The Book Sense Biography and Memoir Bestseller List
Based on four weeks of sales ended September 14, 2003, at hundreds of independent bookstores across the U.S.
Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.
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| The Book Sense Biography and Memoir Bestseller List |
| 1. | Benjamin Franklin Walter Isaacson, S&S, $30, 0684807610 |
| 2. | Running With Scissors Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X |
| 3. | Kate Remembered A. Scott Berg, Putnam, $25.95, 0399151648 |
| 4. | Living History Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $28, 0743222245 |
| 5. | Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight Alexandra Fuller, Random House, $13.95, 0375758992 |
| 6. | Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi, Random House, $23.95, 0375504907 |
| 7. | It's Not About the Bike Lance Armstrong, Berkley, $14, 0425179613 |
| 8. | A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers, Vintage, $14, 0375725784 |
| 9. | Leap of Faith Queen Noor, Miramax Books, $25.95, 0786867175 |
| 10. | The Lobster Chronicles Linda Greenlaw, Hyperion, $13.95, 0786885912 |
| 11. | The Teammates David Halberstam, Hyperion, $22.95, 140130057X |
| 12. | Into the Wild Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $12.95, 0385486804 |
| 13. | A Thousand Days in Venice Marlena Blasi, Ballantine, $12.95, 0345457641 |
| 14. | My Losing Season Pat Conroy, Bantam, $14.95, 0553381903 |
| 15. | Complications Atul Gawande, Picador, $13, 0312421702 |
| 16. | Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom, Broadway, $11.95, 076790592X |
| 17. | Almost French Sarah Turnbull, Gotham, $25, 1592400388 |
| 18. | Benjamin Franklin Edmund S. Morgan, Yale Univ., $16, 0300101627 |
| 19. | A Child Called "It" Dave Pelzer, HCI, $9.95, 1558743669 |
| 20. | A Round-Heeled Woman Jane Juska, Villard, $23.95, 1400060117 |
| 21. | The Prince of Providence Mike Stanton, Random House, $25.95, 0375507809 |
| 22. | Isaac Newton James Gleick, Pantheon, $22.95, 0375422331 |
| 23. | The Kennedy Curse Edward Klein, St. Martin's, $24.95, 031231292X |
| 24. | John Adams David McCullough, Touchstone, $18.95, 0743223136 |
| 25. | Ball of Fire Stefan Kanfer, Knopf, $25.95, 0375413154 |
| 26. | Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $14, 0060934913 |
| 27. | Founding Brothers Joseph J. Ellis, Vintage, $14, 0375705244 |
| 28. | She's Not There |
| 29. | Lucky Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $11.95, 0316096199 |
| 30. | The Lost Boy Dave Pelzer, HCI, $10.95, 1558745157 |
| 31. | Tuxedo Park Jennet Richards Conant, S&S, $14, 0684872889 |
| 32. | Paris to the Moon Adam Gopnik, Random House, $14.95, 0375758232 |
| 33. | The Last American Man Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $14, 0142002836 |
| 34. | Naked David Sedaris, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316777730 |
| 35. | The Orchid Thief Susan Orlean, Ballantine, $14, 044900371X |
| 36. | Persepolis Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon, $17.95, 0375422307 |
| 37. | The Piano Shop on the Left Bank Thaddeus Carhart, Random House, $13.95, 0375758623 |
| 38. | The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family Mary S. Lovell, Norton, $18.95, 0393324141 |
| 39. | Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13, 0385494785 |
| 40. | The Big House George Howe Colt, Scribner, $26, 0684845172 |
| 41. | How to Lose Friends and Alienate People Toby Young, Da Capo, $14.95, 0306812274 |
| 42. | Traveling Mercies Anne Lamott, Anchor, $13, 0385496095 |
| 43. | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Bantam Books, $5.99, 0553279378 |
| 44. | Cicero Anthony Everitt, Random House, $14.95, 037575895X |
| 45. | Dry Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 0312272057 |
| 46. | The Color of Water James McBride, Riverhead, $14, 1573225789 |
| 47. | Sixpence House Paul Collins, Bloomsbury, $23.95, 1582342849 |
| 48. | Gift From the Sea Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Pantheon, $8.95, 0679732411 |
| 49. | A Girl Named Zippy Haven Kimmel, Broadway, $12.95, 0767905318 |
| 50. | The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $4.99, 0553296981 |
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