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More book news Jan. 29, 2010

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Here's a link to today's One for the Books column , Keep It Short!: http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4758011

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from Shelf Awareness: New titles next week:

The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down by Andrew Young
Worst Case by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System by Henry M. Paulson
Point Omega: A Novel by Don Delillo
Sweet Little Lies: An L.A. Candy Novel by Lauren Conrad
The 39 Clues Book 7: The Viper's Nest by Peter Lerangis
Vanity Fair's Presidential Profiles: Defining Portraits, Deeds, and Misdeeds of 43 Notable Americans--And What Each One Really Thought About His Predecessor by Judy Bachrach, David Friend, Kamp David, Purdum Todd and Jim Windolf, edited by Graydon Carter
Good Value: Reflections on Money, Morality and an Uncertain World by Stephen Green
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Best-seller lists for Jan. 29, 2010

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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
The Associated Press

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult/Amy Einhorn)
2. "Kisser" by Stuart Woods (Putnam Adult)
3. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)
4. "The First Rule" by Robert Crais (Putnam Adult)
5. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
6. "The Burning Land" by Bernard Cornwell (Harper)
7. "The Wolf at the Door" by Jack Higgins (Putnam Adult)
8. "The Swan Thieves" by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown)
9. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
10. "Roses" by Leila Meacham (Grand Central Publishing)
11. "Impact" by Douglas Preston (Forge)
12. "Noah's Compass" by Anne Tyler (Knopf)
13. "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)
14. "Deeper Than the Dead" by Tami Hoag (Dutton Adult)
15. "I, Sniper: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel" by Stephen Hunter (Simon & Schuster)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime" by John Hellermann and Mark Halperin (Harper)
2. "Committed" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking)
3. "The Full Plate Diet: Slim Down, Look Great, Be Healthy" by Stuart A Steale M.D. and Teresa Sherard and Diana Fleming (Bard Press)
4. "Have a Little Faith: A True Story" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)
5. "Stones Into Schools" by Greg Mortenson (Viking)
6. "Going Rogue: An American Life" by Sarah Palin (HarperCollins)
7. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
8. "Just Kids" by Patti Smith (Ecco)
9. "The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean my Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have Fun" by Gretchen Rubin (Harper)
10. "What the Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
11. "The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right" by Atul Gawande (Metropolitan Books)
12. "SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance" by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow)
13. "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" by Daniel H. Pink (Riverhead)
14. "Open: An Autobiography" by Andre Agassi (Knopf)
15. "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" by Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck (Knopf)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
2. "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown)
3. "The Truth about Lord Stoneville" by Sabrina Jeffries (Pocket Star)
4. "The Devil's Punchbowl" by Greg Iles (Pocket Star)
5. "Plum Spooky" Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
6. "Vanishing Act" by Fern Michaels (Zebra)
7. "Black Ops" by W.E.B. Griffin (Jove)
8. "Fire and Ice" by Julie Garwood (Ballantine)
9. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Vision)
10. "The Second Opinion" by Michael Palmer (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
11. "Street Game" by Christine Feehan (Jove)
12. "The Associate" by John Grisham (Dell)
13. "Ender in Exile" by Orson Scott Card (Tor)
14. "Bitten by Cupid" by Lynsay Sands, Pamela Palmer and Jaime Rush (Avon)
15. "The Man You'll Marry" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "A Reliable Wife" by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)
2. "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
3. "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown)
4. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
5. "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton & Company)
6. "True Colors" by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Griffin)
7. "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)
8. "Push" by Sapphire (Vintage)
9. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media)
10. "Food Rules: An Eater's Manual" by Michael Pollan (Penguin)
11. "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein (Harper)
12. "The Belly Fat Cure" by Jorge Cruise (Hay House)
13. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)
14. "Olive Kitteredge" by Elizabeth Strout (Random House Trade Paperback)
15. "Cook This Not That!: Kitchen Survival Guide" by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding ( Rodale Books)
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WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
The Associated Press

