[ALBSA-Info] Best selling books in the US

[Bejko, Kreshnik]

November 2, 2001 
Best-Selling Books    
 
 
The Wall Street Journal's list of best-selling books for the week ended Oct.
27.

Fiction  

1  The Corrections ,
Jonathan Franzen/Farrar, Straus and Giroux  43  44  
2  The Kiss ,
Danielle Steel/Delacorte  41  New  
3  Blood and Gold,
Anne Rice/Knopf  40  49  
4  Bend in the Road,
Nicholas Sparks/Warner Books  34  39  
5  Isle of Dogs ,
Patricia Cornwell/Putnam  34  46  
6  Midnight Bayou,
Nora Roberts/Putnam  29  61  
7  Poems ... J. K. Onassis,
C. Kennedy, J.K. Onassis/Hyperion  26  28  
8  Harry Potter ... Fire,
J.K. Rowling/Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic  21  21  
9  Black House,
Stephen King, Peter Straub/Random House  21  25  
10  The Mitford Snowmen,
Jan Karon/Viking  17  12  
11  Separation of Power,
Vince Flynn/Pocket Books  15  17  
12  Narcissus in Chains,
Laurell K. Hamilton/Berkley  11  17  
13  Dune: House Corrino,
B. Herbert, K. Anderson/Bantam Spectra  11  14  
14  Fleeced,
Carol Higgins Clark/Scribner  10  New  
15  Portrait in Sepia,
Isabel Allende/HarperCollins  9  New  

Nonfiction/General  

WSJ Sales Index  

1  The No-Spin Zone,
Bill O'Reilly/Broadway Books  71  42  
2  Final Days,
Barbara Olson/Regnery  56  44  
3  Jack: Straight From the Gut,
Jack Welch/Warner Business  46  34  
4  Who Moved My Cheese?,
Spencer Johnson/Putnam  37  37  
5  How I Play Golf,
Tiger Woods/Warner Books  36  50  
6  Prayer of Jabez,
Bruce H. Wilkinson/Multnomah  31  34  
7  Back to the Table,
Art Smith/Hyperion  31  New  
8  Germs,
J. Miller, S. Engelberg, W. Broad/Simon & Schuster  30  45  
9  John Adams,
David McCullough/Simon & Schuster  23  23  
10  Crossing Over,
John Edward/Jodere Group  18  17  
11  Body for Life,
Bill Phillips/HarperCollins  17  17  
12  Fish!,
S. Lundin, et al/Hyperion  15  15  
13  The Wild Blue,
Stephen Ambrose/Simon & Schuster  12  11  
14  Good to Great,
Jim Collins/HarperBusiness  11  19  
15
(tie)  Islam: A Short History,
Karen Armstrong/Modern Library  10  New  
15
(tie)  The Way,
Michael Berg/John Wiley  10  New  

Business  

1  Jack: Straight From the Gut,
Jack Welch/Warner Business (H)  36  26  
2  Who Moved My Cheese?,
Spencer Johnson/Putnam (H)  31  31  
3  Good to Great,
Jim Collins/HarperBusiness (H)  11  20  
4  Rich Dad Poor Dad,
R. Kiyosaki, S. Lechter/Warner Books (P)  10  10  
5  Fish!,
S. Lundin, et al/Hyperion (H)  10  10  
6  7 Habits ... Effective People,
Stephen Covey/Fireside (P)  5  5  
7  Side by Side Leadership,
Dennis A. Romig/Bard Press (H)  5  4  
8  First, Break All the Rules,
M. Buckingham, C. Coffman/Simon & Schuster (H)  4  4  
9  Real Estate Riches,
Dolf De Roos/Warner Business (P)  4  3  
10  Gung Ho,
K. Blanchard, S. Bowles/William Morrow (H)  4  3  
11  Skeptical Environmentalist,
Bjorn Lomberg/Cambridge University Press (P)  3  1  
12  Now, Discover ... Strengths,
M. Buckingham, D. Clifton/Simon & Schuster (H)  3  4  
13  17 ... Laws of Teamwork,
John C. Maxwell/Thomas Nelson (H)  2  1  
14  One Minute Manager,
K. Blanchard, S. Johnson/Berkley (P)  2  2  
15  9 Steps ... Financial Freedom,
Suze Orman/Three Rivers (P)  2  2  

The Wall Street Journal's list reflects nationwide sales of hardcover books
during the week ended Saturday, Oct. 27, at more than 2,500 Barnes & Noble,
B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co., Bookstar, Bookstop,
Borders, Brentano's, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners and
Waldenbooks stores, as well as sales from online retailers Amazon.com and
barnesandnoble.com. A sales index of 100 is equivalent to the median number
of copies of the No. 1 fiction bestselling titles sold each week during
2000. *The business sales index is adjusted to reflect median sales of
2000's No.1 fiction bestseller, calculated using sales only from these
booksellers (Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Amazon.com and
barnesandnoble.com) that contribute to the business bestsellers list. (P)
Paperback; (H) Hardback. Refer questions to bob.hughes at wsj.com.