1. Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race - written and edited by Jon Stewart et al.

Publisher: Grand Central
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/21/2010
ISBN-13: 9780446579223
ISBN-10: 044657922X

A visitor's guide to the human race, presented by The Daily Show.

2. The Grand Design - by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/07/2010
ISBN-13: 9780553805376
ISBN-10: 0553805371

Central questions of philosophy and science, from the author of A Brief History of Time.

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3. Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama - by Bill O'Reilly

Publisher: William Morrow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/14/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061950711
ISBN-10: 0061950718

The Fox News commentator scrutinizes the meaning of change in the era of Obama.

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4. ____ 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.

5. White House Diary - by Jimmy Carter

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/20/2010
ISBN-13: 9780374280994
ISBN-10: 0374280991

The diary Carter kept during his presidency, with annotations.

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6. Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle - by Ingrid Betancourt

Publisher: Penguin Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/21/2010
ISBN-13: 9781594202650
ISBN-10: 1594202656

Betancourt, a Colombian presidential candidate at the time, was kidnapped by leftist guerrillas in 2002 and held for six years.

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7. Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama - by David Limbaugh

Publisher: Regnery
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/23/2010
ISBN-13: 9781596986244
ISBN-10: 1596986247

A political indictment of the Obama presidency.

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8. The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean - by Susan Casey

Publisher: Doubleday
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/14/2010
ISBN-13: 9780767928847
ISBN-10: 0767928849

A look at giant oceanic waves and the scientists and surfers who love them.

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9. A Journey: My Political Life - by Tony Blair

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9780307269836
ISBN-10: 0307269833

A memoir by the former British prime minister.

10. The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption - by Jim Gorant

Publisher: Gotham Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/16/2010
ISBN-13: 9781592405503
ISBN-10: 1592405509

The story of the animals rescued from the dogfighting ring that involved the football player Michael Vick.

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11. 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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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--it has to do with luck and opportunity--from the author of Blink.

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13. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration - by Isabel Wilkerson

Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/07/2010
ISBN-13: 9780679444329
ISBN-10: 0679444327

The Great Migration of blacks who fled the South, starting in 1915.

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14. Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future - by Robert B. Reich

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/21/2010
ISBN-13: 9780307592811
ISBN-10: 0307592812

Looking at the future of the United States economy, the Clinton-era labor secretary fears that inevitable national belt-tightening could trigger a political convulsion.

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15. Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View - by Stephen Breyer

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/14/2010
ISBN-13: 9780307269911
ISBN-10: 0307269914

The Supreme Court justice discusses legal philosophy, history, and the Constitution.

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