FICTION Last week/Weeks on list

1. Water for Elephants, 1/17

by Sara Gruen

2. The Kite Runner, 2/127

by Khaled Hosseini

3. The Memory Keeper's 3/60

Daughter,

by Kim Edwards

4. Echo Park, 4/3

by Michael Connelly

5. Almost Dead, 5/2

by Lisa Jackson

6. Ricochet, 6/3

by Sandra Brown

7. The Emperor's Children, 7/5

by Clair Messud

8. Dockside, 8/3

by Susan Wiggs

9. Touch of Darkness, 9/1

by Christina Dodd

10. The MacGregor Brides, 10/3

by Nora Roberts

NONFICTION

1. Eat, Pray, Love, 1/29

by Elizabeth Gilbert

2. The Glass Castle, 2/83

by Jeannette Walls

3. 90 Minutes in Heaven, 3/42

by Don Piper

with Cecil Murphey

4. Blink, 4/19

by Malcolm Gladwell

5. The World Is Flat, 5/3

by Thomas L. Friedman

6. Night, 6/77

by Elie Wiesel

7. Three Cups of Tea, 7/28

by Greg Mortenson

and David Oliver Relin

8. The Tipping Point, 8/156

by Malcolm Gladwell

9. The Devil in the White City, 9/156

by Erik Larson

10. Chosen by a Horse, 10/7

by Susan Richards

ADVICE, HOW-TO

AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. Skinny Bitch, 1/5

by Rory Freedman

and Kim Barnouin

2. What to Expect 2/326

When You're Expecting,

by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg

and Sandee Hathaway

3. Rich Dad, Poor Dad, 3/334

by Robert E. Kiyosaki

with Sharon Lechter

5. The Five Love Languages, 4/13

by Gary Chapman

6. 1,000 Places to See 5/9

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in the U.S.A. and Canada

Before You Die,

by Patricia Schultz

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended May 5, at almost 4,000 bookstores, plus wholesalers serving 60,000 other retailers (gift shops, department stores, newsstands, supermarkets), statistically weighted to represent all such outlets nationwide.

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