Best books

Publishers Weekly

best selling books

Hardcover fiction

1. ''The Brethren,'' by John Grisham (Doubleday)

2. ''Gap Creek'' by Robert Morgan (Algonquin)

3. ''The Lion's Game'' by Nelson DeMille (Warner)

4. ''Sick Puppy'' by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf)

5. ''Timeline'' by Michael Crichton (Knopf)

6. ''False Memory'' by Dean Koontz (Bantam)

7. ''A Walk to Remember'' by Nicholas Sparks (Warner)

8. ''Atlantis Found'' by Clive Cussler (Putnam)

9. ''The Attorney'' by Steve Martini (Putnam)

10. ''The Cat Who Robbed a Bank'' by Lilian Jackson Braun (Putnam)

11. ''Secret Honor'' by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam)

12. ''Girl With a Pearl Earring,'' by Tracy Chevalier (Dutton)

13. ''Scandalmonger'' by William Safire (Simon & Schuster)

14. ''Monster'' by Jonathan Kellerman (Random House)

15. ''Blackout'' by John Nance (Putnam)

Nonfiction/general

1. ''The Rock Says...'' by the Rock, with Joe Layden (Regan Books)

2. ''Who Moved My Cheese?'' by Spencer Johnson (Putnam)

3. ''Relationship Rescue,'' by Phillip C. McGraw (Hyperion)

4. ''The Millionaire Mind'' by Thomas J. Stanley (Andrews McMeel)

5. ''Tuesdays With Morrie'' by Mitch Albom (Doubleday)

6. '''Tis'' by Frank McCourt (Scribner)

7. ''Body for Life'' by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (HarperCollins)

8. ''Faith of My Fathers,'' by John McCain (Random House)

9. ''Have a Nice Day!'' by Mick Foley (Regan Books)

10. ''From This Day Forward,'' by Cokie Roberts and Steven Roberts (William Morrow)

11. ''Sugar Busters!'' by H. Leighton Steward, Morrison C. Bethea, Sam S. Andrews, Luis A. Balart (Ballantine)

12. ''The Art of Happiness'' by the Dalai Lama (Riverhead)

13. ''The Greatest Generation'' by Tom Brokaw (Random House)

14. ''Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love'' by Richard Carlson and Kristine Carlson (Hyperion)

15. ''When Pride Still Mattered,'' by David Maraniss Simon & Schuster)

Mass market paperbacks

1. ''The Testament'' by John Grisham (Dell Island)

2. ''The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon'' Stephen King (Pocket)

3. ''Angela's Ashes'' by Frank McCourt (Touchstone)

4. ''Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution'' by Robert C. Atkins (Avon)

5. ''The Green Mile'' by Stephen King (Pocket)

6. ''First Lady,'' by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Avon) (NF-H)

7. ''The Cider House Rules'' by John Irving (Ballantine)

8. ''Star Wars: The New Jedi Order -- Dark Tide 1: Onslaught'' Michael A. Stackpole (Del Rey / Lucas Books)

9. ''SSN,'' by Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg (Berkley)