[bookshare-discuss] Books I've Read About Briefly
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- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 20:47:05 -0700
Hello, this weeks books are:
Books
National best sellers: Week ending Aug. 29.
Contra Costa Times. Fiction 1. Alex Cross's Trial," by James Patterson and
Richard DiLallo 2. South of Broad," by Pat Conroy 3. The White Queen," by
Philippa
Gregory 4. The Help," by Kathryn Stockett 5 . 206 Bones," by Kathy Reichs 6.
The Girl Who Played with Fire," by Stieg Larsson 7. That Old Cape Magic,"
by Richard Russo 8. The Eleventh Victim," by Nancy Grace 9. Dead and Gone," by
Charlaine Harris 10. Even Money," by Dick and Felix Francis Nonfiction 1.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking," by Julia Child et al 2. Culture of
Corruption," by Michelle Malkin 3. Outliers," by Malcolm Gladwell 4. In the
President's
Secret Service," by Ronald Kessler 5. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man," by
Steve Harvey 6. Liberty and Tyranny," by Mark R. Levin 7. Born to Run," by
Christopher McDougall 8. The Last Lecture," by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
9. Catastrophe," by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann 10. A Big Little Life,"
by Dean Koontz - Publishers Weekly .
Northern California bestsellers, week ending Aug. 30.
Contra Costa Times. Fiction 1. The Girl Who Played With Fire," by Stieg Larsson
2. The Help," by Kathryn Stockett 3. South of Broad," by Pat Conroy 4.
Inherent Vice," by Thomas Pynchon 5. That Old Cape Magic," by Richard Russo 6.
The White Queen," by Philippa Gregory 7. The Angel's Game," by Carlos Ruiz
Zafón 8. The Magicians," by Lev Grossman 9. Shanghai Girls," by Lisa See 10.
Alex Cross's Trial," by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo Nonfiction 1.
Zeitoun," by Dave Eggers 2. Outliers," by Malcolm Gladwell 3. The Healing of
America," by T.R. Reid 4. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I,"
by Julia Child, et al. 5. Strength in What Remains," by Tracy Kidder 6. In the
President's Secret Service," by Ronald Kessler 7. Farm City," by Novella
Carpenter 8. Nurtureshock," by Po Bronson 9. The End of Overeating," by David
A. Kessler 10. Born to Run," by Christopher McDougall Trade paperback fiction
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," by Stieg Larsson 2. The Elegance of the
Hedgehog," by Muriel Barbery 3. Olive Kitteridge," by Elizabeth Strout 4.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," by Mary Ann Shaffer 5. The
Time Traveler's Wife," by Audrey Niffenegger 6. The Art of Racing in the
Rain," by Garth Stein 7. City of Thieves," by David Benioff 8. Netherland," by
Joseph O'Neill 9. A Mercy," by Toni Morrison 10. Unaccustomed Earth," by
Jhumpa Lahiri Trade paperback nonfiction 1. My Life in France," by Julia Child
2. Julie & Julia," by Julie Powell 3. Three Cups of Tea," by Greg Mortenson
and David Oliver Relin 4. In Defense of Food," by Michael Pollan 5. The
Family," by Jeff Sharlet 6. The Omnivore's Dilemma," by Michael Pollan 7. My
Stroke
of Insight," by Jill Bolte Taylor 8. What I Talk About When I Talk About
Running," by Haruki Murakami 9. When You Are Engulfed in Flames," by David
Sedaris
10. Julia's Kitchen Wisdom," by Julia Child - Northern California Independent
Booksellers online To find out what the rest of the country is reading, go
to ContraCostaTimes.com or InsideBayArea.com . .
