The Book Cellar, 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, 773-293-2665
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, $27.99): The latest and final book in the series about the boy wizard.
2. Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America’s Soul by Karen Abbott (Random House, $25.95): Sex and opulence in turn-of-the-century Chicago.
3. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, $13.95 paper): A Depression-era novel about a traveling circus train, by a Chicago-area writer.
4. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95 paper): A true story of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago and a serial killer at its fringes.
s5. The Little Girl and the Cigarette by Benoit Duteurtre (Melville House, $14.95 paper): A satire involving the death penalty and smoking bans.
