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Best
Sellers
Last
Updated August 30, 2010
Fiction or Non-Fiction
FICTION
BEST
SELLERS
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THE
POSTCARD KILLERS, by James Patterson
and Liza Marklund.
An
N.Y.P.D. detective joins a Swedish reporter in
a search for the killer of young couples in Europe,
including his daugher and her boyfriend.
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THE
GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, by
Stieg Larsson.
The
third volume of a trilogy about a Swedish hacker
and a journalist.
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THE
HELP, by Kathryn Stockett.
A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s
Mississippi.
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THE
COBRA, by Frederick Forsyth.
A
former C.I.A. operative is unleashed on the cocaine
industry.
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STAR
ISLAND, by Carl Hiaasen.
A
paparazzo attempting to kidnap a drug-addled pop
star grabs her stunt double by mistake.
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TOUGH
CUSTOMER, by Sandra Brown.
A
private investigator pursues a deranged killer
who is stalking the daughter he never knew.
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THREE
STATIONS, by Martin Cruz Smith.
Inspector
Arkady Renko faces corrupt Russian capitalists
and bureaucrats.
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THE
RED QUEEN, by Philippa Gregory.
More
intrigue during the War of the Roses, centered
on Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry VII;
by the author of “The Other Boleyn Girl.”
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LAST
NIGHT AT CHATEAU MARMONT, by Lauren Weisberger.
A
woman is challenged when her musician husband
suddenly becomes a star.
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THE
REMBRANDT AFFAIR, by Daniel Silva.
The
art restorer and assassin Gabriel Allon discovers
that there are deadly secrets behind a stolen
painting.
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CROSSFIRE,
by Dick Francis and Felix Francis.
An
injured British soldier returns from Afghanistan
to help his mother, a horse trainer, identify
a blackmailer.
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PRIVATE,
by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
The
head of an investigation company pursues the murderer
of his best friend's wife.
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THE
VIGILANTES, by W. E. B. Griffin and William
E. Butterworth IV.
Members
of the Philadelphia Police Department are plagued
by vigilante groups.
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| 14. |
VEIL
OF NIGHT, by Linda Howard.
There
are many suspects when a bridezilla is murdered.
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| 15. |
FLY
AWAY HOME, by Jennifer Weiner.
A
senator's extramarital affair affects his wife
and daughters.
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NONFICTION
BEST SELLERS
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1. |
....MY
DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern.
A
coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings,
purveyed on Twitter, of the author's father.
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COMMITTED,
by Elizabeth Gilbert.
The
author of “Eat, Pray, Love” wrestles with, and
overcomes, her ambivalence about marriage.
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OUTLIERS,
by Malcolm Gladwell.
Why some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.”
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EMPIRE
OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne.
The
story of Quanah Parker, the last and greatest
chief of the Comanches.
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THE
OBAMA DIARIES, by Laura Ingraham.
A
satirical fictional journal with commentary, by
the conservative political commentator.
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THE
BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis.
The
people who saw the real estate crash coming and
made billions from their foresight.
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7. |
CHELSEA
CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler.
More
humorous personal essays from the comedian.
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PACKING
FOR MARS, by Mary Roach.
A
humorous investigation of life without gravity
in the space program, by the author of “Stiff”
and “Bonk.”
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THE
IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by
Rebecca Skloot.
The
the story of the woman whose cancer cells were
cultured without her
permission
in 1951.
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ANGELINA,
by Andrew Morton.
A
biography of Angelina Jolie, actress and humanitarian.
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11. |
SLIDING
INTO HOME, by Kendra Wilkinson with Jon
Warech.
The
life of the reality TV star and former Playboy
cover model.
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THE
MURDER ROOM, by Michael Capuzzo.
The
story of the Vidoq Society, a Philadelphia-based
organization dedicated to reopening cold cases.
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BORN
TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall.
Secrets
of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.
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MEDIUM
RAW, by Anthony Bourdain.
The
author of “Kitchen Confidential” looks critically
both at the changes in
the
food and restaurant culture in the past 10 years
and at the people responsible for them.
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15. |
MUSTAINE,
by Dave Mustaine with Joe Layden.
A
memoir by the guitarist, songwriter and founder
of the bands Metallica and Megadeth.
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