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The New York Times Bestseller List
April 6th, 2008

Hardcover Fiction

1. COMPULSION, by Jonathan Kellerman.  Several Los Angeles women are murdered, and the psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates
2. THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste.
3. CHANGE OF HEART, by Jodi Picoult. A prisoner on death row begins performing miracles.
4. REMEMBER ME?, by Sophie Kinsella. A woman wakes up in a London hospital after an auto accident with no memory of the previous life-changing three years.
5. HOLLYWOOD CROWS, by Joseph Wambaugh.  A comic police procedural involves Hollywood cops and a beautiful not-quite-ex-wife of a strip club proprietor.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. MISTAKEN IDENTITY, by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb.  The families of two girls whose identities were confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience.
2. BEAUTIFUL BOY, by David Sheff. A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.
3. LOSING IT, by Valerie Bertinelli. A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.
4. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. A manifesto urges us to Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
5. STORI TELLING, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. The actress’s memoir, from her Hollywood childhood through “Beverly Hills, 90210,” to her son’s birth.

Hardcover Advice

1. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.
2. STOP WHINING, START LIVING, by Dr. Laura Schlessinger. Changing one’s perspective to keep from dwelling on the negative.
3. BECOME A BETTER YOU, by Joel Osteen. Seven keys to living with joy.
4. 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.
5. THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss.  Reconstructing your life so that it’s not all about work.

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. DON’T BUMP THE GLUMP!, written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein.  His first collection of nonsense verse, originally published in 1964. (Ages 5 and up)
3. DIRT ON MY SHIRT, by Jeff Foxworthy. Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman. Poems of childhood by the comedian and TV host. (Ages 4 to 7)
4. ZEN TIES, written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth. A panda encourages his nephew and their friends to help a grouchy neighbor. (Ages 4 to
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. CITY OF ASHES, by Cassandra Clare. A girl must track down her father in a hidden realm of demons; a sequel to “City of Bones.” (Ages 14 and up)
4. TWEAK, by Nic Sheff. A memoir of a teenager’s methamphetamine addiction. (Ages 15 and up)
5. THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher.  A girl’s last act before committing suicide is to send explanatory audiotapes to 13 people she holds responsible. (Ages 14 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. JUST LISTEN, by Sarah Dessen. A girl finally deals with the incident that divided her and her former best friend. (Ages 12 and up)
3. CHOSEN, by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast. A young vampire learns who her real school friends are. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. 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)
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. MAXIMUM RIDE, by James Patterson.  Winged children try to save the world. (Ages 10 and up)
3. MAGIC TREE HOUSE, by Mary Pope Osborne. Illustrated by Sal Murdocca.  Children travel in time. (Ages 6 to 9)
4. RANGER’S APPRENTICE, by John Flanagan.A boy battles evil. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. 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

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. NINETEEN MINUTES, by Jodi Picoult. The aftermath of a high-school shooting reveals the fault lines in a small New Hampshire town.
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. A young man-and an elephant-save a Depression-era circus.
3. THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, by Philippa Gregory. A tale of courtly intrigue starring Henry VIII and Mary and Anne Boleyn.
4. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB, by Kate Jacobs. A group of women meet weekly at a New York City yarn shop.
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. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE, by Lee Child. Jack Reacher must discover who is hunting members of a team of former military investigators.
2. I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE, by Mary Higgins Clark. A woman marries a childhood acquaintance suspected of several murders.
3. OBSESSION, by Jonathan Kellerman. The psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates an apparent deathbed confession of murder.
4. THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, by Philippa Gregory.  A tale of courtly intrigue starring Henry VIII and Mary and Anne Boleyn.         T
5. TO SEDUCE A BRIDE, by Nicole Jordan.  Seeking to escape the advances of a charismatic rogue, Lilian Loring hides out in a house of ill repute.

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. A writer’s yearlong journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia.
3. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama. The Illinois senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political divisions.
4. JOHN ADAMS, by David McCullough.  A biography of the country’s first vice president and second president.
5. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER, by Barack Obama. The senator on life as the son of a black African father and a white American mother.

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. THE POWER OF NOW, by Eckhart Tolle. A guide to personal growth and spiritual enlightenment.
3. SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. Vegan diet advice from the world of modeling.
4. MARTHA STEWART’S COOKIES, by Martha Stewart Living Magazine. The magazine’s editors share 175 recipes and variations.
5. YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE, by Louise L. Hay. A counselor’s prescriptions for regaining self-esteem through mind-body self-healing.

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List

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