St. Louis' indie booksellers have compiled a best-seller list for 2011, led  by "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett.

This list counts in-store sales, not event sales (although Stockett did come to town last year before the release of the movie based on her mega-selling novel).

Here's what St. Louis booksellers say were the year's top sellers in the country's 8th most literate city:

For adults

1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

2. "Go the **** to Sleep" by Adam Mansbach

3. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

4. "A Visit from the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan

5. "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" by Helen Simonson

6. "Heaven Is for Real" by Todd Burpo

7. "Room" by Emma Donoghue

8. "Noir at the Bar" edited by Jedidiah Ayres and Scott Phillips

9. "The Light Bringer" by Chris DiGiuseppe and Mike Force

10. "Finally, a Locally Produced Guidebook to St. Louis by and for St. Louisans... " by Amanda E. Doyle

For Children/Young Adults

1. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

2. "Catching Fire' by Suzanne Collins

3. "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

4. "Silverlicious" by Victoria Kann

5. "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

6. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever" by Jeff Kinney

7. "The Emerald Atlas" by John Stevens

8. "First Kill" by Brewer

9. "A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea" by Michael Ian Beck

10. "Floors" by Patrick Carman