Midnight bookstore parties across the country on August 2 will hail the 3.2 million-copy first printing for the final novel in Stephenie Meyer's young adult Twilight Saga. On the adult side, new titles from Ron Suskind and Thomas Frank arrive as the political season heats up, while Sandra Brown and Kathy Reichs deliver the summer's last big fiction laydowns.

| August 1 |[c] Can You See What I See? On a Scary Scary Night by Walter Wick (Scholastic/Cartwheel, $13.99). 125,000 copies.[c] Babar's USA by Laurent de Brunhoff (Abrams, $17.95). 100,000 copies.[c] Goosebumps HorrorLand #4: The Scream of the Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine (Scholastic, $5.99 paper). 100,000 copies.[c] Littlest Pet Shop: Perfect Party Planner (Scholastic, $9.99). 100,000 copies.The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers by Bryan Christy (Grand Central/Twelve, $24.99).| August 2 |
[c] Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown/Tingley, $22.99). 3.2 million copies.
| August 4 |
[c] Bats at the Library by Brian Lies (Houghton, $16). 100,000 copies.
| August 5 |
Untitled by Ron Suskind (HarperCollins, $27.95). 500,000 copies.
Foreign Body by Robin Cook (Putnam, $25.95). 350,000 copies.
Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's, $24.95). 350,000 copies.
[c] Clique Summer Collection #5: Claire by Lisi Harrison (Little, Brown/Poppy, $6.99 paper). 350,000 copies.
The Assassin by Stephen Coonts (St. Martin's, $26.95). 250,000 copies.
* The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule by Thomas Frank (Metropolitan, $25). 200,000 copies.
Bones of the Dragon: Dragonships Book 1 by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (Tor, $24.95). 200,000 copies.
[c] Disney Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales (Disney Press, $15.99). 200,000 copies.
The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own. by David Carr (Simon & Schuster, $26). 150,000 copies.
* The Gargoyle: A Novel by Andrew Davidson (Doubleday, $25.95). 125,000 copies.
It Only Takes a Moment by Mary Jane Clark (Morrow, $24.95). 125,000 copies.
[c] Disney Fairies: The Hidden World of Fairies by Tennant Redbank (Disney Press, $14.99). 125,000 copies.
[c] Hannah Montana: Rock the Waves by Suzanne Harper (Disney Press, $12.99). 125,000 copies.
[c] Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: The New Girl by Meg Cabot (Scholastic Press, $15.99). 125,000 copies.
Forced Out by Stephen Frey (Atria, $24.95). 100,000 copies.
* [c] The Scrambled States of America Talent Show by Laurie Keller (Holt/Ottaviano, $16.95). 100,000 copies.
[c] Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi (Simon & Schuster, $15.99). 100,000 copies.
[c] The Ashleys: Birthday Vicious by Melissa de la Cruz (S&S/Aladdin MIX, $9.99 paper). 100,000 copies.
[c] Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson, illus. by Jane Chapman (S&S/McElderry, $16.99). 100,000 copies.
* Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea by Noah Andre Trudeau (HarperCollins, $35). 75,000 copies.
The Challenge: Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power by Jonathan Mahler (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $26). 75,000 copies.
| August 12 |
Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown (Simon & Schuster, $26.95). 650,000 copies.
The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman (Morrow, $25.95). 250,000 copies.
[c] Going, Going, Gone! with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume, illus. by James Stevenson (Delacorte, $12.99). 250,000 copies.
The One-Life Solution by Henry Cloud (Collins, $24.95). 150,000 copies.
[c] Let's Dance, Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton (Random/Corey, $5.99). 150,000 copies.
[c] Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Beasts by Dr. Ernest Drake, edited by Dugald A. Steer, illus. by Helen Ward, Wayne Anderson and Douglas Carrel (Candlewick, $19.99). 140,000 copies.
[c] Duck and Goose, 1, 2, 3 by Tad Hills (Random/Schwartz & Wade, $6.99). 125,000 copies.
[c] Born to Read by Judy Sierra, illus. by Marc Brown (Knopf, $16.99). 125,000 copies.
[c] The Dragon Heir by Cinda Williams Chima (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99). 100,000 copies.
[c] Tinker Bell Read-Aloud Storybook (Random/Disney, $8.99). 100,000 copies.
The Walk-In by Gary Berntsen and Ralph Pezzullo (Crown, $24.95). 75,000 copies.
| August 13 |
Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons (Grand Central, $24.99). 175,000 copies.
| August 14 |
The Little Book by Selden Edwards (Dutton, $25.95).
* Good People by Marcus Sakey (Dutton, $24.95)
| August 18 |
Mike's Election Guide by Michael Moore (Grand Central, $13.99). 750,000 copies.
| August 19 |
* [c] Old Bear by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow, $17.99). 300,000 copies.
Rough Justice by Jack Higgins (Putnam, $25.95). 250,000 copies.
First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader (Forge, $25.95). 250,000 copies.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed by Sean Williams (Del Rey, $26). 200,000 copies.
Being Elizabeth by Barbara Taylor Bradford (St. Martin's, $24.95). 200,000 copies.
The Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters (Morrow, $25.95). 150,000 copies.
[c] Sovay by Celia Rees (Bloomsbury, $16.99). 100,000 copies.
Man in the Dark by Paul Auster (Holt, $23). 75,000 copies.
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature by Daniel Levitin (Dutton, $25.95).
| August 26 |
Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs (Scribner, $25.95). 450,000 copies.
Silks by Dick and Felix Francis (Putnam, $25.95). 275,000 copies.
The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks (Del Rey, $27). 150,000 copies.
[c] Disney-Pixar Cars: Meet the Cars (Disney Press, $12.99). 150,000 copies.
[c] The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau (Random, $16.99). 150,000 copies.
* [c] Identical by Ellen Hopkins (S&S/McElderry, $17.99). 150,000 copies.
[c] Handy Manny: Squeeze in a Pinch (Disney Press, $4.99). 125,000 copies.
The One Hundred by Nina Garcia (Collins, $19.95). 100,000 copies.
[c] Kingdom Keepers II by Ridley Pearson (Disney Editions, $17.99). 100,000 copies.
Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs (Mira, $24.95). 80,000 copies.
Creating Myself: A Memoir by Mia Tyler (Atria, $25). 75,000 copies.
Let's Talk About Pep by Sandy “Pepa” Denton (MTV/VH-1, $23.95). 50,000 copies.

—With reporting by John Sellers

* = PW starred review

[c] = Children's titles