Pff... If the HP books warranted the first spots because they were the best-selling books, why did the NYT have to create not one, but two new lists to which to delegate the books to, even if they did "clog up" the main list. I thought this was the point of the list, showing which books were selling the most..?

And I just noticed, that article links to the brilliant review by Christopher Hitchens. You can say about him what you want, but that man has a way with words!