This week's list of local best-sellers is from Jokae's African American Bookstore, 3223 Camp Wisdom Road. 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.
Midnight, by Sister Souljah
2.
The Million Dollar Deception, by RM Johnson
3.
One in a Million, by Kimberla Lawson Roby
4.
She Had It Coming, by Mary Monroe
5.
Love & Lies, by Kimberla Lawson Roby
6.
Deliver Me From Evil, by Mary Monroe
7.
Pleasure, by Eric Jerome Dickey
8.
Trading Dreams at Midnight, by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
9.
In the Night of the Heat, by Blair Underwood with Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes
10.
Just Too Good to Be True, by E. Lynn Harris
HARDBACK NONFICTION
1.
The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama
2.
Letters to a Young Sister, by Hill Harper
3.
Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You, by Lisa Leslie with Larry Burnett
4.
Keep the Faith, by Faith Evans with Aliya King
5.
Reposition Yourself, by T.D. Jakes
6.
The Black List, by Elvis Mitchell and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
7.
Make it Plain, by Vernon E. Jordan Jr. with Lee A. Daniels
8.
Black Pain, by Terrie M. Williams
9.
Letter to My Daughter, by Maya Angelou
10.
The Bus: My Life In and Out of a Helmet, by Jerome Bettis and Gene Wojciechowski
PAPERBACK FICTION
1.
It's Morning, by Elaine Flowers
2.
Sinful Too, by Victor McGlothin
3.
Can I Get a Witness?, by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
4.
Too Little, Too Late, by Victoria Christopher Murray
5.
My Little Secret, by Anna J.
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1.
Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama, by Steve Dougherty
2.
Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama
3.
The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama
4.
Roast Eve, by Greta Moore
5.
No-Nonsense Dating, by Dr. Ronn Elmore
NATIONAL
HARDBACK FICTION
1.
(–)
The Gate House, by Nelson DeMille
2.
(1)
Extreme Measures, by Vince Flynn
3.
(2)
The Brass Verdict, by Michael Connelly
4.
(3)
The Lucky One, by Nicholas Sparks
5.
(–)
A Good Woman, by Danielle Steel
6.
(5)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski
7.
(4)
Bones, by Jonathan Kellerman
8.
(6)
Rough Weather, by Robert B. Parker
9.
(8)
Testimony, by Anita Shreve
10.
(7)
A Lion Among Men, by Gregory Maguire
HARDBACK NONFICTION
1.
(3)
Dewey, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
2.
(1)
Against Medical Advice, by James Patterson and Hal Friedman
3.
(2)
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, by Alice Schroeder
4.
(5)
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, by Bill O'Reilly
5.
(6)
Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas Friedman
6.
(4)
My Stroke of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor
7.
(10)
Letter to My Daughter, by Maya Angelou
8.
(8)
Multiple Blessings, by Jon and Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson
9.
(9)
The Longest Trip Home, by John Grogan
10.
(–)
John Lennon, by Philip Norman
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.
(5)
The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
5.
(4)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1.
(1)
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
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