December 19, 2013


Bestseller List for December 19, 2013
from sales the week ending December 15, 2013
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Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 19, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dear Life
Alice Munro, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307743725
A brilliant collection of stories from one of the most beloved writers of our time and winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature.
1/19
2. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262
Semple's compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world.
2/37
3. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062065254
The masterful novel by the author of The Plague of Doves is the 2012 National Book Award-winner for fiction.
3/12
4. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178
Walter's dazzling yet deeply human novel spans 50 years and nearly as many lives.
4/37
5. Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062124272
Kingsolver's powerful novel about the complexities of modern life in rural Appalachia.
7/28
6. The Best American Short Stories 2013
Elizabeth Strout, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547554839
A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories.
9/10
7. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542
A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common.
5/20
8. The Dinner
Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14, 9780385346856
Koch's novel reveals the dark side of genteel society.
6/7
9. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan, Picador, $15, 9781250037756
Sloan's dazzling literary adventure, set mostly in a small San Francisco bookstore, is now available in paperback.
8/12
10. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16, 9781451681758
Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is now available in paperback.
10/37
11. The Art Forger
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616203160
Shapiro's absorbing literary thriller treats readers to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors.
14/29
12. The Aviator's Wife
Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $15, 9780345528681
Benjamin's fascinating novel about the marriage of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
11/2
13. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780061493355
Chabon's big-hearted, exhilarating novel explores the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland, California families.
12/14
14. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $15, 9780812982626
Johnson's epic story of a young man's journey through the mysterious dictatorship of North Korea.
13/35
15. The House Girl
Tara Conklin, Morrow, $14.99, 9780062207517
The lives of two remarkable women who are separated by more than a century unexpectedly intertwine in Conklin's unforgettable debut novel.
/5


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 19, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99, 9781451666175
Brosh's highly anticipated book showcases her unique voice, wit, and ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. The #1 November 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/7
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.
3/38
3. Unlikely Loves
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761174424
A celebration of love between species by the bestselling author of Unlikely Friendships.
2/11
4. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2014
Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571986030
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more.
5/15
5. Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812986181
Kerman's heartbreaking, hilarious, and at time enraging story of her year incarcerated is the basis of a new Netflix series.
6/15
6. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.
7/46
7. The World Almanac and Book of Facts
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $13.99, 9781600571824
The dependable reference guide, updated for 2014.
4/3
8. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $20, 9781938073533
Byrne's brainy, irresistible, and impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.
9/13
9. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199
Noted neurosurgeon Alexander's fascinating account of his return from a very deep coma.
8/59
10. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
A look at amazing friendships between species from around the world documented in a selection of candid photographs.
/94
11. Dog Shaming
Pascale Lemire, Three Rivers Press, $15, 9780385349345
Based on the runaway web phenomenon featuring the most hilarious, most shameful, and never-before-seen doggie misdeeds.
10/3
12. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10, 9780316078917
Celebrate the holidays with one of the funniest writers of our time.
13/15
13. The World Until Yesterday
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $18, 9780143124405
Diamond provides a mesmerizing, firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years and considers what the differences between that past and our present mean for our lives today.
12/7
14. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15, 9780399161940
Readers who've ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal will discover a new way to escape the fear of the blank page.
11/16
15. Awkward Family Holiday Photos
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers Press, $15, 9780307888136
From the bestselling authors of Awkward Family Photos comes a celebration of those special times when our families embarrass us the most: the holidays.
14/2
ON THE RISE
20. The Monuments Men
Robert M. Edsel, Back Bay, $17, 9780316240055
Edsel's fascinating account of six men and their mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis is now a major motion picture.
 


