December 1, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's bestselling tale of myth and legend is now available in paperback.
1/4
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.
2/34
3. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.
3/96
4. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.
4/36
5. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
This mesmerizing story of a tragic past, and a present torn apart, is now a major motion picture.
5/119
6. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections.
8/9
7. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.
9/29
8. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409
A funny collection of animal-themed tales for adults by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
6/8
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
A look at life through the eyes of Enzo, a mixed-breed pooch.
7/129
10. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493
The first installment in the bestselling thriller trilogy by the late Swedish journalist Larsson.
15/2
11. An Object of Beauty
Steve Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446573658
Martin's novel is an engaging and clever look at the New York City art scene.
11/2
12. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).
10/52
13. Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747
The brilliant new novel featuring Jackson Brodie by the author of When Will There Be Good News?
13/9
14. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102732
Picoult's satisfying novel about about identity, love, marriage, and parenthood.
12/6
15. The Best American Short Stories 2011
Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242163
A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories.
14/7
ON THE RISE
22. The Sherlockian
Graham Moore, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446572583
A literary researcher is inducted into The Baker Street Irregulars and is thrust into the hunt for a killer and the missing diary of Arthur Conan Doyle.
 


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/24
2. 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.
2/38
3. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.
3/12
4. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
The latest by the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything.
4/8
5. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.
5/46
6. 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.
7/33
7. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more.
10/11
8. 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.
9/35
9. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
A new collection of funny and insightful essays by the author of I Feel Bad About My Neck.
12/3
10. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888
Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson's chronicle of the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South in search of a better life.
8/8
11. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
A vivid historical account of the 40-year battle between the Comanches and white settlers for control of the American West.
6/29
12. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
At the center of de Waal's memoir is his inherited collection of ornamental Japanese wood and ivory carvings.
14/15
13. Awkward Family Pet Photos- Debut
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307888129
A hilarious tribute to the unbreakable and sometimes uncomfortable bond between people and their pets.
/1
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.
13/25
15. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
Rock icon Smith's memoir of her early years in New York and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is a 2010 National Book Award winner.
11/56


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282
King's dramatic new novel about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination.
1/3
2. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
In this new novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about.
3/6
3. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
An impressive new novel about the lives of three seniors at Brown University in the early 1980s by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex.
5/7
4. Explosive Eighteen- Debut
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345527714
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's dream vacation turns into a nightmare in Evanovich's latest comedic mystery.
/1
5. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313
Murakami's stunning new novel is a tremendous feat of imagination, and a November 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/5
6. V Is for Vengeance
Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157868
A new Kinsey Millhone mystery by the bestselling author of U Is for Undertow.
2/2
7. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
Grisham's latest is an entertaining novel filled with courtroom strategies, theatrics, and suspense.
4/5
8. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians is a September Indie Next List Great Read.
7/11
9. Out of Oz
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060548940
The remarkable conclusion to McGuire's bestselling Wicked Years series.
8/4
10. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment, is a September Indie Next List Great Read.
12/12
11. The Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547577531
Eco's highly anticipated new historical novel about conspiracies and conspiracy theories is a November Indie Next List Great Read.
9/3
12. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117
Ondaatje's wonderful new novel about an eleven-year-old boy on board a ship bound for England in the early 1950s is an October Indie Next List Great Read.
13/7
13. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.
10/40
14. Micro- Debut
Michael Crichton, Richard Preston, Harper, $28.99, 9780060873028
It's nature against technology in vintage Crichton fashion in this novel completed by visionary science writer Richard Preston.
/1
15. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
The provocative new novel, set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto.
11/25


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
Isaacson's exclusive biography of Steve Jobs is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.
1/5
2. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728
Pulitzer Prize-winner Massie's extraordinary story of the obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and became one of the most remarkable and powerful women in history.
9/3
3. Jack Kennedy
Chris Matthews, S&S, $27.50, 9781451635089
An insightful new biography of John F. Kennedy by the popular talk-show host, Chris Matthews.
6/4
4. 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.
5/54
5. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784
An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress.
4/2
6. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
3/9
7. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.
8/8
8. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
This book, which is made of paper, is a reminder for the child in all of us to power down at the end of the day.
10/4
9. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.
12/29
10. Blue Nights
Joan Didion, Knopf, $25, 9780307267672
Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts about having children, illness, and growing old.
2/4
11. 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!
11/26
12. Back to Work
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307959751
President Clinton gives his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters.
7/3
13. The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.
14/9
14. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Penguin Press, $23.95, 9781594203084
Pollan's definitive compendium is brought to colorful life with the addition of Maira Kalman's wonderful illustrations.
13/4
15. The Time of Our Lives
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $26, 9781400064588
Brokaw gives readers a wise, honest, and nourishing vision of American hopefulness in an age of diminished expectations.
15/4


