| Annie Glenn, Rene Carpenter & Trudy Cooper are 3 of a title group: the "club" of these men's wives |
astronauts\' wives |
200 |
January 17, 2014 |
| Annie Glenn, Rene Carpenter & Trudy Cooper are 3 of a title group: the "club" of these men's wives |
astronauts\' wives |
200 |
January 17, 2014 |
| The Countess of Carnarvon tells the story of "Lady Almina and the real" this PBS title home |
Downton Abbey |
400 |
January 17, 2014 |
| The Countess of Carnarvon tells the story of "Lady Almina and the real" this PBS title home |
Downton Abbey |
400 |
January 17, 2014 |
| (I'm New York Times reporter James Risen)In 2003 I co-authored "The Main Enemy: The Inside Story Of The CIA's Final Showdown With" this rival spy organization that no longer exists |
KGB |
600 |
January 17, 2014 |
| (I'm New York Times reporter James Risen)In 2003 I co-authored "The Main Enemy: The Inside Story Of The CIA's Final Showdown With" this rival spy organization that no longer exists |
KGB |
600 |
January 17, 2014 |
| Nik of this "flying" family wrote the memoir "Balance", about "life on the line" |
the Wallendas |
1000 |
January 17, 2014 |
| Nik of this "flying" family wrote the memoir "Balance", about "life on the line" |
the Wallendas |
1000 |
January 17, 2014 |
| It's the rhyming title of the book about "how a gang of fame-obsessed teens ripped off Hollywood" |
"The Bling Ring" |
|
January 17, 2014 |
| It's the rhyming title of the book about "how a gang of fame-obsessed teens ripped off Hollywood" |
"The Bling Ring" |
|
January 17, 2014 |
| "Going Clear" is subtitled this religion, "Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief" |
Scientology |
200 |
July 10, 2013 |
| "Going Clear" is subtitled this religion, "Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief" |
Scientology |
200 |
July 10, 2013 |
| In her memoir "My Beloved World", this Supreme Court justice recalls growing up in a Bronx housing project |
Sotomayor |
400 |
July 10, 2013 |
| In her memoir "My Beloved World", this Supreme Court justice recalls growing up in a Bronx housing project |
Sotomayor |
400 |
July 10, 2013 |
| "War Admiral" & "All Four of His Legs Are Broken" are chapters in this book by Laura Hillenbrand |
<i>Seabiscuit</i> |
600 |
July 10, 2013 |
| "War Admiral" & "All Four of His Legs Are Broken" are chapters in this book by Laura Hillenbrand |
<i>Seabiscuit</i> |
600 |
July 10, 2013 |
| Time called this handbook by Strunk & White one of the 100 best & most influential books written in English since 1923 |
<i>The Elements of Style</i> |
800 |
July 10, 2013 |
| Time called this handbook by Strunk & White one of the 100 best & most influential books written in English since 1923 |
<i>The Elements of Style</i> |
800 |
July 10, 2013 |
| This pastor has written the inspirational books "Become a Better You" and "Your Best Life Begins Each Morning" |
(Joel) Osteen |
1000 |
July 10, 2013 |
| This pastor has written the inspirational books "Become a Better You" and "Your Best Life Begins Each Morning" |
(Joel) Osteen |
1000 |
July 10, 2013 |
| After killing this outlaw, Pat Garrett co-wrote the first biography of him |
Billy the Kid |
200 |
May 16, 2013 |
| After killing this outlaw, Pat Garrett co-wrote the first biography of him |
Billy the Kid |
200 |
May 16, 2013 |
| Alex Haley wrote much of "The Autobiography of" this 1960s African-American leader |
Malcolm X |
400 |
May 16, 2013 |
| Alex Haley wrote much of "The Autobiography of" this 1960s African-American leader |
Malcolm X |
400 |
May 16, 2013 |
| "The Virtue of Selfishness", a 1964 collection of essays by this woman, is a favorite of young conservatives |
Ayn Rand |
600 |
May 16, 2013 |
| "The Virtue of Selfishness", a 1964 collection of essays by this woman, is a favorite of young conservatives |
Ayn Rand |
600 |
May 16, 2013 |
| Elaine Pagels explored "Lost" books of the New Testament in "The Gnostic" these |
gospels |
800 |
May 16, 2013 |
| Elaine Pagels explored "Lost" books of the New Testament in "The Gnostic" these |
gospels |
800 |
May 16, 2013 |
