New York Times Best seller Hardcover Non-Ficture for April 20, 2008

Hardcover Nonfiction

Published: April 20, 2008

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1	MISTAKEN IDENTITY, by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb. (Howard, $21.95.) The families of two girls whose identities were confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience.	1	2
2	HOME, by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews’s early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.		1
3	BEAUTIFUL BOY, by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.	2	6
4	ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT, by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007.		1
5	VINDICATED, by Jose Canseco. (Simon Spotlight, $25.95.) In a follow-up to his memoir, “Juiced,” Canseco names steroid users in baseball and evaluates the Mitchell report.		1
6	BRETT FAVRE: THE TRIBUTE, (Sports Illustrated, $27.95.) From the magazine, articles about and pictures of the Green Bay Packers quarterback.	13	2
7	IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”	4	14
8	THE BIN LADENS, by Steve Coll. (Penguin Press, $35.) A history of the family and its fortune focuses on the effects of sudden oil wealth on Saudi Arabia and how it affected relationships with the West.		1
9	STORI TELLING, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight, $24.95.) The actress’s memoir, from her Hollywood childhood through “Beverly Hills, 90210,” to her son’s birth.	5	4
10	LOSING IT, by Valerie Bertinelli. (Free Press, $26.) A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.	3	6

New York Times Best seller Hardcover Fiction for April 20, 2008

Hardcover Fiction

Published: April 20, 2008

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1	UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American children.		1
2	SMALL FAVOR, by Jim Butcher. (Roc, $23.95.) Book 10 of the Dresden Files series about a wizard detective in Chicago.		1
3	COMPULSION, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $27.) Several Los Angeles women are murdered, and the psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates.	1	2
4	THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste.	2	10
5	BELONG TO ME, by Marisa de los Santos. (Morrow, $24.95.) When she moves to the suburbs, a woman becomes enmeshed in complications and secrets.		1
6	CHANGE OF HEART, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $26.95.) A prisoner on death row begins performing miracles.	3	5
7	REMEMBER ME?, by Sophie Kinsella. (Dial, $25.) After an auto accident, a London woman loses her memory.	4	6
8	A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.	9	46
9	7TH HEAVEN, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) In San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club hunt for an arsonist.	7	9
10	WINTER STUDY, by Nevada Barr. (Putnam, $24.95.) The national park ranger Anna Pigeon returns to an island park in Lake Superior, where a monstrous wolf is at large.		1