AbeBooks' Reading Copy » bestsellers http://www.abebooks.com/blog AbeBooks book blog Fri, 03 May 2013 16:00:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 January’s Bestselling Political Books http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/26/januarys-bestselling-political-books/ http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/26/januarys-bestselling-political-books/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:59:29 +0000 Kathleen http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/26/januarys-bestselling-political-books/ From The New York Times Politics Blog The Caucus comes a list of bestselling political books based on sales for Dec. 27 through Jan. 17, 2009. No prizes for guessing who dominates the list!

  1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama.
  2. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
  3. American Lion by Jon Meacham
  4. Guilty by Ann Coulter
  5. Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman
  6. The Return of Depression Economics and The Crisis of 2008 by Paul Krugman
  7. The American Journey of Barack Obama by The editors of Life Magazine
  8. The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
  9. Do the Right Thing by Mike Huckabee
  10. Time President Obama edited by Adi Ignatius
  11. Fleeced by Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
  12. The 10 Big Lies About America by Michael Medved
  13. The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
  14. Michelle by Liza Mundy
  15. Yes We Can by Scout Tufankjian
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1. Othello by William Shakespeare
2. Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky
3. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
4. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
5. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
6. Time to Think by Nancy Kline
7. A Mercy by Toni Morrison
8. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
9. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
10. Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T.S. Eliot

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1. Hitman by Bret Hart
2. The Isles of Scilly by Rosemary Parslow
3. Mrs. Hudson and the Malabar Rose by Martin Davies
4. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
5. The Secret Life of Words by Henry Hitchings
6. Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
7. Dreams From my Father by Barack Obama
8.The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
9. Christian Liberty by Martin Luther
10. The Mark Experiment by Andrew Page

]]> http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/06/abebookscouk-top-10-bestsellers-for-the-month-of-december-2008/feed/ 0 Patricia Cornwell & Two Decades of Scarpetta http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/30/patricia-cornwell-two-decades-of-scarpetta/ http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/30/patricia-cornwell-two-decades-of-scarpetta/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:47:13 +0000 Kathleen http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/30/patricia-cornwell-two-decades-of-scarpetta/ Patricia Cornwell‘s latest novel, Scarpetta has found its place on the bestseller lists. The book is the 16th featuring the popular character, Kay Scarpetta, a forensic pathologist first created by Cornwell 20 years ago.

Scarpetta was first introduced to the world in Cornwell’s first crime novel, Postmortem, published in 1990. Originally turned down by seven publishers, Postmortem became the first novel to win the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure along with the  Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards all in one year. In 1999, the Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author was awarded to Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Patricia Cornwell spoke with Reuters about writing and Kay Scarpetta. Read the interview.

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BookNet Canada has released their list of bestselling books in Canada for 2008. As with most bestseller lists for the past year, you’ll see that Stephenie Meyer dominates:

Top 5 Overall

1. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, Eckhart Tolle
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
3. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
4. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
5. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer

Top 5 Canadian Authored

1. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, Eckhart Tolle
2. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Eckhart Tolle
3. The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity, William Paul Young
4. The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill
5. Late Nights on Air, Elizabeth Hay

See more of the BookNet Canada lists on the National Post website.

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