The Great Divide

Of the top 10 books on the New York Times non-fiction best seller list, at least seven are partisan political books. On the left/anti-Bush side, Ron Suskind, Kevin Phillips, Al Franken and Michael Moore; on the right, Hannity, Savage Weiner, "Smackdown" Stossel. There's also a book of photographs from Mad Mel's Cruciflix which likely has implicit socio-poliltical undertones. The other two books are a science book and a book on the C.I.A. in Afghanistan (political leanings, if any, unknown).

Interestingly, the only books with the bulk sales dagger are the Passion and Afghanistan books. I doubt the Weiner or Stossel tomes will stay on the list for over 20 or 25 weeks, like Moore and Franken.