AP News, October 11th, 2007
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
FICTION
1. "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham (Doubleday)
2. "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
3. "Dark of the Moon" by John Sandford (Putnam Adult)
4. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)
5. "You've Been Warned" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Little, Brown)
6. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Young Readers)
7. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)
8. "Bridge of Sighs" by Richard Russo (Knopf)
9. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
10. "The Orc King" by R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast)
11. "Shoot Him If He Runs" by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
12. "Extras" by Scott Westerfeld, art by Rodrigo Corral (Simon Pulse)
13. "Run" by Ann Patchett (Harper)
14. "Gossip Girl: It Had to Be You: The Gossip Girl Prequel" by Cecily von Ziegsar (Poppy)
15. "Garden Spells" by Sarah Addison Allen (Bantam)
NONFICTION
1. "My Grandfather's Son" by Clarence Thomas (HarperCollins)
2. "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World" by Alan Greenspan (The Penguin Press)
3. "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans" by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum)
4. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words)
5. "Influencer: The Power to Change Anything" by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler (McGraw-Hill)
6. "The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy)" by Rick Atkinson (Henry Holt and Co.)
7. "The Nine" by Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday)
8. "Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism" by Jenny McCarthy (Dutton)
9. "Signs of Life: Back to the Basics of Authentic Christianity" by David Jeremiah (Thomas Nelson)
10. "The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War" by David Halberstam (Hyperion)
11. "Power to the People" by Laura Ingraham, (Regnery Publishing)
12. "The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945" by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns (Knopf)
13. "Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog ... and Your Life" by Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmon)
14. "The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance Publishing)
15. "The Vixen Diaries" by Karrine Steffans (Grand Central Publishing)
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. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) (NF-P)
2. "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham (Doubleday) (F-H)
3. "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
4. "Cross" by James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing) (F-P)
5. "Mine Till Midnight" by Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P)
6. "Into the Wild" by John Krakauer (Anchor) (NF-P)
7. "My Grandfather's Son" by Clarence Thomas (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
8. "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World" by Alan Greenspan (The Penguin Press) (NF-H)
9. "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage) (F-P)
10. "H.R.H." by Danielle Steel (Dell) (F-P)
11. "The Gift" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases)(F-P)
12. "Dark of the Moon" by John Sandford (Putnam Adult) (F-H)
13. "Free Fall" by Fern Michaels (Zebra) (F-P) 14. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin) (F-P)
15. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) (F-P)
16. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words) (NF-H)
17. "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans" by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum) (NF-H)
18. "You've Been Warned" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Little, Brown) (F-H)
19. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover) (F-H)
20. "Signs of Life: Back to the Basics of Authentic Christianity" by David Jeremiah (Thomas Nelson) (NF-H)
21. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown) (F-P)
22. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) (F-H)
23. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Young Readers) (F-H)
24. "Skinny B----" by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (Running Press) (NF-P)
25. "Influencer: The Power to Change Anything" by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler (McGraw-Hill) (NF-H)
26. "Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog ... and Your Life" by Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmony) (NF-H)
27. "True Evil: A Novel" by Greg Iles (Pocket) (F-P)
28. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell) (NF-P)
29. "The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945" by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns (Knopf) (NF-H)
30. "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides (Picador) (F-P)
31. "The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy)" by Rick Atkinson (Henry Holt and Co.) (NF-H)
32. "The Nine" by Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday) (NF-H)
33. "Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism" by Jenny McCarthy (Dutton) (NF-H)
34. "Lover Unbound" by J.R. Ward (Signet) (F-P)
35. "Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope" by Jenna Bush, art by Mia Baxter (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
36. "Secrets in the Attic" by V.C. Andrews (Pocket Star) (F-P)
37. "The Collectors" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) (F-P)
38. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)(F-H)
39. "The Parting" by Beverly Lewis (Bethany House Publishers) (F-P)
40. "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire (Harper) (F-P)
41. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin) (F-P)
42. "The Vixen Diaries" by Karrine Steffans (Grand Central Publishing) (NF-H)
43. "The Seance" by Heather Graham (Mira) (F-P)
44. "Shoot Him If He Runs" by Stuart Woods (Putnam) (F-H)
45. "The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War" by David Halberstam (Hyperion) (NF-H)
46. "The Weight Loss Cure 'They' Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance Publishing) (NF-H)
47. "Secrets of a Proper Lady" by Victoria Alexander (Avon) (F-P)
48. "Extras" by Scott Westerfeld, art by Rodrigo Corral (Simon Pulse) (F-H)
49. "74 Seaside Avenue" by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-P)
50. "Power to the People" by Laura Ingraham, (Regnery Publishing) (NF-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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham (Doubleday)
2. "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
3. "Dark of the Moon" by John Sandford (Putnam Adult)
4. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)
5. "You've Been Warned" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Little, Brown)
6. "Bridge of Sighs" by Richard Russo (Knopf)
7. "Shoot Him If He Runs" by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
8. "The Orc King" by R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast)
9. "Run" by Ann Patchett (Harper)
10. "The Bone Garden" by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine)
11. "Dead Heat" by Dick Francis, Felix Francis (Putnam)
12. Making Money" by Terry Pratchett (Harper)
13. "Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon" by Garrison Keillor, (Viking)
14. "Exit Ghost" by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin)
15. "Where Angels Go" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
NONFICTION/GENERAL
1. "My Grandfather's Son" by Clarence Thomas (HarperCollins)
2. "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World" by Alan Greenspan (The Penguin Press)
3. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words)
4. "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans" by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum)
5. "The Nine" by Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday)
6. "The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy)" by Rick Atkinson (Henry Holt and Co.)
7. "The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War" by David Halberstam (Hyperion)
8. "The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945" by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns (Knopf)
9. "The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance Publishing)
10. "Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism" by Jenny McCarthy (Dutton)
11. "Power to the People" by Laura Ingraham, (Regnery Publishing)
12. "The Vixen Diaries" by Karrine Steffans (Grand Central Publishing)
13. "Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light" by Mother Teresa & Bill Kolodiejchuk (Doubleday)
14. "Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog ... and Your Life" by Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmon)
15. "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star" by Nikki Sixx, (Pocket)
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Cross" by James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing)
2."Mine Till Midnight" by Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's)
3. "The Collectors" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
4. "True Evil: A Novel" by Greg Iles (Pocket)
5. "Free Fall" by Fern Michaels (Zebra)
6. "H.R.H." by Danielle Steel (Dell)
7. "Lover Unbound" by J.R. Ward (Signet)
8. "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire (Harper)
9. "Hollywood Station" by Joseph Wambaugh (Vision)
10. "Crusader Gold" by David Gibbins (Bantam)
11. "The Gift" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases)
12. "The Seance" by Heather Graham (Mira)
13. "Secrets of a Proper Lady" by Victoria Alexander (Avon)
14. "Capital Crimes" by Jonathan & Faye Kellerman (Ballantine)
15. "Dark Celebration: A Carpathian Reunion" by Christine Feehan (Jove)
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)
2. "Into the Wild" by John Krakauer (Anchor)
3. "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage)
4. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)
5. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
6. "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides (Picador)
7. "Skinny B----" by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (Running Press)
8. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin)
9. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)
10. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell)
11. "The Emperor's Children" by Claire Messud (Vintage)
12. "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)
13. "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky (Vintage)
14. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (Harper)
15. "Thunderstruck" by Erik Larson (Three Rivers Press)