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 19, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437
A new novel of shocking narrative energy and power, plumbing the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art, by the bestselling author of The Secret History.
1/8
2. Dog Songs
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594204784
Oliver's new collection of poems paints a portrait of her relationships with the companions that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work.
2/10
3. Sycamore Row
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385537131
In his latest bestselling thriller, Grisham returns to the setting and the compelling characters of his first novel, A Time to Kill.
3/8
4. The First Phone Call From Heaven
Mitch Albom, Harper, $24.99, 9780062294371
Albom's moving new novel about a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife.
6/5
5. The Valley of Amazement
Amy Tan, Ecco, $29.99, 9780062107312
Tan's evocative novel of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity is a November 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/6
6. Aimless Love
Billy Collins, Random House, $26, 9780679644057
From the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States comes his first compilation of new and selected poems in 12 years.
5/8
7. The Luminaries
Eleanor Catton, Little Brown, $27, 9780316074315
Catton's breathtaking feat of storytelling in which everything is connected but nothing is as it seems is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize.
8/9
8. The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $28.95, 9780670024858
The highly anticipated new novel by the author of Eat, Pray, Love is an October 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
14/11
9. The Gods of Guilt
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $28, 9780316069519
Mickey Haller returns in the new Lincoln Lawyer novel by the bestselling author of The Fifth Witness.
9/2
10. The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307265746
The extraordinary new novel by the author of The Namesake is short-listed for the 2013 Man Booker Prize and is an October Indie Next List Great Read.
12/12
11. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385351393
An exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of the National Book Award finalist A Hologram for the King.
10/10
12. The Good Lord Bird
James McBride, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594486340
McBride's rousing novel is the story a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown's anti-slavery crusade and must pass as a girl to survive. Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction.
11/6
13. S.
J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, Mulholland, $35, 9780316201643
Abrams and Dorst's love letter to the written word is the chronicle of two readers finding each other in the margins of a book and enmeshing themselves in a deadly struggle between forces they don't understand.
7/7
14. Doctor Sleep
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781476727653
King's riveting sequel to The Shining is about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save.
15/12
15. And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $28.95, 9781594631764
The unforgettable new novel by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
/23
ON THE RISE
19. Brown Dog
Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $27, 9780802120113
Harrison's collection of novellas featuring Brown Dog, a bawdy, reckless, down-on-his-luck Michigan Indian, is a December 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
 


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 19, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Bully Pulpit
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $40, 9781416547860
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Kearns Goodwin's highly anticipated new book is a dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive era, the tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air.
3/6
2. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361
In his new bestseller, Gladwell draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.
1/11
3. Things That Matter
Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28, 9780385349178
A collection of Krauthammer's columns and essays written over the last three decades.
2/8
4. I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26, 9780316322409
The remarkable memoir of a young Pakistani girl who refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.
4/10
5. One Summer: America, 1927
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780767919401
In his latest, Bryson transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life.
5/11
6. I Could Pee on This
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.
7/69
7. Killing Jesus
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805098549
The latest by the bestselling authors of Killing Lincoln and Killing Kennedy.
8/12
8. Stitches
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594632587
Lamott's wise and compassionate exploration of how we can make sense of life's chaos.
6/6
9. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025817
Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
10/27
10. George Washington's Secret Six
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $27.95, 9781595231031
A fascinating look at the little-known, top-secret group called the Culper Spy Ring, and their pivotal role in the American Revolution.
9/2
11. The Men Who United the States
Simon Winchester, Harper, $29.99, 9780062079602
Winchester's fascinating look at the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the United States from its beginnings.
11/9
12. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062236678
Patchett's resonant portrait of her life is a November 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
13/6
13. Guinness World Records 2014
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781908843357
The latest incarnation of the bestselling annual with thousands of new and classic records.
15/11
14. I Could Chew on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452119038
Marciuliano's delightful canine companion to I Could Pee on This.
/11
15. Humans of New York
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250038821
Based on the popular blog, a beautiful, heartfelt, funny, and inspiring collection of photographs and stories capturing the spirit of a city.
14/2


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 19, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582017
1/7
2. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765370624
2/123
3. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
3/139
4. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429
5/140
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769488
4/*
6. Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550757
6/8
7. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
8/25
8. Notorious Nineteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527769
7/4
9. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
/*
10. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345543981
10/136


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for December 19, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
1/326
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
2/100
3. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
3/90
4. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763660406
4/12
5. Fortunately, the Milk
Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young (Illus.), Harper, $14.99, 9780062224071
5/13
6. Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims
Rush Limbaugh, Threshold Editions, $19.99, 9781476755861
6/7
7. Frog Trouble . . . and Eleven Other Pretty Serious Songs
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $16.95, 9780761171768
9/12
8. Star Wars: Jedi Academy
Jeffrey Brown, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545505178
7/16
9. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511
8/70
10. Counting by 7s
Holly Goldberg Sloan, Dial, $16.99, 9780803738553
10/6
11. God Got a Dog
Cynthia Rylant, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $17.99, 9781442465183
12/3
12. Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99, 9781250012579
13/17
13. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061992254
11/46
14. The Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit- Debut
Emma Thompson, Eleanor Taylor (Illus.), Frederick Warne and Company, $20, 9780723276944
/1
15. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.99, 9781594746031
14/28


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 19, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
1/25
2. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
5/*
3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790
4/*
4. An Otis Christmas
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399163951
3/6
5. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2/*
6. What Does the Fox Say?- Debut
Ylvis, Svein Nyhus (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781481422239
/1
7. The Night Before Christmas
Clement Clarke Moore, Holly Hobbie (Illus.), Little Brown, $18, 9780316070188
6/3
8. Santa! A Scanimation Picture Book
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $14.95, 9780761177258
/2
9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
12/113
10. Journey
Aaron Becker, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763660536
10/10
11. The Christmas Wish
Lori Evert, Random House, $17.99, 9780449816813
7/3
12. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illus.), Dutton, $16.99, 9780525467342
14/3
13. Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399257834
9/6
14. The Elf on the Shelf
Carol Abersoldt, Coe Steinwart (Illus.), CCA and B, $20, 9780976990703
8/13
15. Ladybug Girl and the Big Snow
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $17.99, 9780803735835
11/12


