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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
| 121. |  | The Essential Book of Su Doku | | | | Pete Sinden, Atria | | Offers 201 puzzles, with five levels of difficulty (NF) (P) $9.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 9 |  | Last week: 122 | | Entered Top 150: 8/25/2005 | | Peak: 83 |
| | 122. | | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | | | | J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPré, Scholastic | | Harry, 15, finds depth and strength in his friends; fifth in series (F) (P) $9.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 117 | | Last week: 118 | | Entered Top 150: 6/26/2003 | | Peak: 1 |
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| 123. | | The Widow of the South | | | | Robert Hicks, Warner Books | | Civil War lady falls for a soldier, meets him 30 years later (F) (H) $24.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 7 | | Last week: 88 | | Entered Top 150: 9/8/2005 | | Peak: 29 |
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| 124. | | Incubus Dreams | | | | Laurell K. Hamilton, Jove | | Vampire serial killer is preying on strippers (F) (P) $7.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 8 | | Last week: 89 | | Entered Top 150: 10/7/2004 | | Peak: 6 |
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| 125. | | Little Earthquakes | | | | Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press | | Comedy, tragedy of love and marriage (F) (P) $14.00 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 20 | | Last week: 119 | | Entered Top 150: 9/23/2004 | | Peak: 22 |
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| 126. | | The Assassins | | | | Oliver North, Joe Musser, Broadman & Holman | | Concludes trilogy; first two are novels "Mission Compromised" and "The Jericho Sanction" (F) (H) $24.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 2 | | Last week: 113 | | Entered Top 150: 10/13/2005 | | Peak: 113 |
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| 127. | | Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America | | | | Barbara Ehrenreich, Owl Books | | Author reports on low-paying jobs she takes (Wal-Mart, waitress, maid) to find out how anyone can make it -- which is next to impossible (NF) (P) $13.00 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 41 | | Last week: 127 | | Entered Top 150: 9/6/2001 | | Peak: 93 |
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| 128. | | The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog | | | | Gloria Estefan, art by Michael Garland, Rayo | | Singer Estefan's children's book is about a young dog trying to adapt to her new home (F) (H) $17.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 1 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 10/20/2005 | | Peak: 128 |
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| 129. | | Jarhead | | | | Anthony Swofford, Pocket | | Subtitle: "A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles;" memoir about 1990 Gulf War; movie (NF) (P) $7.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 10 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 3/13/2003 | | Peak: 43 |
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| 130. | | The Divide | | | | Nicholas Evans, Putnam | | What happens after Abbie Cooper, wanted for murder and acts of eco-terrorism, is found dead (F) (H) $26.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 | | Last week: 93 | | Entered Top 150: 10/6/2005 | | Peak: 65 |
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| 131. | | Lipstick Jungle | | | | Candace Bushnell, Hyperion | | Three sexy women fight for their careers (F) (H) $24.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 6 | | Last week: 78 | | Entered Top 150: 9/15/2005 | | Peak: 30 |
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| 132. | | The Maker's Diet | | | | Jordan Rubin, Berkley | | Diet is based on the Bible; subtitle: "The 40-Day Health Experience That Will Change Your Life Forever" (NF) (P) $14.00 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 7 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 4/15/2004 | | Peak: 48 |
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| 133. | | Never Have Your Dog Stuffed and Other Things I've Learned | | | | Alan Alda, Random House | | Memoir: Award-winning actor (11 years on M*A*S*H) writes about growing up (the son of an actor and a loving but mentally ill mother) and the transformations in his life (NF) (H) $24.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 4 | | Last week: 80 | | Entered Top 150: 9/29/2005 | | Peak: 39 |
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| 134. | | A Crack in the Edge of the World | | | | Simon Winchester, HarperCollins | | Subtitle: "America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906" (NF) (H) $27.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 2 | | Last week: 116 | | Entered Top 150: 10/13/2005 | | Peak: 116 |
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| 135. | | The Hallo-Wiener | | | | Dav Pilkey, Scholastic | | Halloween woes for Oscar the dachshund (F) (P) $5.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 3 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 10/21/2004 | | Peak: 133 |
