Looks like Rick Riordan and John Grisham are still holding onto the first and second spot on this week’s best sellers list from the New York Times. This week, I’ve also included the top books according to the USA Today database.
| CHAPTER BOOKS | |||
| This Week | Weeks on List | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE RED PYRAMID, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99.) Ancient gods (this time from Egypt) and a mortal family meet. (Ages 10 and up) | 7 | |
| 2 | THEODORE BOONE: KID LAWYER, by John Grisham. (Dutton, $16.99.) He’s 13, but he knows what to do when he encounters a murder case. (Ages 8 to 12) | 4 | |
| 3 | THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up) | 93 | |
| 4 | TALES FROM A NOT-SO-POPULAR PARTY GIRL, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Aladdin, $12.99.) The further reflections of a junior Samuel Pepys of the female variety; a “Dork Diaries” book. (Ages 9 to 13) | 2 | |
| 5 | CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) The protagonist of “The Hunger Games” returns. (Ages 12 and up) | 42 | |
| 6 | INFINITY (CHRONICLES OF NICK), by Sherrilyn Kenyon. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99.) Brain-eating demons complicate academic life. (Ages 12 and up) | 4 | |
| 7 | THE CARRIE DIARIES, by Candace Bushnell. (Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, $18.99.) Carrie Bradshaw, years before “Sex and the City.” (Ages 14 and up) | 8 | |
| 8 | PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (THE ULTIMATE GUIDE), by Mary-Jane Knight. Designed by Philip Chidlow. (Disney-Hyperion, $12.99.) Gods, beasts and tips for children with an immortal parent, based on Rick Riordan’s series. (Ages 10 and up) | 13 | |
| 9 | FALLEN, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $17.99.) Thwarted love at boarding school. (Ages 12 and up) | 28 | |
| 10 | BIG NATE: IN A CLASS BY HIMSELF, written and illustrated by Lincoln Peirce. (Harper/HarperCollins, $12.99.) Where Nate goes, trouble follows. (Ages 8 to 12) | 12 | |
| PAPERBACK BOOKS | |||
| This Week | Weeks on List | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf, $11.99.) A girl saves books from Nazi burning. Excerpt (Ages 14 and up) | 145 | |
| 2 | THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Puffin/Penguin, $8.99.) A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12) | 73 | |
| 3 | THE FORBIDDEN GAME (THE HUNTER, THE CHASE, THE KILL), by L. J. Smith. (Simon Pulse, $10.99.) In this dark game, the humans prove to be the playthings. (Ages 12 and up) | 2 | |
| 4 | BEEZUS AND RAMONA, by Beverly Cleary. Illustrated by Tracy Dockray. (HarperCollins, $5.99.) The movie tie-in edition of the midcentury classic about a girl and her often pesky little sister. (Ages 9 to 12) | 2 | |
| 5 | SHIVER, by Maggie Stiefvater. (Scholastic, $8.99.) Love among the lupine. (Ages 13 and up) | 3 | |
| 6 | THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney. (Little, Brown, $8.99.) A young boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school. (Ages 12 and up) | 62 | |
| 7 | PINKALICIOUS AND THE PINK DRINK, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann. (Harper Festival/HarperCollins, $3.99.) Pink meets lemonade in a series of experiments. (Ages 3 to 7) | 4 | |
| 8 | IF I STAY, by Gayle Forman. (Speak/Penguin, $8.99.) A young cellist falls into a coma. (Ages 12 and up) | 11 | |
| 9 | SAVVY, by Ingrid Law. (Puffin/Penguin, $7.99.) Mibs is about to turn 13, the age at which supernatural abilities are conferred on members of her family. (Ages 9 to 12) | 12 | |
| 10 | SCAT, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $8.99.) An eco-mystery, with a dismal swamp and wild characters. Excerpt (Ages 9 to 12) | 8 | |
Here are the numbers from the USA Today database (the first number is this week’s position, the second is last week’s). I’ve bolded the YA titles.
1 1 The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown), $13.99
2 0 The Overton Window, Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions), $26.00
3 2 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $14.95
4 4 The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $15.95
5 3 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (Knopf), $27.95
6 0 George Washington’s Sacred Fire, Peter A. Lillback (Providence Forum Press), $19.95
7 49 The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents, F.A. Hayek (University of Chicago Press), $17.00
8 6 The Lion, Nelson DeMille (Grand Central Publishing), $27.99
9 14 Sh*t My Dad Says, Justin Halpern (It Books), $15.99
10 5 The Passage: A Novel, Justin Cronin (Ballantine), $27.00
11 7 Black Hills, Nora Roberts (Jove), $7.99
12 9 Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), $7.99
13 10 Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin), $15.00
14 0 Whiplash, Catherine Coulter (Putnam Adult), $26.95
15 11 The Kane Chronicles, Book 1: The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan (Hyperion), $17.99
16 13 The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult), $24.95
17 0 Frankenstein: Lost Souls: A Novel, Dean Koontz (Bantam), $27.00
18 18 The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing), $7.99
19 15 Matters of the Heart, Danielle Steel (Dell), $7.99
20 24 Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $22.99
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