According to USA TODAY, the following is a list of the top 150 best selling books, based on sales through Sunday, 10/24/2010. For reviews, book news and a searchable archive of USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list - or to check out more information on the top 150 books - visit their website.
Note of the week: Roughly 19% of the top 150 best selling books this week, fall under the Children's / YA genre (highlighted in orange) - which is close to flat for the week prior. As well, there has been a significant increase in the number of picture books this week - specifically those surrounding Halloween.
Legend:
Position This Week, Last Week, Title, Author (Publisher), Price
3 3 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $7.99
4 4 The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $7.99
5 2 American Assassin: A Thriller, Vince Flynn (Atria), $27.99
6 0 The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown (Anchor), $9.99
7 5 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (Knopf), $27.95
8 0 In the Company of Others: A Father Tim Novel, Jan Karon (Viking Adult), $27.95
9 6 Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing), $25.99
10 11 The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $8.99
11 10 Fall of Giants, Ken Follett (Dutton), $36.00
12 7 I, Alex Cross, James Patterson (Vision), $9.99
13 8 The Reversal, Michael Connelly (Little, Brown), $27.99
14 13 Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
15 12 Don’t Blink, James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Little, Brown), $27.99
16 15 61 Hours: A Reacher Novel, Lee Child (Dell), $9.99
17 9 Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story, Justin Bieber (HarperCollins), $21.99
18 0 The Twelfth Imam, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House), $26.99
19 0 Chasing the Night, Iris Johansen (St. Martin's Press), $27.99
20 25 Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $17.99
21 22 Pinheads and Patriots, Bill O’Reilly (William Morrow), $27.99
22 17 Play Dead, Harlan Coben (Signet), $9.99
23 18 Trickle Up Poverty, Michael Savage (William Morrow), $26.99
24 24 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book), Jon Stewart (Grand Central), $27.99
25 21 Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin), $15.00
26 19 O’Hurley Born, Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases), $7.99
27 23 Rough Country, John Sandford (Berkley), $9.99
28 16 Freedom: A Novel, Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), $28.00
29 20 Cross Roads, Fern Michaels (Zebra), $7.99
30 113 Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1, Mark Twain (University of California Press), $34.95
31 28 Pirate Latitudes, Michael Crichton (Harper), $9.99
32 31 At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Bill Bryson (Doubleday), $28.95
33 118 Crescendo, Becca Fitzpatrick (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing), $18.99
34 44 The Last Boy, Jane Leavy (Harper), $27.99
35 33 Charade, Sandra Brown (Warner Vision), $6.99
36 14 Unlocked: A Love Story, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan), $21.99
37 35 The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult), $24.95
38 42 Little Bee: A Novel, Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster), $14.00
39 43 Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese (Vintage), $15.95
40 52 Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family, Condoleezza Rice (Crown), $27.00
41 38 Ford County: Stories, John Grisham (Dell), $7.99
42 34 Legacy: A Novel, Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press), $28.00
43 26 Crave: A Novel of the Fallen Angels, J.R. Ward (Signet), $7.99
44 56 Naked Heat, Richard Castle (Hyperion), $23.99
45 30 Willow, Linda Lael Miller (Pocket Star), $7.99
46 36 Torment, Lauren Kate (Delacorte Books for Young Readers), $17.99
47 41 Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, David Sedaris (Little, Brown), $21.99
48 51 Santa in Montana, Janet Dailey (Zebra), $7.99
49 55 Call Me Mrs. Miracle, Debbie Macomber (MIRA), $16.95
50 54 The Kane Chronicles, Book 1: The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan (Hyperion), $17.99
51 49 Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $14.99
52 59 Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel, Jeannette Walls (Scribner), $15.00
53 40 Sugar & Spice, Lauren Conrad (Harper Collins), $17.99
54 45 A**holes Finish First, Tucker Max (Gallery), $25.99
55 0 Blood Trinity, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love (Pocket), $7.99
56 29 Obama’s Wars, Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster), $30.00
57 47 Lakeshore Christmas, Susan Wiggs (MIRA), $7.99
58 46 Eight Days to Live, Iris Johansen (St. Martin's Paperbacks), $7.99
59 0 Big Nate Strikes Again, Lincoln Peirce (HarperCollins), $12.99
60 50 Room, Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown), $11.99
61 63 The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel, Garth Stein (Harper Paperback), $14.99
62 109 Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love, Larry Levin (Grand Central Publishing), $19.99
63 79 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
64 76 The Roots of Obama’s Rage, Dinesh D’Souza (Regnery), $27.95
65 37 Bad Blood, John Sandford (Putnam Adult), $27.95
66 48 1022 Evergreen Place: A Cedar Cove Novel, Debbie Macomber (Mira), $7.99
67 53 Home at Rose Cottage, Sherryl Woods (MIRA), $7.99
68 69 Promise Me, Richard Paul Evans (Simon & Schuster), $19.99
69 0 The Finkler Question, Howard Jacobson (Bloomsbury), $15.00
70 57 Worst Case, James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Grand Central Publishing), $14.99
71 32 Styx’s Storm, Lora Leigh (Berkley), $7.99
72 75 Sarah’s Key, Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin's Griffin), $13.95
73 68 Sh*t My Dad Says, Justin Halpern (It Books), $15.99
74 27 Our Kind of Traitor: A Novel, John le Carré (Viking Adult), $27.95
75 88 StrengthsFinder 2.0, Tom Rath (Gallup Press), $22.95
76 0 Against All Things Ending, Stephen R. Donaldson (Putnam Adult), $29.95
