Bestseller Books know how Imagine the next time you join a discussion about bestseller books. When you start sharing the fascinating bestseller books facts below, your friends will be absolutely amazed. Some of us are purists when it comes to bestseller books and lists. We ignore the lists, read what appeals to us by cover, title, first paragraph, and book blurbs or other reviewsand then find to our delight that the book we just carried around from room to room until we finished it is one of the bestseller books, or is touted by Oprah on the boob tube. Some of us prefer, though, to consult the bestseller books lists of The New York Times, a writers magazine, or a flyer emailed to us by one of the major bookstores. I recall the first few times the former happened to me. I read Wally Lambs SHES COME UNDONE. I read it because the title, taken from a song an old boyfriend once dedicated to me (not that I should boast about that) resonated for me. And I was so engrossed in and enthralled by the book, especially because it is written by a man but the central figure is a girl who is so brilliantly depicted, that I wrote an anonymous thank you to Lambin care of his publisher. Heres my point, though, a few days or weeks later, Oprah was gushing (rightfully so) over the book. And we know that when Oprah uses a work for her book club, it will likely be on the bestseller books list within days or hours of her televising. A similar phenomenon occurred when I read Gibbons ELLEN FOSTER, appreciating the theme, dialogue, development, and paralleling structure and protagonist movement (the girl is a foster child who gets relocated often, and the plot moves back and forth and all over the place, accordingly). I used the book in a freshman comp class I taught that semester. Then I saw Oprah hailing the work as one she felt should be, she implied, on the bestseller books list that year. Other books I have read and adored have had a harder time of making it to the bestseller books listthough they do make it there: for example, James Redmond wrote THE CELESTINE PROPHECY, self-published it, and peddled it to the bookstores, where it sat neglected for years. Then a wave of readers caught on, the book was revered, and he was accepted by a major publisher to print mass quantities and to soon thereafter hit the bestseller books list. A similar process impacted K. Kelly and P. Ramundo. They wrote a book on ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). No one would pick it up. That is, no major publishing house took it in. The women did the footwork, peddling it by the tens to individual booksellers, and, as did Redmonds, the title was bought, published, shelved, and sold out in numerous countries. The book, YOU MEAN IM NOT CRAZY, LAZY, or STUPID? Has made many bestseller books lists. You already know, probably, about the Harry Potter books and such, so rather than tell you more stories, I will leave you with a few book titles that have been, are, or should be on the bestseller books listsin my not so humble opinion: BESTSELLER BOOKS GENERAL INTEREST Ruth Gendler THE BOOK of QUALITIES LITERARY E. A. Holmes THE END of ALICE Abigail Thomas GETTING over TOM John Irving A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY Margaret Atwood THE HANDMAIDS TALE The best time to learn about bestseller books is before you're in the thick of things. Wise readers will keep reading to earn some valuable bestseller books experience while it's still free. MENTAL HEALTH David M. Viscotts HOW to LIVE with ANOTHER PERSON Melody Beattys CO-DEPENDENT NO MORE KIDS All of Shel Silversteins books, especially THE MISSING PIECE and THE GIVING TREE. Robert N. Munsch LOVE YOU FOREVER DIFFERENT GENRESNONFICTION/MYSTERY/CRIME FICTION Frederic Beigbeder - WINDOWS on the WORLD That's the latest from the bestseller books authorities. Once you're familiar with these ideas, you'll be ready to move to the next level.