Jan
23
2010
This Week’s Bestsellers
I am falling behind a little bit. I got through only three of last week’s four bestsellers by the time the new list was released. And this week’s list contains two new bestsellers. That gives me three to get through before next Friday. No problems, I hope.
Shooting straight to the top is Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. This book has already been much-discussed since it’s release a week ago. It did not take long for the media to jump all over the revelation that Harry Reid once referred to Barack Obama as a negro. That’s not the kind of press Reid was looking for. Game Change tells the behind-the-scenes story of the 2008 election campaign, looking at both the Republican and Democratic candidates. But it does so without any footnotes, references or sources beyond anonymous interviews. That’s generally not a good sign. But I will read it nonetheless (all 464 pages of it).
Showing up at thirteenth on the list is Anticancer by David Servan-Schreiber. “All of us have cancer cells in our bodies,” says the cover. “But not all of us will develop cancer.” This book has already sold over a million copies in previous editions but this new and updated version has just hit the list again.
Strangely, neither of this week’s books are available in Kindle format. Too bad, that.