August 21, 2014


Bestseller List for August 21, 2014
from sales the week ending August 17, 2014
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Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 21, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15, 9780307588371
Flynn's mesmerizing thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong.
1/17
2. Orphan Train
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061950728
A powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are.
2/31
3. The Valley of Amazement
Amy Tan, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062107329
Tan's evocative novel of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity.
4/5
4. The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $17, 9780143125846
A sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, by the bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love.
5/8
5. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $14.99, 9780062255662
A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror.
3/11
6. The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99, 9781476729091
Simsion's heartfelt and humorous debut novel about a college professor's search for the perfect wife.
8/11
7. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307455925
A dazzling novel of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria, by the author of Half of a Yellow Sun.
6/24
8. The Silver Star
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9781451661545
Walls' heartbreaking and redemptive novel about a girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world.
7/11
9. And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632389
An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner.
9/11
10. The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307278265
This extraordinary novel by the author of The Namesake is a National Book Award finalist.
13/9
11. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542
A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common.
12/46
12. We Are Water- Debut
Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780061941030
Lamb's powerful novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy.
/1
13. The Good Lord Bird- Debut
James McBride, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632785
McBride's rousing novel is the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown's anti-slavery crusade and must pass as a girl to survive. Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction.
/1
14. How the Light Gets In
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $15.99, 9781250047274
A masterful Chief Inspector Gamache novel by the bestselling author of The Beautiful Mystery.
14/3
15. The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $18, 9780316206853
A riveting crime fiction novel for adults by J.K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
11/14


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 21, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $16, 9780812974492
An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
1/3
2. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
2/12
3. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17, 9780316154703
A collection of hilarious and thought-provoking essays by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
3/11
4. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.
4/73
5. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16, 9780812981605
An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
5/32
6. Brain on Fire
Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16, 9781451621389
Cahalan's astonishing true story of her inexplicable descent into madness and the brilliant, lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didn't happen.
7/35
7. Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812986181
Kerman's heartbreaking, hilarious, and at times enraging story of her year incarcerated is the basis of the Netflix series.
6/42
8. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $16, 9780812979329
Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai.
8/18
9. The Smartest Kids in the World
Amanda Ripley, S&S, $15.99, 9781451654431
Through the compelling stories of three American teenagers living abroad in the world's top-notch schools, Ripley explains how these systems cultivate the "smartest" kids on the planet.
10/3
10. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849922077
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.
9/93
11. One Summer: America, 1927
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95, 9780767919418
Bryson transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life.
11/11
12. Thinking in Numbers
Daniel Tammet, Back Bay, $16, 9780316187367
Tammet shares his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions, and equations underpin all our lives.
13/4
13. Manson
Jeff Guinn, S&S, $17, 9781451645170
Guinn's authoritative account of the life of Charles Manson.
12/2
14. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.
/72
15. 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.
14/74
ON THE RISE
19. What We See When We Read
Peter Mendelsund, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804171632
A unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading--how we visualize images from reading.
 


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 21, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage- Debut
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $25.95, 9780385352109
The eagerly awaited new novel by the internationally bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
/1
2. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437
Tartt's novel--plumbing the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art--is the winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
1/43
3. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II is a May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/15
4. The Book of Life
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025596
Harkness' highly anticipated finale to her bestselling All Souls trilogy, following Shadow of Night.
2/5
5. Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn Books, $26.95, 9780399167065
A novel about three women, each at a crossroads, by the bestselling author of The Husband's Secret.
5/3
6. The Magician's Land
Lev Grossman, Viking, $27.95, 9780670015672
The final novel in Grossman's epic Magicians trilogy is an August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/2
7. The Heist
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062320056
Gabriel Allon searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio in Silva's latest action-packed tale of international intrigue.
6/5
8. The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $28, 9780316206877
A compulsively readable, new crime novel featuring Cormoran Strike by the bestselling author of The Cuckoo's Calling.
7/9
9. Lucky Us
Amy Bloom, Random House, $26, 9781400067244
Bloom's remarkable new novel is a deeply moving and fantastically funny story of love, heartbreak, and luck.
8/3
10. The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95, 9780670024780
Kidd's magnificent new novel about two unforgettable American women is the #1 Indie Next Great Read for January 2014.
11/32
11. California
Edan Lepucki, Little Brown, $26, 9780316250818
California imagines a frighteningly realistic near future in which clashes between mankind's dark nature and deep-seated resilience shows how far we will go to protect the ones we love.
9/6
12. The Vacationers
Emma Straub, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594631573
Straub's deftly observed novel about the secrets, joys, and jealousies that rise to the surface during an American family's two-week vacation is a June 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/11
13. The Queen of the Tearling
Erika Johansen, Harper, $26.99, 9780062290366
Johansen's compelling debut novel of magic, adventure, mystery, and romance is the #1 Indie Next Great Read for July 2014.
13/5
14. One Plus One
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.95, 9780525426585
The irresistible new novel by the bestselling author of Me Before You is a July 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
14/7
15. Act of War
Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99, 9781476717128
A pulse-pounding new thriller by the bestselling author of The Last Patriot.
12/6
ON THE RISE
22. Painted Horses
Malcolm Brooks, Grove Press, $26, 9780802121646
Brooks' debut novel about a dauntless women on a heroic quest is an August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
 


