"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." ~Groucho Marx
Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." ~Groucho Marx
Malcolm Gladwell's book about success, Outliers, is still selling like hotcakes. Go figure. Also writing about success, Tara Stiles at Huffington Post sets forth 10 tips for success in what I have to assume is an unintentionally funny post. Drink water and get enough sleep, she writes. Do yoga. Smile. Ms. Stiles seems to have a low threshold for declaring success. Her tips read more like preparation for life as a dancing bear rather than say, director of the FBI.
That Outliers is indeed "selling like hotcakes" reminds me that if you are a word maven, there is a new book that may be of interest: I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech
by Ralph Keyes. Check out a NPR interview of Keyes here.
Below is this week's best seller round-up:
That Outliers is indeed "selling like hotcakes" reminds me that if you are a word maven, there is a new book that may be of interest: I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech
by Ralph Keyes. Check out a NPR interview of Keyes here.Below is this week's best seller round-up:
I. The New York Times.
Published March 27, 2009.
Fiction Paperback (Trade): The Shack, William P. Young.
Fiction Hardcover: Handle With Care, Jodi Picoult.
Nonfiction Paperback: Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.
Nonfiction Hardcover: Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell.
II. Los Angeles Times.
Published March 29, 2009.
Fiction Paperback: New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer.
Fiction Hardcover: Corsair, Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul.
Nonfiction Paperback: Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.
Nonfiction Hardcover: Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell.
III. Northern California Independent Booksellers.
For the week ending March 22, 2009.
Fiction Paperback (Trade): The Shack, William P. Young.
Fiction Hardcover: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows . Nonfiction Paperback: Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin.
Nonfiction Hardcover: Outliers, The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell.
IV. Heartland Indie Bestseller List.
Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association
For the week ending March 22, 2009.
Fiction Paperback (Trade): The Shack, William P. Young.
Fiction Hardcover: Handle With Care, Jodi Picoult.
Nonfiction Hardcover: Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell.
Nonfiction Paperback (Trade): Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin.
