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Penguin Group (USA) Holds Three #1 Slots on The New York Times Bestseller List

For the week of October 28th, Penguin Group (USA) has once again managed to secure three #1 slots simultaneously on The New York Times bestseller list. World Without End by Ken Follett (Dutton) debuts at #1 on the hardcover fiction list; The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett (G. P. Putnam's Sons) is first on the children's picture book list, for the second week in a row; and Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert continues to reign at #1 on The New York Times nonfiction paperback bestseller list for 21 straight weeks, 38 weeks overall. The impact of Gilbert's October 5th appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is still being felt. USA Today reported that Eat, Pray, Love is currently outselling Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (the latest Oprah Book Club pick) four to one. More than 2.5 million copies of Eat, Pray, Love have been shipped to date, with more than 575,000 shipped so far in October alone.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a Finalist for the 2007 John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Riverhead) has been named a finalist for the 2007 John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize. The judges comment: "Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss."