The Presidents & Presidential Election Bestseller List

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Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending Wednesday, March 5, 2008.

1.

Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773

2.

A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Carl Bernstein, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307388551

3.

The Bush Tragedy
Jacob Weisberg, Random House, $26, 9781400066780

4.

The River of Doubt
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767913737

5.

Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 9780743270755

6.

Obama: From Promise to Power
David Mendell, Amistad, $25.95, 9780060858209

7.

Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789 - 1989
Michael R. Beschloss, S&S, $15.95, 9780743257442

8.

A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win
Shelby Steele, Free Press, $22, 9781416559177

9.

Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women Writers
Susan Morrison (Ed.), Harper, $23.95, 9780061455933

10.

Founding Brothers
Joseph J. Ellis, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375705243

11.

John Adams
David McCullough, S&S, $20, 9781416575887

12.

A Woman in Charge
Carl Bernstein, Knopf, $27.95, 9780375407666

13.

For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years
Sally Bedell Smith, Random House, $27.95, 9781400063246

14.

Living History
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Scribner, $16, 9780743222259

15.

Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir
John S. McCain, Harper Perennial, $14, 9780060957865

Past Category Bestseller lists are available on ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org.

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