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Entertainment | Books 

The Top 150 Best-Selling Books
USA TODAY
 Based on sales through Sunday, October 16, 2005. For reviews, book news and a searchable archive of USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list, visit booklist.usatoday.com
 Key: F=Fiction, NF=Nonfiction, P=Paperback, H=Hardcover
61. |  | It Happened One Autumn | | | Lisa Kleypas, Avon | Romance: Four ladies are on a quest to find a husband (F) (P) $7.50 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 |  | Last week: 31 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/6/2005 |  | Peak: 17 |
| 62. |  | Indelible | | | Karin Slaughter, HarperTorch | Survivors of a shoot-out are held hostage (F) (P) $7.99 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 |  | Last week: 46 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/6/2005 |  | Peak: 36 |
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63. |  | To Kill a Mockingbird | | | Harper Lee, Warner | 1960 coming-of-age classic about racism; Pulitzer winner; 1962 movie starring Gregory Peck (F) (P) $6.99 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 527 |  | Last week: 62 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/28/1993 |  | Peak: 29 |
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64. |  | Spellbound | | | Nora Roberts, Jove | Romance: A man and a woman discover their deep bonds (F) (P) $2.99 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 |  | Last week: 48 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/6/2005 |  | Peak: 48 |
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65. |  | Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption | | | Christopher Kennedy Lawford, William Morrow | Memoir: Son of actor Peter Lawford and Patricia Kennedy (president Kennedy's sister) tells of his famous family, his drug and alcohol addiction and recovery (NF) (H) $25.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 |  | Last week: 97 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/6/2005 |  | Peak: 65 |
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66. |  | Blink | | | Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown | Subtitle: "The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" (NF) (H) $25.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 40 |  | Last week: 53 |  | Entered Top 150: 1/20/2005 |  | Peak: 6 |
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67. |  | Condi vs. Hillary | | | Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, ReganBooks | Subtitle: "The Next Great Presidential Race" (NF) (H) $25.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 1 |  | Last week: -- |  | Entered Top 150: 10/20/2005 |  | Peak: 67 |
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68. |  | Memoirs of a Geisha | | | Arthur Golden, Vintage | Fictional confessions of a celebrated Japanese geisha; movie due Dec. 9, 2005 (F) (P) $14.00 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 171 |  | Last week: 103 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/30/1997 |  | Peak: 5 |
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69. |  | You: The Owner's Manual | | | Michael Roizen, Mehmet Oz, HarperCollins | Subtitle: "An Insider's Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger"; the authors appeared on Oprah May 3, 2005 (NF) (H) $24.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 24 |  | Last week: 55 |  | Entered Top 150: 5/12/2005 |  | Peak: 1 |
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70. |  | Star Wars: Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen | | | Troy Denning, Del Rey | Second in the trilogy (F) (P) $6.99 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 |  | Last week: 44 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/6/2005 |  | Peak: 30 |
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71. |  | What to Expect When You're Expecting | | | Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee Hathaway, Workman | Updated classic tells you how to navigate those nine months (NF) (P) $13.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 181 |  | Last week: 69 |  | Entered Top 150: 4/11/2002 |  | Peak: 32 |
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72. |  | The Preacher's Daughter | | | Beverly Lewis, Bethany House Publishers | Daughter of an old order Amish preacher yearns to embrace a new world of art (F) (P) $13.99 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 1 |  | Last week: -- |  | Entered Top 150: 10/20/2005 |  | Peak: 72 |
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73. |  | School Days | | | Robert B. Parker, Putnam | Spenser investigates case of school shooting (F) (H) $24.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 |  | Last week: 41 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/6/2005 |  | Peak: 29 |
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74. |  | The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything | | | Linda Williams, art by Megan Lloyd, HarperTrophy | Children: One windy night, a fearless lady encounters scary things in the woods (F) (P) $5.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 70 |  | Last week: 98 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/28/1993 |  | Peak: 39 |
