| 1 | A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. Eckhart Tolle. Dutton. ISBN 978-0-525-94802-5. $24.95; pap. Plume. ISBN 978-0-452-28758-7. $14; pap. reprint. ISBN 978-0-452-28996-3. $14. | 1 / 5 |
| 2 | Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia. Elizabeth Gilbert. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-03471-0. $24.95; pap. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-303841-2. $15. | 2 / 23 |
| 3 | Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace...One School at a Time. Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-03482-6. $25.95; pap. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-303825-2. $15. | 3 / 9 |
| 4 | Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time. Valerie Bertinelli. Free Pr: S. & S. ISBN 978-1-4165-6818-6. $26. | 8 / 2 |
| 5 | The Glass Castle: A Memoir. Jeanette Walls. Scribner. ISBN 978-0-7432-4753-5. $25; pap. ISBN 978-0-7432-4754-2. $14. | 6 / 43 |
| 6 | In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. Michael Pollan. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). ISBN 978-1-59420-145-5. $21.95. | 5 / 6 |
| 7 | The Secret. Rhonda Byrne. Atria/Beyond Words: S. & S. ISBN 978-1-58270-170-7. $23.95. | 4 / 23 |
| 8 | The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. Barack Obama. Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-23769-9. $25; Three Rivers. pap. ISBN 978-0-307-23770-5. $14.95. | 7 / 16 |
| 9 | Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Barack Obama. reprint. Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-38341-9. $25.95; pap. reprint. Three Rivers. ISBN 978-1-4000-8277-3. $14.95. | 9 / 10 |
| 10 | You, Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty. Michael F. Roizen, M.D. & Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. Free Pr: S. & S. ISBN 978-0-7432-9256-6. $26. | 10 / 9 |
| 11 | Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction. David Sheff. Houghton. ISBN 978-0-618-68335-2. $24 | – / 1 |
| 12 | Into the Wild. Jon Krakauer. Villard. ISBN 978-0-679-42850-3. $24.95; pap. Anchor. ISBN 978-0-385-48680-4. $13.95; pap. reprint. ISBN 978-0-307-38717-2. $13.95. | 13 / 12 |
| 13 | The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. Jeffrey Toobin. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-51640-2. $27.95. | 11 / 7 |
| 14 | How Not To Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways To Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better. Charla Krupp. Springboard: Warner. ISBN 978-0-446-58114-1. $25.99. | 14 / 3 |
| 15 | Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life. Steve Martin. Scribner. ISBN 978-1-4165-5364-9. $25. | 12 / 8 |
