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(CNN) -- Frank McCourt's 'Tis' jumped onto the non-fiction lists this week! Following are the Top 10 from the latest Wall Street Journal and USA Today lists, as reported by The Associated Press.
Web posted on: Friday, October 01, 1999 4:21:55 PM
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Wall Street Journal best-selling books | |
| Fiction | Nonfiction/General |
 "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
(Scholastic) Readers clamor for new Harry book
 "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling
(Scholastic)
 "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic) Harry casts a spell on the world
 "Hearts in Atlantis" by Stephen King (Scribner) Audio, text excerpts from latest King book
 "Tara Road" by Maeve Binchy (Delacorte)
 "The Alibi" by Sandra Brown (Warner)
 "Black Notice" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)
 "Hard Time" by Sara Paretsky (Delacorte)
 "In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner" by Elizabeth George
(Bantam)
 "Assassins" by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale
House Publishers)
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"Tis: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt (Scribner) Read the first three chapters of 'Tis' online!
"Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom (Doubleday) Read the transcript from Mr. Albom's online chat!
"Faith of My Fathers" by John McCain (Random House)
"Sugar Busters!" by H.L. Steward, M. Bethea, et al. (Ballantine)
"Body for Life" by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (HarperCollins)
"Life Strategies" by Phillip C. McGraw (Hyperion)
"One Day My Soul Just Opened Up" by Iyanla Vanzant (Simon &
Schuster)
"Suzanne Somers' Get Skinny on Fabulous Food" by Suzanne Somers (Crown)
"The Art of Happiness" by The Dalai Lama (Riverhead)
"Real Age" by Michael F. Roizen (Cliff Street Books)
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The Wall Street Journal's list reflects nationwide sales of hardcover books during the week ending October 1, 1999, at more than 2,500 B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co., Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano's, Coles, Coopersmith, Crown, Doubleday, Scribners, Super Crown and Waldenbooks stores. | |
WALL STREET JOURNAL | USA TODAY
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USA Today best-selling books | |
| Key: F-Fiction, NF-Nonfiction, H-Hardcover, P-Paperback | |
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"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic) (F-H) Harry casts a spell on the world
"Tis: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt (Scribner) (NF-H) Read the first three chapters of 'Tis' online!
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic) (F-H) Harry casts a spell on the world
"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic) (F-H)
"Hearts in Atlantis" by Stephen King (Scribner) (F-H) Audio, text excerpts from latest King book
"Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" by Robert C. Atkins (Avon) (NF-P)
"The Reef" by Nora Roberts (Jove) (F-P) See author's interactive interview!
"Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt (Touchstone) (NF-P) McCourt brothers making the most of their memories
"When the Wind Blows" by James Patterson (Warner) (F-P) Patterson still keeping readers in suspense
"Guinness World Records 2000 Millennium Edition" by
Guinness Media Inc. (NF-H)
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USA Today's list is based on a computer analysis of retail book sales nationwide during the last week. Included are more than 1 million volumes from approximately 3,000 large-inventory, diverse-content bookstores. USA Today calculates a list of approximately 250 best-selling books. The first 10 are listed. Reporting stores include: Doubleday Book Shops, Hungry Mind Bookstore (St. Paul), Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Lexington, Cincinnati), Ingram Book Co. (reporting retail sales for independent bookstores including Hawley Cooke Booksellers, Louisville, and a sampling of Little Professor Book Centers), Lauriat's and Royal Discount Book Stores, Scribners Bookstores, Tattered Cover Book Store (Denver), Waldenbooks, Waterstone's (Boston), B. Dalton Bookseller, Barnes & Noble Inc, Books-A-Million and Bookland, Books & Co. (Dayton), Borders Books & Music, Brentano's, Crown Books, Davis Kidd Booksellers (Tennessee). | |