| This Week | Title | Last Week | Weeks on List |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
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.
|
1 | 10 |
| 2 |
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.
|
3 | * |
| 3 |
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Author: David Grann; Publisher: Vintage; ISBN: 9781400078455
This fascinating look at British explorer Percy Fawcett's 1925 Amazon expedition is now available in paperback.
|
2 | 6 |
| 4 |
Animals Make Us Human
Author: Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson; Publisher: Mariner; ISBN: 9780547248233
A fascinating look at how animals and humans can best interact.
|
4 | 8 |
| 5 |
In Defense of Food
Author: Michael Pollan; Publisher: Penguin; ISBN: 9780143114963
Pollan's answers to the questions raised in his bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma.
|
7 | 45 |
| 6 |
A People's History of the United States
Author: Howard Zinn; Publisher: Harper; ISBN: 9780060838652
Zinn's insightful analysis of the historic events in U.S. history.
|
8 | 6 |
| 7 |
The Glass Castle
Author: Jeannette Walls; Publisher: Scribner; ISBN: 9780743247542
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing.
|
9 | * |
| 8 |
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Author: Tracy Kidder; Publisher: Random House; ISBN: 9780812973013
The prize-winning Kidder examines a life made meaningful through dedication.
|
6 | * |
| 9 |
The Blind Side
Author: Michael Lewis; Publisher: Norton; ISBN: 9780393338386
Lewis' vivid look at football, college recruiting, and the NFL, inspired the movie in theaters now.
|
12 | 16 |
| 10 |
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Author: Michael Pollan; Publisher: Penguin; ISBN: 9780143038580
A hard-boiled look at the food chain.
|
5 | * |
| 11 |
Eat, Pray, Love
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert; Publisher: Penguin; ISBN: 9780143038412
The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning.
|
11 | * |
| 12 |
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.
|
14 | 9 |
| 13 |
How We Decide
Author: Jonah Lehrer; Publisher: Mariner; ISBN: 9780547247991
Lehrer's fascinating and entertaining look at the human decision-making process is now available in paperback.
|
10 | 7 |
| 14 |
My Life in France
Author: Julia Child; Publisher: Anchor; ISBN: 9780307277695
The late, great Child's loving look back to her first trip to France in 1949.
|
13 | 43 |
| 15 |
Blink
Author: Malcolm Gladwell; Publisher: Back Bay; ISBN: 9780316010665
Gladwell's bestseller on the power of first impressions comes to paperback.
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