The Wall Street Journal-20080201-WEEKEND JOURNAL- Best Selling Books
Return to: The_Wall_Street_Journal-20080201
WEEKEND JOURNAL; Best Selling Books
Full Text (633 words)FICTION
WSJ Sales Index
---------------
TITLE THIS LAST
RANK AUTHOR / PUBLISHER WEEK WEEK
1 Duma Key 137 New
Stephen King / Scribner
2 Plum Lucky 37 73
Janet Evanovich / St. Martin's Press
3 A Thousand Splendid Suns 26 27
Khaled Hosseini / Riverhead
4 New Moon 25 22
Stephenie Meyer / Little, Brown
5 People of the Book 23 27
Geraldine Brooks / Viking Adult
6 Eclipse 22 19
Stephenie Meyer / Little, Brown
7 World Without End 17 17
Ken Follett / Dutton
8 Blasphemy 17 21
Douglas Preston / Forge
9 Beverly Hills Dead 17 25
Stuart Woods / Putnam
10 The Shooters 16 19
W.E.B. Griffin / Putnam
11 Sword Song 14 New
Bernard Cornwell / Harper
12 The Senator's Wife 14 14
Sue Miller / Knopf
13 Double Cross 13 15
James Patterson / Little, Brown
14 Sweet Far Thing 12 12
Libba Bray / Delacorte
15 Darkest Evening of the Year 10 11
Dean Koontz / Bantam
NONFICTION
WSJ Sales Index
---------------
TITLE THIS LAST
RANK AUTHOR / PUBLISHER WEEK WEEK
1 The Secret 29 29
Rhonda Byrne / Atria/Beyond Words
2 An Inconvenient Book 28 16
Glenn Beck / Threshold Editions
3 Compassionate Samurai 23 New
Brian Klemmer / Hay House
4 In Defense of Food 23 24
Michael Pollan / Penguin Press
5 Tom Cruise 19 37
Andrew Morton / St. Martin's Press
6 Strengthsfinder 2.0 16 17
Tom Rath / Gallup Press
7 Become a Better You 16 17
Joel Osteen / Free Press
8 How Not to Look Old 16 13
Charla Krupp / Springboard Press
9 The Food You Crave 15 17
Ellie Krieger / Taunton
10 Happy for No Reason 15 16
M. Shimoff, C.Kline / Free Press
11 Real Change 14 13
Newt Gingrich / Regnery
12 You: Staying Young 14 17
M. Roizen, M. Oz / Free Press
13 Free Lunch 13 9
David Cay Johnston / Portfolio
14 Liberal Fascism 13 20
Jonah Goldberg / Doubleday
15 Good to Great 13 15
Jim Collins / Collins
BUSINESS
WSJ Sales Index
---------------
TITLE THIS LAST
RANK AUTHOR / PUBLISHER WEEK WEEK
1 Compassionate Samurai 23 New
Brian Klemmer / Hay House (H)
2 Strengthsfinder 2.0 16 17
Tom Rath / Gallup Press (H)
3 Free Lunch 13 9
David Cay Johnston / Portfolio (H)
4 Good to Great 13 15
Jim Collins / Collins (H)
5 Now, Discover . . . Strengths 10 11
M. Buckingham, D. Clifton / Free Press (H)
6 Four-Hour Workweek 9 10
Timothy Ferriss / Crown (H)
7 Jim Cramer's Stay Mad . . . 9 10
J. Cramer, C. Mason / Simon & Schuster (H)
8 Women & Money 9 8
Suze Orman / Spiegel & Grau (H)
9 Who Moved My Cheese 8 9
Spencer Johnson / Putnam (H)
10 Rich Dad Poor Dad 7 8
R. Kiyosaki, S. Lechter / Warner Business (P)
11 The Tipping Point 7 8
Malcolm Gladwell / Back Bay (P)
12 7 Habits . . . Effective People 7 7
Stephen Covey / Free Press (P)
13 Total Money Makeover 7 6
Dave Ramsey / Thomas Nelson (H)
14 Five Dysfunctions . . . Team 6 --
Patrick M. Lencioni / Jossey-Bass (H)
15 Getting Things Done 6 --
David Allen / Penguin (P)
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, Books-
a-Million, Borders and Waldenbooks stores, as well as sales from online
retailers Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. The business list also includes
figures from 800-CEO-READ. A sales index of 100 is equivalent to the median
number of copies of the No. 1 fiction bestselling titles sold each week
during 2007. (P) Paperback; (H) Hardback. Refer questions to
