FICTION Last week/Weeks on list

1. Knife of Dreams, —/1

by Robert Jordan

2. The Lincoln Lawyer, 1/2

by Michael Connelly

3. Blue Smoke, 2/2

by Nora Roberts

4. Consent to Kill, —/1

by Vince Flynn

5. A Wedding in December, —/1

by Anita Shreve

6. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, 3/3

by Diana Gabaldon

7. Son of a Witch, 4/3

by Gregory Maguire

8. Goodnight Nobody, 6/4

by Jennifer Weiner

9. The March, 5/4

by E.L. Doctorow

10. The Historian, 11/18

by Elizabeth Kostova

NONFICTION

1. The World Is Flat, 2/28

by Thomas Friedman

2. The Year of Magical Thinking, 4/2

by Joan Didion

3. My FBI, —/1

by Louis J. Freeh

with Howard Means

4. The City of Falling Angels, 1/3

by John Berendt

5. Freakonomics, 3/27

by Steven Levitt

and Stephen Dubner

6. 1776, 5/21

by David McCullough

7. What Remains, 6/3

by Carole Radziwill

8. Symptoms of Withdrawal, 13/3

by Christopher Kennedy Lawford

9. Blink, 8/40

by Malcolm Gladwell

10. 1491, —/1

by Charles C. Mann

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. Natural Cures "They" Don't 1/17

Want You to Know About,

by Kevin Trudeau

2. The Purpose-Driven Life, 2/144

by Rick Warren

3. Your Best Life Now, 3/52

by Joel Osteen

4. Guinness World Records 2006, 4/6

5. The Martha Rules, 5/1

by Martha Stewart

PAPERBACK BESTSELLERS

1. Northern Lights, 1/3

by Nora Roberts

2. London Bridges, 2/3

by James Patterson

3. Echoes, 3/3

by Danielle Steel

4. Twisted, 4/3

by Jonathan Kellerman

5. The Colorado Kid, 5/2

by Stephen King

6. The Kite Runner, 6/58

by Khaled Hosseini

7. Hour Game, 7/7

by David Baldacci

8. Metro Girl, 8/3

by Janet Evanovich

9. Light on Snow, 9/5

by Anita Shreve

10. Ghost Walk, 10/2

by Heather Graham

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. A Million Little Pieces, 1/4

by James Frey

2. The Tipping Point, 2/62

by Malcolm Gladwell

3. Green River Running Red, 3/3

by Ann Rule

4. The End of Faith, 4/1

by Sam Harris

5. Chronicles, Volume One, 5/5

by Bob Dylan

6. The Devil in the White City, 6/88

by Erik Larson

7. Jarhead, 7/1

by Anthony Swofford

8. Nickel and Dimed, 8/99

by Barbara Ehrenreich

9. Reading Lolita in Tehran, 10/2

by Azar Nafisi

10. The Lost Chronicles, 10/2

by Mark Cotta Vaz

PAPERBACK ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. Why Do Men Have Nipples? 1/11

by Mark Leyner

and Billy Goldberg

2. The South Beach Diet, 2/26

by Arthur Agatston

3. What to Expect When 3/242

You're Expecting,

by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg

and Sandee Hathaway

4. Rich Dad, Poor Dad, 4/260

by Robert T. Kiyosaki

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5. Bad Dog, 5/5

by R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett

and Rob Battles

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