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Penguin Group (USA) Weekly Update - 11/12

Mon, 11/12/2007

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Penguin Group (USA) Dominates The New York Times Hardcover Fiction List for the Week of November 18th, Thanks to G. P. Putnam's Sons SVP and Publisher Neil Nyren

Another great week for The Group on The New York Times hardcover fiction list. Penguin Group (USA) owns nearly 40% of the hardcover fiction list for the second consecutive week – 6 out 16 slots.

Of the eight Penguin Group (USA) titles on the hardcover fiction and nonfiction lists combined, four were published by the Putnam imprint. Congratulations to Neil Nyren, SVP and Publisher of G. P. Putnam's Sons, who edited four of the eight hardcover bestsellers, a record from one editor!

The titles on the list this week include: Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell (G. P. Putnam's Sons) at #2 in its second week; Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon (Viking) which debuted at #3; World Without End by Ken Follett (Dutton) at #6 in its fourth week; A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) at #7 in its 24th week; Now and Then by Robert B. Parker at #11 in its second week; and Dark of the Moon by John Sandford (G. P. Putnam's Sons) at #12 in its fifth week. In addition, Write It When I'm Gone by Thomas De Frank has also made the hardcover nonfiction list, debuting at #15, while Alan Greenspan's Age of Turbulence moves up two slots to #3 in its seventh week on that same list.

Thirteen Books from Penguin Group (USA) Are Amazon's Editors Picks for 2007, Including the #1 and #2 Selections

Penguin Group (USA) dominates the top of Amazon's annual list of Editors Picks for 2007, holding both the #1 and #2 slots on the list! This year, Amazon selected 100 titles across all categories (up from 50 titles in past years). In addition, they also selected smaller Top 10 lists in sub categories.

Penguin Group (USA) highlights from the Amazon Picks include the following titles:

Top 100 Books of the Year

#1 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
#2 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Riverhead)
#13 In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)
#14 The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu (Riverhead)
#23 The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan (The Penguin Press)
#25 The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (DAW)
#59 Spook Country by William Gibson (G. P. Putnam's Sons)
#75 Interred with Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell (Dutton)
#81 The Principles of Uncertainty by Maira Kalman (The Penguin Press)
#84 The Long Road Home by Martha Raddatz (G. P. Putnam's Sons)
#85 Wikinomics by Don Tapscott (Portfolio)
#89 The Braindead Megaphone by George Saunders (Riverhead)
#94 Journals by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. (The Penguin Press)

In the Top Ten Literature and Fiction category, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) took the #1 slot, with The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Riverhead) coming in at #2. The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu (Riverhead) is at #7.

In the Woods by Tana French (Viking) is #3 in the Top 10 Mystery Thrillers category.

In Current Events, The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan was #2, while Supreme Conflict by Jan Crawford Greenburg was #6 (both from The Penguin Press).

In Nonfiction, The Long Road Home by Martha Raddatz (G. P. Putnam's Sons) holds the #1 spot; The Kings of New York by Michael Weinreb (Gotham) is #3; and Once Upon a Quiñceanera by Julia Alvarez (Viking) comes in at #10.

In History, Journals by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. (The Penguin Press) is the #6 pick, while Return to Dragon Mountain by Jonathan Spence (Viking) is #8.

In Science, The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker is #3, while The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge (Viking) is #6.

In the Health, Mind, Body category, Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch (Tarcher) is #7.

In Parenting and Families, Louder Than Words by Jenny McCarthy (Dutton) comes in at #4.

In Romance, Lover Revealed by J. R. Ward (Onyx) is #2; High Noon by Nora Roberts (Putnam) is #4; and Causing Havoc by Lori Foster (Berkley) is #6.

Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant by Jenni Ferrari-Adler (Riverhead) is #5 in Food Literature.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (DAW)is the #7 pick in SF/Fantasy.

And finally, in Young Readers, Twisted by Laurie Anderson (Viking Young Readers) makes the list in the Teens category at #5, while in Children's Picture Books, The Incredible Book-Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers (Philomel) is #6 and Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones by Judy Schachner (Dutton Young Readers) comes in at #10.

