Truth? Fiction? This month, skeptics can test the mettle of new memoirs from Barbara Walters and Augusten Burroughs, along with James Frey’s, um, “first novel.” In children’s books, it’s all about series, with the protagonists of Chasing Vermeer and The Wright 3 returning in Blue Balliett’s The Calder Game, as well as new Clique and Gossip Girl titles. And at Bologna, Hyperion announced the first printing of the fourth Percy Jackson book by Rick Riordan—a cool one million copies.

| May 1 |* Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin’s, $24.95). 500,000 copies.Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen (St. Martin’s, $26.95). 250,000 copies.Living in the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember by John Feinstein (Little, Brown, $26.95). 150,000 copies.[c] The Calder Game by Blue Balliett, illus. by Brett Helquist (Scholastic Press, $17.99). 100,000 copies.[c] Peeled by Joan Bauer (Putnam, $16.99). 100,000 copies.The Good Fight: Hard Lessons from Searchlight to Washington by Sen. Harry Reid with Mark Warren (Putnam, $25.95). 100,000 copies.Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs (Putnam, $24.95). 100,000 copies.Change in the Weather: Life After Stroke by Mark McEwen with Daniel Paisner (Gotham, $26).Franklin and Lucy: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life by Joseph E. Persico (Random, $28).| May 2 |
Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974—2001) by Don Felder (Wiley, $25.95). 100,000 copies.
| May 5 |
* The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria (Norton, $24.95). 150,000 copies.
| May 6 |
[c] Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4: The Battle of the Labyrinthby Rick Riordan (Hyperion, $17.99). 1 million copies.
The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $25.99). 750,000 copies.
Phantom Prey by John Sandford (Putnam, $26.95). 650,000 copies.
Audition by Barbara Walters (Knopf, $29.95). 515,000 copies.
[c]The Clique Summer Collection: Dylanby Lisi Harrison (Little, Brown/Poppy, $6.99 paper). 350,000 copies.
* Careless in Red by Elizabeth George (HarperCollins, $27.95). 300,000 copies.
The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource by Jeffrey Gitomer (Collins, $29.95). 250,000 copies.
* The Man Who Loved China: Joseph Needham and the Making of a Masterpiece by Simon Winchester (HarperCollins, $27.95). 250,000 copies.
Wiser in Battle: A Soldier’s Story by Ricardo S. Sanchez (HarperCollins, $26.95). 200,000 copies.
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (HarperCollins, $23.95). 200,000 copies.
Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want by James Arthur Ray (Hyperion, $24.95). 200,000 copies.
Everything They Had: Sportswriting from David Halberstam by David Halberstam (Hyperion, $24.95). 200,000 copies.
[c]Gossip Girl: The Carlylesby Cecily von Ziegesar (Little, Brown/Poppy, $10.99 paper). 200,000 copies.
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian (Shaye Areheart, $25). 200,000 copies.
Secrets by Jude Deveraux (Atria, $25.95). 175,000 copies.
* [c]Everby Gail Carson Levine (HarperCollins, $16.99). 150,000 copies.
* Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History by Ted Sorensen (HarperCollins, $27.95). 150,000 copies.
[c]Ambitionby Kate Brian (Simon Pulse, $9.99). 150,000 copies.
Man vs. Wild: Survival Techniques from the Most Dangerous Places on Earth by Bear Grylls (Hyperion, $25.95). 150,000 copies.
The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $22). 150,000 copies.
The Chris Farley Show by Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby (Viking, $26.95). 150,000 copies.
Always by My Side: A Father’s Grace and a Sports Journey Unlike Any Other by Jim Nantz with Eli Spielman (Gotham, $26). 150,000 copies.
* [c]How to Be Badby E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle (HarperTeen, $16.99). 125,000 copies.
[c]Generation Deadby Daniel Waters (Hyperion, $16.99). 125,000 copies.
| May 13 |
Swine Not? by Jimmy Buffett, illus. by Helen Bransford (Little, Brown, $23.95). 525,000 copies.
Love the One You’re With by Emily Griffin (St. Martin’s, $24.95). 450,000 copies.
Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey (HarperCollins, $26.95). 350,000 copies.
[c]Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great Oneby Judy Blume (Delacorte, $12.99). 250,000 copies.
How to Really Stink at Golf by Jeff Foxworthy and Brian Hart (Villard, $16). 250,000 copies.
* The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II by Jeff Shaara (Ballantine, $28). 200,000 copies.
Star Wars Legacy of the Force: Invincible by Troy Denning (Del Rey, $27). 200,000 copies.
Shadow Command by Dale Brown (Morrow, $25.95). 150,000 copies.
Don’t Fill Up on the Antipasto: Tony Danza’s Father-Son Cookbook by Tony Danza (Scribner, $22). 125,000 copies.
Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side by James Van Praagh (HarperOne, $24.95). 100,000 copies.
Yes, You’re Pregnant, but What About Me? by Kevin Nealon (Morrow, $24.95). 100,000 copies.
[c]WALL-E: Read-Aloud Storybook(Random, $8.99). 100,000 copies.
[c]Nick of Timeby Ted Bell (St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.95). 100,000 copies.
[c]Frenemiesby Alexa Young (HarperTeen, $8.99 paper). 100,000 copies.
[c]Disney Pixar WALL-E: A Book and Magnetic Play Setby Annie Auerbach (Disney, $14.99). 150,000 copies.
[c]Disney Pixar WALL-E Saves the Dayby Kitty Richards (Disney, $9.99). 100,000 copies.
| May 19 |
A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America by Sen. Jim Webb (Broadway, $24.95). 175,000 copies.
| May 20 |
The Front by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $22.95). 850,000 copies.
Odd Hours by Dean Koontz (Bantam, $27). 700,000 copies.
[c] Pendragon: Raven Rise by D.J. MacHale (Simon & Schuster, $17.99). 250,000 copies.
Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday, $24.95). 200,000 copies.
Medical Myths That Can Kill You: And the 101 Truths That Will Save, Extend, and Improve Your Life by Nancy L. Snyderman, M.D. (Crown, $24.95). 150,000 copies.
[c] Declare Yourself (Greenwillow, $11.99 paper). 150,000 copies.
Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin (HarperCollins, $25.95). 150,000 copies.
| May 22 |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Rollins (Del Rey, $26). 300,000 copies.
[c] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Movie Novelization by James Luceno (Scholastic, $6.99). 125,000 copies.
| May 27 |
Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger (Simon & Schuster, $25.95). 350,000 copies.
Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America by Ted Floyd (Collins, $24.95). 250,000 copies.
Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters by Richard A. Clarke (Ecco, $25.95). 250,000 copies.
Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell (Morrow, $24.95). 200,000 copies.
[c] Seekers #1: The Quest Begins by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins, $16.99). 150,000 copies.
[c] Dogfessions by Nikki Moustaki (HarperCollins, $19.99). 125,000 copies.
Warrior King: The Triumph and Betrayal of an American Soldier by Lt.Col. (Ret.) Nathan Sassaman with Joe Layden. (St. Martin’s, $25.95). 125,000 copies.
Fearless by Diana Palmer (HQN, $24.95). 110,000 copies.
| May 28 |
Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming (Doubleday, $24.95). 250,000 copies.

—with reporting by John Sellers

* = PW starred review

[c] = Children’s titles