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Bestsellers


Published October 14, 2007


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Bestsellers

Hardback bestsellers for the week ended Sept. 19 according to the New York Times

Fiction

1. Playing for Pizza (John Grisham) Third-string quarterback joins Italian soccer team.

2. The Choice (Nicholas Sparks) How the choices made by a man and his lover play out; from the author of At First Sight.

3. You've Been Warned (James Patterson and Howard Roughan) A nanny in love with the children's father has terrible visions.

4. A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini) A friendship between two women in Afghanistan through 30 years of war.

5. Shoot Him If He Runs (Stuart Woods) Stone Barringtontracks a rogue CIA agent.

 

Nonfiction

1. The Age of Turbulence (Alan Greenspan) Prior Federal Reserve chairman's memoir.

2. The Nine (Jeffrey Toobin) A portrait of the Supreme Court since the Reagan administration focuses on its moderates' influence.

3. Louder Than Words (Jenny McCarthy) A mother works to find help for autistic son.

4. The Coldest Winter (David Halberstam) A Korean War history from the late author.

5. If I Did It (The Goldman family) O.J. Simpson's "hypothetical" confession to murder.

 

Advice, how-to, miscellaneous

1. The Secret (Rhonda Byrne) The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.

2. The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You To Know About (Kevin Trudeau) Why people are fatter;overcoming obesity.

3. The Dangerous Book for Boys (Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden) Skipping stones and other essential activities.

4. Reposition Yourself (T.D. Jakes) How to grow spiritually, materially through faith.

5. Guinness World Records 2008 (edited by Craig Glenday) Tallest, fastest, youngest.

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