[bksvol-discuss] Re: This week's NY Times bestsellers
- From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 07:39:46 -0500
We’re really good, folks! I pulled off about fifteen books from this list
that I’d be interested in scanning and all but two were already in the
collection! I’ll hold on to these and if no one scans them by the time I
place my next book order, I’ll get them. At present I have quite a shelf of
books awaiting my attention!
Donna S
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] This week's NY Times bestsellers
New York Times Bestseller List for week of 2/3-2/10
Hardcover Fiction
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, by Geraldine Brooks. (Viking, $25.95.) A rare-book
expert unlocks the secrets of a medieval manuscript.
4. 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.
5. 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.”
6. BEVERLY HILLS DEAD, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) Murder and
political intrigue during the Hollywood Red scare of the 1940s.
7. THE SENATOR’S WIFE, by Sue Miller. (Knopf, $24.95.) A woman lives with
her husband’s persistent infidelity.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. DOUBLE CROSS, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Alex Cross
and his new girlfriend, a police detective, confront a boastful Washington
killer.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $27.) A woman
who rescues golden retrievers and one special dog are shadowed by an evil
stranger.
15. STONE COLD, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $26.99.) Members of
Washington’s Camel Club are being stalked to prevent them from uncovering
government secrets.
16. SIN NO MORE, by Kimberla Lawson Roby. (Morrow, $23.95.) The Rev. Curtis
Black tries to mend his ways.
Also Selling
17. BLOOD DREAMS, by Kay Hooper (Bantam)
18. ATOMIC LOBSTER, by Tim Dorsey (Morrow)
19. THE CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central)
20. PLAYING FOR PIZZA, by John Grisham (Doubleday)
21. SHADOW MUSIC, by Julie Garwood (Ballantine)
22. CONFESSOR, by Terry Goodkind (Tor/Tom Doherty)
23. THREE SHIRT DEAL, by Stephen J. Cannell (St. Martin's)
24. THE 6 SACRED STONES, by Matthew Reilly (Simon & Schuster)
25. DARTH BANE: RULE OF TWO, by Drew Karpyshyn (Del Rey/Ballantine)
26. BLUE HEAVEN, by C.J. Box (St. Martin's)
27. THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL, by Steve Berry (Ballantine)
28. PROTECT AND DEFEND, by Vince Flynn (Atria)
29. HAND OF EVIL, by J.A. Jance (Touchstone)
30. THE CHASE, by Clive Cussler (Putnam)
31. CAPITOL CONSPIRACY, by William Bernhardt (Ballantine)
32. BLEEDING KANSAS, by Sara Paretsky (Putnam)
33. THE COMMONER, by John Burnham Schwartz (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday)
34. OUT STEALING HORSES, by Per Petterson (Graywolf)
35. BOOK OF THE DEAD, by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)
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. TOM CRUISE, by Andrew Morton. (St. Martin’s, $25.95.) An unauthorized
biography of the movie star.
4. 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.
5. FREE LUNCH, by David Cay Johnston. (Portfolio, $24.95.) How lobbyists
and lawyers have wangled government subsidies for the wealthy.
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. 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.”
8. 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.
9. 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).
10. THE GREAT AWAKENING, by Jim Wallis. (HarperOne, $25.95.) How religious
faith can be a force for fighting social problems like poverty and global
warming.
11. STRONG AT THE BROKEN PLACES, by Richard M. Cohen. (Harper, $24.95.) A
journalist profiles five people who live with chronic illness.
12. 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.
13. THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE, by Diane Ackerman. (Norton, $23.95.) How a Warsaw
couple sheltered Jews and members of the Resistance during World War II.
14. BORN STANDING UP, by Steve Martin. (Scribner, $25.) Martin, now a
writer and actor, recalls his years as a standup comedian, from the early
1960s to 1981.
15. 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.
16. 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.
Also Selling
17. BOOM!, by Tom Brokaw (Random House)
18. CREATING A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY, by Muhammad Yunus with Karl Weber
(PublicAffairs)
19. HER LAST DEATH, by Susanna Sonnenberg (Scribner)
20. THE HEROIN DIARIES, by Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins (Pocket)
21. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE, by Alan Greenspan (Penguin Press)
22. SLASH, by Slash with Anthony Bozza (Harper Entertainment)
23. A LONG WAY GONE, by Ishmael Beah (Sara Crichton/Farrar, Straus &
Giroux)
24. YOUR INNER FISH, by Neil Shubin (Pantheon)
25. MEMO TO THE PRESIDENT ELECT, by Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward
(Harper)
26. THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE WORLD, by Mark Booth (Overlook)
27. CLAPTON, by Eric Clapton (Broadway Books)
28. RESCUING SPRITE, by Mark R. Levin (Pocket Books)
29. THE WORLD WITHOUT US, by Alan Weisman (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's)
30. FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow)
31. THE BUSH TRAGEDY, by Jacob Weisberg (Random House)
32. THE BLACK SWAN, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random House)
33. MUSICOPHILIA, by Oliver Sacks (Knopf)
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. 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.”
