The Norman Transcript

August 21, 2008

Best sellers


Local Best sellers

Borders

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Fiction

1. "The Shack," William Young

2. "Acheron," Sherrilyn Kenyon

3. "The Host," Stephanie Meyer

4. "The Watchmen," Alan Moore

5. "The Bourne Sanction," Eric Van Lustbader

6. "The Things They Carried," Tim O'Brien

7. "Second Chance," Jane Green

8. "In Cold Blood," Truman Capote

9. "The Last Summer of You -- Me," Ann Brashares

10. "The Lace Reader," Brunonia Barry

Young Adult and Children's

1. "Breaking Dawn," Stephanie Meyer

2. "Twilight," Stephanie Meyer

3. "New Moon," Stephanie Meyer

4. "Eclipse," Stephanine Meyer

5. "Claire," Lisi Harrison

6. "Artemis Fowl Time Paradox," Eoin Colfer

7. "Harry Potter -- the Prisoner of Azkaban," J.K. Rowling

8. "Harry Potter -- the Chamber of Secrets," J.K. Rowling

9. "Marked," P.C. Cast

10. Betrayed," P.C. Cast

Non-fiction

1. "The Last Lecture," Randy Pausch

2. "You, Staying Young," Mehmet Oz

3. "The Die-hard Fan's Guide to Sooner Football," Jim Fletcher

4. "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life," Daniel Amen

5. "The Way of the World," Ronald Suskind

6. "90 Minutes in Heaven," Don Piper

7. "The Case Against Barack Obama," David Feddoso

8 "Obama Nation," Jerome Corsi

9. "Stori Telling," Tori Spelling

10. "Kiss My Math," Danica McKellar

National Bestsellers

The Wall Street Journal's list reflects nationwide sales of hardcover books during the week ending last Saturday at more than 2,500 bookstores, as well as sales from online retailers Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.

Fiction

1. "Breaking Dawn," Stephenie Meyer

2. "Eclipse," Stephenie Meyer

3. "Smoke Screen," Sandra Brown

4. "Twilight," Stephenie Meyer

5. "The Bourne Sanction," Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader

6. "Acheron," Sherrilyn Kenyon

7. "Moscow Rules," Daniel Silva (Putnam)

8. "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

9. "New Moon," Stephenie Meyer

10. "The Host," Stephenie Meyer

11. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle," David Wroblewski

12. "Off Season," Anne Rivers Siddons

13. "The Mercedes Coffin: A Decker and Lazarus Book," Faye Kellerman

14. "The Dangerous Days Of Daniel X," James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

15. "Tribute," by Nora Roberts

Non-fiction

1. "The Last Lecture," Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

2. "The Obama Nation," Jerome R. Corsi

3. "Stori Telling," Tori Spelling

4. "The Secret," Rhonda Byrne

5. "StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths," Tom Rath

6. "The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate," David Freddoso

7. "Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths That Are Destroying Your Prosperity," Garrett B. Gunderson, Stephen Palmer

8. "The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism," Ron Suskind

9. "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea," Chelsea Handler

10. "When You Are Engulfed in Flames," David Sedaris

11. "You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty," Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz

12. "Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, The Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Are Scamming Us ... and What to Do About It," Dick Morris, Eileen McGann

13. "Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works," Newv Gingrich

14. "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Other's Don't," Jim Collins

15. "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals," Jane Mayer