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The New York Times Best Sellers List as of the 26th of August, 2010
New York Times Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction
  1. “The Postcard Killers” by James Patterson and Liza Marklund
  2. “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest” by Stieg Larsson
    Average Score: 78%Yay (24 Reviews)
  3. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett
    Average Score: 78%Yay (12 Reviews)
  4. “The Cobra” by Frederick Forsyth
    Average Score: 80%Yay Squared (3 Reviews)
  5. “Star Island” by Carl Hiaasen
    Average Score: 74%Yay (16 Reviews)
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The New York Times Best Sellers List as of the 26th of August, 2010
New York Times Bestsellers: Hardcover Non-Fiction
  1. “Sh*t My Dad Says” by Justin Halpern
  2. “Committed” by Elizabeth Gilbert
    Average Score: 72%Yay (23 Reviews)
  3. “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell
    Average Score: 71%Yay (18 Reviews)
  4. “Empire of the Summer Moon” by S. C. Gwynne
    Average Score: 77%Yay (3 Reviews)
  5. “The Obama Diaries” by Laura Ingraham
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The New York Times Best Sellers List as of the 26th of August, 2010
New York Times Bestsellers: Trade Fiction
  1. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson
    Average Score: 79%Yay (27 Reviews)
  2. “The Girl Who Played With Fire” by Stieg Larsson
    Average Score: 87%Yay Squared (24 Reviews)
  3. “Little Bee” by Chris Cleave
    Average Score: 81%Yay Squared (16 Reviews)
  4. “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese
    Average Score: 81%Yay Squared (17 Reviews)
  5. “Ford County” by John Grisham
    Average Score: 66%Yay (7 Reviews)
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The New York Times Best Sellers List as of the 26th of August, 2010
New York Times Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction
  1. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson
    Average Score: 79%Yay (27 Reviews)
  2. “The Girl Who Played With Fire” by Stieg Larsson
    Average Score: 87%Yay Squared (24 Reviews)
  3. “Ford County” by John Grisham
    Average Score: 66%Yay (7 Reviews)
  4. “The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud” by Ben Sherwood
    Average Score: 70%Yay (2 Reviews)
  5. “The 8th Confession” by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
    Average Score: 75%Yay (2 Reviews)
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The New York Times Best Sellers List as of the 26th of August, 2010
New York Times Bestsellers: Paperback Non-fiction
  1. “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert
    Average Score: 84%Yay Squared (12 Reviews)
  2. “Three Cups Of Tea” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
    Average Score: 85%Yay Squared (4 Reviews)
  3. “Where Men Win Glory” by Jon Krakauer
    Average Score: 63%Yay (12 Reviews)
  4. “My Horizontal Life” by Chelsea Handler
  5. “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls
    Average Score: 81%Yay Squared (11 Reviews)
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