By Mark Mix
Home day care providers would be forced into unions
Best-Selling Books Week Ended August 15
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
Best-Selling Books Week Ended August 1
Best-Selling Books Week Ended July 18
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
Rankings reflect sales, for the week that ended July 10, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
HARDCOVER FICTION
Best-Selling Books Week Ended July 11
