The Wall Street Journal-20080215-WEEKEND JOURNAL- Best Selling Books
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WEEKEND JOURNAL; Best Selling Books
Full Text (652 words)FICTION
WSJ Sales Index
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RANK AUTHOR / PUBLISHER WEEK WEEK
1 7th Heaven 158 New
J. Patterson, M. Paetro / Little, Brown
2 The Appeal 153 316
John Grisham / Doubleday
3 Duma Key 47 78
Stephen King / Scribner
4 Stranger in Paradise 34 New
Robert B. Parker / Putnam
5 A Thousand Splendid Suns 19 21
Khaled Hosseini / Riverhead
6 Plum Lucky 19 28
Janet Evanovich / St. Martin's Press
7 New Moon 19 23
Stephenie Meyer / Little, Brown
8 Eclipse 18 21
Stephenie Meyer / Little, Brown
9 World Without End 14 15
Ken Follett / Dutton
10 Sizzle and Burn 13 29
Jayne Ann Krentz / Putnam
11 People of the Book 11 16
Geraldine Brooks / Viking Adult
12 The Senator's Wife 11 13
Sue Miller / Knopf
13 Where the Heart Leads 10 New
Stephanie Laurens / William Morrow
14 Beverly Hills Dead 9 14
Stuart Woods / Putnam
15 The Shooters 7 12
W.E.B. Griffin / Putnam
NONFICTION
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RANK AUTHOR / PUBLISHER WEEK WEEK
1 The Secret 99 27
Rhonda Byrne / Atria/Beyond Words
2 You: Staying Young 22 13
M. Roizen, M. Oz / Free Press
3 Strengthsfinder 2.0 18 20
Tom Rath / Gallup Press
4 In Defense of Food 17 21
Michael Pollan / Penguin Press
5 Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? 15 New
Peter Walsh / Free Press
6 Become a Better You 14 15
Joel Osteen / Free Press
7 Good to Great 14 13
Jim Collins / Collins
8 How Not to Look Old 13 15
Charla Krupp / Springboard Press
9 An Inconvenient Book 11 17
Glenn Beck / Threshold Editions
10 Real Change 11 13
Newt Gingrich / Regnery
11 The Four-Hour Workweek 9 9
Timothy Ferriss/ Crown
12 Deceptively Delicious 9 10
Jessica Seinfeld / Collins
13 I Am America . . . 9 10
Stephen Colbert / Grand Central Publishing
14 The Food You Crave 8 12
Ellie Krieger / Taunton
15 Who Moved My Cheese? 8 8
Spencer Johnson / Putnam
BUSINESS
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RANK AUTHOR / PUBLISHER WEEK WEEK
1 The Speed of Trust 57 New
S.M.R. Covey, S.R. Covey, R. Merrill / Free Press (P)
2 Strengthfinder 2.0 18 20
Tom Rath / Gallup Press (H)
3 Good to Great 14 13
Jim Collins / Collins (H)
4 The Four-Hour Work Week 9 9
Timothy Ferriss / Crown (H)
5 Who Moved My Cheese? 8 8
Spencer Johnson / Putnam (H)
6 Fair Tax 8 8
N. Boortz, J. Linder / Harper Paperback (P)
7 Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life 8 9
J. Cramer, C. Mason / Simon & Schuster (H)
8 The Five Dysfunctions of a Team 7 7
Patrick M. Lencioni / Jossey-Bass (H)
9 Now, Discover Your Strengths 7 9
M. Buckingham, D. Clifton / Free Press (H)
10 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 7 8
Stephen Covey / Free Press (P)
11 Zero to One Million 7 New
Ryan P. Allis / McGraw-Hill (P)
12 Rich Dad Poor Dad 7 7
R. Kiyosaki, S. Lechter / Warner Business (P)
13 Getting Things Done 6 6
David Allen / Penguin (P)
14 The Tipping Point 6 7
Malcolm Gladwell / Back Bay (P)
15 Total Money Makeover 6 5
Dave Ramsey / Thomas Nelson (H)
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
