Antigone Books best-sellers for the week ending Jan. 23, 2009

  1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Díaz, Riverhead ($14)
  2. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan, Penguin ($16)
  3. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Barack Obama, Three Rivers ($14.95)
  4. The Maytrees: A Novel Annie Dillard, Harper ($13.95)
  5. A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead ($16)
  6. The Best of Friends: Two Women, Two Continents, and One Enduring Friendship Sara James and Ginger Mauney, Harper ($14.95)
  7. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, Penguin ($15)
  8. Eclipse Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown ($19.99)
  9. Worth Every Step K. G. MacGregor, Bella ($14.95)
  10. People of the Book: A Novel Geraldine Brooks, Penguin ($15)

This article appears in Jan 29 – Feb 4, 2009.