FAVE FIVE April 13, 2008

NEW YORK TIMES (April 13, 200

 

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH by Jhumpa Lahiri
2. SMALL FAVOR by Jim Butcher
3. COMPULSION by Jonathan Kellerman
4. THE APPEAL by John Grisham
5. BELONG TO ME by Marisa de los Santos

 

PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION

1.      NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult

2.      WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen

3.      THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Kim Edwards

4.      THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB by Kate Jacobs

5.      THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini

 

PAPERBACK MASS-MARKET FICTION

1.      SIMPLE GENIUS by David Baldacci

2.      THE WOODS by Harlan Coben

3.      BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE by Lee Child

4.      I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE by Mary Higgins Clark

5.      BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET by Debbie Macomber

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1.      MISTAKEN IDENTITY by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb

2.      HOME by Julie Andrews

3.      BEAUTIFUL BOY by David Sheff

4.      ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT by Kurt Vonnegut

5.      VINDICATED by Jose Canseco

 

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1.      THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

2.      EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert

3.      THE AUDACITY OF HOPE by Barack Obama

4.      JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough

5.      21: BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE by Ben Mezrich

 

USA Today (based on sales through Sunday, April 6, 200

 

FICTION AND NONFICTION

1. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (NF)
2. Massie: The Clique Summer Collection #1 by Lisi Harrison (F)
3. Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (F)
4. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (NF)
5. SIMPLE GENIUS by David Baldacci (F)

 

Essence Magazine (April 200

 

FICTION Hardcover

1. Sweeter Than Honey by Mary B. Morrison
2. Waking with Enemies by Eric Jerome Dickey
3. Deliver Me From Evil by Mary Monroe
4. She Ain’t the One by Carl Weber and Mary B. Morrison 
5. Them by Nathan McCall

 

FICTION Paperback

1. True to the Game II by Teri Woods
2. Still a Mistress by Tiphani
3. The Pastor’s Wife by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
4. Charge it to the Game by Michele A. Fletcher
5. B—- Reloaded Part 2 by Deja King

 

NONFICTION Hardcover

1. The Vixen Diaries by Karrine Steffans
2. Reposition Yourself by T.D. Jakes
3. The Bond by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt
4. Come on People by Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint
5. Dear G-Spot by Zane 

 

NONFICTION Paperback

1. Snakes in The Pulpit by Reuben Armstrong
2. The Willie Lynch Letter by Willie Lynch and Kashif Malik Hassan-el
3. The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
4. The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
5. How to Eat & Live Longer by Reginald J. Eadie, MD

 

CBA (April 200

 

1. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
2. Someday by Karen Kingsbury
3. Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs
4. 3:16 by Max Lucado
5. One Month to Live by Kerry & Chris Shook

 

ECPA (April 200

 

1. The Shack by William P. Young
2. 3:16 by Max Lucado
3. Someday by Karen Kingsbury
4. 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper
5. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman