1. “The Da Vinci Code,” by Dan Brown (Doubleday)
2. “The Five People You Meet in Heaven,” by Mitch Albom
(Hyperion)
3. “Wolves of the Calla,” by
Stephen King (Grant/Scribner)
4. “Shepherds Abiding,” by Jan Karon (Viking)
5. “Blow Fly,” by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)
6. “Mr. Peabody’s Apples,” by
Madonna (Callaway)
7. “Blood Canticle,” by Anne Rice (Knopf)
8. “Bleachers,” by John Grisham (Doubleday)
9. “The Slippery Slope: Series of Unfortunate Events Book 10,” by Lemony Snicket (HarperCollins)
10. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” by J.K.Rowling (Scholastic)
11. “Eragon,” by Christopher Paolini (Knopf)
12. “The Hanged Man’s Song,”
by John Sandford (Putnam)
13. “The Unifying Force” by
James Luceno (Del Rey)
14. “The English Roses” by Madonna (Callaway)
15. “Safe Harbour” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte)
NONFICTION
1. “The South Beach Diet” by Arthur Agatston (Rodale Press)
2. “Body By God” by Ben Lerner (Thomas Nelson)
3. “The Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren (Zondervan)
4. “I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story” by Rick Bragg (Knopf)
5. “Dude, Where’s My Country?” by Michael Moore (Warner)
6. “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them” by Al Franken (Dutton)
7. “Flyboys: A True Story Of Courage” by James Bradley (Little, Brown)
8. “Who’s Looking Out For You?” by Bill OReilly (Broadway)
9. “A Royal Duty” by Paul Burrell (Putnam)
10. “The World According to Mr. Rogers” by Fred Rogers (Hyperion)
11. “The Ultimate Weight Solution” by Phil Mcgraw (Free Press)
12. “A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat” Zell Miller (Stroud & Hall Publishers)
13. “Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t” by Jim Collins (HarperCollins)
14. “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson (Putnam)
15. “Complete Far Side” by Gary Larson (Andrews McMeel)
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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