Jan
08
2010
This Week’s Bestsellers
The Times has just released this week’s list of bestsellers. I am not surprised to see that it is not radically changed from the week before. This is, after all, quite a slow time for book sales. I’m guessing things will pick up a little bit more by the end of the month when publishers once more begin to pump out a-list titles.
It’s worth noting that, after seven weeks in the top spot, Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue has finally been bumped to number two. It has been replaced by Have a Little Faith. My guess is that Palin’s book won’t have a whole lot of staying power–that once it begins to fall it will fall fast. We’ll see.
While there are no books making a first-time appearance on the list this week, there is one that has not been on for a while (though it has spent 17 weeks there in total)–Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. This is a book I’ve been looking for an excuse to read. And now, just like that, it’s made an unavoidable appearance on my list of things to do. Excellent! I’ll be reading that this week.
I’ve finally finished up the way-too-long The Book of Basketball and have just Born to Run and Last Words to complete before I am entirely caught up. Of course I’ve got a few more than that to review. Check in next week as I try to do some reviewing.