1. Oprah: A Biography - by Kitty Kelley

Publisher: Crown Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/13/2010
ISBN-13: 9780307394866
ISBN-10: 0307394867

The biography.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 2010: Take Back America: A Battle Plan - by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann

Publisher: Harper
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/13/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061988448
ISBN-10: 0061988448

The most vulnerable incumbent Democrats and how to defeat them.

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5. 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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6. 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.

7. 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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8. 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.

9. When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man - by Jerry Weintraub with Rich Cohen

Publisher: Twelve
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/07/2010
ISBN-13: 9780446548151
ISBN-10: 0446548154

A longtime Hollywood producer, investor and philanthropist recalls his career.

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10. 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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11. I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith, and Family - by Kate Gosselin

Publisher: Zondervan
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780310318965
ISBN-10: 0310318963

Descriptions of family life and faith in the form of letters to Gosselin’s eight children--twins and sextuplets.

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12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

First Chapter

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