Best-sellers, June 20

Rocky Mountain News

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Stephenie Meyer's work has become a staple of best-seller lists, and her latest title, The Host, is no exception - even though written for adults rather than her usual young-adult audience. The Host, on both the PW and local list this week, is the story of alien parasites who control the minds and bodies of humans - and one girl who refuses to be co-opted.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

* Fiction

1. Nothing To Lose - Lee Child. Delacorte

2. The Host - Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown

3. Plague Ship - Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul. Putnam

4. Blood Noir - Laurell K. Hamilton. Berkley

5. Love the One You're With - Emily Giffin. St. Martin's Press

* Nonfiction*

1. When You Are Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris. Little, Brown

2. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow. Hyperion

3. What Happened - Scott McClellan. PublicAffairs

4. Audition - Barbara Walters. Knopf

5. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea - Chelsea Handler. Simon Spotlight Entertainment

LOCAL BEST-SELLERS

* Fiction

1. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein

2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski

3. Nothing To Lose - Lee Child

4. The Host - Stephenie Meyer

5. The Spies of Warsaw - Alan Furst

* Nonfiction

1. When You Are Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris

2. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow

3. The Political Mind - George Lakoff

4. What Happened - Scott McClellan

5. Always by My Side - Jim Nantz

* We have eliminated self-help and how-to books from the PW list to display a wider array of titles. Local information is from the Tattered Cover, Borders Books at Park Meadows and the Boulder Book Store.