Fave Five June 15, 2008

Stephenie Meyer continues to dominate the USA Today bestseller list with her young adult vampire love saga.

 

NEW YORK TIMES  - June 15, 2008

 

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. NOTHING TO LOSE by Lee Child
2. THE HOST by Stephenie Meyer
3. PLAGUE SHIP by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul
4. LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH by Emily Giffin
5. BLOOD NOIR by Laurell K. Hamilton

 

PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION

1.      THE SHACK by William P. Young

2.      WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen

3.      THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini

4.      THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB by Kate Jacobs

5.      THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett

 

PAPERBACK MASS-MARKET FICTION

1.      LOVER ENSHRINED by J. R. Ward

2.      STEP ON A CRACK by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

3.      HIGH NOON by Nora Roberts

4.      THE JUDAS STRAIN by James Rollins

5.      THE HOLLOW by Nora Roberts

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1.      WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES by David Sedaris

2.      WHAT HAPPENED by Scott McClellan

3.      THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD by Fareed Zakaria

4.      AUDITION by Barbara Walters

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

 

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

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

2.      THE AUDACITY OF HOPE by Barack Obama

3.      EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert

4.      DREAMS FROM MY FATHER by Barack Obama

5.      MARLEY & ME by John Grogan

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USA Today – based on sales through Sunday, June 8, 2008

 

FICTION AND NONFICTION

1. When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (NF) (H)
2. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (F) (P)
3. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (F) (P)
4. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow (NF) (H)
5. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (F) (H)

Essence Magazine – June 2008

 

FICTION Hardcover

1. Something On The Side by Carl Weber
2. Waking with Enemies by Eric Jerome Dickey
3. Them by Nathan McCall
4. Sin No More by Kimberla Lawson Roby
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. Not Even If You Begged by Francis Ray
4. Torn by Keisha Ervin
5. The Boss by Tysha

 

NONFICTION Hardcover

1. Reposition Yourself by T.D. Jakes
2. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
3. The Vixen Diaries by Karrine Steffans
4. The Women Who Raised Me by Victoria Rowell
5. Come on People by Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint

 

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. How to Eat & Live Longer by Reginald J. Eadie, MD
5. The Black Biblical Heritage by John L. Johnson

 

CBA  - June 2008

 

1. The Shack by William P. Young
2. The Forbidden by Beverly Lewis
3. Walking With God by John Eldredge
4. Dead Heat by Joel Rosenberg,
5. 90 Minutes in Heaven  by Don Piper

ECPA – June 2008

 

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