AP News, May 3rd, 2007
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
FICTION
1. "Simple Genius" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
2. "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
3. "The Woods" by Harlan Coben (Dutton Adult)
4. "Body Surfing" by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown and Company)
5. "The Good Husband of Zebra Drive" by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon)
6. "I Heard That Song Before" by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)
7. "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult (Atria)
8. "Back on Blossom Street" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
9. "The River Knows" by Amanda Quick (Putnam)
10. "Fresh Disasters" by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
11. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)
12. "Obsession" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine Books)
13. "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" by Mohsin Hamid (Harcourt)
14. "Land of Mango Sunsets" by Dorothea Benton Frank (William Morrow)
15. "White Night" by Jim Butcher (Roc)
NONFICTION
1. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words)
2. "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)
3. "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" by Lee Iacocca (Scribner)
4. "The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior" by Tamar Geller with Andrea Cagan (Simon Spotlight Entertainment)
5. "Jeffery Gitomer's Little Green Book of Getting Your Way" by Jeffery Gitomer (FT Press)
6. "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
7. "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random House)
8. "The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance)
9. "Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success" by Russell Simmons, Chris Morrow (Gotham Books)
10. "Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin'" by Paula Deen, Sherry Suib Cohen (Simon & Schuster)
11. "Everyday Pasta" by Giada De Laurentiis (Clarkson Potter)
12. "Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right" by Bernard Goldberg (HarperCollins)
13. "You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management" by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press)
14. "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" by T. Harv Eker (HarperBusiness)
15. "Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power" by Robert Dallek ( HarperCollins)
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. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words) (NF-H)
2. "Simple Genius" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
3. "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) (F-H)
4. "Susannah's Garden" by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-P)
5. "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage) (F-P)
6. "The 5th Horseman" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Warner Books) (F-P)
7. "Born in Death" by J.D. Robb (Berkley) (F-P)
8. "Dead Watch" by John Sandford (Berkley) (F-P)
9. "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)
10. "Two Little Girls in Blue" by Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket)(F-P)
11. "The Wrong Hostage" by Elizabeth Lowell (Avon) (F-P)
12. "The Woods" by Harlan Coben (Dutton Adult) (F-H)
13. "Captive of My Desires" by Johanna Lindsey (Pocket) (F-P)
14. "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" by Lee Iacocca (Scribner) (NF-H)
15. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin) (F-P)
16. "The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior" by Tamar Geller with Andrea Cagan (Simon Spotlight Entertainment) (NF-H)
17. "Warriors: Power of Three Book 1: The Sight" by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins) (F-H)
18. "Body Surfing" by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown and Company) (F-H)
19. "At Risk" by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley) (F-P)
20. "I Heard That Song Before" by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) (F-H)
21. "Outsider" by Diana Palmer (HQN) (F-P)
22. "Gone" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine Books) (F-P)
23. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) (NF-P)
24. "Hot Stuff" by Janet Evanovich, Leanne Banks (St. Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P)
25. "Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success" by Russell Simmons, Chris Morrow (Gotham Books) (NF-H)
26. "Back on Blossom Street" by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-H)
27. "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books) (NF-P)
28. "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky (Vintage) (F-P)
29. "The Book of Fate" by Brad Meltzer (Warner) (F-P)
30. "The Measure of a Man" by Sidney Poitier (HarperSanFrancisco) (NF-P)
31. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) (NF-P)
32. "The Good Husband of Zebra Drive" by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon) (F-H)
33. "The Weight Cure They Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance) (NF-H)
34. "Eldest: Inheritance, Book II" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers) (F-P)
35. "The River Knows" by Amanda Quick (Putnam) (F-H)
36. "Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin'" by Paula Deen, Sherry Suib Cohen (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)
37. "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult (Atria) (F-H)
38. "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) (NF-H)
39. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin) (F-P)
40. "Raintree: Inferno" by Linda Howard (Silhouette Nocturne) (F-P)
41. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell) (NF-P)
42. "Judge & Jury" by James Patterson, Andrew Gross (Warner) (F-P)
43. "You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management" by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press) (NF-H)
44. "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss (Random House Books for Young Readers) (F-H)
45. "Jeffery Gitomer's Little Green Book of Getting Your Way" by Jeffery Gitomer, (FT Press) (NF-H)
46. "Fresh Disasters" by Stuart Woods (Putnam) (F-H)
47. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) (F-P)
48. "Promise Me" by Harlan Coben (Signet) (F-P)
49. "The Hard Way" by Lee Child (Dell) (F-P)
50. "The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them" by Freedom Writers, with Erin Gruwell (Broadway) (NF-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
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Simple Genius" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
2. "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
3. "The Woods" by Harlan Coben (Dutton Adult)
4. "The Good Husband of Zebra Drive" by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon)
5. "Body Surfing" by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown and Company)
6. "I Heard That Song Before" by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)
7. "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult (Atria)
8. "Back on Blossom Street" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
9. "Fresh Disasters" by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
10. "The River Knows" by Amanda Quick (Putnam)
11. "White Night" by Jim Butcoher (Roc)
12. "Obsession" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine Books)
13. "Kingdom Come: The Final Victory" by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale)
14. "Whitethorn Woods" by Maeve Binchy (Knopf)
15."Sleeping With Strangers" by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton)
NONFICTION/GENERAL
1. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words)
2. "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)
3. "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" by Lee Iacocca (Scribner)
4. "The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior" by Tamar Geller with Andrea Cagan (Simon Spotlight Entertainment)
5. "Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success" by Russell Simmons, Chris Morrow (Gotham Books)
6. "The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance)
7. "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
8. "Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin'" by Paula Deen, Sherry Suib Cohen (Simon & Schuster)
9. "Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny" by Suze Orman (Spiegel & Grau)
10. "Everyday Pasta" by Giada De Laurentiis (Clarkson Potter)
11. "Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right" by Bernard Goldberg (HarperCollins)
12. "How Doctors Think" by Jerome Groopman (Houghton Mifflin)
13. "You: On a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management" by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press)
14. "Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power" by Robert Dallek ( HarperCollins)
15. Big Papi: My Story of Big Dreams and Big Hits" by David Ortiz with Tony Massarotti (St. Martin's Press)
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Dead Watch" by John Sandford (Berkley)
2. "Susannah's Garden" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
3. "Born in Death" by J.D. Robb (Berkley)
4. "Two Little Girls in Blue" by Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket)
5. "The Hard Way" by Lee Child (Dell)
6. "Gone" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine Books)
7. "At Risk" by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley)
8. "Promise Me" by Harlan Coben (Signet)
9. "Hot Stuff" by Janet Evanovich, Leanne Banks (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
10. "Raintree: Inferno" by Linda Howard (Silhouette Nocturne)
11. "The Wrong Hostage" by Elizabeth Lowell (Avon)
12. "The Book of Fate" by Brad Meltzer (Warner)
13. "Judge & Jury" by James Patterson, Andrew Gross (Warner)
14. "Captive of My Desires" by Johanna Lindsey (Pocket)
15. "When I Fall in Love" by Lynn Kurland (Jove)
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage)
2. "The 5th Horseman" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Warner Books)
3. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)
4. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin)
5. "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books)
6. "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky (Vintage)
7. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)
8. "The Measure of a Man" by Sidney Poitier (HarperSanFrancisco)
9. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)
10. "The Inheritance of Loss" by Kiran Desai (The Grove Press)
11. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
12. "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion (Vintage)
13. "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See (Random House)
14. "Life: The Original Picture Puzzle" by Editors of Life Magazine (Life)
15. "Rise and Shine" by Anna Quindlen (Random House)
