Friday, April 10, 2009


STEPHENIE MEYER ACCOUNTS FOR 16% OF ALL BOOK SALES !!
Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series takes the top four in the first quarter.
Story by Anthony DeBarros, Carol Memmott and Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY

Sales of her novels accounted for about 16% of all book sales tracked by the list in the first quarter of 2009. That's about one in seven books.


Top 20 sellers for the quarter:
1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

2. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

3. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
6. The Shack by William P. Young
7. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
8. The Associate by John Grisham
9. Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
10. Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide by David Zinczenko, Matt Goulding
11. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
12. The Love Dare by Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick
13. The Appeal by John Grisham
14. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
15. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
16. Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan by Suze Orman
17. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
18. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
19. Marley & Me by John Grogan
20. The Yankee Years by Joe Torre, Tom Verducci


Things looking up for Fox: Michael J. Fox, the actor turned political activist, says he's not a "real writer," unlike his brother-in-law, Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food). But Fox's second memoir, Always Looking Up, lands at No. 18 on the list after TV appearances that included Good Morning America, The Late Show With David Letterman and The Daily Show. Fox's 2002 memoir, Lucky Man, entered the list at No. 4, moved up to No. 3 a week later and spent 14 weeks in the Top 150. Fox, 47, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1998, says his second book is less structured and more "loosey goosey" than the first. It's filled with his reflections on work, politics, faith and family.

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