AP News, May 31st, 2007
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
FICTION
1. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)
2. "The Overlook" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)
3. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little Brown and Company)
4. "Invisible Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam)
5. "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss (Random House Books for Young Readers)
6. "Bad Luck and Trouble" by Lee Child (Delacorte)
7. "Simple Genius" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
8. "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
9. "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
10. "Rant: An Oral Biography Of Buster Casey" by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday)
11. "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult (Atria)
12. "The Woods" by Harlan Coben (Dutton Adult)
13. "Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th" by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen (St. Martin's Press)
14. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Young Readers)
15. "Quest" by Wilbur Smith (St. Martin's Press)
NONFICTION
1. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words)
2. "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore (The Penguin Press HC)
3. "The Reagan Diaries" by Ronald Reagan (HarperCollins)
4. "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins)
5. "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve)
6. "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)
7. "The Exceptional Presenter: A Proven Formula to Open Up and Own the Room" by Timothy J. Koegel (Greenleaf Book Group Press)
8. "Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989" by Michael R. Beschloss (Simon & Schuster)
9. "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
10. "Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits" by T.D. Jakes (Atria)
11. "Jesus of Nazareth" by Pope Benedict XVI (Doubleday)
12. "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life" by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp (HarperCollins)
13. "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" by Lee Iacocca (Scribner)
14. "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Other's Don't" by Jim Collins (Collins)
15. "You: On A Diet" by Mehmet C. Oz and Michael F. Roizen (Free Press)
The Wall Street Journal's list reflects nationwide sales of hardcover books during the week ended last Saturday at more than 2,500 Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co., Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano's, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners and Waldenbooks stores, as well as sales from online retailers Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
1. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover) (F-H)
2. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words) (NF-H)
3. "The Reagan Diaries" by Ronald Reagan (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
4. "The Overlook" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company) (F-H)
5. "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore (The Penguin Press HC) (NF-H)
6. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little Brown and Company) (F-H)
7. "The Husband" by Dean Koontz (Bantam) (F-P)
8. "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins) (NF-H)
9. "Invisible Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam)(F-H)
10. "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss (Random House Books for Young Readers) (F-H)
11. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) (F-P)
12. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin) (F-P)
13. "Bad Luck and Trouble" by Lee Child (Delacorte) (F-H)
14. "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve) (NF-H)
15. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) (NF-P)
16. "The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme)" by Jeffery Deaver (Pocket Star) (F-P)
17. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin) (F-P)
18. "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage) (F-P)
19. "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)
20. "Susannah's Garden" by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-P)
21. "Two Little Girls in Blue" by Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket)(F-P)
22. "Simple Genius" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
23. "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) (F-H)
24. "The 5th Horseman" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Warner Books) (F-P)
25. "Dead Watch" by John Sandford (Berkley) (F-P)
26. "Beware a Scot's Revenge (School for Heiresses)" by Sabrina Jeffries (Pocket) (F-P)
27. "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)(F-H)
28. "Cover of Night" by Linda Howard (Ballantine Books) (F-P)
29. "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books) (NF-P)
30. "Baby Proof" by Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Griffin) (F-P)
31. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) (NF-P)
32. "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky (Vintage) (F-P)
33. "The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While the World Sleeps" by Mike Evans, (Frontline) (NF-P)
34. "Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits" by T.D. Jakes (Atria) (NF-H)
35. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell) (NF-P)
36. "The Book of Useless Information" by Noel Botham (Perigee Trade) (NF-P)
37. "The Witness" by Sandra Brown (Warner Books) (F-P)
38. "Rant: An Oral Biography Of Buster Casey" by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday) (F-H)
39. "The Wrong Hostage" by Elizabeth Lowell (Avon) (F-P)
40. "The Exceptional Presenter: A Proven Formula to Open Up and Own the Room" by Timothy J. Koegel (Greenleaf Book Group Press) (NF-H)
41. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" by T.T. Sutherland (Disney Press) (F-P)
42. "Born in Death" by J.D. Robb (Berkley) (F-P)
43. "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) (NF-H)
44 "The Book of Fate" by Brad Meltzer (Warner) (F-P)
45. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco) (F-P)
46. "You: On A Diet" by Mehmet C. Oz and Michael F. Roizen (Free Press) (NF-H)
47. "At Risk" by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley) (F-P)
48. "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle (Square Fish) (F-P)
49. "Gone" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine Books) (F-P)
50. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3: The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan (Miramax) (F-H)
Reporting stores include: Amazon.com, B. Dalton Bookseller, Barnes & Noble.com, Barnes & Noble Inc., Books-A-Million and Bookland, Booksamillion.com, Borders Books & Music, Bookstar, Bookstop, Brentano's, Davis Kidd Booksellers in Nashville, Jackson, Memphis, Tenn., Doubleday Book Shops, Hudson Booksellers, Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Lexington, Ky.; Cincinnati, Cleveland), Powell's Books (Portland, Ore.), Powells.com, R.J. Julia Booksellers (Madison, Conn.), Schuler Books & Music (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Target, Tattered Cover Book Store (Denver), Waldenbooks.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)
2. "The Overlook" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)
3. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little Brown and Company)
4. "Invisible Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam)
5. "Bad Luck and Trouble" by Lee Child (Delacorte)
6. "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
7. "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
8. "Simple Genius" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
9. "Rant: An Oral Biography Of Buster Casey" by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday) 10. "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult (Atria)
11. "The Woods" by Harlan Coben (Dutton Adult)
12. "Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th" by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen (St. Martin's Press)
13. "Quest" by Wilbur Smith (St. Martin's Press)
14. "I Heard That Song Before" by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)
15. "Body Surfing" by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown and Company)
NONFICTION/GENERAL
1. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words)
2. "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore (The Penguin Press HC)
3. "The Reagan Diaries" by Ronald Reagan (HarperCollins)
4. "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins)
5. "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve)
6. "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)
7. "Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits" by T.D. Jakes (Atria)
8. "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
9. "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life" by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp (HarperCollins)
10. "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" by Lee Iacocca (Scribner)
11. "At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA" by George Tenet (HarperCollins)
12. "Jesus of Nazareth" by Pope Benedict XVI (Doubleday)
13. "Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989" by Michael R. Beschloss (Simon & Schuster)
14. "Rickles' Book" by Don Rickles with David Ritz (Simon & Schuster)
15. "Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success" by Russell Simmons with Chris Morrow (Gotham)
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Husband" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
2. "Dead Watch" by John Sandford (Berkley)
3. "Susannah's Garden" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
4. "Two Little Girls in Blue" by Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket)
5. "The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme)" by Jeffery Deaver (Pocket Star)
6. "Beware a Scot's Revenge (School for Heiresses)" by Sabrina Jeffries (Pocket)
7. "Cover of Night" by Linda Howard (Ballantine Books)
8. "The Book of Fate" by Brad Meltzer (Warner)
9. "Takedown: A Thriller" by Brad Thor (Pocket)
10. "Born in Death" by J.D. Robb (Berkley)
11. "Gone" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine Books)
12. "The Wrong Hostage" by Elizabeth Lowell (Avon)
13. "At Risk" by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley)
14. "The Witness" by Sandra Brown (Warner Books)
15. "Short Straw" by Stuart Woods (Signet)
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)
2. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
3. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)
4. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin)
5. "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage)
6. "The 5th Horseman" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Warner Books)
7. "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books)
8. "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky (Vintage)
9. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)
10. "Baby Proof" by Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Griffin)
11. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (Harper)
12. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell)
13. "My Sister's Keeper: A Novel" by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press)
