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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for April 17, 2008
from sales the week ending April 13, 2008
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| Trade Paperback Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
| 1. | A New Earth Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963 This follow-up to The Power of Now is the latest Oprah Book Club pick. | 1/11 |
| 2. | Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252 An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. A Book Sense Notable title. | 2/63 |
| 3. | Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412 The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning. | 3/64 |
| 4. | The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806 More millions to sell in paperback! | 6/32 |
| 5. | The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705 Hope as a precursor to presidential ambitions. Now available in paperback in time for a surge in the polls. | 5/16 |
| 6. | Dreams From My Father Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773 An elegant memoir of race and place from the presidential hopeful. | 4/73 |
| 7. | The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580 A hard-boiled look at the food chain. | 7/33 |
| 8. | Into the Wild Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172 This heartbreaking story of the demise of a "lost" young man is now a movie. | 9/33 |
| 9. | Marley & Me John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091 The top Book Sense Pick for November 2005 in hardcover. Finally available in paperback! | 8/5 |
| 10. | Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696 Ali, a Somali-born member of the Dutch parliament, gives a view of violence against women in the Muslim world. | 10/2 |
| 11. | I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman - Debut Nora Ephron, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307276827 The 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Nonfiction Winner is finally available in paperback. | /1 |
| 12. | The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542 A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover. | 11/117 |
| 13. | John Adams David McCullough, S&S, $20, 9781416575887 This biography of the second U.S. president is also the inspiration for the HBO series. | 12/3 |
| 14. | The God Delusion Richard Dawkins, Mariner, $15.95, 9780618918249 The November 2006 Book Sense Notable, now in paperback. | /6 |
| 15. | Grace (Eventually) Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 9781594482878 Lamott's meditation on faith is now available in paperback. | 15/6 |
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| 16. | Merle's Door: Lessons From a Freethinking Dog Ted Kerasote, Harvest, $15, 9780156034500 Kerasote's heartwarming story of life with his Labrador mix, Merle. |