Note of the day: 5 of the top 25 books are YA titles from author Stephenie Meyer...she holds 20% of the market in the top 25 right now - and how many years has Twilight been out? Can you even imagine?
According to USA TODAY, the following is a list of the top 150 best selling books, based on sales through Sunday, 07/04/2010. 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:
http://content.usatoday.com/life/books/booksdatabase/default.aspx
Rick Riordan isn't too far behind, holding 7 books in the top 150 - and Jeff Kinney's WIMPY KID series holds 5 spots as well!
All Children's / Young Adult category are highlighted.
1 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $14.95
2 The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown), $13.99
3 The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $15.95
4 Private, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown), $27.99
5 McKettricks of Texas: Austin, Linda Lael Miller (HQN), $7.99
6 Sizzling Sixteen, Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's), $27.99
7 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (Knopf), $27.95
8 Love in the Afternoon, Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's Paperbacks), $7.99
9 Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin), $15.00
10 Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), $12.99
11 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion, Mark Cotta Vaz (Little, Brown), $18.99
12 Game Over, Fern Michaels (Zebra), $7.99
13 The Neighbor, Lisa Gardner (Bantam), $7.99
14 Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Paperbacks), $8.99
15 The Overton Window, Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions), $26.00
16 One Night, Debbie Macomber (Harper), $7.99
17 Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $22.99
18 Knock Out, Catherine Coulter (Jove), $9.99
19 Family Ties: A Novel, Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press), $28.00
20 The Brazen Bride, Stephanie Laurens (Avon), $7.99
21 The Darkest Lie, Gena Showalter (HQN), $7.99
22 Foreign Influence, Brad Thor (Atria), $26.99
23 The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult), $24.95
24 The Lucky One, Nicholas Sparks (Vision), $7.99
25 Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $8.99
26 The Passage: A Novel, Justin Cronin (Ballantine), $27.00
27 The Kane Chronicles, Book 1: The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan (Hyperion), $17.99
28 Sweet Rains, Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases), $7.99
29 A Summer in Sonoma, Robyn Carr (MIRA), $7.99
30 Almost Perfect, Susan Mallery (HQN), $7.99
31 One Day, David Nicholls (Vintage), $14.95
32 The Lion, Nelson DeMille (Grand Central Publishing), $27.99
33 Sh*t My Dad Says, Justin Halpern (It Books), $15.99
34 Dark Flame, Alyson Noel (St. Martin's Griffin), $17.99
35 Black Hills, Nora Roberts (Jove), $7.99
36 Ice Cold: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel, Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine), $26.00
37 The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing), $7.99
38 The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $8.99
39 New Moon, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $10.99
40 Only the Good Spy Young, Ally Carter (Hyperion), $16.99
41 Swimsuit, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Grand Central Publishing), $14.99
42 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
43 Rushed to the Altar, Jane Feather (Pocket), $7.99
44 Little Bee: A Novel, Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster), $14.00
45 Pretty Little Liars, Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), $8.99
46 9 Steps to Keep the Doctor Away, Rashid Ali Buttar (GMEC Publishing), $23.95
47 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5: The Last Olympian, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $17.99
48 Ghost Shadow, Heather Graham (MIRA), $7.99
49 Best Friends Forever: A Novel, Jennifer Weiner (Washington Square Press), $15.00
50 Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin (Penguin), $15.00
51 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2: The Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
52 206 Bones: A Novel, Kathy Reichs (Pocket Star), $7.99
53 Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $25.95
54 Can America Survive?, John Hagee (Howard Books), $22.99
55 Whiplash, Catherine Coulter (Putnam Adult), $26.95
56 To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (Grand Central Publishing), $6.99
57 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3: The Titan’s Curse, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
58 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4: The Battle of the Labyrinth, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
59 Burned, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (St. Martin's Griffin), $17.99
60 A Vintage Affair: A Novel, Isabel Wolff (Bantam), $25.00
61 My Dangerous Duke, Gaelen Foley (Avon), $7.99
62 Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, Tony Hsieh (Business Plus), $23.99
63 Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel, Ben Sherwood (Bantam), $7.99
64 Take Four, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan), $14.99
65 Heart of the Matter, Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Press), $26.99
66 Matters of the Heart, Danielle Steel (Dell), $7.99
67 Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight Entertainment), $16.00
68 Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything, Geneen Roth (Scribner), $24.00
69 Savor the Moment, Nora Roberts (Berkley), $16.00
70 The Host, Stephenie Meyer (Back Bay Books), $16.99
71 Orchard Valley Grooms, Debbie Macomber (MIRA), $7.99
72 Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, Chelsea Handler (Grand Central Publishing), $25.99
