USA Today's Top 150 Bestselling Books:

According to USA TODAY, the following is a list of the top 150 best selling books, based on sales through Sunday, 07/04/2010.  For reviews, book news and a searchable archive of USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list - or to check out more information on the top 150 books, visit their website:

http://content.usatoday.com/life/books/booksdatabase/default.aspx

Note of the day: 5 of the top 25 books are YA titles from author Stephenie Meyer...she holds 20% of the market in the top 25 right now - and how many years has Twilight been out?  Can you even imagine?

Rick Riordan isn't too far behind, holding 7 books in the top 150 - and Jeff Kinney's WIMPY KID series holds 5 spots as well!
 
All Children's / Young Adult category are highlighted.
 
1  The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $14.95
2  The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown), $13.99
3  The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $15.95
4  Private, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown), $27.99
5  McKettricks of Texas: Austin, Linda Lael Miller (HQN), $7.99
6  Sizzling Sixteen, Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's), $27.99
7  The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (Knopf), $27.95
8  Love in the Afternoon, Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's Paperbacks), $7.99
9  Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin), $15.00
10  Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), $12.99
11  The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion, Mark Cotta Vaz (Little, Brown), $18.99
12  Game Over, Fern Michaels (Zebra), $7.99
13  The Neighbor, Lisa Gardner (Bantam), $7.99
14  Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Paperbacks), $8.99
15  The Overton Window, Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions), $26.00
16  One Night, Debbie Macomber (Harper), $7.99
17  Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $22.99
18  Knock Out, Catherine Coulter (Jove), $9.99
19  Family Ties: A Novel, Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press), $28.00
20  The Brazen Bride, Stephanie Laurens (Avon), $7.99
21  The Darkest Lie, Gena Showalter (HQN), $7.99
22  Foreign Influence, Brad Thor (Atria), $26.99
23  The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult), $24.95
24  The Lucky One, Nicholas Sparks (Vision), $7.99
25  Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $8.99
26  The Passage: A Novel, Justin Cronin (Ballantine), $27.00
27  The Kane Chronicles, Book 1: The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan (Hyperion), $17.99
28  Sweet Rains, Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases), $7.99
29  A Summer in Sonoma, Robyn Carr (MIRA), $7.99
30  Almost Perfect, Susan Mallery (HQN), $7.99
31  One Day, David Nicholls (Vintage), $14.95
32  The Lion, Nelson DeMille (Grand Central Publishing), $27.99
33  Sh*t My Dad Says, Justin Halpern (It Books), $15.99
34  Dark Flame, Alyson Noel (St. Martin's Griffin), $17.99
35  Black Hills, Nora Roberts (Jove), $7.99
36  Ice Cold: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel, Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine), $26.00
37  The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing), $7.99
38  The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $8.99
39  New Moon, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $10.99
40  Only the Good Spy Young, Ally Carter (Hyperion), $16.99
41  Swimsuit, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Grand Central Publishing), $14.99
42  Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
43  Rushed to the Altar, Jane Feather (Pocket), $7.99
44  Little Bee: A Novel, Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster), $14.00
45  Pretty Little Liars, Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), $8.99
46  9 Steps to Keep the Doctor Away, Rashid Ali Buttar (GMEC Publishing), $23.95
47  Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5: The Last Olympian, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $17.99
48  Ghost Shadow, Heather Graham (MIRA), $7.99
49  Best Friends Forever: A Novel, Jennifer Weiner (Washington Square Press), $15.00
50  Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin (Penguin), $15.00
51  Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2: The Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
52  206 Bones: A Novel, Kathy Reichs (Pocket Star), $7.99
53  Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $25.95
54  Can America Survive?, John Hagee (Howard Books), $22.99
55  Whiplash, Catherine Coulter (Putnam Adult), $26.95
56  To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (Grand Central Publishing), $6.99
57  Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3: The Titan’s Curse, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
58  Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4: The Battle of the Labyrinth, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
59  Burned, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (St. Martin's Griffin), $17.99
60  A Vintage Affair: A Novel, Isabel Wolff (Bantam), $25.00
61  My Dangerous Duke, Gaelen Foley (Avon), $7.99
62  Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, Tony Hsieh (Business Plus), $23.99
63  Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel, Ben Sherwood (Bantam), $7.99
64  Take Four, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan), $14.99
65  Heart of the Matter, Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Press), $26.99
66  Matters of the Heart, Danielle Steel (Dell), $7.99
67  Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight Entertainment), $16.00
68  Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything, Geneen Roth (Scribner), $24.00
69  Savor the Moment, Nora Roberts (Berkley), $16.00
70  The Host, Stephenie Meyer (Back Bay Books), $16.99
71  Orchard Valley Grooms, Debbie Macomber (MIRA), $7.99
