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AP News, August 16th, 2007

WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS

FICTION

1. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Young Readers)

2. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)

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

4. "Devil May Cry" by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's Press)

5. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)

6. "The Quickie" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown and Company)

7. "Sandworms of Dune" by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson (Tor Books)

8. "The Secret Servant" by Daniel Silva (Putnam)

9. "Spook Country" by Wiliam Gibson (Putnam)

10. "The Tin Roof Blowdown: A Dave Robicheaux Novel" by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)

11. "High Noon" by Nora Roberts (Putnam)

12. "Waking With Enemies" by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton)

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

14. "The Burnt House" by Faye Kellerman (William Morrow)

15. "Critical" by Robin Cook (Putnam)

NONFICTION

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

2. "Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao" by Wayne W. Dyer (Hay House)

3. "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden (Collins)

4. "The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance Publishing)

5. "Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life " by Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker (Tyndale)

6. "You Can Run But You Can't Hide" by Duane "Dog" Chapman (Hyperion)

7. "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)

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

9. "It's All About Him: Finding the Love of My Life" by Denise Jackson and Ellen Vaughn (Thomas Nelson)

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

11. "Guinness Book of World Records 2008" (Guinness World Records)

12. "You: On a Diet" by Mehmet C. Oz and Michael F. Roizen (Free Press)

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

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

15. "Strengthsfinder 2.0" 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

Eds: CONFORMS to AP style for profanity in title no. 39.

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

1. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Young Readers) (F-H)

2. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) (F-H)

3. "Almost Dead" by Lisa Jackson (Zebra) (F-P)

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

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

6. "Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao" by Wayne W. Dyer (Hay House) (NF-H)

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

8. "Devil May Cry" by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's Press) (F-H)

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

10. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown) (F-P)

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

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

13. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Scholastic) (F-P)

14. "Ricochet" by Sandra Brown (Pocket) (F-P)

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

16. "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-P)

17. "Touch of Darkness" by Christina Dodd (Signet)(F-P)

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

19. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic) (F-P)

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

21. "Echo Park" by Michael Connelly (Grand Central Publishing) (F-P)

22. "The Weight Loss Cure 'They' Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance Publishing) (NF-H)

23. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Scholastic)(F-P)

24. "The MacGregor Brides" by Nora Roberts, (Silhouette Special Releases) (F-P)

25. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Scholastic) (F-P)

26. "Dakota Trilogy: Dakota Born" by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-P)

27. "Motor Mouth" by Janet Evanovich (HarperCollins) (F-P)

28. "The Quickie" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown and Company) (F-H)

29. "Dockside" by Susan Wiggs (Mira) (F-P)

30. "You Can Run But You Can't Hide" by Duane "Dog" Chapman (Hyperion) (NF-H)

31. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)(F-H)

32. "High School Musical 2: The Junior Novel" by N. B. Grace (Disney Press) (F-P)

33. "The Bourne Ultimatum" by Robert Ludlum (Bantam) (F-P)

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

35. "Sandworms of Dune" by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson (Tor Books) (F-H)

36. "Triptych" by Karin Slaughter (Dell) (F-P)

37. "The Ruins" by Scott Smith (Vintage) (F-P)

38. "The Clique 8: Sealed With a Diss" by Lisi Harrison (Poppy) (F-P)

39. "Skinny B----" by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (Running Press) (NF-P)

40. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell) (NF-P)

41. "Golden Buddha" by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo (Berkley) (F-P)

42. "The Emperor's Children" by Claire Messud (Vintage) (F-P)

43. "Tangled Up in You" by Rachel Gibson (Avon) (F-P)

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

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

46. "Spook Country" by Wiliam Gibson (Putnam) (F-H)

47. "Tanner's Scheme" by Lora Leigh (Berkley) (F-P)

48. "Guinness Book of World Records 2008" (Guinness World Records)(NF-H)

49. "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum (Bantam) (F-P)

50. "Crisis" by Robin Cook (Berkley) (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. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)

2. "Devil May Cry" by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's Press)

3. "Sandworms of Dune" by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson (Tor Books)

4. "The Quickie" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown and Company)

5. "The Secret Servant" by Daniel Silva (Putnam)

6. "Spook Country" by Wiliam Gibson (Putnam)

7. "High Noon" by Nora Roberts (Putnam)

8. "The Tin Roof Blowdown: A Dave Robicheaux Novel" by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)

9. "Waking With Enemies" by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton)

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

11. "The Burnt House" by Faye Kellerman (William Morrow)

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

13. "Critical" by Robin Cook (Putnam)

14. "Fourth Comings" by Megan McCafferty (Crown)

15. "Peony in Love" by Lisa See (Random House)

NONFICTION/GENERAL

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

2. "Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao" by Wayne W. Dyer (Hay House)

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

4. "The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance Publishing)

5. "You Can Run But You Can't Hide" by Duane "Dog" Chapman (Hyperion)

6. "Guinness Book of World Records 2008" (Guinness World Records)

7. "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)

8. "Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life " by Tony Dungy (Tyndale)

9. "It's All About Him: Finding the Love of My Life" by Denise Jackson and Ellen Vaughn (Thomas Nelson)

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

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

12. "You: On a Diet" Michael F. Roizen and by Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press)

13. "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman (Thomas Dunne Books)

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

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

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. "Echo Park" by Michael Connelly (Grand Central Publishing)

2. "The Bourne Ultimatum" by Robert Ludlum (Bantam)

3. "Ricochet" by Sandra Brown (Pocket)

4. "Touch of Darkness" by Christina Dodd (Signet)

5. "Almost Dead" by Lisa Jackson (Zebra)

6. "The Ruins" by Scott Smith (Vintage)

7. "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum (Bantam)

8. "Crisis" by Robin Cook (Berkley)

9. "The Afghan" by Frederick Forsyth (Signet)

10. "Tangled Up in You" by Rachel Gibson (Avon)

11. "Under Orders" by Dick Francis (Berkley)

12. "The Messenger" by Daniel Silva (Signet)

13. "Dockside" by Susan Wiggs (Mira)

14. "Spy" by Ted Bell (Pocket Star)

15. "Dakota Trilogy: Dakota Born" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

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

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

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

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

5. "The Emperor's Children" by Claire Messud (Vintage)

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

7. "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides (Picador)

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

9. "Skinny B----" by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (Running Press)

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

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

12. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell)

13. "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

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

15. "The Boleyn Inheritance" by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone)

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