BEST SELLERS: ADVICE, HOW TO AND MISCELLANEOUS: Sunday, September 6th
2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending Saturday, August 22nd 2009,
at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are
sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers
(statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and
local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift,
supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*)
indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book
above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk
orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers;
required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides;
journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword
puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
Weeks This Last On Week Week List 1 2 MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH
COOKING, VOL. 1, by Julia Child, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle. ($40
Knopf) A reissue of the book that started Julia Child's career. 2 1 FLAT BELLY
DIET! COOKBOOK, by Liz Vaccariello with Cynthia Sass. ($27.99 Rodale) Companion
recipes for "Flat Belly Diet! ," from the editors of Prevention magazine. 3 30
ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey with Denene Millner. ($23.99
Amistad/HarperCollins) Relationship tips from the comedian and host of "The
Steve Harvey Morning Show." 4 72 THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey
Zaslow. ($21.95 Hyperion) Thoughts on "seizing every moment," from a professor
who died of cancer at age 47. 5 22 FLAT BELLY DIET! , by Liz Vaccariello and
Cynthia Sass. ($25.95 Rodale) Nutrition advice and workout tips from the
editors of Prevention magazine. 6* 20 MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian
Michaels with Mariska van Aalst. ($26 Crown) A weight-loss plan by a trainer
from "The Biggest Loser" on NBC. 7 137 THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. ($23.95
Atria/Beyond Words) The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want. 8
13 EXCUSES BEGONE! , by Wayne W. Dyer. ($24.95 Hay House) How to throw out old
excuses and embrace new ways of thinking to achieve happiness. 9 1 HOW TO SMELL
A RAT, by Ken Fisher with Lara Hoffmans. ($24.95 Wiley) Five signs for
detecting and avoiding financial fraud. 10 21 THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, by Dave
Ramsey. ($24.99 Nelson) Attaining financial fitness with an honest approach to
the way you handle money. .
BEST SELLERS: FICTION: Sunday, September 6th 2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending Saturday, August 22nd 2009,
at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are
sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers
(statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and
local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift,
supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*)
indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book
above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk
orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers;
required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides;
journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword
puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
Weeks This Last On Week Week List 1 1 2 SOUTH OF BROAD, by Pat Conroy.
($29.95 Nan A. Talese/Doubleday) An unlikely group's friendship from the '60s
to the '80s, and from South Carolina to San Francisco; by the author of "The
Prince of Tides." 2 0 1 THE WHITE QUEEN, by Philippa Gregory. ($25.99
Touchstone/Simon & Schuster) The author of "The Other Boleyn Girl" reaches back
to the War of the Roses for more palace intrigue. 3 0 1 DREAMFEVER, by Karen
Marie Moning. ($26 Delacorte) MacKlaya finds herself under the erotic spell of
a Fae master. 4 3 21 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. ($24.95 Amy Einhorn/Putnam)
A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi. 5 4 3 THAT OLD
CAPE MAGIC, by Richard Russo. ($25.95 Knopf) A long-married couple wrestle with
dissatisfactions during a Cape Cod weekend; by the author of "Empire Falls." 6
5 4 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. ($25.95 Knopf) A Swedish
hacker becomes a murder suspect. 7* 0 1 ABYSS, by Troy Denning. ($27 Del
Rey/Ballantine/Lucas) In a "Star Wars" book, Luke Skywalker goes to the Mind
Walkers' world to try to redeem the Jedi. 8 2 2 SMASH CUT, by Sandra Brown.
($26.99 Simon & Schuster) A publicity-seeking lawyer tries to get to the bottom
of who murdered a wealthy executive. 9 6 2 THE ELEVENTH VICTIM, by Nancy Grace.
