-"The Story of Edgar Sawtelle," David Wroblewski. A debut novel that became a word-of-mouth hit in the summer, then a mega-selling smash in the fall, thanks to the megaphone power of Oprah Winfrey.
-"Dreams From My Father," Barack Obama. First published in 1995, when Obama was best known as the first black president of ... the Harvard Law Review.
-"The Audacity of Hope," Barack Obama. First published in 2006, when Obama was best known as a senator, speechmaker and potential presidential candidate ... in the distant future.
-"The Shack," William P. Young. A Christian novel originally self-published with a printing of 15 copies for friends of the author. He now has at least a million such "friends."
