AP News, October 25th, 2007
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
1. "The Almost Moon" by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown)
2. "World Without End" by Ken Follett (Dutton)
3. "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham (Doubleday)
4. "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
5. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)
6. "Dark of the Moon" by John Sandford (Putnam Adult)
7. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)
8. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Young Readers)
9. "You've Been Warned" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Little, Brown)
10. "Bloodfever" by Karen Marie Moning (Delacorte)
11. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) (F-H)
12. "Extras" by Scott Westerfeld, art by Rodrigo Corral (Simon Pulse)
13. "Shoot Him If He Runs" by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
14. "Bridge of Sighs" by Richard Russo (Knopf)
15. "Pandora's Daughter" by Iris Johansen (St. Martin's Press)
1. "Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day" by Joel Osteen (Free Press)
2. "Deceptively Delicious" by Jessica Seinfeld (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
3. "I Am America (And So Can You!)" by Stephen Colbert (Grand Central Publishing)
4. "Clapton: The Autobiography" by Eric Clapton (Broadway)
5. "Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors" by Bill Cosby, Alvin F. Poussaint (Thomas Nelson)
6. "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World" by Alan Greenspan (The Penguin Press)
7. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words)
8. "My Grandfather's Son" by Clarence Thomas (HarperCollins)
9. "The Intellectual Devotional: American History" by Noah D. Oppenheim, David S. Kidder (Modern Times/Rodale)
10. "What's So Great About Christianity" by Dinesh D'Souza (Regnery)
11. "If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer" The Goldman Family (authorized version) (Beaufort Books)
12. "Think BIG and Kick A-- in Business and Life" by Donald Trump and Bill Zanker (Collins)
13. "Launching a Leadership Revolution: Mastering the Five Levels of Influence" by Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward (Business Plus)
14. "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans" by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum)
15. "Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog ... and Your Life" by Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmony)
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. "Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day" by Joel Osteen (Free Press) (NF-H)
2. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) (NF-P)
3. "I Am America (And So Can You!)" by Stephen Colbert (Grand Central Publishing) (NF-H)
4. "Deceptively Delicious" by Jessica Seinfeld (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
5. "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage) (F-P)
6. "Clapton: The Autobiography" by Eric Clapton (Broadway)(NF-H)
7. "The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change" by Christiane Northrup (Bantam) (NF-P)
8. "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham (Doubleday) (F-H)
9. "Cross" by James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing) (F-P)
10. "The Almost Moon" by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown) (F-H)
11. "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
12. "Into the Wild" by John Krakauer (Anchor) (NF-P)
13. "World Without End" by Ken Follett (Dutton) (F-H)
14. "Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors" by Bill Cosby, Alvin F. Poussaint (Thomas Nelson) (NF-H)
15. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words) (NF-H)
16. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin) (F-P)
17. "H.R.H." by Danielle Steel (Dell) (F-P)
18. "Harry Potter Boxed Set, Books 1-7" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Arthur A. Levine) (F-H)
19. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) (F-P)
20. "The Gift" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases)(F-P)
21. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover) (F-H)
22. "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World" by Alan Greenspan (The Penguin Press) (NF-H)
23. "My Grandfather's Son" by Clarence Thomas (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
24. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown) (F-P)
25. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Young Readers) (F-H)
26. "Free Fall" by Fern Michaels (Zebra) (F-P)
27. "Skinny B----" by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (Running Press) (NF-P)
28. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell) (NF-P)
29. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) (F-H)
30. "Dark of the Moon" by John Sandford (Putnam Adult) (F-H)
31. "Mine Till Midnight" by Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P)
32. "Pandora's Daughter" by Iris Johansen (St. Martin's Press) (F-H)
33. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)(F-H)
34. "You've Been Warned" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Little, Brown) (F-H)
35. "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire (Harper) (F-P)
36. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin) (F-P)
37. "Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential" by Joel Osteen (FaithWords) (NF-P)