($25.99 Hyperion) A prosecutor turned therapist is drawn back to crime-fighting
when her clients start getting murdered one by one. 10 0 1 THE LAW OF NINES, by
Terry Goodkind. ($27.95 Putnam) A struggling artist saves a woman's life,
inherits land and becomes a target. 11 7 6 BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, by Jennifer
Weiner. ($26.99 Atria) Childhood friends, estranged in high school, reunite
years later when the popular one needs the mousy one's help. 12 13 16 DEAD AND
GONE, by Charlaine Harris. ($25.95 Ace) Sookie Stackhouse searches for the
killer of
BEST SELLERS: NONFICTION: Sunday, September 6th 2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending Saturday, August 22nd 2009,
at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are
sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers
(statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and
local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift,
supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*)
indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book
above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk
orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers;
required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides;
journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword
puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
Weeks This Last On Week Week List 1 1 4 CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, by
Michelle Malkin. ($27.95 Regnery) President Obama and his team as tax cheats,
petty crooks, influence peddlers and Wall Street cronies. 2 4 3 IN THE
PRESIDENT'S SECRET SERVICE, by Ronald Kessler. ($26 Crown) Agents and the
presidents they protect. 3 2 40 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. ($27.99 Little,
Brown) Why some people succeed - it has to do with luck and opportunity as well
as talent - from the author of "Blink." 4 12 10 BORN TO RUN, by Christopher
McDougall. ($24.95 Knopf) Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian
tribe. 5 3 22 LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. ($25 Threshold Editions) A
conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal
Foundation. 6* 13 2 ZEITOUN, by Dave Eggers. ($24 McSweeney's) The travails of
a Syrian-American man and his family after Hurricane Katrina. 7 5 9
CATASTROPHE, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. ($26.99 Harper/HarperCollins)
Stopping President Obama before he transforms America into a socialist state
and destroys the health care system. (†) 8 7 43 A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY,
by Bill O'Reilly. ($26 Broadway) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and
career. 9 6 4 THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR, by Douglas Brinkley. ($34.99
Harper/HarperCollins) Theodore Roosevelt's crusade for conservation. 10* 0 2
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, by Carl A. Anderson and Eduardo Ch?vez. ($22.99
Doubleday) The history and message of Our Lady of Guadalupe. (†) 11 0 1 THE
LONG SNAPPER, by Jeffrey Marx. ($24.99 HarperOne/HarperCollins) At 38, after
three years outside professional football, center Brian Kinchen was tapped by
the surging New England Patriots. 12 0 4 THE EVOLUTION OF GOD, by Robert
Wright. ($25.99 Little, Brown) How Western religions have become more tolerant
over time, creating a worldview that has room for both
CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: CHAPTER BOOKS: Sunday, September 6th 2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended Saturday, August 22nd 2009, at
many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold
nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically
weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains;
online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket,
discount, department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a
book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger
(†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Perennial
sellers are not actively tracked. Expanded rankings are available on the Web:
nytimes.com/books. All four children's lists appear each week on the Book
Review's Web site. Publishers have provided the age designations for their
best-selling children's titles.
Weeks This On Week List CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: CHAPTER BOOKS 1 10 L.A.
CANDY, by Lauren Conrad. ($17.99 Harper/HarperCollins) Excitement in TV land by
someone who has been there. 2 50 THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. ($17.99
Scholastic) In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. 3 4
DANIEL X: WATCH THE SKIES, by James Patterson and Ned Rust. ($19.99 Little,
Brown) A young hero takes on a larger-than-life villain. 4 4 SHIVER, by Maggie
Stiefvater. ($17.99 Scholastic Press/Scholastic) Love among the lupine. 5 10
ALONG FOR THE RIDE, by Sarah Dessen. ($19.99 Viking) A summer on two wheels for
a girl who is ripe to learn more about herself and the people she cares about.
6 47 THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean. ($17.99
HarperCollins) To avoid a killer a boy takes up residence in a cemetery. 7 44
THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher. ($16.99 Razorbill) Before committing
suicide a girl records and sends explanatory audiotapes to 13 people. 8 23
TWILIGHT: DIRECTOR'S NOTEBOOK, by Catherine Hardwicke. ($17.99 Little, Brown)
The making of "Twilight," the movie. 9 5 WHEN YOU REACH ME, by Rebecca Stead.
($15.99 Wendy Lamb) A sixth-grade girl in New York City begins receiving
mysterious notes. 10 17 SCAT, by Carl Hiaasen. ($16.99 Random House) An
eco-mystery, with a dismal swamp and wild characters who are not always what
they seem. .
CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: PAPERBACK BOOKS: Sunday, September 6th 2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended Saturday, August 22nd 2009, at
many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold
nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically
weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains;
online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket,
discount, department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a
book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger
(†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Perennial
sellers are not actively tracked. Expanded rankings are available on the Web:
nytimes.com/books. All four children's lists appear each week on the Book
Review's Web site. Publishers have provided the age designations for their
best-selling children's titles.
