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USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
1. "Brisingr" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers)(F-H)
2. "The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel" by David Wroblewski (HarperCollins) (F-H)
3. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers) (F-P)
4. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers) (F-P)
5. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media) (F-P)
6. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown) (F-H)
7. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown) (F-H)
8. "Nights in Rodanthe" by Nicholas Sparks (Warner Vision) (F-P)
9. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion) (NF-H)
10. "Untamed: A House of Night Novel" by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (St. Martin's Griffin) (F-P)
11. "Heat Lightning" by John Sandford (Putnam Adult) (F-H)
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12. "Book of the Dead" by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley) (F-P)
13. "Sunset" by Karen Kingsbury (Tyndale House Publishers) (F-P)
14. "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway) (NF-H)
15. "Hot, Flat and Crowded" by Thomas Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) (NF-H)
16. "The Given Day" by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow) (F-H)
17. "The Other Queen" by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone) (F-H)
18. "8 Sandpiper Way" by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-P)
19. "One Fifth Avenue" by Candace Bushnell (Voice) (F-H)
20. "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham (Dell) (F-P)
21. "Hot Mahogany" by Stuart Woods (Putnam Adult) (F-H)
22. "Magic Treehouse #40: Eve of the Emperor Penguin" by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (F-H)
23. "Breakthrough: Eight Steps to Wellness" by Suzanne Somers (Crown) (NF-H)
24. "Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Wont Regret" by T.D. Jakes (Atria) (NF-H)
25. "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown) (F-H)
26. "Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) (NF-P)
27. "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) (NF-P)
28. "Third Degree" by Greg Iles (Pocket) (F-P)
29. "Stone Cold" by David Baldacci (Vision) (F-P)
30. "Compulsion" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine) (F-P)
31. "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-P)
32. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland (Knopf) (F-H)
33. "Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down" by Kaylene Johnson (Tyndale House Publishers) (NF-P)
34. "Dead Until Dark" by Charlaine Harris (Ace) (F-P)
35. "Guinness: World Records 2009" by Guinness World Records (Guinness)(NF-H)
36. "Pieces of My Heart" by Robert J. Wagner, Scott Eyman, (HarperEntertainment) (NF-H)
37. "The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008" by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)
38. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words) (NF-H)
39. "You've Been Warned" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Vision) (F-P)
40. "Tsar" by Ted Bell (Atria) (F-H)
41. "Inkdeath" by Cornelia Funke (The Chicken House) (F-H)
42. "The 39 Clues: The Maze Of Bones" by Rick Riordan (Scholastic Press) (F-H)
43. "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicki Myron, Brett Witter (Grand Central) (NF-H)
44. "Protect and Defend" by Vince Flynn (Pocket) (F-P)
45. "What to Expect When You're Expecting" by Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel (Workman Publishing Group) (NF-P)
46. "Skinny B----" by Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin (Running Press) (NF-P)
47. "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle (Plume) (NF-P)
48. "Eat This Not That!: Thousands of Simple Food Swaps That Can Save You 10, 20, 30 Pounds-or More!" by David Zinczenko, Matt Goulding (Rodale) (NF-H)
49. "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin)(F-P)
50. "Keeping Faith" Jodi Picoult (Avon) (F-P)
Reporting stores include: Amazon.com, B. Dalton Bookseller, Barnes & Noble.com, Barnes & Noble Inc., Books-A-Million and Bookland, Booksamillion.com, Borders Books & Music, Bookstar, Bookstop, Brentano's, Davis Kidd Booksellers in Nashville, Jackson, Memphis, Tenn., Doubleday Book Shops, Hudson Booksellers, Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Lexington, Ky.; Cincinnati, Cleveland), Powell's Books (Portland, Ore.), Powells.com, R.J. Julia Booksellers (Madison, Conn.), Schuler.
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