Best Sellers
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FICTION
1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed by Sean Williams (Del Rey, $26). The overthrow of the Republic is complete. Now absolute power rests in the iron fist of Darth Sidious — the cunning Sith lord better known as the former Senator, now Emperor, Palpatine.
2. Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown (Simon & Schuster, $26.95). Charleston, S. C., TV reporter Britt Shelley wakes up in bed next to the dead body of police detective Jay Burgess.
3. The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $25.99). The earth has been invaded in a story of love and betrayal set in a future with the fate of humanity at stake.
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial, $22). Author Juliet Ashton receives letters detailing war events.
5. Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Sanction by Eric Van Lustbader (Grand Central, $25.99). Jason Bourne’s investigation turns into one of the most tangled operations of his double life — the pursuit of the leader of a terrorist group with roots in World War II.
6. Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin’s, $24.95). For centuries, Acheron has fought for our survival and hidden a past he’ll do anything to keep concealed — until a lone woman who refuses to be intimidated by him threatens his very existence.
7. Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva (Putman, $26.95). A journalist’s death leads Gabriel Allon to a Moscow that has something to teach him about spycraft.
8. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David- Wroblewski (Ecco, $ 25.95). A family saga about a mute man raising dogs and exploring the limits of language.
9. The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman (Morrow, $25.95). Lt. Peter Decker must solve a 15-year-old cold case-the murder of saintly Bennett Little, a high school history teacher whose bound body the police found, with three shots in the back of his head, in the trunk of Little’s Mercedes.
10. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry (Morrow, $24.95). Towner Whitney, descended from a long line of mind readers and fortune tellers, returns to her hometown but finds little peace.
NONFICTION
1. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion, $21.95). What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance?
2. The Obama Nation by Jerome R. Corsi (Threshold, $28) Corsi argues that if Barack Obama gains the presidency, the United States would become weaker and gives reasons why Obama should be opposed.
3. Stori Telling by Tori Spelling (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95) From her over-the-top first wedding to her much-publicized disinheritance, Spelling gives the story behind the tabloids.
4. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Atrial/Beyond Words, $23.95). Inspirational book about personal transformation.
5. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95). A collection of personal essays.
6. The Case Against Barack Obama by David Freddoso (Regnery, $27.95). He’s the media’s darling, the fresh face of the Democratic ticket. But what does Barack Obama really stand for — and will his liberal agenda and inexperience in global affairs endanger the country?
7. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (Little, Brown $25.99) In essay after essay, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life to the most deeply resonant human truths.
8. The Way of the World by Ron Suskind (Harper, $27.95). A startling look at how America lost its way and at the nation’s struggle, day by day, to reclaim the moral authority upon which its survival depends.
9. You: Staying Young by Michael F. Roizen, M. D. & Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press, $26) Learn how to reprogram body systems to work the way they did at a younger age.
10. Fleeced by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann (Harper, $26.95). With more and more critical problems develop that need national attention, the White House and Congress appear to be AWOL. With analysis and insider insight, Morris and McGann offer practical agendas we all can follow to help turn the tide.
