Lists of best-selling books

Lists of best-selling books

	Published : Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:27 By : Agencies Print this Story

(AFX) - WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS

FICTION

1. 'Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood' by Ann Brashares (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)

2. 'Plum Lovin'' by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)

3. 'For One More Day' by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)

4. 'White Lies' by Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam)

5. 'The Castle in the Forest' by Norman Mailer (Random House)

6. 'Eldest' by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

7. 'Cross' by James Patterson (Little, Brown)

8. 'You Suck: A Love Story' by Christopher Moore (William Morrow)

9. 'The Hunters' by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam)

10. 'Bad Blood' by Linda Fairstein (Scribner)

11. 'Hannibal Rising' by Thomas Harris (Delacorte)

12. 'The Suspect' by John Lescroart (Dutton Adult)

13. 'Next' by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins)

14. 'Dust: A Richard Jury Mystery' by Martha Grimes (Viking Adult)

15. 'Lords of the North' by Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins)

NONFICTION

1. 'The Best Life Diet' by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster)

2. 'You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management' by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press)

3. 'The Audacity of Hope' by Barack Obama (Crown)

4. 'The Secret' by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words)

5. 'What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful' Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter (Hyperion)

6. 'Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid' by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster)

7. 'Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't' by Jim Collins (HarperBusiness)

8. 'Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich' by James Cramer, Cliff Mason (Simon & Schuster)

9. 'Now, Discover Your Strengths' by Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (Free Press)

10. 'The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town' by John Grisham (Doubleday)

11. 'What a Party! My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators and Other Wild Animals' by Terry McAuliffe, Steve Kettmann (Thomas Dunne)

12. 'Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56' by Rafe Esquith (Viking)

13. 'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins (Houghton Mifflin)

14. 'Cesar's Way' by Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmony)

15. 'The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage' by Dr. Laura Schlessinger (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 Best Life Diet' by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)

2. 'Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood' by Ann Brashares (Delacorte Books for Young Readers) (F-H)

3. 'You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management' by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press) (NF-H)

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

5.'Plum Lovin'' by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press) (F-H)

6. 'The Measure of a Man' by Sidney Poitier (HarperSanFrancisco) (NF-P)

7. 'Honeymoon' by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Warner Books) (F-P)

8. 'The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them' by The Freedom Writers, with Erin Gruwell (Broadway) (NF-P)

9. 'Point Blank' by Catherine Coulter (Jove) (F-P)

10. 'The Audacity of Hope' by Barack Obama (Crown) (NF-H)

11. 'Bridge to Terabithia' by Katherine Paterson, art by Donna Diamond (HarperEntertainment) (F-P)

12. 'The Seat of the Soul' by Gary Zukav (Fireside) (NF-P)

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

14. 'For One More Day' by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) (F-H)

15. 'Gone' by Lisa Gardner (Bantam) (F-P)

16. 'Slow Burn' by Julie Garwood (Ballantine Books) (F-P)

17. 'Eragon' by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers) (F-P)

18. 'White Lies' by Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam) (F-H)

19. 'The Calorie King Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter 2007' by Allan Borushek (Family Health Publications) (NF-P)

20. 'The Secret' by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words) (NF-H)

21. 'The Pursuit of Happyness' by Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe (Amistad) (NF-P)

22. 'Sun Kissed' by Catherine Anderson (Signet) (F-P)

23. 'The Best Life Diet Daily Journal' by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster) (NF-P)

24. 'Cross' by James Patterson (Little, Brown) (F-H)

25. 'The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town' by John Grisham (Doubleday) (NF-H)

26. 'Dreams from My Father' by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press) (NF-P)

27. 'The Tenth Circle' by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press) (F-P)

28. 'Eldest: Inheritance, Book II' by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers) (F-H)

29. 'Hannibal Rising' by Thomas Harris (Delacorte) (F-H)

30. 'You Suck: A Love Story' by Christopher Moore (William Morrow) (F-H)

31. 'What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful' by Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter (Hyperion) (NF-H)

32. 'Lethal Justice' by Fern Michaels (Zebra) (F-P)

33. 'Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About' by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance Publishing) (NF-P)

34. 'Running With Scissors' by Augusten Burroughs (Picador) (NF-P)

35. 'Blood Bound' by Patricia Briggs (Ace) (F-P)

36. 'LIFE: Picture Puzzle' (Time Inc. Home Entertainment/LIFE Magazine) (NF-P)

37. 'Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid' by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)

38. 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) (F-P)