72  Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, Chelsea Handler (Grand Central Publishing), $25.99
73  The Castaways, Elin Hilderbrand (Back Bay Books), $14.99
74  Frankenstein: Lost Souls: A Novel, Dean Koontz (Bantam), $27.00
75  The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton & Co.), $27.95
76  Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $17.99
77  Spirit Bound, Richelle Mead (Razorbill), $17.99
78  McKettricks of Texas: Garrett, Linda Lael Miller (HQN), $7.99
79  Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer, John Grisham (Dutton), $16.99
80  Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese (Vintage), $15.95
81  The Wealthy Greek’s Contract Wife, Penny Jordan (Harlequin Presents), $4.75
82  The Shack, William P. Young (Windblown Media), $14.99
83  Thursdays at Eight, Debbie Macomber (MIRA), $14.95
84  Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99
85  The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents, F.A. Hayek (University of Chicago Press), $17.00
86  Sarah’s Key, Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin's Griffin), $13.95
87  My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands, Chelsea Handler (Bloomsbury USA), $13.95
88  Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, Anthony Bourdain (Ecco), $26.99
89  Broken: A Novel, Karin Slaughter (Delacorte Press), $26.00
90  A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill), $14.95
91  61 Hours: A Reacher Novel, Lee Child (Delacorte Press), $28.00
92  The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary, Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books), $14.95
93  The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel, Garth Stein (Harper Paperback), $14.99
94  Scandal: His Majesty’s Love-Child, Annie West (Harlequin Presents), $4.75
95  The Shy Bride, Lucy Monroe (Harlequin Presents), $4.75
96  His Penniless Beauty, Julia James (Harlequin Presents), $4.75
97  StrengthsFinder 2.0, Tom Rath (Gallup Press), $22.95
98  Pretty Little Liars: Flawless, Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), $8.99
99  The Virgin’s Secret, Abby Green (Harlequin Presents), $4.75
100  Dear John, Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing), $13.99
101  Run for Your Life, James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Vision), $9.99
102  Spoken From the Heart, Laura Bush (Scribner), $30.00
103  The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco), $13.95
104  Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (Algonquin), $13.95
105  In the Name of Honor, Richard North Patterson (Henry Holt and Co.), $26.00
106  What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel (Workman Publishing Group), $14.95
107  The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger (Little, Brown), $6.99
108  Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99
109  The Melendez Forgotten Marriage, Melanie Milburne (Harlequin Presents), $4.75
110  The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (Knopf Books for Young Readers), $11.99
111  The 9th Judgment, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown), $27.99
112  The Wedding Girl, Madeleine Wickham (St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books), $13.99
113  The Spy: An Isaac Bell Novel, Clive Cussler, Justin Scott (Putnam Adult), $27.95
114  Married by Morning, Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's Paperbacks), $7.99
115  Night Myst, Yasmine Galenorn (Jove), $7.99
116  War, Sebastian Junger (Twelve), $26.99
117  South of Broad, Pat Conroy (Dial Press), $16.00
118  Beezus and Ramona, Beverly Cleary (HarperCollins), $5.99
119  Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl, Rachel Renée Russell (Aladdin), $12.99
120  Storm Prey, John Sandford (Putnam Adult), $14.99
121  Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Deception, Eric Van Lustbader (Vision), $9.99
122  Home Team, Sean Payton, Ellis Henican (NAL), $24.95
123  The Doomsday Key: A Novel, James Rollins (Harper), $9.99
124  The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd edition, The College Board (The College Board), $21.99
125  Blockade Billy, Stephen King (Scribner), $14.99
126  Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney (Amulet), $12.95
127  Empire of the Summer Moon, S.C. Gwynne (Scribner), $27.50
128  Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99
129  Pretty Little Liars: Wanted, Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), $16.99
130  Intervention, Robin Cook (Berkley), $9.99
131  The Strain, Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan (Harper), $9.99
132  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books), $13.95
133  Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger (Scribner), $15.00
134  Keys to the Repository, Melissa de la Cruz (Hyperion Press), $14.99
135  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, Jeff Kinney (Amulet), $12.95
136  Innocent, Scott Turow (Grand Central), $27.99
137  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney (Amulet), $12.95
138  Undone: A Novel, Karin Slaughter (Dell), $7.99
139  Rapture Untamed, Pamela Palmer (Avon), $7.99
140  How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster (Harper Paperbacks), $13.00
141  Honeysuckle Summer, Sherryl Woods (MIRA), $7.99
142  Medusa: A Novel From the Numa Files, Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos (Berkley), $9.99
143  Torn Apart, Sharon Sala (MIRA), $7.99
144  Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Del Rey), $6.99
145  The Hostage, Wiggs Susan (MIRA), $7.99
146  Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, Rhoda Janzen (Holt Paperbacks), $14.00
147  The 39 Clues: The Maze Of Bones, Rick Riordan (Scholastic Press), $12.99
148  Bad Things Happen, Harry Dolan (Berkley), $15.00
149  The Glass Castle: A Memoir, Jeannette Walls (Scribner), $14.00
150  Dead to the World, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99

