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Best Sellers - Books - Aug. 3, 2008

Hardcover Fiction
  1. 2 weeks on the list

    TRIBUTE

    by Nora Roberts

    A former child star returns to Virginia to rehabilitate the farm owned by her grandmother, an actress who died mysteriously.

  2. 6 weeks on the list

    THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE

    by David Wroblewski

    A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father’s murder.

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  3. New this week

    RULES OF DECEPTION

    by Christopher Reich

    The death of a surgeon’s wife draws him into a world of espionage and terrorism.

  4. 11 weeks on the list

    THE HOST

    by Stephenie Meyer

    Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender.

  5. 3 weeks on the list

    THE LAST PATRIOT

    by Brad Thor

    Scot Harvath, a Homeland Security superagent, searches for an ancient secret that could defeat Islamic militants.

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Hardcover Nonfiction
  1. 7 weeks on the list

    WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES

    by David Sedaris

    The humorist’s latest essays.

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  2. New this week

    LIFE WITH MY SISTER MADONNA

    by Christopher Ciccone with Wendy Leigh

    What she’s really like.

  3. 13 weeks on the list

    ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA

    by Chelsea Handler

    Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian.

  4. New this week

    THE DARK SIDE

    by Jane Mayer

    How the Bush administration embraced the practice of torture.

  5. 8 weeks on the list

    STORI TELLING

    by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin

    The actress’s memoir.

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Paperback Trade Fiction
  1. 9 weeks on the list

    THE SHACK

    by William P. Young

    A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.

  2. 46 weeks on the list

    WATER FOR ELEPHANTS

    by Sara Gruen

    A young man — and an elephant — save a Depression-era circus.

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  3. 6 weeks on the list

    BAREFOOT

    by Elin Hilderbrand

    Three women burdened by various problems (work, love, health) spend a transformative summer together on Nantucket.

  4. 46 weeks on the list

    THE KITE RUNNER

    by Khaled Hosseini

    An Afghan-American returns to Kabul to learn how a childhood friend has fared under the Taliban.

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  5. 45 weeks on the list

    THE ALCHEMIST

    by Paulo Coelho

    A Spanish shepherd boy travels to Egypt in search of treasure.

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  1. 8 weeks on the list

    STEP ON A CRACK

    by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

    A detective raising 10 children alone must rescue 34 high-level hostages.

  2. 4 weeks on the list

    DOUBLE TAKE

    by Catherine Coulter

    Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock — F.B.I. agents as well as husband and wife — join with a San Francisco colleague to solve a murder and find a missing woman.

  3. 5 weeks on the list

    LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN

    by Janet Evanovich

    The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum becomes a suspect when her ex-husband disappears.

  4. 4 weeks on the list

    THE NAVIGATOR

    by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos

    Kurt Austin and his team track down a stolen Phoenician statue.

  5. 4 weeks on the list

    THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS

    by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

    The F.B.I. agent Aloysius Pendergast helps recover a stolen Tibetan relic.

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Paperback Nonfiction
  1. 77 weeks on the list

    THREE CUPS OF TEA

    by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

    A former climber builds schools in rural villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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  2. 78 weeks on the list

    EAT, PRAY, LOVE

    by Elizabeth Gilbert

    A writer’s yearlong journey in search of self.

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  3. 13 weeks on the list

    BIG RUSS AND ME

    by Tim Russert

    Russert remembers his father and the other important teachers in his life.

  4. 10 weeks on the list

    WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS

    by Tim Russert

    Readers’ letters about their fathers in response to Russert’s memoir, “Big Russ and Me.”

  5. 30 weeks on the list

    THE AUDACITY OF HOPE

    by Barack Obama

    The Illinois senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political divisions.

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Hardcover Advice & Misc.
  1. 15 weeks on the list

    THE LAST LECTURE

    by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow

    After learning he has terminal cancer, a Carnegie Mellon professor shares his thoughts on the importance of “seizing every moment.”

  2. 21 weeks on the list

    DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS

    by Jessica Seinfeld

    Tips and recipes to fool children into eating right, from a mother of three (and the wife of Jerry Seinfeld).

