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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 28, 2006
from sales the week ending September 24, 2006
For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover.
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1/36 |
| 2. |
Running With Scissors
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
The paperback edition of the powerful memoir and Book Sense Pick. Now a
major motion picture! |
2/2 |
| 3. |
An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
Clear, stunning treatise on global warming. Pass it on. |
/2 |
| 4. |
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
A Book Sense Reading Group Pick and Book Sense Book of the Year finalist.
As the subtitle says, murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed
America. |
5/135 |
| 5. |
The Places in Between
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
Much more than a walk across Afghanistan. |
6/13 |
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The Tender Bar
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
Fabulous writing, tender writing. An August Book Sense Pick. |
4/10 |
| 7. |
Julie & Julia
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269
Making every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary Mastering
the Art of French Cooking can change your life. |
7/5 |
| 8. |
1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
One year, grippingly told, by the renowned historian and storyteller. Now
in paperback. |
9/13 |
| 9. |
Teacher Man - Debut
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
A journey through teaching in the NYC public schools, by the beloved author
of Angela's Ashes. |
/1 |
| 10. |
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
The prize-winning Kidder examines a life made meaningful through dedication.
A Book Sense Reading Group Pick. |
11/80 |
| 11. |
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed
Alan Alda, Random House, $13.95, 0812974409
Paperback edition of the popular memoir, by the popular actor. |
10/2 |
| 12. |
Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
The masterful account of Wiesel's survival as a teenager in the Nazi death
camps. A Book Sense Reading Group Pick. |
15/35 |
| 13. |
Team of Rivals - Debut
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
The prize-winning historian studies Lincoln as the ultimate manager and
motivator. |
/1 |
| 14. |
The Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
The ultimate, and first, planner! |
8/3 |
| 15. |
The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
A fascinating study of how, and why, major societal changes can happen quickly.
A Book Sense Pick. |
12/88 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 21. |
America (The Book)
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show Staff, Warner, $15.99, 0446691860
The funny, funny, massively bestselling take on politics, paperback edition.
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