| "The Doors of Perception" were opened for this novelist in 1953 when he wrote a true account of his drug use |
(Aldous) Huxley |
1000 |
May 16, 2013 |
| "The Doors of Perception" were opened for this novelist in 1953 when he wrote a true account of his drug use |
(Aldous) Huxley |
1000 |
May 16, 2013 |
| In this mega-bestseller, Mitch Albom recounts his weekly visits with his dying college professor |
<i>Tuesdays with Morrie</i> |
200 |
February 9, 2012 |
| In this mega-bestseller, Mitch Albom recounts his weekly visits with his dying college professor |
<i>Tuesdays with Morrie</i> |
200 |
February 9, 2012 |
| This late first lady's "Historic Conversations on Life With" her husband was a No. 1 bestseller in 2011 |
Jackie Kennedy |
400 |
February 9, 2012 |
| This late first lady's "Historic Conversations on Life With" her husband was a No. 1 bestseller in 2011 |
Jackie Kennedy |
400 |
February 9, 2012 |
| His "A Brief History of Time" is subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" |
Stephen Hawking |
600 |
February 9, 2012 |
| His "A Brief History of Time" is subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" |
Stephen Hawking |
600 |
February 9, 2012 |
| Dee Brown's classic "Indian History of the American West" is called "Bury my Heart at" this place |
<i>Wounded Knee</i> |
1000 |
February 9, 2012 |
| Dee Brown's classic "Indian History of the American West" is called "Bury my Heart at" this place |
<i>Wounded Knee</i> |
1000 |
February 9, 2012 |
| Sebastian Junger re-creates the final hours of a fishing boat during a devastating nor'easter in this bestseller |
<i>The Perfect Storm</i> |
|
February 9, 2012 |
| Sebastian Junger re-creates the final hours of a fishing boat during a devastating nor'easter in this bestseller |
<i>The Perfect Storm</i> |
|
February 9, 2012 |
| In a book subtitled "A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation", the equation is this |
<i>E = <i>mc</i><sup>2</sup> |
200 |
June 10, 2011 |
| It holds the record in its own record book as the bestselling copyrighted nonfiction book of all time |
the <i>Guinness Book of World Records</i> |
400 |
June 10, 2011 |
| "Have A Little Faith: A True Story" was a 2009 bestseller by this "Tuesdays with Morrie" author |
(Mitch) Albom |
600 |
June 10, 2011 |
| "Against All Odds" is this current Massachusetts senator's tale of overcoming a childhood of beatings & worse |
Scott Brown |
800 |
June 10, 2011 |
| Published posthumously in 1977, "American Hunger" is a continuation of his "Black Boy" autobiography |
(Richard) Wright |
1000 |
June 10, 2011 |
| Bob Woodward's "The Secret Man" was rushed to print after this Watergate informant revealed himself |
Mark Felt |
200 |
May 10, 2010 |
| In his autobiography "Speak, Memory", he called "Lolita" "a painful birth, a difficult baby" |
Nabokov |
400 |
May 10, 2010 |
| In 2005 he published an updated, easier to understand "Briefer History of Time" |
Hawking |
600 |
May 10, 2010 |
| Completes the titles of diet books by Dr. Barry Sears: "The ____", "A Week in the ____" & "What to Eat in the ____" |
Zone |
1000 |
May 10, 2010 |
| The 2009 Pulitzer for history went to Annette Gordon-Reed for "The Hemingses of" this home |
Monticello |
|
May 10, 2010 |
| David McCullough's 2005 book covering the military side of a momentous time is titled this revolutionary year |
<i>1776</i> |
200 |
February 15, 2010 |
| The title of Tom Coyne's golf memoir "Paper" this pays homage to George Plimpton's "Paper Lion" |
<i>Tiger</i> |
400 |
February 15, 2010 |
| A history of early Christianity, "Beyond Belief" is subtitled "The Secret Gospel of" this doubting apostle |
<i>Thomas</i> |
600 |
February 15, 2010 |
| Nora Ephron is humorously self-deprecating in her memoir called "I Feel Bad About" this part of her body |
<i>My Neck</i> |
800 |
February 15, 2010 |
| "Endurance" & "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" chronicle this Brit's ill-fated 1914 expedition |
Sir Ernest Shackleton |
1000 |
February 15, 2010 |
| "Mr. S: My Life with" this Rat Packer is George Jacobs' look at his 15 years as the singer's valet |
Frank Sinatra |
200 |
April 15, 2008 |
