Bestseller List for May 8, 2008
from sales the week ending May 4, 2008
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Bestseller List for May 8, 2008
from sales the week ending May 4, 2008
For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE
or visit www.booksense.com
| Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605 An indie fave about a traveling circus comes to paperback. The 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Fiction Winner. |
1/56 |
| 2. | Loving Frank Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006 Horan's fictionalized account of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney's love story is now available in paperback. |
2/4 |
| 3. | Out Stealing Horses - Debut Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085 A widower's recollections of a day with his childhood friend. A Book Sense Spring - Summer 2008 Reading Group Pick. |
/1 |
| 4. | The Yiddish Policemen's Union -
Debut Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834 A fanciful and believable tale of a Yiddish-speaking detective in Alaska. A Book Sense Pick and bestseller in hardcover. |
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| 5. | Divisadero Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307279323 A spellbinding and passionate novel from the author of The English Patient. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover. |
6/2 |
| 6. | The Friday Night Knitting Club Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096 This March 2007 Book Sense Notable is now available in paperback. |
3/18 |
| 7. | The Gathering Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392 Enright's newest novel about a large Irish family gathering for a wake for one of their own. |
4/28 |
| 8. | Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735 Picoult's novel, a Book Sense Bestseller in hardcover, is now available in paperback. |
5/13 |
| 9. | Peony in Love Lisa See, Random House, $14, 9780812975222 A romantic ghost story set in 17th-century China, from the author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. |
10/11 |
| 10. | The Good Husband of Zebra Drive Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 9781400075720 The eighth installment in the popular No. 1 Ladies' Detective series is now available in paperback. |
8/8 |
| 11. | Suite Francaise Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275 Paris under the Germans, by an author interned at Auschwitz. A bestseller in hardcover too. |
9/56 |
| 12. | The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003 A Book Sense Pick, now in paperback. A stunning, enlightening novel of friendship and Afghan culture and politics. |
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| 13. | The Road Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899 A barren, post-apocalyptic landscape is the foreground, and background, for this Pulitzer Prize-winning Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book and Oprah Book Club choice. |
7/58 |
| 14. | The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149 A tragic snap-decision about a handicapped baby, played out among the affected. |
13/89 |
| 15. | After Dark - Debut Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307278739 Three compelling stories over the course of a single night in Tokyo. |
/1 |
| Trade Paperback Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | A New Earth Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963 This follow-up to The Power of Now is the latest Oprah Book Club pick. |
1/14 |
| 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. |
2/66 |
| 3. | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
- Debut Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566 The Kingsolver family moves to a rural Virginia farm and vows to eat locally for one year. A Book Sense Spring - Summer 2008 Reading Group Pick. |
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| 4. | Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412 The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning. |
3/67 |
| 5. | The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806 More millions to sell in paperback! |
4/35 |
| 6. | The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580 A hard-boiled look at the food chain. |
5/36 |
| 7. | Dreams From My Father Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773 An elegant memoir of race and place from the presidential hopeful. |
7/76 |
| 8. | 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. |
6/19 |
| 9. | I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307276827 The 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Nonfiction Winner is finally available in paperback. |
9/4 |
| 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. |
10/5 |
| 11. | Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an
Iowa Farm During the Great Depression - Debut Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246 Kalish's bestseller is a Book Sense Spring - Summer 2008 Reading Group Pick. |
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| 12. | Merle's Door Ted Kerasote, Harvest, $15, 9780156034500 Kerasote's heartwarming story of life with his Labrador mix, Merle. |
11/3 |
| 13. | Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst
Dog John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091 The top Book Sense Pick for November 2005 in hardcover. Finally available in paperback! |
8/8 |
| 14. | Into the Wild Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172 This heartbreaking story of the demise of a "lost" young man is now a movie. |
12/36 |
| 15. | The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542 A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover. |
13/120 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 17. | The Assault on Reason Al Gore, Penguin, $16, 9780143113621 Thoughtful, well-reasoned, and now available in paperback. |
| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739 The latest collection of stories by the author of The Namesake is an April Book Sense Pick. |
1/5 |
| 2. | The Miracle at Speedy Motors Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $22.95, 9780375424489 Precious Ramotswe is back in the latest installment of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. |
2/3 |
| 3. | The Plague of Doves - Debut Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.95, 9780060515126 Erdrich's wonderful 13th novel is a May 2008 Book Sense Pick. |
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| 4. | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587 There's been major critical acclaim for this sci-fi journey from the Dominican Republic to the U.S. and back. |
6/13 |
| 5. | The Whole Truth David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446195973 Defense contractors manipulate global conflicts in Baldacci's latest thriller. |
3/2 |
| 6. | Sundays at Tiffany's - Debut James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316014779 A love story about a lonely woman reunited with a friend from her childhood. |
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| 7. | The Girl With No Shadow Joanne Harris, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061431623 The sequel to the bestseller Chocolat is a May Book Sense Pick. |
10/3 |
| 8. | A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594489501 Splendid characters and plot indeed, once again set in Afghanistan, by the author of the wondrous The Kite Runner. A June Book Sense Pick. |
5/50 |
| 9. | Hold Tight Harlan Coben, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525950608 Parenthood, teen rebellion, the Internet, and a killer at large all factor into Coben's latest thriller. |
4/3 |
| 10. | Red Bird: Poems Mary Oliver, Beacon, $23, 9780807068922 A new volume of poems by one of the nation's bestselling and most beloved poets. |
9/7 |
| 11. | Lush Life Richard Price, FSG, $26, 9780374299255 Price's new novel focuses on the repercussions of a crime committed on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. |
7/9 |
| 12. | So Brave, Young, and Handsome -
Debut Leif Enger, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780871139856 The highly anticipated second novel from the author of Peace Like a River is a May Book Sense Pick. |
/1 |
| 13. | The Appeal John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385515047 Grisham returns with his first legal thriller in three years. |
8/14 |
| 14. | Where Are You Now? Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 9781416566380 A young law clerk searches for her long-missing brother in Clark's latest thriller. |
/3 |
| 15. | People of the Book Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $25.95, 9780670018215 The sweeping new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March. A January 2008 Book Sense Pick. |
/16 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 21. | The Girl of His Dreams Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780871139801 The captivating 17th Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery. |
| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | The Last Lecture Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257 The life-affirming "last lecture" by Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. |
1/4 |
| 2. | Just Who Will You Be? Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189 Shriver offers hope and inspiration and reminds people it's not too late to be the person you want to be. |
2/3 |
| 3. | A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father
- Debut Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312342029 Burroughs recounts his relationship with his aloof, distant father. |
/1 |
| 4. | In Defense of Food Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455 Pollan's answers to the questions he raised in his bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma. |
3/18 |
| 5. | Armageddon in Retrospect Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155086 This collection of previously unpublished writings is an April Book Sense Notable title. |
4/5 |
| 6. | Ladies of Liberty Cokie Roberts, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060782344 Political commentator Roberts looks at some of the most influential women in American history. |
5/4 |
| 7. | Bonk Mary Roach, Norton, $24.95, 9780393064643 An interesting and humorous look at sex and science, from the author of Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. |
9/5 |
| 8. | Home Julie Andrews, Hyperion, $26.95, 9780786865659 Andrews tell her story from her birth in 1935 to being cast as Mary Poppins in 1962. |
8/5 |
| 9. | A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New
World - Debut Tony Horwitz, Holt, $27.50, 9780805076035 This fresh, lively look at the discovery of the New World is a May Book Sense Pick. |
/1 |
| 10. | A Remarkable Mother - Debut Jimmy Carter, S&S, $22.95, 9781416562450 The former president's biography of his truly remarkable mother, Lillian. |
/1 |
| 11. | What Now? Ann Patchett, Harper, $14.95, 9780061340659 Patchett's new book is based on her stirring graduation address at Sarah Lawrence College. |
7/3 |
| 12. | The Secret Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707 A collection of wisdom and philosophies to improve our daily lives. |
11/63 |
| 13. | Beautiful Boy David Sheff, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780618683352 This moving story of a father's love for his drug addicted son is a Book Sense Notable title. |
6/10 |
| 14. | Girls Like Us Sheila Weller, Atria, $27.95, 9780743491471 This insightful biography of three of the most important women in the history of rock is an April Book Sense Pick. |
12/4 |
| 15. | The Post-American World - Debut Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $25.95, 9780393062359 Zakaria's follow-up to his bestseller, The Future of Freedom. |
/1 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 20. | I Before E (Except After C): Old-School Ways to Remember
