According to Dan Poynter’s ParaPublishing.com (all figures are from the United States):
- One-third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.
- 58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school.
- 42% of college graduates never read another book.
- 80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year.
- 70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.
- 57% of new books are not read to completion.
Week Title, Author (Publisher), Price
1 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $14.95
2 The Search, Nora Roberts (Putnam Adult), $26.95
3 The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $15.95
4 The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown), $13.99
5 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (Knopf), $27.95
6 Private, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown), $27.99
7 Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin), $15.00
8 McKettricks of Texas: Austin, Linda Lael Miller (HQN), $7.99
9 Sizzling Sixteen, Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's), $27.99
10 Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), $12.99
11 Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $22.99
12 Game Over, Fern Michaels (Zebra), $7.99
13 Knock Out, Catherine Coulter (Jove), $9.99
14 Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $8.99
15 The Lucky One, Nicholas Sparks (Vision), $7.99
16 The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult), $24.95
17 Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Paperbacks), $8.99
18 The Neighbor, Lisa Gardner (Bantam), $7.99
19 Sweet Rains, Nora Roberts (Silhouette Special Releases), $7.99
20 The Overton Window, Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions), $26.00
21 Under the Dome, Stephen King (Pocket), $19.99
22 Little Bee: A Novel, Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster), $14.00
23 Love in the Afternoon, Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's Paperbacks), $7.99
24 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion, Mark Cotta Vaz (Little, Brown), $18.99
25 New Moon, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers), $10.99
26 The Passage: A Novel, Justin Cronin (Ballantine), $27.00
27 The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $8.99
28 Chains of Ice, Christina Dodd (Onyx), $7.99
29 Sh*t My Dad Says, Justin Halpern (It Books), $15.99
30 The Kane Chronicles, Book 1: The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan (Hyperion), $17.99
31 Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel, Ben Sherwood (Bantam), $7.99
32 To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (Grand Central Publishing), $6.99
33 Foreign Influence, Brad Thor (Atria), $26.99
34 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
35 The Brazen Bride, Stephanie Laurens (Avon), $7.99
36 Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity, Drew Brees, Chris Fabry (Tyndale House), $26.99
37 The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing), $7.99
38 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5: The Last Olympian, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $17.99
39 Family Ties: A Novel, Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press), $28.00
40 Pretty Little Liars, Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), $8.99
41 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2: The Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
42 The Lion, Nelson DeMille (Grand Central Publishing), $27.99
43 A Summer in Sonoma, Robyn Carr (MIRA), $7.99
44 Ghost Shadow, Heather Graham (MIRA), $7.99
45 The Darkest Lie, Gena Showalter (HQN), $7.99
46 Black Hills, Nora Roberts (Jove), $7.99
47 The Island, Elin Hilderbrand (Reagan Arthur), $25.99
48 Ice Cold: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel, Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine Books), $26.00
49 Beezus and Ramona, Beverly Cleary (HarperCollins), $5.99
50 Almost Perfect, Susan Mallery (HQN), $7.99
51 Dark Flame, Alyson Noel (St. Martin's Griffin), $17.99
52 Best Friends Forever: A Novel, Jennifer Weiner (Washington Square Press), $15.00
53 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3: The Titan’s Curse, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
54 Sliding Into Home, Kendra Wilkinson (Gallery), $25.00
55 Swimsuit, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Grand Central Publishing), $14.99
56 One Day, David Nicholls (Vintage), $14.95
57 Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything, Geneen Roth (Scribner), $24.00
58 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4: The Battle of the Labyrinth, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $7.99
59 Whiplash, Catherine Coulter (Putnam Adult), $26.95
60 Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $25.95
61 Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, Tony Hsieh (Business Plus), $23.99
62 In Other Worlds, Sherrilyn Kenyon (Berkley), $7.99
63 Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin (Penguin), $15.00
64 Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press), $17.99
65 Burned, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (St. Martin's Griffin), $17.99
66 Rushed to the Altar, Jane Feather (Pocket), $7.99
67 The Host, Stephenie Meyer (Back Bay Books), $16.99
68 The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton & Co.), $27.95
69 Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, Chelsea Handler (Grand Central Publishing), $25.99
70 Only the Good Spy Young, Ally Carter (Hyperion), $16.99
71 Bonds of Justice, Nalini Singh (Berkley), $7.99
72 Bones: A Novel, Kathy Reichs (Pocket Star), $7.99
73 Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight Entertainment), $16.00
74 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell (Random House), $26.00
75 The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel, Garth Stein (Harper Paperback), $14.99
For the additional 75 listings...go to: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/usatodaybooks.pdf
