NEW ON THE LIST AND IN PUBLISHING

Dear ‘Diarist’: The outpouring of affection for Carrie Fisher has spilled over to bookstores: two witty memoirs by the actress, who died Dec. 27 at age 60, are high on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list. The Princess Diarist lands at No. 3 and Wishful

Drinking is No. 14. Publishers are rushing back to press for more print copies of her books. (Most are available as e-books, too.) Princess Diarist, published on Nov. 22 to much fanfare after Fisher revealed she had had a youthful love affair with Harrison Ford, has not made USA TODAY’s list until now. This is a return appearance (at a much higher spot) for Wishful Drinking, which peaked at No. 105 in 2008. Blue Rider Press says it went back to press last week for 65,000 additional hardcover copies of

Princess Diarist, for a total of 173,000 copies in print. Her paperback publisher, Simon & Schuster, reports it’s sold 500,000 copies of Fisher’s books over the course of her career and that her books have never gone out of print. But “our supply was wiped out by demand,” says spokesman Cary Goldstein. “We are quickly reprinting her books.”

Counting calories:

Like clockwork, diet books are gobbling up the list as we move into the new year armed with weight-loss resolutions. Four are in the top 50. The top seller in the category is The

Lose Your Belly Diet by Travis Stork, M.D., which lands at No. 2. This is Stork’s third USA TODAY best seller. Readers are also finding tips for healthy eating in

Green Smoothies for Life at No. 27; The Whole30 at No. 36; and Zero Sugar Diet at No. 45.