Angeles Times bestseller
Unfinished Business (Scribner, 2001): Los Angeles Times bestseller
Unpaid Dues (Scribner, 2003): Los Angeles Times bestseller
Unwilling Accomplice (Scribner, 2004): Los Angeles Times bestseller

SUSAN SHIRK

China: Fragile Superpower (Oxford University Press, 2007): Los Angeles Times bestseller

GARY SMALL & GIGI VORGAN

The Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young (Hyperion, 2002): New York Times bestseller

AMY TAN

The Joy Luck Club (Putnam, 1989): Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, Washington Post bestseller
Amy Tan, The Joy Luck ClubThe Kitchen God's Wife (Putnam, 1991): Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, Washington Post bestseller
The Hundred Secret Senses (Putnam, 1995): Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller
The Bonesetter's Daughter (Putnam, 2001): Book Sense bestseller, Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller
The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings (Putnam, 2003): New York Times bestseller
Saving Fish From Drowning (Putnam, 2005): Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller

LUIS URREA

The Devil's Highway: A True Story (Little, Brown, 2004): Los Angeles Times bestseller, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
The Hummingbird's Daughter (Little, Brown, 2005): Book Sense bestseller

KATE WHITE

Kate White, If Looks Could Kill If Looks Could Kill (Warner, 2002): Los Angeles Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller
A Body to Die For (Warner, 2003): New York Times bestseller
Over Her Dead Body (Warner, 2005): New York Times bestseller
Lethally Blonde (Warner, 2007): New York Times bestseller

IRVIN D. YALOM

The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients (Harper Collins, 2002): San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Fear of Death (Wiley, 2008): San Francisco Chronicle bestseller