1. Obama's Wars - by Bob Woodward

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/27/2010
ISBN-13: 9781439172490
ISBN-10: 1439172498

How decisions were made on the war in Afghanistan, the campaign in Pakistan, and the fight against terrorism.

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2. Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race - written and edited by Jon Stewart et al.

Publisher: Grand Central
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/21/2010
ISBN-13: 9780446579223
ISBN-10: 044657922X

A visitor's guide to the human race, presented by The Daily Show.

3. ______ Finish First - by Tucker Max

Publisher: Gallery Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/28/2010
ISBN-13: 9781416938743
ISBN-10: 1416938745

Stories of bad decisions, debauchery, and sexual recklessness.

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4. The Roots of Obama's Rage: Barack Obama and His Private War Against the West - by Dinesh D'Souza

Publisher: Regnery
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/04/2010
ISBN-13: 9781596986251
ISBN-10: 1596986255

D'Souza argues that Obama's policies are defined by the anti-colonialist sentiments of his father.

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5. The Grand Design - by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/07/2010
ISBN-13: 9780553805376
ISBN-10: 0553805371

Central questions of philosophy and science, from the author of A Brief History of Time.

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6. Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama - by Bill O'Reilly

Publisher: William Morrow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/14/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061950711
ISBN-10: 0061950718

The Fox News commentator scrutinizes the meaning of change in the era of Obama.

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7. Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft and Special Ops on the Frontlines of Afghanistan--and the Path to Victory - by Anthony Shaffer

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/24/2010
ISBN-13: 9780312603694
ISBN-10: 031260369X

An intelligence officer discusses the role of spycraft and special operations in Afghanistan.

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8. ____ 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.

9. Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle - by Ingrid Betancourt

Publisher: Penguin Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/21/2010
ISBN-13: 9781594202650
ISBN-10: 1594202656

Betancourt, a Colombian presidential candidate at the time, was kidnapped by leftist guerrillas in 2002 and held for six years.

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10. Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama - by David Limbaugh

Publisher: Regnery
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/23/2010
ISBN-13: 9781596986244
ISBN-10: 1596986247

A political indictment of Obama's presidency.

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11. White House Diary - by Jimmy Carter

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/20/2010
ISBN-13: 9780374280994
ISBN-10: 0374280991

The diary Carter kept during his presidency, with annotations.

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12. The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean - by Susan Casey

Publisher: Doubleday
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/14/2010
ISBN-13: 9780767928847
ISBN-10: 0767928849

Giant oceanic waves and the scientists and surfers who love them.

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13. A Journey: My Political Life - by Tony Blair

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9780307269836
ISBN-10: 0307269833

A memoir by the former British prime minister.

14. Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny - by Marlo Thomas

Publisher: Hyperion
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/28/2010
ISBN-13: 9781401323912
ISBN-10: 140132391X

The actress-comedian's memoir.

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15. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration - by Isabel Wilkerson

Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/07/2010
ISBN-13: 9780679444329
ISBN-10: 0679444327

The Great Migration of blacks who fled the South, starting in 1915.

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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the October 17 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending October 2, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.