Bestsellers, Penguin Group (USA) Weekly Update - 10/12

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The New York Times Bestseller Highlights for the Week of October 18th

Penguin Group (USA) has five debuts on The New York Times bestseller list for the week of October 18th: on the hardcover fiction list, Rough Country by John Sandford (Putnam) hits at #3, while Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby (Riverhead) debuts at #11; and on the mass market fiction list, Covet by J.R. Ward (Signet) is #2; Dark Curse by Christine Feehan (Jove) is #11; and Hot for the Holidays by Lora Leigh, Angela Knight, Anya Bast and Allyson James (Jove) is #15.

Here are more New York Times bestseller highlights:

On the hardcover fiction list, The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/ Putnam) is #5 in its 27th week; Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods (Putnam) is #10 in its second week; and Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #13 in its 22nd week.

On the mass market fiction list, Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley) is #10 in its sixth week; and From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #18 in its 26th week.

On the paperback nonfiction list, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) is #3 in its 140th week; Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) is #12 in its 140th week; In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is #14 in its 23rd week; The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is #18 in its 107th week; and The Reason for God by Timothy Keller (Riverhead) is #19 in its ninth week.

On the advice, how-to, and miscellaneous lists, Gotham’s The Conversation by Hill Harper is #7 in its fourth week on the hardcover side, while on the paperback side, How to Take Over The Wurld by Professor Happycat and icanhascheezburger.com (Gotham) is #5 in its fifth week.

In the young readers sector, on the children's picture books list, Skippyjon Jones, Lost in Spice by Judy Schachner (Dutton) is #2 in its third week; Listen to the Wind by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth (Dial) is #3 in its 36th week; Otis, written and illustrated by Loren Long (Philomel) is #6 in its second week; Strega Nona’s Harvest, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola (G. P. Putnam’s Sons) is #7 in its fourth week; and Miss Smith and the Haunted Library by Michael Garland (Dutton) is #10 in its second week. On the children’s chapter books list, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Razorbill) returns to the list at #8 in its 49th week. On the children's paperback books list, Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Puffin) is #5 in its 37th week, while Impossible by Nancy Werlin (Speak/Penguin) is #10 in its third week. And on the children’s series list, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (Razorbill) is #6 in its eleventh week.