Mostly Books best-sellers for the week ending Aug. 19, 2005

  1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J.K. Rowling, Scholastic ($22.95)
  2. My Sister’s Keeper: A Novel Jodi Picoult, Washington Square Press ($14)
  3. The History of Love: A Novel Nicole Krauss, W.W. Norton & Company ($21.95)
  4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling, Scholastic ($9.99)
  5. Atonement: A Novel Ian McEwan, Anchor Books ($14.95)
  6. Postcards From the Boys Ringo Starr, Chronicle Books ($24.95)
  7. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Ann Brashares, Delacorte Press ($8.95)
  8. Eleven on Top Janet Evanovich, St Martin’s Press ($26.95)
  9. The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead Trade ($14)
  10. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Erik Larson, Vintage ($14.95)

This article appears in Aug 25-31, 2005.