This is the last Fave Five for 2008. I hope you have enjoyed keeping abreast of what everyone else is reading (or at least buying) and you’ve found some new titles to add to your reading list.
NEW YORK TIMES - December 28, 2008
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright
2. SCARPETTA, by Patricia Cornwell
3. CROSS COUNTRY by James Patterson
4. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski
5. THE HOST by Stephenie Meyer
PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION
1. THE SHACK by William P. Young
2. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
3. THE APPEAL by John Grisham
4. CHANGE OF HEART by Jodi Picoult
5. WORLD WITHOUT END by Ken Follett
PAPERBACK MASS-MARKET FICTION
1. THE APPEAL by John Grisham
2. THE PAGAN STONE by Nora Roberts
3. T IS FOR TRESPAS, by Sue Grafton
4. THE 6TH TARGET by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
5. DEAD UNTIL DARK by Charlaine Harris
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. OUTLIERS by Malcolm Gladwell
2. DEWEY by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
3. AMERICAN LION by Jon Meacham
4. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY by Bill O’Reilly
5. TOO FAT TO FISH by Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. MARLEY & ME by John Grogan
2. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE by Barack Obama
3. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER by Barack Obama
4. TEAM OF RIVALS by Doris Kearns Goodwin
5. THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
USA Today – based on sales through Sunday, December 21, 2008
FICTION AND NONFICTION
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (F) (P)
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (F) (H)
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (F) (P)
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (F) (H)
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (F) (H)
Essence Magazine – December 2008
FICTION Hardcover
- Pleasure by Eric Jerome Dickey
- Something On The Side by Carl Weber
- One In A Million by Kimberla Lawson Roby
- Sin No More By Kimberla Lawson Roby
- Waking With Enemies by Eric Jerome Dickey
FICTION Paperback
- True to the Game III by Teri Woods
- Can I Get a Witness? by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
- Too Little, Too Late by Victoria Christopher Murray
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- Mistress of the Game by Sherrie Walker
NONFICTION Hardcover
- Letters To A Young Sister by Hill Harper
- Hiding in Hip Hop by Terrance Dean
- Come On People by Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint
- The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
- Grace After Midnight by Felecia “Snoop” Pearson
NONFICTION Paperback
- The Willie Lynch Letter by William Lynch and Kashif Malik Hassan-el
2. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
- The Miseducation of the Black Child by Nathan Hare and Julia Hare
- Letters to a Young Brother by Hill Harper
- The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
CBA - December 2008
- The Love Dare by Steven & Alex Kendrick
- The Shack by William P. Young
- If My People by Jack Countryman
- Sunset by Karen Kingsbury
- What in the World is Going On? by David Jeremiah
ECPA – December 2008
- The Love Dare by Steven & Alex Kendrick
- The Shack by William P. Young
- What in the World is Going On? by David Jeremiah
- Sunset by Karen Kingsbury
- Every Now and Then by Karen Kingsbury