73 The Castaways, Elin Hilderbrand (Back Bay Books), $14.99
74 Frankenstein: Lost Souls: A Novel, Dean Koontz (Bantam), $27.00
75 The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton & Co.), $27.95
76 Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $17.99
77 Spirit Bound, Richelle Mead (Razorbill), $17.99
78 McKettricks of Texas: Garrett, Linda Lael Miller (HQN), $7.99
79 Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer, John Grisham (Dutton), $16.99
80 Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese (Vintage), $15.95
81 The Wealthy Greek’s Contract Wife, Penny Jordan (Harlequin Presents), $4.75
82 The Shack, William P. Young (Windblown Media), $14.99
83 Thursdays at Eight, Debbie Macomber (MIRA), $14.95
84 Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99
85 The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents, F.A. Hayek (University of Chicago Press), $17.00
86 Sarah’s Key, Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin's Griffin), $13.95
87 My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands, Chelsea Handler (Bloomsbury USA), $13.95
88 Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, Anthony Bourdain (Ecco), $26.99
89 Broken: A Novel, Karin Slaughter (Delacorte Press), $26.00
90 A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill), $14.95
91 61 Hours: A Reacher Novel, Lee Child (Delacorte Press), $28.00
92 The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary, Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books), $14.95
93 The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel, Garth Stein (Harper Paperback), $14.99
94 Scandal: His Majesty’s Love-Child, Annie West (Harlequin Presents), $4.75
95 The Shy Bride, Lucy Monroe (Harlequin Presents), $4.75
96 His Penniless Beauty, Julia James (Harlequin Presents), $4.75
97 StrengthsFinder 2.0, Tom Rath (Gallup Press), $22.95
98 Pretty Little Liars: Flawless, Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), $8.99
99 The Virgin’s Secret, Abby Green (Harlequin Presents), $4.75
100 Dear John, Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing), $13.99
101 Run for Your Life, James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Vision), $9.99
102 Spoken From the Heart, Laura Bush (Scribner), $30.00
103 The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco), $13.95
104 Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (Algonquin), $13.95
105 In the Name of Honor, Richard North Patterson (Henry Holt and Co.), $26.00
106 What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel (Workman Publishing Group), $14.95
107 The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger (Little, Brown), $6.99
108 Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99
109 The Melendez Forgotten Marriage, Melanie Milburne (Harlequin Presents), $4.75
110 The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (Knopf Books for Young Readers), $11.99
111 The 9th Judgment, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown), $27.99
112 The Wedding Girl, Madeleine Wickham (St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books), $13.99
113 The Spy: An Isaac Bell Novel, Clive Cussler, Justin Scott (Putnam Adult), $27.95
114 Married by Morning, Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's Paperbacks), $7.99
115 Night Myst, Yasmine Galenorn (Jove), $7.99
116 War, Sebastian Junger (Twelve), $26.99
117 South of Broad, Pat Conroy (Dial Press), $16.00
118 Beezus and Ramona, Beverly Cleary (HarperCollins), $5.99
119 Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl, Rachel Renée Russell (Aladdin), $12.99
120 Storm Prey, John Sandford (Putnam Adult), $14.99
121 Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Deception, Eric Van Lustbader (Vision), $9.99
122 Home Team, Sean Payton, Ellis Henican (NAL), $24.95
123 The Doomsday Key: A Novel, James Rollins (Harper), $9.99
124 The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd edition, The College Board (The College Board), $21.99
125 Blockade Billy, Stephen King (Scribner), $14.99
126 Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney (Amulet), $12.95
127 Empire of the Summer Moon, S.C. Gwynne (Scribner), $27.50
128 Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99
129 Pretty Little Liars: Wanted, Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), $16.99
130 Intervention, Robin Cook (Berkley), $9.99
131 The Strain, Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan (Harper), $9.99
132 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books), $13.95
133 Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger (Scribner), $15.00
134 Keys to the Repository, Melissa de la Cruz (Hyperion Press), $14.99
135 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, Jeff Kinney (Amulet), $12.95
136 Innocent, Scott Turow (Grand Central), $27.99
137 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney (Amulet), $12.95
138 Undone: A Novel, Karin Slaughter (Dell), $7.99
139 Rapture Untamed, Pamela Palmer (Avon), $7.99
140 How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster (Harper Paperbacks), $13.00
141 Honeysuckle Summer, Sherryl Woods (MIRA), $7.99
142 Medusa: A Novel From the Numa Files, Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos (Berkley), $9.99
143 Torn Apart, Sharon Sala (MIRA), $7.99
144 Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Del Rey), $6.99
145 The Hostage, Wiggs Susan (MIRA), $7.99
146 Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, Rhoda Janzen (Holt Paperbacks), $14.00
147 The 39 Clues: The Maze Of Bones, Rick Riordan (Scholastic Press), $12.99
148 Bad Things Happen, Harry Dolan (Berkley), $15.00
149 The Glass Castle: A Memoir, Jeannette Walls (Scribner), $14.00
150 Dead to the World, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99