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AP News, June 28th, 2007

WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS

FICTION

1. "Lean Mean Thirteen" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)

2. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)

3. "Blaze" by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) (Scribner)

4. "Double Take" by Catherine Coulter (Putnam)

5. "The Navigator" by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos (Putnam Adult)

6. "The Good Guy" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)

7. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little Brown and Company)

8. "The Harlequin" by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley Hardcover)

9. "The Overlook" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)

10. "On Chesil Beach: A Novel" by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese)

11. "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)

12. "Maximum Ride 3: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)

13. "Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal" by Eric Van Lustbader (Grand Central Publishing)

14. "Second Chance" by Jane Green (Viking)

15. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)

NONFICTION

1. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words)

2. "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins)

3. "The Best Life Diet" by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster)

4. "The Diana Chronicles" by Tina Brown (Doubleday)

5. "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore (The Penguin Press HC)

6. "The Reagan Diaries" by Ronald Reagan (HarperCollins)

7. "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve)

8. "Outrage" by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, (ReganBooks)

9. "Lone Survivor:The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10" by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, (Little, Brown and Company)

10. "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)

11. "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

12. "Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits" by T.D. Jakes (Atria)

13. "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Other's Don't" by Jim Collins (Collins)

14. "Four-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich" by Timothy Ferriss (Crown)

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.

USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS

Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback

1. "Lean Mean Thirteen" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press) (F-H)

2. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover) (F-H)

3. "Twelve Sharp" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P)

4. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words) (NF-H)

5. "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins) (NF-H)

6. "The Best Life Diet" by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)

7. "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides (Picador) (F-P)

8. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) (F-P)

9. "Beach Road" by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge (Warner Books) (F-P)

10. "Lisey's Story" by Stephen King (Pocket) (F-P)

11. "Angels Fall" by Nora Roberts (Jove) (F-P)

12. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin) (F-P)

13. "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage) (F-P)

14. "Double Take" by Catherine Coulter (Putnam) (F-H)

15. "Blaze" by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) (Scribner) (F-H)

16. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin) (F-P)

17. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) (NF-P)

18. "The Husband" by Dean Koontz (Bantam) (F-P)

19. "The Diana Chronicles" by Tina Brown (Doubleday) (NF-H)

20. "The alli Diet Plan" by Caroline Apovian (Meredith Corporation) (NF-P)

21. "Black Order" by James Rollins (Harper) (F-P)

22. "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore (The Penguin Press HC) (NF-H)

23. "The Good Guy" by Dean Koontz (Bantam) (F-H)

24. "The Reagan Diaries" by Ronald Reagan (HarperCollins) (NF-H)

25. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Scholastic) (F-P)

26. "The Navigator" by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos (Putnam Adult) (F-H)

27. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) (NF-P)

28. "Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson (Little, Brown Young Readers) (F-H)

29. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little Brown and Company) (F-H)

30. "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve) (NF-H)

31. "Polar Shift" by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos (Berkley) (F-P)

32. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco) (F-P)

33. "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books) (NF-P)

34. "The Last Summer (of You and Me)" by Ann Brashares (Riverhead Hardcover) (F-H)

35. "The Harlequin" by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley Hardcover) (F-H)

36. "Vanished" by Karen Robards (Signet) (F-P)

37. "Coming Out" by Danielle Steel (Dell) (F-P)

38. "Outrage" by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, (ReganBooks)(NF-H)

39. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell) (NF-P)

40. "Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal" by Eric Van Lustbader (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)

41. "Innocent As Sin" by Elizabeth Lowell, (William Morrow)(F-H)

42. "Never Lie to a Lady" by Liz Carlyle (Pocket) (F-P)

43. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Scholastic) (F-P)

44. "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) (F-H)

45. "The MacGregors: Robert-Cybil" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases) (F-P)

46. "Everything's Eventual" by Stephen King (Pocket) (F-P)

47. "Can't Wait to Get to Heaven" by Fannie Flagg (Ballantine Books) (F-P)

48. "Lone Survivor:The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10" by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, (Little, Brown and Company) (NF-H)

49. "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)

50. "The Man from Stone Creek" by Linda Lael Miller (HQN Books) (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.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "Lean Mean Thirteen" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)

2. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)

3. "Blaze" by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) (Scribner)

4. "Double Take" by Catherine Coulter (Putnam)

5. "The Navigator" by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos (Putnam Adult)

6. "The Good Guy" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)

7. "The Harlequin" by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley Hardcover)

8. "The Overlook" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)

9. "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)

10. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little Brown and Company)

11. "On Chesil Beach: A Novel" by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese)

12. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)

13. "Innocent As Sin" by Elizabeth Lowell, (William Morrow)

14. "The Last Summer (of You and Me)" by Ann Brashares (Riverhead Hardcover)

15. "Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal" by Eric Van Lustbader (Grand Central Publishing)

NONFICTION/GENERAL

1. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words)

2. "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins)

3. "The Best Life Diet" by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster)

4. "The Diana Chronicles" by Tina Brown (Doubleday)

5. "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore (The Penguin Press HC)

6. "The Reagan Diaries" by Ronald Reagan (HarperCollins)

7. "Outrage" by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, (ReganBooks)

8. "Lone Survivor:The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10" by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, (Little, Brown and Company)

9. "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve)

10. "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)

11. "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

12. "Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits" by T.D. Jakes (Atria)

13. "Tales from Q School: Inside Golf's Fifth Major" by John Feinstein (Little, Brown)

14. "I Feel Bad About My Neck" by Nora Ephron (Knopf)

15. "A Woman in Charge" by Carl Bernstein (Knopf)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. "Twelve Sharp" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Paperbacks)

2. "Beach Road" by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge (Warner Books)

3. "Lisey's Story" by Stephen King (Pocket)

4. "Angels Fall" by Nora Roberts (Jove)

5. "The Husband" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)

6. "Black Order" by James Rollins (Harper)

7. "Polar Shift" by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos (Berkley)

8. "Everything's Eventual" by Stephen King (Pocket)

9. "Never Lie to a Lady" by Liz Carlyle (Pocket)

10. "The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme)" by Jeffery Deaver (Pocket Star)

11. "Phantom" by Terry Goodkind (Tor Fantasy)

12. "Vanished" by Karen Robards (Putnam)

13. "Hannibal Rising" by Thomas Harris (Dell)

14. "Coming Out" by Danielle Steel (Dell)

15. "The Man from Stone Creek" by Linda Lael Miller (HQN Books)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

1. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)

2. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)

3. "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage)

4. "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides (Picador)

5. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin)

6. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)

7. "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books)

8. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)

9. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (Harper)

10. "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky (Vintage)

11. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell)

12. "1,000 Places to See Before you Die: A Traveler's Life List" by Patricia Schultz (Workman Publishing Company)

13. "Wisdom of Our Fathers" by Tim Russert, (Random House Trade Paperbacks)

14. "Can't Wait to Get to Heaven" by Fannie Flagg (Ballantine Books)

15. "My Sister's Keeper: A Novel" by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press)

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The Associated Press. Lists of best-selling books. Copyright 2007  AP News.

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