The Book Sense Politics & Current Events Bestseller List

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For the eight-week period ending November 5, 2006, and based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available on ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org.

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The Book Sense Politics & Current Events Bestseller List

1.

State of Denial
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234

2.

The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699

3.

An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671

4.

The Greatest Story Ever Sold
Frank Rich, Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X

5.

Culture Warrior
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929

6.

The World Is Flat (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795

7.

The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823

8.

The Looming Tower
Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $27.95, 037541486X

9.

The End of Faith
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655

10.

Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond, Norton, $16.95, 0393317552

11.

Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773

12.

Hubris
Michael Isikoff, David Corn, Crown, $25.95, 0307346811

13.

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081

14.

Our Endangered Values
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $15, 0743285018

15.

Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
Amy Goodman, David Goodman, Hyperion, $23.95, 1401302939

16.

Hegemony or Survival
Noam Chomsky, Owl, $13, 0805076883

17.

State of Emergency
Patrick J. Buchanan, St. Martin's, $24.95, 0312360037

18.

Homegrown Democrat
Garrison Keillor, Penguin, $12, 0143037684

19.

The Bookseller of Kabul
Asne Seierstad, Back Bay, $12.95, 0316159417

20.

Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich, Owl, $13, 0805063897

21.

War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War on the American Dream and How to Fight Back
Lou Dobbs, Viking, $24.95, 0670037923

22.

The Truth (With Jokes)
Al Franken, Plume, $15, 0452287677

23.

Faith and Politics
Sen.John Danforth, Viking, $24.95, 0670037877

24.

Conservatives Without Conscience
John Dean, Viking, $25.95, 0670037745

25.

Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class and What We Can Do About It
Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler, $22.95, 1576754146