MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for May. A Short Season, recounting the life of Josiah Viera, a baseball-loving youth battling progeria, climbed back to the top spot. Recently released The Most Hated Man in America: Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgment by Mark Pendergrast took the 2nd spot. The biography of Eddie Plank, Gettysburg Eddie, was 3rd. Lawrence Knorr (and Bang) also took the 24th spot with The BANG Story. Doug Beed's Vietnam memoir Chasing Understanding in the Jungles of Vietnam was 4th. Michael Hawley nabbed 5th place with his exceptional investigation of Jack the Ripper: Jack the Ripper Suspect Dr. Francis Tumblety. Joe Regenbogen’s The Boys from Brookdale, about a group of WW2 veterans at the same nursing home, was #6. Cheryl Brooks' Chicken Bone Beach grabbed 7th. Sheldon Munn moved up to 8th place with his Freemasons at Gettysburg. Former Congressman Jason Altmire fell to 9th with his political book Dead Center, seeking to end the partisan divide in US politics. Mike Campbell's mainstay Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last rounded out the top ten. John L. Moore took ten of the fifteen lower positions with his Frontier Pennsylvania series and Revolutionary Pennsylvania series books.

SUNBURY PRESS - Bestsellers for May 2018 (by Revenue)
Rank	Prior	Title	Author	Category
1	2	A Short Season	Jake Gronsky & David Bohner	Sports Memoir
2	6	The Most Hated Man in America: Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgment	Mark Pendergrast	Legal History
3	4	Gettysburg Eddie	Lawrence Knorr	Baseball
4	13	Chasing Understanding in the Jungles of Vietnam	Doug Beed	Military Memoir
5	12	Jack the Ripper Suspect Dr. Francis Tumblety	Michael Hawley	True Crime
6	5	The Boys from Brookdale	Joe Regenbogen	Biography
7	15	Chicken Bone Beach	Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks	History
8	11	Freemasons at Gettysburg	Sheldon Munn	History
9	1	Dead Center	Jason Altmire	Politics
10	10	Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, 2nd Ed.	Mike Campbell	History
11	7	Call Sign Dracula	Joe Fair	Military Memoir
12	8	Fifty Years in a Fox Hole	Charles Kniffen	Military Memoir
13	--	Scorched Earth: General Sullivan and the Senecas	John L. Moore	History
14	24	Tories, Terror, and Tea	John L. Moore	History
15	20	Dreams of My Comrades: The Story of MM1C Murray Jacobs	Scott Zuckerman	Military Memoir
16	21	Cannons, Cattle, and Campfires	John L. Moore	History
17	18	Bows, Bullets, and Bears	John L. Moore	History
18	19	Forts, Forests, and Flintlocks	John L. Moore	History
19	22	Pioneers, Prisoners, and Peacepipes	John L. Moore	History
20	23	Rivers, Raiders, and Renegades	John L. Moore	History
21	--	Settlers, Soldiers, and Scalps	John L. Moore	History
22	--	Traders, Travelers, and Tomahawks	John L. Moore	History
23	--	Warriors, Wampum, and Wolves	John L. Moore	History
24	--	The BANG Story	Lawrence Knorr & BANG	Music History
25	--	Pit Bulls	Anthony Julian	History

A Short Season was helped by broad interest across the country. Pendergrast's book was boosted by ongoing interest. Knorr’s baseball books were helped by seasonal interest and recent promotions by the band. The rest were helped by online search, local bookstore sales, and author activities.