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The New York Times Bestseller List
February 3, 2008

Hardcover Fiction

1. DUMA KEY, by Stephen King. A Minnesota contractor moves to Florida to recover from an injury and begins to create paintings with mysterious power.
2. PLUM LUCKY, by Janet Evanovich. Stephanieos mother finds a bag of cash and goes gambling in Atlantic City, pursued by the money’s owner.
3. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, by Geraldine Brooks. A rare-book expert unlocks the secrets of a medieval manuscript.
4. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.
5. WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett. Love and intrigue in Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Folletts Pillars of the Earth.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. A manifesto urges us to Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
2. AN INCONVENIENT BOOK, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. Beck, the conservative TV and talk-radio host, offers his solutions to problems including global warming, poverty and political correctness.
3. TOM CRUISE, by Andrew Morton. An unauthorized biography.
4. REAL CHANGE, by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler. How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.
5. FREE LUNCH, by David Cay Johnston. How lobbyists and lawyers have wangled government subsidies for the wealthy.

Hardcover Advice

1. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.
2. THE FOOD YOU CRAVE, by Ellie Krieger. Recipes with a focus on fresh, healthy food, from the host of the Food Network’s “Healthy Appetite.”
3. BECOME A BETTER YOU, by Joel Osteen. Seven keys to living with joy.
4. HOW NOT TO LOOK OLD, by Charla Krupp. Advice from a former beauty editor.
5. YOU STAYING YOUNG, by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz et al. The principles of longevity and how to combat aging’s effects.

Children’s Picture Books

1. FLAMINGOS ON THE ROOF, written and illustrated by Calef Brown. “Alphabet sherbet / Have you ever heard of it? / I bought myself a gallon, / and ate about a third of it.” Whimsical poems and paintings. (Ages 8 and up)
2. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8 )
3. SMASH! CRASH!, by Jon Scieszka. Illustrated by David Shannon, Loren Long and David Gordon. A truck named Jack and a dump truck named Dan love to smash into things. (Ages 3 to 7)
4. GIMME CRACKED CORN AND I WILL SHARE, written and illustrated by Kevin O’Malley. Chickens cross the road. (Ages 4 to
5. STAR WARS POP-UP GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, by Matthew Reinhart. A pop-up look at Luke, Leia, Lord Vader et al. (Ages 7 and up)

Children’s Chapter Books

1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. How Greg embarrassed himself on his summer vacation (ask his older brother, Rodrick); a sequel to “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” (Ages 9 to 12)
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 to 12)
3. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, written and illustrated by Brian Selznick. A novel “in words and pictures”; an orphaned thief must decipher his father’s last message. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. DARK RIVER, by Erin Hunter. Cat warriors must choose between good and evil; Book 2 of a Warriors fantasy series. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. THE NIXIE’S SONG, by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.Fire-breathing giants are on the rampage in Florida. (Ages 9 to 12)

Children’s Paperback Books

1. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. A girl saves books from Nazi book-burnings and shares them with a Jewish man. (Ages 14 and up)
2. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline. A china rabbit learns about loss. (Ages 8 to 12)
3. DULCIE’S TASTE OF MAGIC, by Gail Herman. Ordered to take a vacation, a baking fairy discovers an ancient cake recipe. (Ages 4 to
4. I’D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I’D HAVE TO KILL YOU, by Ally Carter. A girl in spy school falls for a local boy. (Ages 12 and up)
5. THE WATER HORSE, by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by David Parkins. The legend of the Loch Ness monster’s origins. (Ages 9 to 12)

Children’s Series Books

1. THE TWILIGHT SERIES, by Stephenie Meyer. Vampires and werewolves in high school. (Ages 12 and up)
2. THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES, by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Siblings find a hidden world. (Ages 6 to 10)
3. THE GEMMA DOYLE TRILOGY, by Libba Bray. A student jumps from her world to a magical realm. (Ages 12 and up)
4. HIS DARK MATERIALS, by Philip Pullman. A girl uncovers a conspiracy bridging worlds. (Ages 10 and up)
5. HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling. A boy wizard hones his skills and fights evil. (Ages 10 and up)

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan.A chronicle of the disintegration of an English family’s idyllic life.
2. THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan-American returns to Kabul to learn how a childhood friend has fared.
3. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. A young man-and an elephant-save a Depression-era circus.
4. THE 6TH TARGET, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club investigate the disappearance of several children in San Francisco.
   
5. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, by Ken Follett. Murder, arson and lust surround the building of a cathedral.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. PLUM LOVIN, by Janet Evanovich. A mysterious man in Stephanie Plum’s life helps her track down a matchmaker who skipped bail.
2. THE OVERLOOK, by Michael Connelly. The Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch tangles with the F.B.I. and Homeland Security.
3. ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan. A chronicle of the disintegration of an English family’s idyllic life.
4. THE SHAPE SHIFTER, by Tony Hillerman. Lt. Joe Leaphorn, a tribal detective, tracks down an antique Navajo rug with a complicated history.
5. I AM LEGEND, by Richard Matheson. In this reissued horror novel, plague survivors, turned into vampires, seek to destroy the one man who appears immune to the disease.

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. A writer’s yearlong journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia.
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
3. THE INNOCENT MAN, by John Grisham. Grisham’s first nonfiction book concerns a man wrongly sentenced to death.
4. INTO THE WILD, by Jon Krakauer. A man’s obsession with the wilderness ends in tragedy.
5. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama. The Illinois senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political divisions.

Paperback Advice

1. SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. Vegan diet advice from the world of modeling.
2. THE WISDOM OF MENOPAUSE, by Christiane Northrup. How menopause offers opportunities for renewal.
3. THE BEST LIFE DIET, by Bob Greene. A lifetime plan for losing weight from the man who helped Oprah.
4. SKINNY BITCH IN THE KITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. Vegan recipes from the authors of “Skinny Bitch.”
5. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg and Sandee Hathaway. Advice for parents-to-be.

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