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. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Mount Pleasant: My Journey from Creating a Billion-Dollar Company to Teaching at a Struggling Public High School - by Steve Poizner

Publisher: Portfolio
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9781591843450
ISBN-10: 1591843456

A technology entrepreneur spends a year teaching 12th grade at a public high school and is changed by the experience.

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6. 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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7. No Apology: The Case for American Greatness - by Mitt Romney

Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9780312609801
ISBN-10: 0312609809

The former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate calls for economic and civic revitalization.

8. 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 in 2008.

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

The story of the woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951.

First Chapter

10. 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.

11. 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 to restructure the banking industry.

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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, from the author of Blink.

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13. 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

Lessons about the comfort of belief.

First Chapter

14. Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation - by Jason Mattera

Publisher: Threshold Editions
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/23/2010
ISBN-13: 9781439172070
ISBN-10: 1439172072

Obama and his allies staged a high-tech assault to capture the minds of young Americans.

15. The Best Kind of Different: Our Family's Journey with Asperger's Syndrome - by Shonda Schilling

Publisher: William Morrow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/23/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061986833
ISBN-10: 0061986836

A family’s experience with Asperger’s syndrome. (The author’s husband is the Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, who contributes an introduction.)

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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the April 18 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending April 3, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.