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 21, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. In the Kingdom of Ice
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535373
The bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers returns with white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age. An August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/2
2. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618
A humorous guide to life for grown-ups by a longtime editor of the iconic Little Golden Books.
2/41
3. A Spy Among Friends
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $27, 9780804136631
Macintyre's fascinating look at the greatest spy in history, who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War--while he was secretly working for the enemy.
1/3
4. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361
In his new bestseller, Gladwell draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.
4/46
5. Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062218339
The bestselling authors of Freakonomics take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally-to think, that is, like a Freak.
6/14
6. Hard Choices
Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $35, 9781476751443
Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future.
5/10
7. Flash Boys
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393244663
The bestselling author of The Big Short returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets.
9/19
8. Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95, 9780674430006
Piketty's analysis of a unique collection of economic data from 20 countries will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality.
8/17
9. The Mockingbird Next Door
Marja Mills, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594205194
Mills' portrait of Harper Lee, author of the beloved novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
7/5
10. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury, $28, 9781608198061
Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. A May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/13
11. The Invisible Bridge
Rick Perlstein, S&S, $37.50, 9781476782416
Perlstein's dazzling portrait of America on the verge of a nervous breakdown in the tumultuous political and economic times of the 1970s.
10/2
12. Goodnight Darth Vader- Debut
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452128306
Darth Vader's parenting skills are tested anew in the latest by the bestselling author of Darth Vader and Son and Vader's Little Princess.
/1
13. The First Family Detail
Ronald Kessler, Crown Forum, $26, 9780804139212
The latest by the bestselling author of In the President's Secret Service.
15/2
14. Blood Feud
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.99, 9781621573135
Former New York Times Magazine editor-in-chief Klein delves into the rocky relationship between the Obamas and the Clintons.
/7
15. Elephant Company
Vicki Croke, Random House, $28, 9781400069330
Croke's fascinating book is an inspirational narrative that illuminates a little-known chapter in the annals of wartime heroism.
/4


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 21, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
1/4
2. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
2/174
3. W Is for Wasted
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425271575
3/2
4. Inferno
Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9781400079155
4/15
5. The Racketeer
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530578
7/33
6. King and Maxwell
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10, 9781455521296
6/3
7. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429
9/171
8. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582017
5/42
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $8.99, 9780446310789
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10. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fifth Edition- Debut
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877798224
/1


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for August 21, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Harcourt, $9.99, 9780544340688
3/102
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Speak, $12.99, 9780142424179
1/133
3. If I Stay
Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99, 9780147514530
2/8
4. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511
4/105
5. Paper Towns
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414934
5/78
6. Where She Went
Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99, 9780142420898
6/6
7. An Abundance of Katherines
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142410707
11/66
8. Minecraft: Redstone Handbook
Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545685153
8/20
9. Minecraft: Essential Handbook
Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545669931
9/23
10. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
10/125
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
7/361
12. Gathering Blue- Debut
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780547904146
/1
13. Will Grayson, Will Grayson
John Green, David Levithan, Speak, $9.99, 9780142418475
14/32
14. Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99, 9781250012579
13/52
15. Frozen: The Junior Novelization
Random House/Disney, $4.99, 9780736431187
15/16


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for August 21, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014
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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 Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
2/60
3. Frozen (Little Golden Book)
Victoria Saxon, Grace Lee (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $3.99, 9780736430517
3/25
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
4/*
5. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
9/*
6. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
12/34
7. Frozen: Anna's Act of Love/Elsa's Icy Magic
Lisa Marsoli, Joey Chou (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $4.99, 9780736430616
5/26
8. Frozen (Big Golden Book)
Bill Scollon, Disney Storybook Artists (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $9.99, 9780736430654
7/20
9. Pete the Cat and the New Guy- Debut
Kimberly Dean, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062275608
/1
10. The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
Mo Willems, Disney Press, $16.99, 9781423190875
11/20
11. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8/*
12. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
15/*
13. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
14/*
14. A Day in the Sun
Frank Berrios, RH Disney (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $3.99, 9780736430883
6/14
15. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926
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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 21, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014
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  Children's Series  
1. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
 
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
3.

Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
New in Series: Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus (9781419709333)

 
4. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
 
5. The Land of Stories (hardcover and paperback)
Chris Colfer, Little Brown
 
6. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
 
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
8. Middle School (hardcover and paperback)
James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Laura Park (Illus.), Little Brown
 
9. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover and paperback)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
10. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 

 

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014

16. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262

17. Police
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307951168

18. The Girl You Left Behind
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143125778

19. The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $15, 9780812977172

20. Longbourn
Jo Baker, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345806970

21. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178

22. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345807298

23. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Bantam, $18, 9780553393705

24. Identical
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $16, 9781455527199

25. Doomed
Chuck Palahniuk, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307476548

26. A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki, Penguin, $16, 9780143124870

27. Inferno
Dan Brown, Anchor, $16, 9780804172264

28. The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $17, 9781594632341

29. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $17, 9780143119685

30. My Struggle, Book One
Karl Ove Knausgaard, FSG, $16, 9780374534141

31. An Event in Autumn
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780804170642

32. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $15, 9781451673319

33. Bad Monkey
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $15, 9780446556149

34. The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition)
Paulo Coelho, Amy Jurskis, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007

35. Maddaddam
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307455482

36. The Magicians
Lev Grossman, Plume, $16, 9780452296299

37. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481

38. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16, 9781451681758

39. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9781451689433

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

41. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Joel Dicker, Penguin, $18, 9780143126683

42. Dark Places
Gillian Flynn, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307341570

43. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $16, 9781400031702

44. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $15, 9780345803788

45. The Hundred-Foot Journey
Richard C. Morais, Scribner, $15, 9781439165652

46. Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $18, 9780316176491

47. Sweet Thunder
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632761

48. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan, Picador, $15, 9781250037756

49. The Paris Architect
Charles Belfoure, Sourcebooks Landmark, $14.99, 9781402294150

50. The Dinner
Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14, 9780385346856

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014

16. Lawrence in Arabia
Scott Anderson, Anchor, $17.95, 9780307476418

17. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15, 9780399161940

18. A House in the Sky
Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett, Scribner, $16, 9781451645613

19. What We See When We Read
Peter Mendelsund, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804171632

20. Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062282712

21. Break Out!
Joel Osteen, Faithwords, $16, 9781455581962

22. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157992

23. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279

24. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16, 9780374533557

25. I Wear the Black Hat
Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $16, 9781439184509

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

27. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062301673

28. Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket, $11.95, 9781608463862

29. Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780060731335

30. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99, 9781451666175

31. Empty Mansions
Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., Ballantine, $17, 9780345534538

32. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $15, 9781577314806

33. Amsterdam
Russell Shorto, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307743756

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

35. 2015 Road Atlas
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528011436

36. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $17, 9781416591061

37. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199

38. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609

39. The Girls of Atomic City
Denise Kiernan, Touchstone, $16, 9781451617535

40. Heretics and Heroes
Thomas Cahill, Anchor, $16.95, 9780385495585

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

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

43. A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $15.99, 9780767902526

44. JFK's Last Hundred Days
Thurston Clarke, Penguin, $18, 9780143125730

45. Cooked
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $17, 9780143125334

46. Assholes: A Theory
Aaron James, Anchor, $14.95, 9780804171359

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

48. The Trauma of Everyday Life
Mark Epstein, Penguin, $16, 9780143125747

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

50. The War That Ended Peace
Margaret MacMillan, Random House, $20, 9780812980660

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014

16. The 6th Extinction
James Rollins, Morrow, $27.99, 9780061784811

17. The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399159343

18. Midnight in Europe
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069491

19. Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $35, 9780385344432

20. The Lost Island
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $27, 9781455525775

21. Tom Clancy: Support and Defend
Mark Greaney, Putnam Adult, $28.95, 9780399173349

22. Painted Horses
Malcolm Brooks, Grove Press, $26, 9780802121646

23. Mr. Mercedes
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781476754451

24. Invisible
James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown, $28, 9780316405348

25. Top Secret Twenty-One
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345542922

26. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781616203214

27. William Shakespeare's Star Wars
Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594746376

28. Euphoria
Lily King, Atlantic Monthly Press, $25, 9780802122551

29. The Martian
Andy Weir, Crown, $24, 9780804139021

30. The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances
Ellen Cooney, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780544236158

31. Wayfaring Stranger
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781476710792

32. The Last Kind Words Saloon
Larry McMurtry, Liveright, $24.95, 9780871407863

33. The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan, Knopf, $26.95, 9780385352857

34. Dear Daughter
Elizabeth Little, Viking, $26.95, 9780670016389

35. The Care and Management of Lies
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $26.99, 9780062220509

36. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534833

37. Natchez Burning
Greg Iles, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062311078

38. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $25, 9781476738017

39. William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return
Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594747137

