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USA Today Top 150 - February 26, 2006

These book chart posts will hopefully complemented by other book-related posts (what I'm reading, funny book covers, etc.), but that's not a guarantee. So don't be sad if this blog slowly dies out within a month.

Top 10 Best Sellers:
1. (1) 5th Horseman [James Patterson]
2. (4) Marley & Me [John Grogan]
3. (3) Night [Elie Weisel]
4. (2) Cell [Stephen King]
5. (5) The Closers [Michael Connelly]
6. (6) The Da Vinci Code [Dan Brown]
7. (8) The Third Secret [Steve Berry]
8. (7) Memoirs of a Geisha [Arthur Golden]
9. (10) The World Is Flat [Thomas L. Friedman]
10. (-) The Templar Legacy [Steve Berry]

Premiering in Top 100:
#10 - The Templar Legacy [Steve Berry]
Quest to find lost treasures of the ancient Knights Templar
#23 - Micah [Laurell K. Hamilton]
Request to raise the dead unites two creatures
#40 - The Two Minute Rule [Robert Crais]
Ex-con vows to find the killer of his son, a police officer
#43 - The Chronicles of Narnia [C.S. Lewis]
Set of all seven books in the Chronicles of Narnia series; movie is based on the story "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
#51 - The Old Wine Shades [Martha Grimes]
Mystery: Richard Jury hears strange tale of missing wife, son and dog
#82 - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan [Lisa See]
In 19th-century China, Lily and Snow Flower write to each other in a secret language about their lives

Top 10 Risers:
+118 - Naruto Vol. 9 by Mashishi Kishimoto (from 147 to 29)
+93 - (tie) Dora the Explorer: Egg Suprise (from 184 to 91)/
Dora the Explorer: Dora's Rainbow Egg Hunt (from 195 to 102)
+68 - The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman (from 211 to 143)
+57 - Good to Great and the Social Sector by Jim Collins (from 180 to 123)
+53 - The End of Faith by Sam Harris (from 123 to 70)
+41 - My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (from 100 to 59)
+36 - The Pretty Committee Strikes Back by Lisi Harrison (from 47 to 11)
+35 - Annie Freeman's Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish (from 172 to 137)
+34 - Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins (from 110 to 76)

Top 5 Sinkers:
-62 - Daily Readings From Your Best Life Now (from 88 to 150)
-55 - The Biggest Loser (from 75 to 130)
-54 - Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four (from 80 to 134)
-44 - You: The Smart Patient (from 81 to 125)
-43 - The Five Love Languages (from 62 to 105)

Of Note:
- The four books in positions 104 through 107 all fell at least 34 slots from the previous week.
- Three manga volumes are in the top 150 as well as six Sudoku related books. The mangas other than Naruto Vol. 9 are Rurouni Kenshin Vol. 24 (#116) and Death Note Vol. 4 (#118)

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