By The Associated Press
Fri Jul 29, 7:28 AM ET
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
FICTION
1. " Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic )
2. "Lifeguard" by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (Little, Brown and Co.)
3. "The Interruption of Everything" by Terry McMillan (Viking)
4. "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown)
5. "Until I Find You" by John Irving (Random House)
6. "The Undomestic Goddess" by Sophie Kinsella (The Dial Press)
7. "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)
8. "No Country for Old Men" by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf)
9. "The Mermaid Chair" by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking)
10. "Eleven on Top" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)
11. "Origin in Death" by J.D. Robb (Putnam)
12. "True Believer" by Nicholas Sparks (Warner Books)
13. "A Long Way Down" by Nick Hornby (Riverhead)
14. "Crusader's Cross" by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)
15. "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)
NONFICTION
1. "Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance Publishing)
2. "1776" by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)
3. "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America" by Bernard Goldberg (HarperCollins)
4. "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century" by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
5. "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow)
6. "Confessions of a Video Vixen" by Karrine Steffans (Amistad)
7. "Your Best Life Now" by Joel Osteen (Warner Faith)
8. "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
9. "The 3-Hour Diet" by Jorge Cruise (Collins)
10. "You: The Owner's Manual" by Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz (Collins)
11. "The Secret Man" by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster)
12. "The Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren (Zondervan)
13. "Good to Great" by Jim Collins (HarperBusiness)
14. "The Pampered Chef: The Story of One of America's Most Beloved Companies" by Doris Christopher (Currency)
15. "Lance Armstrong's War" by Daniel Coyle (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. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) (F-H)
2. "Lifeguard" by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (Little, Brown and Co.) (F-H)
3. "White Hot" by Sandra Brown (Pocket) (F-P)
4. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic) (F-P)
5. "Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance Publishing) (NF-H)
6. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic) (F-P)
7. "Trace" by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley) (F-P)
8. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic) (F-P)
9. "1776" by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)
10. "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America" by Bernard Goldberg (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
11. "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" by Ann Brashares (Delacorte) (F-P)
12. "The Interruption of Everything" by Terry McMillan (Viking) (F-H)
13. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) (F-P)
14. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl (Puffin) (F-P)
15. "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown) (F-H)
16. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic) (F-P)
17. "Your Best Life Now" by Joel Osteen (Warner Faith) (NF-H)
18. "The Rule of Four" by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason (Dell) (F-P)
19. "Until I Find You" by John Irving (Random House) (F-H)
20. "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century" by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) (NF-H)
21. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic) (F-P)
22. "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown (Pocket Star) (F-P)
23. "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) (F-H)
24. "Black Rose" by Nora Roberts (Jove) (F-P)
25. "The Undomestic Goddess" by Sophie Kinsella (The Dial Press) (F-H)
26. "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow) (NF-H)
27. "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin) (F-P)
28. "The Second Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares (Delacorte) (F-P)
29. "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon (Vintage) (F-P)
30. "The Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren (Zondervan) (NF-H)
31. "The South Beach Diet" by Arthur Agatston (St. Martin's Press) (NF-P)
32. "Memorial Day" by Vince Flynn (Pocket Star) (F-P)
33. "Night Tales" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases) (F-P)
34. "No Country for Old Men" by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf) (F-H)
35. "Little Earthquakes" by Jennifer Weiner (Washington Square Press) (F-P)
36. "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown) (NF-H)
37. "Origin in Death" by J.D. Robb (Putnam) (F-H)
38. "Eleven on Top" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press) (F-H)
39. "Confessions of a Video Vixen" by Karrine Steffans (Amistad) (NF-H)
40. "Ten Big Ones" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P)
41. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Deluxe Edition)" by J.K. Rowling (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) (F-H)
42. "The 3-Hour Diet" by Jorge Cruise (Collins) (NF-H)
43. "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire (ReganBooks) (F-P)
44. "You: The Owner's Manual" by Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
45. "Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares (Delacorte) (F-H)
46. "The Mermaid Chair" by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking) (F-H)
47. "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books) (NF-P)
48. "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press) (F-P)
49. "Magic Tree House 34: Season of the Sandstorm" by Mary Pope Osborne(Random House Books for Young Readers) (F)
50. "The Secret Man" by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster) (NF-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.
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