Bestseller List for December 29, 2009
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 2009.
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
The bestselling debut thriller--the first in a trilogy by the late Swedish journalist Larsson--is now available in paperback.
1/27
2. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
Thirteen related stories by the bestselling author of Abide With Me.
2/36
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
The inaugural Best Indie Buzz Book (fiction) winner, now available in paperback.
3/34
4. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
A look at life through the eyes of Enzo, a mixed-breed pooch, is now available in paperback.
4/29
5. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
McCann's lyrical novel about Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center is the winner of the 2009 National Book Award for fiction.
6/4
6. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
Barbery's novel, a major bestseller in Europe, is a September 2008 Indie Next List Notable title.
5/69
7. The Road
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307476302
A barren, post-apocalyptic landscape is the foreground, and background, for this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Now a major motion picture.
9/7
8. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
David Wroblewski, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061374234
A masterful debut novel about a mute boy's coming of age in rural Wisconsin.
7/16
9. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, $12.95, 9781594743344
The subtitle says it all: The Classic Regency Romance - Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
11/37
10. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
An evocative novel of Japanese-Americans in Seattle during World War II.
8/12
11. The Piano Teacher
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530
Lee's outstanding bestselling debut novel is now available in paperback.
10/6
12. The Private Patient
P.D. James, Vintage, $15, 9780307455284
James' latest masterful novel featuring Adam Dalgliesh is now available in paperback.
13/8
13. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
This remarkable historical novel is an October 2008 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/50
14. The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044936
The surprising and amazing Lovely Bones is now a major motion picture.
/1
15. The Shack
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
A man's relationship with God is changed when his daughter is abducted.
15/84



  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
1/152
2. The Blind Side
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
Lewis' vivid look at football, college recruiting, and the NFL, inspired the movie in theaters now.
2/6
3. My Life in France
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
The late, great Child's loving look back to her first trip to France in 1949.
3/33
4. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2010
Old Farmer's Almanac, Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more.
4/17
5. Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
A revised and updated edition of the economics bestseller.
6/16
6. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
A hard-boiled look at the food chain.
11/122
7. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2010
World Almanac, World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571237
The dependable reference guide, updated for 2010.
5/4
8. When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
The latest hilarious collection by Sedaris, now available in paperback.
12/28
9. In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
Pollan's answers to the questions raised in his bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma.
9/35
10. I Am America (and So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $15.99, 9780446582186
Colbert tells us all how we can be more patriotic, in hilarious fashion!
10/3
11. Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312428921
An expanded and updated edition of Friedman's bestseller.
8/5
12. Going Rouge
Richard Kim, Betsy Reed (Eds.), Health Communications, $15.95, 9780757315244
A look at Sarah Palin's impact on the Republican party and the national political scene. Edited by two senior editors at The Nation magazine.
14/3
13. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing.
7/146
14. Nightlight
The Harvard Lampoon, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307476104
The Harvard Lampoon’s hilarious parody of Twilight.
13/5
15. Julie & Julia
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271
Making every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking can change your life. Now a major motion picture.
15/18



  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
Kingsolver's eagerly anticipated novel is a November 2009 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/8
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
This wonderful debut set in the rural South of the 1960s is a February 2009 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/46
3. The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
Dan Brown's follow-up to his worldwide phenomenon, The Da Vinci Code.
3/15
4. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
Mantel's riveting historical novel is the winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize.
5/11
5. Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton, Harper, $27.99, 9780061929373
Published posthumously, Crichton's novel is a swashbuckling tale of pirates in the Caribbean, circa 1665.
11/5
6. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
Walls follows up her bestselling memoir, The Glass Castle, with this true-life novel about her grandmother, Lily Casey Smith. An October Indie Next List Great Read.
4/12
7. Too Much Happiness
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269768
Munro's fine new collection of stories is a December 2009 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/6
8. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
9/22
9. Last Night in Twisted River
John Irving, Random House, $28, 9781400063840
Irving's beautifully written new novel is a November 2009 Indie Next List Great Read.
13/9
10. Ford County
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24, 9780385532457
A collection of seven short stories by the bestselling author of A Painted House and A Time to Kill.
7/8
11. Under the Dome
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781439148501
A small town in Maine is surrounded by a mysterious invisible force field in the new novel by the bestselling author of The Stand.
10/7
12. I, Alex Cross
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316018784
Alex Cross hunts the killer of a relative found brutally murdered.
12/6
13. U Is for Undertow
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155970
The latest Kinsey Millhone mystery by the bestselling author of T Is for Tresspass.
8/4
14. A Gate at the Stairs
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288
Moore's graceful new novel, her first in 15 years, is a September 2009 Indie Next List Notable title.
15/11
15. South of Broad
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053
Conroy's first novel in 14 years, an epic tale of friendship in Charleston, S.C., is an August 2009 Indie Next List Great Read.
/14



  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
Mortenson follows up his bestselling Three Cups of Tea with an account of his ongoing efforts to establish schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
1/4
2. Going Rogue
Sarah Palin, Harper, $28.99, 9780061939891
A memoir by the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate.
2/6
3. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
A collection of writing from The New Yorker by the bestselling author of Blink and Outliers.
3/10
4. True Compass
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258
The autobiography of Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
4/15
5. Open
Andre Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198
The autobiography of tennis great Andre Agassi.
5/7
6. Have a Little Faith
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
The new true story about the power of faith by the bestselling author of Tuesdays With Morrie.
6/13
7. SuperFreakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $29.99, 9780060889579
The bestselling authors of Freakonomics continue to challenge the way we think.
7/10
8. Where Men Win Glory
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385522267
A look at the remarkable life and death of Pat Tillman by the bestselling author of Into Thin Air.
8/15
9. The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
R. Crumb, Norton, $24.95, 9780393061024
R. Crumb's fascinating graphic telling of the first book of the Bible.
10/6
10. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.
9/30
11. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
In the book and film Julie & Julia, Julie Powell resolves to cook every recipe from this culinary classic!
12/13
12. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.
15/56
13. The Imperial Cruise
James Bradley, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316008952
A look at a secret U.S. diplomatic mission to the Pacific dispatched by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1905, by the bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers.
11/5
14. Half the Sky
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
Powerful true stories of women overcoming adversity and injustice.
/9
15. Guinness World Records 2010
Guinness, Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994503
The 2010 edition of the annual bestseller.
/9



  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
1/27
2. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
2/52
3. The Associate
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243823
3/14
4. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
5/58
5. The Road
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476319
4/5
6. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
8/17
7. Leonard Maltin's 2010 Movie Guide
Leonard Maltin (Ed.), Signet, $9.99, 9780451227645
7/2
8. Cross Country
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446536301
/11
9. The Lovely Bones - Debut
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400
/1
10. Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand, Signet, $8.99, 9780451191144
9/21



  Children's Interest  
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
 
2. The Magician's Elephant
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
 
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
 
4. Witch & Wizard - Debut
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316036245
 
5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
 
6. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
 
7. Million-Dollar Throw
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399246265
 
8. The Little Prince Pop-Up
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35, 9780547260693
 
9. Graceling
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
 
10. When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
 
11. The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
 
12. Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
David Benedictus, Mark Burgess (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 9780525421603
 
13. Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
Simon Beecroft, DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756655297
 
14. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
 
15. Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies
Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316040495
 



  Children's Illustrated  
1. Waddle!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
 
2. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
 
3. Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061235900
 
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
5. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
 
6. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790
 
7. The Christmas Magic
Lauren Thompson, Jon J Muth, Scholastic, $16.99, 9780439774970
 
8. Gallop!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
 
9. Otis
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399252488
 
10. Skippyjon Jones, Lost in Spice
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 9780525479659
 
11. The Night Before Christmas
Clement Clarke Moore, Tasha Tudor (Illus.), Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316832717
 
12. Carl's Snowy Afternoon
Alexandra Day, FSG, $12.99, 9780374310868
 
13. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
14. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
15. The Mitten
Jan Brett (Illus.), Putnam, $7.99, 9780399231094
 



  Children's Series
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
2. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. The Hunger Games (hardcover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
6. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
7. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. Mysterious Benedict Society (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
10. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Jude Watson, et al., Scholastic


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