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USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS

The Associated Press
AP News

Oct 22, 2009 15:33 EDT

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

1. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) (F-H)

2. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) (F-H)

3. "Pursuit of Honor: A Novel" by Vince Flynn (Atria) (F-H)

4. "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak (HarperTrophy) (F-P)

5. "Nine Dragons" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) (F-H)

6. "Have a Little Faith: A True Story" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) (NF-H)

7. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)

8. "The Associate" by John Grisham (Dell)(F-P)

9. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Vision) (F-P)

10. "Arguing With Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions) (NF-H)

11. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)

12. "New Moon: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion" by Mark Cotta Vaz (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (NF-P)

13. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)

14. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)

15. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media) (F-P)

16. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)

17. "Heat Lightning" by John Sandford (Berkley) (F-P)

18. "Say You're One of Them" by Uwem Akpan (Little Brown) (F-P)

19. "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown) (F-P)

20. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn) (F-H)

21. "Razor Sharp" by Fern Michaels (Zebra) (F-P)

22. "A Touch of Dead" by Charlaine Harris (Ace) (F-H)

23. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) (F-H)

24. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet) (F-H)

25. "The Van Alen Legacy" by Melissa De La Cruz (Hyperion Press) (F-H)

26. "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger (Mariner Books) (F-P)

27. "Windfall: Impulse Temptation" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette) (F-P)

28. "Envy" by Sandra Brown (Warner) (F-P)

29. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) (F-H)

30. "Rough Country" by John Sandford (Putnam Adult) (F-H)

31. "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters" by Chesley B. Sullenberg with Jeffrey Zaslow (William Morrow) (NF-H)

32. "True Compass: A Memoir" by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve) (NF-H)

33. "Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) (F-H)

34. "Just After Sunset" by Stephen King (Pocket) (F-P)

35. "That Holiday Feeling" by Debbie Macomber, Sherryl Woods, Robyn Carr (Mira) (F-P)

36. "Born of Night" Sherrilyn Kenyon (Saint Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P)

37. "Frontline Profit Machine: The Khoury Blueprint for Exploding Profits at the Point of Sale" by Ziad Khoury (Select Books) (NF-H)

38. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage) (F-P)

39. "True Detectives" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine) (F-P)

40. "Moonwalk" by Michael Jackson (Harmony) (NF-H)

41. "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte) (F-H)

42. "The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle" by L.J. Smith (HarperTeen) (F-P)

43. "The Time of My Life" by Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi (Atria) (NF-H)

44. "Heat Wave" by Richard Castle (Hyperion) (F-H)

45. "Unhallowed Ground" by Heather Graham (Mira) (F-P)

46. "Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions) (NF-P)

47. "Olive Kitteridge" by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) (F-P)

48. "The Perfect Christmas" by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-H)

49. "Evidence" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine) (F-H)

50. "Jim Cramer's Getting Back To Even" by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason (Simon & Schuster) (NF-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.

Source: AP News

 

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