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The joy of selling books

Christian Century, May 18, 2004

THE JOY OF SELLING BOOKS: When independent booksellers were asked what books they most enjoyed selling the past five years, they listed these works in the nonfiction category:

* Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, by Erik Larson (Vintage)

* Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, by Alexandra Fuller (Random House)

* Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, by Erik Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin)

* Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich (Metropolitan Books)

* Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand (Ballantine Books)

For the booksellers' list of favorite fiction titles, see the May 4 CHRISTIAN CENTURY (booksense.com).

COPYRIGHT 2004 The Christian Century Foundation
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