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. 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.

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. 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. 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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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. 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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9. 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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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. 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.

12. 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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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. 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.

15. 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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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the May 9 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending April 24, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.