Hmmmmm. If this is what sells, let's just brainstorm a few book ideas here. How about "The Cat Woman Diet: Eat Like a Feline and Lose Weight Fast." Or "You Only Hurt the One You Love: What Our Relationship with Cats Teaches Us about Handling Rejection and Manipulation." Perhaps I need a few more ideas. In the meanwhile, below are the bestsellers from a number of lists tracked here.
I. The New York Times
Published March 14, 2009.
Fiction Paperback (Trade): The Shack, William P. Young.
Fiction Hardcover: Handle With Care, Jodi Picoult.
Nonfiction Paperback: Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.
Nonfiction Hardcover: Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell.
II. Los Angeles Times.
Published March 15, 2009.
Fiction Paperback: The Reader a Novel
Fiction Hardcover: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Nonfiction Paperback: Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.
Nonfiction Hardcover: Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell.
III. Northern California Independent Booksellers.
For the week ending March 8, 2009.
Fiction Paperback (Trade): The Reader, Bernard Schlink.
Fiction Hardcover: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Nonfiction Paperback: Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin.
Nonfiction Hardcover: Outliers, The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell.
IV. Heartland Indie Bestseller List.
Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association
For the week ending March 8, 2009.
Fiction Paperback (Trade): The Shack, William P. Young.
Fiction Hardcover: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows .
Nonfiction Hardcover: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve Harvey
Nonfiction Paperback (Trade): Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin.