NYT best seller list, January 2004

¶ 16 April 03

  1. Solving the Mid-East Crisis, I Think. – G.W. Bush & B. Woodward
  2. New Heights. – D. Steele
  3. The Botox Conspirator. – J. Grisham
  4. Higher Heights. – D. Steele
  5. My Life in the Ghosts of Bush. – D. Frum
  6. Shock & Awe: Michael Jackson in America. – David Halberstam
  7. A Book. – D. Steele
  8. Explaining War to the President. – S. King
  9. You Are Wrong. – C. Hitchens
  10. When the Soufflé Goes Splat. – M. Stewart
  11. Ohmigod! We So Broke Up! – B. Spears; J. Timberlake
  12. Et, alors? – J. Chirac
  13. Hey Now, Cut That Out: Margaret Atwood Speaks Out on Really Important Stuff.
  14. A Thinking Man’s Guide to Pornography: Its Smells (Like Clorox, Like Buttermilk), Its Bum-Rubs, Face-Twists and Fly-Tugs, Its America. – M. Amis
  15. Concerned Colours: Being Fashion-Forward When the News Is All Icky. – L. McLaren
  16. Like I Care. – R. Perle
  17. No, I Didn’t Just Wake Up, Thank You Very Much. – N. Klein
  18. Mow the Lawn!? New Life for Fallen Dictators. – Anonymous
  19. Shopping for boxer shorts and chips on a Friday night after doing work not as compelling as it could have been. But what is compelling? And then remembering you’d invited people to your house* for I suppose what you could call a party (and maybe dip, because you’d already bought the chips anyway) but you’re not really in the mood, and it’s mostly because there’s this girl you think you might want to get to know better but don’t want to go on a whole exclusive date with (her).*If you could only remember who they were because you’ve got a lot on your mind, and you just got a really crap haircut, and it’s not always easy to talk about because… – D. Eggers
  20. Whoa! – J. H. Christ

 

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What will you be reading?

  1. A gay man’s guide to self-loathing. by A. Sullivan
    — Petra    Apr 16, 2:19pm    #
  2. 1. Postmodernists Make Me Really Mad by H. Bloom

    2. Degenerates Do Nasty Stuff by C. Palahniuk

    3. I’m Not That Fun to Read When You’re Sober by H. Thompson
    — August    Apr 16, 2:45pm    #
  3. “What Colour Was Your Parachute?”
    Coming to Terms with a Life Wasted Basking in Mediocrity

    “It’s Not Your Fault”
    A Guide to Blaming Your Father for Your Shortcomings

    “Self-Pity for Fun and Profit”
    — The Word    Apr 16, 2:45pm    #
  4. “Harry Potter and the quest for profit”—JK Rowling

    “Emeril’s Louisianna ‘Nothing but pictures of me’ Cookbook”—E. Lagassee

    “If I’m wrong, then you’re a damn liberal.”—A. Coulter
    — Chris Thompson    Apr 16, 2:59pm    #
  5. “How to Get Away with Murder, Part II” A mystery thriller on the topsellers list for three weeks – G. Bush

    “Quick and Easy Guide to do-it-yourself war and gardening” C. Powell.

    “damn skippy.” – debut novel – D. Allen.

    “Deeply Embedded (or how I became a blue movie star.)” – R. Jeremy.

    “serving 500 to life” – L. Harpold.

    “hack” – b. affleck
    — lincoln    Apr 16, 3:29pm    #
  6. “Behind the Screams: The Making of Casablanca: the Remake, Starring J. Lo and B. Af.,” by M. Da.
    — sturm    Apr 16, 4:05pm    #
  7. “I wouldn’t want to speculate” A collection of CNN’s best war punditry
    — dlt    Apr 16, 4:07pm    #
  8. No technical books?

    “Teach Yourself LMNOP in 24 Hours” – V. Hajinamakrishnapetilan

    “Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of Cowtippers” – Knuth et al.

    And my personal favorite:

    “Why Go Down the Street When You Can Go Down the Hall? My Guide to Incest” – D. Rumsfeld
    — Warren    Apr 16, 4:09pm    #
  9. ‘Gardens, Kitchens, and Dogs’: a Reader’s Digest Illustrated Guide to self-publishing your own pre-remaindered book
    — mark    Apr 16, 4:24pm    #
  10. Crying over broke pottery: who needs legs when you got freedom? -Lt. Joey T. Epstein

    Weapons of mass penetration. VHS. B(aghd)ad Boy Studios
    — JT    Apr 16, 5:51pm    #
  11. Rolling over and Sticking My Bum in the Air for a Stupid Boss Doesn’t Make Me His Bitch by Colin Powell
    — Beerzie Boy    Apr 16, 6:50pm    #
  12. 1. How To Lose Weight While Doubling Your Income and Having Better Orgasms. By Whoever Wants to Write It.

    2. Really Stupid White Men Tricks, Including Duping the French into Thinking I Made a Documentary, by Michael Moore.

    3. The Ann Coulter/Jane Fonda Mud-Wrestling Yearbook.

    4. One Day, I Woke and Realized I Was Wrong About Everything, By Maureen Dowd.

    5. A Foolproof Way To Teach Phrasal Verbs, Articles and Prepositions to Finns, Hungarians and Basques, By Open Brackets.
    — IB Bill    Apr 16, 9:31pm    #
  13. is n. klein = naomi klein? ? – of no logo fame?
    — chas lisa    Apr 16, 11:42pm    #
  14. Freedom Cooking – A Celebration, by J. Pepin
    — moose    Apr 17, 1:18pm    #
  15. Also by Naomi Klein: Freeing the Fat: The Politics of Food
    — GHA    Apr 17, 2:05pm    #
  16. “How to appear alive after a fatal heartattack”—Dick Cheney

    “The Wolf who Cried “Look! Free Money, Honey””—Ken Lay
    — lady quicksilver    Apr 17, 6:35pm    #
  17. “The 7 Habits of Highly Messy People: Powerful Lessons in Regime Change” by Donald Rumsfeld
    — maria    Apr 18, 3:05am    #
  18. “A Year in Pompignan – Part Deux : Invasion of the Puppies” – P. Mayle
    — benp    Apr 18, 8:56pm    #
  19. Keebler elves drilling for oil on blackboards…for a limited time only! – Don DeLillo

    Find a symbol, win a cookie! – James Joyce

    Oooo looky me, I’m like, so tight with God – John Milton

    Waitin’ for my heyday – Anna Akhmatova

    Who needs social input (or evidence for that matter…)? by Steven Pinker

    Sweeet! Big ups Michael Cunningham by Hermione Lee

    How to be embarrassing by Elizabeth Wurtzel

    Say it Special with Hallmark by Maya Angelou

    Irony is in! by Short Stories

    We are some pious ass motherfuckers by Indie Rock

    Then we’ll have a midget! It’ll be great! – David Lynch
    — claire    Apr 18, 11:42pm    #

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