[bksvol-discuss] This week's NY Times Bestsellers
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New York Times Bestseller List for week of 2/10-2/17
Hardcover Fiction
1. THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal
intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company
accused of dumping toxic waste.
2. DUMA KEY, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $28.) A Minnesota contractor moves to
Florida to recover from an injury and begins to create paintings with
mysterious power.
3. PLUM LUCKY, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin's, $17.95.) Stephanie's
grandmother finds a bag of cash and goes gambling in Atlantic City, pursued by
the money's owner.
4. SIZZLE AND BURN, by Jayne Ann Krentz. (Putnam, $24.95.) A member of the
Arcane Society, dedicated to paranormal research, helps a woman with psychic
powers.
5. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A
friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of
war.
6. WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett. (Dutton, $35.) Love and intrigue in
Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Follett's
"Pillars of the Earth."
7. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, by Geraldine Brooks. (Viking, $25.95.) A rare-book
expert unlocks the secrets of a medieval manuscript.
8. THE SENATOR'S WIFE, by Sue Miller. (Knopf, $24.95.) A woman lives with her
husband's persistent infidelity.
9. BEVERLY HILLS DEAD, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) Murder and political
intrigue during the Hollywood Red scare of the 1940s.
10. SWORD SONG, by Bernard Cornwell. (Harper, $25.95.) In this fourth volume
of the Saxon Tales, set in the late ninth century, Viking raiders have taken
over London.
11. BLASPHEMY, by Douglas Preston. (Tom Doherty/Forge, $25.95.) A C.I.A.
operative tracks scientists with a huge supercollider who are poised to
discover the secret of creation.
12. DOUBLE CROSS, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Alex Cross and
his new girlfriend, a police detective, confront a boastful Washington killer.
13. THE SHOOTERS, by W. E. B. Griffin. (Putnam, $26.95.) An Army officer on
the trail of a missing drug enforcement agent is undermined by the military and
intelligence communities.
14. T IS FOR TRESPASS, by Sue Grafton. (Putnam, $26.95.) Kinsey Millhone must
contend with a woman who has stolen a nurse's identity in order to take
advantage of Kinsey's elderly neighbor.
15. THE SECRET BETWEEN US, by Barbara Delinsky. (Doubleday, $25.95.) To
protect her daughter, a mother lies to the police about who was at the wheel
during a fatal accident.
16. THE PURRFECT MURDER, by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown. (Bantam,
$25.) Aided by her cats, a small-town Virginia woman investigates a murder.
17. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR, by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
18. TOMIC LOBSTER, by Tim Dorsey (Morrow)
19. STONE COLD, by David Baldacci (Grand Central)
20. PLAYING FOR PIZZA, by John Grisham (Doubleday)
21. CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central)
22. LIFE CLASS, by Pat Barker (Doubleday)
23. SIN NO MORE, by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Morrow)
24. THE 6 SACRED STONES, by Matthew Reilly (Simon & Schuster)
25. LIGHT OF THE MOON, by Luanne Rice (Bantam)
26. DARTH BANE: RULE OF TWO, by Drew Karpyshyn (Del Rey/ Ballantine)
27. SOMETHING ON THE SIDE, by Carl Weber (Dafina)
28. THE CONFESSOR, by Terry Goodkind (Tor/Tom Doherty)
29. THREE SHIRT DEAL, by Stephen J. Cannell (St. Martin's)
30. BLUE HEAVEN, by C.J. Box (St. Martin's)
31. THE SHELL GAME, by Steve Alten (Sweetwater)
32. HAND OF EVIL, by J.A. Jance (Touchstone)
33. THE COMMONER, by John Burnham Schwartz (Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday)
34. BLOOD DREAMS, by Kay Hooper (Bantam)
35. SHADOW MUSIC, by Julie Garwood (Ballantine)
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto
urges us to "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
2. AN INCONVENIENT BOOK, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions,
$26.) Beck's solutions to problems including global warming and political
correctness.
3. REAL CHANGE, by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler. (Regnery,
$27.95.) How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.
4. TOM CRUISE, by Andrew Morton. (St. Martin's, $25.95.) An unauthorized
biography of the movie star.
5. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul
Dinello, Allison Silverman et al. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom
of the mock pundit of Comedy Central's "Colbert Report."
