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Best
Sellers
Last
Updated May 5, 2008
Fiction or Non-Fiction
FICTION
BEST
SELLERS
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1. |
THE
WHOLE TRUTH,
by David Baldacci.
An
intelligence agent and a journalist team up against
a warmongering defense contractor.
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2. |
HOLD
TIGHT,
by Harlan Coben.
The
aftermath of a high school kid's suicide rocks
a New Jersey suburb.
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3. |
THE
MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS,
by Alexander McCall Smith.
The
ninth novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
series.
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| 4. |
UNACCUSTOMED
EARTH,
by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Stories
about the anxiety and transformation experienced
by Bengali parents and their American children.
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| 5. |
WHERE
ARE YOU NOW?,
by Mary Higgins Clark.
A
woman searches for the truth about her brother,
who is alive but has disappeared.
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| 6. |
CERTAIN
GIRLS,
by Jennifer Weiner.
A girl discovers the sexy, somewhat autobiographical
novel her mother wrote years earlier.
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QUICKSAND,
by Iris Johansen.
The
forensic sculptor Eve Duncan tracks a killer who
claims to have murdered her daughter years earlier.
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| 8. |
DEAD
HEAT,
by Joel C. Rosenberg.
With
the world on the brink of war, terrorists plot
to assassinate a candidate in a closely fought
presidential election.
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THE
APPEAL, by John Grisham.
Political
and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court
decides against a chemical company accused of
dumping toxic waste.
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| 10. |
SANTA
FE DEAD,
by Stuart Woods.
A
Santa Fe lawyer investigates his nefarious former
wife.
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| 11. |
THE
THIRD CIRCLE,
by Amanda Quick.
In
Victorian England, a crystal reader joins forces
with a hypnotist to steal a mysterious stone (an
Arcane Society novel).
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| 12. |
COMPULSION,
by Jonathan Kellerman.
Several
Los Angeles women are murdered, and the psychologist-detective
Alex Delaware investigates.
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| 13. |
BELONG
TO ME,
by Marisa de los Santos.
When
she moves to the suburbs, a woman becomes enmeshed
in complications and secrets.
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| 14. |
BULLS
ISLAND,
by Dorothea Benton Frank.
An
investment banker returns to the South Carolina
island home she had left 20 years before.
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A
THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini.
A
friendship between two women in Afghanistan against
the backdrop of
30
years of war.
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NONFICTION
BEST SELLERS
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1. |
ARE
YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA,
by Chelsea Handler.
Humorous
personal essays from the stand-up comedian.
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2. |
ESCAPE,
by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer.
A former member of a fundamentalist polygamous
sect describes her forced marriage to a much older
man.
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3. |
HOME,
by Julie Andrews.
A memoir of Andrews's early years.
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4. |
BEAUTIFUL
BOY,
by David Sheff.
A
father struggles with his son's meth addiction.
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MISTAKEN
IDENTITY, by Don and Susie Van Ryn and
Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb.
The
families of two girls whose identities were confused
after a 2006 accident describe their experience.
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6. |
LADIES
OF LIBERTY,
by Cokie Roberts.
The
influential women of early America.
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7. |
THE
REVOLUTION,
by Ron Paul.
A
libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman
and Republican presidential candidate.
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8. |
BAD
MONEY,
by Kevin Phillips.
How
the financial sector has hijacked the American
economy, aided by Washington's ruinous faith in
the efficiency of markets.
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ARMAGEDDON
IN RETROSPECT,
by Kurt Vonnegut.
Twelve
unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist,
who died in 2007.
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THE
SOLOIST,
by Steve Lopez.
A
columnist for The Los Angeles Times comes upon
a homeless musician on Skid Row and sets out to
change his life.
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11. |
GIRLS
LIKE US,
by Sheila Weller.
The
lives and times of Carole King, Joni Mitchell
and Carly Simon.
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12. |
THE
TRILLION DOLLAR MELTDOWN,
by Charles R. Morris.
A
clear explanation of how we got into the economic
mess we are in and what is likely to happen next,
from a lawyer and former banker.
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13. |
IN
DEFENSE OF FOOD,
by Michael Pollan.
A
manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much.
Mostly plants.”
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14. |
BONK,
by Mary Roach.
An
amusing look at the science of sexual physiology.
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15. |
BRETT
FAVRE: THE TRIBUTE, by Sports Illustrated.
Articles
about and pictures of the Green Bay Packers
quarterback.
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