Sub's Top Nine C

So I’ve been tracking our bestsellers closely for a month now, and it’s amazed me how the books keep moving up and down the charts. But the biggest mover these days is Why I Write by George Orwell, which is from Penguin’s beautiful Great Ideas series—and they’ve just added several new titles (including the Communist Manifesto, the Art of War, and Fear & Trembling). Might I say, they are quite affordable at $8.95. Anyway, there are several titles finding Subterranean homes en masse these days, so I thought you might be interested in what’s cooking below #5.

6. John Perkins – Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it’s also determined through a nasty and cutthroat game of economics.

7. Haruki Murakami – Kafka On the Shore. Murakami ties together two fantastic narrative strings in his latest paperback to appear in the States. He’s the man!

8A. Suketu Mehta – Maximum City. One of Kelly’s favorite reads in the last year. As Stan Lee might say, nuff said.

8B. Missy Suicide – SuicideGirls. The Goth girls of the net expose politics, explode notions of porn and fetish, and…show a little flesh in the process.

9A. Chuck Klosterman – Killing Yourself to Live. Will the K-Man’s travelogue of rock ‘n’ roll death sites challenge the almighty Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs? Stay tuned.

9B. Dita von Teese – Burlesque and the Art of the Teese/Fetish and the Art of the Teese. The great Dita has been doing the burlesque thing for over ten years now. She's also the wife of Marilyn Manson and has a huge cult following. Aren’t those reasons enough to check this book out? Well, then how about this, we Sub folks think she’s cool as h***.

9C. Lawrence Weschler – Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder. One of the store’s all-time bestsellers—we keep pushing it on everyone who walks through the door. It’s engrossing, witty, and strange. And we guarantee you’ll pass it on to your friends.

--Jason