6. LIBERAL FASCISM, by Jonah Goldberg. (Doubleday, $27.95.) This "alternative
history of American liberalism . reveals its roots in, and commonalities with,
classical fascism."
7. THIS REPUBLIC OF SUFFERING, by Drew Gilpin Faust. (Knopf, $27.95.) The
impact of the Civil War's enormous death toll, from the new president of
Harvard.
8. BORN STANDING UP, by Steve Martin. (Scribner, $25.) Martin, now a writer
and actor, recalls his years as a stand-up comedian, from the early 1960s to
1981.
9. ICEMAN, by Chuck Liddell with Chad Millman. (Dutton, $25.95.) A mixed
martial artist who competes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship describes
his life and his fights.
10. GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS, by Eric Weiner. (Twelve, $25.99.) A writer explores to
what degree an individual's happiness is intertwined with a shared geography
and culture.
11. QUIET STRENGTH, by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. (Tyndale, $26.99.) A
memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl (with the Indianapolis
Colts in 2007).
12. A LONG WAY GONE, by Ishmael Beah. (Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
$22.) Recollections of a former child soldier from Sierra Leone.
13. THE NINE, by Jeffrey Toobin. (Doubleday, $27.95.) A portrait of the
Supreme Court since the Reagan administration focuses on the influence of its
moderates.
14. FREE LUNCH, by David Cay Johnston. (Portfolio, $24.95.) How lobbyists and
lawyers have wangled government subsidies for the wealthy.
15. LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. (Little, Brown,
$24.99.) The only survivor of a Navy Seals operation in northern Afghanistan
describes his escape.
16. THE GREAT AWAKENING, by Jim Wallis. (HarperOne, $25.95.) Religious faith
as a force for fighting social problems like poverty and global warming.
17. MUSICOPHILIA, by Oliver Sacks (Knopf)
18. CLAPTON, by Eric Clapton (Broadway Books)
19. THE BUSH TRAGEDY, by Jacob Weisberg (Random House)
20. YOUR INNER FISH, by Neil Shubin (Pantheon)
21. FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow)
22. BOOM!, by Tom Brokaw (Random House)
23. HER LAST DEATH, by Susanna Sonnenberg (Scribner)
24. COMRADE J, by Pete Earley (Putnam)
25. CREATING A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY, by Muhammad Yunus with Karl Weber
(PublicAffairs)
26. THE WORLD WITHOUT US, by Alan Weisman (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's)
27. BLACK SWAN, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random House)
28. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE, by Alan Greenspan (Penguin Press)
29. MEMO TO THE PRESIDENT ELECT BY MADELEINE ALBRIGHT WITH BILL WOODWARD
(Harper)
30. THE HEROIN DIARIES, by Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins (Pocket)
31. RESCUING SPRITE, by Mark R. Levin (Pocket Books)
32. SLASH, by Slash with Anthony Bozza (Harper Entertainment)
33. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE, by Diane Ackerman (Norton)
34. THE MIDDLE PLACE, by Kelly Corrigan (Voice)
35. THE VIXEN DIARIES, by Karrine Steffans (Grand Central)
Hardcover Advice
1. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95.) The law of
attraction as a key to getting what you want.
2. HOW NOT TO LOOK OLD, by Charla Krupp. (Springboard, $25.99.) Advice from a
former beauty editor.
3. BECOME A BETTER YOU, by Joel Osteen. (Free Press, $25.) Seven keys to
living with joy.
4. YOU: STAYING YOUNG, by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz et al. (Free
Press, $26.) The principles of longevity and how to combat aging's effects.
5. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS, by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden.
(Collins/HarperCollins, $24.95.) Skipping stones, tying knots and other
essential activities - video games not included.
6. THE FOOD YOU CRAVE, by Ellie Krieger. (Taunton, $28.) Recipes with a focus
on fresh, healthy food, from the host of the Food Network's "Healthy Appetite."
7. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS, by Jessica Seinfeld. (Collins/HarperCollins,
$24.95.) Tips and recipes to fool children into eating right, from a mother of
three (and the wife of Jerry Seinfeld).
8. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS, by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz.
(Collins/HarperCollins, $24.95.) Stories and projects for adventure- seekers.