  3. New this week

    THE WINNERS MANUAL

    by Jim Tressel with Chris Fabry

    A guide to success from the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team.

  4. 80 weeks on the list

    THE SECRET

    by Rhonda Byrne

    The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.

  5. 3 weeks on the list

    GOODNIGHT BUSH

    by Erich Origen and Gan Golan

    A requiem for the Bush administration, based on the children’s book “Goodnight Moon.”

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Paperback Advice & Misc.
  1. 25 weeks on the list

    A NEW EARTH

    by Eckhart Tolle

    A spiritual teacher prescribes letting go of the ego to help end conflict and suffering.

  2. 54 weeks on the list

    SKINNY BITCH

    by Kim Barnouin

    Vegan diet advice from the world of modeling.

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  3. 40 weeks on the list

    THE POWER OF NOW

    by Eckhart Tolle

    A guide to personal growth and spiritual enlightenment.

  4. 370 weeks on the list

    WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING

    by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel

    Advice for parents-to-be.

  5. 30 weeks on the list

    YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE

    by Louise L. Hay

    A counselor’s prescriptions for regaining confidence through mind-body self-healing.

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  1. 66 weeks on the list

    DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

    written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney

    The travails of adolescence, in cartoons.

  2. 27 weeks on the list

    DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES

    by Jeff Kinney

    How Greg embarrassed himself on his vacation; a sequel to “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.”

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  3. 4 weeks on the list

    WARRIORS: CATS OF THE CLANS

    by Erin Hunter. Illustrated by Wayne McLoughlin

    A guide to the Warriors series.

  4. 13 weeks on the list

    LOCK AND KEY

    by Sarah Dessen

    A free-spirited high school girl is sent to live with her wealthy older sister.

  5. 68 weeks on the list

    THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET

    by Brian Selznick

    An orphan deciphers his father’s last message.

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Children’s Paperback Books
  1. 3 weeks on the list

    KRISTEN

    by Lisi Harrison

    In summer school, a scholarship student baby-sits for a popular boy’s younger sister; a Clique novel.

  2. 25 weeks on the list

    THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX

    by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering

    A mouse, a rat and a girl on a magic trip.

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  3. 45 weeks on the list

    THE BOOK THIEF

    by Markus Zusak

    A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding.

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  4. 7 weeks on the list

    ALICIA

    by Lisi Harrison.

    In Spain for the summer, a girl auditions for a role in a rock video; a Clique novel.

  5. 12 weeks on the list

    CHOSEN

    by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast

    A young vampire learns who her real school friends are.

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Children’s Picture Books
  1. 36 weeks on the list

    GALLOP!

    written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder

    Animals seem to move when you flip the page.

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  2. 15 weeks on the list

    ALPHABET

    by Matthew Van Fleet

    An interactive safari ABC.

  3. 2 weeks on the list

    YOU CAN DO IT!

    by Tony Dungy. Illustrated by Amy June Bates

    How faith and dreams help us succeed, by the coach of the Indianapolis Colts.

  4. 6 weeks on the list

    A VISITOR FOR BEAR

    by Bonny Becker. Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton

    A mouse pops in on an antisocial bear.

  5. 34 weeks on the list

    KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO

    written and illustrated by Mo Willems

    One of Trixie’s classmates has a bunny just like hers.

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Children’s & Young Adult Series
  1. 50 weeks on the list

    THE TWILIGHT SAGA

    by Stephenie Meyer

    Vampires and werewolves in high school.

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  2. 100 weeks on the list

    ARTEMIS FOWL

    by Eoin Colfer

    A criminal’s magical adventures.

  3. 64 weeks on the list

    PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS

    by Rick Riordan

    Battling mythological monsters.

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  4. 19 weeks on the list

    BOOKS OF EMBER

    by Jeanne DuPrau

    In a postapocalyptic future, children try to save the world.

  5. 192 weeks on the list

    HARRY POTTER

    by J.K. Rowling

    A boy wizard hones his skills and fights evil.

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