Lists of best-selling booksWALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS FICTION 1. "Plum Lovin'" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press) 2. "Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares (Delacorte Books for Young Readers) 3. "The Alexandria Link" by Steve Berry (Ballantine Books) 4. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) 5. "Deep Storm" by Lincoln Child (Doubleday) 6. "Hannibal Rising" by Thomas Harris (Delacorte) 7. "Star Wars: Allegiance" by Timothy Zahn (Del Rey) 8. "Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 9. "Hide" by Lisa Gardner (Bantam) 10. "White Lies" by Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam) 11. "The Castle in the Forest" by Norman Mailer (Random House) 12. "The Hunters" by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam) 13. "You Suck: A Love Story" by Christopher Moore (William Morrow) 14. "Lords of the North" by Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins) 15. "Next" by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins) NONFICTION 1. "The Best Life Diet" by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster) 2. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words) 3. "You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management" by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press) 4. "The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama (Crown) 5. "Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant" by Daniel Tammet (Free Press) 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. "The South Beach Heart Program: The 4-Step Plan that Can Save Your Life" by Arthur Agatston (Rodale Books) 9. "LL Cool J's Platinum Workout: Sculpt Your Best Body Ever with Hollywood's Fittest Star" LL Cool J, Dave Honig, Jeff O'Connell (Rodale Books) 10. "The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town" by John Grisham (Doubleday) 11. "Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present" by Michael B. Oren (W.W. Norton) 12. "Cosmo Kama Sutra: 77 Mind-Blowing Sex Positions" by The Editors of Cosmopolitan (Hearst Books) 13. "Marley & Me" by John Grogan (Morrow) 14. "I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman" by Nora Ephron (Knopf) 15. "Now, Discover Your Strengths" by Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (Free Press) 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 Measure of a Man" by Sidney Poitier (HarperSanFrancisco) (NF-P) 2. "Irish Dreams" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases)(F-P) 3. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin) (F-P) 4. "The House" by Danielle Steel (Dell) (F-P) 5. "Most Likely To Die" by Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton, Wendy Corsi Staub (Zebra)(F-P) 6. "Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares (Delacorte Books for Young Readers) (F-H) 7. "The Best Life Diet" by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H) 8. "McKettrick's Luck" by Linda Lael Miller (HQN) (F-P) 9. "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson, art by Donna Diamond (HarperEntertainment) (F-P) 10. "You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management" by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press) (NF-H) 11. "Plum Lovin'" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press) (F-H) 12. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words) (NF-H) 13. "The Winter Lodge" by Susan Wiggs (MIRA) (F-P) 14. "Honeymoon" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Warner Books) (F-P) 15. "What Price Love?" by Stephanie Laurens (Avon) (F-P) 16. "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) 17. "The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama (Crown) (NF-H) 18. "What A Lady Wants" by Victoria Alexander (Avon)(F-P) 19. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) (NF-P) 20. "The Templar Legacy" by Steve Berry (Ballantine)(F-P) 21. "Bite Me If You Can" by Lynsay Sands (Avon) (F-P) 22. "Angels All Over Town" by Luanne Rice (Bantam) (F-P) 23. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) (F-H) 24. "Point Blank" by Catherine Coulter (Jove) (F-P) 25. "The Alexandria Link" by Steve Berry (Ballantine Books)(F-H) 26. "Speak No Evil" by Allison Brennan (Ballantine Books) (F-P) 27. "Hannibal Rising" by Thomas Harris (Delacorte) (F-H) 28. "Dreams from My Father" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press) (NF-P) 29. "Kissing Sin" by Keri Arthur (Dell)(F-P) 30. "Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine" by Barbara Park, art by Denise Brunkus (Random House)(F-P) 31. "The Pursuit of Happyness" by Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe (Amistad) (NF-P) 32. "The Tenth Circle" by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press) (F-P) 33. "All Night Long" by Jayne Ann Krentz (Jove) (F-P) 34. "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers) (F-P) 35. "Dirty Blonde" by Lisa Scottoline (HarperCollins)(F-P) 36. "Blood Bound" by Patricia Briggs (Ace) (F-P) 37. "The Seat of the Soul" by Gary Zukav (Fireside) (NF-P) 38. "Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown) (F-H) 39. