Saturday, October 29, 2011

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Fiction: October 30, 2011

1. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
A love triangle between recent Ivy League graduates.

2. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
New battles await Percy Jackson as he returns to a Roman half-blood camp.

3. The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
A young boy's sea voyage in the early 1950s from Sri Lanka to England.

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

5. Aleph by Paulo Coelho
A crisis of faith prompts a journey of self-discovery from Africa to Asia.

6. Reamde by Neal Stephendon
A forder marijuana smuggler is at the center of a recently hacked online game in this techno thriller.

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

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

9. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Two dueling magicians fall under the spell of love.

10. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
A teenager stumbles upon an abandoned children's home whose former occupants were a bit odd and dangerous.

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Non-Fiction: October 30, 2011

1. Boomerang by Michael Lewis
How the financial crisis transformed Global economies such as Greece, Ireland and Iceland.

2. Dear Cary by Dyan Cannon
The near fairy tale May-December romance between the ingenue and Cary Grant.

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

4. The Secret Lives of Wives by Iris Krasnow
Strategies for staying married from women who are in it for the long haul.

5. War of the Worldviews by Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow
A prominent physicist and renowned spiritualist ponder worldviews and the human experience.

6. Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch
Glee's Jane Lynch tells of her childhood, struggles with alcohol, her sexuality and profession.

7. Rin Tin Tin by Susan Orlean
The true-life tale of the Hollywood superdog.

8. It's So Easy and Other Lies by Duff McKagan
A harrowing rock-n-roll journey from the Gun's n' Roses bass player.

9. Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
The dramatic events in the spring of 1865 leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

10. Wicked Bugs by Amy Steward
A go-to guide to diabolical insects.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Fiction: October 23, 2011

1. The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
A young boy's sea voyage in the early 1950s from Sri Lanka to England.

2. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
New battles await Percy Jackson as he returns to a Roman half-blood camp.

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

4. The Affair by Lee Child
Jack Reacher's final days in the army culinates with a death on the tracks shrouded by military bureaucracy and small town corruption.

5. Everything On It by Shel Silverstein
New drawings and poems left behind by the late author.

6. Shock Wave by John Sandford
Who's behind the bombing of a new chain superstore in a Minnesota river town?

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

8. Barbarian Nurseries by Hector Tobar
A Mexican maid's odyssey through Los Angeles and jungles of the California judicial system.

9. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Two dueling magicians fall under the spell of love.

10. A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin
The Seven Kingdoms are imperiled again in the fifth "Song of Ice and Fire" book.

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Non-Fiction: October 23, 2011

1. Boomerang by Michael Lewis
How the financial crisis transformed Global economies such as Greece, Ireland and Iceland.

2. Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
The dramatic events in the spring of 1865 leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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

4. Seriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
A third book by the comedian/talk show host filled with humorous observations from the last few years.

5. Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy by Caroline Kennedy
A series of recorded interviews after JFK's death reveal a shocking side of the former first lady.

6. This is Herman Cain! by Herman Cain
A memoir from the presidential hopeful from Atlanta.

7. Rin Tin Tin by Susan Orlean
The true-life tale of the Hollywood superdog.

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

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

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

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Fiction: October 16, 2011

1. The Affair by Lee Child
Jack Reacher's final days in the army culinates with a death on the tracks shrouded by military bureaucracy and small town corruption.

2. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Two dueling magicians fall under the spell of love.

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

4. Everything On It by Shel Silverstein
New drawings and poems left behind by the late author.

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

6. Reamde by Neal Stephenson
A former marijuana smuggler is at the center of a recently hacked online game in this techno thriller.

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

8. Feast Day of Fools by James Lee Burke
Sheriff Holland and a serial murderer share a common enemy in a small Texas border town.

9. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Two alternating stories 50 years apart both leading to the American Museum of Natural History.

10. Aleph by Paulo Coelho
A crisis of faith prompts a journey of self-discovery from Africa to Asia.

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Non-Fiction: October 16, 2011

1. Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy by Caroline Kennedy
A series of recorded interviews after JFK's death reveal a shocking side of the former first lady.

2. Dear Cary by Dyan Cannon
The near fairy tale May-December romance between the ingenue and Cary Grant.

3. Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
The dramatic events in the spring of 1865 leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

4. Confidence Men by Ron Suskind
President Obama and his advisors' response to the financial crisis.

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

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

7. Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch
Glee's Jane Lynch tells of her childhood, struggles with alcohol, her sexuality and profession.

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

9. Here Comes Trouble by Michael Moore
The Forrrest-Gump like life and times of the provocative filmmaker.

10. Boomerang by Michael Lewis
How the financial crisis transformed Global economies such as Greece, Ireland and Iceland.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Fiction: October 9, 2011

1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Two dueling magicians fall under the spell of love.

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

3. Reamde by Neal Stephenson
A former marijuana smuggler is at the center of a recently hacked online game in this techno thriller.

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

6. We the Animals by Justin Torres
The ties that bond three brothers through their dysfunctional childhood.

7. Everything On It by Shel Silverstein
New drawings and poems left behind by the late author.

8. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Two alternating stories 50 years apart both leading to the American Museum of Natural History.

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

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

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Non-fiction: October 9, 2011

1. Confidence Men by Ron Suskind
President Obama and his advisors' response to the financial crisis.

2. Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy by Caroline Kennedy
A series of recorded interviews after JFK's death reveal a shocking side of the former first lady.

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

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

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

6. Here Comes Trouble by Michael Moore
The Forrrest-Gump like life and times of the provocative filmmaker.

7. Guinness World Records 2012 by Guinness World Records
New categories and bizarre superlatives fill the latest edition.

8. Upper Cut by Carrie White
Behind the glamorous facade of the hairdresser to the stars during the 60's. 70's and 80's.

9. Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch
Glee's Jane Lynch tells of her childhood, struggles with alcohol, her sexuality and profession.

10. Inside Scientology by Janet Reitman
A modern history of L. Ron Hubbard and his controversial religion-without-a-deity.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Fiction: October 2, 2011

1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Two dueling magicians fall under the spell of love.

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

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

6. A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin
The Seven Kingdoms are imperiled again in the fifth "Song of Ice and Fire" book.

7. Pirate King by Laurie R. King
Mary Russell and husband, Sherlock Holmes are plunged into the world of silent films.

8. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Two alternating stories 50 years apart both leading to the American Museum of Natural History.

9. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
A story of young Japanese women brought to San Francisco as 'picture brides' nearly a century ago.

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

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Non-Fiction: October 2, 2011

1. Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy by Caroline Kennedy
A series of recorded interviews after JFK's death reveal a shocking side of the former first lady.

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

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

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

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

6. Just My Type by Simon Garfield
A detailed history of the world of fonts.

7. Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch
Glee's Jane Lynch tells of her childhood, struggles with alcohol, her sexuality and profession.

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

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

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