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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
| 91. |  | The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists | | | | Neil Strauss, ReganBooks | | Author spent two years researching "underground seduction lairs" in cities (NF) (H) $29.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 5 |  | Last week: 63 | | Entered Top 150: 9/15/2005 | | Peak: 63 |
| | 92. | | Rich Dad, Poor Dad | | | | Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, Warner Business Books | | Teaches the importance of financial literacy at a young age (NF) (P) $15.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 311 | | Last week: 87 | | Entered Top 150: 9/9/1999 | | Peak: 4 |
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| 93. | | The South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Cookbook | | | | Arthur Agatson, Rodale | | Subtitle: "200 Delicious Recipes Ready in 30 Minutes or Less" $27.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 2 | | Last week: 86 | | Entered Top 150: 10/13/2005 | | Peak: 86 |
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| 94. | | The End of Faith | | | | Sam Harris, Norton | | Subtitle: "Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason" (NF) (P) $13.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 1 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 10/20/2005 | | Peak: 94 |
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| 95. | | Kingdom Hearts, Volume 1 | | | | Shiro Amano, TOKYOPOP | | Sora gets a special weapon, known as the Keyblade (F) (P) $5.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 1 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 10/20/2005 | | Peak: 95 |
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| 96. | | The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America | | | | Erik Larson, Vintage | | Strange, true tale behind the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago (NF) (P) $14.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 99 | | Last week: 100 | | Entered Top 150: 2/20/2003 | | Peak: 24 |
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| 97. | | Green River, Running Red | | | | Ann Rule, Pocket Star | | Subtitle: "The Real Story of the Green River Killer -- America's Deadliest Serial Murderer" (NF) (P) $9.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 5 | | Last week: 101 | | Entered Top 150: 10/7/2004 | | Peak: 95 |
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| 98. | | Gabriel's Angel | | | | Nora Roberts, Silhouette Special Releases | | Gabriel offers shelter to a stranded woman and finds love in return (F) (H) $17.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 | | Last week: 66 | | Entered Top 150: 10/6/2005 | | Peak: 39 |
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| 99. | | There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! | | | | Lucille Colandro, Cartwheel | | Children: This little old lady now is swallowing a bat, owl, cat, ghost and goblin too in this Halloween book (F) (P) $5.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 2 | | Last week: 134 | | Entered Top 150: 10/13/2005 | | Peak: 99 |
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| 100. | | Good to Great | | | | Jim Collins, HarperBusiness | | Why 11 companies turned from good to great (NF) (H) $27.50 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 200 | | Last week: 75 | | Entered Top 150: 10/25/2001 | | Peak: 22 |
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| 101. | | The Complete Calvin and Hobbes | | | | Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel | | Three volumes, 23 pounds and all 3,160 cartoons (F) (H) $150.00 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 2 | | Last week: 38 | | Entered Top 150: 10/13/2005 | | Peak: 38 |
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| 102. | | One Little Sin | | | | Liz Carlyle, Pocket Star | | Romance about sinners, scoundrels, lovers (F) (P) $6.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 | | Last week: 81 | | Entered Top 150: 10/6/2005 | | Peak: 63 |
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| 103. | | Anansi Boys | | | | Neil Gaiman, William Morrow | | Gods, tricksters, families and how to survive them (F) (H) $26.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 4 | | Last week: 68 | | Entered Top 150: 9/29/2005 | | Peak: 11 |
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| 104. | | The Littlest Pumpkin | | | | R.A. Herman, art by Betina Ogden, Scholastic | | The Littlest Pumpkin has big dreams for Halloween (F) (P) $3.50 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 8 | | Last week: 117 | | Entered Top 150: 9/30/2004 | | Peak: 98 |
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| 105. | | The Historian | | | | Elizabeth Kostova, Little, Brown | | Ancient book leads woman to discover the truth about Dracula (F) (H) $25.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 18 | | Last week: 77 | | Entered Top 150: 6/23/2005 | | Peak: 2 |
