| This Week | Title | Last Week | Weeks on List |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Eat, Pray, Love
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert; Publisher: Penguin; ISBN: 9780143118428
The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning.
|
1 | 8 |
| 2 |
Where Men Win Glory
Author: Jon Krakauer; Publisher: Anchor; ISBN: 9780307386045
Krakauer's look at the remarkable life and death of Pat Tillman is now available in paperback.
|
2 | 4 |
| 3 |
Three Cups of Tea
Author: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin; Publisher: Penguin; ISBN: 9780143038252
An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
|
5 | * |
| 4 |
Lit
Author: Mary Karr; Publisher: Harper Perennial; ISBN: 9780060596996
The new memoir by the bestselling author of The Liar's Club is now available in paperback.
|
4 | 8 |
| 5 |
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
Author: Rhoda Janzen; Publisher: Holt; ISBN: 9780805092257
A funny and moving memoir about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis.
|
6 | 19 |
| 6 |
Zeitoun
Author: Dave Eggers; Publisher: Vintage; ISBN: 9780307387943
The gripping true story of a man who chose to remain in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to protect his home and business.
|
3 | 10 |
| 7 |
Food Rules
Author: Michael Pollan; Publisher: Penguin; ISBN: 9780143116387
A guide to eating wisely by the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food.
|
7 | 34 |
| 8 |
Half the Sky
Author: Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn; Publisher: Vintage; ISBN: 9780307387097
Powerful true stories of women overcoming adversity and injustice.
|
10 | 12 |
| 9 |
The Glass Castle
Author: Jeannette Walls; Publisher: Scribner; ISBN: 9780743247542
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing.
|
11 | * |
| 10 |
Shop Class as Soulcraft
Author: Matthew B. Crawford; Publisher: Penguin; ISBN: 9780143117469
Crawford examines the importance of understanding how things work and manual competence."
|
8 | 17 |
| 11 |
The Good Soldiers
Author: David Finkel; Publisher: Picador; ISBN: 9780312430023
Pulitzer Prize-winner Finkel's masterful account of American soldiers fighting in Iraq.
|
9 | 2 |
| 12 |
Strength in What Remains
Author: Tracy Kidder; Publisher: Random House; ISBN: 9780812977615
The gripping story of Deo, a young man who fled the African nation of Burundi during the country's civil war.
|
13 | 16 |
| 13 |
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Author: Michael Pollan; Publisher: Penguin; ISBN: 9780143038580
A hard-boiled look at the food chain.
|
15 | * |
| 14 |
Awkward Family Photos
Author: Mike Bender, Doug Chernack; Publisher: Three Rivers; ISBN: 9780307592293
Hilarious, real pictures of uncomfortable moments with relatives.
|
-- | 7 |
| 15 |
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Author: Chelsea Handler; Publisher: Simon Spotlight; ISBN: 9781416596363
Hilarious essays by the author of My Horizontal Life.
|
-- | 32 |