New titles by James Patterson, Fannie Flagg and James Lee Burke arrive in stores already well stocked for the summer, along with Kathleen McGowan's much-hyped debut novel about Mary Magdalene. For kids, the Araminta Spookie series is the debut to watch.
July 1
[C]Room One by Andrew Clements (S&S, $15.95). 100,000 copies.
July 4
Proof Positive by Phillip Margolin (HarperCollins, $25.95). 200,000 copies.
[C]What a Day It Was at School! by Jack Prelutsky, illus. by Doug Cushman (Greenwillow, $15.99). 100,000 copies.
The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation by Paulo Coelho (HarperCollins, $24.95). 100,000 copies.
What They Want by Omar Tyree (S&S, $21.95). 55,000 copies.
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg (Random, $25.95).
July 5
Notorious C.O.P.: The True Story of the NYPD "Hip-Hop Cop" Who Cracks the Cases of Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay by Derrick Parker with Matt Diehl (St. Martin's, $24.95). 150,000 copies.
July 10
Talk Talk by T.C. Boyle (Viking, $25.95). 100,000 copies.
July 11
Conservatives Without Conscience: Bush, Cheney, and the Radical Republicans Who Are Destroying the Nation's Democratic Values by John W. Dean (Viking, $25.95). 250,000 copies.
Lights Out Tonight by Mary Jane Clark (St. Martin's, $23.95). 200,000 copies.
Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs (Scribner, $25.95). 195,000 copies.
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson (Hyperion, $24.95). 125,000 copies.
July 15
[C]Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, illus. by Greg Call (Disney Editions/Hyperion, $18.99). 350,000 copies.
July 17
How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life by Art Linkletter and Mark Victor Hansen (Nelson, $24.99). 110,000 copies.
July 18
Phantom by Terry Goodkind (Tor, $29.95). 500,000 copies.
Sleeping with Fear by Kay Hooper (Bantam, $25). 175,000 copies.
Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke (S&S, $26). 125,000 copies.
July 19
[C]Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems (Hyperion, $16.99). 125,000 copies.
July 20
[C]Nick Jr. Dora's World: Books in a Box (Chronicle, $19.95). 50,000 copies.
July 25
[C]Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by Lynne Truss, illus. by Bonnie Timmons (Putnam, $15.99). 250,000 copies.
The Expected One by Kathleen McGowan (Touchstone, $25.95). 250,000 copies.
Dead Wrong by J.A. Jance (Morrow, $25.95). 200,000 copies.
[C]Araminta Spookie #1: My Haunted House and Araminta Spookie #2: The Sword in the Grotto by Angie Sage (HarperCollins/Tegen, $8.99 each). 100,000 copies each.
Insight: Case Files from the Psychic World by Sylvia Browne with Lindsay Harrison (Dutton, $25.95).
July 26
[C]Crispin: At the Edge of the World by Avi (Hyperion, $16.99). 100,000 copies.
July 31
Judge & Jury by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (Little, Brown, $26.95). 1 million copies.
* = starred review
[C] = children's title
