Amazon Top 10 books of 2009

Let's pry into the demographic of the netizens by the books they read.

Because this is from Amazon's which constitutes majority of internet purchase in the world, we can safely say that we are looking at the psychosocial trend of the population who have access to the net.

1. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown
2. Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, by Mark R. Levin
3. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine, by Glenn Beck
4. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment, by Steve Harvey
5. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
6. Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution, by David Zinczenko
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, by Jeff Kinney
8. Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 9), by Charlaine Harris
9. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 5), by Rick Riordan
10. Cook Yourself Thin: Skinny Meals You Can Make in Minutes, by authors from Lifetime Television

The list looks like a mash of diversified taste, from popular friction (Da Vinci's Code's sequel), politics (Mark Levin, Glenn Beck), self-help, nutrition and diet, kids's book, and fantasy.

So in order to decipher from the confusing array of genre, we interpret the result by what is NOT in the list, in my humble personal opinion;

1. Love story - netizens just not the lovey dovery kind

2. Left-wing political commentators - bunch of republicans the netizens are

3. Foreign relations and globalization - "no more Friedman please, we know the future is now"

4. Business book - businessman are just not into buying books, or reading books? hmm probably downturn time people are swarmed by the MBA textbooks they have to read, I know I do ;(

5. Books from movies - that is so last decade