December 8, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's bestselling tale of myth and legend is now available in paperback.		 1/5
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 2/35
3. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 3/97
4. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 4/37
5. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409
A funny collection of animal-themed tales for adults by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.		 8/9
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
A look at life through the eyes of Enzo, a mixed-breed pooch.		 9/130
7. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
This mesmerizing story of a tragic past, and a present torn apart, is now a major motion picture.		 5/120
8. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections.		 6/10
9. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 7/30
10. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).		 12/53
11. An Object of Beauty
Steve Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446573658
Martin's novel is an engaging and clever look at the New York City art scene.		 11/3
12. 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/*
13. Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747
The brilliant new novel featuring Jackson Brodie by the author of When Will There Be Good News?		 13/10
14. 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.		 15/8
15. 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
ON THE RISE
19. A Christmas Blizzard
Garrison Keillor, Penguin, $13, 9780143119883
A charming Dickensian holiday farce from the bestselling author and host of A Prairie Home Companion.		  


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 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.		 1/25
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.		 2/39
3. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.		 5/47
4. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
The latest by the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything.		 4/9
5. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.		 3/13
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.		 7/12
7. 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.		 6/34
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.		 8/36
9. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012- Debut
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480
The dependable reference guide, updated for 2012.		 /1
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.		 11/30
11. 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.		 13/2
12. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888
Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson's chronicle of the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South in search of a better life.		 10/9
13. 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.		 12/16
14. 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.		 9/4
15. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
Rock icon Smith's memoir of her early years in New York and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is a 2010 National Book Award winner.		 15/57


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282
King's dramatic new novel about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination.		 1/4
2. The Drop- Debut
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069410
Connelly's masterful new Harry Bosch thriller is a December Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
3. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
An impressive new novel about the lives of three seniors at Brown University in the early 1980s by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex.		 3/8
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.		 2/7
5. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
Grisham's latest is an entertaining novel filled with courtroom strategies, theatrics, and suspense.		 7/6
6. 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.		 5/6
7. 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.		 10/13
8. 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.		 6/3
9. 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.		 8/12
10. 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.		 11/4
11. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 13/41
12. Explosive Eighteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345527714
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's dream vacation turns into a nightmare in Evanovich's latest comedic mystery.		 4/2
13. The Scottish Prisoner- Debut
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $28, 9780385337519
A captivating new Lord John novel from the bestselling author of the Outlander series.		 /1
14. Out of Oz
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060548940
The remarkable conclusion to McGuire's bestselling Wicked Years series.		 9/5
15. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
The provocative new novel, set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto.		 15/26


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 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.		 1/6
2. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728
Pulitzer Prize-winner Massie's extraordinary story of the obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and became one of the most remarkable and powerful women in history.		 2/4
3. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 6/10
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.		 3/5
5. 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.		 4/55
6. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784
An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress.		 5/3
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!		 11/27
8. 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.		 /7
9. 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.		 8/5
10. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.		 7/9
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.		 9/30
12. 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.		 /2
13. 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.		 /2
14. Blue Nights
Joan Didion, Knopf, $25, 9780307267672
Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts about having children, illness, and growing old.		 10/5
15. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Penguin Press, $23.95, 9781594203084
Pollan's definitive compendium is brought to colorful life with the addition of Maira Kalman's wonderful illustrations.		 14/5


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 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		 1/34
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 2/35
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 4/33
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 3/35
5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486		 5/113
6. Smokin' Seventeen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527707		 6/2
7. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553289435		 10/2
8. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290		 9/71
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509		 /66
10. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 8/*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for December 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 1/100
2. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164		 3/11
3. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892		 2/12
4. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688		 6/14
5. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 13/12
6. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970		 4/12
7. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 8/26
8. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353		 9/10
9. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Chris Van Allsburg, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.99, 9780547548104		 7/6
10. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257		 15/23
11. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 5/30
12. War Horse- Debut
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $6.99, 9780439796644		 /1
13. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 11/221
14. The Apothecary
Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.), Putnam, $16.99, 9780399256271		 /3
15. The Future of Us
Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler, Razorbill, $18.99, 9781595144911		 10/2


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2011
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Home for Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530		 2/5
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 1/*
3. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 3/8
4. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492		 6/*
5. Bad Kitty Christmas
Nick Bruel, Roaring Brook, $15.99, 9781596436688		 5/3
6. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131		 7/9
7. The Elf on the Shelf
Carol Abersoldt, Coe Steinwart (Illus.), CCA and B, $20, 9780976990703		 /3
8. The Night Before Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $20, 9780399256707		 9/2
9. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790		 12/*
10. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837		 4/9
11. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $14.99, 9780811879545		 10/25
12. The Night Before Christmas- Debut
Clement C. Moore, Corinne Malvern (Illus.), Golden, $3.99, 9780375863592		 /1
13. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732		 8/17
14. The Twelve Days of Christmas- Debut
Laurel Long, Dial, $16.99, 9780803733572		 /1
15. The Night Before Christmas- Debut
Clement C. Moore, Charles Santore (Illus.), Applesauce Press, $18.95, 9781604332377		 /1


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 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. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
10. Twilight Saga (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. The Charming Quirks of Others
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $14, 9780307739391

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman, Dial, $15, 9780385340861

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

48. The Bird Sisters
Rebecca Rasmussen, Broadway, $14, 9780307717979

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

50. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Bantam, $18, 9780553383201

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

21. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the Second Edition
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761156864

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

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

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

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

26. The Book of Awakening
Mark Nepo, Conari, $18.95, 9781573241175

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

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

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

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

31. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. Pulphead
John Jeremiah Sullivan, FSG, $16, 9780374532901

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

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

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

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

43. Oogy
Larry Levin, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446546300

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

45. Crafting with Cat Hair
Kaori Tsutaya, Amy Hirschman, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594745256

46. Zagat New York City Restaurants 2012
Zagat, $15.95, 9781604784060

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

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

49. Death of the Liberal Class
Chris Hedges, Nation Books, $15.99, 9781568586793

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2011

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

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

18. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

39. Devil's Gate
Clive Cussler, Graham Brown, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399157820

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2011

16. The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

34. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2011

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

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

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

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

15. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. Fate's Edge
Ilona Andrews, Ace , $7.99, 9780441020867

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

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

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

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

43. A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, Bantam, $3.95, 9780553212440

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

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

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

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

48. The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand, NAL, $9.99, 9780451191151

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

50. The Glass Rainbow
James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781439128312

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