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Buy From AmazonBuy From Barnes & NobleBuy From Local Booksellers This WeekLast WeekWeeks on ListLIFE, by Keith Richards with James Fox. (Little, Brown, $29.99.) The Rolling Stones guitarist’s revealing autobiography is also a portrait of the era when rock ’n’ roll came of age, with the music itself as the book’s core.BROKE, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold/Mercury Radio Arts, $29.99.) The Fox News host’s plan for fixing the country financially seeks to unite Americans around the concept of shared sacrifice.EARTH (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart and others. (Grand Central, $27.99.) A visitor’s guide to the human race, presented by "The Daily Show."THE LAST BOY, by Jane Leavy. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.) A biography of the Yankees star Mickey Mantle, who grappled with a wrenching childhood and physical injuries.AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN, VOL. 1, by Mark Twain. (University of California, $34.95.) In his autobiography, published unexpurgated for the first time, Twain is pointedly political and willing to play the angry prophet. ExcerptPINHEADS AND PATRIOTS, by Bill O'Reilly. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $27.99.) The Fox News commentator scrutinizes the meaning of change in the era of Obama.AT HOME, by Bill Bryson. (Doubleday, $28.95.) The evolution of private life as exemplified by the houses we live in.------ FINISH FIRST, by Tucker Max. (Gallery, $25.99.) Stories of bad decisions, debauchery and sexual recklessness.TRICKLE UP POVERTY, by Michael Savage. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) The radio host criticizes Obama’s policies on the borders, the economy and security.FINISHING THE HAT, by Stephen Sondheim. (Knopf, $39.95.) A compilation of Sondheim’s lyrics, with commentary and anecdotes, covering the years 1954 to 1981.WASHINGTON, by Ron Chernow. (Penguin Press, $40.) A biography of the first president.OBAMA'S WARS, by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) The inside story of how decisions were made on Afghanistan, on Pakistan and on the fight against terrorism._____ MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (It Books/HarperCollins, $15.99.) A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father.THE GRAND DESIGN, by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. (Bantam, $28.) Central questions of philosophy and science, from the author of “A Brief History of Time.”THE ROOTS OF OBAMA'S RAGE, by Dinesh D'Souza (Regnery) OOGY, by Larry Levin (Grand Central) YOU HAD ME AT WOOF, by Julie Klam (Riverhead) FIRST FAMILY, by Joseph J. Ellis (Knopf) HODA, by Hoda Kotb with Jane Lorenzini (Simon & Schuster) GROWING UP LAUGHING, by Marlo Thomas (Hyperion) THE ELEPHANT TO HOLLYWOOD, by Michael Caine (Holt) LATE, LATE AT NIGHT, by Rick Springfield (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster) IS IT JUST ME?, by Whoopi Goldberg (Hyperion) DEWEY'S NINE LIVES, by Vicki Myron with Brett Witter (Dutton) IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT, by Ann Rule (Free Press) THE MIND'S EYE, by Oliver Sacks (Knopf) Buy From AmazonBuy From Barnes & NobleBuy From Local Booksellers

These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the November 14 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending October 30, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Click here for an explanation of the difference between trade and mass-market paperbacks.


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