Bestsellers, Penguin Group (USA) Weekly Update - 10/19:

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The New York Times Bestseller Highlights for the Week of October 25th

Penguin Group (USA) lands eight debuts on The New York Times bestseller list for the week of October 25th: on the hardcover fiction list, A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris (Ace) hits at #2, while The Professional by Robert B. Parker (Putnam) is #4. On the mass market fiction list, Heat Lightning by John Sandford (Berkley) is #4, while Shadowlight by Lynn Viehl (Onyx) is #17. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowel (Riverhead) is #13 on the paperback nonfiction list. In the young readers category, Lego Star Wars by Simon Beecroft (DK) is #2, while The Runaway Mummy by Michael Rex (Putnam) is #9, both on the children’s picture books list; while on the children’s chapter books list, Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus (Dutton) is #3, and Fire by Kristin Cashore (Dial) is #4.

Here are more New York Times bestseller highlights:

On the hardcover fiction list, The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/ Putnam) is #3 in its 28th week; Rough Country by John Sandford (Putnam) is #9 in its second week; and Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #15 in its 23rd week.

On the mass market fiction list, Covet by J.R. Ward (Signet) is #3 in its second week; From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #7 in its 27th week; Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley) is #10 in its seventh week; and Hot for the Holidays by Lora Leigh, Angela Knight, Anya Bast and Allyson James (Jove) is #14 in its second week.

On the paperback nonfiction list, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) is #2 in its 141st week; Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) is #10 in its 141st week; The Reason for God by Timothy Keller (Riverhead) is #17 in its tenth week; In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is #19 in its 24th week; and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is #20 in its 108th week.

In the young readers sector, on the children's picture books list, Skippyjon Jones, Lost in Spice by Judy Schachner (Dutton) is #4 in its third week; Listen to the Wind by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth (Dial) is #7 in its 37th week; and Otis, written and illustrated by Loren Long (Philomel) is #10 in its third week. On the children’s chapter books list, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Razorbill) is #10 in its 50th week. On the children's paperback books list, Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Puffin) is #3 in its 38th week.