The Fort Smith Public Library does its best to provide new books of interest as well as best sellers in a timely fashion. On this page, at the current time, we are displaying books from the weekly New York Times Best Sellers lists for Hardcover Fiction and Hardcover Nonfiction. An asterisk (*) next to a book's ranking indicates that its sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above.
For a list of the books that the New York Times deems, arguably, the best of the past year, check out our 100 Notable Books of 2007 page, taken from the New York Times list of the same name.
You can check the availability of these materials by linking to the corresponding record in our online catalog. To return to this page from the catalog page, please use your browser's Back arrow. You are welcome to reserve these books (as well as other library materials) by calling or coming by any Fort Smith Public Library neighborhood location.
| This Week |
Week of January 4, 2009 Reflecting sales for the week ended 12/20/2008 |
Last Week |
Weeks On List |
| 1 | The Christmas Sweater Fiction by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright |
2 | 6 |
| 2 | Scarpetta Fiction (Mystery), Book on CD (CD 813.54 COR) by Patricia Cornwell |
1 | 3 |
| 3 | Cross Country Fiction, LT Fiction, Book on CD (CD 813.54 PAT) by James Patterson |
3 | 5 |
| 4 | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle Fiction by David Wroblewski |
4 | 28 |
| 5 | The Host Fiction by Stephenie Meyer |
5 | 32 |
| 6 | Just After Sunset 813.54 KIN , Book on CD (CD 813.54 KIN) by Stephen King |
6 | 6 |
| 7 | The Lucky One Fiction , LT Fiction , Book on CD (CD 813.54 SPA) by Nicholas Sparks |
8 | 12 |
| 8 | Arctic Drift Fiction, Book on CD (CD 813.54 CUS) by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler |
7 | 4 |
| 9 | A Mercy Fiction, LT Fiction, Book on CD (CD 813.54 MOR) by Toni Morrison |
10 | 6 |
| 10 * | The Hour I First Believed Fiction by Wally Lamb |
9 | 6 |
| 11 | Divine Justice Fiction , Book on CD (CD 813.54 BAL) by David Baldacci |
11 | 7 |
| 12 | Your Heart Belongs to Me Fiction, LT Fiction by Dean Koontz |
13 | 4 |
| 13 | The Gate House Fiction , Book on CD (CD 813.54 DEM) by Nelson DeMille |
14 | 8 |
| 14 | The Private Patient Fiction (Mystery) by P.D. James |
15 | 5 |
| 15 * | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Fiction by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows |
16 | 16 |
| This Week |
Week of January 4, 2009 Reflecting sales for the week ended 12/20/2008 |
Last Week |
Weeks On List |
| 1 | Outliers Nonfiction (302.14 GLA) by Malcolm Gladwell |
1 | 5 |
| 2 | Dewey: A Small-town Library Cat Who Touched the World Nonfiction (636.8092 MYR) by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter |
2 | 14 |
| 3 | American Lion Nonfiction (92 JACKSON) by Jon Meacham |
3 | 6 |
| 4 | A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity Nonfiction (92 O'REILLY) by Bill O'Reilly |
4 | 13 |
| 5 | Too Fat to Fish Nonfiction (92 LANGE) by Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza |
6 | 6 |
| 6 | Multiple Blessings Nonfiction (306.874 GOS) by Jon Gosselin, |
5 | 9 |
| 7 | Hot, Flat and Crowded Nonfiction (333.72 FRI) by Thomas L. Friedman |
8 | 15 |
| 8 | Why We Suck Nonfiction (818.5402 LEA) by Denis Leary |
7 | 5 |
| 9 | The Snowball Nonfiction (92 BUFFETT) by Alice Schroeder |
9 | 12 |
| 10 | Do the Right Thing Nonfiction (320.52.HUC) by Mike Huckabee |
10 | 5 |
| 11 | No Limits Nonfiction (On Order) by Michael Phelps with Alan Abrahamson |
11 | 2 |
| 12 | When You Are Engulfed in Flames Nonfiction (814.54 SED) by David Sedaris |
18 | |
| 13 | The New York Times: The Complete Front Pages 1851-2008 Nonfiction (909.8 NEW) introduction by Bill Keller |
1 | |
| 14 | Annie Leibovitz at Work Nonfiction (779.092 LEI) by Annie Leibovitz |
14 | 5 |
| 15 | Wishful Drinking Nonfiction (92 FISHER) by Carrie Fisher |
13 | 2 |
| This Page Last updated: 2 January 2009 |