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. 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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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. 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, from the author of Nancy Reagan and His Way.

5. The Other Wes Moore - by Wes Moore

Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/27/2010
ISBN-13: 9780385528191
ISBN-10: 0385528191

A tale of two Wes Moores living in Baltimore: one, the author, a Rhodes scholar, combat veteran and former White House fellow; the other, a man serving a life sentence in prison.

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6. Hellhound on His Trail - by Hampton Sides

Publisher: Doubleday
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/27/2010
ISBN-13: 9780385523929
ISBN-10: 0385523920

The stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the hunt for his killer.

7. The Bedwetter - by Sarah Silverman

Publisher: Harper
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/20/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061856433
ISBN-10: 0061856436

A humorous, yet sometimes serious, memoir from the comedian.

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8. Outliers - 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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9. 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.

10. Lift - by Kelly Corrigan

Publisher: Voice
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9781401341244
ISBN-10: 1401341241

Stories about parenting, written as a letter to the author’s daughters.

11. 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

Race, poverty and science intertwine in the story of the woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951 and have supported a mountain of research undertaken since then.

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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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.

15. 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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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the May 16 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending May 1, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.