38. "The Intellectual Devotional: American History" by Noah D. Oppenheim, David S. Kidder (Modern Times/Rodale)(NF-H)
39. "True Evil: A Novel" by Greg Iles (Pocket) (F-P)
40. "Think BIG and Kick A-- in Business and Life" by Donald Trump and Bill Zanker (Collins) (NF-H)
41. "Bloodfever" by Karen Marie Moning (Delacorte) (F-H)
42. "The Collectors" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) (F-P)
43. "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans" by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum) (NF-H)
44. "Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog ... and Your Life" by Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmony) (NF-H)
45. "Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) (NF-P)
46. "If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer" The Goldman Family (authorized version) (Beaufort Books) (NF-H)
47. "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing (revised)" by Christiane Northrup (Bantam)" (NF-P)
48. "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett (NAL)
49. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) (NF-P)
50. "Gone, Baby, Gone" by Dennis Lehane (HarperCollins) (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
1. "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham (Doubleday)
2. "The Almost Moon" by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown)
3. "World Without End" by Ken Follett (Dutton)
4. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)
5. "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
6. "Dark of the Moon" by John Sandford (Putnam Adult)
7. "You've Been Warned" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Little, Brown)
8. "Pandora's Daughter" by Iris Johansen (St. Martin's Press)
9. "Bloodfever" by Karen Marie Moning (Delacorte)
10. "Bridge of Sighs" by Richard Russo (Knopf)
11. "Run" by Ann Patchett (Harper)
12. "Star Wars: Death Star" by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry (Del Rey)
13. "Shoot Him If He Runs" by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
14. "The Orc King" by R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast)
15. "The Abstinence Teacher" by Tom Perrotta (St. Martin's Press)
1. "Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day" by Joel Osteen (Free Press)
2. "I Am America (And So Can You!)" by Stephen Colbert (Grand Central Publishing)
3. "Deceptively Delicious" by Jessica Seinfeld (HarperCollins)
4. "Clapton: The Autobiography" by Eric Clapton (Broadway)
5. "Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors" by Bill Cosby, Alvin F. Poussaint (Thomas Nelson)
6. "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World" by Alan Greenspan (The Penguin Press)
7. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words)
8. "My Grandfather's Son" by Clarence Thomas (HarperCollins)
9. "The Intellectual Devotional: American History" by Noah D. Oppenheim, David S. Kidder (Modern Times/Rodale)
10. "The Nine" by Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday)
11. "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans" by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum)
12. "Celebrity Detox: (The Fame Game)" by Rosie O'Donnell (Grand Central Publishing)
13. "If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer" The Goldman Family (authorized version) (Beaufort Books)
14. "Think BIG and Kick A-- in Business and Life" by Donald Trump and Bill Zanker (Collins)
15. "Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog ... and Your Life" by Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmony)
1. "Cross" by James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing)
2. "H.R.H." by Danielle Steel (Dell)
3. "The Gift" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases)
4. "Mine Till Midnight" by Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's)
5. "The Collectors" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
6. "True Evil: A Novel" by Greg Iles (Pocket)
7. "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire (Harper)
8. "Gone, Baby, Gone" by Dennis Lehane (HarperCollins)
9. "Hollywood Station" by Joseph Wambaugh (Vision)
10. "Free Fall" by Fern Michaels (Zebra)
11. "Crusader Gold" by David Gibbins (Bantam)
12. "At First Sight" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
13. "The Mist" by Stephen King (Signet)
14. "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett (NAL)
15. "Lover Unbound" by J.R. Ward (Signet)
1. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)
2. "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage)
3. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)
4. "The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change" by Christiane Northrup (Bantam)
5. "Into the Wild" by John Krakauer (Anchor)
6. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
7. "Skinny B----" by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (Running Press)
8. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell)
9. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin)
10. "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)
11. "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing (revised)" by Christiane Northrup (Bantam)"
12. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)
13. "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield (Washington Square Press)
14. "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides (Picador)
15. "Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential" by Joel Osteen (FaithWords) (NF-P)
