South Coast readers often have different preferences in reading material than those in other parts of the state and United States. Here are the top-five sellers this week at Books By the Bay in North Bend, according to owner Trish Price:

“A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity” by Bill O’Reilly is his most intimate book yet — his memoir of what made him who he is today.

The third in the Eragon series, “Brisingr,” has fans frothing at the mouth!

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson is a cut above the usual murder mystery genre. 

Nicholas Drayson brings us the story of a quiet man secretly in love with a widowed ornithologist who enters into a surprisingly eventful birdwatching competition with a rival suitor in “A Guide to the Birds of East Africa.”

Fill your family’s belly with recipes from the “Fix-it and Forget-it Big Cookbook: 1,400 Best Slow Cooker Recipes!” by Phyllis Pellman Good.