July 20, 2008
New York Times Hardcover Advice Best-seller List
| This Week |
Weeks On List |
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| 1 | THE
LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion, $21.95.) After learning he has terminal cancer, a Carnegie Mellon professor shares his thoughts on the importance of “seizing every moment.” |
13 |
| 2 | THE
SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95.) The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want. |
78 |
| 3 | WHEN MARKETS
COLLIDE, by Mohamed A. El-Erian (McGraw-Hill, $27.95.) Investing advice for a time of global economic change. (†) |
3 |
| 4 | THE
SOUTH BEACH DIET SUPERCHARGED, by Arthur Agatston with
Joseph Signorile (Rodale, $25.95.) A guide to faster weight loss. |
9 |
| 5 | WOMEN
AND MONEY, by Suze Orman (Spiegel & Grau, $24.95.) Advice for overcoming one’s dysfunctional relationship with money, including a five-month plan for getting finances on track. |
21 |
| 6 | THE
4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss (Crown, $19.95.) Reconstructing your life so that it’s not all about work. |
32 |
| 7 | END
OF DAYS, by Sylvia Browne (Dutton, $23.95.) A professed psychic interprets end-of-the-world prophecies. |
2 |
| 8 | DEBT
CURES “THEY” DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT, by Kevin
Trudeau (Equity, $25.95.) How the credit industry is rigged against you, and how to fight back by changing your financial habits. (†) |
5 |
| 9 | * THE
TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, by Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson, $24.99.) Attaining financial fitness not through quick fixes, but with an honest approach to the way you handle money. |
2 |
| 10 | QUANTUM
WELLNESS, by Kathy Freston (Weinstein, $23.95.) How small changes can lead to significant improvements in the body and spirit. (†) |
7 |
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending July 5, at almost 4,000 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 50,000 other retailers (gift shops, department stores, newsstands, supermarkets), statistically weighted to represent all such outlets nationwide. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (+) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
List and descriptions from the New York Times web site at
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/index.html