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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for January 16, 2003
from sales the week ending January 12, 2003
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| TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION | Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Seabiscuit
Laura Hillenbrand, 0449005615, Ballantine, $15.95
The 2002 Book Sense Book of the Year Nonfiction Winner! |
1/41 |
| 2. |
Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution
Dr. Robert C. Atkins, 0060081597, Quill , $13.95
Trade paper edition of the bestseller. No carbs here, either. Sorry. |
5/12 |
| 3. |
Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich, 0805063897, Owl, $13
Reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity. A Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist. |
2/38 |
| 4. |
Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser, 0060938455, Perennial, $13.95
The fascinating -- and very disturbing -- truth about the fast-food industry. A Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist. |
3/52 |
| 5. |
John Adams
David McCullough, 0743223136, Touchstone, $18.95
Huge hardcover bestseller and Pulitzer winner, now in paper. |
4/19 |
| 6. |
The World Almanac and Book of Facts (2003)
0886878829, St. Martin's, $11.95
Quick, what is Spain's fifth most abundant mineral? |
7/10 |
| 7. |
Catch Me If You Can
Frank W. Abagnale, 0767905385, Broadway, $14.95
Leonardo and Frank? Oh yeah, they look alike. |
10/2 |
| 8. |
Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook
Dawn J. Ranck, 1561483397, Good Books, $16.95
Feasting with your slow cooker. |
5/10 |
| 9. |
The Botany of Desire
Michael Pollan, 0375760393, Random House, $13.95
A 76 Pick, Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist, and a fascinating book. |
11/29 |
| 10. |
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers, 0375725784, Vintage, $14
Heartbreaking -- yes, but brilliant and funny too. |
12/21 |
| 11. |
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, 1878424319, Amber-Allen, $12.95
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs. |
13/1025 |
| 12. |
The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner - Debut
Jill Conner Browne, 060980877X, Three Rivers, $13.95
So there! |
/1 |
| 13. |
What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East - Debut
Bernard Lewis, 0060516054, Perennial, $12.95
Can it be made right? |
/1 |
| 14. |
Lucky
Alice Sebold, 0316096199, Back Bay, $11.95
Very personal memoir from the author of The Lovely Bones. |
8/13 |
| 15. |
The Gangs of New York
Herbert Asbury, 1560252758, Thunder's Mouth, $14.95
Kudos to the publisher for the reissue of this 1927 classic, now a movie. |
15/2 |
| ON THE RISE |
| 41. |
Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta
Gore Vidal , 1560255021, Thunder's Mouth/Nation Book, $11.95
Vidal speaks his mind...and how. |
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