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#1 New York Times Bestsellers from Catherine Coulter and Sarah Dessen Add to Penguin Group (USA)’s Outstanding Bestseller Performance

Penguin Group (USA) continues to lead the industry in #1 New York Times bestsellers, with a total of 20 titles reaching that coveted position so far in 2009, as KnockOut by Catherine Coulter (Putnam) hits at #1 on the hardcover fiction list, and Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (Viking) appears at #1 on the children’s chapter books list for the week of July 5th.

KnockOut, the 13th novel in Coulter’s wildly popular FBI thriller series, starring husband-and-wife FBI Special Agent duo, Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, introduces seven-year-old Autumn Backman. Autumn has a rare gift: she can communicate telepathically with a select few people, with whom she shares a special kinship. In a starred review in Publishers Weekly, Coulter was praised for the “well-developed characters and an expertly paced plot” that make KnockOut “one of the best in this paranormal suspense series.”

Catherine Coulter is the author of 62 novels, including 57 New York Times-bestsellers. She earned her reputation writing historical romances, but in recent years has turned her hand to penning—with great success—contemporary thrillers.

Along for the Ride is Dessen’s first hardcover to debut in the top spot on The New York Times list and follows Dessen’s last book, the #1 New York Times children's paperback bestseller, Lock & Key, which is now in its sixth week on the list. Sales for Along for the Ride have been phenomenal - more copies were sold in its first day on-sale than her previous novel Lock and Key sold in its first week.

Dessen is currently on book tour, meeting hundreds of girls at each event, many of whom have travelled over eight hours just to meet her. See pictures and follow Sarah’s adventures on her incredibly popular blog and Twitter page.
 

The New York Times Bestseller Highlights for the Week of July 5th

Penguin Group (USA) has three debuts on The New York Times bestseller list for the week of July 5th: KnockOut by Catherine Coulter (Putnam) hits at #1 on the hardcover fiction list; Dune Road by Jane Green is #14 on the hardcover fiction list; and Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (Viking) appears at #1 on the children's chapter books list.

Here are more New York Times bestseller highlights:

On the hardcover fiction list, Medusa by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos (Putnam) is #7 in its third week; Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley) is #11 in its third week; Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #13 in its seventh week; and The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/ Putnam) is #15 in its twelfth week.

On the trade paperback fiction list, Vision in White by Nora Roberts (Berkley) is #7 in its eighth week; The Beach House by Jane Green (Plume) is #14 in its fourth week; The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) returns to the list at #16 in its 208th week; City of Thieves by David Benioff (Plume) is #17 in its twelfth week; and The Likeness by Tana French (Penguin) is #20 in its fourth week.

On the mass market fiction list, Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #2 in its 30th week; Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #4 in its 24th week; From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #9 in its eleventh week; Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb (Berkley) is #12 in its third week; The Front by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley) is #13 in its fourth week; Club Dead by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #14 in its sixteenth week; and Phantom Prey by John Sandford (Berkley) is #18 in its seventh week.

On the paperback nonfiction list, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) is #2 in its 124th week; In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is #9 in its seventh week; Public Enemies by Bryan Burrough (Penguin) is #13 in its second week; Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) is #14 in its 125th week; The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is #17 in its 92nd week; and My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor (Plume) is #19 in its fourth week.

In the young readers sector, on the children's picture books list, Listen to the Wind by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth (Dial) is #2 in its 22nd week; Llama Llama Misses Mama, written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney, (Viking) is #8 in its eighth week; and Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy (Dial) is #9 in its fourteenth week. On the children's chapter books list, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Razorbill) is #6 in its 35th week. On the children's paperback books list, Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen (Speak) is #2 in its sixth week; and Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Puffin) is #5 in its 22nd week.

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