USA Today's Top 150 Bestselling Books as of 04.17.2011

Thursday, April 21, 2011: According to USA TODAY, the following list contains the top 25 best selling books (out of 150) - based on sales through Sunday, 04/17/2011.  For the complete list of 150 books for the week or just to check out more information - plus reviews, book news and a searchable archive of USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list - visit their website.
Note of the week:  YA is on the upswing, covering 20% of the top 25 titles on the list. New this week, Stephenie Meyer's Illustrated guide of the Twilight Saga makes it's debut in slot #4, while Ms. Clare's new addition to the Mortal Instruments series, City of Fallen Angels, lands in the #9 position. I'm actually reading City of Fallen Angels right now - and so far, so good! 


Legend:

Position This Week, Last Week, Title, Author (Publisher), Price

1 3 Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (Algonquin), $7.99

2 1 Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson), $16.99

3 0 Chasing Fire, Nora Roberts (Putnam Adult), $27.95

4 0 The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown), $24.99

5 5 Bossypants, Tina Fey (Reagan Arthur), $26.99

6 0 The Search, Nora Roberts (Jove), $7.99

7 8 The 17 Day Diet, Mike Moreno (Free Press), $25.00

8 7 The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly (Little, Brown), $9.99

9 2 City of Fallen Angels, Cassandra Clare (Margaret K. McElderry), $19.99

10 0 Something Borrowed, Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Press), $7.99

11 10 The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Berkley), $16.00

12 4 The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly (Little, Brown), $14.99

13 6 I’ll Walk Alone, Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster), $25.99

14 0 The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $8.99

15 39 The Healthy Home, Myron Wentz, Dave Wentz (Vanguard Press), $21.99

16 9 44 Charles Street, Danielle Steel (Delacorte), $28.00

17 11 The Land of Painted Caves, Jean M. Auel (Crown), $30.00

18 0 Change Anything, Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler (Business Plus), $26.99

19 15 The Shadow of Your Smile, Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket), $7.99

20 0 Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99

21 24 Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99

22 23 Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand (Random House), $27.00

23 41 A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Spectra), $7.99

24 0 The 9th Judgment, James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing), $14.99

25 12 Home Free, Fern Michaels (Zebra), $7.99