NEWS

New York Times Bestsellers List

Staff Writer
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

The numeral at the end of each listing indicates the number of weeks a title has been on the New York Times best-sellers list. An asterisk indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.

FICTION

1. T IS FOR TRESPASS, by Sue Grafton. (Putnam, (Putnam, $26.95.) Kinsey Millhone must contend with a woman who has stolen a nurse's identity in order to take advantage of Kinsey's elderly neighbor. (1)

2. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $27.) A woman who rescues golden retrievers and one special dog she takes in are shadowed by an evil stranger. (2)

3. FOR ONE MORE DAY, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $21.95.) A troubled man gets a last chance to reconnect and restore his relationship with his dead mother. (33)

4. DOUBLE CROSS, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, a police detective, confront a Washington killer who boasts of his killings on his own Web site, as well as an old adversary who has escaped from prison. (4)

5. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war. (29)

6. WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett. (Dutton, $35.) Love and intrigue in Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Follett's "Pillars of the Earth." (9)

7. STONE COLD, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $26.99.) Members of Washington's Camel Club are being murdered to prevent them from uncovering government secrets. (5)

8. THE CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) How a North Carolina man's choices play out in his life; from the author of "At First Sight." (11)

9. PLAYING FOR PIZZA, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $21.95.) An American third-string quarterback joins the Italian National Football League's Parma Panthers. (11)

10. HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS, by Jan Karon. (Viking, $26.95.) The Mitford character Father Tim returns to his native town to reconnect with family and friends. (6)

NONFICTION

1. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!), by Stephen Colbert et al. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central's "Colbert Report." (9)

2. BOOM!, by Tom Brokaw. (Random House, $28.95.) The retired news anchor recalls and assesses the 1960s. (5)

3. BORN STANDING UP, by Steve Martin. (Scribner, $25.) Martin, now a writer and actor, recalls his years as a stand-up comedian, from the early 1960s to 1981, when he quit at the peak of his career. (3)

4. AN INCONVENIENT BOOK, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions, $26.) The conservative TV and talk-radio host offers his solutions to problems including global warming, poverty and political correctness. (3)

5. CLAPTON, by Eric Clapton. (Broadway Books, $26.) The great guitarist looks back on his life and his music. (9)

6. RESCUING SPRITE, by Mark R. Levin. (Pocket Books, $22.) A family's love for an older dog they adopted. (5)

7. GOOD DOG. STAY., by Anna Quindlen. (Random House, $14.95.) Life lessons from a black Lab. (3)

8. QUIET STRENGTH, by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. (Tyndale, $26.99.) A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl. (He did it with the Indianapolis Colts in February 2007.) (22)

9. A FAMILY CHRISTMAS, edited by Caroline Kennedy. (Hyperion, $26.95.) Poetry, prose and lyrics from a diverse group of authors. (1)

10. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE, by Alan Greenspan. (Penguin Press, $35.) A memoir by the longtime chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. (12)

MISCELLANEOUS

1. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS, by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden. (Collins/HarperCollins, $24.95.) Skipping stones, tying knots, and other essential activities -- video games not included. (32)

2. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS,

by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz. (Collins/HarperCollins, $24.95.) Stories and projects for adventure seekers. (6)

3. YOU: STAYING YOUNG, by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz et al. (Free Press, $26.) The principles of longevity and how to combat aging's effects. (6)

4. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS, by Jessica Seinfeld. (Collins/Harper- Collins, $24.95.) Tips and recipes to fool children into eating right, from a mother of three (and the wife of Jerry Seinfeld). (9)

5. JIM CRAMER'S STAY MAD FOR LIFE, by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason. (Simon & Schuster, $26.) The host of "Mad Money" on CNBC explains how to get rich and stay rich. * (1)
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