The Wit, Satire, and Humor Book Sense Bestseller List
Based on four weeks of sales ended August 31, 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 Wit, Satire, and Humor Book Sense Bestseller List |
| 1. | Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right Al Franken, Dutton, $24.95, 0525947647 |
| 2. | Thieves in High Places Jim Hightower, Viking, $24.95, 0670031410 |
| 3. | Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris, Little Brown, $14.95, 0316776963 |
| 4. | The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love Jill Conner Browne, Three Rivers, $12.95, 0609804138 |
| 5. | The Darwin Awards Wendy Northcutt, Plume, $10, 0452283442 |
| 6. | Naked David Sedaris, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316777730 |
| 7. | The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner Jill Conner Browne, Three Rivers, $13.95, 060980877X |
| 8. | The Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection Wendy Northcutt, Plume, $11, 0452284015 |
| 9. | Big Bad Book of Bart Simpson Matt Groening, Perennial, $12.95, 0060555904 |
| 10. | Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write From the Road Jennifer L. Leo (Ed.), Traveler's Tales, $14.95, 1885211929 |
| 11. | Non Campus Mentis: World History According to College Students Anders Hendriksson, Workman, $7.95, 0761129790 |
| 12. | Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld Hart Seely (Ed.), Free Press, $12.95, 0743255976 |
| 13. | Salvos from the Baffler -- Boob Jubilee: The Mad Cultural Politics of the New Economy Tom Frank, Dave Mulcahey (Eds.), Norton, $15.95, 0393324303 |
| 14. | Downsize This! Michael Moore, Perennial, $13, 0060977337 |
| 15. | God Save the Sweet Potato Queens Jill Conner Browne, Three Rivers, $13.95, 060980619X |
| 16. | The Get Fuzzy Experience: Are You Bucksperienced Darby Conley, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0740733001 |
| 17. | Why I'm Like This: True Stories Cynthia Kaplan, Perennial, $12.95, 006051261X |
| 18. | Notes From a Small Island Bill Bryson, Perennial, $14, 0380727501 |
| 19. | Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $23, 0743236009 |
| 20. | Oh, the Things I Know! Al Franken, Plume, $10, 0452284503 |
| 21. | Pretty Good Joke Book: A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor (Intro.), Penguin Audio, $9.95, 1565115228 |
| 22. | How to Be a Villain: Evil Laughs Secret Lairs -- Master Plans and More!!! Neil Zawacki, Chronicle, $12.95, 0811846660 |
| 23. | Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays David Sedaris, Back Bay, $12.95, 0316779423 |
| 24. | Zits Supersized: A Zits Treasury Jerry Scott, Andrews McMeel, $14.95, 0740733079 |
| 25. | You Back the Attack! We'll Bomb Who We Want!: Remixed War Propaganda Micah Ian Wright, Seven Stories, $15.95, 1583225846 |
| 26. | The Bear in the Attic Patrick F. McManus, Owl, $12, 0805072950 |
| 27. | More George W. Bushisms Jacob Weisberg (Ed.), Fireside, $9.95, 0743225198 |
| 28. | Onion Ad Nauseum |
| 29. | Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe Bill Bryson, Perennial, $14, 0380713802 |
| 30. | The Grits Guide to Life Deborah Ford, Dutton, $22.95, 0525947264 |
| 31. | The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Work David Borgenicht, Joshua Piven, Chronicle, $14.95, 0811835758 |
| 32. | George W. Bushisms: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President Jacob Weisberg (Ed.), Fireside, $9.95, 0743222229 |
| 33. | The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook Joshua Piven et al., Chronicle, $14.95, 0811825558 |
| 34. | Garfield Eats Crow: His 39th Book Jim Davis, Ballantine, $10.95, 0345452011 |
| 35. | The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America Bill Bryson, Perennial, $14, 0060920084 |
| 36. | If Only You Knew How Much I Smell You Roy Bount, Jr., Valerie Schaff (Photo.), Bulfinch, $9.95, 0821228307 |
| 37. | Groovitude: A Get Fuzzy Treasury Darby Conley, Andrews McMeel, $14.95, 0740728946 |
| 38. | Brain Droppings George Carlin, Hyperion, $12.95, 0786883219 |
| 39. | Your Momma Thinks Square Roots Are Vegetables Bill Amend, Andrews McMeel, $8.95, 0740732994 |
| 40. | Senior Moments Joey Green, Fireside, $9.95, 0743226968 |
| 41. | Napalm & Silly Putty George Carlin, Hyperion, $12.95, 0786887583 |
| 42. | The Between Boyfriends Book: A Collection of Cautiously Hopeful Essays Cindy Chupack, St. Martin's, $19.95, 0312309031 |
| 43. | Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0836220889 |
| 44. | The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $14.95, 0836218981 |
| 45. | The Hipster Handbook Robert Lanham, Anchor, $9.95, 1400032016 |
| 46. | The New Yorker Book of Baseball Cartoons Robert Mankoff (Ed.), Bloomberg, $21.95, 1576601277 |
| 47. | Garfield Takes the Cake Jim Davis, Ballantine, $10.95, 0345449789 |
| 48. | The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club Laurie Notaro, Villard, $12.95, 0375760911 |
| 49. | Horseshoes, Cowsocks & Duckfeet: More Commentary by NPR's Cowboy Poet & Former Large Animal Veterinarian Baxter Black, Three Rivers, $14, 1400049431 |
| 50. | Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink': A Calvin and Hobbes Collection Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0836218787 |
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