Weeks This On Week List CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: PAPERBACK BOOKS 1 102
THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. ($11.99 Knopf) A girl saves books from Nazi
burning. 2 7 BLUE MOON, by Alyson Noël. ($9.99 St. Martin's Griffin) An
immortal finds time's secret. 3 29 EVERMORE, by Alyson Noël. ($9.95 St.
Martin's Griffin) Immortals in school. 4 15 LOCK AND KEY, by Sarah Dessen.
($8.99 Speak) A crack appears in a girl's cynicism. 5 7 THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF
DANIEL X, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. ($7.99 Vision/Grand Central)
An alien hunter seeks the Prayer, a killer mantis. 6 53 THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT
SOCIETY, by Trenton Lee Stewart. Illustrated by Carson Ellis. ($6.99 Megan
Tingley/Little, Brown) Gifted kids undertake a mission. 7 31 THREE CUPS OF TEA:
YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. ($8.99 Puffin)
A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. 8 3 THIRST
NO. 1, by Christopher Pike. ($9.99 Simon Pulse) A reissue of "The Last Vampire"
(1994), "Black Blood" (1994) and "Red Dice" (1995). 9 42 THE BOY IN THE STRIPED
PAJAMAS, by John Boyne. ($8.99 Random House) A boy's innocence is eroded in
evil times. 10 1 IMPOSSIBLE, by Nancy Werlin. ($9.99 Speak/Penguin) The song
"Scarborough Fair" winds through this story of romance. .
CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: PICTURE BOOKS: Sunday, September 6th 2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended Saturday, August 22nd 2009, at
many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold
nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically
weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains;
online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket,
discount, department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a
book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger
(†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Perennial
sellers are not actively tracked. Expanded rankings are available on the Web:
nytimes.com/books. All four children's lists appear each week on the Book
Review's Web site. Publishers have provided the age designations for their
best-selling children's titles.
Weeks This On Week List CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: PICTURE BOOKS 1 13
GOLDILICIOUS, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann. ($17.99
Harper/HarperCollins) A girl who loves pink and purple turns to gold. 2 93
GALLOP! , written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. ($12.95 Workman)
Animals seem to move when you flip the page. 3 4 MARLEY GOES TO SCHOOL, by John
Grogan. Illustrated by Richard Cowdrey. ($17.99 HarperCollins) A loyal pup
brings chaos to the classroom. 4 45 SWING! , written and illustrated by Rufus
Butler Seder. ($12.95 Workman) Children seem to move when you flip the page. 5
31 LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND "THREE CUPS OF TEA", by Greg
Mortenson and Susan L. Roth. ($16.99 Dial) A school grows in Pakistan. 6 17
EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE! , by Jane O'Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss
Glasser. ($12.99 HarperCollins) Fancy Nancy meets the outdoors in the finest
tradition of the great explorers. 7 17 LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA, written and
illustrated by Anna Dewdney. ($16.99 Viking) A little creature goes to
preschool. 8 18 THE CURIOUS GARDEN, written and illustrated by Peter Brown.
($16.99 Little, Brown) A boy named Liam nurtures a straggly garden to vivid
fruition. 9 8 TEA PARTIES, by Jane O'Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss
Glasser. ($12.99 Harper/HarperCollins) Extended pinkies at Fancy Nancy's. 10 9
DUCK! RABBIT! , by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld.
($16.99 Chronicle) Which is it? It's all in how you look at it. .
CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: SERIES: Sunday, September 6th 2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended Saturday, August 22nd 2009, at
many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold
nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically
weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains;
online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket,
discount, department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a
book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger
(†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Perennial
sellers are not actively tracked. Expanded rankings are available on the Web:
nytimes.com/books. All four children's lists appear each week on the Book
Review's Web site. Publishers have provided the age designations for their
best-selling children's titles.
