August 23, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 23, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 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.		 1/20
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy.		 2/18
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy.		 3/18
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.		 4/15
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.		 5/7
6. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose.		 7/8
7. 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.		 6/12
8. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.		 8/17
9. 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.		 10/20
10. 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.		 9/12
11. Cloud Atlas- Debut
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250
The dazzling third novel by the author of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is now a major motion picture.		 /1
12. 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.		 15/10
13. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback.		 14/20
14. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.		 11/17
15. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.		 13/42


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 23, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 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.		 1/16
2. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 3/33
3. 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.		 2/4
4. 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.		 5/4
5. 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.		 4/6
6. 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.		 7/17
7. 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.		 15/62
8. 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.		 6/76
9. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
As the subtitle says, "murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America."		 /215
10. 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.		 9/13
11. 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.		 8/8
12. 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.		 11/61
13. 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.		 10/18
14. 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.		 12/5
15. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
McDougall's fascinating look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.		 /58


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 23, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 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.		 1/11
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.		 2/4
3. The Dog Stars
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.		 14/2
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.		 4/9
5. 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.		 8/10
6. 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.		 3/6
7. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734
Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 11/2
8. 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.		 5/48
9. 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.		 7/3
10. 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.		 6/5
11. Where'd You Go, Bernadette- Debut
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316204279
A compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world.		 /1
12. The Kingmaker's Daughter- Debut
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $26.99, 9781451626070
Gregory's latest Cousin's War novel is a story of conspiracy and a fight to the death for love and power at the court of Edward IV of England.		 /1
13. Mission to Paris
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069484
A dazzling new novel of intrigue by the bestselling author of Spies of the Balkans.		 10/10
14. In the Shadow of the Banyan- Debut
Vaddey Ratner, S&S, $25, 9781451657708
Ratner's brilliantly wrought tale of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia and human resilience is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
15. 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.		 12/13


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 23, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 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.		 1/22
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.		 2/92
3. Dearie
Bob Spitz, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307272225
An entertaining and in-depth new biography of Julia Child.		 5/2
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.		 4/12
5. 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.		 3/3
6. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852
Klein's view of the Obama administration's political inner workings.		 9/11
7. I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats- Debut
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans.		 /1
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!		 8/50
9. 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.		 10/15
10. 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.		 15/16
11. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 11/34
12. Paris: A Love Story- Debut
Kati Marton, S&S, $24, 9781451691542
Marton narrates an impassioned and romantic story of love, loss, and life after loss.		 /1
13. 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.		 6/5
14. 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.		 7/17
15. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 12/28
ON THE RISE
22. Teach Your Children Well
Madeline Levine, Harper, $26.99, 9780061824746
Levine confronts the real issues behind the way we push some of our kids to the breaking point while dismissing the talents and interests of many others.		  


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 23, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 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		 1/71
2. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 2/70
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 3/72
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/72
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488		 5/*
6. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 9/59
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 8/*
8. The Litigators
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530561		 6/8
9. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339683		 10/*
10. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935		 7/*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for August 23, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 2/258
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 1/32
3. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316201575		 3/5
4. Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432		 6/2
5. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 4/22
6. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 7/*
7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697		 11/148
8. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 5/67
9. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142402511		 9/6
10. When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead, Yearling, $6.99, 9780375850868		 10/2
11. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930		 /19
12. Seraphina
Rachel Hartman, Random House, $17.99, 9780375866562		 13/6
13. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 15/*
14. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 8/63
15. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $15.95, 9781419706424		 12/4


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for August 23, 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		 2/8
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 4/*
4. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 5/*
5. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 6/*
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 3/*
7. Kindergarten, Here I Come!
D.J. Steinberg, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448456249		 15/2
8. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 9/45
9. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap , $3.99, 9780448425009		 /*
10. Rocket Writes a Story
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375870866		 8/4
11. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 12/*
12. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 7/48
13. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801		 /5
14. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553		 13/20
15. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341		 /*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 23, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 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. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
New in Series: The Demigod Diaries    
4. Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
5. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
New in Series: The Kill Order
6. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
10. Artemis Fowl (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 2012

16. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685

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

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

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

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

21. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Gallery, $19.99, 9781451627299

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. The Kitchen House
Kathleen Grissom, Touchstone, $16, 9781439153666

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

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

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

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

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

44. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132

45. To Be Sung Underwater
Tom McNeal, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316127387

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

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

48. Lost Memory of Skin
Russell Banks, Ecco , $14.99, 9780061857645

49. Unsaid
Neil Abramson, Center Street, $14.99, 9781599954097

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 2012

16. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

34. Midnight Rising
Tony Horwitz, Picador USA, $18, 9780312429263

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

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

37. Hedy's Folly
Richard Rhodes, Vintage Books, $15, 9780307742957

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

48. Half Empty
David Rakoff, Anchor, $14.95, 9780767929059

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

50. How to Write a Sentence
Stanley Eugene Fish, Harper, $14.99, 9780061840531

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 2012

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

17. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031

18. Where We Belong
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312554194

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

20. The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534796

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

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

23. Three Strong Women
Marie NDiaye, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307594693

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

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

26. The Inn at Rose Harbor
Debbie Macomber, Ballantine, $26, 9780345528926

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

35. The St. Zita Society
Ruth Rendell, Scribner, $26, 9781451666687

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

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

38. And When She Was Good
Laura Lippman, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061706875

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

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

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

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

43. Alif the Unseen
G.Willow Wilson, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120205

44. The Prophet
Michael Koryta, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316122610

45. Kill You Twice
Chelsea Cain, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312619787

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

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

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

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

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

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 2012

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

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

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

19. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco (Illus.), Nation Books, $28, 9781568586434

20. The Price of Inequality
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393088694

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

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

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

24. Solo: A Memoir of Hope
Hope Solo, Harper, $24.99, 9780062136749

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. Julia's Cats
Patricia Barey, Therese Burson, Abrams Image, $16.95, 9781419702754

38. What Light Can Do
Robert Hass, Ecco , $29.99, 9780061923920

39. Sh*tty Mom
Laurie Kilmartin, et al., Abrams Image, $18.95, 9781419704598

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. Some Remarks
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062024435

47. The New New Deal
Michael Grunwald, S&S, $28, 9781451642322

48. Topgrading, 3rd Edition
Bradford Smart, Portfolio, $29.95, 9781591845263

49. The Secret
Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707

50. Dreamland
David K. Randall, Norton, $25.95, 9780393080209

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. Zero Day
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446573023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. Peril in Paperback
Kate Carlisle, Signet, $7.99, 9780451237620

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

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

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

37. Nemesis
Jo Nesbø, Harper, $7.99, 9780062119698

38. Happy Birthday
Danielle Steel, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243342

39. The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand, NAL, $9.99, 9780451191151

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

41. Back of Beyond
C.J. Box, Minotaur, $9.99, 9780312366124

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

43. Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550757

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

45. The Map of Time
Felix J. Palma, Pocket, $7.99, 9781451683035

46. The Devil's Elixir
Raymond Khoury, Signet, $9.99, 9780451237569

47. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556675

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

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

50. Flash and Bones
Kathy Reichs, Pocket, $7.99, 9781451646696

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