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The Wit, Satire, and Humor Book Sense Bestseller List
Printer-friendly versionBased on four weeks of sales ended August 31, 2003, at hundreds of independent bookstores across the U.S.
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The Wit, Satire, and Humor Book Sense Bestseller List |
| 1. | Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right Al Franken, Dutton, $24.95, 0525947647 |
| 2. | Thieves in High Places Jim Hightower, Viking, $24.95, 0670031410 |
| 3. | Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris, Little Brown, $14.95, 0316776963 |
| 4. | The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love Jill Conner Browne, Three Rivers, $12.95, 0609804138 |
| 5. | The Darwin Awards Wendy Northcutt, Plume, $10, 0452283442 |
| 6. | Naked David Sedaris, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316777730 |
| 7. | The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner Jill Conner Browne, Three Rivers, $13.95, 060980877X |
| 8. | The Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection Wendy Northcutt, Plume, $11, 0452284015 |
| 9. | Big Bad Book of Bart Simpson Matt Groening, Perennial, $12.95, 0060555904 |
| 10. | Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write From the Road Jennifer L. Leo (Ed.), Traveler's Tales, $14.95, 1885211929 |
| 11. | Non Campus Mentis: World History According to College Students Anders Hendriksson, Workman, $7.95, 0761129790 |
| 12. | Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld Hart Seely (Ed.), Free Press, $12.95, 0743255976 |
| 13. | Salvos from the Baffler -- Boob Jubilee: The Mad Cultural Politics of the New Economy Tom Frank, Dave Mulcahey (Eds.), Norton, $15.95, 0393324303 |
| 14. | Downsize This! Michael Moore, Perennial, $13, 0060977337 |
| 15. | God Save the Sweet Potato Queens Jill Conner Browne, Three Rivers, $13.95, 060980619X |
| 16. | The Get Fuzzy Experience: Are You Bucksperienced Darby Conley, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0740733001 |
| 17. | Why I'm Like This: True Stories Cynthia Kaplan, Perennial, $12.95, 006051261X |
| 18. | Notes From a Small Island Bill Bryson, Perennial, $14, 0380727501 |
| 19. | Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $23, 0743236009 |
| 20. | Oh, the Things I Know! Al Franken, Plume, $10, 0452284503 |
| 21. | Pretty Good Joke Book: A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor (Intro.), Penguin Audio, $9.95, 1565115228 |
| 22. | How to Be a Villain: Evil Laughs Secret Lairs -- Master Plans and More!!! Neil Zawacki, Chronicle, $12.95, 0811846660 |
| 23. | Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays David Sedaris, Back Bay, $12.95, 0316779423 |
| 24. | Zits Supersized: A Zits Treasury Jerry Scott, Andrews McMeel, $14.95, 0740733079 |
| 25. | You Back the Attack! We'll Bomb Who We Want!: Remixed War Propaganda Micah Ian Wright, Seven Stories, $15.95, 1583225846 |
| 26. | The Bear in the Attic Patrick F. McManus, Owl, $12, 0805072950 |
| 27. | More George W. Bushisms Jacob Weisberg (Ed.), Fireside, $9.95, 0743225198 |
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| 29. | Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe Bill Bryson, Perennial, $14, 0380713802 |
| 30. | The Grits Guide to Life Deborah Ford, Dutton, $22.95, 0525947264 |
| 31. | The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Work David Borgenicht, Joshua Piven, Chronicle, $14.95, 0811835758 |
| 32. | George W. Bushisms: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President Jacob Weisberg (Ed.), Fireside, $9.95, 0743222229 |
| 33. | The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook Joshua Piven et al., Chronicle, $14.95, 0811825558 |
| 34. | Garfield Eats Crow: His 39th Book Jim Davis, Ballantine, $10.95, 0345452011 |
| 35. | The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America Bill Bryson, Perennial, $14, 0060920084 |
| 36. | If Only You Knew How Much I Smell You Roy Bount, Jr., Valerie Schaff (Photo.), Bulfinch, $9.95, 0821228307 |
| 37. | Groovitude: A Get Fuzzy Treasury Darby Conley, Andrews McMeel, $14.95, 0740728946 |
| 38. | Brain Droppings George Carlin, Hyperion, $12.95, 0786883219 |
| 39. | Your Momma Thinks Square Roots Are Vegetables Bill Amend, Andrews McMeel, $8.95, 0740732994 |
| 40. | Senior Moments Joey Green, Fireside, $9.95, 0743226968 |
| 41. | Napalm & Silly Putty George Carlin, Hyperion, $12.95, 0786887583 |
| 42. | The Between Boyfriends Book: A Collection of Cautiously Hopeful Essays Cindy Chupack, St. Martin's, $19.95, 0312309031 |
| 43. | Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0836220889 |
| 44. | The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $14.95, 0836218981 |
| 45. | The Hipster Handbook Robert Lanham, Anchor, $9.95, 1400032016 |
| 46. | The New Yorker Book of Baseball Cartoons Robert Mankoff (Ed.), Bloomberg, $21.95, 1576601277 |
| 47. | Garfield Takes the Cake Jim Davis, Ballantine, $10.95, 0345449789 |
| 48. | The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club Laurie Notaro, Villard, $12.95, 0375760911 |
| 49. | Horseshoes, Cowsocks & Duckfeet: More Commentary by NPR's Cowboy Poet & Former Large Animal Veterinarian Baxter Black, Three Rivers, $14, 1400049431 |
| 50. | Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink': A Calvin and Hobbes Collection Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0836218787 |
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