9. JIM CRAMER'S STAY MAD FOR LIFE, by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason. (Simon
& Schuster, $26.) The host of "Mad Money" on CNBC explains how to get rich and
stay rich.
10. TEMPLES ON THE OTHER SIDE, by Sylvia Browne. (Hay House, $25.95.) A
professed psychic describes spiritual sites from "beyond the veil."
11. 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss (Crown)
12. LIVING WELL, by Montel Williams with William Doyle (New American Library)
13. WOMEN & MONEY, by Suze Orman (Spiegel & Grau)
14. CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS, LIFE, by Wayne W. Dyer (Hay House)
15. HAPPY FOR NO REASON, by Marci Shimoff with Carol Kline (Free Press)
Children's PICTURE BOOKS
1. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.)
Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)
2. FIRST THE EGG, written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. (Neal
Porter/Roaring Brook, $14.95.) An egg becomes a chick; a tadpole becomes a
frog; a seed becomes a flower. (Ages 2 to 6)
3. FLAMINGOS ON THE ROOF, written and illustrated by Calef Brown. (Houghton
Mifflin, $16.) "Alphabet sherbet / Have you ever heard of it? / I bought myself
a gallon, / and ate about a third of it." Whimsical poems and paintings. (Ages
8 and up)
4. SMASH! CRASH!, by Jon Scieszka. Illustrated by David Shannon, Loren Long
and David Gordon. (Simon & Schuster, $16.99.) A truck named Jack and a dump
truck named Dan love to smash into things. (Ages 3 to 7)
5. FANCY NANCY, by Jane O'Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser.
(HarperCollins, $15.99.) A glamour girl takes her family out. (Ages 4 to 7)
6. STAR WARS POP-UP GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, by Matthew Reinhart. (Orchard,
$32.99.) A pop-up look at Luke, Leia, Lord Vader et al. (Ages 7 and up)
7. HENRY'S FREEDOM BOX, by Ellen Levine. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
(Scholastic, $16.99.) A young slave mails himself to freedom. (Ages 9 to 12)
8. KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO, written and illustrated by Mo Willems. (Hyperion,
$16.99.) One of Trixie's classmates has a bunny just like hers. (Ages 4 to 8)
9. ZEN TIES, written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth. (Scholastic, $17.99.) A
panda encourages his nephew and their friends to help a grouchy neighbor. (Ages
4 to 8)
10. MA! THERE'S NOTHING TO DO HERE!, by Barbara Park. Illustrated by Viviana
Garofoli. (Random House, $15.99.) A word from your baby-in-waiting. (Ages 4 to
Children's CHAPTER BOOKS
1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES, written and illustrated by Jeff
Kinney. (Amulet/Abrams, $12.95.) How Greg embarrassed himself on his summer
vacation (ask his older brother, Rodrick); a sequel to "Diary of a Wimpy Kid."
(Ages 9 to 12)
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.
(Amulet/Abrams, $12.95.) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 to
12)
3. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, written and illustrated by Brian Selznick.
(Scholastic, $22.99.) A novel "in words and pictures"; an orphaned thief must
decipher his father's last message. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. THE NIXIE'S SONG, by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. (Simon & Schuster,
$10.99.) Fire-breathing giants are on the rampage in Florida. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. DARK RIVER, by Erin Hunter. (HarperCollins, $16.99.) Cat warriors must
choose between good and evil; Book 2 of a Warriors fantasy series. (Ages 9 to
12)
6. GOOD MASTERS! SWEET LADIES!, by Laura Amy Schlitz. Illustrated by Robert
Byrd. (Candlewick, $19.99.) Voices from a medieval village. (Ages 12 and up)
7. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie.
Illustrated by Ellen Forney. (Little, Brown, $16.99.) A boy leaves his
reservation for an all-white school. (Ages 12 and up)
8. ELIJAH OF BUXTON, by Christopher Paul Curtis. (Scholastic, $16.99.) A boy
born to runaway slaves in Canada pursues a thief back to America. (Ages 9 to 12)
9. TUNNELS, by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. (Chicken House/Scholastic,
$17.99.) A boy looks for his father in a world beneath London. (Ages 12 and up)
10. WE ARE THE SHIP, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson. (Jump at the
Sun/Hyperion, $18.99.) The story of Negro League baseball. (Ages 8 and up)
Children's PAPERBACK BOOKS
1. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf, $11.99.) A girl saves books from
Nazi book-burnings and shares them with a Jewish man. (Ages 14 and up)
2. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by
Bagram Ibatoulline. (Candlewick, $9.99.) A china rabbit learns about loss.