| "It's Not About the Bike" tells the story of his athletic career & his struggle with cancer |
Lance Armstrong |
400 |
April 15, 2008 |
| Rheta Grimsley Johnson titled a 1989 biography "Good Grief: The Story of" this cartoonist |
Charles Schulz |
600 |
April 15, 2008 |
| His work "Into the Wild" became a 2007 hit film directed by Sean Penn |
John Krakauer |
800 |
April 15, 2008 |
| This minister's "The Purpose-Driven Life" was the top nonfiction bestseller of both 2003 & 2004 |
Rick Warren |
1000 |
April 15, 2008 |
| This mega-bestseller by John Gray is touted as "the classic guide to understanding the opposite sex" |
<i>Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus</i> |
200 |
June 7, 2007 |
| Oprah chose for her book club "The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography" by this Oscar winner |
Sidney Poitier |
400 |
June 7, 2007 |
| The first edition of this book about the body was published in 1858 with 750 pages & 363 figures |
<i>Gray\'s Anatomy</i> |
600 |
June 7, 2007 |
| Her "The Sea Around Us" was among the top 10 nonfiction bestsellers for 1951 & 1952 |
Rachel Carson |
800 |
June 7, 2007 |
| Oliver Sacks shared some of his fascinating neurological cases in "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A" this |
hat |
1000 |
June 7, 2007 |
| "Night" is this Nobel Peace Prize winner's account of surviving Auschwitz as a teenager |
Elie Wiesel |
200 |
May 15, 2006 |
| Columnist Anna Quindlen wrote "A Short Guide to" one of these |
<i>a Happy Life</i> |
400 |
May 15, 2006 |
| Hunter S. Thompson found fear and loathing "in Las Vegas" & "on" this "Trail" in the title of a 1973 book |
<i>the Campaign Trail</i> |
600 |
May 15, 2006 |
| Grammar is hot! This bestseller is Lynne Truss' "Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" |
<i>Eats, Shoots & Leaves</i> |
800 |
May 15, 2006 |
| Augusten Burroughs put the "fun" in dysfunctional with his memoir called "Running with" these |
<i>Scissors</i> |
1000 |
May 15, 2006 |
| In 1995 John Gray had 2 books on the top 10 list of the year: "Mars and Venus in the Bedroom" at No. 7 & this one at No. 1 |
<i>Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus</i> |
200 |
December 30, 2005 |
| In 1965 Johnny Carson wrote "Happiness is a Dry Martini"; 3 years earlier, Charles Schulz wrote "Happiness is" this |
<i>a Warm Puppy</i> |
400 |
December 30, 2005 |
| "My Stroke of Luck" was this famed actor's account of his recovery from a 1996 stroke |
Kirk Douglas |
600 |
December 30, 2005 |
| The No. 1 nonfiction book of 1948 was "Crusade in Europe" by this American general |
Eisenhower |
1000 |
December 30, 2005 |
| This 1988 bestseller was subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" |
<i>A Brief History of Time</i> |
|
December 30, 2005 |
| "My Life", his hotly anticipated memoir, was released June 22, 2004 |
Bill Clinton |
200 |
October 26, 2004 |
| (Hi. I'm Bob Woodward.) In 1976 Carl Bernstein & I published "The Final Days" about his last days in office |
Nixon |
400 |
October 26, 2004 |
| "Greek Fire" is "The Story of Maria Callas and" him |
Onassis |
600 |
October 26, 2004 |
| Dr. Spock's classic was originally titled "The Common Sense Book of" this |
<i>Baby and Child Care</i> |
800 |
October 26, 2004 |
| He had a 2004 bestseller with "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror" |
Richard Clarke |
1000 |
October 26, 2004 |
| Seymour Hersh's "The Dark Side of Camelot" examines this president's administration & private life |
John F. Kennedy |
200 |
June 21, 2004 |
| This radio personality bared all in his 1993 book "Private Parts" |
Howard Stern |
400 |
June 21, 2004 |
| No question about it, after 30 years this "Practical Manual for Job-Hunters & Career-Changers" is still flying high |
<i>What Color Is Your Parachute?</i> |
600 |
June 21, 2004 |
| 2003's "I Am a Soldier, Too" tells her story, including that of her capture & rescue |
Jessica Lynch |
800 |
June 21, 2004 |
| In 1957 E.B. White was called in to edit this professor's "The Elements of Style" |
William Strunk (Jr.) |
1000 |
June 21, 2004 |
| Gavin Menzies makes a big claim for Admiral Zheng He in "1421: The Year" this nation "Discovered America" |
China |
200 |
February 23, 2004 |
| It's the eating implement on the cover of Adam Bellow's "In Praise of Nepotism" |
a silver spoon |
400 |
February 23, 2004 |
| "The Art of Happiness" is a dialogue between Dr. Howard Cutler & this Buddhist |
the Dalai Lama |
600 |
February 23, 2004 |
| In 1961 Julia Child started a culinary revolution when she published "Mastering the Art of" this |
French Cooking |
800 |
February 23, 2004 |
| Her books include "Treason" & "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right" |
(Ann) Coulter |
1000 |
February 23, 2004 |
| In 2002 his "Journals" were published, filled with drawings, lyrics & his plans for his band Nirvana |
Kurt Cobain |
200 |
May 29, 2003 |
| Edited by H. Paul Jeffers, "The Bully Pulpit" is a collection of quotations by this president |
Theodore Roosevelt |
400 |
May 29, 2003 |
| In 1901 Booker T. Washington published his now-classic autobiography "Up from" this |
Slavery |
600 |
May 29, 2003 |
| He's the killer in Patricia Cornwell's bestseller "Portrait of a Killer"; Case Closed |
Jack the Ripper |
1000 |
May 29, 2003 |
| "On Sunset Boulevard" is a book about "The Life and Times of" this famous film director |
Billy Wilder |
|
May 29, 2003 |
| "The Greatest Generation Speaks" is a collection of letters inspired by this newsman's 1998 bestseller |
Tom Brokaw |
100 |
January 26, 2001 |
| Frank McCourt tells about growing up in the slums of Ireland in this Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir |
"Angela\'s Ashes" |
200 |
January 26, 2001 |
| On his own he wrote "Veil" & "Wired"; with Carl Bernstein he wrote "All The President's Men" |
Bob Woodward |
300 |
January 26, 2001 |
| Shout Hallelujah! Come on "Get Happy", Gerald Clarke's biography of this entertainer |
Judy Garland |
400 |
January 26, 2001 |
| As you might "Expect", this book, first published in 1984, is the top pregnancy guide for moms-to-be |
"What to Expect When You\'re Expecting" |
500 |
January 26, 2001 |
| David McCullough won a 1993 Pulitzer for his biography of this Missouri-born president |
Harry S. Truman |
100 |
May 26, 2000 |
| Clarissa Pinkola Estes encourages women to return to their "feral" roots in "Women Who Run With" these |
Wolves |
200 |
May 26, 2000 |
| An "Inaugural Edition" of this JFK book was a bestseller in 1963, the "Memorial Edition" in 1964 |
<i>Profiles In Courage</i> |
300 |
May 26, 2000 |
| Her "Aunt Erma's Cope Book" was the bestselling nonfiction book of 1979 |
Erma Bombeck |
400 |
May 26, 2000 |
| Nonfiction works by this attorney include "Reasonable Doubts" & "Chutzpah" |
Alan Dershowitz |
500 |
May 26, 2000 |
| This Dilbert canine's "Top Secret Management Handbook" is a humorous guide for executives |
Dogbert |
100 |
May 21, 1998 |
| "A Simple Path" is a compilation of this Nobel Prize-winning nun's thoughts & experiences |
Mother Teresa |
200 |
May 21, 1998 |
| In "Into Thin Air" Jon Krakauer said climbing this mountain "was primarily about enduring pain" |
Mount Everest |
400 |
May 21, 1998 |
| This slugger praises the "Oriole Way" of teaching baseball in "The Only Way I Know" |
Cal Ripken, Jr. |
500 |
May 21, 1998 |
| For the week of October 12, 1997, 3 of the top 4 New York Times paperback bestsellers were about her |
Princess Diana |
|
May 21, 1998 |
| With the help of Anne Sullivan, her teacher, & John Macy, she published "The Story of My Life" in 1902 |
Helen Keller |
100 |
March 10, 1998 |
| Without a doubt, her "Without A Doubt" sheds new light on the O.J. Simpson trial |
Marcia Clark |
200 |
March 10, 1998 |
| His Standard Oil Co. came under attack in the 1894 book "Wealth Against Commonwealth" |
John D. Rockefeller |
300 |
March 10, 1998 |
| "The Carpenter's Apprentice" tells of this former president & his work with Habitat For Humanity |
Jimmy Carter |
400 |
March 10, 1998 |
| Famous for his "Filmgoer's Companion", he also wrote an autobiography, "Seats in All Parts" |
Leslie Halliwell |
500 |
March 10, 1998 |
