This
Week |
FICTION |
Weeks
On List |
| 1 |
TRIBUTE, by Nora Roberts. A
former child star returns to Virginia to rehabilitate the farm owned
by her grandmother, an actress who died mysteriously. |
1 |
| 2 |
FEARLESS FOURTEEN,
by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie Plum and her boyfriend Joe Morelli
become involved when his cousin's bank robbery goes bad. |
4 |
| 3 |
THE LAST PATRIOT,
by Brad Thor. Scot Harvath, a Homeland Security superagent, searches
for an ancient secret that could defeat Islamic militants.
Audio only. |
2 |
| 4 |
THE STORY OF
EDGAR SAWTELLE, by
David Wroblewski. A young mute takes refuge with three dogs in the
Wisconsin woods after his uncle murders his father. |
5 |
| 5 |
SWAN PEAK, by James Lee Burke.
The Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux can’t escape trouble on his
Montana vacation. |
1 |
| 6 |
SAIL, by James
Patterson and Howard Roughan. A sailing vacation turns into a disaster
when someone attempts to destroy a family.
|
5 |
| 7 |
THE HOST, by
Stephenie Meyer. In this first adult novel by the author of the
Twilight series for teenagers, aliens have taken control of the minds
and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender. |
10 |
| 8 |
TAILSPIN, by
Catherine Coulter. Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock — F.B.I. agents as
well as husband and wife — come to the aid of a colleague protecting a
Washington psychiatrist who has been disclosing secrets about his
powerful patients. |
3 |
| 9 |
THE BEACH HOUSE,
by Jane Green. A woman's life changes when she rents out rooms in her
Nantucket house. |
4 |
| 10 |
LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH,
by Emily Giffin. A woman’s happy marriage is shaken when she
encounters an old boyfriend. |
9 |
| 11 |
CHASING DARKNESS,
by Robert Crais. Is the Los Angeles private eye Elvis Cole responsible
for the release of a serial killer? |
2 |
| 12 |
CHASING HARRY WINSTON,
by Lauren Weisberger. Three glamorous friends, New York women nearing
30, vow to change their lives. |
7 |
| 13 |
ROGUE, by
Danielle Steel. A divorced doctor on the verge of marriage to a kind
new man faces a quandary when her exasperating ex-husband, a dot-com
millionaire, wants her to work with him on a humanitarian project. |
3 |
| 14 |
DEATH ANGEL, by
Linda Howard. A crime lord’s former mistress cooperates with the F.B.I. |
2 |
| 15 |
SILENT THUNDER, by Iris Johansen
and Roy Johansen. A decommissioned Soviet submarine holds a deadly
secret. |
1 |
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This
Week |
NON-FICTION |
Weeks
On List |
| 1 |
WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES,
by David Sedaris. The humorist’s latest essays deal with middle age,
mortality and giving up smoking. |
6 |
| 2 |
ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler. Humorous personal essays from the stand-up
comedian. |
12 |
| 3 |
FLEECED,
by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. Americans are fleeced by
government, business, labor unions and lobbyists. |
3 |
| 4 |
WHAT HAPPENED, by
Scott McClellan. A former White House press secretary regrets that “I
allowed myself to be deceived” by top officials. |
7 |
| 5 |
STORI TELLING, by
Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. The actress’s memoir, from her
Hollywood childhood through “Beverly Hills, 90210,” to her son’s
birth. |
7 |
| 6 |
THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE,
by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi. An American writer who moved to
Florence works with an Italian journalist to discover the identity of
a local serial killer. |
5 |
| 7 |
THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD,
by Fareed Zakaria. The rise of China and India and the global
distribution of power. |
11 |
| 8 |
AUDITION, by
Barbara Walters. A personal and professional memoir. |
10 |
| 9 |
THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH
FOR MURDER, by Vincent Bugliosi. The
Manson prosecutor makes a case for trying the president for the deaths
of 4,000 American soldiers in Iraq. |
5 |
| 10 |
MY STROKE OF
INSIGHT, by Jill
Bolte Taylor. A brain scientist shares what she learned from her 1996
stroke. |
6 |
| 11 |
ROME 1960,
by David Maraniss. How the 1960 Olympic Games reflected their time. |
2 |
| 12 |
SOMEWHERE IN HEAVEN,
by Christopher Andersen. The marriage of Christopher and Dana Reeve. |
1 |
| 13 |
IN DEFENSE OF FOOD,
by Michael Pollan. A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much.
Mostly plants.” |
20 |
| 14 |
I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!),
by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman et
al. The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert
Report.” |
28 |
| 15 |
ME OF LITTLE
FAITH, by Lewis
Black. The stand-up comedian’s essays about religion focus on what we
believe and why. |
6 |
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