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1) "Dead Reckoning" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
2) "Buried Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam)
3) "10th Anniversary" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)

I stared at my computer screen. There, sitting in my inbox was an email that confirmed the world around me had gone totally and utterly, bone-fide, stark-raving, strait-jacket wearing, mad. I read the first line. It said:“Shed! Your book is number 44 on Amazon... Congratulations!”

For the first time since July 12, 2007, Stephenie Meyer is absent from the top 50 on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list.

Karin, the heroine of the manga series "Chibi Vampire Airmail," is a different kind of creature of the night: instead of taking blood from humans, she gives her excess blood to them.

Fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir, "Eat, Pray, Love," have been following in her footsteps ever since it was first published in 2006. The book describes a year Gilbert spent living in Italy, India and Indonesia on the rebound from a divorce and failed romance.

Also from Stieg Larsson, a new hardcover boxed set; Carl Hiaasen skewers celebrity culture; and Suzanne Collins wraps up her teen trilogy.

It usually takes an author decades to win fawning reviews, march up the best-seller list and become a finalist for a major book prize. Helene Hegemann, just 17, did it with her first book, all in the space of a few weeks, and despite a savaging from critics over plagiarism.

Led by Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, vampires devoured USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list in 2009.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was paid at least $1.25 million for her upcoming memoir, a book that's one of the top pre-orders on online bestseller lists even before its release next month.

Fans and foes alike are hoping for surprises in Sarah Palin 's memoir , Going Rogue: An American Life , which leap-frogged Dan Brown and Glenn Beck to the top of the Amazon.com bestseller last week before even being published.