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By Kent Larsen
Bestsellers: Behind the Smile Back Again
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Marie Osmond's book about her struggle with
postpartum depression, "Behind the Smile" is on the bestseller lists
for a second week, but is on a different list this time, the Barnes &
Noble Top 100. Last week's list showed an initial surge of sales at
Amazon.com, and it could be that the book will remain on the
bestseller lists for a while, given Osmond's appearance on Oprah and
the article about the book that appeared in the women's magazine Good
Houskeeping.
On the LDS bestseller list, again few titles changed, the only real
exception being "The Possible Dream," a cassette of Sister Mary Ellen
Smoot's BYU Women's Conference address, which joined the list at #13.
In addition, we have started recognizing ties, where the title's
position is not significantly different than the title above or below
it on the list. Ties are recognized by an asterix.
The current titles on US National bestseller lists are:
Nothing Like it in the World, by Stephen Ambrose
A history of the building of the transcontinental railroad in the US.
Ambrose, a highly regarded historian, details the involvement of
Mormons in building crucial portions of the road, including the
driving of the "golden spike" in the heart of Mormon territory.
Currently on the following bestseller lists:
This
Week | Last
Week | List |
| 28 | 27 | Barnes &Noble (May 10) Top 100 |
| 34 | 30 | New York Times (May 13) Non-Fiction Hardcover |
See:
More about Stephen E. Ambrose's "Nothing Like It in the World:
The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad" at Amazon.com
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey
This ten-year-old personal management classic is still selling strongly.
Currently on the following bestseller lists:
This
Week | Last
Week | List |
| 11 | 15 | Amazon.com (May 10) Non-Fiction Paperback |
| 69 | 63 | Barnes &Noble (May 10) Top 100 |
| 120 | 104 | USA Today (May 10) |
| 4 | 5 | Wall Street Journal (May 4) Business |
See:
More about Stephen R. Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective
People" at Amazon.com
Behind the Smile: My Journey Out of Postpartum Depression, by Marie
Osmond with Marcia Wilkie and Judith Moore
Osmond's tale of how she survived and learned to deal with postpartum
depression.
Currently on the following bestseller lists:
This
Week | Last
Week | List |
| 88 | - | Barnes &Noble Top (May 10) Top 100 |
See:
More about Marie Osmond's "Behind the Smile" at Amazon.com
Bestsellers in LDS Bookstores:
* Indicates tie
LDS Books rankings reflect sales rankings at approximately 50 LDS
bookstores, generally in the Western United States. Mormon News is
actively seeking to expand both the quality of these rankings and the
number of stores participating. Bookstores and other vendors of LDS
books are urged to contact Mormon News at
editor@mormonstoday.com
to participate.
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