New York Times Best Sellers - Week of July 2, 2010: Children's Books

As of July 2nd, here are the New York Times Top Selling Children's Books.  Not a whole lot of movement from last week - with the exception that Suzanne Collins first two books in the Hunger Games trilogy are now in 3rd & 4th position, with the anticipated release of Mockingjay coming up next month.

CHAPTER BOOKS
This Week		Wks Lstd
1	THE RED PYRAMID, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99.) Ancient gods (this time from Egypt) and a mortal family meet. (Ages 10 and up)	8
2	THEODORE BOONE: KID LAWYER, by John Grisham. (Dutton, $16.99.) He’s 13, but he knows what to do when he encounters a murder case. (Ages 8 to 12)	5
3	THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up)	94
4	CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) The protagonist of "The Hunger Games" returns. (Ages 12 and up)	43
5	TALES FROM A NOT-SO-POPULAR PARTY GIRL, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Aladdin, $12.99.) The further reflections of Nikki Maxwell on the social agonies of middle school; a "Dork Diaries" book. (Ages 9 to 13)	3
6	INFINITY (CHRONICLES OF NICK), by Sherrilyn Kenyon. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99.) Brain-eating demons complicate academic life. (Ages 12 and up)	5
7	THE CARRIE DIARIES, by Candace Bushnell. (Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, $18.99.) Carrie Bradshaw, years before “Sex and the City.” (Ages 14 and up)	9
8	DORK DIARIES, written and illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell. (Aladdin, 12.99.) Reflections of a junior Samuel Pepys of the female variety. (Ages 9 to 13)	14
9	FALLEN, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $17.99.) Thwarted love at boarding school. (Ages 12 and up)	29
10	BIG NATE: IN A CLASS BY HIMSELF, written and illustrated by Lincoln Peirce. (Harper/HarperCollins, $12.99.) Where Nate goes, trouble follows. (Ages 8 to 12)	13

PAPERBACK BOOKS
This Week		Wks Lstd
1	THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf, $11.99.) A girl saves books from Nazi burning. Excerpt (Ages 14 and up)	146
2	THE FORBIDDEN GAME (THE HUNTER, THE CHASE, THE KILL), by L. J. Smith. (Simon Pulse, $10.99.) In this dark game, the humans prove to be the playthings. (Ages 12 and up)	3
3	BEEZUS AND RAMONA, by Beverly Cleary. Illustrated by Tracy Dockray. (HarperCollins, $5.99.) The movie tie-in edition of the midcentury classic about a girl and her often pesky little sister. (Ages 9 to 12)	3
4	THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney. (Little, Brown, $8.99.) A young boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school. (Ages 12 and up)	63
5	PINKALICIOUS AND THE PINK DRINK, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann. (Harper Festival/HarperCollins, $3.99.) Pink meets lemonade in a series of experiments. (Ages 3 to 7)	5
6	THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Puffin/Penguin, $8.99.) A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12)	74
7	IF I STAY, by Gayle Forman. (Speak/Penguin, $8.99.) A young cellist falls into a coma. (Ages 12 and up)	12
8	SHIVER, by Maggie Stiefvater. (Scholastic, $8.99.) Love among the lupine. (Ages 13 and up)	4
9	SCAT, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $8.99.) An eco-mystery, with a dismal swamp and wild characters. Excerpt (Ages 9 to 12)	9
10	SAVVY, by Ingrid Law. (Puffin/Penguin, $7.99.) Mibs is about to turn 13, the age at which supernatural abilities are conferred on members of her family. (Ages 9 to 12)	13

