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. 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

Bourdain, the author of Kitchen Confidential, looks critically at changes in the food and restaurant cultures.

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3. Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity - by Drew Brees with Chris Fabry

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/06/2010
ISBN-13: 9781414339436
ISBN-10: 1414339437

The N.F.L. quarterback recovered from an injury to play for the New Orleans Saints.

4. 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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5. 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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6. 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.

7. War - by Sebastian Junger

Publisher: Twelve
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/11/2010
ISBN-13: 9780446556248
ISBN-10: 0446556246

The intense lives of American soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan, by the author of The Perfect Storm.

8. 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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9. Home Team: Coaching the Saints and New Orleans Back to Life - by Sean Payton and Ellis Henican

Publisher: New American Library
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/29/2010
ISBN-13: 9780451232618
ISBN-10: 0451232615

The head coach of the New Orleans Saints describes the team's Super Bowl victory, which raised the city's spirits four years after Hurricane Katrina.

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10. 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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11. Spoken from the Heart - by Laura Bush

Publisher: Scribner
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/04/2010
ISBN-13: 9781439155202
ISBN-10: 1439155208

A memoir from the former first lady.

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12. The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn - by Nathaniel Philbrick

Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/04/2010
ISBN-13: 9780670021727
ISBN-10: 0670021725

Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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13. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman - by Sam Wasson

Publisher: HarperStudio
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/22/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061774157
ISBN-10: 0061774154

The making of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's and its cultural influence.

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14. 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.

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15. 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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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the July 25 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending July 10, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.