(Ages 8 to 12)
3. DULCIE'S TASTE OF MAGIC, by Gail Herman. (RH/Disney, $5.99.) Ordered to
take a vacation, a baking fairy discovers an ancient cake recipe. (Ages 4 to 8)
4. I'D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU, by Ally Carter.
(Hyperion, $8.99.) A girl in spy school falls for a local boy. (Ages 12 and up)
5. THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: THE FURY AND DARK REUNION, by L. J. Smith.
(HarperTeen, $8.99.) A girl is torn between two vampire brothers. (Ages 12 and
up)
6. ELDEST, by Christopher Paolini. (Knopf, $12.99.) Eragon in the land of
elves; Book 2 in the Inheritance trilogy. (Ages 12 and up)
7. THE WATER HORSE, by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by David Parkins.
(Yearling, $5.50.) The legend of the Loch Ness monster's origins. (Ages 9 to 12)
8. PRINCESS ACADEMY, by Shannon Hale. (Bloomsbury, $7.95.) A mountain girl
hopes she will be chosen as the prince's bride-to-be. (Ages 9 to 12)
9. BURNED, by Ellen Hopkins. (Simon Pulse, $9.99.) A Mormon girl questions her
faith and challenges her abusive father, in free verse. (Ages 14 and up)
10. THE LOOKING GLASS WARS, by Frank Beddor. (Speak, $8.99.) Alyss in
Wonderland: a girl fights for her throne. (Ages 12 and up)
Children's SERIES BOOKS
1. THE TWILIGHT SAGA, by Stephenie Meyer. (Megan Tingley/Little Brown,
hardcover and paperback.) Vampires and werewolves in high school. (Ages 12 and
up)
2. THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES, by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. (Simon &
Schuster, hardcover only.) Siblings find a hidden world. (Ages 6 to 10)
3. JUNIE B., FIRST GRADER, by Barbara Park. Illustrated by Denise Brunkus.
(Stepping Stone/Random House, hardcover and paper.) School antics. (Ages 4 to 8)
4. MAXIMUM RIDE, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, hardcover and paperback.)
Winged children try to save the world. (Ages 10 and up)
5. HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling. (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, hardcover and
paperback.) A boy wizard hones his skills and fights evil. (Ages 10 and up)
6. THE GEMMA DOYLE TRILOGY, by Libba Bray. (Delacorte, hardcover and
paperback.) A student jumps from her world to a magical realm. (Ages 12 and up)
7. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Miramax, hardcover and
paperback.) Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)
8. HIS DARK MATERIALS, by Philip Pullman. (Knopf/Yearling, hardcover and
paperback.) A girl uncovers a conspiracy bridging worlds. (Ages 10 and up)
9. THE ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES, by Anthony Horowitz. (Philomel/Speak, hardcover
and paperback.) A boy spy in his father's footsteps. (Ages 10 and up)
10. MAGIC TREE HOUSE, by Mary Pope Osborne. Illustrated by Sal Murdocca.
(Stepping Stone/Random House, hardcover and paperback.) Children travel in
time. (Ages 6 to 9)
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
1. TREASURES, by Nora Roberts. (Silhouette, $7.99.) A reprint of two novels:
"Secret Star" and "Treasures Lost, Treasures Found."
2. SNOWFALL AT WILLOW LAKE, by Susan Wiggs. (Mira, $7.99.) A high-powered
lawyer survives a hostage crisis and returns home to family - and passion.
3. VAMPIRES ARE FOREVER, by Lynsay Sands. (Avon, $6.99.) A woman starts to
suspect that her sexy business associate isn't quite mortal.
4. THE WATCHMAN, by Robert Crais. (Pocket Star, $7.99.) A former Los Angeles
police officer becomes the bodyguard of a troubled heiress marked for death.
