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PAGEONE Weekly Bestsellers

Saturday, July 4, 2009


Top 10 Fiction

1 THE HOST by Stephanie Myer

Alien parasites invade Earth and infect people, and actually make the world better. Some people still want freedom and will fight for it.

2 REMEMBER ME by Sophie Kinsella

A woman wakes up from a coma finding she somehow went from a working girl to a corporate big-shot, with no recollection of how this happened. 

3 ANGELS & DEMONS (Movie tie-in edition)

by Dan Brown

Pitting scientific terrorists against Vatican City cardinals, this thriller is crammed with Vatican intrigue and high-tech drama.

4 NIGHT by Elie Wiesel

A candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps.

5 THE READER (movie tie-in edition)

by Bernhard Schlink

The Reader is a tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany with a young man and an older, mysterious woman.

6 THE GATE HOUSE by Nelson Demille

A thriller on revenge, passion and betrayal based on the past and taking place among wealthy society in Long Island.

7 CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPOHOLIC

(Movie tie-in edition) by Sophie Kinsella

Kinsella's international bestseller is the basis of a feature film with Becky Bloomwood, America's favorite shopaholic.

8 WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES

by David Sedaris

A collection of essays from humorist David Sedaris on conundrums of daily life to the most deeply resonant human truths. 

9 THE FIRE by Katherine Neville

A chess-wizard finds out that her family is caught up in a mysterious quest stretching back over a thousand years ago.

10 CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET by Sophie Kinsella

The heroine tells her life to a stranger on a plane who turns out to be her new boss. This sets out a chain of events which sees her questioning her life.

Top 10 Non-fiction

1 THE OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS

by Malcolm Gladwell

The author of Tipping Point and Blink looks at how highly successful people did it and what factors were involved.

2 MICROTRENDS by Mark Penn

America's ever-splintering societal subsets are explored from “Soccer Moms” to “Niching of Sports.”

3 BLINK by Malcolm Gladwell

This is an illuminating look at how we make snap judgments—about people's intentions, the authenticity of a work of art, even military strategy.

4 THE TIPPING POINT by Malcolm Gladwell

Gladwell argues that for many problems, the right intervention at the right time can start a cascade of change and help develop strategies to solve these problems.

5 SECRETS OF MILLIONAIRE MIND

by T. Harv Eker

Eker's revolutionary approach reveals the missing link that explains why some people create financial success while others do not.

6 HOW TO TALK TO ANYONE by Lowndes Leil

A bestselling author and renowned communications consultant offers 101 time-tested hints, tips, and techniques for confidently communicating with others.

7 WHAT THEY TEACH YOU AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL by Philip Delves Broughton

A fascinating memoir of a journalist's two years getting a Harvard MBA and his experience, as well as his classmates.

8 PRISONER OF THE STATE by Zhao Ziyang

The former Premier of China tells his story in this book transcribed from his secret recordings under house arrest after Tiananmen.

9 RICH DAD POOR DAD by Robert Kiyosaki

The author delivers a unique set of financial lessons derived from his highly-educated but poor father and his wealthy friend's father.

10 FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER

by Loung Ung

Covering the Khmer Rouge reign of terror from 1975 to 1979, the story moves from the deaths of family members to forced separation of the survivors, leading ultimately to reunification.

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