The Fort Smith Public Library does its best to provide new books of interest as well as best sellers in a timely fashion. On this page, at the current time, we are displaying books from the weekly New York Times Best Sellers lists for Hardcover Fiction and Hardcover Nonfiction. An asterisk (*) next to a book's ranking indicates that its sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above.
For a list of the books that the New York Times deems, arguably, the best of the past year, check out our 100 Notable Books of 2007 page, taken from the New York Times list of the same name.
You can check the availability of these materials by linking to the corresponding record in our online catalog. To return to this page from the catalog page, please use your browser's Back arrow. You are welcome to reserve these books (as well as other library materials) by calling or coming by any Fort Smith Public Library neighborhood location.
| This Week |
Week of January 18, 2009 Reflecting sales for the week ended 1/3/2009 |
Last Week |
Weeks On List |
| 1 | Black Ops Fiction, Book on CD (CD 813.54 GRI) by W.E.B. Griffin |
1 | |
| 2 | Scarpetta Fiction (Mystery), Book on CD (CD 813.54 COR) by Patricia Cornwell |
1 | 5 |
| 3 | The Host Fiction by Stephenie Meyer |
5 | 34 |
| 4 * | Cross Country Fiction, LT Fiction, Book on CD (CD 813.54 PAT) by James Patterson |
2 | 7 |
| 5 | Fire and Ice Fiction (On Order) by Julie Garwood |
1 | |
| 6 | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle Fiction by David Wroblewski |
4 | 30 |
| 7 | The Christmas Sweater Fiction by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright |
3 | 8 |
| 8 | Running Hot Fiction by Jayne Ann Krentz |
1 | |
| 9 | The Hour I First Believed Fiction by Wally Lamb |
8 | 8 |
| 10 | The Lucky One Fiction , LT Fiction , Book on CD (CD 813.54 SPA) by Nicholas Sparks |
7 | 14 |
| 11 | Arctic Drift Fiction, Book on CD (CD 813.54 CUS) by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler |
9 | 6 |
| 12 | Just After Sunset 813.54 KIN , Book on CD (CD 813.54 KIN) by Stephen King |
6 | 8 |
| 13 | Divine Justice Fiction , Book on CD (CD 813.54 BAL) by David Baldacci |
10 | 9 |
| 14 | A Mercy Fiction, LT Fiction, Book on CD (CD 813.54 MOR) by Toni Morrison |
11 | 8 |
| 15 | The Charlemagne Pursuit Fiction, LT Fiction, Book on CD (CD 813.54 BER) by Steve Bery |
14 | 4 |
| This Week |
Week of January 18, 2009 Reflecting sales for the week ended 1/3/2009 |
Last Week |
Weeks On List |
| 1 | Outliers Nonfiction (302.14 GLA) by Malcolm Gladwell |
1 | 7 |
| 2 | Dewey: A Small-town Library Cat Who Touched the World Nonfiction (636.8092 MYR) by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter |
2 | 16 |
| 3 | American Lion Nonfiction (92 JACKSON) by Jon Meacham |
3 | 8 |
| 4 | Multiple Blessings Nonfiction (306.874 GOS) by Jon Gosselin, |
6 | 11 |
| 5 | Why We Suck Nonfiction (818.5402 LEA) by Denis Leary |
7 | 7 |
| 6 * | A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity Nonfiction (92 O'REILLY) by Bill O'Reilly |
4 | 15 |
| 7 | Wishful Drinking Nonfiction (92 FISHER) by Carrie Fisher |
13 | 4 |
| 8 | Hot, Flat and Crowded Nonfiction (333.72 FRI) by Thomas L. Friedman |
8 | 17 |
| 9 * | Too Fat to Fish Nonfiction (92 LANGE) by Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza |
5 | 8 |
| 10 | The Snowball Nonfiction (92 BUFFETT) by Alice Schroeder |
9 | 14 |
| 11 | The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Nonfiction (On Order) by Paul Krugman |
1 | |
| 12 | The Ascent of Money Nonfiction (On Order) by Niall Ferguson |
4 | |
| 13 | Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea Nonfiction (306.7092 HAN) by Chelsea Handler |
25 | |
| 14 | Do the Right Thing Nonfiction (320.52.HUC) by Mike Huckabee |
10 | 7 |
| 15 | Letter to My Daughter Nonfiction (Ark 818.54 ANG) by Maya Angelou |
11 |
| This Page Last updated: 16 January 2009 |