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The New York Times Bestseller List
March 15th, 2009

Hardcover Fiction

1. HANDLE WITH CARE, by Jodi Picoult.  A woman whose daughter has a dangerous birth defect must decide whether to sue her obstetrician, an old friend.
2. THE ASSOCIATE, by John Grisham.  An idealistic law-school graduate is forced to take a job at a large, brutalizing law firm.
3. PROMISES IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb.  Lt. Eve Dallas investigates a colleague’s murder; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
4. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.  A detective raising 10 children alone must stop a killer who has targeted New York’s rich and powerful.
5. ONE DAY AT A TIME, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) A mother and her two daughters in a Hollywood family find very different kinds of love.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell.  Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point.”
2. THE YANKEE YEARS, by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci.  The former Yankee manager (1996-2007) on his years with the team.
3. OUT OF CAPTIVITY, by Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, Tom Howes and Gary Brozek.  Three contractors escape from Colombian guerrillas.
4. THE LOST CITY OF Z, by David Grann. A New Yorker writer searches for a British explorer who disappeared 80 years ago in the Amazon.
5. DEWEY, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of an Iowa public library, and his rise to fame.

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. THE SHACK, by William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
2. THE READER, by Bernhard Schlink. A German high school student falls in love with a former Auschwitz employee.
3. FIREFLY LANE, by Kristin Hannah.  A friendship between two women in the Pacific Northwest endures for more than three decades as they make different choices in their lives.
4. SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY’S, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet.  A woman finds an unexpected love.
5. AMERICAN WIFE, by Curtis Sittenfeld.  A pretty librarian marries the alcoholic scion of a wealthy political family who somehow becomes president

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. THE WHOLE TRUTH, by David Baldacci.  An intelligence agent and a journalist team up against a warmongering defense contractor.
2. MAVERICK, by Lora Leigh. An Elite Ops agent develops a passionate desire for the woman he’s using as bait to draw out a serial killer.
3. THE GRAND FINALE, by Janet Evanovich. In this reissue of a 1988 novel, a woman grabs the attention of a hunky man when she falls out of a tree and onto his pizza.
4. BONES, by Jonathan Kellerman.  The psychologist-detective Alex Delaware is called in when women’s bodies turn up in a Los Angeles marsh.
5. MONTANA CREEDS: DYLAN, by Linda Lael Miller.In this second book of a trilogy, “rodeo’s bad boy” returns home and sets hearts aflutter.

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. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER, by Barack Obama. The senator on life as the son of a black African father and a white American mother.
3. THE MIDDLE PLACE, by Kelly Corrigan.  A woman’s struggle with cancer, her own and her father’s, helps her gain a new maturity.
4. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max.  Life as a self-­absorbed, drunken womanizer.
5. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama.  The president proposes that Americans move beyond political divisions.

Hardcover Advice

1. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey.  Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
2. THE POWER OF SOUL, by Zhi Gang Sha. Applying the soul’s power for healing, the prevention of illness, rejuvenation and enlightenment.
3. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. After learning he has terminal cancer, a Carnegie Mellon professor shares his thoughts on the importance of “seizing every moment.”
4. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne.  The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.
5. FLAT BELLY DIET!, by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass.  Nutrition advice and workout tips from the editors of Prevention magazine.

Paperback Advice

1. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough.  A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love.
2. SUZE ORMAN’S 2009 ACTION PLAN, by Suze Orman. Managing your money in hard times.
3. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  Advice for parents-to-be.
4. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.
5. HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU, by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo.  How a woman can tell when a relationship is going nowhere.

Children’s Picture Books

1. THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT, by Susan Marie Swanson. Illustrated by Beth Krommes.  A key, a bed, a book, a light, the moon. (Ages 4 to
2. LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth.  A school grows in Pakistan.
3. THE COMPOSER IS DEAD, by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Carson Ellis. Music by Nathaniel Stookey. A whodunit tour of the orchestra, with audio.
4. CAT, written by Matthew Van Fleet and photographed by Brian Stanton.  All kinds of cats, in motion and rhyme. (Ages 2 and up)
5. BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE, by Jamie Lee Curtis. Illustrated by Laura Cornell.  A boisterous family improves its vocabulary, and thus its relationships. (Ages 4 to

Children’s Chapter Books

1. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean.  To avoid a killer, a boy lives in a cemetery. (Ages 10 and up)
2. MILES TO GO, by Miley Cyrus. The life of Miley Cyrus.
3. THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher.  Before committing suicide a girl records and sends explanatory audiotapes to 13 people. (Ages 14 and up)
4. SCAT, by Carl Hiaasen. An eco-mystery, with a dismal swamp and characters who are not always what they seem. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins.  In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV.

Children’s Paperback Books

1. EVERMORE, by Alyson Noël. Immortals in school. (Ages 12 and up)
2. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up)
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.  A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. TWEAK, by Nic Sheff. The addiction memoir of the “Beautiful Boy.” (Ages 14 and up)
5. CORALINE, by Neil Gaiman, with illustrations by Dave McKean.  A movie tie-in. (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. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.  A boy records the hazards of adolescent life. (Ages 9 to 12)
3. THE 39 CLUES, by various authors..  A brother and sister travel the world in search of the key to their family’s power.
4. HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast.  Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up)
5. THE CLIQUE, by Lisi Harrison. The lives and loves of the popular kids at an elite prep school. (Ages 12 and up)

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List

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