| This Chicago Bull bares all & talks about his relationship with Madonna in his book "Bad As I Wanna Be" |
Dennis Rodman |
100 |
February 25, 1997 |
| In 1996 Jack Canfield & Mark Hansen cooked up "A 3rd Serving Of" this "for the soul" |
Chicken Soup |
200 |
February 25, 1997 |
| In "The Demon-Haunted World", this astronomer examines the evidence for unexplainable phenomena |
Carl Sagan |
300 |
February 25, 1997 |
| This CNN host shares "The Secrets of Good Communication" in "How To Talk To Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere" |
Larry King |
400 |
February 25, 1997 |
| For those who aren't afraid to ask, she provides the answers in "Sex For Dummies" |
Dr. Ruth Westheimer |
500 |
February 25, 1997 |
| "Linda's Kitchen" is a vegetarian cookbook by this wife of a former Beatle |
McCartney |
100 |
September 2, 1996 |
| Robert K. Massie concluded his saga of this royal couple in "The Romanovs: The Final Chapter" |
Nicholas & Alexandra |
200 |
September 2, 1996 |
| This Microsoft CEO talks about the future of computers in his bestseller "The Road Ahead" |
Bill Gates |
300 |
September 2, 1996 |
| This family of anthropologists is the subject of the biography "Ancestral Passions" |
the Leakeys |
400 |
September 2, 1996 |
| "Years of Upheaval" is his personal account of foreign affairs during President Nixon's 2nd term |
Henry Kissinger |
500 |
September 2, 1996 |
| In "All The President's Men", Woodward & Bernstein relate how they investigated this scandal |
Watergate |
100 |
November 23, 1993 |
| John Reed's "Ten Days That Shook the World" is an account of this country's 1917 revolution |
Russia |
200 |
November 23, 1993 |
| The American edition of her "Dog Training My Way" was published in 1972 |
Barbara Woodhouse |
300 |
November 23, 1993 |
| This tennis great who passed away in 1993 left behind the memoir "Days Of Grace" |
Arthur Ashe |
400 |
November 23, 1993 |
| "Reversal Of Fortune", this attorney's book about the von Bulow case, was the basis for a 1990 film |
Alan Dershowitz |
500 |
November 23, 1993 |
| Dee Brown's Indian history of the American west is called "Bury My Heart at" this place |
Wounded Knee |
100 |
February 4, 1991 |
| In 1941, a collection of his speeches was published under the title "Blood, Sweat, & Tears" |
Winston Churchill |
200 |
February 4, 1991 |
| "Hit Men" is Frederick Dannon's 1990 book about powerbrokers and fast money inside this business |
Music Business |
300 |
February 4, 1991 |
| In "History of My Calamities", he wrote about his tragic romance with Heloise |
Abelard |
400 |
February 4, 1991 |
| This author of "Our Man in Havana" published a volume of his letters to the editor in 1990 |
Graham Greene |
500 |
February 4, 1991 |
| Fiction writer who titled his memoirs about his early days in Paris "A Moveable Feast" |
Ernest Hemingway |
100 |
April 24, 1990 |
| Historian Simon Schama wrote the '89 book "Citizens, A Chronicle Of" this 18th century event |
The French Revolution |
200 |
April 24, 1990 |
| He wrote "I Gave Them A Sword" based on his 1977 interviews with ex-president Richard Nixon |
David Frost |
300 |
April 24, 1990 |
| "The American Spelling Book" was the first part of his "A Grammatical Institute of the English Language" |
Noah Webster |
400 |
April 24, 1990 |
| He won a 1962 Pulitzer Prize for "The Making of the President 1960" |
Theodore White |
500 |
April 24, 1990 |
| Wolgemuth & Hyatt, a Christian publishing firm, released "Out of the Blue" by this Dodger pitcher & MVP |
Orel Hershiser |
100 |
October 27, 1989 |
| "Second Chances" is a long-term study of the effects of this family trauma on 60 families in California |
divorce |
200 |
October 27, 1989 |
| Justin Kaplan is editing a 16th edition of this book of familiar quotations which is due out in 1992 |
<i>Bartlett\'s Familiar Quotations</i> |
300 |
October 27, 1989 |
| He tells of his exploits in "7 Pillars of Wisdom" & in the abridged version, "Revolt in the Desert" |
T.E. Lawrence |
400 |
October 27, 1989 |
| The USSR banned the slaughter of wolves after the Russian version of this F. Mowat book appeared |
<i>Never Cry Wolf</i> |
500 |
October 27, 1989 |