Originally created 08/07/05

Best-sellers list



HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Lifeguard, by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (Little, Brown)

2. The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown)

3. The Interruption of Everything, by Terry McMillan (Viking)

4. The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

5. Undomestic Goddess, by Sophie Kinsella (Dial)

6. No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf)

7. Until I Find You, by John Irving (Random House)

8. The Mermaid Chair, by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking)

9. Chill of Fear, by Kay Hooper (Bantam)

10. Eleven on Top, by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's)

11. Double Tap, by Steve Martini (Putnam)

12. Origin in Death, by J.D. Robb (Putnam)

13. True Believer, by Nicholas Sparks (Warner)

14. Crusader's Cross, by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. NATURAL CURES "THEY" DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT, BY KEVIN TRUDEAU (ALLIANCE PUBLISHING)

2. 1776, BY DAVID MCCULLOUGH (SIMON & SCHUSTER)

3. 100 PEOPLE WHO ARE SCREWING UP AMERICA, BY BERNARD GOLDBERG (HARPERCOLLINS)

4. THE WORLD IS FLAT, BY THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN (FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX)

5. FREAKONOMICS, BY STEVEN D. LEVITT AND STEPHEN J. DUBNER (MORROW)

6. YOUR BEST LIFE NOW, BY JOEL OSTEEN (WARNER FAITH)

7. BLINK, BY MALCOLM GLADWELL (LITTLE, BROWN)

8. CONFESSIONS OF A VIDEO VIXEN, BY KARRINE STEFFANS WITH KAREN HUNTER (AMISTAD)

9. THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE, BY RICK WARREN (ZONDERVAN)

10. LANCE ARMSTRONG'S WAR, BY DANIEL COYLE. (HARPERCOLLINS)

11. NEW RULES, BY BILL MAHER (RODALE)

12. THE 3-HOUR DIET, BY JORGE CRUISE (HARPERRESOURCE)

13. THE SECRET MAN, BY BOB WOODWARD (SIMON & SCHUSTER)

14. YOU, by Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. (HarperResource)

MASS MARKET

1. DEAN KOONTZ'S FRANKENSTEIN: BOOK 2, CITY OF NIGHT, BY DEAN KOONTZ & ED GORMAN (BANTAM)

2. THE RULE OF FOUR, BY IAN CALDWELL AND DUSTIN THOMASON (DELL)

3. NIGHT TALES, by Nora Roberts (Silhouette)

4. White Hot, by Sandra Brown (Pocket)

5. Trace, by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley)

6. Angels & Demons, by Dan Brown (Pocket)

7. Final Scream, by Lisa Jackson (Zebra)

8. Lyon's Gate, by Catherine Coulter (Jove)

9. Memorial Day, by Vince Flynn (Pocket Star)

10. Black Rose, by Nora Roberts (Jove)

11. Star Wars: The Joiner King, by Troy Denning (Del Rey)

12. The Wedding, by Nicholas Sparks (Warner)

13. Back to the Bedroom, by Janet Evanovich (HarperTorch)

14. Lost City, by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos (Berkley)

TRADE

1. THE KITE RUNNER, BY KHALED HOSSEINI (RIVERHEAD)

2. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, BY SUE MONK KIDD (PENGUIN)

3. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, BY MARK HADDON (VINTAGE)

4. WICKED, BY GREGORY MAGUIRE (REGAN BOOKS)

5. THE SOUTH BEACH DIET, BY ARTHUR AGATSTON, M.D. (ST. MARTIN'S)

6. LITTLE EARTHQUAKES, BY JENNIFER WEINER (WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS)

7. MY SISTER'S KEEPER, BY JODI PICOULT (WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS)

8. THE TIPPING POINT, BY MALCOLM GLADWELL (L,B/BACK BAY)

9. SKINNY DIP, BY CARL HIAASEN (WARNER)

10. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE, BY LANCE ARMSTRONG WITH SALLY JENKINS (BERKLEY)

11. LIFE OF PI, BY YANN MARTEL (HARCOURT/HARVEST)

12. DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM, BY DAVID SEDARIS (L,B/BACK BAY)

13. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL, BY JARED DIAMOND (NORTON)

14. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, BY ERIK LARSON (VINTAGE)

- Publishers Weekly