SERIES BOOKS
This Week		Wks Lstd
1	THE TWILIGHT SAGA, by Stephenie Meyer. (Megan Tingley/Little, Brown, hardcover and paper) Vampires and werewolves in school. (Ages 12 and up)	151
2	PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, hardcover and paper) Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)	155
3	PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, by Sara Shepard. (HarperTeen, hardcover and paper) Four girls less perfect than they seem. (Ages 14 and up)	16
4	DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Abrams, hardcover only) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 to 12)	76
5	THE IMMORTALS, by Alyson Noël. (St. Martin’s Griffin, hardcover and paper) Love and angst of the supernatural variety. (Ages 14 and up)	15
6	THE 39 CLUES, by various authors. (Scholastic, hardcover only) A brother and sister travel the world in search of the key to their family’s power. (Ages 9 to 12)	51
7	HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. (St. Martin’s, hardcover and paper) Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up)	95
8	VAMPIRE ACADEMY, by Richelle Mead. (Razorbill, paper only) Undead boarding school. (Ages 12 and up)	28
9	RANGER’S APPRENTICE, by John Flanagan. (Philomel, hardcover and paper) A boy warrior battles evil. (Ages 9 to 12)	46
10	THE SECRETS OF THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS FLAMEL, by Michael Scott. (Delacorte, hardcover and paper) The quest of a 14th-century alchemist. (Ages 12 and up)	7

Getting Out of Your Element

As a follow-up to my blog on Getting Out of Your Element - in case you didn't see the season finale of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE - a surprise "dance super-star" stepped in to replace Alex Wong as a tribute to his performance (since he was injured).


This. Is. Priceless.


And truly, 100% defines, getting out of your element:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWXyTzFV41o

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I know it's hard to sometimes break from the norm - to try something new that might be difficult - and to never give up, when what you're facing is so far out of your element, it's not even funny.

If you aren't a fan of So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD), you might just be after seeing this video clip.

Alex is currently competing for this year's title and is a classically trained ballet dancer - and he's absolutely amazing to watch in his natural surroundings.  However, what would the show be, if they didn't shake things up a bit?  This week, Alex was paired up with All-Star season 4 - 2nd place finisher, tWitch - who just so happens to specialize in freestyle / hip hop dancing.

Performing what's known as a Nappytabs hip hop choreographed routine, watch what it truly means, to be out of your element...and what happens, when you actually realize, that you can do anything. 

UPDATE:  Because of copy right issues, YouTube has been either pulling down all videos or trying to request that the videos only be viewable on YouTube itself (no embedded links allowed).  The link below may or may not work - so if it doesn't, just click on the link in the middle of the YouTube screen below, and it will direct you to the clip.  You can also click on this link, to go directly there YouTube - and you can search by Alex Wong and tWitch for all videos.  Sorry for the run around!


NEW: Here is the link to watch Alex perform what is considered, more his "element"...it's absolutely beautiful to watch:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHiwmZj1Wbc

UPDATE 7.12: So if any of you are fans of SYTYCD, you know by now, that Alex suffered a major injury to his ACL last week.  As a result, he was automatically placed in the bottom 3 for last week's show, and subsequently, released from the show since his injury will require surgery and months to heal.  What devastating news for someone that would've won it all!  I'm not sure what higher entity keeps pushing Alex away from performing on this show (he was forced to drop out last year, since he wasn't allowed to break his contract with the Miami City Ballet) - but hopefully he will return again next year to take the title that is so well deserved.

From season 7, week 3.
Twitch and Alex dance a Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo choreographed routine
Music: Outta Your Mind by Lil Jon and LMFAO

10 Random Things About Me for the Month of July...

 I can't believe it's actually July - where, oh where, has the year gone?  So to start the month off right - here are 10 random things about me, for the month of July!

