The Book Sense Presidential Bestseller List

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For the eight-week period ending March 5, 2006, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

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The Book Sense Presidential Bestseller List

1.

Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $35, 0684824906

2.

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $26, 0385507968

3.

His Excellency: George Washington
Joseph J. Ellis, Vintage, $15, 1400032539

4.

Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
H.W. Brands, Doubleday, $35, 0385507380

5.

Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
Joshua Wolf Shenk, Houghton Mifflin, $25, 0618551166

6.

Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power
Richard Carwardine, Knopf, $27.50, 1400044561

7.

John Adams
David McCullough, Touchstone, $18.95, 0743223136

8.

President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination
Richard Reeves, Simon & Schuster, $30, 0743230221

9.

My Life
Bill Clinton, Vintage, $17.95, 140003003X

10.

Truman
David McCullough, S&S, $22, 0671869205

11.

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
Joseph J. Ellis, Vintage, $15.95, 0679764410

12.

Franklin and Winston
Jon Meacham, Random House, $16.95, 0812972821

13.

Sharing Good Times
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $13, 0743270681

14.

The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words
Ronald C. White, Random House, $15.95, 0812970462

15.

His Excellency
Joseph Ellis, Knopf, $26.95, 1400040310
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