Sunday, December 26, 2010

This week's top 10 best sellers -USATODAY.com

*Based on sales through Sunday, December 19, 2010
Key: F=Fiction, NF=Nonfiction, P=Paperback, H=Hardcover, E=E-book
1.Decision Points
George W. Bush, Crown
The former president describes key decisions, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the financial crisis (NF) (H) $35.00
Weeks in Top 150: 6Last week: 1Entered Top 150: 11/18/2010Peak: 1
2.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books
Young adult: Greg learns to deal with boy-girl parties; fifth in series (F) (H) $13.95
Weeks in Top 150: 6Last week: 2Entered Top 150: 11/18/2010Peak: 1
3.Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House
Subtitle: "A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" (NF) (H) $27.00
Weeks in Top 150: 5Last week: 5Entered Top 150: 11/25/2010Peak: 3
4.The 4-Hour Body
Timothy Ferriss, Crown Archetype
Subtitle: "The Secrets and Science of Rapid Body Transformation" (NF) (H) $27.00
Weeks in Top 150: 1Last week: --Entered Top 150: 12/23/2010Peak: 4
5.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage
Journalist is hired to investigate the disappearance of an heir to a wealthy family (F) (P) $7.99
Weeks in Top 150: 84Last week: --Entered Top 150: 9/25/2008Peak: 1
6.The Confession
John Grisham, Doubleday
The wrong man awaits execution in the rape and murder of a high school cheerleader (F) (H) $28.95
Weeks in Top 150: 9Last week: 6Entered Top 150: 10/28/2010Peak: 1
7.Dead or Alive
Tom Clancy, Grant Blackwood, Putnam Adult
The author's famed protaganists Jack Ryan, John Clark and Ding Chavez battle global terrorists (F) (H) $28.95
Weeks in Top 150: 2Last week: 3Entered Top 150: 12/16/2010Peak: 3
8.Cross Fire
James Patterson, Little, Brown
Detective Alex Cross' deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig, is back and plotting revenge on Cross and his fiancee, Bree (F) (H) $27.99
Weeks in Top 150: 5Last week: 8Entered Top 150: 11/25/2010Peak: 3
9.The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage
An Eastern European sex-trafficking ring involving prominent Swedes propels this sequel to "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (F) (P) $7.99
Weeks in Top 150: 73Last week: --Entered Top 150: 8/6/2009Peak: 2
10.Life
Keith Richards, Little, Brown
Memoir: The Rolling Stones guitarist tells his colorful life story (NF) (H) $29.99
Weeks in Top 150: 8Last week: 13Entered Top 150: 11/4/2010Peak: 3
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*http://content.usatoday.com/life/books/booksdatabase/default.aspx