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From paperbacks to a waste of paper, hardcovers to hard-to-believe-it-was-even-published, and non-fiction full of fictitiousness to fiction that’s real in somebody’s world, the bestseller list has them all! Sometimes you just have to read between the lines.
Fiction
The Swan Thieves: A Bird’s Eye View, by Elizabeth Kostova
I, Alex Cross, Do Solemnly Swear I’m Up to No Good, by James Patterson
Noah’s Compass Was Broken, by Anne Tyler
Deeper Than the Dead and Twice as Smelly, by Tami Hoag
A Reliable Wife, A Layabout Husband, by Robert Goolrick
The Lovely Bones of the Skeletons in My Closet, by Alice Sebold
The Devil’s Punchbowl: Over a Zillion Served, by Greg Iles
Non-Fiction
Going Rogue: A Beginner’s Guide to Cosmetics, by Sarah Palin
Stones Into Schools: The Attack of the Ten Commandments, by Greg Mortensen
Superfreakonomics: The Thrifty Person’s Guide to the Best Alternative Sex Money Can Buy, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
What the Dog Saw and Promptly Forgot Because He is a Dog, by Malcolm Gladwell
Too Big to Fail: So the Rest of You are Too Small to Succeed, by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Half the Sky: The Annexing of Montana, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Arguing With Idiots: Me and My Three-Way Mirror, by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others
Diet, Food & Advice
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Cookbook, by Bill O’Reilly
Three Cups of Tea, Two Coffees, One Water and Don’t Pull Any Punches, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Eat, Pray, Love, Diet, Sin, Hate, by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Mayo Clinic Diet on Rye, by the Mayo Clinic staff
You: On a Diet, Me: On Vacation, by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz et al
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, The Blank Pages Edition For Those Who Saw Julie and Julia and Have No Intention of Cracking an Egg, Much Less the Cover, by Julia Child, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle
Food Rules In Favor of Being Eaten, by Michael Pollan
Women and Money Are Soon Parted, by Suze Orman
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Me to Believe That, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
Children’s Books
Waddle! The Sound You Make When Your Parent Overfeeds You, by Rufus Butler Seder
The Lion and the Mouse, A True Story (Reader Discretion is Advised), by Jerry Pinkey
Catching Fire With the Matches You Were Told Not to Play With, by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games: Sick and Twisted Entertainment for Rich People’s Kids
The Book Thief: When a Gangster’s Kid is a Nerd, by Markus Zusak
Graphic Books
The Book of Genesis: Illustrated Curiously Enough By People You Know Weren’t There, by R. Crumb
Batman: Battle for the Cowlick, by Tony Daniel
Wolverine: Old Man Logan’s Run, by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven
The Stand: Captain Trips and Falls, by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Mike Perkins
