1. 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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2. ____ 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.

3. 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

Bourdain looks critically at changes in the food and restaurant cultures in the ten years since the publication of Kitchen Confidential.

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4. 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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5. War - by Sebastian Junger

Publisher: Twelve
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/11/2010
ISBN-13: 9780446556248
ISBN-10: 0446556246

The intense lives of American soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan, by the author of The Perfect Storm.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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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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. In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving - by Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy with Sally Jenkins

Publisher: Henry Holt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/13/2010
ISBN-13: 9780805093384
ISBN-10: 0805093389

The couple featured in The Blind Side tell their story and promote the practice of "cheerful giving."

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11. 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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12. Home Team: Coaching the Saints and New Orleans Back to Life - by Sean Payton and Ellis Henican

Publisher: New American Library
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/29/2010
ISBN-13: 9780451232618
ISBN-10: 0451232615

The head coach of the New Orleans Saints describes the team's Super Bowl victory, which raised the city's spirits four years after Hurricane Katrina.

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13. Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball - by Bill Madden

Publisher: Harper
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/11/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061690310
ISBN-10: 0061690317

A biography of the New York Yankees owner, who died last month.

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14. Spoken from the Heart - by Laura Bush

Publisher: Scribner
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/04/2010
ISBN-13: 9781439155202
ISBN-10: 1439155208

A memoir from the former first lady.

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15. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman - by Sam Wasson

Publisher: HarperStudio
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/22/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061774157
ISBN-10: 0061774154

The making of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's and its cultural influence.

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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the August 1 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending July 17, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.