Like any media-savvy author, Daniel Tammet has hit the TV talk shows hard, hawking his new book, Born on a Blue Day. Unlike others, though, Tammet has more to overcome than simply being camera shy: He's autistic. Tammet writes about his life struggles in his book, which sits at No. 3 on the Times list this week.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
• Fiction
1. Plum Lovin' - Janet Evanovich. St. Martin's, $16.95
2. For One More Day - Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $21.95
3. Cross - James Patterson. Little, Brown, $27.99
4. The Hunters - W.E.B. Griffin. Putnam, $26.95
5. Exile - Richard North Patterson. Little, Brown, $27.99
• Nonfiction
1. The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama. Crown, $25
2. The Innocent Man - John Grisham. Doubleday, $28.95
3. Born On A Blue Day - Daniel Tammet. Free Press, $24
4. Marley & Me - John Grogan. Morrow, $29.95
5. I Feel Bad About My Neck - Nora Ephron. Knopf, $19.95
LOCAL BEST-SELLERS
• Fiction
1. You Suck - Christopher Moore
2. Traveler - Ron McLarty
3. Sacred Games - Vikram Chandra
4. A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore
5. Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty - Tim Sandlin
• Nonfiction
1. The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
2. The Intellectual Devotional - David Kidder & Noah Oppenheim
3. The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
4. Cap't Jepp and the Little Black Book - Flint Whitlock & Terry L. Barnhart
5. American Fascists - Chris Hedges
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