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[NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS] Hardcover
Sunday, Nov 25, 2007, Page 18
FICTION
1. STONE COLD
by David Baldacci
Grand Central
Members of Washington's Camel Club are being murdered to prevent them from uncovering government secrets.
2. CREATION IN DEATH
by J.D. Robb
Putnam
Lieutenant Eve Dallas pursues the Groom, a killer who disappeared nine years earlier but has now returned; by Nora Roberts, writing under a pseudonym.
3. THE CHASE
by Clive Cussler
Putnam
In the early 20th century, a detective tracks a killer all over the West.
4. PROTECT AND DEFEND
by Vince Flynn
Atria
An American counterterrorism operative has to avert catastrophe in nuclear Iran.
5. RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE
by Donald McCaig
St Martin's
An authorized sequel to Gone With the Wind updates the character of Rhett Butler for the modern reader.
6. BOOK OF THE DEAD
by Patricia Cornwell
Putnam
The forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta opens a private practice in Charleston, South Carolina.
7. HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS
by Jan Karon
Viking
The Mitford character Father Tim returns to his native town to reconnect with family and friends.
8. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
by John Grisham
Doubleday
An American third-string quarterback joins the Italian National Football League's Parma Panthers.
9. WORLD WITHOUT END
by Ken Follett
Dutton
Love and intrigue in Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Follett's Pillars of the Earth.
10. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
by Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead
A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.
11. THE CHOICE
by Nicholas Sparks
Grand Central
How the choices made by a North Carolina man play out in life.
12. AMAZING GRACE
by Danielle Steel
Delacorte
A San Francisco earthquake brings four strangers together.
NONFICTION
1. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!)
by Stephen Colbert et al
Grand Central
The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central's Colbert Report.
2. BOOM!
by Tom Brokaw
Random House
The retired news anchor recalls and assesses the 1960s.
3. RESCUING SPRITE
by Mark Levin
Pocket Books
A family's love for an older dog they adopted.
4. CLAPTON
by Eric Clapton
Broadway Books
The great guitarist looks back on his life and his music.
5. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE
by Alan Greenspan
Penguin Press
A memoir by the longtime chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
6. SLASH
by Slash with Anthony Bozza
HarperEntertainment
The autobiography of the Guns 'N' Roses guitarist.
7. MY GRANDFATHER'S SON
by Clarence Thomas
Harper
A memoir from an associate justice of the Supreme Court.
8. AMERICAN CREATION
by Joseph Ellis
Knopf
Triumphs and tragedies of the slow-building American Revolution.
9. QUIET STRENGTH
by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker
Tyndale
A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl. (He did it with the Indianapolis Colts in February 2007.)
10. LONE SURVIVOR
by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson
Little, Brown
The only survivor of a Navy SEAL operation in northern Afghanistan describes the battle.
11. MUSICOPHILIA
by Oliver Sachs
Knopf
The neurologist and author of Awakenings examines the interaction between music and the brain.
12. STEVE & ME
by Terri Irwin
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
The widow of Steve Irwin, host of Animal Planet's Crocodile Hunter, recalls their life together.
13. FAIR GAME
by Valerie Plame Wilson
Simon & Schuster
A former undercover CIA officer who was exposed by the Bush administration describes
her experience.
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