August 16, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 16, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy.		 1/19
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy.		 2/17
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy.		 3/17
4. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
A provocative novel set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto.		 4/14
5. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians.		 5/6
6. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
In this novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about.		 7/11
7. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose.		 6/7
8. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.		 8/16
9. Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216
By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family.		 9/11
10. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others.		 10/19
11. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.		 14/16
12. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685
A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and a mysterious manuscript.		 13/18
13. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.		 11/41
14. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback.		 12/19
15. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418
Ondaatje's wonderful novel about an 11-year-old boy on board a ship bound for England in the early 1950s.		 15/9
ON THE RISE
16. The Keeper of Lost Causes
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Plume, $16, 9780452297906
The first book in Adler-Olsen's Department Q crime fiction series.		  


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 16, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 1/15
2. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278241
A fascinating look at the ecological changes brought about by European vessels that carried thousands of species from the New World to homes across the oceans.		 2/3
3. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 3/32
4. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
A collection of advice columns from the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild.		 5/5
5. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
With humor and insight, Moran shows why female rights and empowerment are essential not only for women, but also for society itself.		 4/3
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research.		 12/75
7. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
An adventure travel expert--who's never actually done anything adventurous--tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu in the Andes.		 7/16
8. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin, $15, 9780143121343
In the sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Fuller returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family.		 9/7
9. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
A collection of funny and insightful essays by the author of I Feel Bad About My Neck.		 6/12
10. I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307276827
Funny, funny comic relief, on being a woman of "a certain age," from the honest and smart Ephron.		 10/17
11. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle , $9.95, 9780811878319
Students or anyone who has ever had to struggle through a test will have a good laugh.		 /60
12. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715
A kayak accident during a South American adventure takes one woman to heaven and back to life again.		 8/4
13. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095
The heartwarming true story of the plow-horse that won the 1958 National Horse Show.		 13/11
14. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.		 15/49
15. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
A look at amazing friendships between species, collected from around the world and documented in a selection of candid photographs.		 14/61


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 16, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
Flynn's new thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/10
2. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023653
French's new novel about the investigation of the murder of a family is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/3
3. Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670023486
The thrilling sequel to A Discovery of Witches is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/5
4. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746
Eggers takes readers around the world in this novel about one man's fight to hold himself and his family together in the face of the global economic crisis.		 3/8
5. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The magnificent fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.		 8/47
6. The Fallen Angel
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073129
A new Vatican-set thriller featuring Gabriel Allon, from the bestselling author of Portrait of a Spy.		 4/4
7. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $25, 9780812993295
Joyce's novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we bury within our hearts is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 7/2
8. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123
Walter's dazzling yet deeply human new novel, spanning 50 years and nearly as many lives, is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/9
9. The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534796
This unforgettable historical love story steeped in Bohjalian's Armenian heritage is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 15/4
10. Mission to Paris
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069484
A dazzling new novel of intrigue by the bestselling author of Spies of the Balkans.		 10/9
11. The Light Between Oceans- Debut
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734
Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
12. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048
Ford's masterful new novel about the mysterious and consoling bonds of family is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/12
13. Where We Belong
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312554194
Giffin's latest novel is an unforgettable story of two women, the families that make them who they are, and the loyalty that binds them together.		 11/3
14. The Dog Stars- Debut
Peter Heller, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307959942
Heller's breathtaking novel about what it means to be human is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
15. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031
The sequel to Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize-winner, Wolf Hall, delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.		 /12


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 16, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/21
2. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.		 2/91
3. Double Cross
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $26, 9780307888754
Macintyre tells the intriguing story of the grand final deception of WWII and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it.		 3/2
4. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
Brown's delightful book presents the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away.		 4/11
5. Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child- Debut
Bob Spitz, Knopf , $29.95, 9780307272225
An entertaining and in-depth new biography of Julia Child.		 /1
6. Monkey Mind
Daniel Smith, S&S, $25, 9781439177303
Smith's honest and witty memoir of living with the disease of anxiety is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 15/4
7. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life.		 6/16
8. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
Beautiful, subversive, and very funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children!		 9/49
9. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852
Klein's view of the Obama administration's political inner workings.		 14/10
10. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut.		 10/14
11. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 5/33
12. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 8/27
13. The Price of Inequality
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393088694
A forceful argument against America's growing circle of inequality by a Nobel Prize-winning economist.		 /2
14. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco (Illus.), Nation Books, $28, 9781568586434
Pulitzer Prize-winner Hedges and award-winning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco give readers a look at sacrifice zones: those areas in America that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit, progress, and technological advancement.		 7/3
15. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.		 13/15
ON THE RISE
17. Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404091
A fascinating look at the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times.		  


