Thursday, January 27, 2011: According to USA TODAY, the following list contains the top 25 best selling books (out of 150) - based on sales through Sunday, 01/23/2011. 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: Again, 20% of the top 25 books for the week, fall into the YA / Children's books category (highlighted in orange). The Cast Woman have dropped to #4 (from last week's reigning position of #1) with AWAKENED - while Suzanne Collins continues to reign over the top 25 list, with all 3 of her books in THE HUNGER GAMES trilogy.
Legend:
Position This Week, Last Week, Title, Author (Publisher), Price
1 2 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $14.95
2 0 Shadowfever, Karen Marie Moning (Delacorte Press), $26.00
3 3 The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday), $25.95
4 1 Awakened, Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast (St. Martin's Griffin), $17.99
5 4 Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand (Random House), $27.00
6 5 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (Knopf), $27.95
7 9 Water for Elephants: A Novel, Sara Gruen (Algonquin), $14.95
8 6 The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $14.99
9 7 The Confession, John Grisham (Doubleday), $28.95
10 0 Strategic Moves, Stuart Woods (Putnam Adult), $25.95
11 11 Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
12 14 Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
13 19 Heaven is for Real, Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo, Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson), $16.99
14 0 Call Me Irresistible, Susan Elizabeth Phillips (William Morrow), $20.99
15 8 The Inner Circle, Brad Meltzer (Grand Central), $26.99
16 12 Live to Tell, Lisa Gardner (Bantam), $7.99
17 13 What the Night Knows, Dean Koontz (Bantam), $28.00
18 17 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth, Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books), $13.95
19 18 Deliver Us From Evil, David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing), $9.99
20 15 Decision Points, George W. Bush (Crown), $35.00
21 21 Cutting for Stone: A Novel, Abraham Verghese (Knopf), $26.95
22 0 How to Woo a Reluctant Lady, Sabrina Jeffries (Pocket Star), $7.99
23 16 Winter Garden, Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Griffin), $14.99
24 25 The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult), $12.99
25 20 Cross Fire, James Patterson (Little, Brown), $12.99