Saturday, September 24, 2011

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Fiction: September 25, 2011

1. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
A year in the social life of three twenty-somethings set in jazz-age New York City.

2. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
The complicated nature of relationships revolving around a gifted college baseball player.

3. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
A tale of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife.

4. The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
A twist on the Rapture revolving around those left behind.

5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games winners face the consequences of their victory.

6. The Cut by George Pelecanos
Meet Spero Lucas, an Iraq war vet and suave investigator in Washington D.C.

7. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
No one is safe in the final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy.

8. Kill Me If You Can by James Patterson
An art student is hunted by an assassin after finding a diamond-filled duffel bag.

9. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
An atmospheric tale of two medical researchers and the many shades of truths they find in the Amazon.

10. Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
The struggles of a day laborer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century.

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Non-Fiction: September 25, 2011

1. In My Time by Dick Cheney
The former vice president defends the Bush administration's policies after 9/11.

2. That Used to Be Us by Michael Mandelbaum and Thomas Friedman
A manifesto for American renewal and rediscovering valuable traditions.

3. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The story of Louis Zamperini, a World War II bombardier, POW and Olympian.

4. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Complex ties between the U.S. ambassador's family and the Nazi elite in 1930s Berlin.

5. Go .... to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
A comical not-for-kids picture book on the perils of bedtime.

6. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller
A memoir of the author's mother set in Kenya.

7. The Eighty-Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts
A beat-up horse named Snowman's rise to the top in show-jumping.

8. Rebels in Paradise by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
How a few daring young artists changed the contemporary art scene in 1960's Los Angeles.

9. Def Leppard by Ross Halfin
A visual history of the British heavy metal band.

10. Bossypants by Tina Fey
How the self-deprecating actress, mom and writer rocked the world of comedy.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Fiction: September 18, 2011

1. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
A year in the social life of three twenty-somethings set in jazz-age New York City.

2. The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
A twist on the Rapture revolving around those left behind.

3. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
A tale of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife.

4. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
An atmospheric tale of two medical researchers and the many shades of truths they find in the Amazon.

5. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
The future of the Seven Kingdoms is imperiled once again in the fifth book of the Song of Ice and Fire series.

6. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
No one is safe in the final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy.

7. The Cut by George Pelecanos
Meet Spero Lucas, an Iraq war vet and suave investigator in Washington D.C.

8. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games winners face the consequences of their victory.

9. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
A key to fortune is hidden in a virtual reality world.

10. The Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris
A closer look at the otherwordly life and people in Sookie Stackhouse's universe.

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Non-Fiction: September 18, 2011

1. Go .... to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
A comical not-for-kids picture book on the perils of bedtime.

2. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Complex ties between the U.S. ambassador's family and the Nazi elite in 1930s Berlin.

3. In My Time by Dick Cheney
The former vice president defends the Bush administration's policies after 9/11.

4. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The story of Louie Zamperini, a World War II bombardier, POW and Olympian.

5. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
A kidnap victim at 11, Jaycee Dugard describes her 18-year imprisonment.

6. Bossypants by Tina Fey
How the self-deprecating actress, mom and writer rocked the world of comedy.

7. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller
A memoir of the author's mother set in Kenya.

8. Prime Time by Jane Fonda
The actress' blueprint for successful living and getting older.

9. The Eighty-Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts
A beat-up horse named Snowman's rise to the top in show-jumping.

10. Arguably by Christopher Hitchens
A new collection of essays offers a view of the man behind the words.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Non- Fiction: September 11, 2011

1. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The story of Louie Zamperini, a World War II bombardier, POW and Olympian.

2. Go .... to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
A comical not-for-kids picture book on the perils of bedtime.

3. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller
A memoir of the author's mother set in Kenya.

4. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Complex ties between the U.S. ambassador's family and the Nazi elite in 1930s Berlin.

5. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
A kidnap victim at 11, Jaycee Dugard describes her 18-year imprisonment.

6. Prime Time by Jane Fonda
The actress' blueprint for successful living and getting older.

7. After America by Mark Steyn
A prediction of America's economic and cultural armageddon.

8. The Eighty-Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts
A beat-up horse named Snowman's rise to the top in show-jumping.

9. The Greater Journey by David McCullough
How Americans in 19th century Paris shaped ideals back home.

10. Boo: The Life of the World's Cutest Dog by J.H. Lee
A photographic day in the life of an adorable teddy-bear like dog.

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Fiction: September 11, 2011

1. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
A year in the social life of three twenty-somethings set in jazz-age New York City.

2. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
The future of the Seven Kingdoms is imperiled once again in the fifth book of the Song of Ice and Fire series.

3. The Magician King by Lev Grossman
Quentin embarks on a quest that goes awry in this sequel to "The Magicians."

4. The Cut by George Pelecanos
Meet Spero Lucas, an Iraq war vet and suave investigator in Washington D.C.

5. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
A tale of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife.

6. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
An atmospheric tale of two medical researchers and the many shades of truths they find in the Amazon.

7. Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
While seeking retribution for his wife's murder, Special Agent Pendergast uncovers a horrific conspiracy.

8. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
A key to fortune is hidden in a virtual reality world.

9. We Others: New and Selected Stories by Steven Millhauser
Three decades of stories from the Pultizer Prize winning author.

10. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games winners face the consequences of their victory.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Fiction: September 4, 2011

1. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
A year in the social life of three twenty-somethings set in jazz-age New York City.

2. The Magician King by Lev Grossman
Quentin embarks on a quest that goes awry in this sequel to "The Magicians."

3. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
The future of the Seven Kingdoms is imperiled once again in the fifth book of the Song of Ice and Fire series.

4. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
A tale of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife.

5. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
An atmospheric tale of two medical researchers and the many shades of truths they find in the Amazon.

6. House of Holes by Nicholson Baker
A series of graphic vignettes about erotica.

7. The Cut by George Pelecanos
Meet Spero Lucas, an Iraq war vet and suave investigator in Washington D.C.

8. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games winners face the consequences of their victory.

9. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
The final book of the "Millennium Trilogy" has Lisbeth Salander in peril.

10. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
Dead and without magical powers, wizard detective Harry Dresden must solve his own murder.

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Non-Fiction: September 4, 2011

1. Prime Time by Jane Fonda
The actress' blueprint for successful living and getting older.

2. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The story of Louie Zamperini, a World War II bombardier, POW and Olympian.

3. Go .... to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
A comical not-for-kids picture book on the perils of bedtime.

4. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Complex ties between the U.S. ambassador's family and the Nazi elite in 1930s Berlin.

5. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
A kidnap victim at 11, Jaycee Dugard describes her 18-year imprisonment.

6. Bossypants by Tina Fey
How the self-deprecating actress, mom and writer rocked the world of comedy.

7. The Greater Journey by David McCullough
How Americans in 19th century Paris shaped ideals back home.

8. Demonic by Ann Coulter
The conservative commentator argues that liberal Democrats exhibit mob mentality.

9. 1493 by Charles C. Mann
The interconnected ecological and economic consequences of the European discovery of the Americas.

10. A First-Rate Madness by Nassir Ghaemi
An investigation of the correlation between mental illness and successful leadership.