Easter Bestselling Books

It is the end of an interesting Easter weekend for South Africans and that means that as has become our tradition we compile a list of the best-selling books on the various online retail platforms.

There are two interesting titles on the Kalahari list which jump out at me. First up there is the new Pieter-Dirk Uys book and secondly "Sokker – Alles wat jy wil weet maar te skaam is om te vra" by Tim Sandham. Will definately see if I can get my hands on these two books to do a review on them.

Interestingly there is a new Stephenie Meyer topping the Amazon list and considering how much I enjoyed Twilight, I think I might need to follow this one.

Kalahari.Net
1. Evita's Kossie Sikelela - Pieter-Dirk Uys
2. Nuwe kinderverseboek - Riana Scheepers; Suzette Kotze-Myburgh
3. The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
5. Vampire Diaries: Bks. 3 & 4 - LJ Smith
6. The Struggle: Bks. 1 & 2 - LJ Smith
7. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I: 40th Anniversary Edition - Julia Child; Louisette Bertholle
8. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
9. The Gabriel Method: The Revolutionary Diet-Free Way to Totally Transform Your Body - Jon Gabriel
10. Sokker – Alles wat jy wil weet maar te skaam is om te vra - Tim Sandham

Take2.co.za
1. Vampire Diaries, Vol. 1, Books 1 & 2- Smith, L. J.
2. Vampire Diaries, Vol. 2, Books 3 & 4 - Smith, L. J.
3. The Return: Nightfall - Smith, L. J.
4. Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest - Larsson, Stig
5. Vampire Diaries Vol 1 Books 3 & 4 TV Tie - Smith, L. J.
6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Larsson, Stieg
7. Vampire Diaries - The Return: Nightfall- Smith, L. J.
8. Bad Moon Rising- Kenyon, Sherrilyn
9. Girl Who Played with Fire- Larsson, Stieg
10. Eclipse - Meyer, Stephenie

Amazon.com
1. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella - Stephenie Meyer
2. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine - Michael Lewis
3. Changes (Dresden Files, Book 12) - Jim Butcher
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
5. The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that could save your life - Ben Sherwood
6. The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It - Joshua Cooper Ramo
7. America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story - Bruce Feiler
8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
9. Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama's Radical Agenda - Sean Hannity
10. Hungry Girl 1-2-3: The Easiest, Most Delicious Free Recipes on the planet - Lisa Lillien

Bestselling books – 2010/03/21

Sunday is here and once again we profile the bestselling books on the various only retailers for the bestselling books.

I see my Michael Lewis pick has shot to the top of the Amazon bestseller list! Gonna be a goodie when I get my grubby little paws on it.

Take2
1. Vampire Diaries, Vol. 1, Books 1 & 2 – Smith, L. J.
2. Vampire Diaries, Vol. 2, Books 3 & 4 – Smith, L. J.
3. The Return: Nightfall – Smith, L. J.
4. Black Jack – Leigh, Lora
5. Vampire Diaries Vol 1 Books 3 & 4 TV Tie – Smith, L. J.
6. Born to Be Wild – Warren, Christine
7. Hot Rocks – Roberts, Nora
8. Pleasure of a Dark Prince – Cole, Kresley
9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Larsson, Stieg
10. Master of Fire – Knight, Angela

Kalahari.net
1. The Struggle: Bks. 1 & 2 – LJ Smith
2. Fees Van Die Ongenooides – P.G. du Plessis
3. SAICA Legislation Handbook 2009/2010 – SAICA
4. Vampire Diaries: Bks. 3 & 4 – LJ Smith
5. The Gabriel Method: The Revolutionary Diet-Free Way to Totally Transform Your Body – Jon Gabriel
6. Evita’s Kossie Sikelela – Pieter-Dirk Uys
7. Operational risk management: The practical application of a qualitative approach – J. Young
8. New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
9. The Return: Nightfall – LJ Smith
10. Captain in the Cauldron – Mike Greenaway

Amazon.com
1. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine – Michael Lewis
2. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted – Daniel G. Amen M.D.
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage) – Stieg Larsson
5. The Help – Kathryn Stockett
6. The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) – Stieg Larsson
7. Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs – Neal D Barnard
8. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer – John Grisham
9. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang – Chelsea Handler
10. Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything – Geneen Roth

The Big Short – Inside the Doomsday Machine

For anyone with even the vaguest interest in the stockmarket, daytrading or financial markets the new Michael Lewis book is apparently an absolute MUST HAVE!

Lewis is regarded as probably the finest financial journalist in the world at the moment and his books - including Liars Poker and Panic - have been absolute hits through the global financial crisis.

This is his latest offering and I can tell you now that I'm going to be reading this one. The synopsis reads:

"The Big Short" tells a story of spectacular, epic folly. It has taken the world's greatest financial meltdown to bring Michael Lewis back to the subject that made him famous. His international bestseller "Liar's Poker" exposed the greed and carnage of the City and Wall Street in the 1980s; he wrote it as a cautionary tale, but people seem to have read it as a how-to guide. Now, he wants to settle accounts. In this visceral tour to the heart of the financial system, Michael Lewis takes us around the globe and back decades to trace the origins of the current crisis. He meets the people who saw it coming, the people who were asleep at the wheel and the people who were actively driving us all of cliff. How could we have all been so deluded for quite so long? Where did it all start? Was it systemic? Was it avoidable? And who the hell can we blame? Michael Lewis has the answers. No one is better qualified to get to the heart of this labyrinthine story. And no one can make it such an enjoyable ride along the way.

It looks like an absolutely awesome read!

You can buy it from online retailer Loot in hardcover for R316

Panic - Michael Lewis

"Panic" is the follow-up to the best-selling "Liars Poker" from Michael Lewis and is an absolute must-read for anybody who

has an interest in the stock-market and other financial markets.

For those who didn't read the first book and don't know Michael Lewis, he was a trader at one of the top trading firms in the US. He became disillusioned with the whole corporate culture on Wall Street and he jumped to the other side of the fence where he became a financial journalist.

Lewis' ability to interpret and get the inside story on Wall Street made for hellishly entertaining reading in Liars Poker.

"Panic" is the latest offering and here he details some of the most recent financial crises and tries to put in perspective much of the spin that the financial industry and media are putting out to justify recent events.

It is intriguing because it includes names like Bernie Madoff and his take on the markets prior to him being unveiled as a fraud in the latest crisis.

I found it lots of fun because it included different articles spanning nearly 20 years worth of financial news and the ability to chronicle financial events from a whole lot of different perspectives. It included all the hype before the Asian crisis, the tech bubble etc and then the review of what went wrong

Title: Panic - The Story of Modern Financial Insanity
Author: Michael Lewis
ISBN: 978-0-14-104231-2

Loot price: R123.00 (eligible for free delivery on orders over R200 - see banner right)
Normal retail price: R150
You save: R27.00 (18%)

This book is lots of fun and if you have even a passing interest in financial markets then you will love this one.

Rated it a 4 out of 5