3. BECOME A BETTER YOU, by Joel Osteen. (Free Press, $25.) Seven keys to
living with joy.
4. HOW NOT TO LOOK OLD, by Charla Krupp. (Springboard, $25.99.) Advice from
a former beauty editor.
5. 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.
6. 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).
7. HAPPY FOR NO REASON, by Marci Shimoff with Carol Kline. (Free Press,
$24.95.) How to experience happiness no matter what’s going on in your life.
8. 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.
9. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS, by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz.
(Collins/HarperCollins, $24.95.) Stories and projects for adventure-seekers.
10. LIVING WELL, by Montel Williams with William Doyle. (New American
Library, $24.95.) Recommendations for diet, exercise and outlook.
Also Selling
11. 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss (Crown)
12. SPECTRUM, by Dean Ornish (Ballantine)
13. CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS, LIFE, by Wayne W. Dyer (Hay House)
14. JIM CRAMER'S STAY MAD FOR LIFE, by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason
(Simon & Schuster)
15. WOMEN & MONEY, by Suze Orman (Spiegel & Grau)
Children's Books
Children’s PICTURE BOOKS
1. 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)
2. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman,
$12.95.) Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)
3. 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)
4. GIMME CRACKED CORN AND I WILL SHARE, written and illustrated by Kevin
O’Malley. (Walker, $16.95.) Chickens cross the road. (Ages 4 to 8)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. THE ARRIVAL, by Shaun Tan. (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, $19.99.) An
immigrant makes a new life for himself; a story in pictures. (Ages 10 and
up)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. THE WALL, written and illustrated by Peter Sis. (Frances Foster/Farrar,
Straus & Giroux, $18.) Growing up behind the Iron Curtain. (Ages 8 and up)
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. 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)
5. 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)
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. AIRMAN, by Eoin Colfer. (Hyperion, $17.99.) A boy, wrongly jailed, plans
to escape by building a flying machine. (Ages 12 and up)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. THE LUXE, by Anna Godbersen. (Harper Teen, $17.99.) Intrigue among
Manhattan’s young social set, circa 1899. (Ages 14 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 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)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. PRETTIES, by Scott Westerfeld. (Simon Pulse, $7.99.) A girl struggles to
regain her intelligence after joining the in crowd; second in a series.
(Ages 12 and up)
9. ELDEST, by Christopher Paolini. (Knopf, $12.99.) Eragon in the land of
elves; Book 2 in the Inheritance trilogy. (Ages 12 and up)
10. 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)
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. 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)
4. HIS DARK MATERIALS, by Philip Pullman. (Knopf/Yearling, hardcover and
paperback.) A girl uncovers a conspiracy bridging worlds. (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. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Miramax, hardcover and
paperback.) Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)
7. 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)
8. THE ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES, by Anthony Horowitz. (Philomel/Speak,
hardcover and paperback.) A boy spy in his father’s footsteps. (Ages 10 and
up)
9. JUNIE B., FIRST GRADER, by Barbara Park. Illustrated by Denise Brunkus.
(Stepping Stone/Random House, hardcover and paper.) School antics. (Ages 4
to 8)
10. SKIPPYJON JONES, written and illustrated by Judy Schachner.
(Dutton/Puffin, hardcover and paperback.) A Siamese kitten unlooses his
imagination. (Ages 3 to 6)
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
1. 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.
2. THE OVERLOOK, by Michael Connelly. (Vision, $7.99.) The Los Angeles
detective Harry Bosch tangles with the F.B.I. and Homeland Security.
3. ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan. (Anchor, $7.99.) A chronicle of the
disintegration of an English family’s idyllic life.
4. 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.
5. I AM LEGEND, by Richard Matheson. (Tor/Tom Doherty, $7.99.) In this
reissued horror novel, plague survivors, turned into vampires, seek to
destroy the one man who appears immune to the disease.
6. THE SUSPECT, by John Lescroart. (Signet, $9.99.) A lawyer defending a
man accused of killing his wife begins to have doubts about him.
7. NEXT, by Michael Crichton. (Harper/HarperCollins, $9.99.) The author of
“Jurassic Park” describes a not-too-distant future when genetic engineering
runs amok.
8. MORNING LIGHT, by Catherine Anderson. (Signet, $7.99.) A woman with
second sight and a handsome rancher team up to save a lost boy.
9. IRON KISSED, by Patricia Briggs. (Ace, $7.99.) When her mentor is
arrested for murder, a shapeshifting auto mechanic must clear his name.