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| 136. | | The Alchemist | | | | Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco | | Shepherd boy travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids (F) (P) $13.00 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 61 | | Last week: 124 | | Entered Top 150: 4/3/2003 | | Peak: 55 |
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| 137. | | The Official SAT Study Guide | | | | College Board, College Board SAT | | Billed as "the only source of practice tests created by the test maker according to proprietary new SAT specifications" (NF) (P) $19.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 37 | | Last week: 112 | | Entered Top 150: 10/21/2004 | | Peak: 42 |
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| 138. | | Sugar Cookie Murder | | | | Joanne Fluke, Kensington | | Bakery owner Hannah Swensen is set for the holidays in Minnesota until two things happen: her antique Christmas cake knife vanishes and there is a murder (F) (P) $6.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 1 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 10/20/2005 | | Peak: 138 |
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| 139. | | Tuesdays With Morrie | | | | Mitch Albom, Broadway | | Dying teacher tells a longtime student the meaning of life (NF) (P) $11.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 343 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 10/16/1997 | | Peak: 1 |
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| 140. | | A New Earth | | | | Eckhart Tolle, Dutton | | Subtitle: "Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" (NF) (H) $24.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 1 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 10/20/2005 | | Peak: 140 |
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| 141. | | The Merriam-Webster Dictionary | | | | Edited by Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff, Merriam-Webster, Inc. | | Revised edition with more than 75,000 definitions (NF) (P) $6.50 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 18 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 8/5/2004 | | Peak: 63 |
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| 142. | | Magical Thinking | | | | Augusten Burroughs, Picador | | True stories of deranged cleaning ladies, rodent executions and TV commercials (NF) (P) $14.00 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 6 | | Last week: 145 | | Entered Top 150: 10/14/2004 | | Peak: 66 |
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| 143. | | The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches | | | | Alice Low, art by Jane Manning, HarperTrophy | | Children: Little Wendy outwitches her older sister in this I Can Read chapter book (F) (P) $3.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 7 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 10/4/2001 | | Peak: 135 |
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| 144. | | Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell | | | | Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury USA | | Two English wizards use magic to battle each other in the 1800s; winner of 2005 Book Sense Book of the Year (adult fiction) (F) (P) $15.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 26 | | Last week: 130 | | Entered Top 150: 9/9/2004 | | Peak: 14 |
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| 145. | | On Beauty | | | | Zadie Smith, Penguin Press | | Novel explores two families and pays tribute to the writer E.M. Forster (F) (H) $25.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 5 | | Last week: 114 | | Entered Top 150: 9/22/2005 | | Peak: 66 |
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| 146. | | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | | | | J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPré, Scholastic | | Children: English boy named Harry goes to Hogwarts; first in series; movie opened Nov. 16, 2001; DVD, video released May 28, 2002 (F) (P) $6.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 270 | | Last week: 150 | | Entered Top 150: 12/10/1998 | | Peak: 1 |
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| 147. | | Bad Cat | | | | Jim Edgar, Workman | | Subtitle: "244 Not-So-Pretty Kitties and Cats Gone Bad" (NF) (P) $9.95 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 34 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 12/16/2004 | | Peak: 31 |
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| 148. | | Chronicles: Volume One | | | | Bob Dylan, Simon & Schuster | | Memoir: Dylan's story of his musical life (NF) (P) $14.00 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 22 | | Last week: 125 | | Entered Top 150: 10/14/2004 | | Peak: 6 |
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| 149. | | Digital Fortress | | | | Dan Brown, St. Martin's Paperbacks | | Mathematician must break a complex code for the National Security Agency (F) (P) $7.99 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 112 | | Last week: 141 | | Entered Top 150: 9/4/2003 | | Peak: 9 |
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| 150. | | The Time Traveler's Wife | | | | Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest | | Clare marries Henry, who has been diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder, which misplaces him in time (F) (P) $14.00 | | | | | Weeks in Top 150: 79 | | Last week: -- | | Entered Top 150: 9/25/2003 | | Peak: 24 |
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