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Denver Post Fiction - May 11th, 2008
1. Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri, $25
2. The Miracle at Speedy Motors, by Alexander McCall Smith, $22.95
3. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz, $24.95
4. The Plague of Doves, by Louise Erdrich, $25.95
5. So Brave, Young and Handsome, by Leif Enger, $24
6. A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, $25.95
7. The Romanov Bride, by Robert Alexander, $24.95
8. The Host, by Stephenie Meyer, $25.99
9. Dead Heat, by Joel C. Rosenberg, $24.99
10. Sundays at Tiffany's, by James Patterson, $24.99
Denver Post Non-fiction - May 11th, 2008
1. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch, $21.95
2. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, by Mary Roach, $24.95
3. Magical Gardens: Denver Region, by Maureen Jabour, $27
4. Just Who Will You Be? Big Question, Little Book, Answer Within, by Maria Shriver, $14.95
5. Armageddon in Retrospect, by Kurt Vonnegut, $24.95
6. A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father, by Augusten Burroughs, $24.95
7. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, by Michael Pollan, $21.95
8. Maps & Legends, by Michael Chabon, $24
9. Audition: A Memoir, by Barbara Walters, $29.95
10. The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, by Timothy Ferriss, $19.95
New York Times Hardback Fiction - May 18th, 2008
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| 1 | SUNDAY AT TIFFANY’S, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. (Little, Brown, $24.99.) A woman finds an unexpected love. | 1 | |
| 2 | THE WHOLE TRUTH, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $26.99.) An intelligence agent and a journalist team up against a warmongering defense contractor. | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | TWENTY WISHES, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $24.95.) A widow who owns a bookstore on Blossom Street compiles a list of things she always wanted to do. | 1 | |
| 4 | HOLD TIGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton, $26.95.) The aftermath of a New Jersey high school kid’s suicide. | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | * UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American children. | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | WHERE ARE YOU NOW?, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) A woman searches for the truth about her brother, who is alive but has disappeared. | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | * DEAD HEAT, by Joel C. Rosenberg. (Tyndale, $24.99.) With the world on the brink of war, terrorists plot to assassinate a candidate in a closely fought presidential election. | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS, by Alexander McCall Smith. (Pantheon, $22.95.) The ninth novel in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | CHILD 44, by Tom Rob Smith. (Grand Central, $24.99.) A serial killer in Stalinist Russia can’t be caught because he doesn’t officially exist. | 1 | |
| 10 | CERTAIN GIRLS, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.95.) A girl discovers the sexy, somewhat autobiographical novel her mother wrote years earlier. | 6 | 4 |
| 11 | DAYS OF INFAMY, by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen. (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s, $27.95.) An “alternative history” of the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. | 1 | |
| 12 | QUICKSAND, by Iris Johansen. (St. Martin’s, $26.95.) The forensic sculptor Eve Duncan tracks a killer who claims to have murdered her daughter years earlier. | 7 | 2 |
| 13 | THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste. | 9 | 14 |
| 14 | SANTA FE DEAD, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) A Santa Fe lawyer investigates his nefarious former wife. | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO, by Junot Díaz. (Riverhead, $24.95.) A Dominican-American in New Jersey struggles to escape a family curse. | 5 | |
| 16 | * A PLAGUE OF DOVES, by Louise Erdrich. (Harper/HarperCollins, $25.95.) A lynching in a North Dakota town has repercussions over several generations. | 1 |
New York Times Hardback Non-fiction - May 18th, 2008
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| 1 | THE REVOLUTION, by Ron Paul. (Grand Central, $21.) A libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate. (†) | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | A WOLF AT THE TABLE, by Augusten Burroughs. (St. Martin’s, $24.95.) A memoir of life with a cruel father. | 1 | |
| 3 | ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian. | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | HOME, by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews’s early years. | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | ESCAPE, by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer. (Broadway, $24.95.) A former member of a fundamentalist polygamous sect describes her forced marriage to a much older man. | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | * LADIES OF LIBERTY, by Cokie Roberts. (Morrow, $26.95.) The influential women of early America, from the author of “The Founding Mothers.” | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | A REMARKABLE MOTHER, by Jimmy Carter. (Simon & Schuster, $22.95.) A homage to Lillian Carter, the 39th president’s mother. | 1 | |
| 8 | BEAUTIFUL BOY, by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction. | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | MISTAKEN IDENTITY, by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb. (Howard, $21.95.) The families of two girls whose identities were confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience. | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | * A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE, by Tony Horwitz. (Holt, $27.50.) A reporter’s travels in search of the early American history most Americans never learn. | 1 | |
| 11 | THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD, by Fareed Zakaria. (Norton, $25.95.) The rise of China and India and the global distribution of power. | 1 | |
| 12 | * GIRLS LIKE US, by Sheila Weller. (Atria, $27.95.) A portrait of a generation of women, seen through the lives, times and music of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | AMERICA’S HIDDEN HISTORY, by Kenneth C. Davis. (Smithsonian/Collins, $26.95.) Episodes from early America, from the author of “Don’t Know Much About History.” | 1 | |
| 14 | ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT, by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007. | 9 | 5 |
| 15 | LIFE BEYOND MEASURE, by Sidney Poitier. (HarperOne, $25.95.) The actor offers advice and personal stories in the form of letters to his new great-granddaughter. | 1 | |
| 16 | * BONK, by Mary Roach. (Norton, $24.95.) An amusing look at the science of sexual physiology. | 14 | 4 |
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