1 GOING ROGUE, by Sarah Palin. (Harper/HarperCollins, $28.99.) A memoir by the former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate. PABLUM FOR IDIOTS, FULL OF FACTUAL ERRORS, POLITICS FOR DUMMIES, A RACIST MANIFESTO.
2 HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $23.99.) A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief. WHO KNOWS? I MIGHT READ IT.
3 OPEN, by Andre Agassi. (Knopf, $28.95.) The tennis champion’s autobiography. I COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT AGASSI.
4 SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. I READ THE FIRST ONE (Morrow/HarperCollins, $29.99.) A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel. I READ THE FIRST ONE AND WAS UNDERWHELMED. VASTLY OVERRATED. ECONOMICS FOR IDIOTS.
5 ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others. (Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions, $29.99.) The case against big government. REASON ENOUGH NEVER TO ARGUE WITH AN IDIOT LIKE BECK. IT'S SCARY THAT ANYONE TAKES THIS IDIOT SERIOUSLY.
6 TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy. (Twelve, $35.) The late senator’s autobiography. I HOPE TO GET AROUND TO READING IT.
7 A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS, by Mike Huckabee. (Sentinel, $19.95.) Christmas memories from the former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential aspirant. HUCKABEE HAS TIME TO WRITE THIS BETWEEN PARDONING CRIMINALS WHO GET OUT OF JAIL AND KILL AGAIN.
8 WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A decade of New Yorker essays. NO THANKS
9 THE IMPERIAL CRUISE, by James Bradley. (Little, Brown, $29.99.) In 1905, during a diplomatic journey organized by Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft negotiated secret agreements with several Asian countries. NO REASON TO READ.
10 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.” I ENJOYED IT.
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Sometimes the public at large has NO taste!
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