NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW/BEST SELLERS
May 27, 2007

NON-FICTION

1.  Einstein by Walter Isaacson
Biography based on his personal letters....

2.  At the Center of the Storm by George Tenet
Former CIA Director looks back....

3.   Paula Deen:  It Ain't All About the Cookin'
Stories along with recipes....

4.  God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
About religion as a malignant force....

5.  Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver with others
An argument for homegrown/local food....

6.  A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
A former child soldier describes his return to humanity....

7.   Where Have All the Leaders Gone? by Lee Iacocca
About the lack of political and business leadership on issues like health care and energy....

8.  I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
A witty look at aging....

9.  Presidential Courage by Michael Beschloss
Profiles of nine presidents who made unpopular decisions....

10.  Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez with Kristin Ohlson
An American runs a school in Kabul....




NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW/BEST SELLERS
May 27, 2007

FICTION

1.  The 6th Target by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
In SF, children and their nannies are missing....

2.  Simple Genius by David Baldacci
About a scientist's murder....

3.  The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
About murder of a detective's neighbor....

4.  The Children of Hurin by J. R. R. Tolkien
In Middle-Earth, an evil lord wants to destroy his rival'
s children....

5.  I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark
Woman marries man suspected of several murders....

6.   The Woods by Harlan Coben
About a murder at a summer camp 20 years earlier....

7.  Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
The "oral biography" of a serial killer....

8.  Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
About the aftermath of a high school shooting....

6.  All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
A waitress is in the intrigue of a vampire summit....

9.  The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith
Eighth novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series....

10.  Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
More stories of life and love from a knitting class....