USA Today Top 150 - March 12, 2006
I got a little behind with the charts so Mar 19's should be up by Saturday, in time for Mar 26's to come out. Also, starting with this post, I will begin an attempt at analysis and/or commentary about the raw data.
[For the week ending 3/12/06]
Top 10 Best Sellers:
1. (3) Marley & Me [John Grogan]
2. (2) Fatal Burn [Lisa Jackson]
3. (-) Tenth Circle [Jodi Picoult]
4. (5) Kill The Messenger [Tami Hoag]
5. (9) Rage [Jonathan Kellerman]
6. (20) Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling [Wayne W. Dyer]
7. (11) Night [Elie Wiesel]
8. (6) 5th Horseman [Dan Brown]
9. (1) Micah [Laurell K. Hamliton]
10. (7) Pretty Woman [Fern Michaels]
Top Risers:
+156 - Harry Potter/Goblet of Fire (from 242 to 86)
+126 - Harry Potter/Sorceror's Stone (from 263 to 143)
+99 - The Penalty Box (from 212 to 113)
+91 - Misquoting Jesus (from 199 to 108)
+86 - Smashed: Story of A Drunken Childhood (from 176 to 90)
+76 - Harry Potter/Order of the Phoenix (from 141 to 65)
+69 - Close Range (from 185 to 116)
+62 - Cold Service (from 108 to 46)
Top Fallers:
-83 - Crazy Kisses (from 63 to 146)
-73 - Green Eggs and Ham (from 71 to 144)
-51 - Hard Truth (from 88 to 139)
-49 - Sea Change (from 92 to 141)
Manga Report:
- Naruto Vol. 9 (#59, from #48)
- Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 6 (#117, from #105)
Just Made It (Spot #150):
The Little Book That Beats the Market [Joel Greenblatt]
Aims to show how to "beat the market"
Analysis:
Help From The Movie Theatres
Four books out of the six J.K. Rowling has written so far in the Harry Potter series gained at least 25 spots. This is most likely due to the DVD release of the adaptation of Book 4, "The Goblet of Fire". You can see the performance of Books 1, 4 and 5 under Top Risers, and Book 6's performance? Well, it did pretty well for itself and it might have had a bit of help in being the most recent one to be published (it came out July 16 last year -- a mere 9 months). "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" went from 120 to 93, gaining 27 spots.
Also Annie Proulx's compiliation of stories, "Close Range", benefited from the popularity of "Brokeback Mountain", one of her stories that is in "Range". It went from #185 to #116, a gain of 69 spots, while Brokeback rose 45 (from #122 to #77).
Finally, "Aquamarine", by Aliee Hoffman, rose from 138 to 82 (56 spots) as its film adaptation is still making its way through theatres.
[For the week ending 3/12/06]
Top 10 Best Sellers:
1. (3) Marley & Me [John Grogan]
2. (2) Fatal Burn [Lisa Jackson]
3. (-) Tenth Circle [Jodi Picoult]
4. (5) Kill The Messenger [Tami Hoag]
5. (9) Rage [Jonathan Kellerman]
6. (20) Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling [Wayne W. Dyer]
7. (11) Night [Elie Wiesel]
8. (6) 5th Horseman [Dan Brown]
9. (1) Micah [Laurell K. Hamliton]
10. (7) Pretty Woman [Fern Michaels]
Top Risers:
+156 - Harry Potter/Goblet of Fire (from 242 to 86)
+126 - Harry Potter/Sorceror's Stone (from 263 to 143)
+99 - The Penalty Box (from 212 to 113)
+91 - Misquoting Jesus (from 199 to 108)
+86 - Smashed: Story of A Drunken Childhood (from 176 to 90)
+76 - Harry Potter/Order of the Phoenix (from 141 to 65)
+69 - Close Range (from 185 to 116)
+62 - Cold Service (from 108 to 46)
Top Fallers:
-83 - Crazy Kisses (from 63 to 146)
-73 - Green Eggs and Ham (from 71 to 144)
-51 - Hard Truth (from 88 to 139)
-49 - Sea Change (from 92 to 141)
Manga Report:
- Naruto Vol. 9 (#59, from #48)
- Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 6 (#117, from #105)
Just Made It (Spot #150):
The Little Book That Beats the Market [Joel Greenblatt]
Aims to show how to "beat the market"
Analysis:
Help From The Movie Theatres
Four books out of the six J.K. Rowling has written so far in the Harry Potter series gained at least 25 spots. This is most likely due to the DVD release of the adaptation of Book 4, "The Goblet of Fire". You can see the performance of Books 1, 4 and 5 under Top Risers, and Book 6's performance? Well, it did pretty well for itself and it might have had a bit of help in being the most recent one to be published (it came out July 16 last year -- a mere 9 months). "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" went from 120 to 93, gaining 27 spots.
Also Annie Proulx's compiliation of stories, "Close Range", benefited from the popularity of "Brokeback Mountain", one of her stories that is in "Range". It went from #185 to #116, a gain of 69 spots, while Brokeback rose 45 (from #122 to #77).
Finally, "Aquamarine", by Aliee Hoffman, rose from 138 to 82 (56 spots) as its film adaptation is still making its way through theatres.
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