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75. |  | Life Is Not a Fairy Tale | | | Fantasia, Fireside | Memoir about faith from American Idol ("Summertime") star (NF) (H) $21.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 2 |  | Last week: 40 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/13/2005 |  | Peak: 40 |
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76. |  | Sudoku Easy to Hard, Volume 2 | | | Will Shortz, St. Martin's Griffin | Subtitle: "100 Wordless Crossword Puzzles" (NF) (P) $6.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 10 |  | Last week: 82 |  | Entered Top 150: 8/18/2005 |  | Peak: 47 |
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77. |  | My Sister's Keeper | | | Jodi Picoult, Washington Square Press | Teen helps cure her sister's leukemia (F) (P) $14.00 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 42 |  | Last week: 74 |  | Entered Top 150: 4/15/2004 |  | Peak: 22 |
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78. |  | Hard Truth | | | Mariah Stewart, Ballantine | Romance-suspense: Unsolved mysteries surface on trip home (F) (P) $6.99 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 |  | Last week: 52 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/6/2005 |  | Peak: 23 |
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79. |  | Iron Orchid | | | Stuart Woods, Putnam | CIA agent Holly Barker tracks Teddy Fay, an ex-CIA tech wizard who kills for sport (F) (H) $25.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 1 |  | Last week: -- |  | Entered Top 150: 10/20/2005 |  | Peak: 79 |
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80. |  | The Secret Life of Bees | | | Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin | Lily, 14, runs away from home; story set in South 1964 (F) (P) $14.00 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 145 |  | Last week: 73 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/24/2002 |  | Peak: 5 |
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81. |  | Deep Black: Payback | | | Stephen Coonts, Jim DeFelice, St. Martin's Paperbacks | Ex-Marine sniper must infiltrate Peruvian political power and derail a renegade general from acing an election (F) (P) $7.99 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 2 |  | Last week: 115 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/13/2005 |  | Peak: 81 |
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82. |  | The Sunflower: A Novel | | | Richard Paul Evans, Simon & Schuster | Woman who is heartbroken finds new love when she goes on a humanitarian mission to Peru to help at an orphanage (F) (H) $19.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 2 |  | Last week: 79 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/13/2005 |  | Peak: 79 |
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83. |  | Dora's Costume Party! | | | Christine Ricci, art by Zina Saunders, Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon | Children: Boots can't decide what to be for Dora the Explorer's Halloween costume party (F) (P) $3.99 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 6 |  | Last week: 90 |  | Entered Top 150: 9/15/2005 |  | Peak: 83 |
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84. |  | Secrets of the Millionaire Mind | | | T. Harv Eker, HarperBusiness | Subtitle: "Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth" (NF) (H) $19.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 15 |  | Last week: -- |  | Entered Top 150: 3/3/2005 |  | Peak: 2 |
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85. |  | Ripley's Believe It or Not! Planet Eccentric | | | Edited by Jenni Rainford, Ripley Publishing | 256 pages of weird facts (NF) (H) $27.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 1 |  | Last week: -- |  | Entered Top 150: 10/20/2005 |  | Peak: 85 |
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86. |  | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time | | | Mark Haddon, Vintage | Teen with Asperger's syndrome turns to Sherlock Holmes for inspiration in tracking down a poodle's killer (F) (P) $12.00 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 81 |  | Last week: 85 |  | Entered Top 150: 8/7/2003 |  | Peak: 14 |
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87. |  | Melancholy Baby | | | Robert B. Parker, Berkley | Boston P.I. Sunny Randall helps a college student find her birth parents (F) (P) $7.99 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 5 |  | Last week: 135 |  | Entered Top 150: 9/30/2004 |  | Peak: 73 |
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88. |  | Phenomenon | | | Sylvia Browne, Dutton | Guide to the paranormal (NF) (H) $24.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 |  | Last week: 61 |  | Entered Top 150: 10/6/2005 |  | Peak: 40 |
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89. |  | New York Post Su Doku 1 | | | Wayne Gould, Collins | Subtitle: "The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle" (NF) (P) $7.95 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 9 |  | Last week: 76 |  | Entered Top 150: 8/25/2005 |  | Peak: 46 |
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90. |  | Deception Point | | | Dan Brown, Pocket | Uncovering evidence of scientific trickery, a dangerous deception (F) (P) $7.99 | | | Weeks in Top 150: 123 |  | Last week: 83 |  | Entered Top 150: 5/22/2003 |  | Peak: 11 |
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