BEST
BOOKS LIST
WEEK OF
JULY 7, 2008
Fiction
Books Most Borrowed in U.S. Libraries
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The Appeal. John Grisham. Doubleday. ISBN
978-0-385-51504-7. $27.95. |
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7th Heaven. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro. Little,
Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-01770-1. $27.99. |
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Change of Heart. Jodi Picoult. Atria: S. & S. ISBN
978-0-7434-9674-2. $26.95. |
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T Is for Trespass. Sue Grafton. Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-15448-5.
$26.95. |
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Double Cross. James Patterson. Little, Brown. ISBN
978-0-316-01505-9. $27.99. |
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Honor Thyself. Danielle Steel. Delacorte. ISBN
978-0-385-34024-3. $27. |
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You've Been Warned. James Patterson & Howard Roughan.
Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-01450-2. $27.99. |
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Stranger in Paradise: A Jesse Stone Novel. Robert B. Parker. Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-15460-7. $25.95. |
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A Thousand Splendid Suns.
Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead: Penguin. ISBN 978-1-59448-950-1.
$25.95. |
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Lady Killer. Lisa Scottoline. Harper: HarperCollins. ISBN
978-0-06-083320-6. $25.95. |
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Nonfiction Books Most Borrowed in U.S. Libraries
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NONFICTION |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir.
Jeanette Walls. Scribner. ISBN 978-0-7432-4753-5. $25; pap.
ISBN 978-0-7432-4754-2. $14. |
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto.
Michael Pollan. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). ISBN
978-1-59420-145-5. $21.95. |
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The Secret. Rhonda Byrne. Atria/Beyond Words: S. & S.
ISBN 978-1-58270-170-7. $23.95. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
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J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
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Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
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Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
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Shakespeare's collected works
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F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
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Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
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J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter series
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Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the
Prairie series
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A.A. Milne - Winnie the Pooh
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Alice Walker - The Color Purple |