1.  I have a 115 lb. German Shepherd named Ronin, who's ears I firmly believe, give me better cell phone reception. 

 I also have the Antichrist reincarnated into a cat with black fur and a bottle brush tail - her name is Chewbacca or Chewy for short.  Yeah, I dare you to pet her...try it.

And lastly, I have a black and white tuxedo cat named Tuck, who quite honestly, is one of the best cats I've ever known.

Oh, did I mention I'm allergic to cats?  Sadly, I haven't been able to breathe through my nose in almost 11 years.

  

2.  My very first job was working at Safeway, bagging groceries, at the age of 14.  I will forever be grateful for learning how to pack perfectly - and now I'm actually obsessed with finding the perfect home for everything, when I do pack.  It's a sickness...I know.





3.  I was in gymnastics for more than 12 years and firmly thought I was going to be the next Olga Korbut.  My favorite apparatus was the uneven bars.


Me on the uneven bars - I believe I was 3 years old (with my sister in the background staring at my cute instructor!):

Olga Korbut on the uneven bars circa 1976 Olympics:

I know, the resemblance is uncanny isn't it?  HA!

4.  I played the classical violin for 14 years - at first it was because my Mom made me...but now, I'm so glad she did.

5.  I love to travel!  I'm the daughter of a retired commercial airline pilot and my brother is both a Captain in the Air Force as well as a pilot for Alaska Airlines...but sadly, I am afraid to fly!  If I could click my heels together and just get there, I would - and let's just say that teleportation would be one of my all-time favorite super powers to have.  

Some of my favorite destinations, thus far:
Italy:

 

(Clockwise from L to R) Pictures I took of Vatican City, Venice, the volcanic mountains of Pompei, and The Colosseum in Rome.

Machu Picchu, Peru:                                                                                                                                       

  

Chichen Itza, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico:

 
 

 
 

Antigua, Guatemala:                                                                                                  

  

6.  From the above, I think it's safe to say that I also have a huge passion for photography!
7.  I traveled all throughout Central and South America for over 10 years, yet I don't speak Spanish.  But I can order a mean quesadilla and dos cervezas por favor!  

8.   I have two cell phones - one for business and one for personal - and I work in the marketing department for a cell phone company...yet sadly, I probably know how to use maybe 10% of the cool functions that either of them can do:

9.  I am just getting back into training, so that I can run a Half Marathon next year.  Yes, I'm waaaay out of shape and have a long way to go - but that's the plan.


Paula Radcliffe better watch out...












10.  I miss my Mom, every single day. 

So there you have it!  10 more random things about me, covering the month of July!
Until next month...

USA Today's Top 150 Bestselling Books:

According to USA TODAY, the following is a list of the top 150 best selling books, based on sales through Sunday, 6/27/2010.  For reviews, book news and a searchable archive of USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list - or to check out the top 150 books, visit their website:
http://content.usatoday.com/life/books/booksdatabase/default.aspx

Side note - more than 25% of the books listed are in the Children's / Young Adult category (those highlighted)!!!