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 19, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013
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  Children's Series  
1. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
 
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
4. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
5. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
 
6. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover and paperback)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
8. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
 
9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
10. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 

 

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013

16. The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $18.00, 9780316228589

17. The Storyteller
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16.00, 9781439102770

18. A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143124054

19. Orphan Train
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061950728

20. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781594631771

21. The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062188519

22. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
Sun-Mi Hwang, Nomoco (Illus.), Penguin , $15.00, 9780143123200

23. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15.00, 9780345525550

24. The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99, 9780316175661

25. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $16.00, 9781400031702

26. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781401324643

27. The Last Runaway
Tracy Chevalier, Plume, $16.00, 9780142180365

28. Reconstructing Amelia
Kimberly McCreight, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062225443

29. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15.00, 9780307744432

30. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307947512

31. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14.00, 9781451696196

32. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $14.00, 9780307887443

33. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
Penguin, $18.00, 9780143107293

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

35. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15.00, 9781451689433

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

37. Blasphemy
Sherman Alexie, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802121752

38. Mrs Queen Takes the Train
William Kuhn, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780062208293

39. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $15.00, 9780812983456

40. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Mariner, $13.95, 9780547928227

41. Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Carol Rifka Brunt, Dial, $15.00, 9780812982855

42. The Best American Mystery Stories 2013
Lisa Scottoline, Otto Penzler (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544034600

43. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15.00, 9780345521316

44. Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Jennifer Chiaverini, Plume, $16.00, 9780142180358

45. The Bartender's Tale
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781594631481

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

47. The Death of Bees
Lisa O'Donnell, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780062209856

48. City of Thieves
David Benioff, Plume, $16.00, 9780452295292

49. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810

50. The Silent Wife
A.S.A. Harrison, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143123231

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013

16. The Moth
Catherine Burns (Ed.), Hyperion, $15.99, 9781401311117

17. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $15.95, 9780544102767

18. Brain on Fire
Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16.00, 9781451621389

19. The Best American Infographics 2013
Gareth Cook (Ed.), Mariner, $20.00, 9780547973371

20. The Monuments Men
Robert M. Edsel, Back Bay, $17.00, 9780316240055

21. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319

22. The Onion Book of Known Knowledge
The Onion, Little Brown, $20.00, 9780316133241

23. 12 Years a Slave
Solomon Northup, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143125419

24. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449410247

25. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Tim Folger (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544003439

26. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $20.00, 9781451648546

27. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16.00, 9780374533557

28. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20.00, 9780812979480

29. The Best American Sports Writing 2013
J.R. Moehringer, Glenn Stout (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547884608

30. Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780385344968

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

32. Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela, Back Bay, $18.00, 9780316323543

33. Philomena
Martin Sixsmith, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143124726

34. On the Map
Simon Garfield, Gotham, $17.00, 9781592407804

35. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14.00, 9780307886279

36. Going Clear
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307745309

37. The Best American Essays 2013
Cheryl Strayed, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544103887

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

39. Far From the Tree
Andrew Solomon, Scribner, $21.50, 9780743236720

40. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343403

41. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Plume, $18.00, 9780142180310

42. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609

43. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Penguin, $16.00, 9780143124108

44. How Children Succeed
Paul Tough, Mariner, $15.95, 9780544104402

45. F for Effort!
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227

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

47. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16.00, 9781400052189

48. Lone Survivor
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Back Bay, $16.00, 9780316067607

49. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013
Dave Eggers (Ed.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544105508

50. The Gifts of Imperfection
Brene Brown, Hazelden, $14.95, 9781592858491

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013

16. Command Authority
Tom Clancy, Putnam Adult, $29.95, 9780399160479

17. We Are Water
Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.99, 9780061941023

18. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062255655

19. Brown Dog
Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802120113

20. Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99, 9780316176484

21. Longbourn
Jo Baker, Knopf, $25.95, 9780385351232

22. Tenth of December
George Saunders, Random House, $26.00, 9780812993806

23. King and Maxwell
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781455521319

24. Someone
Alice McDermott, FSG, $25.00, 9780374281090

25. The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378415

26. The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $27.00, 9781400065943

27. The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion, S&S, $24.00, 9781476729084

28. Inferno
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385537858

29. The Dogs of Christmas
W.Bruce Cameron, Forge, $15.99, 9780765330550

30. The Longest Ride
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $27.00, 9781455520657

31. Tatiana
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $25.99, 9781439140215

32. Cross My Heart
James Patterson, Little Brown, $29.00, 9780316210911

33. Takedown Twenty
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28.00, 9780345542885

34. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307271082

35. The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $26.00, 9780316206846

36. The Supreme Macaroni Company
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $25.99, 9780062136589

37. The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson's Envelope Poems
Emily Dickinson, New Directions / Christine Burgin, $39.95, 9780811221757

