The Wall Street Journal-20080118-WEEKEND JOURNAL- Best Selling Books
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WEEKEND JOURNAL; Best Selling Books
FICTION
WSJ Sales Index
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RANK AUTHOR / PUBLISHER WEEK WEEK
1 Plum Lucky 174 New
Janet Evanovich / St. Martin's Press
2 A Thousand Splendid Suns 28 45
Khaled Hosseini / Riverhead
3 Blasphemy 27 New
Douglas Preston / Forge
4 The Shooters 23 45
W.E.B. Griffin / Putnam
5 People of the Book 23 20
Geraldine Brooks / Viking Adult
6 New Moon 23 44
Stephenie Meyer / Little, Brown
7 Eclipse 21 38
Stephenie Meyer / Little, Brown
8 Double Cross 19 39
James Patterson / Little, Brown
9 World Without End 17 30
Ken Follett / Dutton
10 T Is For Trespass 16 32
Sue Grafton / Putnam
11 Sweet Far Thing 14 36
Libba Bray / Delacorte
12 The Darkest Evening of the Year 14 27
Dean Koontz / Bantam
13 Shadow Music 11 31
Julie Garwood / Ballantine
14 Stone Cold 11 21
David Baldacci / Grand Central Publishing
15 Blood Dreams 9 24
Kay Hooper / Bantam
NONFICTION
WSJ Sales Index
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RANK AUTHOR / PUBLISHER WEEK WEEK
1 You're Broke Because You Want to Be 34 New
Larry Winget / Gotham
2 Happy For No Reason 31 New
M. Shimoff, C. Kline / Free Press
3 The Secret 29 44
Rhonda Byrne / Atria/Beyond Words
4 In Defense of Food 28 36
Michael Pollan / Penguin Press
5 You: Staying Young 22 50
M. Roizen, M. Oz / Free Press
6 The 12-Second Sequence 20 32
Jorge Cruise / Crown
7 Become a Better You 19 31
Joel Osteen / Free Press
8 Strengthsfinder 2.0 18 19
Tom Rath / Gallup Press
9 How Not to Look Old 18 27
Charla Krupp / Springboard Press
10 The Spectrum 16 18
Dean Ornish / Ballantine
11 I Am America (And So Can You!) 15 34
Stephen Colbert / Grand Central Publishing
12 Living Well 15 21
M. William, W. Doyle / NAL Hardcover
13 Dare to Prepare 15 New
R. Shapiro, G. Jordan / Crown Business
14 Deceptively Delicious 15 28
Jessica Seinfeld / Collins
15 Good to Great 14 11
Jim Collins / Collins
BUSINESS
WSJ Sales Index
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RANK AUTHOR / PUBLISHER WEEK WEEK
1 You're Broke Because You Want to Be 34 8
Larry Winget / Gotham (H)
2 Strengthsfinder 2.0 18 19
Tom Rath / Gallup Press (H)
3 Dare to Prepare 15 New
R. Shapiro, G. Jordan / Crown Business (H)
4 Good to Great 14 13
Jim Collins / Collins (H)
5 Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life 14 25
J. Cramer, C. Mason / Simon & Schuster (H)
6 The Go-Giver 13 New
B. Burg, J. Mann / Portfolio (H)
7 Ready, Fire, Aim 13 New
Michael Masterson / Wiley (H)
8 The Four-Hour Workweek 11 16
Timothy Ferriss / Crown (H)
9 Who Moved My Cheese 11 6
Spencer Johnson / Putnam (H)
10 Now, Discover Your Strengths 10 8
M. Buckingham, D. Clifton / Free Press (H)
11 The Five Dysfunctions of a Team 9 6
Patrick M. Lencioni / Jossey-Bass (H)
12 Women & Money 8 13
Suze Orman / Spiegel & Grau (H)
13 The Age of Turbulence 7 11
Alan Greenspan / Penguin Press (H)
14 Free Lunch 7 New
David Cay Johnston / Portfolio (H)
15 Rich Dad Poor Dad 7 10
R. Kiyosaki, S. Lechter / Warner Business (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
