Foreign Affairs Bestsellers - May/June 2008

1. The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation. Philip Shenon. Twelve, $27.00. [New listing]

2. Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq. Michael Scheuer. Free Press, $27.00. [New]

3. Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America’s Reputation and Leadership. Madeleine Albright. Harper, $26.95. [New]

4. Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism. Muhammad Yunus. PublicAffairs, $26.00. [Previous rank: 12]

5. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. Tim Weiner. Doubleday, $27.95. [2]

6. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Naomi Klein. Metropolitan Books, $28.00. [1]

7. Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World. Samantha Power. Penguin Press, $32.95. [New]

8. The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes. Norton, $22.95. [New]

9. Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism. George Weigel. Doubleday, $18.95. [New]

10. Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power. Fred Kaplan. Wiley, $25.95. [New]

11. Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East. Robin Wright. Penguin Press, $26.95. [New]

12. The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order. Parag Khanna. Random House, $29.00. [New]

13. The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future. Craig Unger. Scribner, $27.00. [4]

14. Condoleeza Rice: An American Life. Elisabeth Bumiller. Random House, $27.95. [5]

15. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $26.00. [8]

There was a big turnover in the list between March/April and May/June. Among the new books, I picked up several to read. So far, I have read George Weigel’s Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism. I have started Dreams and Shadows, by Robin Wright, and The Commission, by Philip Shenon. The books by Michael Scheuer and Fred Kaplan sound interesting, though Kaplan’s title seems to state his thesis in rather bold terms.