Fave Five April 27, 2008

NEW YORK TIMES – April 27, 2008

 

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. HOLD TIGHT by Harlan Coben
2. WHERE ARE YOU NOW? by Mary Higgins Clark
3. THE MIRACLE OF SLEEPY MOTORS by Alexander McCall Smith
4. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH by Jhumpa Lahiri
5. CERTAIN GIRLS by Jennifer Weiner

 PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION

1.      THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Kim Edwards

2.      WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen

3.      NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult

4.      THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini

5.      THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB by Kate Jacobs

 

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.      CREATION IN DEATH by J. D. Robb

5.      BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET by Debbie Macomber

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1.      BEAUTIFUL BOY by David Sheff

2.      HOME by Julie Andrews

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

4.      LADIES OF LIBERTY by Cokie Roberts

5.      ESCAPE by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer

 

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

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

2.      EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert

3.      THE GOD DELUSION by Richard Dawkins

4.      THE AUDACITY OF HOPE by Barack Obama

5.      JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough

 

USA Today – based on sales through Sunday, April 20, 2008

 

FICTION AND NONFICTION

1. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (NF)
2. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow (NF)
3. Hold Tight by Harlan Coben (F)
4. Just Who Will You Be? Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within. by Maria Shriver (NF)
5. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark

Essence Magazine  – April 2008

 

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 2008

 

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 2008

 

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