FICTION Last week/Weeks on list

1. Rise and Shine, —/1

by Anna Quindlen

2. Judge and Jury, 1/5

by James Patterson

and Andrew Gross

3. Ricochet, 2/3

by Sandra Brown

4. The Afghan, 4/2

by Frederick Forsyth

5. The Emperor's Children, —/1

by Claire Messud

6. Armageddon's Children, —/1

by Terry Brooks

7. Hunters of Dune, 3/2

by Brian Herbert

and Kevin J. Anderson

8. Special Topics in

Calamity Physics, 6/3

by Marisha Pessl

9. Into the Storm, 5/3

by Suzanne Brockmann

10. Water For Elephants, 10/11

by Sara Gruen

NONFICTION

1. I feel Bad About My Neck, 1/5

by Nora Ephron

2. Marley and Me, 2/46

by John Grogan

3. State of Emergency, 3/2

by Patrick J. Buchanan

4. Fiasco, 4/6

by Thomas E. Ricks

5. The World is Flat, 5/74

by Thomas Friedman

6. Freakonomics, 6/73

by Steven D. Levitt

and Stephen J. Dubner

7. The Looming Tower, 7/4

by Lawrence Wright

8. La Bella Figura, 14/2

by Beppe Severgnini

9. Wins, Losses, and Lessons, 8/3

by Lou Holtz

10. Blink, 11/79

by Malcolm Gladwell

ADVICE, HOW-TO

AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. Lies at the Altar, 1/7

by Robin L. Smith

2. Cesar's Way, 2/22

by Cesar Millan

3. Guinness World

Records 2007, 3/4

4. Ripley's Believe It Or Not:

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Expect the Unexpected, 4/2

5. The Purpose-Driven Life, 5/188

by Rick Warren

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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