1. 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 at the 2008 election with Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, John and Elizabeth Edwards, John McCain and Sarah Palin.

2. The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal that Brought Him Down - by Andrew Young

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/30/2010
ISBN-13: 9780312640651
ISBN-10: 031264065X

A tell-all by John Edwards’s closest aide.

3. 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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4. I Am Ozzy - by Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres

Publisher: Grand Central
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/25/2010
ISBN-13: 9780446569897
ISBN-10: 0446569895

Recollections of heavy metal’s “Prince of Darkness.”

5. Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend - by James S. Hirsch

Publisher: Scribner
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/09/2010
ISBN-13: 9781416547907
ISBN-10: 1416547908

The life and career of a baseball legend.

6. On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - by Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

Publisher: Grand Central
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780446561938
ISBN-10: 0446561932

The Treasury secretary during the financial meltdown describes the decisions that were made.

7. Have a Little Faith: A True Story - by Mitch Albom

Publisher: Hyperion
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/29/2009
ISBN-13: 9780786868728
ISBN-10: 0786868724

A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.

8. Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan - by Greg Mortenson

Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9780670021154
ISBN-10: 0670021156

Building schools, many of them for girls, in northeast Afghanistan; takes up where Three Cups of Tea left off.

9. Staying True - by Jenny Sanford

Publisher: Ballantine Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/05/2010
ISBN-13: 9780345522399
ISBN-10: 0345522397

The ups and downs of life with South Carolina’s Gov. Mark Sanford, by his estranged wife.

10. 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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11. 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, from the author of Blink.

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12. Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us - by Daniel H. Pink

Publisher: Riverhead Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/29/2009
ISBN-13: 9781594488849
ISBN-10: 1594488843

What really motivates people is the quest for autonomy, mastery and purpose, not external rewards.

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13. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right - by Atul Gawande

Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/22/2009
ISBN-13: 9780805091748
ISBN-10: 0805091742

Following checklists makes surgery safer and other activities more efficient, a doctor argues.

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14. Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat - by David Dosa

Publisher: Hyperion
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9781401323233
ISBN-10: 1401323235

A nursing-home cat who comforts patients when death is near.

15. The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It - by Scott Patterson

Publisher: Crown Business
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9780307453372
ISBN-10: 0307453375

How a new breed of math whizzes conquered Wall Street and nearly destroyed it.

These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the March 7 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending February 20, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.