Present Tense

Book Sense

Bestsellers

for the week ended November 16, 2008

Trade Paperback Fiction

  • 1. The Shack William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99
  • 2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $14
  • 3. Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson, Picador, $14
  • 4. The White Tiger Aravind Adiga, Free Press, $14
  • 5. The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15

Trade Paperback NonFiction

  • 1. Dreams From My Father Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95
  • 2. The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama, Three Riveres, $14.95
  • 3. Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15
  • 4. The Zookeeper's Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $14.95
  • 5. Musicophilia Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95

Hardcover Fiction

  • 1. A Mercy Toni Morrison, Knopf, $23.95
  • 2. The Hour I First Believed Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.95
  • 3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $22
  • 4. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski, Ecco, $25.95
  • 5. The Gate House Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99

Hardcover NonFiction

  • 1. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World Vicki Myron, Grand Central, $19.99
  • 2. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - And How it Can Renew America Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.95
  • 3. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House Jon Meacham, Random House, $30
  • 4. Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35
  • 5. The Last Lecture Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95

Children's Interest

  • 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $10.95
  • 2. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99
  • 3. The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99
  • 4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinnery, Amulet, $12.95
  • 5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid:Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95

Children's Illustrated

  • 1. Swing! Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95
  • 2. Gallop! Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95
  • 3. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Harper, $8.99
  • 4. Fancy Nancy: Let's Get Fancy Together! Jane O'Connor, HarperCollins, $17.99
  • 5. If You Give a Cat a Cupcake Larua Joffe Numeroff, Laura Geringer, $16.99