40. Top Secret
W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth, IV, Putnam Adult, $28.95, 9780399171239

41. The Matchmaker
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28, 9780316099752

42. Landline
Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9781250049377

43. One More Thing
B.J. Novak, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385351836

44. Cut and Thrust
Stuart Woods, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399169113

45. A Colder War
Charles Cumming, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9781250020611

46. Love Letters
Debbie Macomber, Ballantine, $26, 9780553391138

47. William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back
Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594747151

48. The One & Only
Emily Giffin, Ballantine, $28, 9780345546883

49. China Dolls
Lisa See, Random House, $27, 9780812992892

50. Paw and Order
Spencer Quinn, Atria, $25, 9781476703398

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014

16. Tibetan Peach Pie
Tom Robbins, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062267405

17. The Grumpy Guide to Life
Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452134239

18. One Nation
Ben Carson, M.D., Candy Carson, Sentinel, $25.95, 9781595231123

19. I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26, 9780316322409

20. #Girlboss
Sophia Amoruso, Portfolio, $26.95, 9780399169274

21. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28, 9781400064168

22. Factory Man
Beth Macy, Little Brown, $28, 9780316231435

23. Carsick
John Waters, FSG, $26, 9780374298630

24. I Knead My Mommy
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452132914

25. The Nixon Defense
John W. Dean, Viking, $35, 9780670025367

26. Grain Brain
David Perlmutter, Little Brown, $27, 9780316234801

27. Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99, 9780974320625

28. A Fighting Chance
Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan, $28, 9781627790529

29. Jerusalem: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781607743941

30. The Opposite of Loneliness
Marina Keegan, Scribner, $23, 9781476753614

31. Building a Better Teacher
Elizabeth Green, Norton, $27.95, 9780393081596

32. How Not to Be Wrong
Jordan Ellenberg, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594205224

33. Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385349949

34. Humans of New York
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250038821

35. When Paris Went Dark
Ronald C. Rosbottom, Little Brown, $28, 9780316217446

36. The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert, Holt, $28, 9780805092998

37. America
Dinesh D'Souza, Regnery, $29.99, 9781621572039

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

39. The Third Plate
Dan Barber, Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594204074

40. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585

41. 10% Happier
Dan Harris, It Books, $25.99, 9780062265425

42. Soldier Girls
Helen Thorpe, Scribner, $28, 9781451668100

43. Strengths Finder 2.0
Tom Rath, Gallup, $27.95, 9781595620156

44. Grumpy Cat
Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452126579

45. My Promised Land
Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780385521703

46. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557

47. No Place to Hide
Glenn Greenwald, Metropolitan, $27, 9781627790734

48. Blue Mind
Wallace J. Nichols, Little Brown, $27, 9780316252089

49. The Drunken Botanist
Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95, 9781616200466

50. My Drunk Kitchen
Hannah Hart, Dey Street, $22.99, 9780062293039

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 17, 2014

11. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

12. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur/Little Brown, $9, 9780316056892

13. Second Honeymoon
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Vision, $10, 9781455515967

14. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488

15. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345514400

16. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345543981

17. The Kill List
Frederick Forsyth, Signet, $9.99, 9780451467638

18. Beautiful Day
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $8, 9780316099776

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

20. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487

21. The Testament
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345531964

22. Takedown Twenty
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345542892

23. The Hit
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10, 9781455521302

24. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553390568

25. Vicious Circle
Wilbur Smith, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9781250051134

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

27. 61 Hours
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243694

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

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

30. Alex Cross, Run
James Patterson, Vision, $10, 9780446571845

31. Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780440215622

32. Rose Harbor in Bloom
Debbie Macomber, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345535269

33. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765370624

34. Service
Marcus Luttrell, Back Bay, $8, 9780316185370

35. Never Go Back
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246329

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

37. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Retribution
Eric Van Lustbader, Grand Central, $10, 9781455550944

38. Spider Woman's Daughter
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780062270498

39. Deadline
Sandra Brown, Vision, $8, 9781455501502

40. Concealed in Death
J.D. Robb, Berkley, $7.99, 9780515154146

41. The Troop
Nick Cutter, Pocket, $7.99, 9781476717722

42. The Republic of Thieves
Scott Lynch, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780553588965

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

44. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919

45. The Strain
Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan, Harper, $9.99, 9780062344618

46. Zero Hour
Clive Cussler, Graham Brown, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425267776

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

48. 2312
Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $10, 9780316098113

49. A Most Wanted Man
John le Carré, Pocket, $9.99, 9781476744780

50. Light of the World
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $9.99, 9781476710778

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