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The 10 Top Selling Books of 2009:
by Pitru VILJOEN
(List and synopses courtesy of Exclusive Books.co.za and Kalahari.net)
1. Spud – Learning to Fly – John van de Ruit
As Spud Milton continues his diabolical stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life’s most important lessons: when dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. ‘I’m practically a man in most areas,’ writes Spud confidently on his sixteenth birthday.
2. Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
Intuition is not some magical property that arises unbidden from the depths of our mind. This book shows us how we can hone our instinctive ability to know in an instant, helping us to bring out the best in our thinking and become better decision-makers in our homes, offices and in everyday life.
3. Outliers: The Story of Success – Malcolm Gladwell
Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. This book takes us on a journey to show us what makes an overachiever. It reveals that we pay more attention to what successful people are like, and little attention to where successful people are from.
4. New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
The dramatic sequel to Twilight, following the tale of a teenage girl whose love for a vampire gets her into trouble .
5. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
In the much anticipated fourth book in Stephanie Meyer’s love story, questions will be answered and the fate of Bella and Edward will be revealed.
6. Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
The third book in the New York Times bestselling vampire romance series that has developed a cult following among teens.
7. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man – Steve Harvey
Is Steve Harvey the John Gray for the new generation? Oprah Winfrey says she loves everything he has to say! Why is it that women still can’t figure out what makes men tick? According to Steve it’s because they’re asking other women for advice when no one but another man can tell them how to find and keep a man. In Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve lets women glimpse inside the mind of a man. Sometimes funny, sometimes direct, but always truthful, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is a book you must read if you want to understand how men think when it comes to relationships.
8. Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
An electrifying debut novel of a young woman’s love for a vampire. Now a major motion picture from Summit Entertainment.
9. Architects of Poverty – Moeletsi Mbeki
In Architects of Poverty Moeletsi Mbeki analyses the plight of Africa and concludes that the fault lies not lie with the mass of its people but with its rulers – the political elites who contrive to keep their fellow citizens poor while enriching themselves.
10. The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
Six years in the writing, “The Lost Symbol” is Dan Brown’s extraordinary sequel to his internationally bestselling Robert Langdon thrillers, “Angels and Demons” and “The Da Vinci Code.”
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