USA Today's Top 150 Bestselling Books as of 01.16.2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011: According to USA TODAY, the following list contains the top 25 best selling books (out of 150) - based on sales through Sunday, 01/16/2011.  For the complete list of 150 books for the week or just to check out more information - plus reviews, book news and a searchable archive of USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list - visit their website.

 Note of the week: 20% of the top 25 books for the week, fall into the YA / Children's books category (highlighted in orange). The Cast Woman have taken over the #1 position with book eight in their House of Night series, AWAKENED - while Suzanne Collins continues to reign over the top 25 list, with all 3 books in THE HUNGER GAMES trilogy, coveting spots 6, 11, and 14.  

Legend:

Position This Week, Last Week, Title, Author (Publisher), Price

1 1 Awakened, Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast (St. Martin's Griffin), $17.99
2 2 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $14.95
3 3 The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday), $25.95
4 5 Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand (Random House), $27.00
5 4 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (Knopf), $27.95
6 8 The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $14.99
7 6 The Confession, John Grisham (Doubleday), $28.95
8 0 The Inner Circle, Brad Meltzer (Grand Central), $26.99
9 11 Water for Elephants: A Novel, Sara Gruen (Algonquin), $14.95
10 0 The Sentry, Robert Crais (Putnam Adult), $26.95
11 14 Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
12 10 Live to Tell, Lisa Gardner (Bantam), $7.99
13 0 What the Night Knows, Dean Koontz (Bantam), $28.00
14 0 Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
15 9 Decision Points, George W. Bush (Crown), $35.00
16 40 Winter Garden, Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Griffin), $14.99
17 20 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth, Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books), $13.95
18 17 Deliver Us From Evil, David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing), $9.99
19 12 Heaven is for Real, Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo, Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson), $16.99
20 16 Cross Fire, James Patterson (Little, Brown), $12.99
21 25 Cutting for Stone: A Novel, Abraham Verghese (Knopf), $26.95
22 18 Dead or Alive, Tom Clancy, Grant Blackwood (Putnam Adult), $14.99
23 13 Deja Vu, Fern Michaels (Zebra), $7.99
24 84 Sexy Forever, Suzanne Somers (Crown Archetype), $25.99
25 23 The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult), $12.99