Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books

courtesy an Amazon Review by David W. Phillips -

Today (1/13/08), the following books are on the New York Times Bestseller list. I marked with (Yes/No) whether the Kindle edition is available TODAY on AMAZON, and number of weeks on the book has been on the NYTimes Bestseller list.

HARDCOVER FICTION  ( At the Kindle Store – National BestSellers – Fiction)

1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini (Yes) 33
2. DOUBLE CROSS, by James Patterson (Yes) 8
3. THE SHOOTERS, by W. E. B. Griffin (No) 1
4. WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett (Yes) 13
5. T IS FOR TRESPASS, by Sue Grafton (Yes) 5
6. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR, by Dean Koontz. (Yes) 6
7 PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, by Geraldine Brooks. (No) 1
8 SHADOW MUSIC, by Julie Garwood. (Yes) 2
9 BLOOD DREAMS, by Kay Hooper. (Yes) 1
10 THE CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Yes) 15

Result as of Today: 80% of Top Ten NonFiction, the two that are not have only been on the bestseller list for one week.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION (At the Kindle Store - National BestSellers – Non-Fiction )

1. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan (Yes) 1
2. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman et al. (Yes) 13
3. BORN STANDING UP, by Steve Martin (Yes) 7
4. AN INCONVENIENT BOOK, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe (Yes) 7
5. BOOM!, by Tom Brokaw (Yes) 9
6. THE NINE, by Jeffrey Toobin (Yes) 13
7. QUIET STRENGTH by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker (Yes) 26
8. CLAPTON, by Eric Clapton (Yes) 13
9. FREE LUNCH, by David Cay Johnston (No) 1
10.RESCUING SPRITE, by Mark R. Levin (yes) 9

Result: 90% of Top Ten hardcover nonfiction. Again, the one not on Kindle has only been on the list for one week.

HARDCOVER ADVICE (At the Kindle Store – National BestSellers – Advice & How-To )

1. YOU: STAYING YOUNG, by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz et al. (Yes) 10
2. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne (Yes) 52
3. BECOME A BETTER YOU, by Joel Osteen (Yes) 12
4. THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS, by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz (Yes) 10
5. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS, by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (No) 36
6. DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS, by Jessica Seinfeld (Yes) 13
7. THE 12 SECOND SEQUENCE, by Jorge Cruise (No) 1
8. HOW NOT TO LOOK OLD, by Charla Krupp (No) 1
9. JIM CRAMER’S STAY MAD FOR LIFE, by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason (Yes) 1
10.LIVING WELL, by Montel Williams with William Doyle (No) 1

Result – 60% of the Advice books – but 3/4 of those not on the list have only been on the list for one week and the 4th is a kids book anyhow.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS – I’m going to assume that you aren’t giving a $400 Kindle to a child.. so I stopped at 5 after 0/0.

1. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: ALL ACCESS, by N. B. Grace (No)
2. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder (No)
3. STAR WARS POP-UP GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, by Matthew Reinhart (No; but a pop-up book on Kindle would be quite a technological achievement!)
4. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, by C. S. Lewis (No)
5. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by Clement C. Moore (No)

My overall impression – Kindle has the books I am most likely to read.

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