International Bestsellers

Non-fiction fiction

Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown. $27.99.
An exploration of the background of high-achievers.

The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. Hyperion. $21.95.
A professor’s terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life’s moments.

American Lion
by Jon Meacham. Random House. $30.
Andrew Jackson’s path to the White House.

Goodnight Bush
by Erich Origen and Gan Golan. Little, Brown. $14.99.
A parody of the children’s classic Goodnight Moon.

Dewey
by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. Grand Central. $19.99.
The effect that a cat named Dewey Readmore Books had on an Iowa library and its patrons.

Hot, Flat, and Crowded
by Thomas L. Friedman. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $27.95.
Solutions to overpopulation and global warming.

Holidays on Ice
by David Sedaris. Little, Brown. $16.99.
Comical tales of holiday traditions.

Why we Suck
by Denis Leary. Viking. $26.95.
The comedian’s biting social commentary on the state of the world.

Annie Leibovitz at Work
by Annie Leibovitz. Random House. $40.
The photographer dissects and explains the making of her favorite photos.

Too Fat to Fish
by Artie Lange. Spiegel & Grau. $24.95.
The actor, comedian and Howard Stern sidekick shares his life stories.

Breaking Dawn
by Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown. $22.99.
The final book in the "Twilight" saga finds Bella choosing immortality.

The Private Patient
by P.D. James. Knopf. $25.95.
A murder investigation focuses on the staff of a plastic-surgery clinic.

A Mercy
by Toni Morrison. Knopf. $23.95.
A slave girl is sold by her mother in late 1600s America to give her a better life.

Arctic Drift
by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler. Putnam. $27.95.
The US and Canada are on the brink of war in this novel.

Eclipse
by Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown. $19.99.
Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, and between life and death.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Dial Press. $22.
A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation.

Your Heart Belongs to Me
by Dean Koontz. Bantam. $27.
A heart transplant recipient is stalked by a mysterious woman resembling the donor.

The Brass Verdict
by Michael Connelly. Little, Brown. $26.99.
A luckless attorney defends a studio executive accused of offing his wife and her lover.

The Hour I First Believed
by Wally Lamb. Harper. $29.95.
A couple seek to reconstruct their lives after a school shooting.

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski. Ecco. $25.95.
A mute dog breeder is banished by his uncle a la "Hamlet."

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