1  Sizzling Sixteen, Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's), $27.99
2  The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $14.95
3  The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown), $13.99
4  The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $15.95
5  The Overton Window, Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions), $26.00
6  The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (Knopf), $27.95
7  Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Paperbacks), $8.99
8  Family Ties: A Novel, Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press), $28.00
9  Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), $12.99
10  The Neighbor, Lisa Gardner (Bantam), $7.99
11  Dark Flame, Alyson Noel (St. Martin's Griffin), $17.99
12  Take Four, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan), $14.99
13  The Passage: A Novel, Justin Cronin (Ballantine), $27.00
14  The Kane Chronicles, Book 1: The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan (Hyperion), $17.99
15  Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin), $15.00
16  The Lion, Nelson DeMille (Grand Central Publishing), $27.99
17  Black Hills, Nora Roberts (Jove), $7.99
18  The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult), $24.95
19  Sh*t My Dad Says, Justin Halpern (It Books), $15.99
20  Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $22.99
21  Rushed to the Altar, Jane Feather (Pocket), $7.99
22  The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing), $7.99
23  The Why of Work, David Ulrich, Wendy Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith (McGraw-Hill), $27.95
24  Whiplash, Catherine Coulter (Putnam Adult), $26.95
25  Swimsuit, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Grand Central Publishing), $14.99
26  Little Bee: A Novel, Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster), $14.00
27  Pretty Little Liars, Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), $8.99
28  Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $8.99
29  Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5: The Last Olympian, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $17.99
30  Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $25.95
31  Frankenstein: Lost Souls: A Novel, Dean Koontz (Bantam), $27.00
32  Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
33  Best Friends Forever: A Novel, Jennifer Weiner (Washington Square Press), $15.00
34  The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic), $17.99
35  206 Bones: A Novel, Kathy Reichs (Pocket Star), $7.99
36  Orchard Valley Grooms, Debbie Macomber (MIRA), $7.99
37  Matters of the Heart, Danielle Steel (Dell), $7.99
38  Burned, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (St. Martin's Griffin), $17.99
39  One Day, David Nicholls (Vintage), $14.95
40  Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2: The Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
41  The Spy: An Isaac Bell Novel, Clive Cussler, Justin Scott (Putnam Adult), $27.95
42  New Moon, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $10.99
43  McKettricks of Texas: Garrett, Linda Lael Miller (HQN), $7.99
44  Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer, John Grisham (Dutton), $16.99
45  To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (Grand Central Publishing), $6.99
46  Savor the Moment, Nora Roberts (Berkley), $16.00
47  Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4: The Battle of the Labyrinth, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
48  Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin (Penguin), $15.00
49  61 Hours, Lee Child (Delacorte Press), $28.00
50  Spirit Bound, Richelle Mead (Razorbill), $17.99
51  Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything, Geneen Roth (Scribner), $24.00
52  Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3: The Titan’s Curse, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
53  The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents, F.A. Hayek (University of Chicago Press), $17.00
54  Heart of the Matter, Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Press), $26.99
55  Married by Morning, Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's Paperbacks), $7.99
56  The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton & Co.), $27.95
57  Storm Prey, John Sandford (Putnam Adult), $27.95
58  Broken: A Novel, Karin Slaughter (Delacorte Press), $26.00
59  Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, Anthony Bourdain (Ecco), $26.99
60  Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, Tony Hsieh (Business Plus), $23.99
61  The Castaways, Elin Hilderbrand (Back Bay Books), $14.99
62  The 9th Judgment, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown), $27.99
63  Blockade Billy, Stephen King (Scribner), $14.99
64  Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight Entertainment), $16.00
65  Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, Chelsea Handler (Grand Central Publishing), $25.99
66  Honeysuckle Summer, Sherryl Woods (MIRA), $7.99
67  The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary, Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books), $14.95
68  Dear John, Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing), $13.99
69  Private, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown), $27.99
70  The Shack, William P. Young (Windblown Media), $14.99
71  Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $17.99
72  The Host, Stephenie Meyer (Back Bay Books), $16.99
73  Spoken From the Heart, Laura Bush (Scribner), $30.00
74  Uncharted terriTORI, Tori Spelling (Gallery Books), $25.00
75  Sarah’s Key, Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin's Griffin), $13.95
76  Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99
77  The Doomsday Key: A Novel, James Rollins (Harper), $9.99
78  Undone: A Novel, Karin Slaughter (Dell), $7.99
79  Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese (Vintage), $15.95
80  A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill), $14.95
81  Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Objective, Eric Van Lustbader (Grand Central Publishing), $27.99
82  That Perfect Someone, Johanna Lindsey (Gallery), $25.99
83  My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands, Chelsea Handler (Bloomsbury USA), $13.95
84  The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel, Garth Stein (Harper Paperback), $14.99
85  9 Steps to Keep the Doctor Away, Rashid Ali Buttar (GMEC Publishing), $23.95
86  Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl, Rachel Renée Russell (Aladdin), $12.99
87  Lowcountry Summer, Dorothea Benton Frank (William Morrow), $25.99
88  Pretty Little Liars: Wanted, Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), $16.99
89  The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco), $13.95
90  Run for Your Life, James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Vision), $9.99
91  Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney (Amulet), $12.95
92  The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger (Little, Brown), $6.99
93  Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99
94  Empire of the Summer Moon, S.C. Gwynne (Scribner), $27.50
95  StrengthsFinder 2.0, Tom Rath (Gallup Press), $22.95
96  Innocent, Scott Turow (Grand Central), $27.99
97  What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel (Workman Publishing Group), $14.95
98  The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (Knopf Books for Young Readers), $11.99
99  An Echo in the Bone, Diana Gabaldon (Bantam), $17.00
100  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books), $13.95
101  Pretty Little Liars: Flawless, Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), $8.99
102  The Burning Wire: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel, Jeffery Deaver (Simon & Schuster), $26.99
103  Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress of the Game, Sidney Sheldon, Tilly Bagshawe (Harper), $7.99
104  Lucky One, Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing), $13.99
105  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney (Amulet), $12.95
106  Bullet, Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley), $26.95
107   Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, Jeff Kinney (Amulet), $12.95
108  War, Sebastian Junger (Twelve), $26.99
109  Medusa: A Novel From the Numa Files, Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos (Berkley), $9.99
110  The 39 Clues: Storm Warning, Linda Sue Park (Scholastic), $12.99
111  South of Broad, Pat Conroy (Dial Press), $16.00
112  How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster (Harper Paperbacks), $13.00
113  Spies of the Balkans: A Novel, Alan Furst (Random House), $26.00
114  Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (Algonquin), $13.95
115  Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99
116  Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Deception, Eric Van Lustbader (Vision), $9.99
117  Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Del Rey), $6.99
118  Ten Things I Love About You, Julia Quinn (Avon), $7.99
119  Only the Good Spy Young, Ally Carter (Hyperion), $16.99
120  Look Again, Lisa Scottoline (St. Martin's Griffin), $13.99
121  Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown), $27.99
122  Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, Rhoda Janzen (Holt Paperbacks), $14.00
123  The 39 Clues: The Maze Of Bones, Rick Riordan (Scholastic Press), $12.99
124  The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd edition, The College Board (The College Board), $21.99
125  The Wedding Girl, Madeleine Wickham (St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books), $13.99
126  1984, George Orwell (Signet Classic), $7.95
127  Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand (Signet), $8.99
128  Mission of Honor, David Weber (Baen Books), $27.00
129  Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, Dr. Seuss (Random House), $17.00
130  Lord of the Flies, William Golding (Perigee), $9.99
131  The Glass Castle: A Memoir, Jeannette Walls (Scribner), $14.00
132  Beezus and Ramona, Beverly Cleary (HarperCollins), $5.99
133  The Magicians, Lev Grossman (Plume), $16.00
134  Relentless, Dean Koontz (Bantam), $9.99
135  Dead to the World, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99
136  The Necromancer, Michael Scott (Delacorte Books for Young Readers), $18.99
137  The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of Little Bighorn, Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking), $30.00
138  Just Take My Heart: A Novel, Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket), $7.99
139  Club Dead, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $6.50
140  Promises to Keep: A Novel, Jane Green (Viking Adult), $25.95
141  The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Moody Publishers), $14.99
142  House Rules, Jodi Picoult (Atria), $28.00
143  Nightlight: A Parody, Harvard Lampoon (Vintage), $13.95
144  The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (Back Bay Books), $13.95
145  Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford (Ballantine Books), $15.00
146  Zeitoun, Dave Eggers (Vintage), $15.95
147  Pretty Little Liars: Heartless, Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), $16.99
148  Pretty Little Liars: Perfect, Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), $8.99
149  Dead As a Doornail, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $7.99
150  The Forbidden Game: The Hunter; The Chase; The Kill, L.J. Smith (Simon Pulse), $10.99

