Bestsellers - Sunday 9 August 2009

Another Sunday is here so let's see what books are selling well on the various online retailers:

For those who love cricket the Graeme Smith "A captains diary" should make for some very interesting reading considering the way he is either loved or hated despite being one of the most successful captains in history.

Just looking through the Amazon list, there some very interesting looking titles there - particularly if you have an interest in American politics.

Exclusive Books:
1. Spud - Learning to Fly
2. Graeme Smith: A Captain's Diary
3. Outliers
4. New Moon
5. Breaking Dawn
6. Eclipse
7. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
8. Twilight
9. Architects of Poverty
10. Spud

CNA:
1. A good woman - Danielle Steele
2. A new earth - Tolle, Eckhart
3. Eat, pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
4. Obama: From Promise to Power - David Mendell
5. Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Lechter, Sharon L Kiyosaki, Robert
6. Scarpetta - Patricia Cornwell
7. The Love Dare - Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick
8. The secret - Byrne, Rhonda
9. The Shack - William P Young
10. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski

Amazon.com
1. Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume One - Julia Child
2. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
3. Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine - Glenn Beck
4. Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies - Michelle Malkin
5. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
6. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
7. South of Broad - Pat Conroy
8. In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect - Ronald Kessler
9. The Shack - William P. Young
10. The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power - Jeff Sharlet

Take2
1. New Moon (Paperback) - Meyer, Stephenie
2. Twilight (Paperback) - Meyer, Stephenie
3. Breaking Dawn (Trade Paperback) - Meyer, Stephenie
4. Eclipse (Paperback) - Meyer, Stephenie
5. Faefever (Paperback) - Moning, Karen Marie
6. Hidden Currents (Paperback) - Feehan, Christine
7. Bengal's Heart (Paperback) - Leigh, Lora
8. Girl Who Played with Fire (Paperback) - Larsson, Stieg
9. Promises in Death (Paperback) - Robb, J. D.
10. Spud Learning to Fly (Paperback) - John Van De Ruit

Kalahari.net
1. Spud - Learning to fly - John Van De Ruit
2. Nuwe Kinderverseboek - Riana Scheepers; Suzette Kotze-Myburgh
3. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment - Steve Harvey
4. Brock Biology of Microorganisms - John M. Martinko; Thomas D. Brock; Michael T. Madigan; David P. Clark; Paul Dunlap
5. Outliers: The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell
6. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
7. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
8. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
9. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Malcolm Gladwell
10. The Host - Stephenie Meyer

Bestsellers - Sunday 26 July 2009

Sunday has rolled around again and it is time to look at some of the top online retailers to find out what books are selling well.

Give me your thoughts on these titles. The Twilight titles continue to dominate but some new names and faces on the lists. The new Dan Brown starting to appear on quite a few of the lists as well.

Here are the lists:

Exclusive Books
1. Spud - Learning to Fly
2. New Moon
3. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
4. Eclipse
5. Breaking Dawn
6. Twilight
7. Die Ponies Galop
8. Spud
9. Stiletto
10. Spud - The Madness Continues

Take2
1. Hidden Currents - Feehan, Christine
2. New Moon - Meyer, Stephenie
3. Twilight - Meyer, Stephenie
4. Eclipse - Meyer, Stephenie
5. Breaking Dawn - Meyer, Stephenie
6. Girl Who Played with Fire - Larsson, Stieg
7. Bengal's Heart - Leigh, Lora
8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Larsson, Stieg
9. Faefever - Moning, Karen Marie
10. Twilight - Meyer, Stephenie

Amazon
1. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
2. Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against - Glenn Beck
3. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
4. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
5. The Shack - William P. Young
6. Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto - Mark R. Levin
7. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society… - Mary Ann Shaffer
8. Sookie Stackhouse, Books 1-7 - Charlaine Harris
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) - J.K. Rowling
10. Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) - Stephenie Meyer

Kalahari.Net
1. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
2. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
3. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
4. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
5. The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
6. Spud - Learning to Fly - John Van De Ruit
7. Thula-Thula - Annelie Botes
8. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
9. Outliers: The story of success - Malcolm Gladwell
10. Spud - John Van De Ruit

CNA
1. A good woman - Danielle Steel
2. A new earth - Tolle, Eckhart
3. Eat, pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
4. Obama: From Promise to Power - David Mendell
5. Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Lechter, Sharon L Kiyosaki, Robert
6. Scarpetta - Patricia Cornwell
7. The Love Dare - Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick
8. The secret - Byrne, Rhonda
9. The Shack - William P Young
10. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski

Bestsellers

Another Sunday means another bestsellers book list and we have combed the various online retailers to find out what's hot!

Spud - Learning to Fly is still pumping on the local retailers and I must tell you that I had a tingly "Proudly South

African" feeling when I was walking through the airport at OR Tambo and watched a touring Pom buy the work of a local author!

Also thought that the Stiletto book listed under the Kalahari listing could make for interesting reading - not sure if it comes in English though....

Here they are:

Exclusive Books
1. Spud - Learning to Fly
2. New Moon
3. Spud
4. Breaking Dawn
5. Eclipse
6. Twilight
7. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
8. Spud - The Madness Continues
9. Between a Rock and a Hard Place
10. Gone Tomorrow

Amazon.com
1. Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine - Glenn Beck
2. Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto - Mark R. Levin
3. Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Stephanie Plum) - Janet Evanovich
4. The Shack - William P. Young
5. Sookie Stackhouse, Books 1-7 - Charlaine Harris
6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society… - Mary Ann Shaffer
7. Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) - Meyer, Stephenie
8. New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) - Meyer, Stephenie
9. Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) - Meyer, Stephenie
10. Outliers: The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell

Take2
1. Breaking Dawn (Trade Paperback) - Meyer, Stephenie
2. New Moon (Paperback) - Meyer, Stephenie
3. Eclipse (Paperback) - Meyer, Stephenie
4. Spud Learning to Fly (Paperback) - John Van De Ruit
5. Twilight (Paperback) - Meyer, Stephenie
6. Hidden Currents (Paperback) - Feehan, Christine
7. Eclipse (Paperback) - Stephanie Meyer
8. Twilight (Paperback) - Meyer, Stephenie
9. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man - Harvey, Steve
10. New Moon (Paperback) - Meyer, Stephenie

Kalahari.Net
1. Spud - Learning to Fly - John Van De Ruit
2. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
3. Bittersoet - N. Sutherland
4. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
5. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
6. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
7. Thula Thula - Annelie Botes
8. Bittersweet (English) - N. Sutherland
9. Stiletto: in die onderwereld van die seksindustrie - Carel F. Cronje; Karin Eloff
10. 13 Uur - Deon Meyer