2011 Today Show Holiday Book List (18 books)

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Guess which ones are Bill Clinton's picks and which ones are Mindy Kaling.

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1		Bossypants by Tina Fey 3.96 avg rating — 1,069,955 ratings score: 398, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Lady Gaga by Terry Richardson 4.45 avg rating — 1,156 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty by Andrew Bolton 4.56 avg rating — 2,895 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 13,871 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		11/22/63 by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 697,019 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		My Father's Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness by Gwyneth Paltrow 3.64 avg rating — 2,996 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		The Girl in the Green Raincoat (Tess Monaghan, #11) by Laura Lippman (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 7,989 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides 3.48 avg rating — 125,471 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1981-2011, With Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes, and Miscellany by Stephen Sondheim 4.57 avg rating — 1,128 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 116,836 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		What to Wear, Where: The How-to Handbook for Any Style Situation by Hillary Kerr 3.66 avg rating — 160 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Lincoln by David Herbert Donald 4.20 avg rating — 49,257 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 4.27 avg rating — 375,056 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		The Way of the World: From the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eve of the Twenty-first Century by David Fromkin 3.54 avg rating — 203 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		The Cure at Troy by Seamus Heaney 4.17 avg rating — 1,085 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.12 avg rating — 1,139,793 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild 4.19 avg rating — 72,426 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18		Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright 3.98 avg rating — 2,836 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

18 books · 8 voters · list created December 21st, 2011 by Bluedaizy (votes) .

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Dec 20, 2011 04:38PM

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This was on show dated 12.20.11. President Clinton was promoting his book, Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy and Mindy Kaling was promoting her book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

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