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The Book Sense Biography & Memoir Bestseller List
January 23, 2006
Based on sales for the eight-week period ending January 22, 2006, in hundreds
of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.
Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.
Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at meg@booksense.com for reprint guidelines for
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The Book Sense Biography &
Memoir Bestseller List
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1.
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A Million Little Pieces
James Frey, Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902
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2.
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Teacher Man
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $26, 0743243773
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3.
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Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $35, 0684824906
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4.
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The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X
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5.
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Marley & Me
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
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6.
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My Friend Leonard
James Frey, Riverhead, $24.95, 1573223158
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7.
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Chronicles
Bob Dylan, S&S, $14, 0743244583
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8.
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $26, 0385507968
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9.
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The Beatles: The Biography
Bob Spitz, Little Brown, $29.95, 0316803529
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10.
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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed
Alan Alda, Random House, $24.95, 1400064090
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11.
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700 Sundays
Billy Crystal, Warner, $21.95, 0446578673
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12.
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
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13.
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Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
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14.
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His Excellency: George Washington
Joseph J. Ellis, Vintage, $15, 1400032539
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15.
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Julie and Julia
Julie Powell, Little Brown, $23.95, 031610969X
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16.
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Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi, Random House, $14.95, 081297106X
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17.
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Will in the World
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $14.95, 039332737X
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18.
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The Tender Bar
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $23.95, 1401300642
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19.
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The Bookseller of Kabul
Asne Seierstad, Back Bay, $12.95, 0316159417
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20.
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Night
Elie Wiesel, Bantam, $5.99, 0553272535
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21.
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Mao
Jung Chang, Jon Halliday, Knopf, $35, 0679422714
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22.
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Jarhead
Anthony Swofford, Pocket, $7.99, 141651340X
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23.
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Magical Thinking: True Stories
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312315953
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24.
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Running With Scissors
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
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25.
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The Know-It-All
A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $14, 0743250621
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26.
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Here's Johnny!
Ed McMahon, Rutledge Hill, $24.99, 1401602363
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27.
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John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father
Peggy Noonan, Viking, $24.95, 0670037486
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28.
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Dean and Me: (A Love Story)
Jerry Lewis, James Kaplan, Doubleday, $26.95, 0767920864
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29.
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Between You and Me
Mike Wallace, Hyperion, $26.95, 1401300294
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30.
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Truth & Beauty
Ann Patchett, Perennial, $13.95, 0060572159
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31.
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Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
H.W. Brands, Doubleday, $35, 0385507380
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32.
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Tuesdays With Morrie
Mitch Albom, Broadway, $12.95, 076790592X
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33.
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Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $13.95, 1400082773
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34.
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Gift From the Sea
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Pantheon, $9.95, 0679732411
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35.
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Cash: The Autobiography
Johnny Cash, HarperSanFrancisco, $7.99, 0061013579
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36.
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Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Yvon Chouinard, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200726
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37.
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A Child Called "It"
Dave Pelzer, HCI, $9.95, 1558743669
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38.
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $5.99, 0553577123
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39.
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For Laci
Sharon Rocha, Crown, $25.95, 0307338282
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40.
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Mark Twain: A Life
Ron Powers, Free Press, $35, 0743248996
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41.
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Aron Ralston, Atria, $14, 074349282X
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42.
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The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
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43.
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Naked
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316777730
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44.
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The Bob Dylan Scrapbook: 1956 - 1966
Bob Dylan, S&S, $45, 0743228286
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45.
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Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War
Charles Bracelen Flood, FSG, $27, 0374166005
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46.
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Two Lives
Vikram Seth, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060599669
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47.
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Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $12.95, 0385486804
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48.
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What Remains
Carole Radziwill, Scribner, $25.95, 0743276949
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49.
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Founding Mothers
Cokie Roberts, Perennial, $14.95, 006009026X
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50.
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
Nathaniel Fick, Houghton Mifflin, $25, 0618556133
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