December 29, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 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.
1/8
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.
2/38
3. 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.
8/6
4. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.
4/100
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.
5/133
6. 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.
3/11
7. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.
6/40
8. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409
A funny collection of animal-themed tales for adults by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
7/12
9. 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.
10/123
10. 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.
13/11
11. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).
9/56
12. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.
11/33
13. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections.
12/13
14. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
/49
15. 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.
14/6


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 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.
1/28
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.
2/42
3. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
The latest by the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything.
3/12
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.
4/50
5. 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.
6/15
6. 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.
8/39
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.
7/5
8. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.
5/16
9. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480
The dependable reference guide, updated for 2012.
9/4
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.
10/33
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.
11/37
12. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10, 9780316078917
Celebrate the holidays with one of the funniest writers of our time.
12/11
13. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.
/26
14. 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.
13/60
15. Earth: The Book: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race- Debut
Jon Stewart, Grand Central, $16.99, 9780446199438
The latest from the author of America (The Book) and host of The Daily Show.
/1


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 11/22/1963
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282
King's dramatic new novel about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination.
1/7
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.
2/3
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.
3/16
4. 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.
5/9
5. 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.
6/11
6. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
Grisham's latest is an entertaining novel filled with courtroom strategies, theatrics, and suspense.
7/9
7. 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.
4/10
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.
8/15
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.
9/29
10. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.
11/44
11. 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.
10/10
12. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy.
/71
13. Kill Alex Cross
James Patterson, Little Brown, $28.99, 9780316198738
In Patterson's latest thriller, Alex Cross tries to stop the most devastating attack the U.S. has ever experienced.
/2
14. 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.
15/7
15. 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.
14/6


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 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.
1/9
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.
2/58
3. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
3/13
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.
5/7
5. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.
11/33
6. 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.
8/5
7. 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.
4/8
8. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
Beautiful, subversive, and very funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children!
7/30
9. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784
An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress.
6/6
10. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.
12/12
11. 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.
10/5
12. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.
13/12
13. 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.
9/10
14. The Time of Our Lives
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $26, 9781400064588
Brokaw gives readers a wise, honest, and nourishing vision of American hopefulness in an age of diminished expectations.
15/6
15. 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.
14/8


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
1/37
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486
3/116
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901
2/38
4. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
5/*
5. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509
8/69
6. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
6/36
7. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
4/38
8. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
7/*
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
/15
10. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553289435
9/5


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for December 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
1/15
2. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351
4/4
3. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
2/14
4. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
3/103
5. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688
6/17
6. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Chris Van Allsburg, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.99, 9780547548104
5/9
7. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
10/29
8. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970
9/15
9. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353
8/13
10. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
7/*
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
11/224
12. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
13/33
13. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257
14/26
14. The Apothecary
Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.), Putnam, $16.99, 9780399256271
12/6
15. Secrets at Sea
Richard Peck, Kelly Murphy (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803734555
/2


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 2011
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
3/*
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2/*
3. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
1/11
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House , $15, 9780394800790
5/*
5. The Night Before Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $20, 9780399256707
6/5
6. Home for Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530
4/8
7. Bad Kitty Christmas
Nick Bruel, Roaring Brook, $15.99, 9781596436688
7/6
8. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837
9/12
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
14/*
10. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732
13/20
11. Stuck
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399257377
8/4
12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
15/*
13. The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore, Corinne Malvern (Illus.), Golden, $3.99, 9780375863592
/2
14. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
12/20
15. The Night Before Christmas: Or, a Visit from St. Nicholas
Clement C. Moore, Charles Santore (Illus.), Applesauce Press, $18.95, 9781604332377
/2


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 2011
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  Children's Series  
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
10. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 2011

16. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102732

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

41. Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9780312330538

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

43. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780812976366

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

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

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

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

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

49. The Hypnotist
Lars Kepler, Picador, $16, 9781250007582

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

22. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the Second Edition
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761156864

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

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

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

37. The Ecstasy of Defeat
Mike DiCenzo, et al., Hyperion, $21.99, 9781401310721

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

39. The Zombie Survival Guide
Max Brooks, Three Rivers, $13.95, 9781400049622

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 2011

16. The Drop
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069410

17. The Leopard
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307595874

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

42. The Keeper of Lost Causes
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525952480

43. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Crown, $24, 9780307887436

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

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

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

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

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

49. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595867

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

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. Through My Eyes
Tim Tebow, Harper, $26.99, 9780062007285

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

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

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

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

32. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722

33. Jerusalem
Simon Sebag Montefiore, Knopf, $35, 9780307266514

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

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

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

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

38. Hedy's Folly
Richard Rhodes, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534383

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

40. The Cook's Illustrated Cookbook
Cook's Illustrated Magazine (Ed.), Cook's Illustrated, $40, 9781933615899

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

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

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

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

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

46. Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $35, 9780743246262

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

48. Midnight Rising
Tony Horwitz, Holt, $29, 9780805091533

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

50. War Room
Michael Holley, It Books, $25.99, 9780062082398

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 2011

11. Smokin' Seventeen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527707

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. What the Night Knows
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593075

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. Guinness World Records 2011
Craig Glenday (Ed.), Bantam, $7.99, 9780440423102

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

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

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

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

49. The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345339706

50. Worth Dying For
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246299

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