According to USA TODAY, the following list contains the top 25 best selling books (out of 150) - based on sales through Sunday, 01/02/2011. For the complete list of 150 books for the week or just to check out more information on them - plus reviews, book news and a searchable archive of USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list - visit their website.
Note of the week: Of the top 25 books gracing the first list of the year, 7 of them fall into the YA / Children's books category (highlighted in orange) - that equates to 28%! However, Mr. Larsson covets the #1, #2, and #4 positions, with his tattooed-pyromaniac-obviously not allergic to bees, series.
Legend:
Position This Week, Last Week, Title, Author (Publisher), Price
1 0 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $14.95
2 0 The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday), $25.95
3 0 The Confession, John Grisham (Doubleday), $28.95
4 0 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (Knopf), $27.95
5 0 Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand (Random House), $27.00
6 0 Decision Points, George W. Bush (Crown), $35.00
7 0 What the Night Knows, Dean Koontz (Bantam), $28.00
8 0 The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $14.99
11 8 Dead or Alive, Tom Clancy, Grant Blackwood (Putnam Adult), $28.95
12 0 Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
13 2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth, Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books), $13.95
14 37 Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
15 0 Water for Elephants: A Novel, Gruen, Sara (Algonquin), $14.95
16 0 Live to Tell, Lisa Gardner (Bantam), $7.99
17 11 Witch & Wizard: The Gift, James Patterson, Ned Rust (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $17.99
18 15 The Lost Hero, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $18.99
19 0 Port Mortuary, Patricia Cornwell (Putnam Adult), $12.99
20 0 Deja Vu, Fern Michaels (Zebra), $7.99
21 0 The Outlaws, W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV (Putnam Adult), $27.95
22 0 The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult), $12.99
23 19 The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown (Anchor), $9.99
24 0 Secrets to the Grave, Tami Hoag (Dutton Adult), $26.95
25 31 Last Sacrifice, Richelle Mead (Razorbill), $17.99