December 15, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 15, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 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.		 1/6
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 2/36
3. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 3/98
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.		 4/38
5. 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.		 5/10
6. 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.		 6/131
7. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).		 10/54
8. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction is now available in paperback.		 15/9
9. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections.		 8/11
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.		 12/*
11. 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.		 7/121
12. 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.		 14/9
13. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 9/31
14. 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.		 11/4
15. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102732
Picoult's satisfying novel about about identity, love, marriage, and parenthood.		 /7
ON THE RISE
18. The Lake of Dreams
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $16, 9780143120360
The much anticipated second novel by the bestselling author of The Memory Keeper's Daughter.		  


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 15, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 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.		 1/26
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.		 2/40
3. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
The latest by the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything.		 4/10
4. 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.		 3/48
5. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480
The dependable reference guide, updated for 2012.		 9/2
6. 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.		 6/13
7. 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.		 8/37
8. 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.		 7/35
9. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.		 5/14
10. Awkward Family Pet Photos
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307888129
A hilarious tribute to the unbreakable and sometimes uncomfortable bond between people and their pets.		 11/3
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.		 10/31
12. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10, 9780316078917
Celebrate the holidays with one of the funniest writers of our time.		 /*
13. 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.		 15/58
14. 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.		 12/10
15. 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.		 13/17
ON THE RISE
23. The Best of the Rejection Collection
Matthew Diffee, Workman, $13.95, 9780761165781
293 cartoons that were too dumb, too dark, or too naughty for the New Yorker.		  


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 15, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Death Comes to Pemberley- Debut
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850
James draws the characters of Jane Austen's beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.		 /1
2. 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.		 1/5
3. 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.		 4/8
4. 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.		 3/9
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.		 6/7
6. 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.		 7/14
7. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
Grisham's latest is an entertaining novel filled with courtroom strategies, theatrics, and suspense.		 5/7
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.		 9/13
9. The Drop
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069410
Connelly's masterful new Harry Bosch thriller is a December Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/2
10. 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.		 /8
11. 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.		 8/4
12. Red Mist- Debut
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399158025
Kay Scarpetta discovers a conspiracy for potential terrorism on an international scale, and only she can stop it.		 /1
13. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 11/42
14. 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.		 15/27
15. 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.		 10/5


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 15, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 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.		 1/7
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.		 5/56
3. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 3/11
4. 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.		 2/5
5. Rin Tin Tin
Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135
Orlean's sweeping, powerfully moving account of Rin Tin Tin's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon is an October Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/8
6. 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.		 4/6
7. 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!		 7/28
8. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784
An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress.		 6/4
9. A History of the World in 100 Objects
Neil MacGregor, Viking, $45, 9780670022700
An original history of humanity told through things we have made, from the renowned director of the British Museum.		 13/3
10. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 11/31
11. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.		 10/10
12. 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.		 9/6
13. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631
Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think.		 12/3
14. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 /10
15. Guinness World Records 2012- Debut
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994671
The latest incarnation of the bestselling annual with thousands of new and classic records.		 /1


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 15, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 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		 1/35
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 2/36
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/34
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486		 5/114
5. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/36
6. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290		 8/*
7. Smokin' Seventeen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527707		 6/3
8. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 /*
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509		 9/67
10. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553289435		 7/3


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for December 15, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892		 3/13
2. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164		 2/12
3. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 1/101
4. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 5/13
5. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688		 4/15
6. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970		 6/13
7. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic , $6.99, 9780439796644		 12/2
8. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Chris Van Allsburg, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.99, 9780547548104		 9/7
9. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353		 8/11
10. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 7/27
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 13/222
12. The Apothecary
Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.), Putnam, $16.99, 9780399256271		 14/4
13. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 11/31
14. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257		 10/24
15. The Scorpio Races- Debut
Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780545224901		 /1


