New York Times Best-Sellers, May 27

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May 27, 2007

Fiction
1. The 6th Target by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
2. Simple Genius by David Baldacci
3. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
4. The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien; edited by Christopher Tolkien
5. I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark

Nonfiction
1. Einstein by Walter Isaacson
2. At the Center of the Storm by George Tenet
3. Paula Deen: It Ain’t All About the Cookin’ by Paula Deen with Sherry Suib Cohen
4. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
5. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver

Advice, how-to and miscellaneous
1. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
2. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Gonn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden
3. Reposition Yourself by T.D. Jakes
4. Everyday Pasta by Giada De Laurentiis
5. The Loved Dog by Tamar Geller

New York Times Best-Sellers, May 20

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Sunday, May 20, 2007

Fiction
1. Simple Genius by David Baldacci
2. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
3. The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien
4. The Woods by Harlan Coben
5. Rant by Chuck Palahniuk

Nonfiction
1. At the Center of the Storm by George Tenet
2. Einstein by Walter Isaacson
3. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
4. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
5. Paula Deen: It Ain’t All About the Cookin’ by Paula Deen with Sherry Suib Cohen

Advice, how-to and miscellaneous
1. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
2. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Gonn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden
3. Everyday Pasta by Giada De Laurentiis
4. The Loved Dog by Tamar Geller
5. Do You! by Russell Simmons with Chris Morrow

James Patterson

I'm working on making a notebook full of authors and their books. At the library we get frequent questions about a series an author has written. I'm slowly making a list of books in series order for various authors that will be put in a notebook everyone can look at.

James Patterson is one of the authors I've researched. Here is a list of his books, some aren't out yet.

Alex Cross
1 Along Came a Spider, 1992
2 Kiss the Girls, 1994
3 Jack and Jill, 1996
4 Cat and Mouse, 1997
5 Pop! Goes the Weasel, 1999
6 Roses are Red, 2000
7 Violets are Blue, 2001
8 Four Blind Mice, 2002
9 The Big Bad Wolf, 2003
10 London Bridges, 2004
11 Mary, Mary, 2005
12 Cross, 2006
13 Double Cross, 2007

When the Wind Blows (unofficial series)
1 When the Wind Blows, 1998
2 The Lake House, 2003

Women's Murder Club
1 1st to Die, 2001
2 2nd Chance (with Andrew Gross), 2002
3 3rd Degree (with Andrew Gross), 2004
4 4th of July (with Maxine Paetro), 2005
5 The 5th Horseman (with Maxine Paetro), 2006
6 The 6th Target (with Maxine Paetro), 2007
7 7th Heaven, 2008

Maximum Ride
1 The Angel Experiment, 2005
2 School's Out-Forever, 2006
3 Saving the World: and Other Extreme Sports, 2007

Novels
The Thomas Berryman Number, 1976
Season of the Machete, 1977
The Jericho Commandment (or See How They Run), 1979
Virgin (or Cradle and All), 1980
Black Market (or Black Friday), 1986
The Midnight Club, 1988
Sam's Letters to Jennifer, 1991
Hide and Seek, 1995
Miracle on the 17th Green (with Peter De Jonge), 1996
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, 2001
The Beach House (with Peter De Jonge), 2002
The Jester (with Andrew Gross), 2003
The Lifeguard (with Andrew Gross), 2005
Honeymoon (with Howard Roughan), 2005
Beach Road (with Andrew Gross), 2006
Judge and Jury (with Andrew Gross), 2006
Step on a Crack (with Michael Ledwidge), 2007
The Quickie, 2007
You've Been Warned, 2007

Picture Books
Santakid, 2004

New York Times Best-Sellers, May 13

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Sunday, May 13, 2007

Fiction
1. Simple Genius by David Baldacci
2. The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien; edited by Christopher Tolkien
3. The Woods by Harlan Coben
4. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith
5. I Heard That Song Before, by Mary Higgins Clark

Nonfiction
1. Einstein by Walter Isaacson
2. Where Have All the Leaders Gone? by Lee Iacocca
3. Paula Deen: It Ain’t All About the Cookin’ by Paula Deen with Sherry Suib Cohen
4. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
5. The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Tableb

Advice, how-to and miscellaneous
1. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
2. The Loved Dog by Tamar Geller
3. Little Green Book of Getting Your Way by Jeffrey Gitomer
4. Do You! by Russell Simmons with Chris Morrow
5. The Weight Loss Cure They Don’t Want You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau

New York Times Best-Sellers, May 6

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Sunday, May 6, 2007

Fiction
1. The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (
2. The Woods by Harlan Coben
3. I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark
4. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith
5. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Nonfiction
1. Einstein by Walter Isaacson
2. Paula Deen: It Ain’t All About the Cookin’ by Paula Deen with Sherry Suib Cohen
3. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
4. Where Have All the Leaders Gone? by Lee Iacocca
5. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama

Advice, how-to and miscellaneous
1. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
2. The Cardio-Free Diet by Jim Karas
3. The Weight Loss Cure They Don’t Want You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau
4. Everyday Pasta by Giada De Laurentiis
5. Me to We by Craig and Marc Kielburger