Penguin Group (USA) Weekly Update - 2/18:

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Penguin Group (USA) Dominates The New York Times Bestseller Lists, With Four #1 Bestsellers Simultaneously for the Fourth Time in the First Eight Weeks of the Year

The House Also Owns Nearly 40% of The New York Times Hardcover Fiction List; 45% of the Mass Market List, and Has Nine Debut Bestsellers

Penguin Group (USA) once again holds four #1 positions simultaneously on The New York Times bestseller lists. This is the fourth time this year that Penguin Group (USA) has achieved four simultaneous #1 New York Times bestsellers in the same week.

For the week of February 24th, In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (The Penguin Press) holds at #1 in its sixth week on the hardcover nonfiction list; The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (NAL) holds at #1 in its thirteenth week on the trade paperback fiction list; Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) is #1 in its 55th week on the paperback nonfiction list; and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (Plume) (see item above) holds at #1 in its second week on the paperback advice, how-to, and miscellaneous list.

In addition, Penguin Group (USA) continues to dominate the hardcover fiction bestseller list, occupying six of the 15 slots. This week, Stranger in Paradise by Robert B. Parker (G. P. Putnam's Sons) debuts at #4; A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) is #5 in its 38th week; World Without End by Ken Follett (Dutton) is #7 in its eighteenth week; People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (Viking) is #9 in its sixth week; Sizzle and Burn by Jayne Ann Krentz (G. P. Putnam's Sons) is #10 in its second week; and Beverly Hills Dead by Stuart Woods (G. P. Putnam's Sons) is #12 in its fourth week. This marks the 16th week in a row (four months straight!) that Penguin Group (USA) has occupied 30% or more of the hardcover fiction bestseller list.

Penguin Group (USA) also dominates the mass market fiction list, with nine out of 20 bestsellers, including six new debuts: Hard to Handle by Lori Foster (Berkley) hits at #2; Dawn's Awakening by Lora Leigh (Berkley) debuts at #3; Tom Clancy's Endwar by David Michaels (Berkley) is at #8; White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz (Jove) is at #9; White Night by Jim Butcher (Roc) is at #14; and Freefall by JoAnn Ross (Signet) appears at #20. In addition to these debuts, The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson (Jove) rises to #6 in its second week; The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Signet) is at #12 in its sixteenth week; and Three in Death by J.D. Robb (Berkley) is #16 in its second week.

Rounding out Penguin Group (USA)'s nine debut bestsellers, the Young Readers division has two new debuts this week. Valentines are for Saying I Love You by Margaret Sutherland, illustrated by Amy Wummer (Grosset & Dunlap) appears at #4 on the paperback list, while Barack Obama by Roberta Edwards, illustrated by Ken Call (Grosset & Dunlap) appears at #9 on that same list.

Authors of The 30-Day Diabetes Miracle Hit the Road for a 20-City Tour

The authors of The 30-Day Diabetes Miracle: Lifestyle Center of America's Complete Program to Stop Diabetes, Restore Health, and Build Natural Vitality (Perigee Hardcover) have hit the road for a 20-city diabetes book tour featuring a bus wrapped with the book's logo. The authors, Franklin House, M.D., Stuart A. Seale, M.D. and Ian Newman are traveling to some of America's "fattest cities" and offering comprehensive medical advice and workshops that include blood testing, diet and lifestyle tips, and fitness activities, in addition to selling books while on the road.

The New York Times Bestseller Highlights for the Week of February 24th

Penguin Group (USA) once again holds four #1 positions simultaneously on The New York Times bestseller lists, along with nine debuts, as detailed in the second item in this edition of Spotlight.

Here are more New York Times bestseller highlights for the week of February 24th:

On the hardcover fiction list, Stranger in Paradise by Robert B. Parker (G. P. Putnam's Sons) debuts at #4; A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) is #5 in its 38th week; World Without End by Ken Follett (Dutton) is #6 in its eighteenth week; People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (Viking) is #9 in its sixth week; Sizzle and Burn is #10 in its second week; and Beverly Hills Dead by Stuart Woods (G. P. Putnam's Sons) is #12 in its fourth week.

On the hardcover nonfiction list, In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (The Penguin Press) is #1 in its sixth week; and Iceman by Chuck Liddell (Dutton) holds at #9 in its second week.

On the trade paperback fiction list, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (NAL) is at #1 in its thirteenth week; The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) is at #5 in its 153rd week; The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs (Berkley) is #7 in its sixth week; and The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin) holds at #13 in its 86th week.

On the mass market paperback fiction list, Hard to Handle by Lori Foster (Berkley) debuts at #2; Dawn's Awakening by Lora Leigh (Berkley) appears at #3; The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson (Jove) moves up to #6 in its second week; Tom Clancy's Endwar by David Michaels (Berkley) debuts at #8; White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz (Jove) appears at #9; The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Signet) is at #12 in its sixteenth week; White Night by Jim Butcher (Roc) debuts at #14; Three in Death by J.D. Robb (Berkley) is at #16 in its second week; and Freefall by JoAnn Ross (Signet) appears at #20.

On the paperback nonfiction list, Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) holds in the #1 position in its 55th week; Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) follows right behind at #2 in its 54th week; and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is at #15 in its 24th week.

On the advice, how-to, and miscellaneous paperback list, A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (Plume) holds at #1 in its second week; and Getting Things Done by David Allen (Penguin) returns to the list at #8 in its thirteenth week.

In the young readers sector, Valentines are for Saying I Love You by Margaret Sutherland, illustrated by Amy Wummer (Grosset & Dunlap) debuts at #4 on the children's paperback list, while Barack Obama by Roberta Edwards, illustrated by Ken Call (Grosset & Dunlap) appears at #9 on that same list. The Alex Rider Adventures by Anthony Horowitz (Philomel/Speak, hardcover and paperback) is at #10 in its 49th week on the children's series list.

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