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. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1 - by Mark Twain; edited by Harriet Elinor Smith

Publisher: University of California Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/15/2010
ISBN-13: 9780520267190
ISBN-10: 0520267192

In his autobiography, published unexpurgated for the first time, Twain is pointedly political and willing to play the angry prophet.

3. Trickle Up Poverty: Stopping Obama's Attack on Our Borders, Economy, and Security - by Michael Savage

Publisher: William Morrow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/05/2010
ISBN-13: 9780062010971
ISBN-10: 0062010972

The radio host criticizes Obama's policies on the borders, the economy, and security.

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4. The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood - by Jane Leavy

Publisher: Harper
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/12/2010
ISBN-13: 9780060883522
ISBN-10: 0060883529

A biography of the Yankees star Mickey Mantle, who grappled with a wrenching childhood and physical injuries.

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5. 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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6. At Home: A Short History of Private Life - by Bill Bryson

Publisher: Doubleday
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/05/2010
ISBN-13: 9780767919388
ISBN-10: 0767919386

The evolution of private life as exemplified by the houses we live in.

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7. Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family - by Condoleezza Rice

Publisher: Crown Archetype
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/12/2010
ISBN-13: 9780307587879
ISBN-10: 0307587878

The former secretary of state's memoir stresses the role her parents played.

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8. ______ Finish First - by Tucker Max

Publisher: Gallery Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/28/2010
ISBN-13: 9781416938743
ISBN-10: 1416938745

Stories of bad decisions, debauchery, and sexual recklessness.

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9. Obama's Wars - by Bob Woodward

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/27/2010
ISBN-13: 9781439172490
ISBN-10: 1439172498

The inside story of how decisions were made on Afghanistan, on Pakistan, and on the fight against terrorism.

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10. Washington: A Life - by Ron Chernow

Publisher: Penguin Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/05/2010
ISBN-13: 9781594202667
ISBN-10: 1594202664

A biography of the first president.

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11. ____ 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.

12. The Roots of Obama's Rage: Barack Obama and His Private War Against the West - by Dinesh D'Souza

Publisher: Regnery
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/04/2010
ISBN-13: 9781596986251
ISBN-10: 1596986255

D'Souza argues that Obama's policies are defined by the anti-colonialist sentiments of his father.

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13. 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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14. 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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15. Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee - by Hoda Kotb with Jane Lorenzini

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/12/2010
ISBN-13: 9781439189481
ISBN-10: 143918948X

In her memoir, the Today co-host discusses her career, her divorce, and her cancer.

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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the November 7 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending October 23, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.