250 How to Fast Write a Book and Make a Fortune 7. Advice, how- to, and miscellaneous 8. Children’s middle grade hardcover 9. Children’s picture books 10. Children’s series 11. Young adult hardcover Although some readers believe is that there is only 1 New York Times Sunday best- selling book a week, you can see that there are 11 lists weekly, each containing either 10 or 15 titles each. 吀栀is amounts to 140 places per week. If we multiply this by 52 weeks per year, we discover that there are an amazing 7,280 opportunities a year to earn the right to claim that you are a New York Times best- selling author. Authors- speakers have almost in昀椀nite opportu- nities, and most start by saying with tongue in cheek, “吀栀is is my best seller!” 吀栀ere is also a national best- seller category of books that have sold more than 20,000 books in a month’s time, as recorded by an ever- changing selection of bookstores. USA TODAY calculates a list of the top 150 best- selling books each week. 吀栀e 昀椀rst 50 are published in the news- paper, and the top 150 are available online. USA TODAY’s list is based on a computer analysis of retail sales nation- wide from the previous week. In the publishing world, there is what is commonly referred to as an “industry rag” (that is, a trade news