Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2012

16. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967

17. Smut: Stories
Alan Bennett, Picador, $14, 9781250003164

18. An Object of Beauty
Steve Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446573658

19. The Best American Short Stories 2011
Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242163

20. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102732

21. The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9780743273565

22. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $14.99, 9780061122415

23. Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747

24. Emily, Alone
Stewart O'Nan, Penguin, $15, 9780143120490

25. The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman, Dial, $15, 9780385343671

26. A Secret Kept
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9780312553494

27. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347

28. Sister
Rosamund Lupton, Broadway Books, $14, 9780307716521

29. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409

30. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990

31. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691

32. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648

33. The Lake of Dreams
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $16, 9780143120360

34. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701

35. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $12.99, 9780765330345

36. The Death Instinct
Jed Rubenfeld, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485602

37. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497

38. Night Road
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9780312364434

39. Tinkers
Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123

40. City of Thieves
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292

41. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600

42. Matterhorn
Karl Marlantes, Grove Press, $15.95, 9780802145314

43. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Tom Franklin, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060594671

44. Great House
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 9780393340648

45. The Invisible Bridge
Julie Orringer, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400034376

46. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679775430

47. You Deserve Nothing
Alexander Kolya Maksik, Europa Editions, $15, 9781609450489

48. The Redbreast
Jo Nesbø, Harper, $14.99, 9780061134005

49. The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781416550556

50. The Sherlockian
Graham Moore, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446572583