The Book Sense Biography and Memoir Bestseller List

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For the eight-week period ending January 23, 2005, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent booksellers nationwide.

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The Book Sense Biography and Memoir Bestseller List
1. Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi, Random House, $13.95, 081297106X
2. Chronicles
Bob Dylan, S&S, $24, 0743228154
3. His Excellency
Joseph Ellis, Knopf, $26.95, 1400040310
4. Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $13.95, 1400082773
5. The Bookseller of Kabul
Asne Seierstad, Back Bay, $12.95, 0316159417
6. Will in the World
Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 0393050572
7. Sharing Good Times
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $21, 0743270339
8. Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
9. Franklin and Winston
Jon Meacham, Random House, $16.95, 0812972821
10. Witness
Amber Frey, Regan Books, $25.95, 0060799250
11. Tuesdays With Morrie
Mitch Albom, Broadway, $12.95, 076790592X
12. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins, Berrett-Koehler, $24.95, 1576753018
13. The Games Do Count
Brian Kilmeade, Regan Books, $24.95, 0060736739
14. My Life
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $35, 0375414576
15. Running With Scissors
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
16. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, $35, 1594200092
17. Living to Tell the Tale
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $14.95, 140003454X
18. Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Aron Ralston, Atria, $26, 0743492811
19. Almost French
Sarah Turnbull, Gotham, $13, 1592400825
20. The Motorcycle Diaries (Movie Tie-In)
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Ocean, $14.95, 1920888101
21. The Opposite of Fate
Amy Tan, Penguin, $15, 0142004898
22. John James Audubon
Richard Rhodes, Knopf, $30, 0375414126
23. Over the Edge of the World
Laurence Bergreen, Perennial, $15.95, 006093638X
24. American Soldier
General Tommy R. Franks, Regan Books, $27.95, 0060731583
25. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Alexandra Fuller, Random House, $13.95, 0375758992
26. Naked
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316777730
27. They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine
Harold Evans, Gail Buckland, David Lefer, Little Brown, $40, 0316277665
28.

de Kooning
Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan, Knopf, $35, 1400041759
29. The Big House
George Howe Colt, Scribner, $14, 074324964X
30. Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon, $11.95, 037571457X
31. Big Russ & Me
Tim Russert, Miramax Books, $22.95, 1401352081
32. Bringing Down the House
Ben Mezrich, Free Press, $14, 0743249992
33. The Know-It-All
A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $25, 0743250605
34. Founding Mothers
Cokie Roberts, William Morrow, $24.95, 0060090251
35. We Are All the Same
Jim Wooten, Penguin Press, $19.95, 1594200289
36. The Grand Slam
Mark Frost, Hyperion, $30, 1401301088
37. A Tale of Love and Darkness
Amos Oz, Harcourt, $26, 0151008787
38. Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress
Susan Jane Gilman, Warner, $12.95, 0446679496
39. Benjamin Franklin
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $16.95, 074325807X
40. It's Not About the Bike
Lance Armstrong, Berkley, $14, 0425179613
41. Magical Thinking
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $23.95, 0312315945
42. A Child Called "It"
Dave Pelzer, HCI, $9.95, 1558743669
43. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $12.95, 0385486804
44. Learning to Sing
Clay Aiken, Random House, $21.95, 1400063922
45. Favre
Brett Favre, Bonita Favre, Rugged Land, $29.95, 1590710363
46. Founding Brothers
Joseph J. Ellis, Vintage, $14, 0375705244
47. The Motorcycle Diaries
Ernesto Che Guevara, Ocean Press, $14.95, 1876175702
48. Obsessive Genius
Barbara Goldsmith, Norton, $23.95, 0393051374
49. Christmas in Plains: Memories
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $10, 0743227158
50. Dry
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312423799

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