Bestseller Lists: May 17, 2009
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris
2. THE 8TH CONFESSION, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
3. PYGMY, by Chuck Palahniuk
4. FIRST FAMILY, by David Baldacci
5. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT, by Alexander McCall Smith
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin
2. ALWAYS LOOKING UP, by Michael J. Fox
3. RESILIENCE, by Elizabeth Edwards
4. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell
5. THE GIRLS FROM AMES, by Jeffrey Zaslow
PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION
1. VISION IN WHITE, by Nora Roberts
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young
3. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer
4. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
5. CITY OF THIEVES, by David Benioff
PAPERBACK MASS-MARKET FICTION
1. SAIL, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
2. ANGELS AND DEMONS, by Dan Brown
3. PHANTOM PREY, by John Sandford
4. ODD HOURS, by Dean Koontz
5. BURNING WILD, by Christine Feehan
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
2. AUDITION, by Barbara Walters
3. LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson
4. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan
5. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert
HARDCOVER ADVICE
1. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey with Denene Millner
2. THE G-FREE DIET, by Elisabeth Hasselbeck
3. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst
4. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
5. 10-10-10, by Suzy Welch
PAPERBACK ADVICE
1. COOK YOURSELF THIN, by the staff of Lifetime Television
2. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough
3. NATURALLY THIN, by Bethenny Frankel with Eve Adamson
4. HUNGRY GIRL 200 UNDER 200, by Lisa Lillien
5. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
1. LISTEN TO THE WIND, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth
2. EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!, by Jane O’Connor
3. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder
4. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA, written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney
5. THE CURIOUS GARDEN, written and illustrated by Peter Brown
Rebeca Schiller is the editor of Alvah's Books. She reviews literary fiction and non-fiction.
What’s the source of your list? (I’ve been kind of enamored with best-seller lists for a while–ever since I’ve noticed that Stephenie Meyer is still listed at the top of Entertainment Weekly’s listings. How can that be?)
1I keep forgetting to add the source: The New York Times.
RS.
2