December 22, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 22, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 2011
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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.		 1/7
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 2/37
3. 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.		 8/10
4. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 3/99
5. 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.		 6/132
6. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 4/39
7. 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.		 5/11
8. 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.		 10/*
9. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).		 7/55
10. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
A mesmerizing story of a tragic past, and a present torn apart.		 11/122
11. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 13/32
12. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections.		 9/12
13. 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.		 12/10
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.		 14/5
15. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102732
Picoult's satisfying novel about about identity, love, marriage, and parenthood.		 15/8


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 22, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 2011
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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.		 1/27
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.		 2/41
3. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
The latest by the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything.		 3/11
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.		 4/49
5. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.		 9/15
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.		 6/14
7. 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.		 10/4
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.		 7/38
9. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480
The dependable reference guide, updated for 2012.		 5/3
10. 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.		 11/32
11. 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.		 8/36
12. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10, 9780316078917
Celebrate the holidays with one of the funniest writers of our time.		 12/10
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.		 13/59
14. 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.		 15/18
15. 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.		 /5


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 22, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 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.		 2/6
2. Death Comes to Pemberley
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
3. 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.		 6/15
4. 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.		 3/9
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.		 5/8
6. 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.		 4/10
7. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
Grisham's latest is an entertaining novel filled with courtroom strategies, theatrics, and suspense.		 7/8
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.		 8/14
9. 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.		 14/28
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.		 10/9
11. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 13/43
12. The Drop
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069410
Connelly's masterful new Harry Bosch thriller is a December Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/3
13. The Leopard- Debut
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307595874
Inspector Harry Hole returns to search for a psychopath in Nesbø's electrifying new novel.		 /1
14. 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.		 11/5
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.		 15/6
ON THE RISE
19. Locked On
Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney, Putnam, $28.95, 9780399157318
The covert team known as the Campus faces its greatest challenge ever in Clancy's latest thriller.		  


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 22, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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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.		 1/8
2. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.		 2/57
3. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 3/12
4. 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.		 6/7
5. 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.		 4/6
6. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784
An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress.		 8/5
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!		 7/29
8. 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.		 13/4
9. 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.		 5/9
10. 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.		 9/4
11. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 10/32
12. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 14/11
13. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.		 11/11
14. 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.		 12/7
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.		 /5


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 22, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 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		 1/36
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 2/37
3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486		 4/115
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 5/37
5. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290		 6/*
6. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/35
7. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 8/*
8. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509		 9/68
9. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553289435		 10/4
10. Smokin' Seventeen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527707		 7/4


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for December 22, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892		 1/14
2. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164		 2/13
3. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 3/102
4. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351		 7/3
5. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Chris Van Allsburg, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.99, 9780547548104		 8/8
6. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688		 5/16
7. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 4/14
8. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353		 9/12
9. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970		 6/14
10. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 10/28
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 11/223
12. The Apothecary
Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.), Putnam, $16.99, 9780399256271		 12/5
13. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 13/32
14. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257		 14/25
15. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99, 9780064402750		 /6


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 22, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 2011
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 2/10
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 1/*
3. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492		 4/*
4. Home for Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530		 3/7
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House , $15, 9780394800790		 5/*
6. The Night Before Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $20, 9780399256707		 10/4
7. Bad Kitty Christmas
Nick Bruel, Roaring Brook, $15.99, 9781596436688		 6/5
8. Stuck
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399257377		 15/3
9. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837		 11/11
10. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $14.99, 9780811879545		 7/27
11. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131		 12/11
12. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 9/19
13. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732		 14/19
14. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper , $17.95, 9780060254926		 /*
15. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 /*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 22, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 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. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
7. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
8. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
9. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
10. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Jude Watson, et al., Scholastic
New in Series: A King's Ransom

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547735023

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

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

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

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

34. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John Le Carre, Penguin, $16, 9780143120933

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

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

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

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

39. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $17, 9780553386790

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

47. People of the Book
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $15, 9780143115007

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

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

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 2011

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

17. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888

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

19. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the Second Edition
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761156864

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. Apollo's Angels
Jennifer Homans, Random House, $20, 9780812968743

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

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

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

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

32. The Onion Presents: Christmas Exposed
Quirk, $12.95, 9781594745423

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

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

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

36. Hitch-22
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446540346

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

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

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

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

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

42. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

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

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

47. Guardians of Being
Eckhart Tolle, Patrick McDonnell (Illus.), New World Library, $14.95, 9781608681198

48. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316076203

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

50. The Tiger
John Vaillant, Vintage, $15, 9780307389046

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 2011

16. Red Mist
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399158025

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

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

19. Locked On
Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney, Putnam, $28.95, 9780399157318

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
Robert Hughes, Knopf, $35, 9780307268440

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
Max Hastings, Knopf, $35, 9780307273598

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

40. Nearing Home
Billy Graham, Thomas Nelson, $19.99, 9780849948329

41. Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704

42. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722

43. The Cook's Illustrated Cookbook
Cook's Illustrated, $40, 9781933615899

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

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

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

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

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

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

50. A World on Fire
Amanda Foreman, Random House, $35, 9780375504945

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 18, 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 Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488

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

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

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

18. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. One for the Money
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's , $8.99, 9780312990459

46. 61 Hours
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243694

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

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

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

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

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