October 02, 2006
New Best Sellers 10/2/06
The following books are appearing on the best seller lists for the first time this week. For a complete listing see our collection of Best Seller Lists. Bestsellers new last week are indicated with **.
Publisher's Weekly Audio Fiction & Nonfiction lists have been updated for October 2.
The Criticas Fiction and Nonfiction lists have been updated for September.
E = Essence Magazine
NYT = New York Times
PW = Publisher's Weekly
USA = USA Today
* = Titles that have previously appeared on the bestseller lists but are new to our catalog.
Fiction
Max Brooks. World War Z **
The author has traveled across the United States collecting eyewitness accounts from survivors of the Zombie War. (NYT #10, PW #10)
Eoin Colfer. Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony **
Once again, Artemis will have to pair up with his old comrade, captain Holly Short, to track down the missing demon and rescue him before the time spell dissolves and the lost demon colony returns violently to Earth. (USA #3)
Tess Gerritsen. The Mephisto Club **
Evil exists. Evil walks the streets. And evil has spawned a diabolical new disciple in this white-knuckle thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. (NYT #8, PW #7)
A SPOT OF BOTHER, by Mark Haddon. (Doubleday, $24.95.) The world of a mild-mannered British family man falls apart; from the author of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." (NYT #15)
Robert Harris. Imperium
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Fatherland" and "Pompeii" comes an epic blockbuster about the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics and the struggle for supreme power. (NYT #7, PW #9)
John Le Carre. The Mission Song
Bruno "Salvo" Salvandor is an interpreter for the British government who was born in the Eastern Congo. He is promoted to live interpretation for a conference involving three African warlords and a Congo leader where he discovers the plan is not democracy but to steal the mineral wealth. Salvo and his girlfriend set out to thwart the plot. (NYT #3, PW #2, USA #15)
Alice McDermott. After This **
A portrait of an American family during the middle decades of the twentieth century evokes the social, spiritual, and political turmoil of the era as seen through the experiences of a middle-class couple and their children. (PW #15)
Diane Setterfield. The Thirteenth Tale **
Amateur biographer Margaret Lea receives a letter from reclusive author Vida Winter, summoning her to write Vida's life story. As Margaret pieces together Vida's story on her own, what she discovers is a chilling and transforming experience. (NYT #1, PW #1)
Alexander McCall Smith. The Right Attitude to Rain
When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce, a bigwig at home in Texas, several confounding situations unfurl at once. Tom's young fianc?e's roving eye leads Isabel to believe that money may be the root of her love for Tom. But what, Isabel wonders, is the root of the interest Tom begins to show for Isabel herself? And she can't forget about her niece, Cat, who's busy falling for a man whom Isabel suspects of being an incorrigible mama's boy. Of course Grace and Isabel's friend Jamie counsel Isabel to stay out of all of it, but there are irresistible philosophical issues at stake, when to tell the truth and when to keep one's mouth shut. (NYT #11, PW #8)
Nonfiction
AIR AMERICA: THE PLAYBOOK, by David Bender, Chuck D, Thom Hartmann et al. (Rodale, $26.95.) Essays, transcripts, and interviews from "a bunch of left-wing media types." (NYT #14)
Sam Harris. Letter to a Christian Nation
?Thousands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The truth is that many who claim to be transformed by Christ?s love are deeply, even murderously, intolerant of criticism. While we may want to ascribe this to human nature, it is clear that such hatred draws considerable support from the Bible. How do I know this? The most disturbed of my correspondents always cite chapter and verse.? (NYT #7, PW #13)
Michael Isikoff and David Corn. Hubris **
Hubris takes us behind the scenes at the Bush White House, the CIA, the Pentagon, the State Department, and Congress to answer all the vital questions about how the Bush administration came to invade Iraq. (NYT #12, PW #12)
Robin McGraw. Inside My Heart **
McGraw speaks directly to the heart of every woman and challenges her to recognize and develop her unique role to lead her to satisfaction with herself, her profession, her family, and anything she strives after. (PW #1)
James E. McGreevey. The Confession
Autobiography of the former New Jersey Governor who came out as a homosexual during office. (NYT #3, PW #3, USA #12)
THE LOST, by Daniel Mendelsohn. (HarperCollins, $27.95.) A critic tracks down the story of a great-uncle and his family, who were killed in the Holocaust. (NYT #16)
Bob Newhart. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This
The first book from an icon of American comedy is a hilarious combination of stories from his career and observations about life. (NYT #8, PW #8)
Frank Rich. The Greatest Story Ever Sold
When American was attacked on 9/11, its citizens almost unanimously rallied behind its new, untested president as he went to war. What they didn't know at the time was that the Bush administration's highest priority would be not to vanquish Al Qaeda but to consolidate its own power at any cost. (NYT #2, PW #2, USA #11)
Posted by Grace at October 2, 2006 09:32 AM
