1. 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 from the comedian.

2. Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight - by Karl Rove

Publisher: Threshold Editions
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/09/2010
ISBN-13: 9781439191057
ISBN-10: 1439191050

President George W. Bush’s senior adviser and deputy chief of staff explains his choices.

3. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted - by Daniel G. Amen

Publisher: Harmony Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/16/2010
ISBN-13: 9780307463579
ISBN-10: 0307463575

Using the brain-body connection to lose weight and avoid depression.

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4. No Apology: The Case for American Greatness - by Mitt Romney

Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9780312609801
ISBN-10: 0312609809

The former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate calls for economic and civic revitalization.

5. The Pacific - by Hugh Ambrose

Publisher: NAL Caliber
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9780451230232
ISBN-10: 045123023X

Stories of Marines and a Navy pilot during World War II; companion volume for an HBO mini-series.

6. American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us - by Jesse Ventura with Dick Russell

Publisher: Skyhorse
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/08/2010
ISBN-13: 9781602398023
ISBN-10: 160239802X

The former Minnesota governor questions the official explanation of events like the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

7. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime - by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin

Publisher: Harper
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/11/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061733635
ISBN-10: 0061733636

Behind the scenes at the 2008 election.

8. Not Without Hope - by Nick Schuyler and Jeré Longman

Publisher: William Morrow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061993992
ISBN-10: 0061993999

A man survives a deep-sea fishing trip gone terribly wrong.

9. 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 and have supported a mountain of research undertaken since.

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10. Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices - by Mosab Hassan Yousef with Ron Brackin

Publisher: SaltRiver
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9781414333076
ISBN-10: 1414333072

The son of a Hamas founder converts to Christianity.

11. Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan - by Greg Mortenson

Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9780670021154
ISBN-10: 0670021156

Building schools, many of them for girls, in northeast Afghanistan; takes up where Three Cups of Tea left off.

12. 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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13. No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller - by Harry Markopolos with others

Publisher: Wiley
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/22/2010
ISBN-13: 9780470553732
ISBN-10: 0470553731

The man who blew the whistle on Bernie Madoff and was ignored.

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14. Have a Little Faith: A True Story - by Mitch Albom

Publisher: Hyperion
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/29/2009
ISBN-13: 9780786868728
ISBN-10: 0786868724

A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.

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15. Eating Animals - by Jonathan Safran Foer

Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/02/2009
ISBN-13: 9780316069908
ISBN-10: 0316069906

The novelist makes the case for vegetarianism.

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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the March 28 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending March 12, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.