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Local and national best-sellers

12:00 AM CST on Sunday, November 9, 2008

This week's list of local best-sellers is from Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 7700 W. Northwest Highway. National best-sellers are from The New York Times. Parentheses indicate book's position last week; indicates first week on list.

LOCAL

HARDBACK FICTION
	1.	*Extreme Measures,* by Vince Flynn
	2.	*The Brass Verdict,* by Michael Connelly
	3.	*The Gate House,* by Nelson DeMille
	4.	*Eclipse,* by Stephenie Meyer
	5.	*Rough Weather,* by Robert B. Parker
	6.	*Breaking Dawn,* by Stephenie Meyer
	7.	*A Most Wanted Man,* by John le Carré
	8.	*The Heretic's Daughter,* by Kathleen Kent
	9.	*One Fifth Avenue,* by Candace Bushnell
	10.	*The Lucky One,* by Nicholas Sparks

HARDBACK NONFICTION
	1.	*The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life,* by Alice Schroeder
	2.	*Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics,* by Ina Garten
	3.	*Dewey,* by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
	4.	*Flat Belly Diet,* by Liz Vaccariello
	5.	*The Last Lecture,* by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
	6.	*Against Medical Advice,* by James Patterson and Hal Friedman
	7.	*My Stroke of Insight,* by Jill Bolte Taylor
	8.	*A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity,* by Bill O'Reilly
	9.	*Influence,* by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
	10.	*Martha Stewart's Cooking School,* by Martha Stewart

PAPERBACK FICTION
	1.	*The Shack,* by William Young
	2.	*New Moon,* by Stephenie Meyer
	3.	*Twilight,* by Stephenie Meyer
	4.	*Dead Until Dark,* by Charlaine Harris
	5.	*Loving Frank,* by Nancy Horan

PAPERBACK NONFICTION
	1.	*Three Cups of Tea,* by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
	2.	*The Duchess,* by Amanda Foreman
	3.	*Eat, Pray, Love,* by Elizabeth Gilbert
	4.	*Dog Days,* by Jon Katz
	5.	*The Glass Castle,* by Jeannette Walls

NATIONAL

HARDBACK FICTION
	1.	(–)	*Extreme Measures,* by Vince Flynn
	2.	(1)	*The Brass Verdict,* by Michael Connelly
	3.	(2)	*The Lucky One,* by Nicholas Sparks
	4.	(–)	*Bones,* by Jonathan Kellerman
	5.	(3)	*The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,* by David Wroblewski
	6.	(–)	*Rough Weather,* by Robert B. Parker
	7.	(4)	*A Lion Among Men,* by Gregory Maguire
	8.	(–)	*Testimony*, by Anita Shreve
	9.	(5)	*A Most Wanted Man,* by John le Carré
	10.	(–)	*Dark Summer,* by Iris Johansen

HARDBACK NONFICTION
	1.	(–)	*Against Medical Advice,* by James Patterson and Hal Friedman
	2.	(1)	*The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life,* by Alice Schroeder
	3.	(3)	*Dewey,* by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
	4.	(–)	*My Stroke of Insight,* by Jill Bolte Taylor
	5.	(2)	*A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity,* by Bill O'Reilly
	6.	(6)	*Hot, Flat, and Crowded,* by Thomas Friedman
	7.	(4)	*Here's the Story,* by Maureen McCormick
	8.	(5)	*Multiple Blessings,* by Jon and Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson
	9.	(–)	*The Longest Trip Home,* by John Grogan
	10.	(7)	*Letter to My Daughter,* by Maya Angelou

PAPERBACK FICTION
	1.	(1)	*The Shack,* by William Young
	2.	(2)	*The Secret Life of Bees,* by Sue Monk Kidd
	3.	(3)	*World Without End,* by Ken Follett
	4.	(4)	*The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,* by Junot Díaz
	5.	(–)	*The Road,* by Cormac McCarthy

PAPERBACK NONFICTION
	1.	(1)	*Three Cups of Tea,* by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
	2.	(4)	*Dreams From My Father,* by Barack Obama
	3.	(3)	*The Audacity of Hope,* by Barack Obama
	4.	(2)	*Eat, Pray, Love,* by Elizabeth Gilbert
	5.	(–)	*Marley & Me,* by John Grogan