Stuff Judy Parkinson, Reader's Digest, $14.95, 9780762109173 Easy tips for remembering those small, yet important facts. |
| Mass Market | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Suffer the Little Children - Debut Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614 |
/1 |
| 2. | The Woods Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221957 |
1/5 |
| 3. | Simple Genius David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731 |
2/6 |
| 4. | Bad Luck and Trouble Lee Child, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243663 |
3/6 |
| 5. | The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890 |
4/30 |
| 6. | Invisible Prey - Debut John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425221150 |
/1 |
| 7. | Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal
- Debut Eric Van Lustbader, Vision, $9.99, 9780446618809 |
/1 |
| 8. | The Innocent Man John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243830 |
9/24 |
| 9. | The Good Guy - Debut Dean Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589115 |
/1 |
| 10. | Up in Honey's Room - Debut Elmore Leonard, Harper, $9.99, 9780060724269 |
/1 |
| Children's Interest | ||
| 1. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737 |
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| 2. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810993136 |
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| 3. | The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207 |
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| 4. | The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957 |
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| 5. | Lock and Key Sarah Dessen, Viking, $18.99, 9780670010882 |
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| 6. | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013680 |
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| 7. | Tweak Nic Sheff, Ginee Seo, $16.99, 9781416913627 |
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| 8. | The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785 |
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| 9. | The Giver Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686 |
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| 10. | The Moms' Book: For the Mom Who's Best at Everything
- Debut Alison Maloney, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545042116 |
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| 11. | Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Puffin Classics
Ed.) Jules Verne, Puffin, $4.99, 9780141321042 |
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| 12. | Just Listen Sarah Dessen, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410974 |
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| 13. | The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763639877 |
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| 14. | The Girls' Book Juliana Foster, Scholastic, $9.99, 9780545016292 |
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| 15. | The Calder Game Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439852074 |
| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1. | Gallop! Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633 |
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| 2. | Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 3. | Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236 |
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| 4. | Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274 |
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| 5. | Read All About It! Laura Bush, Jenna Bush, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061560750 |
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| 6. | Alphabet Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658 |
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| 7. | The Pigeon Wants a Puppy Mo Willems, Hyperion, $14.99, 9781423109600 |
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| 8. | Fancy Nancy Bonjour, Butterfly Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061235887 |
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| 9. | Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926 |
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| 10. | Fancy Nancy and the Boy From Paris Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236099 |
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| 11. | Fancy Nancy at the Museum Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075 |
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| 12. | Fancy Nancy Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092 |
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| 13. | Horton Hears a Who! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394800783 |
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| 14. | Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007 |
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| 15. | Love You Forever Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375 |
| Children's Series | |
| 1. | Twilight (hardcover and paperback) Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley |
| 2. | Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House |
| 3. | Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover
and paperback) Rick Riordan, Miramax |
| 4. | Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine |
| 5. | Junie B. Jones (hardcover and paperback) Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House |
| 6. | Warriors (hardcover and paperback) Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins |
| 7. | Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback) Anthony Horowitz, Puffin |
| 8. | The Penderwicks (hardcover) Jeanne Birdsall, Knopf |
| 9. | The Clique (paperback) Lisi Harrison, Little Brown |
| 10. | Septimus Heap (hardcover and paperback) Angie Sage, Katherine Tegen |