USA Today Best Selling Books: A Meme

S. Krishna has converted USA Today's List into a meme. So I'll bite and attempt this myself! Of course, some books are notated more than one way (i.e. I both own and haveread the book).


She says: I've decided to turn USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books of Last 15 Years into a meme. Why? Because I'm a total nerd and enjoy stuff like this!!



So here's the deal: bold what you've read, italicize what you own, star books on your TBR list!






1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

2 Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution - Robert C. Atkins

3 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

6 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

7 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

8 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

9 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

10 Who Moved My Cheese? - Spencer Johnson

11 The South Beach Diet - Arthur Agatston

12 Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom

13 Angels & Demons - Dan Brown

14 What to Expect When You’re Expecting - Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee Hathaway

15 The Purpose-Driven Life - Rick Warren

16 The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom

17 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey

18 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

19 Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus - John Gray

20 The Secret - Rhonda Byrne

21 Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter

22 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

23 Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff ... And It’s All Small Stuff - Richard Carlson

24 The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd

25 Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert

26 Twilight - Stephenie Meyer

27 The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks

28 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter - Kim Edwards

29 The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger

30 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

31 A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle

32 Oh, the Places You’ll Go! - Dr. Seuss

33 The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz

34 Angela’s Ashes - Frank McCourt

35 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

36 Body-for-Life - Bill Phillips, Michael D’Orso

37 New Moon - Stephenie Meyer

38 Night - Elie Wiesel, translations by Marion Wiesel and Stella Rodway

39 Chicken Soup for the Soul - Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen

40 The Greatest Generation - Tom Brokaw

41 Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer

42 The Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield

43 Wicked - Gregory Maguire

44 Good to Great - Jim Collins

45 Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer

46 Eragon - Christopher Paolini

47 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - Rebecca Wells

48 Your Best Life Now - Joel Osteen

49 In the Kitchen With Rosie - Rosie Daley

50 Simple Abundance - Sarah Ban Breathnach

51 A Child Called It - Dave Pelzer

52 A Million Little Pieces - James Frey

53 The Testament - John Grisham

54 Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul - Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger

55 Deception Point - Dan Brown

56 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

57 Marley & Me - John Grogan

58 Dr. Atkins’ New Carbohydrate Gram Counter - Robert C. Atkins

59 Life of Pi - Yann Martel

60 The Brethren - John Grisham

61 The South Beach Diet Good Fats Good Carbs Guide - Arthur Agatston

62 The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town - John Grisham

63 For One More Day - Mitch Albom*

64 The Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg

65 The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

66 The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

67 What to Expect the First Year - Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Murkoff, Sandee Hathaway

68 Love You Forever - Robert Munsch, art by Sheila McGraw

69 Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss

70 A Painted House - John Grisham

71 The Rainmaker - John Grisham

72 Skipping Christmas - John Grisham

73 Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier*

74 The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time - Mark Haddon

75 Life Strategies - Phillip C. McGraw

76 Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Laura Hillenbrand

77 The Summons - John Grisham

78 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt

79 The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

80 The Runaway Jury - John Grisham

81 Goodnight Moon Board Book - Margaret Wise Brown, art by Clement Hurd

82 The Perfect Storm - Sebastian Junger

83 Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson

84 The Giver - Lois Lowry

85 Embraced by the Light - Betty J. Eadie

86 The Chamber - John Grisham

87 You: On A Diet - Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz

88 The Prayer of Jabez - Bruce Wilkinson

89 Holes - Louis Sachar

90 Digital Fortress - Dan Brown

91 The Shack - William P. Young

92 The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger

93 Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen

94 A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

95 The Seat of the Soul - Gary Zukav

96 Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul - Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne, Marci Shimoff

97 The Partner - John Grisham

98 Lord of the Flies - William Golding

99 Eldest: Inheritance, Book II - Christopher Paolini

100 The Broker - John Grisham

101 The Street Lawyer - John Grisham

102 A Series of Unfortunate Events No. 1: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket

103 The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

104 Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer

105 The King of Torts - John Grisham

106 The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell*

107 The Horse Whisperer - Nicholas Evans

108 Hannibal - Thomas Harris

109 The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama

110 Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs

111 The Glass Castle: A Memoir - Jeannette Walls

112 My Sister’s Keeper - Jodi Picoult

113 The Last Juror - John Grisham

114 The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson

115 Left Behind - Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

116 America (The Book) - Jon Stewart and The Writers of The Daily Show

117 The Red Tent - Anita Diamant*

118 John Adams - David McCullough*

119 The Christmas Box - Richard Paul Evans

120 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares

121 Sugar Busters! - H. Leighton Steward, Sam S. Andrews, Morrison C. Bethea, Luis A. Balart

122 Blink - Malcolm Gladwell

123 The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

124 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life - Don Piper, Cecil Murphey

125 The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien

126 1776 - David McCullough

127 The Bridges of Madison County - Robert James Waller

128 Where the Heart Is - Billie Letts

129 The Ultimate Weight Solution - Phillip C. McGraw

130 Protein Power - Michael R. Eades, Mary Dan Eades

131 Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul - Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne, Marci Shimoff

132 Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer

133 Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides

134 Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

135 You: The Owner’s Manual - Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz

136 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List - Patricia Schultz

137 Self Matters - Phillip C. McGraw

138 She’s Come Undone - Wally Lamb

139 1984 - George Orwell

140 The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis

141 The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko*

142 The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory

143 The Zone - Barry Sears, Bill Lawren

144 The Pilot’s Wife - Anita Shreve

145 The Lost World Michael Crichton

146 Atonement - Ian McEwan

147 He’s Just Not That Into You - Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo

148 Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

149 The World Is Flat - Thomas L. Friedman

150 Cross - James Patterson


If I've counted right, I've read 47/150 .