10. BLOOD BROTHERS, by Nora Roberts. (Jove, $7.99.) Three friends and an
author in search of a story unite against an eerie terror.
11. THE MANNING SISTERS, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $7.99.) City sisters
meet a rancher and a sheriff in two novels first published in 1990.
12. 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.
13. BLAZE, by Richard Bachman. (Pocket Books, $9.99.) An early Stephen King
novel — Bachman is his alias — here revised.
14. CROSS, by James Patterson. (Grand Central, $9.99.) Alex Cross, retired
from the F.B.I., has a chance to track a rapist who may have murdered his
wife.
15. SHADOW DANCE, by Julie Garwood. (Ballantine, $7.99.) A businesswoman
encounters danger and romance while investigating an ancient Scottish feud.
16. THE MACHIAVELLI COVENANT, by Allan Folsom. (Forge, $9.99.) A former
detective, a French photojournalist and the president of the United States
defy a cabal that takes its inspiration from an evil addendum to “The
Prince.”
17. THE HUNTERS, by W. E. B. Griffin. (Jove, $9.99.) An Army officer seeks
the killers of a shady American diplomat murdered in Uruguay.
18. TO CATCH A HIGHLANDER, by Karen Hawkins. (Pocket, $7.50.) After her
father loses the family estate to a Highland lord, a woman stakes her virtue
on winning it back.
19. 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.
20. TREASURES, by Nora Roberts. (Silhouette, $7.99.) A reprint of two
novels: “Secret Star” and “Treasures Lost, Treasures Found.”
Also Selling
21. STALEMATE, by Iris Johansen (Bantam)
22. HIDE AND SEEK, by Fern Michaels (Zebra)
23. THE ALEXANDRIA LINK, by Steve Berry (Ballanitne)
24. WIZARD'S DAUGHTER, by Catherine Coulter (Jove)
25. ONE LAST SCREAM, by Kevin O'Brien (Pinnacle)
26. UNNATURAL EXPOSURE, by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley)
27. OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, by Philippa Gregory (Pocket Star)
28. THE CAT WHO HAD 60 WHISKERS, by Lilian Jackson Braun (Jove)
29. OFF ARMAGEDDON REEF, by David Weber (Tor)
30. TREASURE OF KHAN, by Clive Cussler with Dirk Cussler (Berkley)
31. WILD FIRE, by Nelson DeMille (Vision)
32. THE ACCIDENTAL VAMPIRE, by Lynsay Sands (Avon)
33. SOMEONE TO LOVE, by Jude Deveraux (Pocket Star)
34. THE DEVIL'S WEB, by Mary Balogh (Dell)
35. SNOWFALL AT WILLOW LAKE, by Susan Wiggs (Mira)
Paperback Trade Fiction
1. ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan. (Anchor, $14.95.) A chronicle of the
disintegration of an English family’s idyllic life.
2. 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.
3. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin, $13.95.) A young man —
and an elephant — save a Depression-era circus.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB, by Kate Jacobs. (Berkley, $14.) A group
of women meet weekly at a New York City yarn shop.
8. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA, by Gabriel García Márquez. (Vintage
International, $14.95.) A Colombian poet’s love for a woman is tested.
9. THE ROAD, by Cormac McCarthy. (Vintage, $14.95.) A father and son travel
in post-apocalypse America.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. (HarperOne, $13.95.) A Spanish shepherd
boy travels to Egypt in search of treasure.
13. THE THIRTEENTH TALE, by Diane Setterfield. (Washington Square, $15.) A
biographer struggles to discover the truth about an aging writer who has
mythologized her past.
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 OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, by Philippa Gregory. (Touchstone, $16.) A tale
of courtly intrigue starring Henry VIII and Mary and Anne Boleyn.
16. THE GATHERING, by Anne Enright. (Black Cat/Grove, $14.) A middle-aged
woman struggles to come to terms with the suicide of her brother.
17. I AM LEGEND, by Richard Matheson. (Tor/Tom Doherty, $14.95.) In this
reissued horror novel, plague survivors, turned into vampires, seek to
destroy the one man who appears immune to the disease.
18. 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.
19. TAMING NATASHA AND LURING A LADY, by Nora Roberts. (Silhouette,
$14.95.) A single father falls for a former ballet dancer, and an heiress
lusts after a carpenter-artist; reprints from the Stanislaski series.
20. 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.
