|
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 5, 2004
from sales the week ending August 1, 2004
For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE
or visit www.booksense.com
| |
HARDCOVER NONFICTION |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Lynne Truss, 1592400876, Gotham, $17.50
For writers -- and those who love them and their words -- and detail-oriented
folks everywhere. |
1/16 |
| 2. |
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
David Sedaris, 0316143464, Little Brown, $24.95
Funny and moving family recollections from the funny and moving bestselling
NPR star. |
2/9 |
| 3. |
My Life
Bill Clinton, 0375414576, Knopf, $35
His Life. 'Nuff said. |
3/6 |
| 4. |
The South Beach Diet
Arthur Agatston, M.D., 1579546463, Rodale, $24.95
Finally a low-carb diet we can live with? |
4/65 |
| 5. |
Shadow Divers
Robert Kurson, 0375508589, Random House, $26.95
The #1 Book Sense Pick for July! Adventure, intrigue, and real characters
mix well in this exciting read. |
5/5 |
| 6. |
Obliviously On He Sails
Calvin Trillin, 1400062888, Random House, $12.95
The target is "W", you see, in this wickedly funny send-up of the leader
from D.C. |
8/8 |
| 7. |
Losing America
Robert C. Byrd, 0393059421, Norton, $23.95
Presidential election, anyone? |
11/2 |
| 8. |
Homegrown Democrat
Garrison Keillor, 0670033650, Viking, $19.95
Politics comes to the Keillor prairie. |
10/2 |
| 9. |
Imperial Hubris
Anonymous, 1574888498, Brassey's, $27.50
It's doomsday for the U.S., according to an unnamed Mideast intelligence
officer. |
13/2 |
| 10. |
Father Joe
Tony Hendra, 1400061849, Random House, $24.95
How one kind monk reformed a wild and restless young man. |
6/9 |
| 11. |
Inside the Kingdom
Carmen Bin Ladin, 0446577081, Warner, $23.95
A first hand account from Osama's sister-in-law. |
7/2 |
| 12. |
Who Let the Dogs In?:
Molly Ivins, 1400062853, Random House, $22.95
Ivins is at her best wittily cataloging the Washington menagerie. |
14/3 |
| 13. |
What's the Matter With Kansas?
Thomas Frank, 0805073396, Metropolitan, $24
Has conservatism mislead its most ardent followers? A political case study
of Kansas. |
9/4 |
| 14. |
Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, 1594200092, Penguin, $35
A fascinating and influential American figure gets his due in Chernow's
stellar bio. |
12/14 |
| 15. |
Founding Mothers
Cokie Roberts, 0060090251, Morrow, $24.95
Cokie turns her hand to great stories about great women in U.S. history. |
15/16 |
| |
ON THE RISE |
|
| 50. |
Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories
Chuck Palahniuk, 0385504489, Doubleday, $23.95
A Book Sense "We Also Recommend" title. The twisted, bizarre, and true from
one who knows.
|
|
The Book Sense Bestseller List is copyrighted
and cannot be reprinted without permission from the American Booksellers Association.
For information on obtaining permission, contact Kristen
Gilligan, Manager of Communications, Industry Relations and Trade Policy
, ABA, 828 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591, call (914) 591-2665, ext. 1286.
Reprint Guidelines.
|
