TO OUR READERS: Because of Peninsula Spotlight’s early deadlines for Thanksgiving, the USA Today list of best-selling books does not appear in the Nov. 24-30 Peninsula Spotlight magazine appearing today (Friday). Here is the list, which was released Thursday:
USA Today best-selling books
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
1. “Cross” by James Patterson (Little, Brown) (F-H)
2. “You: On A Diet: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management” by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press)(NF-H)
3. “Dear John” by Nicholas Sparks (Warner) (F-H)
4. “For One More Day” by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) (F-H)
5. “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” by Kim Edwards (Penguin) (F-P)
6. “Wild Fire” by Nelson Demille (Warner) (F-H)
7. “Valley of Silence” by Nora Roberts (Jove) (F-P)
8. “Nature Girl” by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf) (F-H)
9. “The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town” by John Grisham (Doubleday) (NF-H)
10. “The Audacity of Hope” by Barack Obama (Crown) (NF-H)
11. “Running With Scissors” by Augusten Burroughs (Picador) (NF-P)
12. “A Series of Unfortunate Events 13: The End” by Lemony Snicket, art by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins) (F-H)
13. “Eragon” by Christopher Paolini (Laurel Leaf) (F-P)
14. “Santa Cruise” by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark (Scribner) (F-H)
15. “Forever Odd” by Dean Koontz (Bantam) (F-P)
16. “Lisey’s Story” by Stephen King (Scribner) (F-H)
17. “Thanksgiving” by Janet Evanovich (HarperCollins) (F-P)
18. “Culture Warrior” by Bill O’Reilly (Broadway) (NF-H)
19. “The Tenth Circle” by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press) (F-P)
20. “Dance of the Gods” by Nora Roberts (Jove) (F-P)
21. “Flags of Our Fathers” by James Bradley, Ron Powers (Bantam) (NF-P)
22. “The Christmas Thief” by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark (Pocket) (F-P)
23. “Born in Death” by J.D. Robb (Putnam) (F-H)
24. “Rachael Ray 2, 4, 6, 8: Great Meals for Couples or Crowds” by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter) (NF-P)
25. “Mary, Mary” by James Patterson (Warner Books) (F-P)
26. “Morrigan’s Cross” by Nora Roberts (Jove) (F-P)
27. “Ambler Warning” by Robert Ludlum (St. Martin’s Paperbacks) (F-P)
28. “Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Checkmate” by Tom Clancy, David Michaels (Berkley) (F-P)
29. “The Collectors” by David Baldacci (Warner) (F-H)
30. “Conspiracy Game” by Christine Feehan (Jove) (F-P)
31. “The Glass Castle: A Memoir” by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) (NF-P)
32. “The God Delusion” by Richard Dawkins (Houghton Miffin) (NF-H)
33. “Ghosts of Onyx” by Eric Nylund (Tor) (F-P)
34. “Glad Tidings” by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-P)
35. “Marley & Me” by John Grogan (Morrow) (NF-H)
36. “H.R.H.” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press) (F-H)
37. “Predator” by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley) (F-P)
38. “Sugar and Spice” by Fern Michaels, Beverly Barton, Joanne Fluke, Shirley Jump, (Zebra) (F-P)
39. “First Impressions” by Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases) (F-P)
40. “I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman” by Nora Ephron (Knopf) (NF-H)
41. “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” by Lisa See (Random House Trade Paperbacks) (F-P)
42. “Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook” by Martha Stewart (Clarkson Potter) (NF-H)
43. “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) (F-P)
44. “The Millionaire Maker’s Guide to Wealth Cycle Investing” by Loral Langemeier (McGraw-Hill) (NF-H)
45. “Why We Want You To Be Rich” by Donald J. Trump, Meredith McIver, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon Lechter (Rich Press) (NF-H)
46. “Barefoot Contessa at Home” by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter)(NF-H)
47. “The Alibi” by Sandra Brown (Warner) (F-P)
48. “State of Denial” by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)
49. “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown (Anchor) (F-P)
50. “Whirlpool” by Elizabeth Lowell (Avon) (F-P)