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 15, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 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		 2/*
2. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 3/9
3. Home for Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530		 1/6
4. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492		 4/*
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790		 9/*
6. Bad Kitty Christmas
Nick Bruel, Roaring Brook, $15.99, 9781596436688		 5/4
7. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $14.99, 9780811879545		 11/26
8. The Elf on the Shelf
Carol Abersoldt, Coe Steinwart (Illus.), CCA and B, $20, 9780976990703		 7/4
9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 /18
10. The Night Before Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $20, 9780399256707		 8/3
11. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837		 10/10
12. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131		 6/10
13. Llama Llama Holiday Drama
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670011612		 /13
14. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732		 13/18
15. Stuck
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399257377		 /2


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 15, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 2011
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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. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
5. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
6. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
10. Infernal Devices (hardcover and paperback)
Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books
New in Series: Clockwork Prince

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 2011

16. Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747

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

18. The Lake of Dreams
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $16, 9780143120360

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $15, 9780385341004

38. The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781416550556

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John le Carre, Penguin, $16, 9780143119784

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

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

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

49. The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $14, 9780743273565

50. The Best American Mystery Stories 2011
Harlan Coben (Ed.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547553962

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 2011

16. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the Second Edition
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761156864

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

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

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

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

29. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

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

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

34. You Had Me at Woof
Julie Klam, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485411

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

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

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

38. The Best American Sports Writing 2011
Jane Leavy (Ed.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547336961

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. The Wave
Susan Casey, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767928854

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

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

48. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387

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

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 2011

16. Out of Oz
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060548940

17. The Scottish Prisoner
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $28, 9780385337519

18. Explosive Eighteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345527714

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

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

21. Micro
Michael Crichton, Richard Preston, Harper, $28.99, 9780060873028

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307379184

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

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

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

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

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

35. The Angel Esmeralda
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $24, 9781451655841

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43. Cat Stories
Diana Secker Tesdell (Ed.), Everyman's Library, $15, 9780307700896

44. Queen of America
Luis Alberto Urrea, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316154864

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

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

47. Lost Memory of Skin
Russell Banks, Ecco, $25.99, 9780061857638

48. When She Woke
Hillary Jordan, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781565126299

49. Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, FSG, $18, 9780374281144

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

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 2011

16. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Penguin Press, $23.95, 9781594203084

17. Back to Work
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307959751

18. Blue Nights
Joan Didion, Knopf, $25, 9780307267672

19. The Time of Our Lives
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $26, 9781400064588

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. Being George Washington
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $26, 9781451659269

30. One on One
John Feinstein, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316079044

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

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

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

34. The 50 Funniest American Writers
Andy Borowitz (Ed.), Library of America, $27.95, 9781598531077

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

36. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722

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

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

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

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

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

42. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $30, 9781455502776

43. Following Atticus
Tom Ryan, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061997105

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

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

46. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202995

47. Seeing Trees
Nancy R. Hugo, Timber Press, $29.95, 9781604692198

48. Extra Virginity
Tom Mueller, Norton, $25.95, 9780393070217

49. Into the Silence
Wade Davis, Knopf, $32.50, 9780375408892

50. Gabby
Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly, Scribner, $26.99, 9781451661064

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 2011

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

12. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789

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

14. The Reversal
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750

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

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

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

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

19. The Lost Gate
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765365385

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

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

22. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

23. Toys
James Patterson, Neil McMahon, Vision, $9.99, 9780446571746

24. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary
Edy Garcia Schaffer (Ed.), Avon, $7.99, 9780380724253

25. Lawe's Justice
Lora Leigh, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425243954

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

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

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

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

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

31. Don't Look Behind You and Other True Cases
Ann Rule, Pocket, $7.99, 9781451641080

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

33. The Judas Gate
Jack Higgins, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425244869

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

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

36. The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9781400079148

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

38. Double Booked for Death
Ali Brandon, Diane Stuckart, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425244975

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

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

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

42. Though Not Dead
Dana Stabenow, Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312559106

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

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

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

46. Hell's Corner
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446571418

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

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

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

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

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