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The Book Sense Biography and Memoir Bestseller List
For the eight-week period ending January 23, 2005, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent booksellers nationwide.
Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.
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The Book Sense Biography and Memoir Bestseller List
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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 |
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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 |