AP News, June 7th, 2007
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
1. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)
2. "Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson (Little, Brown Young Readers)
3. "The Good Guy" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
4. "The Overlook" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)
5. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)
6. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little Brown and Company)
7. "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss (Random House Books for Young Readers)
8. "Invisible Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam)
9. "Sacrifice (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force) by Karen Traviss (Del Rey)
10. "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
11. "Bad Luck and Trouble" by Lee Child (Delacorte)
12. "Simple Genius" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
13. "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
14. "Stormy Weather" by Paulette Jiles (William Morrow)
15. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Young Readers)
1. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words)
2. "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore (The Penguin Press HC)
3. "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins)
4. "The Reagan Diaries" by Ronald Reagan (HarperCollins)
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. "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
8. "Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits" by T.D. Jakes (Atria)
9. "The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and join the New Rich" by Timothy Ferriss (Random House)
10. "Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989" by Michael R. Beschloss (Simon & Schuster)
11. "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life" by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp (HarperCollins)
12. "Jesus of Nazareth" by Pope Benedict XVI (Doubleday)
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. "StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths" by Tom Rath (Gallup 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.
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
1. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover) (F-H)
2. "Angels Fall" by Nora Roberts (Jove) (F-P)
3. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words) (NF-H)
4. "Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson (Little, Brown Young Readers) (F-H)
5. "The Good Guy" by Dean Koontz (Bantam) (F-H)
6. "Beach Road" by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge (Warner Books) (F-P)
7. "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore (The Penguin Press HC) (NF-H)
8. "The Man from Stone Creek" by Linda Lael Miller (HQN Books) (F-P)
9. "Sleeping with Fear" by Kay Hooper (Bantam) (F-P)
10. "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins) (NF-H)
11. "The Reagan Diaries" by Ronald Reagan (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
12. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little Brown and Company) (F-H)
13. "The MacGregors: RobertCybil" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette) (F-P)
14. "The Overlook" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company) (F-H)
15. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) (F-P)
16. "The Husband" by Dean Koontz (Bantam) (F-P)
17. "Black Order" by James Rollins (Harper) (F-P)
18. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) (F-P)
19. "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss (Random House Books for Young Readers) (F-H)
20. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin) (F-P)
21. "Coming Out" by Danielle Steel (Dell) (F-P)
22. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin) (F-P)
23. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) (NF-P)
24. "Abandon" by Carla Neggers (Mira) (F-P)
25. "Invisible Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam)(F-H)
26. "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve) (NF-H)
27. "Desperate Duchesses" by Eloisa James (Avon) (F-P)
28. "Last Look" by Mariah Stewart (Ballantine Books) (F-P)
29. "Sacrifice (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force) by Karen Traviss (Del Rey) (F-H)
30. "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage) (F-P)
31. "Summer Pleasures" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette) (F-P)
32. "The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme)" by Jeffery Deaver (Pocket Star) (F-P)
33. "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)
34. "Hannibal Rising" by Thomas Harris (Dell) (F-P)
35. "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) (F-H)
36. "The 5th Horseman" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Warner Books) (F-P)
37. "Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits" by T.D. Jakes (Atria) (NF-H)
38. "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books) (NF-P)
39. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) (NF-P)
40. "Sins of a Duke" by Suzanne Enoch (Avon) (F-P)
41. "Bad Luck and Trouble" by Lee Child (Delacorte) (F-H)
42. "Simple Genius" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
43. "Beware a Scot's Revenge (School for Heiresses)" by Sabrina Jeffries (Pocket) (F-P)
44. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell) (NF-P)
45. "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky (Vintage) (F-P)
46. "Two Little Girls in Blue" by Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket)(F-P)
47. "Baby Proof" by Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Griffin) (F-P)
48. "Phantom" by Terry Goodkind (Tor Fantasy) (F-P)
49. "Lawman" by Diana Palmer (HQN Books) (F-H)
50. "Susannah's Garden" by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-P)
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
1. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)
2. "The Good Guy" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
3. "The Overlook" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)
4. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little Brown and Company)
5. "Invisible Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam)
6. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)
7. "Sacrifice (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force) by Karen Traviss (Del Rey)
8. "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
9. "Bad Luck and Trouble" by Lee Child (Delacorte)
10. "Simple Genius" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
11. "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
12. "Rant: An Oral Biography Of Buster Casey" by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday)
13. "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult (Atria)
14. "Falling Man" by Don DeLillo (Scribner)
15. "The Woods" by Harlan Coben (Dutton Adult)
1. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words)
2. "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore (The Penguin Press HC)
3. "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins)
4. "The Reagan Diaries" by Ronald Reagan (HarperCollins)
5. "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)
6. "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve)
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. "Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989" by Michael R. Beschloss (Simon & Schuster)
12. "You: On a Diet" by Mehmet C. Oz and Michael F. Roizen (Free Press)
13. "Jesus of Nazareth" by Pope Benedict XVI (Doubleday)
14. "The Abs Diet for Women: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Belly and Firm Up Your Body for Life" by David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker (Rodale)
15. "The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and join the New Rich" by Timothy Ferriss (Random House)
1. "Angels Fall" by Nora Roberts (Jove)
2. "Beach Road" by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge (Warner Books)
3. "The Husband" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
4. "Black Order" by James Rollins (Harper)
5. "Desperate Duchesses" by Eloisa James (Avon)
6. "The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme)" by Jeffery Deaver (Pocket Star)
7. "Sins of a Duke" by Suzanne Enoch (Avon)
8. "Phantom" by Terry Goodkind (Tor Fantasy)
9. "Beware a Scot's Revenge (School for Heiresses)" by Sabrina Jeffries (Pocket)
10. "Sleeping with Fear" by Kay Hooper (Bantam)
11. "Into the Dark" by Cindy Gerard (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
12. "Abandon" by Carla Neggers (Mira)
13. "Last Look" by Mariah Stewart (Ballantine Books)
14. "The Man from Stone Creek" by Linda Lael Miller (HQN Books)
15. "Dead Watch" by John Sandford (Berkley)
1. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
2. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)
3. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin)
4. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (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. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)
9. "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky (Vintage)
10. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell)
11. "Summer Pleasures" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette)
12. "Baby Proof" by Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Griffin)
13. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (Harper)
14. "The Book of Useless Information" by Noel Botham (Perigee Trade)
15. "1,000 Places to See Before you Die: A Traveler's Life List" by Patricia Schultz (Workman Publishing Company)
