The James Logan Courier

McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 22, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2007 by Reed Elsevier, USA)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Age of Turbulence. Alan Greenspan. Penguin Press, $35
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
2. If I Did It. The Goldman Family. Beaufort Books, $24.95
Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 2
3. The Secret. Rhonda Byrne. Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 38
4. Louder Than Words. Jenny McCarthy. Dutton, $23.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
5. Power to the People. Laura Ingraham. Regnery, $27.95
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 2
6. Giving. Bill Clinton. Knopf, $24.95
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 3
7. The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You to Know About. Kevin Trudeau. Alliance Publishing, $24.95
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 16
8. The Nine. Jeffrey Toobin. Doubleday, $27.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
9. The Heroin Diaries. Nikki Sixx. Pocket, $32.50
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
10. The War. Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns. Knopf, $50
Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 2
11. Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa & Bill Kolodiejchuk. Doubleday, $22.95
Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 3
12. The Dangerous Book for Boys. Conn & Hal Iggulden. Collins, $24.95
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 21
13. Quiet Strength. Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. Tyndale, $26.99
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 11
14. Lone Survivor. Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. Little, Brown, $24.99
Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 15
15. Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself. Alan Alda. Random House, $24.95
Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 3

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. You've Been Warned. James Patterson & Howard Roughan. Little, Brown, $27.99
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 2
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead, $25.95
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 18
3. Dead Heat. Dick Francis & Felix Francis. Putnam, $25.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
4. Making Money. Terry Pratchett. HarperCollins, $25.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
5. The Bone Garden. Tess Gerritsen. Ballantine, $25.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
6. Pontoon. Garrison Keillor. Viking, $25.95
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 2
7. The Wheel of Darkness. Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. Grand Central, $25.99
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 4
8. Guiding Light: Jonathan's Story. Julia London with Alina Adams. Pocket, $22
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
9. Bones to Ashes. Kathy Reichs. Scribner, $25.95
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 4
10. The Quickie. James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown, $27.99
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 12
11. Garden Spells. Sarah Addison Allen. Bantam, $20
Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 3
12. The 47th Samurai. Stephen Hunter. Simon & Schuster, $26
Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 2
13. Dexter in the Dark. Jeff Lindsay. Doubleday, $23.95
Last Week: - ; Weeks on List: 1
14. The Elves of Cintra. Terry Brooks. Del Rey, $26.95
Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 4
15. Dark Possession. Christine Feehan. Berkley, $24.95
Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 4


MASS MARKET
1. The Collectors. David Baldacci. Grand Central, $9.99
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 4
2. Act of Treason. Vince Flynn. Pocket, $9.99
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 4
3. 74 Seaside Avenue. Debbie Macomber. Mira, $7.99
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 4
4. Killer Dreams. Iris Johansen. Bantam, $7.99
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 4
5. Inocent in Death. J.D. Robb. Berkley, $7.99
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 4
6. The Mephisto Club. Tess Gerritsen. Ballantine, $7.99
Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 3
7. Inferno (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force). Troy Denning. Del Rey, $7.99
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 4
8. Fresh Disasters. Stuart Woods. Signet, $9.99
Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 3
9. What Came Before He Shot Her. Elizabeth George. Harper, $7.99
Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 3
10. Beyond Seduction. Stephanie Laurens. Avon, $7.99
Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 4
11. At First Sight. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $7.99
Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 2
12. Break No Bones. Kathy Reichs. Pocket, $9.99
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 4
13. Darkfever. Karen Marie Moning. Dell, $6.99
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 3
14. Hundred-Dollar Baby. Robert B. Parker. Berkley, $9.99
Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 2
15. Exile. Richard North Patterson. St. Martin's, $9.99
Last Week: 15; Weeks on List: 4

TRADE
1. Eat, Pray, Love. Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin, $15
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 34
2. Into the Wild. Jon Krakauer. Anchor, $13.95
Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 4
3. Water for Elephants. Sara Gruen. Algonquin, $13.95
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 23
4. The Kite Runner. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead, $14
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 154
5. Middlesex. Jeffrey Eugenides. Picador, $15
Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 16
6. Skinny Bitch. Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. Running Press, $13.95
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 8
7. The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Kim Edwards. Penguin, $14
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 65
8. 90 Minutes in Heaven. Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. Revell, $12.99
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 26
9. The Glass Castle. Jeannette Walls. Scribner, $14
Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 64
10. The Emperor's Children. Claire Messud. Vintage, $14.95
Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 12
11. Dear John. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $13.99
Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 7
12. The Alchemist. Paulo Coelho. Harper San Francisco, $13.95
Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 57
13. Three Cups of Tea. Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin. Penguin, $15
Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 4
14. Suite Francaise. Irene Nemirovsky. Vintage, $14.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 21
15. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Lisa See. Random House, $13.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 40
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(c) 2007, Reed Elsevier, USA
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