Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2011

16. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10, 9780316078917

17. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261

18. Lucky Peach: Issue 2
David Chang (Ed.), McSweeney's, $12, 9781936365470

19. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930

20. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609

21. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the Second Edition
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761156864

22. Atlantic
Simon Winchester, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061702624

23. Earth: The Book
Jon Stewart, Grand Central, $16.99, 9780446199438

24. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915

25. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393

26. The Book of Awakening
Mark Nepo, Conari, $18.95, 9781573241175

27. Life
Keith Richards, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316034418

28. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338829

29. Inside of a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16, 9781416583431

30. The Best of the Rejection Collection
Matthew Diffee, Workman, $13.95, 9780761165781

31. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

32. Let's Take the Long Way Home
Gail Caldwell, Random House, $14, 9780812979114

33. Awkward Family Photos
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307592293

34. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

35. What to Expect When You're Expecting
Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel, Workman, $14.95, 9780761148579

36. Seeing Further
Bill Bryson (Ed.), Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780061999772

37. I, Steve
George Beahm (Ed.), Agate B2, $10.95, 9781932841664

38. Pulphead
John Jeremiah Sullivan, FSG, $16, 9780374532901

39. Washington
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143119968

40. The Onion Presents: Christmas Exposed
Quirk, $12.95, 9781594745423

41. The Killing of Crazy Horse
Thomas Powers, Vintage, $17, 9780375714306

42. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542

43. Oogy
Larry Levin, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446546300

44. The River of Doubt
Candice Millard, Broadway, $15, 9780767913737

45. Crafting with Cat Hair
Kaori Tsutaya, Amy Hirschman, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594745256

46. Zagat New York City Restaurants 2012
Zagat, $15.95, 9781604784060

47. Sex at Dawn
Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061707810

48. A Secret Gift
Ted Gup, Penguin, $16, 9780143120001

49. Death of the Liberal Class
Chris Hedges, Nation Books, $15.99, 9781568586793

50. How to Live
Sarah Bakewell, Other Press, $16.95, 9781590514832