FICTION Last week/Weeks on list

1. At First Sight, —/1

by Nicholas Sparks

2. Knife of Dreams, 1/2

by Robert Jordan

3. Consent to Kill, 4/2

by Vince Flynn

4. The Lincoln Lawyer, 2/3

by Michael Connelly

5. Blue Smoke, 3/3

by Nora Roberts

6. The Ambler Warning, —/1

by Robert Ludlum

7. Son a Witch, 7/4

by Gregory Maguire

8. A Wedding in December, 5/2

by Anita Shreve

9. Saving Fish from Drowning, —/1

by Amy Tan

10. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, 6/4

by Diana Gabaldon

NONFICTION

1. The World Is Flat, 1/29

by Thomas Friedman

2. The Year of Magical Thinking, 2/3

by Joan Didion

3. The City of Falling Angels, 4/4

by John Berendt

4. Freakonomics, 5/28

by Steven Levitt

and Stephen Dubner

5. My FBI, 3/2

by Louis J. Freeh

with Howard Means

6. 1776, 6/22

by David McCullough

7. Blink, 9/41

by Malcolm Gladwell

8. What Remains, 7/4

by Carole Radziwill

9. A Man Without a Country, 13/4

by Kurt Vonnegut

10. Marley and Me, —/1

by John Grogan

ADVICE, HOW-TO

AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. Natural Cures "They" 1/18

Don't Want You to Know About,

by Kevin Trudeau

2. The Purpose-Driven Life, 2/145

by Rick Warren

3. Healthy Aging, 3/1

by Andrew Weil

4. Your Best Life Now, 4/53

by Joel Osteen

5. You: The Owner's Manual, 5/23

by Michael F. Roizen

and Mehmet C. Oz

PAPERBACK FICTION

1. London Bridges, 1/4

by James Patterson

2. Northern Lights, 2/4

by Nora Roberts

3. The Kite Runner, 3/59

by Khaled Hosseini

4. Twisted, 4/4

by Jonathan Kellerman

5. Echoes, 5/4

by Danielle Steel

6. The Colorado Kid, 6/3

by Stephen King

7. Metro Girl, 7/4

by Janet Evanovich

8. Wicked, 8/8

by Gregory Maguire

9. Light on Snow, 9/6

by Anita Shreve

10. Two Dollar Bill, 10/2

by Stuart Woods

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. A Million Little Pieces, 1/5

by James Frey

2. The Tipping Point, 2/63

by Malcolm Gladwell

3. Green River Running Red, 3/4

by Ann Rule

4. Jarhead, 4/2

by Anthony Swofford

5. The Devil in the White City, 5/89

by Erik Larson

6. The End of Faith, 6/2

by Sam Harris

7. In Cold Blood, 7/36

by Truman Capote

8. Nickel and Dimed, 8/100

by Barbara Ehrenreich

9. Magical Thinking, 9/4

by Augusten Burroughs

10. Guns, Germs and Steel, 10/164

by Jared Diamond

PAPERBACK ADVICE, HOW-TO

AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. Why do Men Have Nipples? 1/12

by Mark Leyner

and Billy Goldberg

2. The South Beach Diet, 2/27

by Arthur Agatston

3. What to Expect When 3/243

You're Expecting,

by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg

and Sandee Hathaway

4. Rich Dad, Poor Dad, 4/261

by Robert T. Kiyosaki

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5. The O'Reilly Factor for Kids, 5/2

by Bill O'Reilly

and Charles Flowers

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