In past years in this category readers have favored books by Amy Sedaris, J.K. Rowling, and Jon Stewart. It is wholly consistent then that this year J.K. Rowling's final installment of the Harry Potter series is the readers' choice for Best Book, and that Stephen Colbert – a past collaborator of both Sedaris and Stewart – has taken second place for his tome I Am America (And So Can You!). There was a clear distinction in the results between the two, with HP7 winning by a 74% margin. So as not to bruise his ego too much, let's emphasize that Colbert shellacked Steve Martin and his memoir Born Standing Up by 131%. Martin and the 4th through 15th place finishers were separated by minor margins.

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