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 25, 2009 Reflecting sales for the week ended 1/10/2009 |
Last Week |
Weeks On List |
| 1 | Plum Spooky Fiction (Mystery), LT Fiction, Book on CD (CD 813.54 EVA) by Janet Evanovich |
1 | |
| 2 | The Host Fiction by Stephenie Meyer |
3 | 35 |
| 3 | Black Ops Fiction, Book on CD (CD 813.54 GRI) by W.E.B. Griffin |
1 | 2 |
| 4 | Scarpetta Fiction (Mystery), Book on CD (CD 813.54 COR) by Patricia Cornwell |
2 | 6 |
| 5 | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle Fiction by David Wroblewski |
6 | 31 |
| 6 | Cross Country Fiction, LT Fiction, Book on CD (CD 813.54 PAT) by James Patterson |
4 | 8 |
| 7 | Fire and Ice Fiction (On Order) by Julie Garwood |
5 | 2 |
| 8 | The Hour I First Believed Fiction by Wally Lamb |
9 | 9 |
| 9 | Eclipse Fiction (On Order) by Richard North Patterson |
1 | |
| 10 | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Fiction by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows |
17 | |
| 11 | From Dead to Worse Fiction (Mystery), Book on CD (CD 813.54 HAR) by Charlaine Harris |
3 | |
| 12 | Running Hot Fiction by Jayne Ann Krentz |
8 | 2 |
| 13 | A Mercy Fiction, LT Fiction, Book on CD (CD 813.54 MOR) by Toni Morrison |
14 | 9 |
| 14 * | The Christmas Sweater Fiction by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright |
7 | 9 |
| 15 | Divine Justice Fiction , Book on CD (CD 813.54 BAL) by David Baldacci |
13 | 10 |
| This Week |
Week of January 25, 2009 Reflecting sales for the week ended 1/10/2009 |
Last Week |
Weeks On List |
| 1 | Outliers Nonfiction (302.14 GLA) by Malcolm Gladwell |
1 | 8 |
| 2 | Guilty Nonfiction (On Order) by Ann Coulter |
1 | |
| 3 | Dewey: A Small-town Library Cat Who Touched the World Nonfiction (636.8092 MYR) by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter |
2 | 17 |
| 4 | American Lion Nonfiction (92 JACKSON) by Jon Meacham |
3 | 9 |
| 5 | Too Fat to Fish Nonfiction (92 LANGE) by Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza |
9 | 9 |
| 6 | Wishful Drinking Nonfiction (92 FISHER) by Carrie Fisher |
7 | 5 |
| 7 * | Hot, Flat and Crowded Nonfiction (333.72 FRI) by Thomas L. Friedman |
8 | 18 |
| 8 | Why We Suck Nonfiction (818.5402 LEA) by Denis Leary |
5 | 8 |
| 9 | Multiple Blessings Nonfiction (306.874 GOS) by Jon Gosselin, |
4 | 12 |
| 10 | A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity Nonfiction (92 O'REILLY) by Bill O'Reilly |
6 | 16 |
| 11 | The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Nonfiction (On Order) by Paul Krugman |
11 | 2 |
| 12 | Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea Nonfiction (306.7092 HAN) by Chelsea Handler |
13 | 26 |
| 15 | Animals Make Us Human Nonfiction (On Order) by Temple Grandin and Catherin Johnson |
1 | |
| 14 | The Snowball Nonfiction (92 BUFFETT) by Alice Schroeder |
10 | 15 |
| 15 | The Ascent of Money Nonfiction (On Order) by Niall Ferguson |
12 | 5 |
| This Page Last updated: 23 January 2009 |