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) (F-P) 40. "Hide" by Lisa Gardner (Bantam)(F-H) 41. "Eldest: Inheritance, Book II" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers) (F-H) 42. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (Harper) (F-P) 43. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)(NF-P) 44. "The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town" by John Grisham (Doubleday) (NF-H) 45. "Gone" by Lisa Gardner (Bantam) (F-P) 46. "The South Beach Diet" by Arthur Agatston (St. Martin's Press) (NF-P) 47. "Deep Storm" by Lincoln Child (Doubleday) (F-H) 48. "The Calorie King Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter 2007" by Allan Borushek (Family Health Publications) (NF-P) 49. "How to Abduct a Highland Lord" by Karen Hawkins (Pocket)(F-P) 50. "What to Expect When You're Expecting" by H. Murkoff, A. Eisenberg & S. Hathaway (Workman)(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. "Plum Lovin'" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's) 2. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) 3. "Hannibal Rising" by Thomas Harris (Delacorte) 4. "The Alexandria Link" by Steve Berry (Ballantine Books) 5. "Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 6. "Deep Storm" by Lincoln Child (Doubleday) 7. "Star Wars: Allegiance" by Timothy Zahn (Del Rey) 8. "Hide" by Lisa Gardner (Bantam) 9. "White Lies" by Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam) 10. "You Suck: A Love Story" by Christopher Moore (William Morrow) 11. "Next" by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins) 12. "The Castle in the Forest" by Norman Mailer (Random House) 13. "The Hunters" by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam) 14. "Lords of the North" by Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins) 15. "The Suspect" by John Lescroart (Dutton 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 Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words) 4. "The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama (Crown) 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. "Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant" by Daniel Tammet (Free Press) 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 South Beach Heart Program: The 4-Step Plan that Can Save Your Life" by Arthur Agatston (Rodale Books) 12. "LL Cool J's Platinum Workout: Sculpt Your Best Body Ever with Hollywood's Fittest Star" by LL Cool J, Dave Honig, Jeff O'Connell (Rodale Books) 13. "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins (Houghton Mifflin) 14. "Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich" by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason (Simon & Schuster) 15. "Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present" by Michael B. Oren (W.W. Norton) MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS 1. "Irish Dreams" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases) 2. "Most Likely To Die" by Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton, Wendy Corsi Staub (Zebra) 3. "McKettrick's Luck" by Linda Lael Miller (HQN)(F-P) 4. "The Winter Lodge" by Susan Wiggs (MIRA) 5. "The Templar Legacy" by Steve Berry (Ballantine) 6. "Bite Me If You Can" by Lynsay Sands (Avon) 7. "Honeymoon" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Warner Books) 8. "What Price Love?" by Stephanie Laurens (Avon) 9. "The House" by Danielle Steel (Dell) 10. "Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance Publishing) 11. "Blood Bound" by Patricia Briggs (Ace) 12. "What A Lady Wants" by Victoria Alexander (Avon) 13. "Point Blank" by Catherine Coulter (Jove) 14. "The Last Templar" by Raymond Khoury (Signet) 15. "Dirty Blonde" by Lisa Scottoline (HarperCollins) TRADE PAPERBACKS 1. "The Measure of a Man" by Sidney Poitier (HarperSanFrancisco) 2. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin) 3. "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) 4. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) 5. "The Seat of the Soul" by Gary Zukav (Fireside) 6. "Dreams from My Father" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press) 7. "The Tenth Circle" by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press) 8. "The Pursuit of Happyness" by Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe (Amistad) 9. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (Harper) 10. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) 11. "Life: Picture Puzzle" by Life Magazine Editors (Life) 12. "Running with Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs (Picador) 13. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) 14. "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See (Random House) 15. "The Calorie King Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter 2007" by Allan Borushek (Family Health Publications)
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