Showing posts with label best sellers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label best sellers. Show all posts

Monday, July 27, 2009

Blast from the Past

Here are some titles you may have missed...all made The New York Times best seller list top spots a year ago today.



Library call numbers are listed in brackets, some titles are also available in large print and audio book CD formats.

FICTION:
#1 Tribute by Nora Roberts - A former child star returns to Virginia to rehabilitate the farm owned by her grandmother, and actress who died mysteriously. [ROBERTS]

#2 Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich - Stephanie Plum and her boyfriend Joe Morelli become involved when his cousin's bank robbery goes bad. [EVANOVI]

#3 The Last Patriot by Brad Thor - Scot Harvath, a Homeland Security superagent, searches for an ancient secret that could defeat Islamic militants. [BKCD THOR]

#4 The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski - A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father's murder. [WROBLEW]

#5 Swan Peak by James Lee Burke - The Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux can't seem to escape trouble on his Montana vacation. [BURKE]


NONFICTION
#1 When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris - The humorist's latest essays. [814.54 SEDARIS]

#2 Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler - Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian. [306.7092 HANDLER]

#3 Fleeced by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann - Americans are fleeced by government, business, labor unions and lobbyists. [320.973 MORRIS]

#4 What Happened by Scott McClellan - A former White House press secretary regrets that "I allowed myself to be deceived" by top officials. [973.931 MCCLELL]

#5 sTori Telling by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin - The actress's memoir. [B SPELLING]


Readers, did you pick up any of these titles last July? If so, share what you would recommend (or not), or tell us what you're reading now by posting a comment.

To see what is hot THIS summer visit The New York Times books section online. Have fun reading!