Lists of Best-Selling Books

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERS



FICTION


1. "True Believer" by Nicholas Sparks (Warner Books)


2. "The Mermaid Chair" by Monk Kidd (Viking)


3. "A Stroke of Midnight" by Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine Books)


4. "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)


5. "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" by Matthew Stover (Del Rey)


6. "Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception" by Eoin Colfer (Hyperion Miramax Books)


7. "No Place Like Home" by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)


8. "Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)


9. "Ya-Yas in Bloom" by Rebecca Wells (HarperCollins)


10. "Saturday" by Ian McEwan (Doubleday)


11. "Two-Dollar Bill" by Stuart Woods (Putnam)


12. "Honeymoon" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Little, Brown)


13. "Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)


14. "The Broker" by John Grisham (Doubleday)


15. "With No One As Witness" by Elizabeth George (HarperCollins)





NONFICTION

1. "Winning" by Jack Welch and Suzy Welch (HarperBusiness)

2. "And One More Thing Before You Go" by Maria Shriver (Free Press)

3. "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century" by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

4. "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

5. "The Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren (Zondervan)

6. "My Life So Far" by Jane Fonda (Random House)

7. "Slim and Sexy Forever" by Suzanne Somers (Crown)

8. "Your Best Life Now" by Joel Osteen (Warner Faith)

9. "On Bull" by Harry G. Frankfurt (Princeton University Press)

10. "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow)

11. "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" by Michael Savage (Nelson Current)

12. "South Beach Diet" by Arthur Agatston, M.D. (Rodale Press)

13. "Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes" by Giada De Laurentiis (Clarkson Potter)

14. "One Solider's Story" by Bob Dole (HarperCollins)

15. "The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous and Broke" by Suze Orman (Riverhead)

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 BESTSELLERS

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

1. "True Believer" by Nicholas Sparks (Warner Books) (F-H)

2. "The Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren (Zondervan) (NF-H)

3. "And One More Thing Before You Go" by Maria Shriver (Free Press) (NF-H)

4. "The Mermaid Chair" by Monk Kidd (Viking) (F-H)

5. "Winning" by Jack Welch and Suzy Welch (HarperBusiness) (NF-H)

6. "A Stroke of Midnight" by Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine Books) (F-H)

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

8. "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century" by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) (NF-H)

9. "Star Wars Revenge of the Sith" by Matthew Woodring Stover ( Del Rey) (F-H)

10. "Nighttime Is My Time" by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) (F-P)

11. "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) (F-H)

12. "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown (Pocket Star) (F-P)

13. "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown) (NF-H)

14. "Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception" by Eoin Colfer (Hyperion Miramax Books) (F-H)

15. "No Place Like Home" by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) (F-H)

16. "Your Best Life Now" by Joel Osteen (Warner Faith) (NF-H)

17. "My Life So Far" by Jane Fonda (Random House) (NF-H)

18. "R Is For Ricochet" by Sue Grafton (Putnam) (F-P)

19. "Full Bloom" by Janet Evanovich Charlotte Hughes (St. Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P)

20. "Blind Alley" by Iris Johansen (Bantam ) (F-P)

21. "Therapy " by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine Books) (F-P)

22. "Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment" by James Patterson (Little, Brown) (F-H)

23. "Slim and Sexy Forever" by Suzanne Somers (Crown) (NF-H)

24. "Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" by Patricia C. Wrede (Scholastic) (F-P)

25. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams (Del Rey) (F-P)

26. "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press) (F-P)

27. "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin) (F-P)

28. "The Last Juror" by John Grisham (Dell) (F-P)

29. "The Codex" by Douglas Preston (Forge Books) (F-P)

30. "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon (Vintage) (F-P)

31. "Almost a Bride" by Jane Feather (Bantam ) (F-P)

32. "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books) (NF-P)

33. "Ya-Yas in Bloom" by Rebecca Wells (HarperCollins)(F-H)

34. "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks (Warner Books) (F-P)

35. "Saturday" by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese) (F-H)

36. "The Paid Companion" by Amanda Quick (Putnam) (F-P)

37. "On Bull" by Harry G. Frankfurt (Princeton University Press) (NF-H)

38. "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" by Michael Savage (Nelson Current) (NF-H)

39. "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press) (F-P)

40. "The South Beach Diet" by Arthur Agatston (Rodale) (NF-H)

41. "Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook" by Shel Silverstein (HarperCollins) (F-H)

42. "Two-Dollar Bill" by Stuart Woods (Putnam) (F-H)

43. "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary" by James Luceno (DK Publishing) (F-H)