38. The Flamethrowers
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439142004

39. MaddAddam
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $27.95, 9780385528788

40. Hild
Nicola Griffith, FSG, $27.00, 9780374280871

41. Sweet Thunder
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594487347

42. The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594488399

43. W Is for Wasted
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $28.95, 9780399158988

44. Bleeding Edge
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $28.95, 9781594204234

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

46. Dust
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam Adult, $28.95, 9780399157578

47. TransAtlantic
Colum McCann, Random House, $27.00, 9781400069590

48. Police
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307960498

49. Dirty Love
Andre Dubus III, Norton, $25.95, 9780393064650

50. Spider Woman's Daughter
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $26.99, 9780062270481

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013

16. My Promised Land
Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28.00, 9780385521703

17. Schottenfreude
Ben Schott, Blue Rider Press, $16.00, 9780399166709

18. Orr: My Story
Bobby Orr, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399161759

19. Jerusalem: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9781607743941

20. The Most of Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $35.00, 9780385350839

21. The Death of Santini
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385530903

22. The Art of Simple Food II
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780307718273

23. Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book
Grumpy Cat, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452126579

24. Let Me Off at the Top!
Ron Burgundy, Crown Archetype, $22.00, 9780804139571

25. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27.00, 9780316154697

26. The Kid
Ben Bradlee, Jr., Little Brown, $35.00, 9780316614351

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

28. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays
Ree Drummond, Morrow, $29.99, 9780062225221

29. Shake
Carli Davidson, Harper Design, $17.99, 9780062242648

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

31. Zealot
Reza Aslan, Random House, $27.00, 9781400069224

32. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28.00, 9781400064168

33. The Reason I Jump
Naoki Higashida, Random House, $22.00, 9780812994865

34. Provence, 1970
Luke Barr, Clarkson Potter, $26.00, 9780307718341

35. Throw the Damn Ball
R.D. Rosen, et al., Plume, $15.00, 9780142180853

36. The Heart of Everything That Is
Bob Drury, Tom Clavin, S&S, $30.00, 9781451654660

37. Double Down
Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594204401

38. Downton Tabby
Chris Kelly, S&S, $10.00, 9781476765938

39. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618

40. Ottolenghi: The Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9781607744184

41. The Unwinding
George Packer, FSG, $27.00, 9780374102418

42. Autobiography
Morrissey, Putnam Adult, $30.00, 9780399171543

43. Lawrence in Arabia
Scott Anderson, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385532921

44. Grain Brain
David Perlmutter, Little Brown, $27.00, 9780316234801

45. Miracles and Massacres
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $27.00, 9781476764740

46. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Chris Hadfield, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316253017

47. The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert
Richard Betts, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $19.99, 9780544005037

48. This Town
Mark Leibovich, Blue Rider, $27.95, 9780399161308

49. Tequila Mockingbird
Tim Federle, Running Press, $15.00, 9780762448654

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2013

11. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582024

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

13. The Racketeer
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530578

14. 2312
Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $10.00, 9780316098113

15. Threat Vector
Tom Clancy, Berkley, $8.99, 9780425262306

16. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

17. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835

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

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

20. Kinsey and Me
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425267790

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

22. Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide: The Modern Era
Leonard Maltin, Signet, $10.99, 9780451418104

23. A Wanted Man
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246312

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

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

26. Ender's Shadow
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $8.99, 9780812575712

27. Xenocide
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $8.99, 9780812509250

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

29. Poseidon's Arrow
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley , $9.99, 9780425265055

30. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553588941

31. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307743657

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

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

34. American Sniper
Chris Kyle, Harper, $9.99, 9780062238863

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

36. The Twelve Clues of Christmas
Rhys Bowen, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425252345

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

38. Killing Floor
Lee Child, Jove, $9.99, 9780515153651

39. Deadly Stakes
J.A. Jance, Pocket, $9.99, 9781451628692

40. Defending Jacob
William Landay, Dell, $7.99, 9780440246138

41. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232854

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

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

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

45. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $6.50, 9780877799306

46. The Bone Bed
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425261361

47. The Wrath of Angels
John Connolly, Pocket, $7.99, 9781476703039

48. Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Avon, $7.99, 9780380789016

49. The Forgotten
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10.00, 9780446573061

50. Persuader
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245988

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