New York Times Best Sellers: Children's Books

As of June 25th, here are the New York Times Top Selling Children's Books.

Top 10 Children's Chapter Books:   

1	THE RED PYRAMID, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99.) Ancient gods (this time from Egypt) and a mortal family meet. (Ages 10 and up) # of weeks on list: 7
2	THEODORE BOONE: KID LAWYER, by John Grisham. (Dutton, $16.99.) He’s 13, but he knows what to do when he encounters a murder case. (Ages 8 to 12) # of weeks on list: 4
3	THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up) # of weeks on list: 93
4	TALES FROM A NOT-SO-POPULAR PARTY GIRL, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Aladdin, $12.99.) The further reflections of a junior Samuel Pepys of the female variety; a "Dork Diaries" book. (Ages 9 to 13) # of weeks on list: 2
5	CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) The protagonist of "The Hunger Games" returns. (Ages 12 and up) # of weeks on list: 42
6	INFINITY (CHRONICLES OF NICK), by Sherrilyn Kenyon. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99.) Brain-eating demons complicate academic life. (Ages 12 and up) # of weeks on list: 4
7	THE CARRIE DIARIES, by Candace Bushnell. (Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, $18.99.) Carrie Bradshaw, years before “Sex and the City.” (Ages 14 and up) # of weeks on list: 8
8	PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (THE ULTIMATE GUIDE), by Mary-Jane Knight. Designed by Philip Chidlow. (Disney-Hyperion, $12.99.) Gods, beasts and tips for children with an immortal parent, based on Rick Riordan’s series. (Ages 10 and up) # of weeks on list: 13
9	FALLEN, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $17.99.) Thwarted love at boarding school. (Ages 12 and up) # of weeks on list: 28
10	BIG NATE: IN A CLASS BY HIMSELF, written and illustrated by Lincoln Peirce. (Harper/HarperCollins, $12.99.) Where Nate goes, trouble follows. (Ages 8 to 12) # of weeks on list: 12