39. 'The South Beach Diet' by Arthur Agatston (St. Martin's Press) (NF-P)

40. 'Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine' by Barbara Park, art by Denise Brunkus (Random House)(F-P)

41. 'S is for Silence' by Sue Grafton (Berkley) (F-P)

42. 'Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich' by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)

43. 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan' by Lisa See (Random House) (F-P)

44. 'What to Expect When You are Expecting' by H. Murkoff, A. Eisenberg & S. Hathaway (Workman)(NF-P)

45. 'The Last Templar' by Raymond Khoury (Signet) (F-P)

46. 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho (Harper) (F-P)

47. 'Cell' by Stephen King (Pocket Star) (F-P)

48. 'Wicked' by Gregory Maguire (ReganBooks) (F-P)

49. 'The Castle in the Forest' by Norman Mailer (Random House) (F-H)

50. 'Next' by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins) (F-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 Books & Music (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Target, Tattered Cover Book Store (Denver), Waldenbooks.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. 'Plum Lovin'' by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's)

2. 'For One More Day' by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)

3. 'White Lies' by Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam)

4. 'Cross' by James Patterson (Little, Brown)

5. 'Hannibal Rising' by Thomas Harris (Delacorte)

6. 'You Suck: A Love Story' by Christopher Moore (William Morrow)

7. 'The Hunters' by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam)

8. 'Next' by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins)

9. . 'The Castle in the Forest' by Norman Mailer (Random House)

10. 'The Suspect' by John Lescroart (Dutton Adult)

11. 'The Boleyn Inheritance' by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone

12. 'Exile' by Richard North Patterson (Holt)

13. 'Lords of the North' by Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins)

14. 'Bad Blood' by Linda Fairstein (Scribner)

15. 'Dust: A Richard Jury Mystery' by Martha Grimes (Viking Adult)

NONFICTION/GENERAL

1. 'The Best Life Diet' by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster)

2. 'You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management' by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press)

3. 'The Audacity of Hope' by Barack Obama (Crown)

4. 'The Secret' by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words)

5. 'The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town' by John Grisham (Doubleday)

6. 'Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid' by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster)

7. 'Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich' by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason (Simon & Schuster)

8. 'Marley & Me' by John Grogan (Morrow)

9. 'The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage' by Dr. Laura Schlessinger (HarperCollins)

10. 'I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman' by Nora Ephron (Knopf)

11. 'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins (Houghton Mifflin)

12. 'Cesar's Way' by Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmony)

13. 'What a Party! My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators and Other Wild Animals' by Terry McAuliffe, Steve Kettmann (Thomas Dunne)

14. 'The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class' by David S. Kidder and Noah D. Oppenheim (Rodale)

15. 'What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful' Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter (Hyperion)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. 'Honeymoon' by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Warner Books)

2. 'Point Blank' by Catherine Coulter (Jove)

3. 'Blood Bound' by Patricia Briggs (Ace)

4. 'The Last Templar' by Raymond Khoury (Signet)

5. 'Gone' by Lisa Gardner (Bantam)

6. 'The Hostage' by W.E.B. Griffin (Jove)

7. 'Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About' by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance Publishing)

8. 'The Hunt Club' by John Lescroart (Signet)

9. 'Sun Kissed' by Catherine Anderson (Signet)

10. 'Slow Burn' by Julie Garwood (Ballantine Books)

11. 'S is for Silence' by Sue Grafton (Berkley)

12. 'Sweetwater Creek' by Anne Rivers Siddons (Harpercollins)

13. 'The Two Minute Rule' by Robert Crais (Pocket Star)

14. 'The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell' by Lilian Jackson Braun (Jove)

15. 'Lethal Justice' by Fern Michaels (Zebra)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

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

2. 'The Measure of a Man' by Sidney Poitier (HarperSanFrancisco)

3. 'The Seat of the Soul' by Gary Zukav (Fireside)

4. 'The Glass Castle: A Memoir' by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)

5. '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)

6. 'The Pursuit of Happyness' by Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe (Amistad)

7. 'Dreams from My Father' by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press)

8. 'The Tenth Circle' by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press)

9. 'Running with Scissors' by Augusten Burroughs (Picador)

10. 'Life: Picture Puzzle' by Life Magazine Editors (Life)

11. 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)

12. 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho (Harper)

13. 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan' by Lisa See (Random House)

14. 'The Calorie King Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter 2007' by Allan Borushek (Family Health Publications)

15. 'The South Beach Diet' by Arthur Agatston (St. Martin's Press)