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The New York Times Bestseller List
May 24th, 2009

Hardcover Fiction

1. WICKED PREY, by John Sandford. The Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport deals with mayhem occasioned by the Republican convention.
2. CEMETERY DANCE, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.  The F.B.I. agent Aloysius Pendergast investigates the murder of a Times reporter.
3. DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris. Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
4. THE 8TH CONFESSION, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.  Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women”s Murder Club investigate a pair of killings.
5. FIRST FAMILY, by David Baldacci. Former Secret Service agents, now P.I.’s, search for a child abducted from a party at Camp David.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. RESILIENCE, by Elizabeth Edwards. Dealing with life’s challenges, including cancer and her husband’s infidelity.
2. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
3. ALWAYS LOOKING UP, by Michael J. Fox. Fox’s last 10 years, since he retired from “Spin City;” his struggles with Parkinson’s disease and his work as an activist through his foundation.
4. 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.”
5. THE GIRLS FROM AMES, by Jeffrey Zaslow. An enduring friendship among a group of Midwestern women.

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer.  A journalist meets the island’s old Nazi resisters.
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
3. VISION IN WHITE, by Nora Roberts.  A wedding photographer finds romance with the brother of a bride-to-be; Book 1 in the Bride Quartet series.
4. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.The classic story, retold with “ultraviolent zombie mayhem.”
5. ANGELS AND DEMONS, by Dan Brown. A scholar tries to save the Vatican from the machinations of an underground society.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. ANGELS AND DEMONS, by Dan Brown.  A scholar tries to save the Vatican from the machinations of an underground society.
2. SAIL, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. A sailing vacation turns into a disaster.
3. PHANTOM PREY, by John Sandford. The Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport investigates a string of murders of young Goths.
4. ODD HOURS, by Dean Koontz.  Odd Thomas, who can communicate with the dead, confronts evil forces in a California coastal town.
5. THE BOURNE SANCTION, by Eric Van Lustbader. Robert Ludlum’s character Jason Bourne pursues a Muslim terrorist leader.

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. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max.  Life as a self-­absorbed, drunken womanizer.
3. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
4. LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. The harrowing story of a Navy Seals operation in Afghanistan.
5. AN INCONVENIENT BOOK, by Glenn Beck. The conservative talk-show host on “the world’s biggest problems.”
6. AUDITION, by Barbara Walters. A personal and professional memoir.

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. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst.  A plan for removing toxins and rebalancing hormones to lose weight, by a trainer and coach from “The Biggest Loser” on NBC.
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 G-FREE DIET, by Elisabeth Hasselbeck.  Advice for living without gluten, from a television host who suffers from celiac disease.
5. WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGES, CHANGE EVERYTHING, by Neale Donald Walsch. “Change” does not have to equal “crisis.”

Paperback Advice

1. COOK YOURSELF THIN, by the staff of Lifetime Television.  How to cut calories, change diets and improve health without sacrificing the foods you love.
2. NATURALLY THIN, by Bethenny Frankel with Eve Adamson. Rules and recipes for escaping the diet trap, from a star of “The Real Housewives of New York City.”
3. HUNGRY GIRL 200 UNDER 200, by Lisa Lillien. Two hundred recipes under 200 calories, for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time.
4. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough.  A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love.
5. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  Advice for parents-to-be.

Children’s Picture Books

1. 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.
2. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder.  Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to
3. EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!, by Jane O’Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser..  Fancy Nancy meets the outdoors in the finest tradition of the great explorers. (Ages 4 to 7)
4. DUCK! RABBIT!, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld. Which is it? It‘s all in how you look at it. (Ages 3 and up)
5. THE CURIOUS GARDEN, written and illustrated by Peter Brown. A boy named Liam nurtures a straggly garden to vivid fruition. (Ages 4 to

Children’s Chapter Books

1. WINGS, by Aprilynne Pike.  Home schooling meets supernatural romance, with cellular-level scientific surprises. (Ages 12 and up)
2. THE AWAKENING, by Kelley Armstrong.  A genetically altered, ghost-seeing girl juggles a complicated set of adolescent trials. (Ages 12 and up)
3. TWILIGHT: DIRECTOR’S NOTEBOOK, by Catherine Hardwicke. The making of “Twilight,” the movie. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. MILES TO GO, by Miley Cyrus. The life of Miley Cyrus.
5. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean.  To avoid a killer, a boy lives in a cemetery. (Ages 10 and up)

Children’s Paperback Books

1. 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)
2. EVERMORE, by Alyson Noël. Immortals in school. (Ages 12 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. LOCK AND KEY, by Sarah Dessen.  Loss and change crack Ruby’s cynicism. (Ages 12 and up)
   
5. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, by John Boyne. A boy’s innocence is eroded in evil times. (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. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan.  Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.  A boy records the hazards of adolescent life. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. PENDRAGON, by D. J. MacHale. A teenage boy travels through time and space. (Ages 10 and up)
5. HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast.  Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up)

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List

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