FICTION

Last week/Weeks on list

1. The Dark Tower, —/1

by Stephen King

2. Trace, 1/3

by Patricia Cornwell

3. The DaVinci Code, 2/80

by Dan Brown

4. Nights of Rain and Stars, —/1

by Maeve Binchy

5. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, 4/4

by Susanna Clarke

6. Are You Afraid of the Dark? 3/2

by Sidney Sheldon

7. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, 5/53

by Mitch Albom

8. Angels & Demons, 6/39

by Dan Brown

9. The System of the World, —/1

by Neal Stephenson

10. The Rule of Four, 8/20

by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason

NONFICTION

1. America The Book, —/1

by Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin and David Javerbaum

2. The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, 1/2

by Kitty Kelly

3. Unfit for Command, 2/7

by John E. O'Neill and Jerome Corsi

4. Between a Rock and a Hard Place, 3/3

by Aron Ralston

5. American Soldier, 4/8

by Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell

6. In the Shadow of No Towers, 10/3

by Art Spiegelman

7. Eats, Shoots & Leaves, 7/25

by Lynne Truss

8. Chain of Command, 5/2

by Seymour Hersh

9. Confessions of an Heiress, 6/3

by Paris Hilton with Merle Ginsberg

10. My Life, 8/14

by Bill Clinton

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. Family First, 1/2

by Phil McGraw

2. He's Just Not That Into You, 2/1

by Greg Behrendt

3. The Purpose-Driven Life, 3/89

by Rick Warren

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4. The South Beach Diet, 4/77

by Arthur Agatston

5. Guinness World Records 2005, 5/5

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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