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
1/33
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901
2/34
3. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
4/34
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
3/32
5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486
/112
6. Smokin' Seventeen- Debut
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527707
/1
7. The Reversal
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750
/13
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
6/*
9. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
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10. The Land of Painted Caves- Debut
Jean M. Auel, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553289435
/1


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for December 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
3/99
2. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
2/11
3. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
1/10
4. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970
6/11
5. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
5/29
6. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688
7/13
7. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick
Chris Van Allsburg, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.99, 9780547548104
4/5
8. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
10/25
9. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353
8/9
10. The Future of Us- Debut
Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler, Razorbill, $18.99, 9781595144911
/1
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
13/220
12. The Outcasts
John Flanagan, Philomel, $18.99, 9780399256196
9/4
13. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
11/*
14. Darth Paper Strikes Back
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279
15/14
15. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257
14/22


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011
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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. Home for Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530
3/4
3. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
4/7
4. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837
5/8
5. Bad Kitty Christmas
Nick Bruel, Roaring Brook, $15.99, 9781596436688
7/2
6. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
9/*
7. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131
6/8
8. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732
11/16
9. The Night Before Christmas- Debut
Jan Brett, Putnam, $20, 9780399256707
/1
10. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $14.99, 9780811879545
14/24
11. Bear Stays Up for Christmas- Debut
Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442427907
/1
12. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House , $15, 9780394800790
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13. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
8/*
14. Stuck
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399257377
10/2
15. Fancy Nancy: Our Thanksgiving Banquet
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235986
2/3


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011
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  Children's Series  
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
2. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
3. Inheritance (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
6. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. Warriors (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper
New in Series: The Forgotten Warrior

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553

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

25. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455510313

26. By Nightfall
Michael Cunningham, Picador, $15, 9780312610432

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

28. The Next Always
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425243213

29. The Best American Nonrequired Reading
Dave Eggers (Ed.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547577432

30. Headhunters
Jo Nesbo, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307948687

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

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

33. A Christmas Blizzard
Garrison Keillor, Penguin, $13, 9780143119883

34. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9781416586296

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

36. Faithful Place
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143119494

37. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, NAL, $25, 9780451232571

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

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

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

41. The Complaints
Ian Rankin, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316078764

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

43. A Red Herring Without Mustard
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343466

44. The Descendants
Kaui Hart Hemmings, Random House , $15, 9780812982954

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

46. The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
Julia Stuart, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307476913

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

48. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618711659

49. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781616200152

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011

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

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

18. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. The Hidden Reality
Brian Greene, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278128

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

35. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the Second Edition
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761156864

36. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

37. When Parents Text
Sophia Fraioli, Lauren Kaelin, Workman, $10.95, 9780761166047

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

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

40. The Disappearing Spoon
Sam Kean, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316051637

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

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

43. Washington: A Life
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143119968

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

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

46. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400078431

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

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

49. The Mind's Eye
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $15, 9780307473028

50. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011
Mary Roach (Ed.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547350639

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011

16. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477

17. Kill Alex Cross
James Patterson, Little Brown, $28.99, 9780316198738

18. Zero Day
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446573016

19. The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $24, 9781451655841

20. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $27.99, 9781451617474

21. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694

22. The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446547659

23. Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $24, 9781608195220

24. The Affair
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344326

25. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385344012

26. Damned
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385533027

27. The Conference of the Birds
Peter Sis, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594203060

28. Zone One
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385528078

29. The House of Silk
Anthony Horowitz, Mulholland, $27.99, 9780316196994

30. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997

31. The Time in Between
Maria Duenas, Atria, $26, 9781451616880

32. Reamde
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35, 9780061977961

33. Nightwoods
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26, 9781400067091

34. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Knopf, $22, 9780307700001

35. The Christmas Wedding
James Patterson, Richard DiLallo, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316097390

