March 28, 2010

1. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
(Norton, $27.95). By Michael Lewis

2. Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
(Threshold Editions, $30). By Karl Rove

3. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
(Harper, $27.99). By John Heilemann & Mark Halperin

4. Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe
(Free Press, $26). By Gillian Tett

5. The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror
(Bantam, $26). By John Kiriakou with Michael Ruby

6. Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
(SaltRiver, $26.99). By Mosab Hassan Yousef with Ron Brackin

7. Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
(Doubleday, $27.95). By Jonah Goldberg

8. American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us
(Skyhorse, $24.95). By Jesse Ventura with Dick Russell

9. Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System---and Themselves (Viking, $32.95) By Andrew Ross Sorkin

10. The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down (Thomas Dunne, $24.99). By Andrew Young

11. On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
(Business Plus, $28.99). By Henry M. Paulson Jr.

12. No Apology: The Case for American Greatness
(St. Martin's, $25.99). By Mitt Romney

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