5. BLAZE, by Richard Bachman. (Pocket Books, $9.99.) An early Stephen King
novel - Bachman is his alias - here revised.
6. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, by Ken Follett. (Signet, $7.99.) Murder, arson
and lust surround the building of a 12th-century cathedral; a reprint of the
1989 novel.
7. PLUM LOVIN', by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin's, $6.99.) A mysterious man in
Stephanie Plum's life helps her track down a matchmaker who skipped bail.
8. ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan. (Anchor, $7.99.) A chronicle of the
disintegration of an English family's idyllic life.
9. SISTERS, by Danielle Steel. (Dell, $7.99.) After a family tragedy, four
sisters with very different lives decide to share a Manhattan brownstone.
10. THE FAITHFUL SPY, by Alex Berenson. (Jove, $9.99.) A C.I.A. operative who
infiltrated Al Qaeda before 9/11 comes back from the mountains of Pakistan to
warn of a planned terrorist attack.
11. WHITETHORN WOODS, by Maeve Binchy. (Anchor, $7.99.) A proposed highway
threatens an Irish village.
12. THREE IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. (Berkley, $7.99.) A reprint of three
stories - "Interlude in Death," "Midnight in Death" and "Haunted in Death" - by
Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
13. THE OVERLOOK, by Michael Connelly. (Vision, $7.99.) The Los Angeles
detective Harry Bosch tangles with the F.B.I. and Homeland Security.
14. THE UNDEAD NEXT DOOR, by Kerrelyn Sparks. (Avon, $6.99.) A woman dreams of
"happily ever after" with a handsome stranger who happens to have some very odd
habits.
15. KILLING FEAR, by Allison Brennan. (Ballantine, $6.99.) A serial killer on
the loose from prison seeks vengeance against the cop and the stripper who put
him behind bars.
16. THE MURDER GAME, by Beverly Barton. (Zebra, $6.99.) A private investigator
and an F.B.I. agent tracking a serial killer become entangled in his sadistic
plot.
17. THE SHAPE SHIFTER, by Tony Hillerman. (Harper, $9.99.) Lt. Joe Leaphorn, a
tribal detective, tracks down an antique Navajo rug with a complicated history.
18. KEY LIME PIE MURDER, by Joanne Fluke. (Kensington, $6.99.) A bake-contest
judge is found dead, and Hannah Swensen must coax out the killer.
19. NEXT, by Michael Crichton. (Harper/HarperCollins, $9.99.) The author of
"Jurassic Park" describes a not-too-distant future when genetic engineering
runs amok.
20. DADDY'S GIRL, by Lisa Scottoline. (Harper/ HarperCollins, $7.99.) A law
professor caught in a prison riot must defend herself when she is unjustly
accused of murder.
21. THE SUSPECT, by John Lescroart (Signet)
22. IN THE HIGHLANDER'S BED, by Cathy Maxwell (Avon)
23. TO PLEASURE A LADY, by Nicole Jordan (Ballanitne)
24. SECRETS OF THE HIGHLANDER, by Janet Chapman (Pocket Star)
25. I AM LEGEND, by Richard Matheson (Tor/Tom Doherty)
26. TO CATCH A HIGHLANDER, by Karen Hawkins (Pocket)
27. PUSS 'N CAHOOTS, by Rita Mae Brown (Bantam)
28. THE MANNING SISTERS, by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
29. BLOOD BROTHERS, by Nora Roberts (Jove)
30. IRON KISSED, by Patricia Briggs (Ace)
31. THE MACHIAVELLI COVENANT, by Allan Folsom (Forge)
32. MINE TO POSSESS, by Nalini Singh (Berkley)
33. WIZARD'S DAUGHTER, by Catherine Coulter (Jove)
34. THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, by Philippa Gregory (Pocket Star)
35. BELOW THE SURFACE, by Karen Harper (Mira)
Paperback Trade Fiction
1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, by Ken Follett. (New American Library, $24.95 and
$20.) Murder, arson and lust surround the building of a cathedral.
2. ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan. (Anchor, $14.95.) A chronicle of the
disintegration of an English family's idyllic life.
3. THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $15.95 and $14.) An
Afghan-American returns to Kabul to learn how a childhood friend has fared
under the Taliban.
4. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin, $13.95.) A young man - and
an elephant - save a Depression-era circus.
