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

Publisher: W.W. Norton
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/15/2010
ISBN-13: 9780393072235
ISBN-10: 0393072231

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

2. 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.

3. The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama - by David Remnick

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/06/2010
ISBN-13: 9781400043606
ISBN-10: 1400043603

A biography of Barack Obama before he became president, by the editor of The New Yorker.

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4. This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection - by Carol Burnett

Publisher: Harmony Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/06/2010
ISBN-13: 9780307461186
ISBN-10: 0307461181

The comedian describes her rise in show business and the people she’s met along the way.

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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. 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.

7. 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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8. 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 of the 2008 presidential race.

9. Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years - by Diarmaid MacCulloch

Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/18/2010
ISBN-13: 9780670021260
ISBN-10: 0670021261

An Oxford professor traces the roots and history of the faith, starting with classical philosophy and Jewish tradition.

10. 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.

11. 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown - by Simon Johnson and James Kwak

Publisher: Pantheon Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/30/2010
ISBN-13: 9780307379054
ISBN-10: 0307379051

A call for the restructuring of the banking industry.

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12. 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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13. The End of Wall Street - by Roger Lowenstein

Publisher: Penguin Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/06/2010
ISBN-13: 9781594202391
ISBN-10: 1594202397

A journalist’s account of the financial collapse, from origins to bailout.

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14. 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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15. 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

Lessons about the comfort of belief.

First Chapter

These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the April 25 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending April 10, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.