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| 106. | | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | | | | J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPré, Scholastic | | Children: Harry, 14, battles more evil; fourth in the series; movie set for Nov. 18, 2005 (F) (P) $8.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 242 | | Last week: 104 | | Entered Top 150: 7/13/2000 | | Peak: 1 |
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| 107. | | Corduroy's Best Halloween Ever! | | | | Don Freeman; art by Lisa McCue, Grosset & Dunlap | | Children: What will Corduroy wear for Halloween? (F) (P) $3.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 27 | | Last week: 121 | | Entered Top 150: 9/20/2001 | | Peak: 88 |
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| 108. | | Dora's Halloween Adventure | | | | Sarah Willson, art by Steven Savitsky, Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon | | Children's: Dora and Boots search for missing Halloween candy (F) (P) $5.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 17 | | Last week: 111 | | Entered Top 150: 9/11/2003 | | Peak: 83 |
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| 109. | | The Second Summer of the Sisterhood | | | | Ann Brashares, Delacorte Books for Young Readers | | Young adult: Four girls set off on adventures (F) (P) $8.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 56 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 5/1/2003 | | Peak: 8 |
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| 110. | | 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus | | | | Charles Mann, Knopf | | From the publisher: "Groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492" (NF) (H) $30.00 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 1 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 10/20/2005 | | Peak: 110 |
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| 111. | | Bad Dog | | | | R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett, Rob Battles, Workman | | Subtitle: "278 Outspoken, Indecent, and Overdressed Dogs" (F) (P) $9.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 5 | | Last week: 109 | | Entered Top 150: 9/22/2005 | | Peak: 63 |
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| 112. | | The Fair Tax Book | | | | Neal Boortz, John Linder, ReganBooks | | Subtitle: "Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS" (NF) (H) $24.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 10 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 8/11/2005 | | Peak: 3 |
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| 113. | | The Virgin's Lover | | | | Philippa Gregory, Touchstone | | Historical novel set in 1558 England when Elizabeth I is the new queen (F) (P) $16.00 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 12 | | Last week: 95 | | Entered Top 150: 11/25/2004 | | Peak: 45 |
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| 114. | | A Man without a Country | | | | Kurt Vonnegut, Seven Stories Press | | Observations about our planet from the author of such classics as "SlaughterHouse Five" and "Cat's Cradle" (NF) (H) $23.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 9/22/2005 | | Peak: 58 |
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| 115. | | Night Tales: Night Shield/Night Moves | | | | Nora Roberts, Silhouette | | Romance: Two love stories (F) (P) $7.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 8 | | Last week: 84 | | Entered Top 150: 9/1/2005 | | Peak: 3 |
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| 116. | | He's Just Not That Into You | | | | Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo, Simon Spotlight Entertainment | | Subtitle: "The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys" (NF) (H) $19.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 52 | | Last week: 106 | | Entered Top 150: 9/30/2004 | | Peak: 1 |
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| 117. | | Flush | | | | Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers | | Children: A brother and sister encounter thugs and heros in their search for the person polluting the water (F) (H) $16.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 5 | | Last week: 123 | | Entered Top 150: 9/22/2005 | | Peak: 56 |
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| 118. | | Ten Timid Ghosts | | | | Jennifer O'Connell, Scholastic | | Children: Countdown of ghosts in a haunted house at Halloween (F) (P) $3.25 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 9 | | Last week: 140 | | Entered Top 150: 10/11/2001 | | Peak: 118 |
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| 119. | | The Big Book of Su Doku #1 | | | | Mark Huckvale, Newmarket Press | | Contains more than 200 Su Duko puzzles (NF) (P) $8.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 8 | | Last week: 110 | | Entered Top 150: 9/1/2005 | | Peak: 65 |
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| 120. | | Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin | | | | Dugald Steer, Candlewick Press | | Children: Maps showing of wizard, secret messages, spells, potions that give details about the wizard world; fantasy (F) (H) $19.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 5 | | Last week: 107 | | Entered Top 150: 9/22/2005 | | Peak: 57 |
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