January 12, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for January 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's bestselling tale of myth and legend is now available in paperback.		 1/10
2. 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.		 3/8
3. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 2/40
4. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547735023
Foer's warm and brilliant imaginings from the viewpoint of a boy left fatherless by 9/11 is now a major motion picture.		 7/*
5. 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.		 4/13
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.		 5/42
7. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.		 8/51
8. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John le Carre, Penguin, $16, 9780143120933
Le Carre's celebrated heart-stopping tale of international intrigue is now a major motion picture.		 14/2
9. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 6/102
10. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685
A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and a mysterious manuscript.		 13/2
11. 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.		 10/125
12. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 11/35
13. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).		 15/58
14. The House at Tyneford- Debut
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
A young Jewish woman is forced to flee 1938 Vienna and becomes a parlor maid in England.		 /1
15. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections.		 9/15
ON THE RISE
17. Smut: Stories
Alan Bennett, Picador , $14, 9781250003164
Bennett explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between people's public appearance and their private desires in two tender and surprising stories.		  


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for January 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Bossypants- Debut
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 /1
2. 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.		 4/30
3. 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.		 1/44
4. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.		 3/52
5. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.		 2/18
6. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480
The dependable reference guide, updated for 2012.		 11/6
7. The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement- Debut
David Brooks, Random House , $16, 9780812979374
New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens.		 /1
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.		 9/41
9. 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.		 8/20
10. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
The author chronicles a 12-month journey to follow the wisdom of the ages in a quest to be happier.		 7/37
11. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
A vivid historical account of the 40-year battle between the Comanches and white settlers for control of the American West.		 6/35
12. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
The latest by the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything.		 5/14
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.		 12/62
14. 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.		 10/17
15. 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.		 13/28
ON THE RISE
17. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua, Penguin, $16, 9780143120582
Chua's bestselling tale of raising her children in the Chinese tradition is available in paperback.		  


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for January 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 1/5
2. 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.		 2/12
3. 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.		 9/73
4. 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.		 6/31
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.		 3/11
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.		 4/13
7. 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.		 5/9
8. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 8/46
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.		 7/17
10. Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $24, 9781608195220
Ward's novel about familial love and community against all odds is the winner of the 2011 National Book Award for fiction.		 15/2
11. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
Grisham's latest is an entertaining novel filled with courtroom strategies, theatrics, and suspense.		 13/11
12. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The magnificent fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.		 10/20
13. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117
Ondaatje's wonderful new novel about an 11-year-old boy on board a ship bound for England in the early 1950s is an October Indie Next List Great Read.		 14/12
14. The Leopard
Jo Nesbo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307595874
Inspector Harry Hole returns to search for a psychopath in Nesbo's electrifying new novel.		 12/3
15. The Drop
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069410
Connelly's masterful new Harry Bosch thriller is a December Indie Next List Great Read.		 11/5
ON THE RISE
19. Breakdown
Sara Paretsky, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157837
V.I. Warshawski investigates the murder of a man found stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying.		  


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for January 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2012
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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.		 2/11
2. 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.		 1/7
3. 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.		 4/60
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.		 3/9
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.		 5/35
6. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
This book, which is made of paper, is a reminder for the child in all of us to power down at the end of the day.		 9/10
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!		 7/32
8. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 10/15
9. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.		 8/14
10. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 6/14
11. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Crown Archetype, $25, 9780307886262
Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress from NBC's The Office.		 15/4
12. Blue Nights
Joan Didion, Knopf, $25, 9780307267672
Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts about having children, illness, and growing old.		 12/7
13. Pity The Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right- Debut
Thomas Frank, Metropolitan, $25, 9780805093698
Frank's insightful and sardonic look at why the worst economy since the 1930s has brought about the revival of conservatism.		 /1
14. 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.		 /9
15. A History of the World in 100 Objects
Neil MacGregor, Viking, $45, 9780670022700
An original history of humanity told through things we have made, from the renowned director of the British Museum.		 13/7
ON THE RISE
21. American Sniper
Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350
An eyewitness account of war by a Navy SEAL who is the most lethal sniper in United States military history.		  


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for January 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2012
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 1/39
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486		 2/118
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 4/40
4. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509		 3/71
5. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 5/38
6. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 6/40
7. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290		 7/76
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 /*
9. Minding Frankie
Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307475497		 9/2
10. The Jefferson Key- Debut
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505521		 /1


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for January 12, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351		 1/4
2. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892		 2/17
3. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164		 3/16
4. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 6/226
5. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 8/105
6. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 4/31
7. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 7/35
8. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970		 5/17
9. Why We Broke Up- Debut
Daniel Handler, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Little Brown , $19.99, 9780316127257		 /1
10. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688		 11/19
11. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Chris Van Allsburg, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.99, 9780547548104		 10/11
12. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 /16
13. The Future of Us
Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler, Razorbill, $18.99, 9781595144911		 9/4
14. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880		 12/19
15. The Apothecary
Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.), Putnam, $16.99, 9780399256271		 /7


