1. “The Da Vinci Code,” by Dan Brown
2. “The Five People You Meet in Heaven,” by Mitch Albom
3. “The Big Bad Wolf,” by James Patterson
4. “Eragon: Inheritance,” by
Christopher Paolini
5. “Trojan Odyssey,” by Clive Cussler
6. “Truth or Dare,” by Jayne Ann Krentz
7. “Wolves of the Calla,” by
Stephen King
8. “Bleachers,” by John Grisham
9. “Odd Thomas,” by Dean Koontz
10. “Pompeii,” by Robert Harris
11. “Blow Fly,” by Patricia
Cornwell
12. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” by J.K.Rowling
Nonfiction/general
1. “The South Beach Diet,” by
Arthur Agatston
2. “The Purpose-Driven Life,” by Rick Warren
3. “Ultimate Weight Solution,” by Phil McGraw
4. “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them,” by Al Franken
5. “Dude, Where’s My Country,” by Michael Moore
6. “The World According to Mister Rogers,” by Fred Rogers
7. “The Present,” by Spencer Johnson
8. “Eating for Life,” by Bill Phillips (High Point Media)
9. “Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich,” by David Bach
10. “Who’s Looking Out For You? ” by Bill O’Reilly
11. “The Enemy Within: Saving America from the Liberal Assault on Our Schools, Faith, and Military” by Michael Savage (WND Books)
12. “Broken Music” by Sting (Dial Press)
13. “Flyboys: A True Story Of Courage” by James Bradley (Little, Brown)
14. “Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t” by Jim Collins (HarperCollins)
15. “Short History of Nearly Everything” by Bill Bryson (Broadway Books)
The Wall Street Journal’s list reflects nationwide sales of hardcover books during the week ended last Saturday at more than 2,500 B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co., Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano’s, Coles, Coopersmith, Crown, Doubleday, Scribners, Super Crown and Waldenbooks stores, as well as sales from online retailers barnesandnoble.com and Amazon.com.
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