New York Times Best Seller List



 New York Times Hard Cover Best Seller List
 For The Week of May 11, 2008


Fiction


1

THE WHOLE TRUTH,
by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $26.99.) An intelligence agent and a 
journalist team up against a warmongering defense contractor.


2

HOLD TIGHT,
by Harlan Coben. (Dutton, $26.95.) The aftermath of a high school kid?s 
suicide rocks a New Jersey suburb.



3

THE MIRACLE AT SLEEPY MOTORS,
by Alexander McCall Smith. (Pantheon, $22.95.) The ninth novel in the No. 1 
Ladies? Detective Agency series.



4

UNACCUSTOMED EARTH,
by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and transformation 
experienced by Bengali parents and their American children.



5

WHERE ARE YOU NOW?,
by Mary Higgins Clark. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) A woman searches for the 
truth about her brother, who is alive but has disappeared.



6

CERTAIN GIRLS,
by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.95.) A girl discovers the sexy, somewhat 
autobiographical novel her mother wrote years earlier.



7

QUICKSAND,
by Iris Johansen. (St. Martins, $26.95.) The forensic sculptor Eve Duncan 
tracks a killer who claims to have murdered her daughter years earlier.


8

DEAD HEAT,
by Joel C. Rosenberg. (Tyndale, $24.99.) With the world on the brink of war, 
terrorists plot to assassinate a candidate in a closely fought presidential 
election.



9

THE APPEAL,
by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when 
a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping 
toxic waste.



10

SANTA FE DEAD,
by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) A Santa Fe lawyer investigates his 
nefarious former wife.







Non Fiction


1

ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? ITS ME, CHELSEA,
by Chelsea Handler. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous personal
 essays from the stand-up comedian.



2

ESCAPE,
by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer. (Broadway, $24.95.) A former member of a 
fundamentalist polygamous sect describes her forced marriage to a much older 
man.



3

HOME,
by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrewss early years, from 
birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.



4

BEAUTIFUL BOY,
by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his sons meth
 addiction.



5

MISTAKEN IDENTITY,
by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark 
Tabb. (Howard, $21.95.) The families of two girls whose identities were 
confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience.



6

LADIES OF LIBERTY,
by Cokie Roberts. (Morrow, $26.95.) The influential women of early America.



7

THE REVOLUTION,
by Ron Paul. (Grand Central, $21.) A libertarian manifesto from the Texas 
congressman and Republican presidential candidate.


8

BAD MONEY,
by Kevin Phillips. (Viking, $25.95.) How the financial sector has hijacked the
 American economy, aided by Washington?s ruinous faith in the efficiency of 
markets.



9

ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT,
by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and 
peace by the novelist, who died in 2007.



10

THE SOLOIST,
by Steve Lopez. (Putnam, $25.95.) A columnist for The Los Angeles Times comes 
upon a homeless musician on Skid Row and sets out to change his life.

Fiction
1	THE WHOLE TRUTH, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $26.99.) An intelligence agent and a journalist team up against a warmongering defense contractor.
2	HOLD TIGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton, $26.95.) The aftermath of a high school kid?s suicide rocks a New Jersey suburb.
3	THE MIRACLE AT SLEEPY MOTORS, by Alexander McCall Smith. (Pantheon, $22.95.) The ninth novel in the No. 1 Ladies? Detective Agency series.
4	UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American children.
5	WHERE ARE YOU NOW?, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) A woman searches for the truth about her brother, who is alive but has disappeared.
6	CERTAIN GIRLS, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.95.) A girl discovers the sexy, somewhat autobiographical novel her mother wrote years earlier.
7	QUICKSAND, by Iris Johansen. (St. Martins, $26.95.) The forensic sculptor Eve Duncan tracks a killer who claims to have murdered her daughter years earlier.
8	DEAD HEAT, by Joel C. Rosenberg. (Tyndale, $24.99.) With the world on the brink of war, terrorists plot to assassinate a candidate in a closely fought presidential election.
9	THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste.
10	SANTA FE DEAD, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) A Santa Fe lawyer investigates his nefarious former wife.

Non Fiction
1	ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? ITS ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian.
2	ESCAPE, by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer. (Broadway, $24.95.) A former member of a fundamentalist polygamous sect describes her forced marriage to a much older man.
3	HOME, by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrewss early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.
4	BEAUTIFUL BOY, by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his sons meth addiction.
5	MISTAKEN IDENTITY, by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb. (Howard, $21.95.) The families of two girls whose identities were confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience.
6	LADIES OF LIBERTY, by Cokie Roberts. (Morrow, $26.95.) The influential women of early America.
7	THE REVOLUTION, by Ron Paul. (Grand Central, $21.) A libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate.
8	BAD MONEY, by Kevin Phillips. (Viking, $25.95.) How the financial sector has hijacked the American economy, aided by Washington?s ruinous faith in the efficiency of markets.
9	ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT, by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007.
10	THE SOLOIST, by Steve Lopez. (Putnam, $25.95.) A columnist for The Los Angeles Times comes upon a homeless musician on Skid Row and sets out to change his life.