1. ____ 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.

2. Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage - by Elizabeth Gilbert

Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/05/2010
ISBN-13: 9780670021659
ISBN-10: 0670021652

The author of Eat, Pray, Love wrestles with, and overcomes, her ambivalence about marriage.

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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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.

8. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void - by Mary Roach

Publisher: W.W. Norton
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9780393068474
ISBN-10: 0393068471

A humorous investigation of life without gravity in the space program, by the author of Stiff and Bonk.

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9. 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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10. Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography - by Andrew Morton

Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/31/2010
ISBN-13: 9780312555610
ISBN-10: 031255561X

A biography of Angelina Jolie, actress and humanitarian.

11. 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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12. The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases - by Mike Capuzzo

Publisher: Gotham Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/10/2010
ISBN-13: 9781592401420
ISBN-10: 1592401422

The story of the Vidocq Society, a Philadelphia-based organization dedicated to reopening cold cases.

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13. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen - by Christopher McDougall

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/05/2009
ISBN-13: 9780307266309
ISBN-10: 0307266303

Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.

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14. 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

The author of Kitchen Confidential looks critically at changes in the food and restaurant cultures during the past ten years.

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15. Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir - by Dave Mustaine with Joe Layden

Publisher: It Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/03/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061714375
ISBN-10: 0061714372

A memoir by the guitarist, songwriter, and founder of the bands Metallica and Megadeth.

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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the September 5 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending August 21, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.