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ChildrenBook BestSellers NYTimes List

[1] BARACK OBAMA: SON OF PROMISE, CHILD OF HOPE, by Nikki Grimes. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. (Simon & Schuster, $16.99.) Yes, he can; a children’s biography of the president. (Ages 5 to 10)

[2] LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth. (Dial, $16.99.) A school grows in Pakistan.

[3] CHANGE HAS COME, with words by Barack Obama. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson.. (Simon & Schuster, $12.99.) Drawings inspired by the 44th president. (All ages)

[4] WABI SABI, by Mark Reibstein. Illustrated by Ed Young. (Little, Brown Young Readers, $16.99.) Wabi Sabi the cat seeks the meaning of her name. (Ages 4 to 8)

[5] SWING!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Athletic children seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)

[6] GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)

[7] BARACK, by Jonah Winter. Illustrated by AG Ford. (Collins/Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins, $17.99.) The Obama story. (Ages 4 to 7)

[8] NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED, written and illustrated by Mo Willems. (Hyperion, $16.99.) The rodent as individualist, and trendsetter. (Ages 3 and up)

[9] TEN LITTLE FINGERS AND TEN LITTLE TOES, by Mem Fox. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. (Harcourt, $16.) A celebration of fingers, toes and love. (Ages 4 to 8)

[10] BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE, by Jamie Lee Curtis. Illustrated by Laura Cornell. (Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, $16.99.) A boisterous family improves its vocabulary, and thus its relationships. (Ages 4 to 8)

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Best Seller The NewYorkTimes List

[1]THE SHACK, by William P. Young. (Windblown Media, $14.99.) A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.

[2]SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY’S, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. (Grand Central, $13.99.) A woman finds an unexpected love.

[3]THE READER, by Bernhard Schlink. (Vintage, $13.95.) A German high school student falls in love with a former Auschwitz employee.

[4]REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, by Richard Yates. (Vintage, $14.95.) Frank and April Wheeler, a beautiful young couple living in 1950s America, see their supposedly perfect life come undone.

[5]PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, by Geraldine Brooks. (Penguin, $15.) An expert unlocks the secrets of a rare manuscript.

[6]A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $16.) A friendship between two Afghan women against the backdrop of 30 years of war.

[7]FIREFLY LANE, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.95.) A friendship between two women in the Pacific Northwest endures for more than three decades as they make different choices in their lives.

[8]STILL ALICE, by Lisa Genova. (Pocket, $15.) A 50-year-old Harvard professor is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

[9]THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Delta, $14.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court rules against a company accused of dumping toxic waste.

[10]THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO, by Junot Díaz. (Riverhead, $14.) A nerdy Dominican-American struggles to escape a family curse.

[11]THE SENATOR’S WIFE, by Sue Miller. (Vintage, $14.95.) A woman lives with her husband’s persistent infidelity.

[12]WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin, $13.95.) A young man — and an elephant — save a Depression-era circus.

[13]THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. (HarperOne, $13.95.) A Spanish shepherd boy travels to Egypt in search of treasure.

[14] THE WHITE TIGER, by Aravind Adiga. (Free Press, $14.) A chauffeur in India relates the story of his transformation from manservant to entrepreneur to murderer; the winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize.

[15] THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB, by Kate Jacobs. (Berkley, $14.) A group of women meet weekly at a New York City yarn shop.

[16] CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC, by Sophie Kinsella. (Dial, $14.) A London financial journalist struggles with debt and romance.

[17] WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett. (New American Library, $22.) Love and intrigue in Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Follett’s “Pillars of the Earth.”

[18]CHANGE OF HEART, by Jodi Picoult. (Washington Square, $16.) A prisoner on death row begins performing miracles.

[19]LOVING FRANK, by Nancy Horan. (Ballantine, $14.) A story of the romance between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick Cheney.

[20]THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $15.95 and $14.) An Afghan-American returns to Kabul to learn how a childhood friend has fared under the Taliban.

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