BookSense.com Bestseller List


for the week of May 06, 2008

 

1. Water for Elephants
By Gruen, Sara
An indie fave about a traveling circus comes to paperback. The 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Fiction Winner.

 

1. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
By Tolle, Eckhart
This follow-up to The Power of Now is the latest Oprah Book Club pick.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Loving Frank
By Horan, Nancy
Horan's fictionalized account of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney's love story is now available in paperback.

 

2. Three Cups of Tea
By Mortenson, Greg Relin, David Oliver
An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. A Book Sense Notable title.

 

 

 

 

 

3. Out Stealing Horses
By Petterson, Per
A widower's recollections of a day with his childhood friend. A Book Sense Spring-Summer 2008 Reading Group Pick.

 

3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
By Kingsolver, Barbara and Camille/ Hopp, Steven
The Kingsolver family moves to a rural Virginia farm and vows to eat locally for one year. A Book Sense Spring-Summer 2008 Reading Group Pick.

         
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1. Unaccustomed Earth
By Lahiri, Jhumpa
The latest collection of stories by the author of The Namesake is an April Book Sense Pick.

 

1. The Last Lecture
By Pausch, Randy
The life-affirming "last lecture" given by Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer.

 

 

 

 

 

2. The Miracle at Speedy Motors
By McCall Smith, Alexander
Precious Ramotswe is back in the latest installment of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

 

2. Just Who Will You Be? Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within.
By Shriver, Maria
Shriver offers hope and inspiration and reminds people it's not too late to be the person you want to be.

 

 

 

 

 

3. The Plague of Doves
By Erdrich, Louise
Erdrich's wonderful 13th novel is a May 2008 Book Sense Pick.

 

3. A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father
By Burroughs, Augusten
Burroughs recounts his relationship with his aloof, distant father.

         
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1. Suffer the Little Children
By Leon, Donna

 

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
By Kinney, Jeff

 

 

 

 

 

2. The Woods
By Coben, Harlan

 

2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
By Kinney, Jeff

 

 

 

 

 

3. Simple Genius
By Baldacci, David

 

3. The Book Thief
By Zusak, Markus

         
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1. Gallop!
By Seder, Rufus Butler

 

1.Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
By Stephenie Meyer

 

 

 

2. Goodnight Moon
By Brown, Margaret Wise/Hurd, Clement (Illus.)

 

2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
By Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.)

 

 

 

3. Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words: From Accessories to Zany
By O'Connor, Jane/ Glasser, Robin Preiss (Illus.)

  3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians(hardcover and paperback)
By Riordan , Rick
       
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