Weeks This On Week List CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: SERIES 1 107 THE
TWILIGHT SAGA, by Stephenie Meyer. ( Megan Tingley/Little, Brown, hardcover and
paper) Vampires and werewolves in school. 2 111 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS,
by Rick Riordan. ( Disney-Hyperion, hardcover and paper) Battling mythological
monsters. 3 52 HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. ( St. Martin's,
hardcover and paper) Vampires in school. 4 32 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and
illustrated by Jeff Kinney. ( Abrams, hardcover only) The travails of
adolescence, in cartoons. 5 16 THE 39 CLUES, by various authors. ( Scholastic,
hardcover only) Siblings unravel a mystery. 6 226 HARRY POTTER, by J. K.
Rowling. ( Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, hardcover and paper) A young wizard
hones his skills while fighting evil. 7 17 VAMPIRE DIARIES, by L. J. Smith. (
HarperTeen, hardcover and paper) Vampires in school, with a love triangle. 8 22
THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS, by Cassandra Clare. ( McElderry/Simon & Schuster,
hardcover and paper) A world of demons and warriors. 9 31 RANGER'S APPRENTICE,
by John Flanagan. ( Philomel, hardcover and paper) A boy warrior battles evil.
10 211 MAGIC TREE HOUSE, by Mary Pope Osborne. Illustrated by Sal Murdocca. (
Stepping Stone/Random House, hardcover and paper) Winged children try to save
the world. .
HARDCOVER GRAPHIC NOVELS: Sunday, September 6th 2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending Saturday, August 22nd 2009,
at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are
sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers
(statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and
local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift,
supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*)
indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book
above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk
orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers;
required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides;
journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword
puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
Weeks This Last On Week Week List 1 6 BATMAN: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE
CAPED CRUSADER? , by Neil Gaiman and others. ($24.99 DC Comics) This collection
chronicles the last days of Batman, the secret origin of the villainous Poison
Ivy and a tale which depicts the Dark Knight and the Joker as actors in a
television show. 2 10 FINAL CRISIS, by Grant Morrison, J. G. Jones, Carlos
Pacheco and Doug Mahnke. ($29.99 DC Comics) The heroes of the DC Universe have
their backs against the wall in this event storyline which features a
much-publicized "death," a surprising rebirth and bits and pieces of Morrison
brilliance. 3 24 BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland.
($17.99 DC Comics) This critically acclaimed story from 1988 offers a possible
origin for the Joker. 4 26 BATMAN: R.I.P., by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel.
($24.99 DC Comics) Thomas Wayne, the father of the caped crusader, is cast in a
sinister light. 5 11 HALO: UPRISING, by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev.
($24.99 Marvel Entertainment) This graphic novel bridges the storyline between
Halo 2 and Halo 3 of the video game franchise. 6 8 GREEN LANTERN: RAGE OF THE
RED LANTERNS, by Geoff Johns, Shane Davis and others. ($24.99 DC Comics) The
march toward the "Blackest Night" event continues to build in this story that
introduces the hopeful Blue Lanterns, the rage-filled Red Lanterns and more. 7
6 ASTERIOS POLYP, by David Mazzucchelli. ($29.95 Pantheon) The title character
is an architect who is suffering from a midlife crisis. But will leaving New
York City for small-town America help? 8 15 DARK TOWER: TREACHERY, by Peter
David and Robin Furth. ($24.99 Marvel Entertainment) This comic series explores
the world set forth by Stephen King's "Dark Tower" novels. 9 4 MOUSE GUARD:
WINTER 1152, by David Petersen. ($24.95 Archaia Studios Press) How will the
Mouse Guard, and those they protect, survive the winter season with a dire food
shortage? 10 1 A. D.: NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE DELUGE, by Josh Neufeld. ($24.95
Pantheon) The true story of seven survivors of Hurricane Katrina. .
PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: ADVICE, HOW TO AND MISCELLANEOUS: Sunday,
September 6th 2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended Saturday, August 22nd 2009, at
many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold
nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically
weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains;
online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket,
discount and department stores; and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that
a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A
dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among
those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required
classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and
workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics; and crossword puzzles.
Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
Weeks This On Week List PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: ADVICE, HOW TO AND
MISCELLANEOUS 1 425 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and
Sharon Mazel. ($14.95 Workman) Advice for parents-to-be. 2 108 THE FIVE LOVE
LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. ($13.99 Northfield) How to communicate love in a
way a spouse will understand. 3 9 DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES, by Guy Fieri
with Ann Volkwein. ($19.95 Morrow) A road trip with recipes from the Food
Network star. 4 48 THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence
Kimbrough. ($14.99 B&H) A 40-day challenge for spouses who want to practice
unconditional love. 5 2 JULIA'S KITCHEN WISDOM, by Julia Child. ($14.95 Knopf)
A reference guide wih recipes and essential cooking techniques, based on
Child's own notebooks. 6 19 HUNGRY GIRL 200 UNDER 200, by Lisa Lillien. ($19.95
St. Martin's Griffin) Two hundred recipes with fewer than 200 calories, for
breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time. 7 110 SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman
and Kim Barnouin. ($13.95 Running Press) Vegan diet advice from the world of
modeling. 8 3 BECOME A BETTER YOU, by Joel Osteen. ($15 Free Press) Seven keys
to living with joy. 9 16 COOK YOURSELF THIN, by the staff of Lifetime
Television. ($19.99 Voice) Strategies for cutting calories and improving health
while continuing to eat the foods you love. 10 4 AMERICA'S MOST WANTED RECIPES,
by Ron Douglas. ($15 Atria) Favorite restaurant dishes, using "copycat"
recipes, from Arby's, KFC, T.G.I. Friday's and more. .
PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: FICTION: MASS-MARKET: Sunday, September 6th 2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended Saturday, August 22nd 2009, at
many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold
nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically
weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains;
online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket,
discount and department stores; and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that
a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A
dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among
those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required
classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and
workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics; and crossword puzzles.
Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
Weeks This On Week List PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: FICTION: MASS-MARKET 1 1
THE BRASS VERDICT, by Michael Connelly. ($9.99 Grand Central) Harry Bosch and
Mickey Haller (the Lincoln lawyer) team up to find a killer. 2 4 THE QUICKIE,
by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. ($7.99 Vision) A police officer's
attempt to get back at her husband goes dangerously awry. 3 39 DEAD UNTIL DARK,
by Charlaine Harris. ($7.99 Ace) Sookie Stackhouse falls in love with a bad-boy
vampire. 4 4 DEAN KOONTZ'S FRANKENSTEIN: DEAD AND ALIVE, by Dean Koontz. ($9.99
Bantam) Book 3 in a reimagining of the classic tale. 5* 20 FROM DEAD TO WORSE,
by Charlaine Harris. ($7.99 Ace) After a deadly explosion at a vampire summit,
Sookie Stackhouse faces danger. 6 5 SMOKE SCREEN, by Sandra Brown. ($9.99
Pocket) Scandalous deaths thwart the investigation of a fatal fire at the
police headquarters in Charleston, S.C. 7 25 CLUB DEAD, by Charlaine Harris.
($7.99 Ace) When Sookie Stackhouse's boyfriend is kidnapped, she goes to
Mississippi to find him with the help of an undead Elvis. 8 14 MY SISTER'S
KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult. ($7.99 Pocket) A girl sues her parents after learning
they want her to donate a kidney to her sibling. 9 1 THE BODIES LEFT BEHIND, by
Jeffery Deaver. ($9.99 Pocket Star) A sheriff's deputy is hunted in the
Wisconsin woods by hit men after she finds the scene of their crime. 10 19 DEAD
TO THE WORLD, by Charlaine Harris. ($7.99 Ace) Sookie Stackhouse's vampire
boyfriend has traveled to Peru, leaving her to deal with his amnesiac boss. 11
33 LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS, by Charlaine Harris. ($7.99 Ace) A vampire asks
Sookie Stackhouse to find one of his missing companions. 12 12 DEAD AS A
DOORNAIL, by Charlaine Harris. ($7.99 Ace) Sookie Stackhouse is drawn into the
world of were-politics when a friend's father tries to take over his local
werewolf pack. 13* 2 THE ASSASSIN, by Stephen Eve Dallas investigates a
colleague's murder; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously. 20* 1 FOREIGN
BODY, by Robin Cook. ($9.99 Berkley) A medical student investigates a rising
number of deaths among medical tourists at foreign hospitals. .
PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: FICTION: TRADE: Sunday, September 6th 2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended Saturday, August 22nd 2009, at
many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold
nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically
weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains;
online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket,
discount and department stores; and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that
a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A
dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among
those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required
classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and
workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics; and crossword puzzles.
Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
Weeks This On Week List PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: FICTION: TRADE 1 10 THE
TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, by Audrey Niffenegger. ($14.95 Harvest/Harcourt) Life
with a dashing librarian who travels back and forth through time. 2 66 THE
SHACK, by William P. Young. ($14.99 Windblown Media) A man whose daughter was
abducted receives an invitation to an isolated shack, apparently from God. 3 9
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. ($14.95 Vintage) A hacker
and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress. 4 16 THE
GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie
Barrows. ($14 Dial) A journalist meets the island's old Nazi-resisters. 5 4 THE
WEIGHT OF SILENCE, by Heather Gudenkauf. ($13.95 Mira) When a selectively mute
girl and her best friend vanish, family secrets come to the fore. 6* 11 THE ART
OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein. ($14.99 Harper Paperbacks) An insightful
Lab-terrier mix helps his owner, a struggling race car driver. 7 2 THE LUCKY
ONE, by Nicholas Sparks. ($13.99 Grand Central) A Marine returning home sets
out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq. 8 18 OLIVE
KITTERIDGE, by Elizabeth Strout. ($14 Random House) A seventh-grade math
teacher is the link in 13 stories set on the Maine coast; a 2009 Pulitzer
winner. 9 21 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, by Jane Austen and Seth
Grahame-Smith. ($12.95 Quirk) The classic story, retold with "ultraviolent
zombie mayhem." 10 2 THE LOVELY BONES, by Alice Sebold. ($14.99 Back
Bay/Little, Brown) A girl looks down from heaven as she describes the aftermath
of her murder. 11* 101 THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. ($13.95 HarperOne) A
Spanish shepherd boy travels to Egypt in search of treasure. 12 3 THE HOUR I
FIRST BELIEVED, by Wally Lamb. ($15.99 Harper Perennial) A couple flee to a
Connecticut farm after the trauma of the Columbine shootings. 13
PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: NONFICTION: Sunday, September 6th 2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended Saturday, August 22nd 2009, at
many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold
nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically
weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains;
online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket,
discount and department stores; and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that
a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A
dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among
those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required
classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and
workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics; and crossword puzzles.
Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
Weeks This On Week List PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: NONFICTION 1 8 MY LIFE IN
FRANCE, by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme. ($15 and $7.99 Anchor) How Julia
Child mastered the art of French cooking: a memoir. 2 11 GLENN BECK'S 'COMMON
SENSE', by Glenn Beck. ($11.99 Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions) Thomas
Paine-inspired thoughts on government. 3 8 JULIE & JULIA, by Julie Powell.
