FICTION Last week/Weeks on list

1. First to Die, 1/2

by James Patterson

2. A Painted House, 2/6

by John Grisham

3. The Bonesetter's Daughter, 4/4

by Amy Tan

4. Scarlet Feather, 3/2

by Maeve Binchy

5. A Day Late and a Dollar Short, 5/9

by Terry McMillan

6. Mystic River, 10/7

by Dennis Lehane

7. The Vendetta Defense, 9/3

by Lisa Scottoline

8. The First Counsel, 8/10

by Brad Meltzer

9. Edge of Danger, 6/4

by Jack Higgins

10. The Mark, 7/18

by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

NONFICTION

1. The O'Reilly Factor, 2/27

by Bill O'Reilly

2. Seabiscuit, 8/2

by Laura Hillenbrand

3. Tuesdays with Morrie, 4/180

by Mitch Albom

4. Longaberger, 1/3

by Dave Longaberger

5. An Hour Before Daylight, 3/10

by Jimmy Carter

6. Fast Food Nation, 7/8

by Eric Schlosser

7. Ice Bound, 5/8

by Jerri Nielsen with Marianne Vollers

8. Chyna: If They Only Knew, 6/7

by Joanie Laurer with Michael Angeli

9. The Darwin Awards, 9/19

by Wendy Northcutt

10. Buddha, 12/3

by Karen Armstrong

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. Who Moved My Cheese? 1/71

by Spencer Johnson

2. The Prayer of Jabez, 2/4

by Bruce H. Wilkinson

3. The Wisdom of Menopause, 3/2

by Christiane Northrup

4. Body for Life, 4/77

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by Bill Phillips with Michael D'Orso

5. Secrets of the Baby Whisperer, 5/5

by Tracy Hogg with Melinda Blau

Rankings reflect sales figures at almost 4,000 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 50,000 other retailers (gift shops, department stores, newsstands, supermarkets), statistically weighted to represent sales in all such outlets nationwide. An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above.

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