1) The top hardcover book on the New York Times bestseller list is Every Day a Friday by Joel Osteen, a guide to finding happiness every day by the pastor of Lakewood Church. 2) The top paperback book is Forks Over Knives, a guide to adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet. 3) Other books on the hardcover list include The Lean Startup about creating start-up companies using lean manufacturing methods, and Guinness World Records 2012 with records for tallest, fastest, and more.

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by The New York Times
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW October 2, 2011
Best Sellers Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous
THIS
WEEK HARDCOVER WEEKS
ON LIST
THIS
WEEK PAPERBACK WEEKS
ON LIST
1 EVERY DAY A FRIDAY, by Joel Osteen. (FaithWords, $24.99.) A
guide to finding happiness every day, by the pastor of Lakewood
1
1 FORKS OVER KNIVES, edited by Gene Stone. (The Experiment,
$13.95.) A guide to adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet.
5
Church. (†)
2 THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield, 216
2 THE LEAN STARTUP by Eric Ries. (Crown Business, $26.)
,
An approach to creating start-up companies inspired by lean
1 $14.99.) How to communicate love in a way a spouse will
understand.
manufacturing methods. (†)
3 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff 529
3 GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2012, edited by Craig Glenday.
(Guinness, $28.95.) Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.
1 and Sharon Mazel. (Workman, $14.95.) Advice for parents-to-be. (†)
4 THE HAPPINESS PROJECT, by Gretchen Rubin. (Harper, $14.99.) 29
4 THE 17 DAY DIET, by Mike Moreno. (Free Press, $25.) Four cycles
to help you burn fat every day. (†)
27 In a hunt for happiness, the author consulted science, ancient
wisdom and pop culture.
5* GO THE _ TO SLEEP by Adam Mansbach. Illustrated by Ricardo
,
Cortés. (Akashic Books, $14.95.) A children’s book parody for tired
16
5 CRAZY LOVE, by Francis Chan with Danae Yankoski. (David C.
Cook, $14.99.) A pastor on breaking free from the religious status
48
parents. quo. (†)
6 LIVING BEYOND YOUR FEELINGS, by Joyce Meyer. (FaithWords,
$22.99.) A guide to understanding and responding to emotions.
2
6 EAT THIS, NOT THAT! 2012, by David Zinczenko with Matt
Goulding. (Rodale, $19.99.) Easy food swaps that can save you
1
calories.
7 THE 4-HOUR BODY, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown Archetype, $27.) 40
A diet and fitness book from the author of “The 4-Hour Workweek.”
7 FAST TRACK TO THE BELLY FAT CURE, by Jorge Cruise. (Hay
House, $19.95.) An accelerated version of the diet that avoids
1
8 THE DUKAN DIET, by Pierre Dukan. (Crown Archetype, $26.) A
program that rejects calorie counting and assigns protein a major
22 hidden sugars. (†)
role.
8 EAT TO LIVE, by Joel Fuhrman. (Little, Brown, $15.99.) A nutrient-
rich program that offers help achieving fast and sustained weight
13
9 START SOMETHING THAT MATTERS, by Blake Mycoskie.
(Spiegel & Grau, $22.) The founder of Toms Shoes gives life and
2 loss.
entrepreneurial tips.
9 RADICAL, by David Platt. (Multnomah, $14.99.) A pastor
challenges Christians to consider how closely their lives match the
65
10 PRIME TIME, by Jane Fonda. (Random House, $27.) The actress
and workout pioneer offers suggestions on exercise, diet,
6 teachings of Jesus. (†)
meditation and “successful aging.”
10 CLARK HOWARD’S LIVING LARGE IN LEAN TIMES, by Clark
Howard. (Avery, $18.) Small steps toward saving and reducing
7
debt. (†)
HARDCOVER ADVICE EXTENDED PAPERBACK ADVICE EXTENDED
11 STANDOUT, by Marcus Buckingham. (Thomas Nelson.)
11 PREVENT AND REVERSE HEART DISEASE, by Caldwell B.
Esselstyn Jr.. (Avery.)
12 BREAK YOUR OWN RULES, by Jill Flynn, Kathryn Heath and
Mary Davis Holt. (Wiley.)
12 THE CASSEROLE QUEENS COOKBOOK, by Crystal Cook and
Sandy Pollock. (Clarkson Potter.)
13 THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria/Beyond Words.)
13 FOOD RULES, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin.)
14 WHEAT BELLY, by William Davis. (Rodale.)
14 THE MILLIONAIRE MESSENGER, by Brendon Burchard. (Free
Press.)
15 THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown.)
15 FORGOTTEN GOD, by Francis Chan with Danae Yankoski. (David
C. Cook.)
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending September 17, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of inde-
pendent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermar-
ket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some
bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides;
journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.