36. Snuff
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $25.99, 9780062011848

37. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $25, 9780345525543

38. Aleph
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307700186

39. The Stranger's Child
Alan Hollinghurst, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307272768

40. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048

41. The Lady of the Rivers
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $27.99, 9781416563709

42. The Great Leader
Jim Harrison, Grove, $24, 9780802119704

43. Habibi
Craig Thompson, Pantheon, $35, 9780375424144

44. The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry
Rita Dove (Ed.), Penguin, $40, 9780143106432

45. The Impossible Dead
Ian Rankin, Reagan Arthur, $25.99, 9780316039772

46. The Boy in the Suitcase
Lene Kaaberbol, Agnete Friis, Soho Crime, $24, 9781569479810

47. The Third Reich
Roberto Bolano, FSG, $25, 9780374275624

48. The Snow Angel
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $21, 9781439187203

49. Lost December
Richard Paul Evans, S&S, $19.99, 9781451628005

50. The Sisters
Nancy Jensen, St.Martin's, $24.99, 9780312542702

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011

16. Rin Tin Tin
Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135

17. A History of the World in 100 Objects
Neil MacGregor, Viking, $45, 9780670022700

18. Guinness World Records 2012
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994671

19. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Crown Archetype, $25, 9780307886262

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

21. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur, $26.99, 9780316056861

22. Destiny of the Republic
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385526265

23. Seriously... I'm Kidding
Ellen DeGeneres, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446585026

24. The New New Rules
Bill Maher, Blue Rider, $26.95, 9780399158414

25. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $37.50, 9781416571766

26. Rome
Robert Hughes, Knopf, $35, 9780307268440

27. That Used to Be Us
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, FSG, $28, 9780374288907

28. Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy, Michael Beschloss, Hyperion, $60, 9781401324254

29. Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope
Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly, Scribner, $26.99, 9781451661064

30. Midnight Rising
Tony Horwitz, Henry Holt, $29, 9780805091533

31. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722

32. Just My Type
Simon Garfield, Gotham, $27.50, 9781592406524

33. No Higher Honor
Condoleezza Rice, Crown, $35, 9780307587862

34. Throw Them All Out
Peter Schweizer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547573144

35. Spontaneous Happiness
Andrew Weil, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316129442

36. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $26, 9780345521088

37. Inferno
Max Hastings, Knopf, $35, 9780307273598

38. Pacific Crucible
Ian W. Toll, Norton, $35, 9780393068139

39. Hemingway's Boat
Paul Hendrickson, Knopf, $30, 9781400041626

40. How I Got This Way
Regis Philbin, It Books, $25.99, 9780062109750

41. Lions of the West
Robert Morgan, Shannon Ravenel, $29.95, 9781565126268

42. The Table Comes First
Adam Gopnik, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307593450

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

44. Why Read Moby-Dick?
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $25, 9780670022991

45. Here Comes Trouble
Michael Moore, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446532242

46. Look, I Made a Hat
Stephen Sondheim, Knopf, $45, 9780307593412

47. Pilgrimage
Annie Leibovitz, Random House, $50, 9780375505089

48. What It Is Like to Go to War
Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802119926

49. And So It Goes
Charles J. Shields, Henry Holt, $30, 9780805086935

50. Van Gogh
Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith, Random House, $40, 9780375507489

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending November 27, 2011

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

12. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117

13. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

14. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488

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

16. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702

17. Cross Fire
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446574716

18. World War Z
Max Brooks, Three Rivers, $7.99, 9780307888686

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

20. Towers of Midnight
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765364876

21. American Assassin
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416595199

22. Gideon's Sword
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Vision, $7.99, 9780446564311

23. Leonard Maltin's 2012 Movie Guide
Leonard Maltin (Ed.), Signet, $9.99, 9780451234476

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

25. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966

26. Port Mortuary
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243602

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

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

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

30. U Is for Undertow
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425238110

31. Painted Ladies
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243626

32. Miracle Cure
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451234919

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

34. Full Dark, No Stars
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781439192603

35. The Redbreast
Jo Nesbo, Harper, $7.99, 9780062068422

36. Sizzling Sixteen
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9780312383312

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

38. Altar of Bones
Philip Carter, Pocket, $9.99, 9781439199299

39. Crescent Dawn
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425242391

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

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

42. The Perfect Christmas
Debbie Macomber, Mira, $7.99, 9780778312734

43. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345339683

44. Storm Front
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451457813

45. 61 Hours
Lee Child, Dell , $9.99, 9780440243694

46. Quinn
Iris Johansen, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312651275

47. Bad Blood
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243930

48. Secrets to the Grave
Tami Hoag, Signet, $9.99, 9780451235152

49. The Fifth Woman
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307946669

50. The Rembrandt Affair
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451233998

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