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Atomic Books Best Sellers 2015: Non-Fiction Books

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These are the top 15 best selling non-fiction books at Atomic Books in 2015. 1. Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America by John Waters 2. Between The World And Me by Ta-Nahisi Coates 3. Girl In A Band: A Memoir by Kim Gordon 4. M Train by Patti Smith 5. Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl: A Memoir by Carrie Brownstein 6. How To Ru(i)n A Record Label: The Story Of Lookout Records by Larry Livermore 7. The Beast Side: Living (And Dying) While Black In America by D. Watkins 8. Banned In DC: Photos And Anecdotes From The DC Punk Underground (79-85) by Cynthia Connolly / Leslie Clague / Sharon Cheslow 9. Crackpot: The Obsessions Of John Waters by John Waters 10. Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste by John Waters 11. The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica Hopper 12. Members Only: Secret Societies, Sects And Cults Exposed by Julie Tibbott 13. Role Models by John Waters 14. Thing Explainer: Comp

Atomic Books Best Sellers 2015: Graphic Novels

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These are the top 30 best selling graphic novels at Atomic Books in 2015. 1. Saga Vol. 4 (Image Comics) by Brian K. Vaughan / Fiona Staples 2. Saga Vol. 5 (Image Comics) by Brian K. Vaughan / Fiona Staples 3. Saga Vol. 1 (Image Comics) by Brian K. Vaughan / Fiona Staples   4. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Houghton Mifflin) by Alison Bechdel 5. Nimona (Harper Teen) by Noelle Stevenson 6. Saga Vol. 3 (Image Comics) by Brian K. Vaughan / Fiona Staples 7. Lulu Eightball Vol. 1 (Atomic Book Co.) by Emily Flake 8. Saga Vol. 2 (Image Comics) by Brian K. Vaughan / Fiona Staples 9. Comic Book Story of Beer: The World's Favorite Beverage from 7000 BC to Today's Craft Brewing Revolution (Ten Speed Press) by Jonathan Hennessey / Mike Smith / Aaron McConnell 10. Sex Criminals Vol. 1 (Image Comics) by Matt Fraction / Chip Zdarsky 11. Sex Criminals Vol. 2 (Image Comics) by Matt Fraction / Chip Zdarsky 12. Lumberjanes Vol. 1 (Boom! Stud

Atomic Books Best Sellers 2015: Mini-Comics And Irregular Single Issues

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These are the top 30 best selling mini-comics and irregular single issues at Atomic Books in 2015. 1. Optic Nerve #14 (Drawn & Quarterly) by Adrian Tomine 2. Lose #7 (Koyama Press) by Michael DeForge 3. Worst Behaviour: A New Megg, Mogg And Owl Adventure (Pigeon Press) by Simon Hanselmann 4. Mowgli's Mirror (Retrofit Comics) by Olivier Schrauwen 5. Cheer Up (Hic & Hoc) by Noah Van Sciver 6. Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream: Autopic Mini (Uncivilized Books) by Laura Park 7. Mutiny On The Mousey (Stinckers) by Steve Weissman 8. Frontier #7 (Youth In Decline) by Jillian Tamaki 9. Creation of Manson (Ray-Ray Books) by Sara Lautman 10. Lying and Cursing (Tinto Press) by Sara Lautman 11. My Hot Date (Kilgore Books) by Noah Van Sciver 12. 1994 Nissan Sentra (self-published) by Jordan Jeffries 13. Ikebana (Retrofit Comics) by Yumi Sakugawa 14. New Jobs (Uncivilized Books) by Dash Shaw 15. Blammo #8.5 (Kilgore Books) by Noah Van Sc

Atomic Books Best Sellers 2015: Comics Ongoing And Limited Series

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These are the top 30 best selling limited and ongoing comics series at Atomic Books in 2015. 1. Fight Club 2 (Dark Horse Comics) by Chuck Palahniuk / Cameron Stewart 2. Dark Knight III: The Master Race (DC Comics) by Frank Miller / Brian Azzarello / Andy Kubert 3. Smoke Signal (Desert Island Comics) by various 4. Island (Image Comics) by Brandon Graham / various 5. Sandman Overture (Vertigo Comics) by Neil Gaiman / J.H. Williams 6. Bob's Burgers (Dynamite Entertainment) by Rachel Hastings / various 7. Providence (Avatar Press) by Alan Moore / Jacen Burrows 8. Saga (Image Comics) by Brian K. Vaughan / Fiona Staples 9. Head Lopper (Image Comics) by Andrew MacLean 10. Blubber (Fantagraphics Books) by Gilbert Hernandez 11. Paper Girls (Image Comics) by Brian K. Vaughan / Cliff Chiang 12. Baltimore: Cult Of The Red King (Dark Horse Comics) by Mike Mignola / Christopher Golden / Peter Bergting 13. Monstress (Image Comics) by Marjorie M.

Atomic Books 2015 Best Sellers: Zines/Magazines/Periodicals

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These are the top 30 best selling zines, magazines and periodicals from Atomic Books in 2015. 1. How To Talk To Your Cat About Gun Safety 2. How To Talk To Your Cat About Evolution 3. How To Talk To Your Cat About Abstinence 4. Bust Magazine 5. Mojo Magazine 6. Lucky Peach Magazine 7. Baltimore Magazine 8. Maximum Rocknroll 9. Snobaltimore #1 10. Cinema Sewer #28 11. Cometbus #56: A Bestiary Of Booksellers 12. Juxtapoz Magazine 13. Bitch Magazine 14. Magnet Magazine 15. 2600: The Hacker Quarterly 16. Crap Hound #6 17. Baltimore's Jones Falls Trail Map 18. Baffler 19. Rue Morgue Magazine 20. Cometbus #56 1/2 21. Horrorhound Magazine 22. Make Magazine 23. High Times Magazine 24. Razorcake 25. Smile, Hon, You're In Baltimore #18 26. Craphound #8 27. Shindig Magazine 28. Fortean Times Magazine 29. Harper's Magazine 30. Found: After Dark  

Atomic Books 2015 Best Sellers: Fiction

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These are the top 15 best selling fiction books from Atomic Books in 2015. 1. Get A Grip: Stories by Kathy Flann 2. King Dork Approximately by Frank Portman 3. King Dork by Frank Portman 4. My Struggle: Book 1 by Karl Ove Knausgaard 5. First Bad Man: A Novel by Miranda July 6. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions And Disturbances by Neil Gaiman 7. Call of Cthulhu And Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft 8. The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir 9. The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami 10. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years of Pilgrimage: A Novel by Haruki Murakami 11. Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy 12. Wasp Factory: A Novel by Iain Banks 13. The Man In The High Castle by Philip K. Dick 14. Slade House: A Novel by David Mitchell 15. Wolf In White Van: A Novel by John Darnielle