New York Times – Hardcover Business Best Sellers – September 2009

 

Ten months and counting for Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers as it continues to dominate the NY Times best seller rankings. To read our review of this outstanding book, check out our July 2009 best seller rankings.

 

Though not showing the staying power of Gladwell yet, two authors were able to hold their Top 5 rankings from last month: Mezrich and Ramsey. We have no comment on Ramsey’s “work,” expect to say that it likely should be moved from the NY Times business rankings. (How does dolling out credit card debt elimination advice to consumers with below average intelligence qualify as a business book?) Regarding Ben Mezrich’s The Accidental Billionaires, we can actually recommend this read for those of you looking for something with a little more entertainment than “how to” advice. We enjoyed Billionaires almost as much as we liked Mezrich’s earlier offering, Bringing Down The House, and we were pleasantly surprised that we walked away feeling we learned a little something.

 

We have no plans to read anything written by former Lehman VPs (A Colossal Failure of Common Sense) or how Bernanke prevented the second Great Depression (In Fed We Trust), though we do welcome your comments about these final two of this month’s Top 5.

The Top Five – NY Times Business Hardcover Best Sellers September 2009 (to view the entire list, follow this link):

 

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Last
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OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point.”

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2

THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES, by Ben Mezrich. (Doubleday, $25.) How two Harvard undergraduates created Facebook.

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3

THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, by Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson, $24.99.) Debt reduction and fiscal fitness for families, by the radio talk-show host.

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4

A COLOSSAL FAILURE OF COMMON SENSE, by Lawrence G. McDonald and Patrick Robinson. (Crown Business, $27.) The inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, from a former vice president of the firm.

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5

IN FED WE TRUST, by David Wessel. (Crown Business, $26.99.) How Ben Bernanke and his Federal Reserve colleagues worked to prevent another Great Depression.

 

 

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