77 61 Wicked Appetite, Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press), $27.99
78 87 To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (Grand Central Publishing), $6.99
79 62 Power Thoughts, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords), $21.99
80 0 The Templar Salvation, Raymond Khoury (Dutton Adult), $26.95
81 82 Fancy Nancy: Halloween... or Bust!, Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser, Carolyn Bracken (Harper Festival), $4.99
82 90 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2: The Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
83 71 Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (Vintage), $15.00
84 58 Getting to Happy, Terry McMillan (Viking), $27.95
85 0 The Confession, John Grisham (Doubleday), $28.95
86 92 What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel (Workman Publishing Group), $14.95
87 65 Painted Ladies, Robert B. Parker (Putnam Adult), $26.95
88 60 The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow (Bantam), $28.00
89 84 Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney (Amulet), $12.95
90 72 The Scarpetta Factor, Patricia Cornwell (Berkley), $9.99
91 0 Part of the Bargain, Linda Lael Miller (Harlequin Special Releases), $6.99
92 86 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney (Amulet), $12.95
93 70 Is It Just Me? Or Is It Nuts Out There?, Whoopi Goldberg (Hyperion), $22.99
94 98 Secretariat, William Nack (Hyperion), $16.99
95 105 Lauren Conrad Style, Lauren Conrad (HarperCollins), $19.99
96 94 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4: The Battle of the Labyrinth, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
97 93 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, Jeff Kinney (Amulet), $12.95
98 77 Mini Shopaholic, Sophie Kinsella (The Dial Press), $25.00
99 96 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5: The Last Olympian, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $17.99
100 66 Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin (Penguin), $15.00
101 102 Guinness World Records 2011, Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records), $28.95
102 78 Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare (Margaret K. McElderry), $19.99
103 334 The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson (Random House), $30.00
104 112 The Shack, William P. Young (Windblown Media), $14.99
105 73 Washington: A Life, Ron Chernow (The Penguin Press), $40.00
106 107 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books), $13.95
107 131 The Glass Castle: A Memoir, Jeannette Walls (Scribner), $14.00
108 116 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3: The Titan’s Curse, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
109 95 True Blue, David Baldacci (Vision), $9.99
110 154 Heat Wave, Richard Castle (Hyperion Press), $14.99
111 115 Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C. Cook), $14.99
112 89 Spartan Gold, Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood (Berkley), $9.99
113 127 The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, Linda Williams, art by Megan Lloyd (HarperTrophy), $5.95
114 122 The Lucky One, Nicholas Sparks (Vision), $7.99
115 117 There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!, Lucille Colandro (Cartwheel), $5.99
116 120 Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford (Ballantine Books), $15.00
117 97 Pursuit of Honor: A Novel, Vince Flynn (Pocket), $9.99
118 81 Dark Slayer, Christine Feehan (Jove), $7.99
119 126 Junie B., First Grader: Boo...and I MEAN it!, Barbara Park, art by Denise Brunkus (Random House Books for Young Readers), $3.99
120 80 Taken by Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novel, Lara Adrian (Dell), $7.99
121 110 The Power, Rhonda Byrne (Atria), $23.95
122 130 The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Moody Publishers), $14.99
123 124 It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Charles M. Schulz (Perseus), $4.95
124 0 The Year of Living Scandalously, Julia London (Pocket), $7.99
125 64 Late, Late at Night, Rick Springfield (Touchstone), $26.00
126 100 Fallen, Lauren Kate (Delacorte Books for Young Readers), $9.99
127 139 Five Little Pumpkins, Dan Yaccarino (Festival), $5.99
128 99 The Postcard Killers, James Patterson, Liza Marklund (Little, Brown), $27.99
129 74 Ranger’s Apprentice: Halt’s Peril, John Flanagan (Philomel), $17.99
130 114 The Promise, Brenda Joyce (HQN), $7.99
131 0 World of Warcraft The Shattering - Prelude to Cataclysm, Christie Golden (Gallery), $26.00
132 119 Hoda, Hoda Kotb, Jane Lorenzini (Simon & Schuster), $25.00
133 91 Eat Prey Love, Kerrelyn Sparks (Avon), $7.99
134 101 Sinful in Satin, Madeline Hunter (Jove), $7.99
135 168 This Is Why You’re Fat (And How to Get Thin Forever), Jackie Warner (Wellness Central), $24.99
136 129 Sins of the Flesh, Fern Michaels (Zebra), $7.99
137 106 Thirst No. 3: The Eternal Dawn, Christopher Pike (Simon Pulse), $10.99
138 0 Eighteen Acres: A Novel, Nicolle Wallace (Atria), $11.99
139 281 Cryoburn, Lois M. Bujold (Baen), $25.00
140 123 The Gathering Storm, Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (Tom Doherty Associates), $9.99
141 141 Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (Algonquin), $13.95
142 104 The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd edition, The College Board (The College Board), $21.99
143 142 Dewey, Vicki Myron, Brett Witter (Grand Central Publishing), $13.99
144 144 The Murder of King Tut, James Patterson, Martin Dugard (Grand Central Publishing), $14.99
145 138 Let Me In, John Ajvide Lindqvist (St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books), $15.95
146 125 The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown), $13.99
147 163 Where Is Baby’s Pumpkin?, Karen Katz (Little Simon), $6.99
148 0 Friends & Lovers, Barbara Delinsky (HQN), $7.99
149 147 Goodnight Moon Board Book, Margaret Wise Brown, art by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins), $6.95
150 143 The Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book, Eric Carle (Philomel), $9.99