Best Seller Round-Up

"A home without books is a body without soul." -

Marcus Tullius Cicero

A contemplative view for this day of rest.

From The New York Times, new in the number one spot for hardcover nonfiction is Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto. Can't wait to find out which he is advocating for, liberty or tyranny; one can never assume when it comes to a conservative manifesto.

I. The New York Times.

Published April 3, 2009.

Fiction Paperback (Trade): The Shack, William P. Young.
Fiction Hardcover: True Detectives, Jonathan Kellerman.
Nonfiction Paperback: Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.
Nonfiction Hardcover: Liberty and Tyranny, Mark R. Levin.



II. Los Angeles Times
Published April 5, 2009.

Fiction Paperback: Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
Fiction Hardcover: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows .
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 29, 2009.

Fiction Paperback (Trade): The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery.
Fiction Hardcover: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows .
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 29, 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.