Also Selling
21. THOSE WHO SAVE US, by Jenna Blum (Harvest)
22. SHOPAHOLIC AND BABY, by Sophie Kinsella (Dial)
23. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN, by Lisa See (Random House)
24. WHAT IS THE WHAT, by Dave Eggers (Vintage)
25. OIL!, by Upton Sinclair (Penguin)
26. THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)
27. MY SISTER'S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square)
28. DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks (Warner)
29. MARCH, by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin)
30. WORLD WAR Z, by Max Brooks (Three Rivers)
31. HALO: CONTACT HARVEST, by Joseph Staten (Tom Doherty Associates)
32. THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE, by Phillipa Gregory (Touchstone)
33. MIDDLESEX, by Jeffrey Eugenides (Picador)
34. WHEN THE MORNING COMES, by Cindy Woodsmall (WaterBrook)
35. NATURE GIRL, by Carl Hiaasen (Grand Central)
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 INNOCENT MAN, by John Grisham. (Delta, $16; Dell, $7.99.) Grisham’s
first nonfiction book concerns a man wrongly sentenced to death.
4. INTO THE WILD, by Jon Krakauer. (Anchor, $12.95.) A man’s obsession with
the wilderness ends in tragedy.
5. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama. (Three Rivers, $14.95.) The
Illinois senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political
divisions.
6. 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. (Revell, $12.99.)
A minister on the otherworldly experience he had after an accident.
7. THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin, $16.) Tracking
dinner from the soil to the plate, a journalist juggles appetite and
conscience.
8. 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.
9. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scrib ner, $15.) The author
recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings moved
constantly.
10. THE GOD DELUSION, by Richard Dawkins. (Mariner, $15.95.) An Oxford
scientist asserts that belief in God is irrational.
11. SMOKE, MIRRORS, AND MURDER, by Ann Rule. (Pocket, $7.99.) Tales of true
crime.
12. THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown,
$14.95.) A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads.
13. BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $15.99.) The
importance of instinct to the workings of the mind.
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. 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.
18. THE PORTABLE ATHEIST, edited by Christopher Hitchens. (Da Capo,
$17.50.) Dozens of readings for nonbelievers
19. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, by Daniel J. Levitin. (Plume, $15.) A
rocker-turned-neuroscientist on the connection between music and human
nature.
20. THE LANGUAGE OF GOD, by Francis S. Collins. (Free Press, $15.) A
geneticist argues that faith in God and in science can coexist within a
person.
Also Selling
21. A WHOLE NEW MIND, by Daniel H. Pink (Riverhead)
22. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION, by Sam Harris (Vintage)
23. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson (Vintage)
24. KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL, by Deborah Rodriguez with Kristin Ohlson (Random
House)
25. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS, by Tracy Kidder (Random House)
26. KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL, by Anthony Bourdain (Harper Perennial)
27. THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF, by Norman Doidge (Penguin)
28. THE END OF FAITH, by Sam Harris (Norton)
29. CHOSEN BY A HORSE, by Susan Richards (Harcourt)
30. THE END OF AMERICA, by Naomi Wolf (Chelsea Green)
31. LOOMING TOWER, by Lawrence Wright (Vintage)
32. LEFT TO TELL, by Immaculee Ilibagiza with Steve Erwin (Hay House)
33. THIS I BELIEVE, edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman with John Gregory
and Viki Merrick (Holt)
34. THE FAITH CLUB, by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner
(Free Press)
35. BLOOD AND THUNDER, by Hampton Sides (Anchor)
Paperback Advice
1. SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. (Running Press,
$13.95.) Vegan diet advice from the world of modeling.
2. THE WISDOM OF MENOPAUSE, by Christiane Northrup. (Bantam, $20.) How
menopause offers opportunities for renewal.
3. THE BEST LIFE DIET, by Bob Greene. (Simon & Schuster, $15.) A lifetime
plan for losing weight from the man who helped Oprah.
4. SKINNY BITCH IN THE KITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. (Running
Press, $14.95.) Vegan recipes from the authors of “Skinny Bitch.”
5. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg
and Sandee Hathaway. (Workman, $13.95.) Advice for parents-to-be. (†)
6. WOMEN’S BODIES, WOMEN’S WISDOM, by Christiane Northrup. (Bantam, $20.)
Advice and information on nutrition, fertility, hormone replacement,
sexuality and more. (†)
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. GETTING THINGS DONE, by David Allen. (Penguin, $15.) A productivity
consultant on how to keep stress at bay through personal organization and
time management.
9. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield, $13.99.) How to
communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.
10. THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE, by Rick Warren. (Zondervan, $14.99.) Finding
meaning in one’s life through God. (†)
Also Selling
11. THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE, by Stephen R. Covey (Free
Press)
12. RICH DAD, POOR DAD, by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter
(Warner)
13. GOTCHA CAPITALISM, by Bob Sullivan (Ballantine)
14. RULES OF THE GAME, by Neil Strauss (Harper)
15. CESAR'S WAY, by Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier (Three Rivers)
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