ShareThisBy PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Hardcover best-sellers compiled from data from large-city bookstores, bookstore chains and local best-seller lists across the United States. The first number to the right of the author's name is the book's previous week's ranking; the second is the number of weeks the book has been on the best-seller list.
Fiction Hardcover
1. Judge & Jury. James Patterson and Andrew Gross.
Little, Brown, $27.99 (1, 4)
2. Ricochet. Sandra Brown.
Simon & Schuster, $25.95 (2, 2)
3. Hunters of Dune. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
Tor, $27.95 ( -, 1)
4. The Afghan. Frederick Forsyth.
Putnam, $26.95 ( -, 1)
5. The Messenger. Daniel Silva.
Putnam, $25.95 (4, 5)
6. Into the Storm. Suzanne Brockmann.
Ballantine, $21.95 (3, 2)
7. Angels Fall. Nora Roberts.
Putnam, $25.95 (6, 7)
8. Phantom. Terry Goodkind.
Tor, $29.95 (7, 6)
9. Spy. Ted Bell.
Atria, $25.95 (15, 2)
10. The Ruins. Scott Smith.
Knopf, $24.95 (5, 6)
11. Can't Wait to Get to Heaven. Fannie Flagg.
Random House, $25.95 (8, 8)
12. Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Marisha Pessl.
Viking, $25.95 (9, 2)
13. Happiness Sold Separately. Lolly Winston.
Warner, $21.99 (13, 3)
14. Water for Elephants. Sara Gruen.
Algonquin, $23.95 (11, 8)
15. Twelve Sharp. Janet Evanovich.
St. Martin's, $26.95 (14, 10)
Nonfiction Hardcover
1. I Feel Bad About My Neck. Nora Ephron.
Knopf, $19.95 (4, 4)
2. Marley & Me. John Grogan.
Morrow, $21.95 (1, 43)
3. State of Emergency. Patrick Buchanan.
St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne, $24.95 ( -, 1)
4. The World Is Flat (Updated and Expanded). Thomas Friedman.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30 (3, 71)
5. Fiasco. Thomas E. Ricks.
Penguin Press, $27.95 (2, 5)
6. Cesar's Way. Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier.
Harmony, $24.95 (5, 21)
7. Freakonomics. Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.
Morrow, $25.95 (6, 71)
8. The Looming Tower. Lawrence Wright.
Knopf, $27.95 (8, 3)
9. The Purpose-Driven Life. Rick Warren.
Zondervan, $19.99 ( 11, 155)
10. Guinness World Records 2007.
Guinness Publishing, $28.95 (9, 3)
11. Wins, Loses and Lessons. Lou Holtz.
Morrow, $25.95 ( -, 1)
12. Dispatches from the Edge. Anderson Cooper.
HarperCollins, $24.95 (7, 14)
13. Mayflower. Nathaniel Philbrick.
Viking, $29.95 (10, 16)
14. More Natural "Cures" Revealed. Kevin Trudeau.
Alliance, $24.95 ( -, 1)
15. Your Best Life Now. Joel Osteen.
Warner Faith, $19.95 (13, 63)
Mass Market Paperback
1. Lifeguard. James Patterson and Andrew Gross.
Warner, $9.99 (1, 5)
2. The Devil Wears Prada. Lauren Weisberger.
Anchor, $7.99 (2, 13)
3. Consent to Kill. Vince Flynn.
Pocket Star, $9.99 ( -, 1)
4. Faithless. Karin Slaughter.
Dell, $7.99 (10, 5)
5. Born to Be Wild. Catherine Coulter.
Jove, $7.99 (4, 5)
6. Chill Factor. Sandra Brown.
Pocket, $9.99 (3, 6)
7. The Lincoln Lawyer. Michael Connelly.
Warner, $7.99 (7, 9)
8. Dangerous. Nora Roberts.
Silhouette, $7.99 (5, 5)
9. Twice Kissed. Lisa Jackson.
Zebra, $7.99 (9, 5)
10. Smitten. Janet Evanovich.
HarperTorch, $7.99 (6, 5)
11. The Da Vinci Code. Dan Brown.
Anchor, $7.99 (13, 22)
12. Angels & Demons. Dan Brown.
Pocket, $7.99 (11, 174)
13. 6 Rainier Drive. Debbie Macomber.
Mira, $7.99 (( -, 1)
14. Marker. Robin Cook.
Berkley, $9.99 (12, 5)
15. Scandal in Spring. Lisa Kleypas.
Avon, $7.99 (8, 5)
Trade Paperbacks
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Kim Edwards.
Penguin, $14 (1, 10)
2. Running with Scissors. Augusten Burroughs.
Picador, $14 (4, 11)
3. The Kite Runner. Khaled Hosseini.
Riverhead, $14 (3, 102)
4. The Alchemist. Paulo Coelho.
Harper San Francisco, $13.95 (6, 7)
5. The Fat Smash Diet. Ian K. Smith.
St. Martin's/Griffin, $12.95 (2, 2)
6. The Glass Castle. Jeannette Walls.
Scribner, $14 (10, 9)
7. Night. Elie Wiesel.
Hill & Wang, $9 (9, 31)
8. Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex. Mark Leyner & Billy Goldberg, M.D.
Three Rivers, $13.95 (5, 4)
9. The Tipping Point. Malcolm Gladwell.
Little Brown/Back Bay, $14.95 (7, 66)
10. The Sea. John Banville.
Vintage, $12.95 ( -, 1)
11. My Sister's Keeper. Jodi Picoult.
Washington Square Press, $14 ( -, 1)
12. The Secret Life of Bees. Sue Monk Kidd.
Penguin, $14 (15, 157)
13. The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation. Sid Jacobson.
Hill and Wang, $30 ( -, 1)
14. 1776. David McCullough.
Simon & Schuster, $18 (8, 10)
15. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Lisa See.
Random House, $13.95 ( -, 1)
