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BEST BOOKS LIST

                                   WEEK OF JULY 7, 2008

                  Fiction Books Most Borrowed in U.S. Libraries

FICTION

 

 

1

The Appeal. John Grisham. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-51504-7. $27.95.

 

2

7th Heaven. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-01770-1. $27.99.

 

3

Change of Heart. Jodi Picoult. Atria: S. & S. ISBN 978-0-7434-9674-2. $26.95.

 

4

T Is for Trespass. Sue Grafton. Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-15448-5. $26.95.

 

5

Double Cross. James Patterson. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-01505-9. $27.99.

 

6

Honor Thyself. Danielle Steel. Delacorte. ISBN 978-0-385-34024-3. $27.

 

7

You've Been Warned. James Patterson & Howard Roughan. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-01450-2. $27.99.

 

8

Stranger in Paradise: A Jesse Stone Novel. Robert B. Parker. Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-15460-7. $25.95.

 

9

A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead: Penguin. ISBN 978-1-59448-950-1. $25.95.

 

10

Lady Killer. Lisa Scottoline. Harper: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-083320-6. $25.95.

 

 Nonfiction Books Most Borrowed in U.S. Libraries   

NONFICTION

 

1

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. Eckhart Tolle. Dutton. ISBN 978-0-525-94802-5. $24.95; pap. Plume. ISBN 978-0-452-28758-7. $14; pap. reprint. ISBN 978-0-452-28996-3. $14.

2

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia. Elizabeth Gilbert. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-03471-0. $24.95; pap. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-303841-2. $15.

3

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace...One School at a Time. Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-03482-6. $25.95; pap. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-303825-2. $15.

4

Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time. Valerie Bertinelli. Free Pr: S. & S. ISBN 978-1-4165-6818-6. $26.

5

The Glass Castle: A Memoir. Jeanette Walls. Scribner. ISBN 978-0-7432-4753-5. $25; pap. ISBN 978-0-7432-4754-2. $14.

6

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. Michael Pollan. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). ISBN 978-1-59420-145-5. $21.95.

7

The Secret. Rhonda Byrne. Atria/Beyond Words: S. & S. ISBN 978-1-58270-170-7. $23.95.

8

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. Barack Obama. Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-23769-9. $25; Three Rivers. pap. ISBN 978-0-307-23770-5. $14.95.

9

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Barack Obama. reprint. Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-38341-9. $25.95; pap. reprint. Three Rivers. ISBN 978-1-4000-8277-3. $14.95.

10

You, Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty. Michael F. Roizen, M.D. & Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. Free Pr: S. & S. ISBN 978-0-7432-9256-6. $26.

Listed below is the Top 10 Most Re-Read Books List

·         J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings

·         Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol

·         Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird

·         Shakespeare's collected works

·         F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby

·         Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

·         J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter series

·         Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie series

·         A.A. Milne - Winnie the Pooh

·         Alice Walker - The Color Purple

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