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| For the week of Sunday, 12/26/10 |
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fiction / bay area |
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squirrel seeks chipmunk, by David Sedaris (Little, Brown; 176 pages; $21.99) |
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1 |
16 |
freedom, by Jonathan Franzen (FSG; 562 pages; $28) |
| 3 |
3 |
4 |
an object of beauty, by Steve Martin (Grand Central; 295 pages; $26.99) |
| 4 |
7 |
90 |
the help, by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam; 464 pages; $24.95) |
| 5 |
8 |
2 |
dead or alive, by Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood (Putnam; 848 pages; $28.95) |
| 6 |
4 |
30 |
the girl who kicked the hornet's nest, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf; 563 pages; $27.95) |
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6 |
12 |
fall of giants, by Ken Follett (Dutton; 985 pages; $36) |
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9 |
14 |
room, by Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown; 321 pages; $24.99) |
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10 |
our kind of traitor, by John le Carré (Viking; 306 pages; $27.95) |
| 10 |
5 |
5 |
luka and the fire of life, by Salman Rushdie (Random House; 240 pages; $25) |
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nonfiction / bay area |
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autobiography of mark twain: vol. 1, by Mark Twain; edited by Harriet Elinor Smith and other editors of the Mark Twain Project (University of California Press; 736 pages; $34.95) |
| 2 |
4 |
7 |
cleopatra: a life, by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown; 368 pages; $29.99) |
| 3 |
3 |
5 |
unbroken: a world war ii story of survival, resilience, and redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House; 496 pages; $27) |
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2 |
8 |
life, by Keith Richards (Little, Brown; 564 pages; $29.99) |
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6 |
13 |
the daily show with jon stewart presents earth, by (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race, by Jon Stewart) |
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7 |
11 |
at home: a short history of private life, by Bill Bryson (Doubleday; 497 pages; $28.95) |
| 7 |
5 |
6 |
i remember nothing, by Nora Ephron (Knopf; 137 pages; $22.95) |
| 8 |
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2 |
apollo's angels: a history of ballet, by Jennifer Homans (Random House; 672 pages; $35) |
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6 |
decision points, by George W. Bush (Crown; 512 pages; $35) |
| 10 |
9 |
13 |
the wave: in pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the ocean, by Susan Casey (Doubleday; 352 pages; $27.95) |
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paperbacks / fiction / bay area |
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cutting for stone, by Abraham Verghese (Vintage; 688 pages; $15.95) |
| 2 |
6 |
78 |
the girl with the dragon tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (Vintage; 608 pages; $14.95) |
| 3 |
5 |
44 |
little bee, by Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster; 304 pages; $15) |
| 4 |
4 |
3 |
major pettigrew's last stand, by Helen Simonson (Random House; 384 pages; $15) |
| 5 |
8 |
15 |
half broke horses, by Jeannette Walls (Scribner; 288 pages; $15) |
| 6 |
3 |
32 |
tinkers, by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary; 192 pages; $14.95) |
| 7 |
7 |
22 |
the lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper; 544 pages; $16.99) |
| 8 |
2 |
10 |
the finkler question, by Howard Jacobson (Bloomsbury; 320 pages; $15) |
| 9 |
9 |
80 |
the art of racing in the rain, by Garth Stein (Harper; 336 pages; $14.99) |
| 10 |
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1 |
true grit, by Charles Portis (Overlook; 240 pages; $14.95) |
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paperbacks / nonfiction / bay area |
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just kids, by Patti Smith (Ecco; 320 pages; $16) |
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2 |
12 |
inside of a dog: what dogs see, smell, and know, by Alexandra Horowitz (Scribner; 353 pages; $16) |
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4 |
5 |
giant surprise: san francisco's 2010 world champions, by (Triumph; 128 pages; $14.95) |
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5 |
5 |
holiday on ice, by David Sedaris (Back Bay; 176 pages; $10) |
| 5 |
3 |
27 |
zeitoun, by Dave Eggers (Vintage; 368 pages; $15.95) |
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9 |
awkward family photos, by Mike Bender, Doug Chernack (Three Rivers Press; 192 pages; $15) |
| 7 |
12 |
8 |
stones into schools: promoting peace with education in afghanistan and pakistan, by Greg Mortenson (Penguin; 448 pages; $16) |
| 8 |
7 |
20 |
where men win glory, by Jon Krakauer (Anchor; 480 pages; $15.95) |
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1 |
what the dog saw: and other adventures, by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay; 448 pages; $16.99) |
| 10 |
6 |
7 |
infinite city: a san francisco atlas, by Rebecca Solnit (University of California Press; 157 pages; $24.95) |
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fiction / national |
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dead or alive, by Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood |
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2 |
7 |
the confession, by John Grisham |
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3 |
4 |
cross fire, by James Patterson |
| 4 |
1 |
2 |
port mortuary, by Patricia Cornwell |
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5 |
29 |
the girl who kicked the hornet's nest, by Stieg Larsson |
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12 |
freedom, by Jonathan Franzen |
| 7 |
4 |
5 |
full dark, no stars, by Stephen King |
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6 |
5 |
hell's corner, by David Baldacci |
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7 |
11 |
fall of giants, by Ken Follett |
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89 |
the help, by Kathryn Stockett |
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nonfiction / national |
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decision points, by George W. Bush |
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4 |
unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand |
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2 |
8 |
autobiography of mark twain, by Mark Twain |
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4 |
7 |
life, by Keith Richards |
| 5 |
7 |
12 |
earth, by (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart and others) |
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10 |
6 |
cleopatra, by Stacy Schiff |
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8 |
7 |
broke, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe |
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5 |
3 |
america by heart, by Sarah Palin |
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6 |
4 |
decoded, by Jay-Z |
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paperbacks / fiction / national |
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the girl with the dragon tattoo, by Stieg Larsson |
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the girl who played with fire, by Stieg Larsson |
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46 |
cutting for stone, by Abraham Verghese |
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5 |
house rules, by Jodi Picoult |
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the art of racing in the rain, by Garth Stein |
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6 |
happy ever after, by Nora Roberts |
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43 |
little bee, by Chris Cleave |
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14 |
half broke horses, by Jeannette Walls |
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96 |
sarah's key, by Tatiana de Rosnay |
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2 |
major pettigrew's last stand, by Helen Simonson |
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inside of a dog, by Alexandra Horowitz |
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201 |
eat, pray, love, by Elizabeth Gilbert |
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just kids, by Patti Smith |
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202 |
three cups of tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin |
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4 |
heaven is for real, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent |
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197 |
the glass castle, by Jeannette Walls |
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3 |
resilience, by Elizabeth Edwards |
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22 |
holidays on ice, by David Sedaris |
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are you there, vodka? it's me, chelsea, by Chelsea Handler |
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