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New York Times Best Sellers, May 11, 2008

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 6, 2008. Source: New York Times

Fiction | Nonfiction

Fiction

  1. Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
  2. The Whole Truth by David Baldacci
  3. Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
  4. Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
  5. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
  6. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
  7. Dead Heat by Joel C. Rosenberg
  8. The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith
  9. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
  10. Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
  11. Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen
  12. Quicksand by Iris Johansen
  13. The Appeal by John Grisham
  14. Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods
  15. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
  16. A Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

Nonfiction

  1. The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul
  2. A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs
  3. Are You There, Vokda? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
  4. Home: A Memoir of my Early Years by Julie Andrews
  5. Escape by Carolyn Jessop
  6. Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
  7. A Remarkable Mother by Jimmy Carter
  8. Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction by David Sheff
  9. Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope by Mark Tabb
  10. A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz
  11. The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
  12. Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller
  13. America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation by Kenneth C. Davis
  14. Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut
  15. Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter by Sidney Poitier
  16. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach