5:41, Globe, KC Star tornado books top Amazon charts

Our 5:41: Stories from the Joplin Tornado continued to be the top ranked book about the May 22, 2011, disaster, but just barely over the Joplin Globe's 32 Minutes in May.

The third-ranked book was the Kansas City Star's Joplin 5:41.

1. 5:41: Stories from the Joplin Tornado, Randy Turner and John Hacker, 124,944
2. 32 Minutes in May, Joplin Globe 127,749
3. Joplin 5:41, Kansas City Star, 291,457
4. When the Storm Passes, Julie Jett 986,16
5. Joplin: Miracle of the Human Spirit, Mark Rohr  1,276,152
6. 5/22: Stories of Survival, Stories of Faith, Scott Hettinger, 1,682,404
7. Joplin Tornado House of Hope, Tim Bartow, 1,691,710
8. Spirit of Hope: The Year After the Joplin Tornado, Randy Turner and John Hacker 1,727,376
9. Scars from the Tornado: One Year at Joplin East Middle School, Randy Turner 2,350,485
10. Singing Over Me, Danielle Stammer 2,387,036
11. Mayday in Joplin, Donald Clugston, 4,421,169

A couple of the books that had previously been listed are no longer available in paperback from Amazon, though Kindle versions remain available of Mike Smith's When the Sirens Were Silent, and Kathryn Sandlin's EF5 at 5:35.