BookNet's Top Self-Help Titles

For those of you who’ve been slow in coming up with New Year’s resolutions, here are the top 20 best-selling self-help titles for the two weeks ending Jan. 3, 2010:

1. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch(Hyperion Press/HarperCollins, $23.50 cl, 9781401323257)2. Post Secret, Frank Warren(William Morrow/HarperCollins, $29.50 cl, 9780061859335)
3. The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz(Amber-Allen/Dempsey, $16.95 pa, 9781878424310)
4. Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking, Allen Carr(Clarity/Sandhill Book Marketing, $19.95 cl, 9780973468403)
5. How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie(Simon & Schuster, $9.50 mm, 9780671723651)
6. Chicken Soup for the Grandma’s Soul(HCI Books/Thomas Allen & Son, $16.95 pa, 9780757303289)
7. Chicken Soup for the Mother and Daughter Soul(HCI Books/Thomas Allen, $16.95 pa, 9780757300882)
8. Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul(HCI Books/Thomas Allen, $16.95 pa, 9781558744158)9. Excuses Begone! Wayne Dyer(Hay House/Raincoast Books, $30.95 cl, 9781401921736)
10. The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World, Dalai Lama(Doubleday, $32 cl, 9780767920643)
11. Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul(HCI Books/Thomas Allen, $16.95 pa, 9780757303319)
12. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve Harvey(Amistad/HarperCollins, $31.50 cl, 9780061728976)
13. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey(Simon & Schuster, $21 pa, 9780743269513)
14. Chicken Soup for the Grandparent’s Soul(HCI Books/Thomas Allen, $16.95 pa, 9781558749740)
15. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…, Richard Carlson(HarperCollins, $13.95 pa, 9780786881857)16. The Worst-Case Scenario Little Book for Survival, David Borgenicht(Andrews McMeel/Simon & Schuster, $6.99 pa, 9780740761768)
17. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, Robin Sharma(HarperCollins, $19.95 pa, 9780002008594)
18. 101 Exercises for the Soul, Bernie Siegel(New World Library/Publishers Group Canada, $17.50 pa, 9781577318521)
19. Women, Work and the Art of Savoir Faire, Mireille Guiliano(Simon & Schuster, $29.99 cl, 9781416589198)
20. Getting Things Done, David Allen(Penguin, $22 pa, 9780142000281)