Thursday, June 2, 2011: According to USA TODAY, the following list contains the top 25 best selling books (out of 150) - based on sales through Sunday, 05/29/2011. 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.
YA Note of the week: Finally something new to the list this week: The Warlock by Michael Scott, debuting at #13. Otherwise, we're looking at the same reads that have coveted the top 25 list for quite awhile now.
After checking all 150 books for the week, I'm still surprised to NOT see Divergent by Veronica Roth making the list. What is being pitched as a futuristic 'Fight Club' for teens, this title is well worthy of the top 10, but maybe it's just taking a while to get out there? I just finished it (in 2 days) and posted my review below this blog post - and by all means, it's a definite must read...right up there with The Hunger Games for me!
Legend:
Position This Week, Last Week, Title, Author (Publisher), Price
1 1 Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson), $16.99
2 2 Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (Algonquin), $7.99
3 6 The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Berkley), $16.00
4 0 The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $14.99
5 3 Something Borrowed, Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Press), $7.99
6 5 10th Anniversary, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown), $14.99
7 4 The Throne of Fire, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $18.99
8 10 In the Garden of Beasts, Erik Larson (Crown), $12.99
9 9 Buried Prey, John Sandford (Putnam Adult), $14.99
10 7 Dead Reckoning, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $27.95
11 0 Frankenstein: The Dead Town, Dean Koontz (Bantam), $9.99
12 17 Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
13 0 The Warlock, Michael Scott (Delacorte Books for Young Readers), $18.99
14 0 Those Guys Have All The Fun, James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales (Little, Brown), $27.99
15 13 Bossypants, Tina Fey (Reagan Arthur), $26.99
16 21 Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
17 20 A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Spectra), $7.99
18 15 Something Blue, Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Press), $9.99
19 16 The Search, Nora Roberts (Jove), $7.99
20 14 Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?, Steven Tyler (Ecco), $27.99
21 11 Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me, Chelsea’s Family, Friends, and Other Victims (Grand Central Publishing), $24.99
22 19 Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, Dr. Seuss (Random House), $17.00
23 18 The Sixth Man, David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing), $14.99
24 12 The Jefferson Key, Steve Berry (Ballantine Books), $12.99
25 0 The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, David McCullough (Simon & Schuster), $37.50