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for January 12, 2012
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 2/*
2. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 1/13
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 4/*
4. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 10/22
5. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 /*
6. Stuck
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399257377		 12/6
7. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553		 /2
8. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 8/*
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper , $17.95, 9780060254926		 6/*
10. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837		 11/14
11. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732		 9/22
12. Hug Time- Debut
Patrick McDonnell, LB Kids, $6.99, 9780316182959		 /1
13. The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061074295		 /*
14. Pinkalicious: Pink of Hearts- Debut
Victoria Kann, Victoria Kann (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061989230		 /1
15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905		 /*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for January 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2012
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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
New in Series: Abe Lincoln at Last! (9780375868252)
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
5. Pretty Little Liars (hardcover and paperback)
Sara Shepard, Harper
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
10. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2012

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

17. Smut: Stories
Alan Bennett, Picador, $14, 9781250003164

18. An Object of Beauty
Steve Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446573658

19. The Best American Short Stories 2011
Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242163

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

21. The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9780743273565

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

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

24. Emily, Alone
Stewart O'Nan, Penguin, $15, 9780143120490

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

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

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

28. Sister
Rosamund Lupton, Broadway Books, $14, 9780307716521

29. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. The Death Instinct
Jed Rubenfeld, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485602

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

38. Night Road
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9780312364434

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

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

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

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

43. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Tom Franklin, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060594671

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

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

46. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679775430

47. You Deserve Nothing
Alexander Kolya Maksik, Europa Editions, $15, 9781609450489

48. The Redbreast
Jo Nesbø, Harper, $14.99, 9780061134005

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

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2012

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

17. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua, Penguin, $16, 9780143120582

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

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

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

21. Malcolm X
Manning Marable, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143120322

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

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

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

25. Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Karen Armstrong, Anchor, $14, 9780307742889

26. Eat to Live
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316120913

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

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

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

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

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

32. Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Rob Lowe, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9781250008855

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

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

35. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

36. Poser
Claire Dederer, Picador, $15, 9781250002334

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

38. Little Princes
Conor Grennan, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061930065

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

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

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

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

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

44. The Official SAT Study Guide
College Board, $21.99, 9780874478525

45. A Simple Act of Gratitude
John Kralik, Hyperion, $13.99, 9781401310714

46. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, et al., Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622

47. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $14.99, 9780802473158

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

49. Awkward Family Pet Photos
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307888129

50. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the Second Edition
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761156864

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2012

16. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694

17. Private: #1 Suspect
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097406

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

19. Breakdown
Sara Paretsky, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157837

20. The Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547577531

21. V Is for Vengeance
Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157868

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. Running the Rift
Naomi Benaron, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781616200428

33. 77 Shadow Street
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $28, 9780553807714

34. The Hunter
John Lescroart, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952565

35. Love in a Nutshell
Janet Evanovich, Dorien Kelly, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312651312

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

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

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

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

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

41. The Map and the Territory
Michel Houellebecq, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307701558

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

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

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

45. We the Animals
Justin Torres, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18, 9780547576725

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

47. A Devil Is Waiting
Jack Higgins, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399158094

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

49. How It All Began
Penelope Lively, Viking, $26.95, 9780670023448

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

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2012

16. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784

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

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

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

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

21. American Sniper
Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350

22. Rin Tin Tin
Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135

23. An Everlasting Meal
Tamar Adler, Scribner, $25, 9781439181874

24. The Dukan Diet
Pierre Dukan, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307887962

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

26. Jerusalem: The Biography
Simon Sebag Montefiore, Knopf, $35, 9780307266514

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

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

29. Woolgathering
Patti Smith, New Directions, $18.95, 9780811219440

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

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

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

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

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

35. Taking People With You
David Novak, Portfolio, $25.95, 9781591844549

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

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

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

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

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

41. Distrust That Particular Flavor
William Gibson, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399158438

42. Real Marriage
Mark Driscoll, Grace Driscoll, Thomas Nelson, $22.99, 9781400203833

43. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722

44. The Journal of Best Practices
David Finch, Scribner, $25, 9781439189719

45. Jesus Calling
Sarah Young, Integrity, $15.99, 9781591451884

46. Civilization
Niall Ferguson, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594203053

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

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

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

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553289435

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

19. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. Fatal Error
J.A. Jance, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9781416566373

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

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

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

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

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

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

34. Spirit Bound
Christine Feehan, Jove, $7.99, 9780515149562

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

36. Affairs of Steak
Julie Hyzy, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425245835

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

38. The Outlaws
W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth, IV, Jove, $9.99, 9780515150278

39. Skeleton Coast
Clive Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425245712

40. Two for the Dough
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9780312948962

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

42. Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle, Bantam Classics, $6.95, 9780553212419

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

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

45. Macbeth
William Shakespeare, Washington Square Press, $5.99, 9780743477109

46. Franny and Zooey
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769495

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

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

49. Death of a Chimney Sweep
M.C. Beaton, Grand Central, $6.99, 9780446547406

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

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