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. The Obama Diaries - by Laura Ingraham

Publisher: Threshold Editions
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/13/2010
ISBN-13: 9781439197516
ISBN-10: 1439197512

A satirical fictional journal with commentary, by the conservative political commentator.

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3. 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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4. 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 looks critically at changes in the food and restaurant cultures in the ten years since the publication of Kitchen Confidential.

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5. 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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6. 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.

7. 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.

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. 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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10. 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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11. In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving - by Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy with Sally Jenkins

Publisher: Henry Holt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/13/2010
ISBN-13: 9780805093384
ISBN-10: 0805093389

The couple featured in The Blind Side tell their story and promote "cheerful giving."

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12. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements - by Sam Kean

Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/12/2010
ISBN-13: 9780316051644
ISBN-10: 0316051640

Stories of human interest and history connected with the elements of the periodic table.

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13. 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.

14. 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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15. 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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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the August 8 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending July 24, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.