Today's Top Books [2009.8.19]

New Moon gives up top spot to another Twilight saga book!
Today's Bestselling Books as of August 19, 2009

TW	LW	BOOK TITLE Author, Publisher (Year)
1	9	Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer Little Brown (2008, Fiction) Bella faces a startling chain of unprecedented events with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences in the fourth and final book of the Twilight series.
2	2	Eclipse Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown (2007, Fiction) Book 3 in the Twilight saga features 18-year-old Bella Swan having to choose between her love for the vampire Edward Cullen, and her friendship/love with the werewolf Jacob Black.
3	1	New Moon Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown (2006, Fiction) Bella is in the darkest time of her life in the second book in the Twilight saga.
4	6	Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association American Psychological Association American Psychological Association (2009) The authoritative and easy-to-use style manual of choice provides invaluable guidance on all aspects of the writing process.
5	3	Twilight Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown (2005, Fiction) In the first book of the Twilight saga, 17 year-old Isabella Swan finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen.
6	4	The Lost Symbol Dan Brown Doubleday Books (2009, Fiction) The Lost Symbol, a follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, will once again feature protagonist Robert Langdon. Readers will follow him in a 12-hour period through a masterful and unexpected new landscape.
7	5	The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger Mariner Books (2004, Fiction) A genetic disorder causes a man to time travel unpredictably while his wife has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences.
8	12	Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-7) J.K. Rowling Arthur A. Levine Books (2009, Fiction) Wizard Harry Potter, together with friends Ron and Hermione, fights against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort in this series of seven fantasy novels.
9	-	Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, Donald Venes F A Davis Co (2009)
10	-	Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, Judith Hopfer Deglin, April Hazard Vallerand F. A. Davis Company (2006)
11	7	Sookie Stackhouse [Books 1-7 Boxed Set] Charlaine Harris Ace Books (2008, Fiction) Sookie Stackhouse, the main character in The Southern Vampire Mysteries, is a barmaid and telepath in a world of humans, vampires, Weres, shapeshifters, and other supernatural beings.
12	15	Mastering the Art of French Cooking Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck Alfred A. Knopf (2001)
13	8	The Shack William P. Young Windblown Media (2007, Fiction) Deep in the Oregon wilderness, Mackenzie Allen Philips walks back to his darkest nightmare where his youngest daughter may have been brutally murdered.
14	11	Glenn Beck's Common Sense Glenn Beck Threshold Editions (2009, Non-Fiction) The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, inspired by Thomas Paine, aims to galvanize Americans to take back their great country by looking at their history.
15	-	The Art of War, Sun Tzu Filiquarian (2007)
16	17	Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris Ace Books (2009)
17	10	Medical Terminology Systems Barbara A. Gylys, Mary Ellen Wedding F A Davis Co (2009)
18	20	My Life in France Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme Anchor (2009)
19	-	South of Broad, Pat Conroy Nan A. Talese (2009)
20	19	Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, Mark R. Levin Threshold Editions (2009)

Today's Top Books is a compilation based on Amazon.com, Buy.com and Walmart.com using an inverse-point system.