| This Week | Title | Last Week | Weeks on List |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Author: John Heilemann, Mark Halperin; Publisher: Harper; ISBN: 9780061733635
A riveting look at the 2008 presidential campaign.
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1 | 8 |
| 2 |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Author: Rebecca Skloot; Publisher: Crown; ISBN: 9781400052172
A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research.
|
2 | 5 |
| 3 |
The Happiness Project
Author: Gretchen Craft Rubin; Publisher: Harper; ISBN: 9780061583254
Rubin's inspiring account of her year-long quest to live a happier life.
|
6 | 6 |
| 4 |
Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Author: Greg Mortenson; Publisher: Viking; ISBN: 9780670021154
Mortenson follows up his bestselling Three Cups of Tea with an account of his ongoing efforts to establish schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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3 | 14 |
| 5 |
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert; Publisher: Viking; ISBN: 9780670021659
Gilbert's follow-up to her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love is a January Indie Next List Great Read.
|
4 | 9 |
| 6 |
Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend
Author: James S. Hirsch; Publisher: Scribner; ISBN: 9781416547907
The first authorized biography of the baseball great.
|
7 | 4 |
| 7 |
Born to Run
Author: Christopher McDougall; Publisher: Knopf; ISBN: 9780307266309
A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.
|
11 | 40 |
| 8 |
The Pacific
Author: Hugh Ambrose; Publisher: NAL; ISBN: 9780451230232
Ambrose's account of five U.S. service men in the Pacific during World War II is the companion to the new HBO mini-series.
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-- | 1 |
| 9 |
Outliers
Author: Malcolm Gladwell; Publisher: Little Brown; ISBN: 9780316017923
The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.
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10 | * |
| 10 |
Just Kids
Author: Patti Smith; Publisher: Ecco; ISBN: 9780066211312
Rock icon Smith's memoir of her early years in New York and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
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5 | 7 |
| 11 |
Half the Sky
Author: Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn; Publisher: Knopf; ISBN: 9780307267146
Powerful true stories of women overcoming adversity and injustice.
|
12 | 16 |
| 12 |
Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat
Author: David Dosa M.D.; Publisher: Hyperion; ISBN: 9781401323233
The endearing true story of a cat's life at a nursing home.
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-- | 1 |
| 13 |
No Apology: The Case for American Greatness
Author: Mitt Romney; Publisher: St. Martin's; ISBN: 9780312609801
Ideas for the future of the U.S. by the 2008 Republican presidential candidate.
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-- | 1 |
| 14 |
What the Dog Saw
Author: Malcolm Gladwell; Publisher: Little Brown; ISBN: 9780316075848
A collection of writing from The New Yorker by the bestselling author of Blink and Outliers.
|
14 | 20 |
| 15 |
Have a Little Faith
Author: Mitch Albom; Publisher: Hyperion; ISBN: 9780786868728
The new true story about the power of faith by the bestselling author of Tuesdays With Morrie.
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15 | 22 |