HARDCOVER FICTION
March 1, 2008

 

 

 
This
Week		   Last
Week 		Weeks
On List
1 THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste.. 1 3
2 7th HEAVEN, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) In San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club hunt for an arsonist and a missing teenager. 2 2
3 DUMA KEY, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $28.) A Minnesota contractor moves to Florida to recover from an injury and begins to create paintings with mysterious power. 3 4
4 A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war. 5 39
5 STRANGER IN PARADISE, by Robert B. Parker. (Putnam, $25.95.) Jesse Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Mass., must protect a hit man’s intended victim. 4 2

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

 

 
This
Week		   Last
Week 		Weeks
On List
1 IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” 1 7
2 RECONCILIATION, by Benazir Bhutto. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.95.) A posthumous look at Islam, democracy and the West   1
3 REAL CHANGE, by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler. (Regnery, $27.95.) How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House. 3 5
4 AN INCONVENIENT BOOK, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions, $26.) Beck’s solutions to problems including global warming and political correctness. 2 13
5 I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman et al. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.” 4 19
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARDCOVER ADVICE

 

 

 
This
Week		   Weeks
On List
1 THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95.) The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want. 58
2 WOMEN AND MONEY, by Suze Orman. (Spiegel & Grau, $24.95.) Advice for overcoming one’s dysfunctional relationship with money, including a five-month plan for getting finances on track. 10
3 ONE MONTH TO LIVE, by Kerry and Chris Shook. (WaterBrook, $19.99.) Living the way God intended by making each day count. (†) 2
4 DOES THAT CLUTTER MAKE MY BUTT LOOK FAT?, by Peter Walsh. (Free Press, $25.) An expert on organization applies his techniques to the kitchen, the grocery list and the meal plan. 2
5 BECOME A BETTER YOU, by Joel Osteen. (Free Press, $25.) Seven keys to living with joy. 18
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

 

*Compiled from The New York Times' Bestseller Lists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This
Week		   Weeks
On List
1 GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8) 14
2 HUG TIME, written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell. (Little, Brown, $14.99.) Jules the kitten learns that a hug is the simplest gift we can give. (Ages 4 to 8) 4
3 FLAMINGOS ON THE ROOF, written and illustrated by Calef Brown. (Houghton Mifflin, $16.) “Alphabet sherbet / Have you ever heard of it? / I bought myself a gallon, / and ate about a third of it.” Whimsical poems and paintings. (Ages 8 and up) 4
4 FIRST THE EGG, written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. (Neal Porter/Roaring Brook, $14.95.) An egg becomes a chick; a tadpole becomes a frog; a seed becomes a flower. (Ages 2 to 6) 5
5 SMASH! CRASH!, by Jon Scieszka. Illustrated by David Shannon, Loren Long and David Gordon. (Simon & Schuster, $16.99.) A truck named Jack and a dump truck named Dan love to smash into things. (Ages 3 to 7) 6