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Eight New Penguin Group (USA) Books Debut on The New York Time Bestseller List, and Four #1 Positions Simultaneously Owned by Penguin Group (USA) Paperback Titles for the Second Straight Week

Penguin Group (USA) achieves eight debuts on The New York Times bestseller list for the week of May 25th. On the hardcover fiction list, Phantom Prey by John Sandford (G. P. Putnam's Sons) hits at #3, while From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (Ace) appears at #6; and The Chris Farley Show by Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby (Viking) is at #16 on the hardcover nonfiction list. The Last Summer (Of You and Me) by Ann Brashares (Riverhead) is #20 on the trade fiction list; The Hollow by Nora Roberts (Jove) debuts at #1 on the mass-market list, while Shoot Him if He Runs by Stuart Woods (Signet) and Playing with Fire by Katie MacAlister (Signet) hit at #7 and #10 respectively on that same list. And finally, Such a Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster (NAL) appears at #20 on the nonfiction bestseller list.

Penguin Group (USA) also owns four of the seven adult #1 slots once again - the eighth time this year that four or more Penguin Group (USA) titles have held #1 positions simultaneously on a single week's list. In addition to The Hollow, The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs (Berkley) holds at #1 on the trade fiction list for a second week (nineteen weeks overall), which marks the second consecutive week that the Berkley Group has owned both the #1 trade and mass-market fiction paperback books. And, Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) returns to the #1 slot on the nonfiction paperback list in its 68th week; while A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (Plume) maintains its #1 position on the paperback advice, how-to and miscellaneous list for 15 consecutive weeks.