5. THE 6TH TARGET, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Grand Central,
$14.99.) Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club investigate the
disappearance of several children in San Francisco.
6. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB, by Kate Jacobs. (Berkley, $14.) A group of
women meet weekly at a New York City yarn shop.
7. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA, by Gabriel García Márquez. (Vintage
International, $14.95.) A Colombian poet's love for a woman is tested.
8. THE ROAD, by Cormac McCarthy. (Vintage, $14.95.) A father and son travel in
post-apocalypse America.
9. BODY SURFING, by Anita Shreve. (Back Bay, $14.99.) A woman takes a job as a
tutor and becomes involved in a wealthy family's tensions and rivalries.
10. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, by Cormac McCarthy. (Vintage, $14.) Mayhem ensues
in this reissued novel after a West Texas man stumbles upon $2 million in drug
money - and decides to keep it.
11. THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, by Philippa Gregory. (Touchstone, $16.) A tale of
courtly intrigue starring Henry VIII and Mary and Anne Boleyn.
12. THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. (HarperOne, $13.95.) A Spanish shepherd
boy travels to Egypt in search of treasure.
13. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER, by Kim Edwards. (Penguin, $14.) A doctor's
decision to secretly send his newborn daughter, who has Down syndrome, to an
institution haunts everyone involved.
14. SUITE FRANÇAISE, by Irène Némirovsky. (Vintage, $14.95.) Two novellas,
which came to light more than 50 years after the author's death at Auschwitz.
15. THE GATHERING, by Anne Enright. (Black Cat/Grove, $14.) A middle-aged
woman struggles to come to terms with the suicide of her brother; the winner of
the 2007 Man Booker Prize.
16. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN, by Claire Messud. (Vintage, $14.95.) Privileged
30-somethings try to make their way in literary New York just before 9/11.
17. PS, I LOVE YOU, by Cecelia Ahern. (Hyperion, $13.95.) A young widow
performs a series of tasks laid out in a package of letters written by her
husband.
18. THOSE WHO SAVE US, by Jenna Blum. (Harvest, $14.) A professor of German
history investigates what really went on in her mother's life in Germany during
World War II.
19. OIL!, by Upton Sinclair. (Penguin, $15.) Sinclair's 1927 novel of greed,
corruption and class warfare during the Southern California oil boom.
20. SOMEDAY, by Karen Kingsbury. (Tyndale House, $13.99) The pressures of
celebrity life and family struggles are explored in Book 3 of the Sunrise
Series.
21. THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE, by Phillipa Gregory (Touchstone)
22. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN, by Lisa See (Random House)
23. THE THIRTEENTH TALE, by Diane Setterfield (Washington Square)
24. TAMING NATASHA AND LURING A LADY, by Nora Roberts (Silhouette)
25. WHAT IS THE WHAT, by Dave Eggers (Vintage)
26. AM LEGEND, by Richard Matheson (Tor/Tom Doherty)
27. MIDDLESEX, by Jeffrey Eugenides (Picador)
28. HEART OF TEXAS VOL. 3, by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
29. DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks (Warner)
30. MY SISTER'S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square)
31. LOST & FOUND, by Jacqueline Sheehan (Avon)
32. SHOPAHOLIC AND BABY, by Sophie Kinsella (Dial)
33. NINETEEN MINUTES, by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square)
34. BIG BONED, by Meg Cabot (Avon)
35. EXTREME DANGER, by Shannon McKenna (Brava)
Paperback Nonfiction
1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin, $15.) A writer's yearlong
journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia.
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Penguin,
$15.) A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
3. THE GIFT OF FEAR, by Gavin de Becker. (Delta, $15; Dell, $7.99.) Intuitive
signals that can protect us from becoming the victims of violence.
4. THE INNOCENT MAN, by John Grisham. (Delta, $16; Dell, $7.99.) Grisham's
first nonfiction book concerns a man wrongly sentenced to death.
5. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama. (Three Rivers, $14.95.) The Illinois
senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political divisions.
6. INTO THE WILD, by Jon Krakauer. (Anchor, $12.95.) A man's obsession with
the wilderness ends in tragedy.
7. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER, by Barack Obama. (Three Rivers, $13.95.) The senator
on life as the son of a black African father and a white American mother.
8. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scrib ner, $15.) The author recalls
a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings moved constantly.
9. 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. (Revell, $12.99.) A
minister on the otherworldly experience he had after an accident.
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin, $16.) Tracking dinner
from the soil to the plate, a journalist juggles appetite and conscience.
11. CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, by George Crile. (Grove, $14.95; $14.) A chronicle
of a congressman's efforts in the 1980s to steer billions to the anti-Soviet
side in Afghanistan.
12. THE GOD DELUSION, by Richard Dawkins. (Mariner, $15.95.) An Oxford
scientist asserts that belief in God is irrational.
13. THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.95.)
A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads.
14. THE WORLD IS FLAT, by Thomas L. Friedman. (Picador, $16.) A new edition of
the Times columnist's analysis of 21st-century economics and foreign policy.
15. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, by Jean-Dominique Bauby. (Vintage,
$12.95; $11.95.) After a debilitating stroke, the editor of French Elle
composed this memoir by communicating with his left eye.
16. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max. (Citadel, $12.95.)
Reflections of a self-absorbed, drunken womanizer.
17. BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $15.99.) The
importance of instinct.
18. A WHOLE NEW MIND, by Daniel H. Pink. (Riverhead, $15.) Why right-brainers
will rule the future.
19. THE PORTABLE ATHEIST, edited by Christopher Hitchens. (Da Capo, $17.50.)
Dozens of readings for nonbelievers, by voices past and present.
20. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, by Daniel J. Levitin. (Plume, $15.) A
rocker-turned-neuroscientist on the connection between music and human nature.
21. KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL, by Deborah Rodriguez with Kristin Ohlson (Random
House)
22. SMOKE, MIRRORS, AND MURDER, by Ann Rule (Pocket)
23. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson (Vintage)
24. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION, by Sam Harris (Vintage)
25. THE LANGUAGE OF GOD, by Francis S. Collins (Free Press)
26. BETTER, by Atul Gawande (Picador)
27. CHOSEN BY A HORSE, by Susan Richards (Harcourt)
28. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS, by Tracy Kidder (Random House)
29. THE END OF FAITH, by Sam Harris (Norton)
30. THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF, by Norman Doidge (Penguin)
31. KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL, by Anthony Bourdain (Harper Perennial)
32. THE END OF AMERICA, by Naomi Wolf (Chelsea Green)
33. THIS I BELIEVE, edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman with John Gregory
and Viki Merrick (Holt)
34. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID, by Bill Bryson (Broadway)
35. LAST CHILD IN THE WOODS, by Richard Louv (Algonquin)
Paperback Advice
1. A NEW EARTH, by Eckhart Tolle. (Plume, $14.) A spiritual teacher prescribes
letting go of the ego to help end conflict and suffering.
2. SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. (Running Press, $13.95.)
Vegan diet advice from the world of modeling.
3. THE POWER OF NOW, by Eckhart Tolle. (New World Library, $14.) A guide to
personal growth and spiritual enlightenment.
4. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg
and Sandee Hathaway. (Workman, $13.95.) Advice for parents-to-be. (?)
5. THE WISDOM OF MENOPAUSE, by Christiane Northrup. (Bantam, $20.) How
menopause offers opportunities for renewal.
6. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield, $13.99.) How to
communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.
7. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2008, edited by C. Alan Joyce. (World
Almanac, $12.99.) The latest edition of the desk reference.
8. BODY DRAMA, by Nancy Amanda Redd. (Gotham, $20.) A frank, non-airbrushed
guide to how women's bodies should actually look, feel and change.
9. GETTING THINGS DONE, by David Allen. (Penguin, $15.) A productivity
consultant on how to keep stress at bay through personal organization and time
management.
10. SKINNY BITCH IN THE KITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. (Running
Press, $14.95.) Vegan recipes from the authors of "Skinny Bitch."
11. THE BEST LIFE DIET, by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster)
12. RICH DAD, POOR DAD, by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner)
13. THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE, by Stephen R. Covey (Free Press)
14. THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE, by Rick Warren (Zondervan)
15. GOTCHA CAPITALISM, by Bob Sullivan (Ballantine)
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