Fave Five May 3, 2008

Happy May. A new month means a new list for the monthly publications.

 

NEW YORK TIMES  - May 4, 2008

 

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. THE WHOLE TRUTH by David Baldacci
2. HOLD TIGHT by Harlan Coben
3. THE MIRACLE OF SLEEPY MOTORS by Alexander McCall Smith
4. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH by Jhumpa Lahiri
5. WHERE ARE YOU NOW? by Mary Higgins Clark

 

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 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.      PANDORA’S DAUGHTER by Iris Johansen

5.      INVISIBLE PREY by John Sandford

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1.      ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA by Chelsea Handler

2.      ESCAPE by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer

3.      HOME by Julie Andrews

4.      BEAUTIFUL BOY by David Sheff

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

 

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

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

2.      EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert

3.      JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough

4.      THE GOD DELUSION by Richard Dawkins

5.      MARLEY & ME by John Grogan

 

USA Today - based on sales through Sunday, April 27, 2008

 

FICTION AND NONFICTION

1. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow (NF)
2. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (NF)
3. The Whole Truth by David Baldacci (F)
4. Just Who Will You Be? Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within. by Maria Shriver (NF)
5. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (F)

Essence Magazine – May 2008

 

FICTION Hardcover

1. Waking with Enemies by Eric Jerome Dickey
2. Love & Lies by Kimberla Lawson Roby
3. Them by Nathan McCall
4. Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley
5. Deliver Me From Evil by Mary Monroe

 

FICTION Paperback

1. Dutch 3: The Finale by Dutch
2. True to the Game II by Teri Woods
3. Torn by Keisha Ervin
4. Queen by Cynthia White
5. B—- Reloaded Part 2 by Deja King

 

NONFICTION Hardcover

1. The Vixen Diaries by Karrine Steffans
2. Come on People by Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint
3. Reposition Yourself by T.D. Jakes
4. Turning White by Lee Thomas
5. Raised From The Dead by Frank Turner

 

NONFICTION Paperback

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

 

CBA  - May 2008

 

1. 3:16 by Max Lucado
2. 90 Minutes in Heaven  by Don Piper
3. Resurrection Eggs Family Life
4. The Shack by William P. Young
5. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

 

ECPA - May 2008

 

1. The Shack by William P. Young
2. The Forbidden by Beverly Lewis
3. Mistaken Identity by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb
4. 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper
5. Dead Heat by Joel C. Rosenberg