1. ____ My Dad Says - by Justin Halpern

Publisher: It Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/04/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061992704
ISBN-10: 0061992704

A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author's father.

2. The Obama Diaries - by Laura Ingraham

Publisher: Threshold Editions
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/13/2010
ISBN-13: 9781439197516
ISBN-10: 1439197512

A satirical fictional journal with commentary, by the conservative political commentator.

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3. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine - by Michael Lewis

Publisher: W.W. Norton
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780393072235
ISBN-10: 0393072231

The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.

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4. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History - by S. C. Gwynne

Publisher: Scribner
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/25/2010
ISBN-13: 9781416591054
ISBN-10: 1416591052

The story of Quanah Parker, the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.

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5. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang - by Chelsea Handler

Publisher: Grand Central
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/09/2010
ISBN-13: 9780446552448
ISBN-10: 0446552445

More humorous personal essays.

6. Outliers: The Story of Success - by Malcolm Gladwell

Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/18/2008
ISBN-13: 9780316017923
ISBN-10: 0316017922

Why some people succeed, from the author of Blink.

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7. Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography - by Andrew Morton

Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/31/2010
ISBN-13: 9780312555610
ISBN-10: 031255561X

A biography of Angelina Jolie, actress and humanitarian.

8. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void - by Mary Roach

Publisher: W.W. Norton
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9780393068474
ISBN-10: 0393068471

A humorous investigation of life without gravity in the space program, by the author of Stiff and Bonk.

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9. Sliding into Home: A Memoir - by Kendra Wilkinson with Jon Warech

Publisher: Gallery Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/06/2010
ISBN-13: 9781439180914
ISBN-10: 1439180911

The life of the reality TV star and former Playboy cover model.

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10. Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage - by Elizabeth Gilbert

Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/05/2010
ISBN-13: 9780670021659
ISBN-10: 0670021652

The author of Eat, Pray, Love wrestles with, and overcomes, her ambivalence about marriage.

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11. The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases - by Mike Capuzzo

Publisher: Gotham Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/10/2010
ISBN-13: 9781592401420
ISBN-10: 1592401422

The story of the Vidocq Society, a Philadelphia-based organization dedicated to reopening cold cases.

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12. Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity - by Drew Brees with Chris Fabry

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/06/2010
ISBN-13: 9781414339436
ISBN-10: 1414339437

The N.F.L. quarterback recovered from an injury to play for the New Orleans Saints.

13. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook - by Anthony Bourdain

Publisher: Ecco
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/08/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061718946
ISBN-10: 0061718947

The author of Kitchen Confidential looks critically at changes in the food and restaurant cultures.

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14. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements - by Sam Kean

Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/12/2010
ISBN-13: 9780316051644
ISBN-10: 0316051640

Stories of human interest and history connected with the elements of the periodic table.

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15. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - by Rebecca Skloot

Publisher: Crown Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9781400052172
ISBN-10: 1400052173

The story of the woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951.

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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the August 29 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending August 14, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.