September 5, 2010
New York Times Hardcover Advice Best-seller List
| This Week | Weeks on List | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
THE POWER, by Rhonda Byrne (Atria, $23.95.) Living the life of your dreams, from the author of "The Secret." |
1 |
| 2 |
WOMEN, FOOD AND GOD, by Geneen Roth (Scribner, $24.) How women can free themselves from the tyranny of fear and hopelessness surrounding their bodies. |
23 |
| 3 |
DELIVERING HAPPINESS, by Tony Hsieh (Business Plus, $23.99.) Lessons from business (pizza place, worm farm, Zappos) and life. (†) (†) |
11 |
| 4 |
THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95.) The "Law of Attraction" as a key to getting what you want. |
171 |
| 5 |
THROUGH A DOG'S EYES, by Jennifer Arnold (Spiegel & Grau, $25.) Understanding dogs by understanding how they view the world. |
2 |
| 6* |
THE MENTOR LEADER, by Tony Dungy (Tyndale House, $24.99.) The former head coach of the Indianapolis Colts football team offers tips for helping to inspire growth. |
3 |
| 7 |
SWITCH, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (Broadway, $26.) How everyday people can effect transformative change at work and in life. (†) |
25 |
| 8* |
THE
KIND DIET, by Alicia Silverstone (Rodale, $29.99.) The actress’s recipes and insights for going meat- and dairy-free. |
17 |
| 9 |
THE CARB LOVERS DIET, by Ellen Kunes and Frances
Largeman-Roth (Oxmoor, $24.95.) A weight-loss program with favorites like bread, pasta and potatoes. |
3 |
| 10 |
THE
LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on “seizing every moment,” from a Carnegie Mellon University professor who died of cancer at age 47. |
100 |
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending August 21, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the September 5 print edition of the Book Review.
List and descriptions from the New York Times web site at
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/index.html