The Book Sense Memoir & Biography Bestseller List

Posted Wednesday, Jan 24, 2007

For the eight-week period ending January 23, 2007, and based on sales at 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 Memoir & Biography Bestseller List
1.Marley & Me
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 9780060817084
2.Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
3.The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 9780767919364
4.The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
5.Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 9780743270755
6.Running With Scissors
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 9780312425418
7.The River of Doubt
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767913737
8.Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 9780812973013
9.The Pursuit of Happyness
Chris Gardner, Amistad, $14.95, 9780060744878
10.Teacher Man
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 9780743243780
11.The Tender Bar
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 9780786888764
12.Flags of Our Fathers
James Bradley, Bantam, $14, 9780553384154
13.About Alice
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $14.95, 9781400066155
14.Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 9780374500016
15.Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $24.95, 9780670034710
16.A Million Little Pieces
James Frey, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307276902
17.Flags of Our Fathers
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589085
18.The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Knopf, $23.95, 9781400043149
19.Julie and Julia
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316013260
20.No Shortcuts to the Top
Ed Viesturs, David Roberts, Broadway, $23.95, 9780767924702
21.Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 9780452287082
22.Truck: A Love Story
Michael Perry, HarperCollins, $24.95, 9780060571177
23.90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life
Don Piper, Revell, $12.99, 9780800759490
24.Point to Point Navigation
Gore Vidal, Doubleday, $26, 9780385517218
25.Grayson
Lynne Cox, Knopf, $16.95, 9780307264541
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