Note of the week: Rising slightly over last week, YA takes over 32% of the top 25 books, with a fresh appearance in the #3 position by James Patterson's Maximum Ride series, ANGEL - which was just released last week. No surprise Suzanne Collin's HUNGER GAMES trilogy continues to dominate the top 25 - with all 3 books in the series falling in line just behind Stieg Larsson's GIRL series. And it's still a pleasant surprise to see Amanda Hocking on the list, taking over position #22 with her self published title, SWITCHED.
Legend:
Position This Week, Last Week, Title, Author (Publisher), Price
1 2 Alone, Lisa Gardner (Bantam), $7.99
2 1 Tick Tock, James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown), $27.99
3 0 Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel, James Patterson (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), $17.99
4 3 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $14.95
5 4 The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday), $25.95
6 7 Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo, Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson), $16.99
7 5 Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand (Random House), $27.00
8 9 Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (Algonquin), $14.95
9 6 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (Knopf), $27.95
10 0 Dreams of a Dark Warrior, Kresley Cole (Pocket), $7.99
11 11 The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $8.99
12 8 A Discovery of Witches, Deborah E. Harkness (Viking Adult), $14.99
13 20 I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore (HarperCollins), $17.99
14 19 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth, Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books), $13.95
15 15 Cutting for Stone: A Novel, Abraham Verghese (Knopf), $26.95
16 16 Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $17.99
17 12 Marrying Daisy Bellamy, Susan Wiggs (MIRA), $7.99
18 13 Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
19 14 Awakened, Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast (St. Martin's Griffin), $17.99
20 18 Swimsuit, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Grand Central Publishing), $9.99
21 10 Known & Unknown: A Memoir, Donald Rumsfeld (Sentinel), $36.00
22 17 Switched, Amanda Hocking (Self-published through CreateSpace), $2.99
23 24 The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult), $12.99
24 21 The Confession, John Grisham (Doubleday), $28.95
25 23 Decision Points, George W. Bush (Crown), $35.00