FICTION
1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult/Amy Einhorn)
2. "Kisser" by Stuart Woods (Putnam Adult)
3. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)
4. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books)
5. "The First Rule" by Robert Crais (Putnam Adult)
6. "The Burning Land" by Bernard Cornwell (Harper)
7. "The Swan Thieves" by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown)
8. "The Wolf at the Door" by Jack Higgins (Putnam Adult)
9. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion)
10. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
11. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
12. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
13. "Pretty Little Liars 7: Heartless" by Sara Shepard (Harper Teen)
14. "Witch & Wizard" by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet (Little, Brown)
15. "Deeper Than the Dead" by Tami Hoag (Dutton Books)

NONFICTION
1. "Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime" by John Hellermann and Mark Halperin (Harper)
2. "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking)
3. "Have a Little Faith: A True Story" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)
4. "Stones Into Schools" by Greg Mortenson (Viking)
5. "Going Rogue: An American Life" by Sarah Palin (HarperCollins)
6. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide" by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion)
7. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books)
8. "StrengthsFinder 2.0" by Tom Rath (Gallup Press)
9. "The Full Plate Diet: Slim Down, Look Great, Be Healthy!" by Stuart A. Seale, Teresa Sherard and Diana Fleming (Bard Press)
10. "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" by Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck (Knopf)
11. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
12. "What the Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
13. "Just Kids" by Patti Smith (Ecco)
14. "The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight" by Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Good Books)
15. "SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance" by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow)

The Wall Street Journal's list reflects nationwide sales of hardcover books during the week ended last Saturday at more than 2,500 Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co., Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano's, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners and Waldenbooks stores, as well as sales from online retailers Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.

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USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
The Associated Press
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback

1. "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-P)
2. "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown) (F-P)
3. "Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime" by John Hellermann and Mark Halperin (Harper) (NF-H)
4. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult/Amy Einhorn) (F-H)
5. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion) (F-P)
6. "A Reliable Wife" by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill) (F-P)
7. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)
8. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)
9. "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton & Company) (NF-P)
10. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)
11. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage) (F-P)
12. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) (F-H)
13. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media) (F-P)
14. "Kisser" by Stuart Woods (Putnam Adult) (F-H)
15. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2: The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion) (F-P)
16. "True Colors" by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Griffin) (F-P)
17. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)
18. "The Truth about Lord Stoneville" by Sabrina Jeffries (Pocket Star) (F-P)
19. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion) (F-H)
20. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3: The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion) (F-H)
21. "Precious" by Sapphire (Vintage) (F-P)
22. "Vanishing Act" by Fern Michaels (Zebra) (F-P)
23. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) (F-H)
24. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4: The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion) (F-H)
25. "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage" by Elizabeth Gilbert (NF-H)
26. "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) (NF-P)
27. "Plum Spooky" Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P)
28. "The Devil's Punchbowl" by Greg Iles (Pocket Star) (F-P)
29. "Going Rogue: An American Life" by Sarah Palin (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
30. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
31. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little Brown) (F-H)
32. "Deeper Than the Dead" by Tami Hoag (Dutton Adult) (F-H)
33. "Cook This Not That!: Kitchen Survival Guide" by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding (Rodale Books) (NF-P)
34. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay ( St. Martin's Griffin) (F-P)
35. "Fire and Ice" by Julie Garwood (Ballantine Books) (F-P)
36. "Food Rules: An Eater's Manual" by Michael Pollan (NF-P)
37. "The First Rule" by Robert Crais (Putnam Adult) (F-H)
38. "The Full Plate Diet: Slim Down, Look Great,Be Healthy!" by Stuart A. Seale, Teresa Sherard and Diana Fleming (Bard Press) (NF-H)
39. "The Man You'll Marry" by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-P)
40. "Have a Little Faith: A True Story" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) (NF-H)
41. "Olive Kitteridge" by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) (F-P)
42. "Street Game" by Christine Feehan (Jove) (F-P)
43. "The Belly Fat Cure" by Jorge Cruise (Hay House) (NF-P)
44. "The Burning Land" by Bernard Cornwell (Harper) (F-H)
45. "Fancy Nancy: Heart to Heart" by Jane O'Connor, Robin Press Glasser and Carolyn Bracken (Harper Festival) (F-P)
46. "Early Dawn" by Catherine Anderson (Signet) (F-P)
47. "Stones Into Schools" by Greg Mortenson (Viking) (NF-H)
48. "I Sniper: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel" by (Simon & Schuster) (F-H)
49. "Roses" by Leila Meacham (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
50. "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) (NF-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.