(Little, Brown, $7.99 Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.99;) A memoir of cooking
every recipe in "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." 4 134 THREE CUPS OF TEA,
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. ($15 Penguin) A former climber builds
schools in villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan. 5 6 THE FAMILY, by Jeff
Sharlet. ($15.99 Harper Perennial) The history of the Fellowship, a secretive
evangelical group active in American politics. 6 99 I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN
HELL, by Tucker Max. ($15.95 Citadel/Kensington) Life as a self-absorbed,
drunken womanizer. 7 97 BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. ($15.99 Back Bay/Little,
Brown) Instinct in the workings of the mind. 8 255 THE TIPPING POINT, by
Malcolm Gladwell. ($14.95 Back Bay/Little, Brown) A study of social epidemics,
otherwise known as fads. 9 12 WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, by David
Sedaris. ($15.99 Back Bay/Little, Brown) Humor essays on middle age, mortality
and giving up smoking. 10 134 EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. ($15
Penguin) A writer's yearlong journey in search of self takes her to Italy,
India and Indonesia. 11* 43 MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler. ($14.95
Bloomsbury) A memoir of one-night stands. 12 45 SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME,
by Ron Hall and Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent. ($14.99 Nelson) The unlikely
friendship between a homeless drifter and a successful art dealer who meet at a
shelter in Texas. 13 101 THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA, by Michael Pollan. ($16
Penguin) Tracking food from soil to plate. 14* 3 THE REASON FOR GOD, by Timothy
Keller. ($16 Riverhead) A minister addresses common doubts and defends faith in
a Christian God. 15 17 IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. ($15 Penguin) A
manifesto urges us to "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." 16 148 90
MINUTES IN HEAVEN, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. ($12.99 Revell) A minister
on the otherworldly experience he had after an accident. 17 42 LONE SURVIVOR,
by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. (Little, Brown, $8.99 Back
Bay/Little, Brown, $15;) The harrowing story of a Navy Seals operation. 18 27 A
LONG WAY GONE, by Ishmael Beah. ($12 Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus & Giroux) A
former child soldier describes a killing spree and his return to humanity. 19 8
MY STROKE OF INSIGHT, by Jill Bolte Taylor. ($15 Plume) A brain scientist
shares what she learned from her 1996 stroke. 20 156 DREAMS FROM MY FATHER, by
Barack Obama. ($14.95 Three Rivers) The president on life as the son of a black
African father and a white American mother. .
PAPERBACK GRAPHIC NOVELS: Sunday, September 6th 2009.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended Saturday, August 22nd 2009, at
many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold
nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically
weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains;
online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket,
discount and department stores; and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that
a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A
dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among
those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required
classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and
workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics; and crossword puzzles.
Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
Weeks This On Week List PAPERBACK GRAPHIC NOVELS 1 1 FABLES, VOL. 12, by
Bill Willingham, Mike Allred and Mark Buckingham. ($17.99 Vertigo) Their war
with the Adversary may be over, but the troubles for the Fables are just
beginning. Plus: the final fate of Little Boy Blue. 2 26 WATCHMEN, by Alan
Moore and Dave Gibbons. ($19.99 DC Comics) This epic tale from 1986 signaled a
new maturity in comic books. 3 2 THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 10, by Robert Kirkman
and Charlie Adlard. ($14.99 Image Comics) Rick and his, and a new band of
refugees, make their way to Washington, D.C. Will they survive? And if they do,
will the new location be any better for them? 4 22 V FOR VENDETTA, by Alan
Moore, K. C. Carlson and David Lloyd. ($19.99 DC Comics) In a dystopian future,
an anarchist sets out to topple the oppressive and totalitarian government of
the United Kingdom. 5 2 X-MEN: MISFITS, VOL. 1, by Raina Telgemeier and Dave
Roman. ($12.99 Del Rey) This story is a manga-style re-imagining of Kitty
Pryde's first encounter with the X-Men and some of their deadliest enemies: the
Hellfire Club. 6 16 FABLES, VOL. 1, by Bill Willingham and Lan Medina. ($9.99
Vertigo) After being exiled from their homes, Snow White, Big Bad Wolf and
other characters from various fairy tales form their own community in New York
City. 7 13 THE SANDMAN: PRELUDES AND NOCTURNES, by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, Mike
Dringenberg and Malcolm Jones III. ($19.99 DC Comics) Dream of the Endless must
rebuild his empire after several years of imprisonment at the hands of humans.
8 1 BATMAN: HUSH, by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee. ($24.99 DC Comics) A threat from
Batman's past comes back to haunt him. Making matters worse: the villain, Hush,
has recruited most of the Dark Knight's rogues gallery to assist him. 9 10
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: SEASON 8, VOL. 4, by Joss Whedon, Jeph Loeb and Karl
Moline. ($15.95 Dark Horse) Buffy takes a road trip to New York City and
forward in time where she meets Melaka Fray, a future slayer. 10 1 BATMAN:
ARKHAM ASYLUM, by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean. ($17.99 DC Comics) In this
critically-acclaimed paint graphic novel, Batman finds himself facing off
against his major villains at a home for criminally insane. .
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