Bestsellers

New York Times Bestsellers

Updated November 15, 2008
(List publication date: November 23, 2008)

Follow the links below to go to the catalog records for each title, or visit the New York Times Book Section to view the complete list of current bestsellers.

Hardcover Fiction

1 DIVINE JUSTICE , by David Baldacci.

2 SALVATION IN DEATH , by J. D. Robb.

3 SWALLOWING DARKNESS , by Laurell K. Hamilton.

4 THE GATE HOUSE , by Nelson DeMille.

5 EXTREME MEASURES , by Vince Flynn.

6 THE LUCKY ONE , by Nicholas Sparks.

7 MIDNIGHT , by Sister Souljah.

8 THE BRASS VERDICT , by Michael Connelly.

9 THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE , by David Wroblewski.

10 A GOOD WOMAN , by Danielle Steele.

11 BONES , by Jonathan Kellerman.

12 TESTIMONY , by Anita Shreve.

13 THE HOST , by Stephenie Meyer.

14 ROUGH WEATHER , by Robert B. Parker.

15 A LION AMONG MEN , by Gregory Maguire.

 

Hardcover Nonfiction

1 DEWEY , by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter.

2 THE SNOWBALL , by Alice Schroeder.

3 A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY , by Bill O'Reilly.

4 LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER , by Maya Angelou.

5 AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE , by James Patterson and Hal Friedman.

6 HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED , by Thomas L. Friedman.

7 AMERICAN JOURNEY OF BARACK OBAMA , by the editors of Life magazine.

8 DREAMS FROM MY FATHER , by Barack Obama.

9 MY STROKE OF INSIGHT , by Jill Bolte Talylor.

10 MULTIPLE BLESSINGS , by Jon Gosselin.

11 THE AUDACITY OF HOPE , by Barack Obama.

12 FLEECED , by Dick Morris. (†)

13 I HATE YOUR GUTS , by Jim Norton.

14 JOHN LENNON , by Philip Norman.

15 THE LONGEST TRIP HOME , by John Grogan.

16 THE RISE OF BARACK OBAMA , by Pete Souza. (not yet owned by any Minerva libraries)

Hardcover Advice

1 BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS , by Ina Garten.

2 THE LAST LECTURE , by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow.

3 FLAT BELLY DIET! , by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass.

4 THE PURPOSE OF CHRISTMAS , by Rick Warren.

5 GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009 , edited by Craig Glenday.

6 THE SECRET , by Rhonda Byrne.

7 MARTHA STEWART'S COOKING SCHOOL , by Martha Stewart with Sarah Carey.

8 THE TEN ROADS TO RICHES , by Ken Fisher and Lara Hoffmans.

9 REAL SEX FOR REAL WOMEN , by Laura Berman. (not yet owned by any Minerva libraries)

10 GIADA'S KITCHEN , by Giada De Laurentiis.

(†) "A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders." --New York Times Bestsellers List

 

Other Bestseller Lists

For information on how bestsellers lists are compiled, read this article from the Washington Post, 11/7/04 ("Making Books: The Bestseller Lists: Totting up book sales is not as simple as one, two, three..," by Marina Krakovsky)

Amazon Bestsellers

Barnes & Noble Bestsellers

ABA Book Sense Bestsellers

Boston Globe

Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram

San Francisco Chronicle

Washington Post

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