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Jocelyn McClurg
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'Self-Helf' by Miranda Sings

Here’s a look at what’s new on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list…

Spell check!:  Miranda Sings’ self-help book – er, Selp-Helf book – is a hit, landing at No. 6 this week. (The full list will publish on Thursday.) It’s a case of YouTube success translating to the publishing world.

The creation of 28-year-old Colleen Ballinger, “Miranda Sings” is a nerdy would-be superstar with smeared red lipstick who can’t sing or dance. But just try not laughing at her online parody of Taylor Swift’s Shake It off video.  Miranda’s silly videos have millions of hits, and she’s big on social media.

In the book Selp-Helf (Gallery), Miranda offers such gems of wisdom as (misspellings are intentional!):

“Marriage:

“Now that you’ve been on a date, your ready for marriage.

"Marriage is about 3 things:

1.       A dress

2.       a cake.

3.       making other people jealous."

Miranda’s Summer Camp comedy tour launches on Aug. 5.

Harper Lee in the 1950s.

Watching ‘Watchman’: Harper Lee’s rediscovered 1950s novel Go Set a Watchman continues to rule the list for a second week as it repeats at No. 1. Her 1960 classic To Kill a Mockingbird is No. 4. Published on July 14, Watchman sold more than 1.1 million copies its first week, according to publisher HarperCollins.

The book by Lee, 89, has made headlines for its depiction of Mockingbird’s heroic Atticus Finch as a racist. Watchman was written before Mockingbird; at her editor’s urging, Lee turned instead to the story of Scout Finch’s Depression-era childhood. The events of Watchman take place two decades later.

On Oct. 27, HarperCollins will publish a hardcover boxed set of the two books called The Harper Lee Collection, in time for the holidays.

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