Hardcover Nonfiction (original) (raw)
| This Week | Last Week | Weeks On List | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama. (Crown, $25.) The Illinois junior senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political divisions. | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | THE INNOCENT MAN, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) Grisham's first nonfiction book concerns a man sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | CULTURE WARRIOR, by Bill O'Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" describes a culture war between traditionalists and secular-progressives. | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | STATE OF DENIAL, by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) The third "Bush at War" volume by the longtime Washington Post reporter and editor describes a dysfunctional administration's inept conduct of the invasion and occupation of Iraq. | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK, by Nora Ephron. (Knopf, $19.95.) A witty look at aging from a novelist and screenwriter ("When Harry Met Sally"). First Chapter | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | THE GOD DELUSION, by Richard Dawkins. Houghton Mifflin, $27.) An Oxford scientist asserts that belief in God is irrational and that religion has done great harm in the world. First Chapter | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | MARLEY & ME, by John Grogan. (Morrow, $21.95.) A newspaper columnist and his wife learn some life lessons from their neurotic dog. | 7 | 54 |
| 8 | THUNDERSTRUCK, by Erik Larson. (Crown, $25.95.) Intertwined stories of early-20th-century murder and scientific intrigue intersect in a sea chase on the North Atlantic; from the author of "The Devil in the White City." | 1 | |
| 9 | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID, by Bill Bryson. (Broadway, $25.) A memoir of growing up in mid-America at midcentury by the author of "A Short History of Nearly Everything." First Chapter | 6 | 2 |
| 10 | THE MR. AND MRS. HAPPY HANDBOOK, by Steve Doocy. (Morrow, $23.95.) Humorous observations on marriage and family life. | 9 | 2 |
| 11* | I LIKE YOU, by Amy Sedaris. (Warner, $27.99.) The actress's wacky approach to entertaining. | 10 | 2 |
| 12 | THE WORLD IS FLAT, by Thomas L. Friedman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 27.50;updatedandexpandededition,27.50; updated and expanded edition, 27.50;updatedandexpandededition,30.) A columnist for The Times analyzes 21st-century economics and foreign policy. First Chapter | 15 | 82 |
| 13 | MY SECRET, compiled by Frank Warren. (Regan/HarperCollins, $19.95.) Warren invited people to mail him their secrets on decorated postcards for a Web site called the PostSecret Project; this book compiles cards from teenagers and college students. | 1 | |
| 14 | LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION, by Sam Harris. (Knopf, $16.95.) The author of ''The End of Faith'' responds to Christians' arguments in defense of their beliefs. | 5 | |
| 15 | WAR ON THE MIDDLE CLASS, by Lou Dobbs. (Viking, $24.95.) The anchor of CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" decries the outsourcing of jobs, the decline in health care standards and the widening income gap. | 11 | 3 |
| Also Selling | |||
| 16 | THE BLIND SIDE, by Michael Lewis (Norton) | ||
| 17 | AMERICA ALONE, by Mark Steyn (Regnery) | ||
| 18 | FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow) First Chapter | ||
| 19 | SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE, by Daniel Goleman (Bantam) | ||
| 20 | SAVING GRACES, by Elizabeth Edwards (Broadway) | ||
| 21 | THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD, by Frank Rich (Penguin Press) | ||
| 22 | CONTROVERSY CREATES CASH, by Eric Bischoff with Jeremy Roberts (World Wrestling Entertainment/Pocket) | ||
| 23 | WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE, by Tavis Smiley (Doubleday) | ||
| 24 | TOUGH CHOICES, by Carly Fiorina (Portfolio) | ||
| 25 | BLOOD AND THUNDER, by Hampton Sides (Double-day) | ||
| 26 | GOOD TO GREAT, by Jim Collins (HarperBusiness) | ||
| 27 | TEMPTING FAITH, by David Kuo (Free Press) | ||
| 28 | STATIC, by Amy Goodman and David Goodman (Hyperion) | ||
| 29 | U2 BY U2, by Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. with Neil McCormick (HarperEntertainment) | ||
| 30 | MY FATHER, MY PRESIDENT, by Doro Bush Koch (Warner) | ||
| 31 | REDISCOVERING GOD IN AMERICA, by Newt Gingrich(Integrity) | ||
| 32 | BECAUSE THEY HATE, by Brigitte Gabriel (St. Martin's) | ||
| 33 | APPLEBEE'S AMERICA, by Douglas B. Sosnik, Matthew J. Dowd and Ron Fournier (Simon & Schuster) | ||
| 34 | I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DOING THIS!, by Bob Newhart (Hyperion) | ||
| 35 | A HAND TO GUIDE ME, by Denzel Washington wih Daniel Paisner (Meredith) | ||
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending October 28, at almost 4,000 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 60,000 other retailers, statistically weighted to represent all such outlets. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (+) indicates that some stores received bulk orders.