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The New York Times Bestseller List
February 24, 2008

Hardcover Fiction

1. THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste.
2. 7TH HEAVEN, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. In San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club hunt for an arsonist and a missing teenager.
3. DUMA KEY, by Stephen King. A Minnesota contractor moves to Florida to recover from an injury and begins to create paintings with mysterious power.
4. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.
5. STRANGER IN PARADISE, by Robert B. Parker. Jesse Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Mass., must protect a hit man’s intended victim.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. A manifesto urges us to Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
2. RECONCILIATION, by Benazir Bhutto.  A posthumous look at Islam, democracy and the West
3. REAL CHANGE, by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler. How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.
4. 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.
5. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman et al. The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.”

Hardcover Advice

1. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.
2. WOMEN AND MONEY, by Suze Orman.  Advice for overcoming one’s dysfunctional relationship with money, including a five-month plan for getting finances on track.
3. ONE MONTH TO LIVE, by Kerry and Chris Shook. Living the way God intended by making each day count. (†)
4. DOES THIS CLUTTER MAKE MY BUTT LOOK FAT?, by Peter Walsh. An expert on organization applies his techniques to the kitchen, the grocery list and the meal plan.
5. BECOME A BETTER YOU, by Joel Osteen. Seven keys to living with joy.

Children’s Picture Books

1. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8 )
2. HUG TIME, written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell.  Jules the kitten learns that a hug is the simplest gift we can give. (Ages 4 to
3. 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)
4. FIRST THE EGG, written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. An egg becomes a chick; a tadpole becomes a frog; a seed becomes a flower. (Ages 2 to 6)
5. 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)

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 NIXIE’S SONG, by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.Fire-breathing giants are on the rampage in Florida. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. 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)
5. GOOD MASTERS! SWEET LADIES!, by Laura Amy Schlitz. Illustrated by Robert Byrd. Voices from a medieval village. (Ages 12 and up)

Children’s Paperback Books

1. BRATFEST AT TIFFANY’S, by Lisi Harrison. Crushes divide the girls on the Pretty Committee; a Clique novel. (Ages 12 and up)
2. 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)
3. VALENTINES ARE FOR SAYING I LOVE YOU, by Margaret Sutherland. Illustrated by Amy Wummer. Share the love. (Ages 4 to
4. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline. A china rabbit learns about loss. (Ages 8 to 12)
5. 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)

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. FANCY NANCY, by Jane O’Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. The divine life of a glamour girl with a fancy vocabulary. (Ages 4 to
4. JUNIE B., FIRST GRADER, by Barbara Park. Illustrated by Denise Brunkus. School antics. (Ages 4 to
5. MAXIMUM RIDE, by James Patterson. Winged children try to save the world. (Ages 10 and up)

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, by Ken Follett. Murder, arson and lust surround the building of a cathedral.
2. ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan.A chronicle of the disintegration of an English family’s idyllic life.
3. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. A young man-and an elephant-save a Depression-era circus.
4. NINETEEN MINUTES, by Jodi Picoult.  The aftermath of a high-school shooting reveals the fault lines in a small New Hampshire town
5. THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan-American returns to Kabul to learn how a childhood friend has fared.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. THE FAITHFUL SPY, by Alex Berenson.  A C.I.A. operative who infiltrated Al Qaeda before 9/11 comes back from the mountains of Pakistan to warn of a planned terrorist attack.
2. SISTERS, by Danielle Steel. (After a family tragedy, four sisters with very different lives decide to share a Manhattan brownstone.
3. SNOWFALL AT WILLOW LAKE, by Susan Wiggs.  A high-powered lawyer survives a hostage crisis and returns home to family — and passion.
4. TOM CLANCY’S ENDWAR, by David Michaels.  After Saudi Arabia and Iran destroy each other in a nuclear exchange, Russia begins to rebuild its military might.
5.  DREAM CHASER, by Sherrilyn Kenyon. ( Xypher the Dream-Hunter enlists a medical examiner’s help in his demon-fighting quest.

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 AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama. The Illinois senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political divisions.
4. FAIRTAX: THE TRUTH, by Neal Boortz and John Linder with Rob Woodall. A radio host and a U.S. congressman defend their 2005 plan for abolishing federal income taxes and the I.R.S.
5. 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey.  A minister on the other-worldly experience he had after an accident.

Paperback Advice

1. A NEW EARTH, by Eckhart Tolle. A spiritual teacher prescribes letting go of the ego to help end conflict and suffering.
2. SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. Vegan diet advice from the world of modeling.
3. THE POWER OF NOW, by Eckhart Tolle. A guide to personal growth and spiritual enlightenment.
4. YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE, by Louise L. Hay. A counselor’s prescriptions for regaining confidence and self-esteem through mind-body self-healing.
5. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman.  How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List