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The Book Sense Biography and Memoir Bestseller List
Printer-friendly versionBased on four weeks of sales ended September 14, 2003, at hundreds of independent bookstores across the U.S.
Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.
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The Book Sense Biography and Memoir Bestseller List
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| 1. | Benjamin Franklin Walter Isaacson, S&S, $30, 0684807610 |
| 2. | Running With Scissors Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X |
| 3. | Kate Remembered A. Scott Berg, Putnam, $25.95, 0399151648 |
| 4. | Living History Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $28, 0743222245 |
| 5. | Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight Alexandra Fuller, Random House, $13.95, 0375758992 |
| 6. | Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi, Random House, $23.95, 0375504907 |
| 7. | It's Not About the Bike Lance Armstrong, Berkley, $14, 0425179613 |
| 8. | A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers, Vintage, $14, 0375725784 |
| 9. | Leap of Faith Queen Noor, Miramax Books, $25.95, 0786867175 |
| 10. | The Lobster Chronicles Linda Greenlaw, Hyperion, $13.95, 0786885912 |
| 11. | The Teammates David Halberstam, Hyperion, $22.95, 140130057X |
| 12. | Into the Wild Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $12.95, 0385486804 |
| 13. | A Thousand Days in Venice Marlena Blasi, Ballantine, $12.95, 0345457641 |
| 14. | My Losing Season Pat Conroy, Bantam, $14.95, 0553381903 |
| 15. | Complications Atul Gawande, Picador, $13, 0312421702 |
| 16. | Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom, Broadway, $11.95, 076790592X |
| 17. | Almost French Sarah Turnbull, Gotham, $25, 1592400388 |
| 18. | Benjamin Franklin Edmund S. Morgan, Yale Univ., $16, 0300101627 |
| 19. | A Child Called "It" Dave Pelzer, HCI, $9.95, 1558743669 |
| 20. | A Round-Heeled Woman Jane Juska, Villard, $23.95, 1400060117 |
| 21. | The Prince of Providence Mike Stanton, Random House, $25.95, 0375507809 |
| 22. | Isaac Newton James Gleick, Pantheon, $22.95, 0375422331 |
| 23. | The Kennedy Curse Edward Klein, St. Martin's, $24.95, 031231292X |
| 24. | John Adams David McCullough, Touchstone, $18.95, 0743223136 |
| 25. | Ball of Fire Stefan Kanfer, Knopf, $25.95, 0375413154 |
| 26. | Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $14, 0060934913 |
| 27. | Founding Brothers Joseph J. Ellis, Vintage, $14, 0375705244 |
| 28. |
She's Not There |
| 29. | Lucky Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $11.95, 0316096199 |
| 30. | The Lost Boy Dave Pelzer, HCI, $10.95, 1558745157 |
| 31. | Tuxedo Park Jennet Richards Conant, S&S, $14, 0684872889 |
| 32. | Paris to the Moon Adam Gopnik, Random House, $14.95, 0375758232 |
| 33. | The Last American Man Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $14, 0142002836 |
| 34. | Naked David Sedaris, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316777730 |
| 35. | The Orchid Thief Susan Orlean, Ballantine, $14, 044900371X |
| 36. | Persepolis Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon, $17.95, 0375422307 |
| 37. | The Piano Shop on the Left Bank Thaddeus Carhart, Random House, $13.95, 0375758623 |
| 38. | The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family Mary S. Lovell, Norton, $18.95, 0393324141 |
| 39. | Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13, 0385494785 |
| 40. | The Big House George Howe Colt, Scribner, $26, 0684845172 |
| 41. | How to Lose Friends and Alienate People Toby Young, Da Capo, $14.95, 0306812274 |
| 42. | Traveling Mercies Anne Lamott, Anchor, $13, 0385496095 |
| 43. | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Bantam Books, $5.99, 0553279378 |
| 44. | Cicero Anthony Everitt, Random House, $14.95, 037575895X |
| 45. | Dry Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 0312272057 |
| 46. | The Color of Water James McBride, Riverhead, $14, 1573225789 |
| 47. | Sixpence House Paul Collins, Bloomsbury, $23.95, 1582342849 |
| 48. | Gift From the Sea Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Pantheon, $8.95, 0679732411 |
| 49. | A Girl Named Zippy Haven Kimmel, Broadway, $12.95, 0767905318 |
| 50. | The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $4.99, 0553296981 |
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