Yippie-ki-yay, cowgirls and cowboys! Here are the books coming in at number one today from various best seller lists. Caveat: Just remember what your mama (might) have said: Popularity isn't everything.
Washington Post
Washington Area Best Sellers for the Week Ending 12/14/2008.
1. Fiction Paperback: The Appeal by John Grisham.
2. Fiction Hardcover: Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
3. Nonfiction Paperback: Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama.
4. Nonfiction Hardcover: Outliers, The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
The New York Times
For the week ending 12/20/2008.
1. Fiction Paperback (Mass Market): The Appeal by John Grisham.
2. Fiction Hardcover: The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright.
3. Nonfiction Paperback: Marley & Me by John Grogan.
4. Nonfiction Hardcover: Outliers, The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
5. Fiction Paperback (Trade): The Shack by William P. Young.
The Los Angeles Times
From the 12/28/2008 edition.
1. Fiction Paperback: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
2. Fiction Hardcover: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer.
3. Nonfiction Paperback: The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
4. Nonfiction Hardcover: Outliers, The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
San Francisco Chronicle
Bay area best sellers. From the 12/28/2008 edition.
1. Fiction: A Mercy by Toni Morrison
2. Nonfiction: Outliers, The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
