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Bestsellers


Published December 30, 2007


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Hardback bestsellers for the week ended Dec. 15.

Fiction

1 T Is for Trespass (Sue Grafton) Kinsey Millhone deals with stolen identity.

2 Double Cross (James Patterson) Alex Cross confronts a killer and an old adversary.

3 A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini) The story of two Afghan women in a time of war.

4 The Darkest Evening of the Year (Dean Koontz) A woman who helps a dog is shadowed by a stranger.

5 For One More Day (Mitch Albom) A man gets to reconnect with his dead mother.

Nonfiction

1 I Am America (And So Can You!) (Stephen Colbert) The mock pundit's wit and wisdom.

2 Boom! (Tom Brokaw) The retired news anchor recalls the 1960s.

3 An Inconvenient Book (Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe) The TV/talk-radio host tackles various problems.

4 Quiet Strength (Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker) A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl.

5 A Family Christmas (edited by Caroline Kennedy) Poetry and lyrics from a diverse group.

Advice, how-to, miscellaneous

1 The Dangerous Book for Boys (Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden) Skipping stones, tying knots and other boy things.

2 The Daring Book for Girls (Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz) Stories and projects for adventure seekers.

3 You: Staying Young (Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz, et al.) How to combat aging's effects.

4 Deceptively Delicious (Jessica Seinfeld) How to fool kids into eating right.

5 Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life (James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason) The Mad Money host on how to get rich and stay rich.

[Last modified December 26, 2007, 16:47:00]


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