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In the month prior to the nonfiction charts "going rogue" with Sarah Palin, the nerds have taken over the bookstores. Well, generally male nerds, as ESPN blogger (although that doesn't seem to get close to the level of his popularity) Bill Simmons debuts at number one with his massive book on professional basketball. While 700 pages of pop culture references and crazed opinions, The Book of Basketball is probably needing a tougher editor, but it's certainly an amazing accomplishment for bloggers and obsessive sports fans. Further down the chart, Chuck Klosterman's new collection of essays might have been buoyed by Simmons' book (Klosterman has appeared on Simmons' podcast several times), but it's definitely a book championing nerdish insights on life (one essay compares Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, Ralph Nader and German director Werner Herzog, of all things). For someone like me who would rather discuss Beverly Hills 90210 (a theme common to both Simmons and Klosterman) than the faults of the Obama administration, it's been a great month in bookstores.

Dan Gibson
		About the author:
		Dan Gibson is a writer and editor who cannot resist the siren's call of Tucson, Arizona, moving away several times only to be drawn back again. He joined The Editorial Department in spring of 2009 to co-manage Between the Lines and to monitor and report on all manner of publishing trends. Between bouts of glazed-over staring at a computer screen, he tries to spend as much time as he can with his family, the stack of compact discs piled on his desk and playing soccer.

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