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Best Sellers

 Last Updated August 30, 2010

Fiction  or  Non-Fiction

 

FICTION BEST SELLERS

1.

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.

2.

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, by Stieg Larsson.

The third volume of a trilogy about a Swedish hacker and a journalist. 

3.

THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett.

A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.

4.

THE COBRA, by Frederick Forsyth.

A former C.I.A. operative is unleashed on the cocaine industry.

5.

STAR ISLAND, by Carl Hiaasen.

A paparazzo attempting to kidnap a drug-addled pop star grabs her stunt double by mistake.

6.

TOUGH CUSTOMER, by Sandra Brown.

A private investigator pursues a deranged killer who is stalking the daughter he never knew.

7.

THREE STATIONS, by Martin Cruz Smith.

Inspector Arkady Renko faces corrupt Russian capitalists and bureaucrats.

8.

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.”

9.

LAST NIGHT AT CHATEAU MARMONT, by Lauren Weisberger.

A woman is challenged when her musician husband suddenly becomes a star.

10.

THE REMBRANDT AFFAIR, by Daniel Silva.

The art restorer and assassin Gabriel Allon discovers that there are deadly secrets behind a stolen painting.

11.

CROSSFIRE, by Dick Francis and Felix Francis.

An injured British soldier returns from Afghanistan to help his mother, a horse trainer, identify a blackmailer.

12.

PRIVATE, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.

The head of an investigation company pursues the murderer of his best friend's wife.

13.

THE VIGILANTES, by W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV.

Members of the Philadelphia Police Department are plagued by vigilante groups.

14.

VEIL OF NIGHT, by Linda Howard.

There are many suspects when a bridezilla is murdered.

15.

FLY AWAY HOME, by Jennifer Weiner.

A senator's extramarital affair affects his wife and daughters.

 

NONFICTION BEST SELLERS

1.

....MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern.

A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author's father.

2.

COMMITTED, by Elizabeth Gilbert.

The author of “Eat, Pray, Love” wrestles with, and overcomes, her ambivalence about marriage.

3.

OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell.

Why some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.”

4.

EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne.

The story of Quanah Parker, the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. 

5.

THE OBAMA DIARIES, by Laura Ingraham.

A satirical fictional journal with commentary, by the conservative political commentator.

6.

THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis.

The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.

7.

CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler.

More humorous personal essays from the comedian.

8.

PACKING FOR MARS, by Mary Roach.

A humorous investigation of life without gravity in the space program, by the author of “Stiff” and “Bonk.”

9.

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.

10.

ANGELINA, by Andrew Morton.

A biography of Angelina Jolie, actress and humanitarian.

11.

SLIDING INTO HOME, by Kendra Wilkinson with Jon Warech.

The life of the reality TV star and former Playboy cover model.

12.

THE MURDER ROOM, by Michael Capuzzo.

The story of the Vidoq Society, a Philadelphia-based organization dedicated to reopening cold cases.

13.

BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall.

Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.

14.

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.

15.

MUSTAINE, by Dave Mustaine with Joe Layden.

A memoir by the guitarist, songwriter and founder of the bands Metallica and Megadeth.