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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Life Is Short but Wide by J. California Cooper (Random House, $24.95)*
2. Midnight by Sister Souljah (Atria, $26.95) (1)
3. Up to No Good by Carl Weber (Dafina, $24) (2)
4. Dying for Revenge by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton, $25.95)*
5. Single Husbands by HoneyB (Grand Central Publishing, $19.99)*

PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Queen B---- (Part 4) by Deja King (A King Production, $15) (1)
2. Going Down South by Bonnie J. Glover (One World, $14) (3)
3. The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah (Pocket Books, $7.99) (4)
4. Obsession by Kayla Perrin (Spice, $13.95)*
5. The Someday List by Stacy Hawkins Adams (Revell, $12.99)*

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey (Amistad, $23.99) (1)
2. Letters to a Young Sister by Hill Harper (Gotham, $22.50) (5)
3. Michelle: A Biography by Liza Mundy (Simon & Schuster, $25) (3)
4. The Inaugural Address 2009 by Barack Obama (Penguin Group, $16.95)*
5. My Father's Daughter by Hannah Pool (Free Press, $25)*

PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Vintage, $7.99) (2)
2. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press, $14.95) (3)
3. Change We Can Believe In by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press, $13.95) (1)
4. Why I Love Black Women by Michael Eric Dyson (Basic Civitas, $14.95)*
5. The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson (Wilder Publications, $9.95)*


ABOUT THIS LIST: The ESSENCE Best Sellers List is based on reports of retail sales. Respondents are African-American bookstores. Numbers in parentheses indicate last month's position. An asterisk indicates a title that did not appear on last month's list. REPORTING STORES: MochaReaders (Dayton), 937-304-9473; Da Book Joint (Chicago), 773-655-3146; Hood Book Headquarters (Warren, Michigan), 313-515-7961; Jokae's African-American Books (Dallas), 214-331-8100; Pyramid Books (Boynton Beach, Florida), 561-731-4422; Underground Books (Sacramento, California), 916-737-3333; Precious Memories Reading and Collectibles (Richmond), 804-726-8501; Knowledge Bookstore (Brampton, Ontario), 905-459-9875.