Top 10 in Children's Paperback books:

1	THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf, $11.99.) A girl saves books from Nazi burning. Excerpt (Ages 14 and up) # of weeks on list: 145
2	THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Puffin/Penguin, $8.99.) A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12) # of weeks on list: 73
3	THE FORBIDDEN GAME (THE HUNTER, THE CHASE, THE KILL), by L. J. Smith. (Simon Pulse, $10.99.) In this dark game, the humans prove to be the playthings. (Ages 12 and up) # of weeks on list: 2
4	BEEZUS AND RAMONA, by Beverly Cleary. Illustrated by Tracy Dockray. (HarperCollins, $5.99.) The movie tie-in edition of the midcentury classic about a girl and her often pesky little sister. (Ages 9 to 12) # of weeks on list: 2
5	SHIVER, by Maggie Stiefvater. (Scholastic, $8.99.) Love among the lupine. (Ages 13 and up) # of weeks on list: 3
6	THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney. (Little, Brown, $8.99.) A young boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school. (Ages 12 and up) # of weeks on list: 62
7	PINKALICIOUS AND THE PINK DRINK, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann. (Harper Festival/HarperCollins, $3.99.) Pink meets lemonade in a series of experiments. (Ages 3 to 7) # of weeks on list: 4
8	IF I STAY, by Gayle Forman. (Speak/Penguin, $8.99.) A young cellist falls into a coma. (Ages 12 and up) # of weeks on list: 11
9	SAVVY, by Ingrid Law. (Puffin/Penguin, $7.99.) Mibs is about to turn 13, the age at which supernatural abilities are conferred on members of her family. (Ages 9 to 12) # of weeks on list: 12
10	SCAT, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $8.99.) An eco-mystery, with a dismal swamp and wild characters. Excerpt (Ages 9 to 12) # of weeks on list: 8

Top 10 in Children's Series books:

1	THE TWILIGHT SAGA, by Stephenie Meyer. (Megan Tingley/Little, Brown, hardcover and paper) Vampires and werewolves in school. (Ages 12 and up) # of weeks on list: 150
2	PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, hardcover and paper) Children of the gods battle mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12) # of weeks on list: 154
3	DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Abrams, hardcover only) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 to 12) # of weeks on list: 75
4	PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, by Sara Shepard. (HarperTeen, hardcover and paper) Four girls less perfect than they seem. (Ages 14 and up) # of weeks on list: 15
5	THE 39 CLUES, by various authors. (Scholastic, hardcover only) A brother and sister travel the world in search of the key to their family’s power. (Ages 9 to 12) # of weeks on list: 50
6	HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. (St. Martin’s, hardcover and paper) Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up) # of weeks on list: 94
7	RANGER’S APPRENTICE, by John Flanagan. (Philomel, hardcover and paper) A boy warrior battles evil. (Ages 9 to 12) # of weeks on list: 45
8	VAMPIRE ACADEMY, by Richelle Mead. (Razorbill, paper only) Undead boarding school. (Ages 12 and up) # of weeks on list: 27
9	THE SECRETS OF THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS FLAMEL, by Michael Scott. (Delacorte, hardcover and paper) The quest of a 14th-century alchemist. (Ages 12 and up) # of weeks on list: 6
10	WARRIORS, by Erin Hunter. (HarperCollins, hardcover and paper) Four clans of cat warriors aspire to meet up with the StarClan. (Ages 10 to 14) # of weeks on list: 89