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New York Times Hard Cover Best Seller List
For The Week of July 6, 2008
Fiction 1 FEARLESS FOURTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martins, $27.95.) Stephanie Plum and her boyfriend Joe Morelli become involved when his cousins bank robbery goes bad. 2 SAIL, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A sailing vacation turns into a disaster when someone attempts to destroy a family. 3 THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) In this first adult novel by the author of the Twilight series for teenagers, aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman wont surrender. 4 CHASING HARRY WINSTON, by Lauren Weisberger. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) Three glamorous friends, New York women nearing 30, vow to change their lives. 5 LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martins, $24.95.) A womans happy marriage is shaken when she encounters an old boyfriend. 6 NOTHING TO LOSE, by Lee Child. (Delacorte, $27.) Jack Reacher exposes the secrets of a Colorado town. 7 PLAGUE SHIP, by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul. (Putnam, $26.95.) Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must determine what happened on a cruise ship full of dead bodies. 8 THE BROKEN WINDOW, by Jeffery Deaver. (Simon & Schuster, $26.95.) Detectives Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs come up against a criminal who uses identity theft to frame innocent people for murdering his victims. 9 THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski. (Ecco, $25.95.) A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his uncle murders his father. 10 NO CHOICE BUT SEDUCTION, by Johanna Lindsey. (Pocket Books, $25.) Sir Anthony Malorys daughter is kidnapped, with repercussions for Katey and Boyd Anderson.
Non Fiction 1 WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) The humorists latest essays deal with middle age, mortality and giving up smoking. 2 WHAT HAPPENED, by Scott McClellan. (PublicAffairs, $27.95.) A former White House press secretary regrets that I allowed myself to be deceived by top officials. 3 THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE, by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi. (Grand Central, $25.99.) An American writer who moved to Florence works with an Italian journalist to discover the identity of a local serial killer. 4 ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? ITS ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian. 5 BIG RUSS AND ME, by Tim Russert. (Miramax, $22.95.) The host of Meet the Press remembers his father. 6 AUDITION, by Barbara Walters. (Knopf, $29.95.) A personal and professional memoir. 7 THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD, by Fareed Zakaria. (Norton, $25.95.) The rise of China and India and the global distribution of power. 8 WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS, by Tim Russert. (Random House, $22.95.) Readers letters about their fathers in response to Big Russ and Me. 9 ME OF LITTLE FAITH, by Lewis Black. (Riverhead, $24.95.) The stand-up comedians essays about religion focus on what we believe and why. 10 THE DOWNHILL LIE, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $22.) The Florida novelist takes up golf again after 32 years.