Wrapt Up In Books

Friday, April 07, 2006

USA Today Top 150 - April 2, 2006

[For the week ending 4/2/06]

Top 10 Best Sellers:
1. (6) The Da Vinci Code [Dan Brown]
2. (284) Dark Demon [Christine Feehan]
3. (219) Time & Again [Nora Roberts]
4. (1) No Place Like Home [Mary Higgins Clark]
5. (-) Countdown [Iris Johansen]
6. (3) Marley & Me [John Grogan]
7. (4) Game of Shadows [Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams]
8. (268) Bump in the Night [J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, et al.]
9. (25) Angels & Demons [Dan Brown]
10. (9) In Cold Blood [Truman Capote]

Top Five Risers:
+282 - Dark Demon by Christine Feehan (284 -> 2)
Romance: Female vampire slayer is seduced by her enemy
+260 - Bump in the Night by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, et al. (268 -> 8)
Four stories about the paranormal
+216 - Time & Again by Nora Roberts (219 -> 3)
Has two romances: "Time Was" and "Times Change"
+150 - The Admiral's Bride by Suzanne Brockmann (227 -> 77)
Romance: Man and woman find love while posing as husband and wife to crack case
+121 - Sword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor (140 -> 19)
Romance: New king of Camelot meets his match with Seren

Top Five Sinkers:
-75 - Company Man by Joseph Finder (55 -> 130)
CEO uncovers a conspiracy against him at work
-66 - The House by Danielle Steel (62 -> 128)
Woman restores old mansion and learns its dramatic history
-61 - Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza (59 -> 120)
Subtitle: "Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust"
-59 - Fatal Burn by Lisa Jackson (17 -> 76)
Agent's missing daughter is linked to serial killer's next victim
-56 - Ultrametabolism by Mark Hyman (68 -> 124)
Subtitle: "The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss"

Just Made It (aka spot #150):
You're Wearing That? [Deborah Tannen]
Subtitle: "Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation"

Manga Report:
- Fruits Basket, Vol. 13 (debuted at #48)

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

USA Today Top 150 - March 26, 2006

[For the week ending 3/26/06]

Top 10 Best Sellers:
1. (216) No Place Like Home [Mary Higgins Clark]
2. (1) Marley & Me [John Grogan]
3. (-) American Theocracy [Kevin Phillips]
4. (-) Game of Shadows [Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams]
5. (2) The Mermaid Chair [Sue Monk Kidd]
6. (3) The Da Vinci Code [Dan Brown]
7. (4) Night [Elie Weisel]
8. (-) The Secret Supper [Javier Sierra]
9. (9) In Cold Blood [Truman Capote]
10. (-) French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure [Mireille Guiliano]

Top Five Risers:
+215 - No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark (216 -> 1)
+155 - Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk by Angie Sage (267 -> 112)
+107 - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (248 -> 141)
+63 - Life of Pi by Yann Martel (193 -> 130)
+59 - Some Like It Hot by Zoey Dean (128 -> 69)

Top Five Sinkers:
-78 - The Brothers Bulger by Howie Carr (59 -> 137)
-59 - The Kill by Allison Brennan (68 -> 127)
-55 - Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas (58 -> 113)
-33 - (tie) Missing Persons by Stephen White (81 -> 114)/
The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner by David Bach (50 -> 83)

Just Made It (aka spot #150):
Why My Wife Thinks I'm An Idiot [Mike Greenberg]
Subtitle: "The Life and Times of a Sportscaster Dad"

Manga Report:
- Naruto, Vol. 9 (#123, from #86)

Best Name of the Week:
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak (#87, from #109)
How books helped Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich in WWII