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Eat, Pray, Love 
   
    by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143118428); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 9 "The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning."


Zeitoun 
   
    by Dave Eggers (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307387943); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 11 "The gripping true story of a man who chose to remain in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to protect his home and business."


Where Men Win Glory 
   
    by Jon Krakauer (Anchor, ISBN: 9780307386045); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 5 "Krakauer's look at the remarkable life and death of Pat Tillman is now available in paperback."


Three Cups of Tea 
   
    by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143038252); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: * "An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan."


Mennonite in a Little Black Dress 
   
    by Rhoda Janzen (Holt, ISBN: 9780805092257); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 20 "A funny and moving memoir about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis."


Lit 
   
    by Mary Karr (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780060596996); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 9 "The new memoir by the bestselling author of The Liar's Club is now available in paperback."


The Good Soldiers 
   
    by David Finkel (Picador, ISBN: 9780312430023); Last week: 11; Weeks on List: 3 "Pulitzer Prize-winner Finkel's masterful account of American soldiers fighting in Iraq."


Open 
   
    by Andre Agassi (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307388407); Weeks on List: 2 "The autobiography of tennis great Andre Agassi."


Food Rules 
   
    by Michael Pollan (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143116387); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 35 "A guide to eating wisely by the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food."


Half the Sky 
   
    by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307387097); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 13 "Powerful true stories of women overcoming adversity and injustice."


The Omnivore's Dilemma 
   
    by Michael Pollan (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143038580); Last week: 13; Weeks on List: * "A hard-boiled look at the food chain."


Shop Class as Soulcraft 
   
    by Matthew B. Crawford (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143117469); Last week: 10; Weeks on List: 18 "Crawford examines the importance of understanding how things work and “manual competence.""


The Glass Castle 
   
    by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, ISBN: 9780743247542); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: * "A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing."


Strength in What Remains 
   
    by Tracy Kidder (Random House, ISBN: 9780812977615); Last week: 12; Weeks on List: 17 "The gripping story of Deo, a young man who fled the African nation of Burundi during the country's civil war."


The Old Farmer's Almanac 2011 
   
    by Old Farmer's Almanac (Old Farmer's Almanac, ISBN: 9781571985163); Weeks on List: 1 "The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more."
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