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 16, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 2012
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 1/70
2. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/69
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 2/71
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/71
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488		 8/*
6. The Litigators
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530561		 6/7
7. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935		 /*
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 7/*
9. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 5/58
10. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339683		 9/*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for August 16, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 1/31
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 2/257
3. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316201575		 3/4
4. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 10/21
5. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 5/66
6. Liar & Spy- Debut
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432		 /1
7. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 6/*
8. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 7/62
9. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142402511		 9/5
10. When You Reach Me- Debut
Rebecca Stead, Yearling, $6.99, 9780375850868		 /1
11. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697		 4/147
12. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $15.95, 9781419706424		 15/3
13. Seraphina
Rachel Hartman, Random House, $17.99, 9780375866562		 8/5
14. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686		 /*
15. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 /*


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for August 16, 2012
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 1/*
2. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442457027		 2/7
3. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 4/*
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 6/*
5. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 11/*
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 10/*
7. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 9/47
8. Rocket Writes a Story
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375870866		 8/3
9. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 7/44
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905		 /*
11. Where's Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763634988		 3/*
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 5/*
13. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553		 /*
14. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698		 14/*
15. Kindergarten, Here I Come!- Debut
D.J. Steinberg, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448456249		 /1


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 16, 2012
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  Children's Series   
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
New in Series: The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee
6. Maximum Ride (hardcover and paperback)
James Patterson, Little Brown
New in Series: Nevermore
7. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
8. Dork Diaries (hardcover)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
9. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. Artemis Fowl (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 2012

16. The Keeper of Lost Causes
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Plume, $16, 9780452297906

17. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Gallery, $19.99, 9781451627299

18. Bared to You
Sylvia Day, Berkley, $15, 9780425263907

19. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425

20. The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446547642

21. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9780671027346

22. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250

23. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681

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

25. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $11.99, 9781451673319

26. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368

27. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $14, 9780307887443

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

29. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $13.99, 9780061579059

30. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481

31. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142

32. The Time in Between
Maria Duenas, Atria, $16, 9781451616897

33. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477

34. In the Woods
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143113492

35. Aleph
Paulo Coelho, Vintage, $15, 9780307744579

36. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Jan-Philipp Sendker, Other Press, $14.95, 9781590514634

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

38. The Leopard
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307743183

39. Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, Picador, $12, 9781250007650

40. The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618706419

41. Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307341556

42. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289

43. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560

44. The Flight of Gemma Hardy
Margot Livesey, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062064233

45. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307742995

46. Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $15, 9781608196265

47. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House Trade, $15, 9780812982626

48. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647

49. The American Heiress
Daisy Goodwin, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312658663

50. The Drop
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455518982

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 2012

16. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187

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

18. Destiny of the Republic
Candice Millard, Anchor, $16, 9780767929714

19. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $20, 9781416571773

20. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster, Harper, $14.99, 9780060009427

21. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372

22. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9780743247542

23. Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon, Workman, $10.95, 9780761169253

24. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387172

25. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158

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

27. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061

28. Sleeping with the Enemy
Hal Vaughan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307475916

29. Rand McNally 2013 Road Atlas
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528006227

30. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $15, 9781439176597

31. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943

32. Following Atticus
Tom Ryan, Morrow, $15.99, 9780061997112

33. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228

34. Hemingway's Boat
Paul Hendrickson, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400075355

35. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

36. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485756

37. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061988356

38. Eat to Live
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316120913

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

40. A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263

41. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016

42. Blue Nights
Joan Didion, Vintage, $15, 9780307387387

43. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622

44. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438

45. Lucky Peach Issue 4
David Chang (Ed.), McSweeney's, $12, 9781936365555

46. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $14.99, 9780802473158

47. A Stolen Life
Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $15, 9781451629194

48. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395

49. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882

50. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 2012

16. Creole Belle
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781451648133

17. The Prisoner of Heaven
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Harper, $25.99, 9780062206282

18. The Age of Miracles
Karen Thompson Walker, Random House, $26, 9780812992977

19. In One Person
John Irving, S&S, $28, 9781451664126

20. Odd Apocalypse
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $28, 9780553807745

21. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309

22. Defending Jacob
William Landay, Delacorte, $26, 9780385344227

23. In the Shadow of the Banyan
Vaddey Ratner, S&S, $25, 9781451657708

24. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073

25. Gold
Chris Cleave, S&S, $27, 9781451672725

26. A Hundred Flowers
Gail Tsukiyama, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312274818

27. Tigers in Red Weather
Liza Klaussmann, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316211338

28. Seating Arrangements
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307599469

29. City of Women
David R. Gillham, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399157769

30. Sacré  Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749

31. The Chaperone
Laura Moriarty, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487019

32. The Next Best Thing
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9781451617757

33. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316204279

34. Istanbul Passage
Joseph Kanon, Atria, $26, 9781439156414

35. Black List
Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99, 9781439192986

36. Vengeance
Benjamin Black, Holt, $26, 9780805094398

37. I, Michael Bennett
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097468

38. A Foreign Country
Charles Cumming, St. Martin's Press, $24.99, 9780312591335

39. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054

40. Home
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $24, 9780307594167

41. Charon's Claw
R.A. Salvatore, Wizards of the Coast, $27.95, 9780786962235

42. Earth Unaware
Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston, Tor, $24.99, 9780765329042

43. Friends Forever
Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $28, 9780385343213

44. The Spymasters
W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth, IV, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399157516

45. Shine Shine Shine
Lydia Netzer, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9781250007070

46. The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur, $24.99, 9780316175678

47. Year Zero
Rob Reid, Del Rey, $25, 9780345534415

48. The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
Stephen L. Carter, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272638

49. A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway, Scribner, $27, 9781451658163

50. The Pigeon Pie Mystery
Julia Stuart, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385535564

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 2012

16. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539

17. Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404091

18. Yes, Chef
Marcus Samuelsson, Random House, $27, 9780385342605

19. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568

20. Wheat Belly
William Davis, Rodale, $25.99, 9781609611545

21. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631

22. The Passage of Power
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078

23. Teach Your Children Well
Madeline Levine, Harper, $26.99, 9780061824746

24. The Presidents Club
Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy, S&S, $32.50, 9781439127704

25. Dream Team
Jack McCallum, Ballantine, $28, 9780345520487

26. Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509

27. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $16.95, 9781572245372

28. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981

29. Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062024435

30. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072

31. Don't Let the Republican Drive the Bus!
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Ten Speed Press, $14.99, 9781607743927

32. When Women Were Birds
Terry Tempest Williams, FSG, $23, 9780374288976

33. Red Ink
David Wessel, Crown Business, $22, 9780770436148

34. Plenty
Yotam Ottolenghi, Chronicle, $35, 9781452101248

35. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558

36. The Betrayal of the American Dream
Donald L. Barlett, James B. Steele, PublicAffairs, $26.99, 9781586489694

37. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476

38. The Violinist's Thumb
Sam Kean, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316182317

39. Jesus Calling
Sarah Young, Integrity , $15.99, 9781591451884

40. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336

41. Hello Goodbye Hello
Craig Brown, S&S, $26.95, 9781451683608

42. The Rise of Rome
Anthony Everitt, Random House, $30, 9781400066636

43. I Hate Everyone... Starting with Me
Joan Rivers, Berkley, $25.95, 9780425248300

44. American Grown
Michelle Obama, Crown, $30, 9780307956026

45. Cronkite
Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780061374265

46. Marilyn
Lois Banner, Bloomsbury, $30, 9781608195312

47. This Is How
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312563554

48. Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck
Anthony K. Tjan, et al., Harvard Business, $25, 9781422161944

49. The Long Road to Antietam
Richard Slotkin, Liveright, $32.95, 9780871404114

50. Bailout
Neil Barofsky, Free Press, $26, 9781451684933

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 2012

11. Ghost Story
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451464071

12. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Berkley, $9.99, 9780399501487

13. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741

14. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537

15. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342

16. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305

17. Peril in Paperback
Kate Carlisle, Signet Book, $7.99, 9780451237620

18. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290

19. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296

20. Explosive Eighteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527738

21. Dick Francis's Gamble
Felix Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425250389

22. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129

23. Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand, Signet, $9.99, 9780451191144

24. Killing Floor
Lee Child, Penguin, $9.99, 9780515141429

25. Private Games
James Patterson, Mark Sullivan, Vision, $9.99, 9781455512973

26. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509

27. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983

28. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803

29. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719

30. Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446547574

31. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780380789030

32. Naughty in Nice
Rhys Bowen, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425251454

33. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $8.99, 9780440212560

34. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455510184

35. Stygian's Honor
Lora Leigh, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425246078

36. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $7.99, 9781451678192

37. Lethal
Sandra Brown, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455501496

38. All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780449213940

39. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446574754

40. Gunmetal Magic
Ilona Andrews, Ace Books, $7.99, 9780425256138

41. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743688

42. Don't Blink
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Vision, $9.99, 9781455506675

43. Celebrity in Death
J.D. Robb, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425250358

44. Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva, Harper, $9.99, 9780062073143

45. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232816

46. The Redbreast
Jo Nesbø, Harper, $7.99, 9780062068422

47. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486

48. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312948559

49. Dead Reckoning
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9781937007355

50. Silver Girl
Elin Hilderbrand, Reagan Arthur, $7.99, 9780316099646

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