Thursday, July 7, 2011: According to USA TODAY, the following list contains the top 50 best selling books (out of 150) - based on sales through Sunday, 07/03/2011. 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.
YA Note of the week: Only 7 YA titles grace the top 50, and 22 total even made the entire list. New this week, MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE, by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts, making it's debut at #13.
Legend:
Position This Week, Last Week, Title, Author (Publisher), Price
1 0 Now You See Her, James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown), $14.99
2 1 Smokin’ Seventeen, Janet Evanovich (Bantam), $28.00
2 1 Smokin’ Seventeen, Janet Evanovich (Bantam), $28.00
3 3 The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Berkley), $16.00
4 2 Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson), $16.99
5 4 The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $8.99
6 0 The Creed Legacy, Linda Lael Miller (HQN), $7.99
7 8 Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
8 9 Sizzling Sixteen, Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Paperbacks), $8.99
9 5 Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (Algonquin), $14.95
10 11 Tough Customer: A Novel, Sandra Brown (Pocket Star), $9.99
11 10 Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
12 0 Deeper Than Midnight, Lara Adrian (Dell), $7.99
13 0 Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life, James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts (Little, Brown), $15.99
14 0 Betrayal, Fern Michaels (Zebra Books), $7.99
15 7 A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Spectra), $7.99
16 0 Savor the Danger, Lori Foster (HQN), $7.99
17 17 In the Garden of Beasts, Erik Larson (Crown), $12.99
18 18 One Summer, David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing), $12.99
19 21 State of Wonder, Ann Patchett (Harper), $12.99
20 0 Hell’s Corner, David Baldacci (Vision), $9.99
21 6 Go the ---- To Sleep, Adam Mansbach, illustrations by Ricardo Cortes (Akashic Books), $14.95
22 23 Room, Emma Donoghue (Back Bay Books), $14.99
23 27 Bossypants, Tina Fey (Little, Brown), $12.99
24 16 George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Bantam), $35.96
25 24 Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand (Random House), $27.00
26 14 The Original Argument, Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions), $16.00
27 12 Against All Enemies, Tom Clancy, Peter Telep (Putnam Adult), $28.95
28 22 A Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin (Bantam), $8.99
29 0 Family Ties, Danielle Steel (Dell), $7.99
30 20 Passion, Lauren Kate (Delacorte Books for Young Readers), $17.99
31 25 The Throne of Fire, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $18.99
32 19 Silver Girl: A Novel, Elin Hilderbrand (Reagan Arthur Books), $26.99
33 29 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $14.95
34 0 Time of Death, J.D. Robb (Berkley), $9.99
35 28 10th Anniversary, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown), $14.99
36 26 Worst Case, James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Vision), $9.99
37 0 The Black Echo, Michael Connelly (Little, Brown), $7.99
38 33 Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star, Rachel Renée Russell (Aladdin), $12.99
39 39 The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday), $25.95
40 41 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (Knopf), $27.95
41 31 Wicked Lies, Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush (Zebra), $7.99
42 0 Heart of Evil, Heather Graham (MIRA), $7.99
43 48 A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin (Bantam), $8.99
44 52 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot (Broadway), $16.00
45 13 Learning, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan), $14.99
46 15 The Devil Colony, James Rollins (William Morrow), $27.99
47 40 Something Blue, Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Press), $9.99
48 32 Something Borrowed, Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Press), $7.99
49 54 One Day, David Nicholls (Vintage), $14.95
50 44 Dead Reckoning, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $27.95