Eight Books from Penguin Group (USA) are Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2007

Eight books from Penguin Group (USA) have made this year's PW's Best Books of the Year, which appeared in the newest issue of Publishers Weekly. The books are as follows:

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Riverhead) (Fiction)
The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva (Putnam) (Fiction)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (DAW) (Sci-Fi/Fantasy)
The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815 by Tim Blanning (Viking) (Nonfiction)
1 2 3: A Child's First Counting Book by Alison Jay (Dutton) (Children's Picture Books)
Tuttles Red Barn: The Story of America's Oldest Family Farm by Richard Michelson, illus. by Mary Azarian (Putnam) (Children's Picture Books)
Leaves by David Ezra Stein (Putnam) (Children's Picture Books)
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis (Dial) (Children's Fiction)

In addition: Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team by Michael Weinreb (Gotham) received acknowledgement of Best Breakout Book of the year. Gotham will publish the paperback, re-titled The Game of Kings, in January.

Riverhead's Dinaw Mengestu Is Awarded Lannon Fellowship for Fiction

Riverhead Books' debut novelist Dinaw Mengestu, author of The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears, was awarded a Lannan Fellowship for fiction yesterday. The Lannan Literary Awards and Fellowships honor exceptional writers, recognizing those of distinctive literary merit who demonstrate potential for continued outstanding work. In addition, Mengestu's novel appeared on two Editor's Pick lists on Amazon.com, ranking #7 on the "Top 10 Literature and Fiction" books of 2007 and #14 on the "Top 100 Books of the Year." Mengestu will also be honored Monday night at the National Book Foundation's annual "5 Under 35" event in New York.

Good Dad/Bad Dad is Named a USABookNews.com 2007 Best Book

Alpha's parenting book, Good Dad/Bad Dad: The Do's and Don'ts from the Trenches by David George is a double-award winner in USABookNews.com's Best Books 2007 Awards. The book took the prize in the "Men's Issues" category and also won a finalist award in the "Parenting" category.

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

Six debuts on The New York Times bestseller list for Penguin Group (USA) for the week of November 18th: Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon (Viking) debuts at #3 on the hardcover fiction list; Write It When I'm Gone by Thomas DeFrank (G. P. Putnam's Sons) appears at #15 on the hardcover nonfiction list; on the mass market paperback fiction list Dead of Night by J.D. Robb (Jove) is at #5; while Treasure of Khan by Clive and Dirk Cussler (Berkley) follows at #6. And in young readers, Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks by Margaret Sutherland, illustrated by Sonja Lamut (Grosset & Dunlap) is at #3 on the children's paperback list, while An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore appears at #8 on that same list.

Here are more bestseller highlights for the week of November 18th:

On the hardcover fiction list, Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell (G. P. Putnam's Sons) is at #2 in its second week; World Without End by Ken Follett (Dutton) is at #6 in its fourth week; A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) is at #7 in its 24th week; Now and Then by Robert B. Parker (G. P. Putnam's Sons) is at #11 in its second week; and Dark of the Moon by John Sandford (G. P. Putnam's Sons) is #12 in its fifth week. On the hardcover nonfiction list, The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan (The Penguin Press) moves up to #3 in its seventh week.

On the trade paperback fiction list, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) is at #4 in its 139th week; and The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin) holds at #5 in its 72nd week.

On the paperback nonfiction list, Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) extends its run at #1 to 24 weeks in a row in its 41st overall week; Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) moves up to #3 in its 40th week; The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin) rises to #7 in its tenth week; This is Your Brain On Music by Daniel J. Levitin (Plume) moves up to #14 in its ninth week; and A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink (Riverhead) is at #20 in its fifth week.

In the young readers sector, on the children's picture book list, Llama Llama Mad at Mama written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney (Viking) shoots up to #4 in its seventh week, and Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett (Putnam) is at #6, also in its seventh week. The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (Speak) is at #7, in its seventh week on the children's paperback list. Slam by Nick Hornby (Putnam) is at #7 in its third week on the children's chapter book list. And on the children's series list, Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner (Dutton/Puffin) moves up to #6 in its fifth week, while Redwall by Brian Jacques (Philomel, hardcover and paperback) is at #7 in the children's series list in its 46th week.