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| The Story of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski | 1 | Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World Vicki Myron | 
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| The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows | 2 | Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor From Simple Ingredients Ina Garten | 
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| The Gate House Nelson DeMille | 3 | Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why we Need a Green Revolution--And How it Can Renew America Thomas L. Friedman | 
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| A Most Wanted Man John le Carre | 4 | Flat Belly Diet!: Lose up to 15 Lbs in 32 Days!: A Flat Belly is About Food & Attitude. Period. (Not a Single Crunch Required) Cynthia Sass & Liz Vaccariello | 
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| The Brass Verdict Michael Connelly | 5 | The Last Lecture Randy Pausch | 
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 | Extreme Measures Vince Flynn | 6 | Letter to My Daughter Maya Angelou | 
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 | Testimony Anita Shreve | 7 | The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life Alice Schoreder | 
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| A Lion Among Men Gregory Maguire & Douglas Smith (Illus.) | 8 | Goodnight Bush: An Unauthorized Parody Erich Origen & Gan Golan
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| The Lucky One Nicholas Sparks | 9 | My Stroke of Insight Jill Bolte Taylor
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| The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson | 10 | The Wordy Shipmates Sara Vowell | 
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| The Widows of Eastwick John Updike | 11 | When You Are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris | 
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| The English Major Jim Harrison | 12 | A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity Bill O'Reilly | 
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| I See You EverywhereJulia Glass
| 13 | The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism Andrew J. Bacevich | 
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 | Rough Weather Robert B. Parker | 14 | Guinness World Records 2009 Guinness | 
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| The Given Day Dennis Lehane | 15 | Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Cheif James M. McPherson | 
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