44. "Approval Addiction: Overcoming Your Need to Please Everyone " by Joyce Meyer (Joyce Meyer Trade) (NF-H)

45. "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams (Del Rey) (F-P)

46. "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow) (NF-H)

47. "Deception Point" by Dan Brown (Pocket) (F-P)

48. "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) (F-H)

49. "French Women Don't Get Fat" by Mireille Guiliano (Knopf) (NF-H)

50. "Honeymoon" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Little, Brown)(F-H)

Contributing Booksellers: Barnes & Noble Inc., Books-A-Million and Bookland, Books & Co. (Dayton, Ohio), Borders Books & Music, Bookstar, Bookstop, Brentano's, Crown Books, Davis Kidd Booksellers (Tennessee), Doubleday Book Shops, Hawley-Cooke Booksellers (Louisville), Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Lexington, Ky.; Cincinnati), Little Professor Book Centers, Powell's Books (Portland, Ore.), Ruminator Books (St. Paul, Minn.), Scribner's Bookstores, Tattered Cover Book Store (Denver), Waldenbooks, Wal-Mart, Amazon.com, B. Dalton Bookseller, Barnes & Noble.com.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST SELLERS

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "True Believer" by Nicholas Sparks (Warner Books)

2. "The Mermaid Chair" by Monk Kidd (Viking)

3. "Star Wars Revenge of the Sith" by Matthew Stover (Del Rey/LucasBooks)

4. "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

5. "A Stroke of Midnight" by Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine Books)

6. "No Place Like Home" by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)

7. "Ya-Yas in Bloom" by Rebecca Wells (HarperCollins)

8. "Saturday" by Ian McEwan (Doubleday/Talese)

9. "Two-Dollar Bill" by Stuart Woods (Putnam)

10. "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)

11. "Honeymoon" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Little, Brown)

12. "The Broker" by John Grisham (Doubleday)

13. "With No One as Witness" by Elizabeth George (HarperCollins)

14. "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer (Houghton Mifflin)

15. "The Rising: Before They Were Left Behind" by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale House Publishers)

NONFICTION/GENERAL

1. "The Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren (Zondervan)

2. "And One More Thing Before You Go" by Maria Shriver (Free Press)

3. "Winning" by Jack Welch and Suzy Welch (HarperBusiness)

4. "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

5. "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century" by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

6. "My Life So Far" by Jane Fonda (Random House)

7. "Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential" by Joel Osteen (Warner Faith)

8. "Slim and Sexy Forever" by Suzanne Somers (Crown)

9. "On Bull" by Harry G. Frankfurt (Princeton University Press)

10. "The South Beach Diet" by Arthur Agatston, M.D. (Rodale)

11. "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" by Michael Savage (Nelson Current)

12. "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow)

13. "Star Wars Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary" by James Luceno, Robert E. Barnes, John Goodson, Alexander Ivanov (DK Children)

14. "Everyday Italian" by Giada De Laurentiis (Clarkson Potter)

15. "French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure" by Mireille Guiliano (Knopf)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. "Nighttime Is My Time" by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)

2. "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown (Pocket)

3. "R Is for Ricochet" by Sue Grafton (Berkley)

4. "Therapy" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine)

5. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams (Del Rey)

6. "Full Bloom" by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes (St. Martin's)

7. "Blind Alley" by Iris Johansen (Bantam)

8. "The Codex" by Douglas Preston (Forge)

9. "The Last Juror" by John Grisham (Dell)

10. "The Paid Companion" by Amanda Quick (Jove)

11. "Almost a Bride" by Jane Feather (Bantam)

12. "The Prince of Beverly Hills" by Stuart Woods (Putnam Publishing Group)

13. "Deception Point" by Dan Brown (Pocket)

14. "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks (Warner)

15. "Digital Fortress" by Dan Brown (St. Martin's)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

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

2. "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin)

3. "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon (Vintage)

4. "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press)

5. "Can You Keep a Secret?" by Sophie Kinsella (The Dial Press)

6. "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay)

7. "Good Grief" by Lolly Winston (Warner)

8. "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi (Random House)

9. "The Wedding" by Nicholas Sparks (Warner)

10. "Bad Cat: 244 Not-So-Pretty Kitties and Cats Gone Bad" by Jim Edgar (Workman)

11. "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger (Harcourt/Harvest)

12. "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams (Del Rey)

13. "30-Minute Get Real Meals: Eat Healthy Without Going to Extremes" by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter)

14. "Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life" by Queen Noor (Miramax)

15. "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter (Warner)