March 1, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for March 1, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2012
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 Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest- Debut
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560
The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy.		 /1
2. 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.		 1/17
3. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142
Brown's delightful novel about three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much.		 2/3
4. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
A young Jewish woman is forced to flee 1938 Vienna and becomes a parlor maid in England.		 5/8
5. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 3/47
6. 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.		 4/9
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.		 6/49
8. 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.		 7/20
9. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 8/109
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.		 10/9
11. Dreams of Joy
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980547
See's outstanding follow-up to her novel Shanghai Girls.		 12/3
12. 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.		 11/140
13. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289
DeWitt pays homage to the classic Western, transforming it into an unforgettable comic tour de force.		 13/2
14. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carré, Penguin, $16, 9780143120933
Le Carré's celebrated heart-stopping tale of international intrigue is now a major motion picture.		 9/9
15. 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.		 /14


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for March 1, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 1/8
2. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622
The story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for the Emmy Award-winning PBS program Downton Abbey.		 4/5
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.		 3/51
4. 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.		 2/37
5. 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.		 6/59
6. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882
Hamilton's bestselling culinary memoir is now available in paperback.		 5/5
7. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374
New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens.		 8/8
8. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.		 12/25
9. 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.		 7/44
10. 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.		 9/27
11. 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.		 11/69
12. 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.		 13/39
13. 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.		 10/42
14. The Grand Design- Debut
Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow, Bantam, $18, 9780553384666
An informative and thought-provoking new book by the award-winning scientist and author of A Brief History of Time.		 /1
15. 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.		 14/17


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for March 1, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 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.		 1/12
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.		 2/19
3. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 5/53
4. 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 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/23
5. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Nathan Englander, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307958709
This collection of eight new stories from the celebrated novelist and short-story writer Nathan Englander is an Indie Next List Great Read for February 2012.		 6/2
6. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595205
CIA super agent Mitch Rapp returns in the latest thriller by the author of American Assassin.		 4/3
7. 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.		 7/20
8. The House I Loved- Debut
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312593308
A poignant story of one woman's indelible strength, and an ode to Paris, where houses harbor the joys and sorrows of their inhabitants.		 /1
9. 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.		 /17
10. 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.		 9/38
11. 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.		 10/16
12. 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 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.		 14/24
13. Defending Jacob
William Landay, Delacorte, $26, 9780385344227
Landay's suspenseful novel about guilt, betrayal, and a family in crisis is a February Indie Next List Great Read.		 15/2
14. The Wolf Gift
Anne Rice, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595119
An intriguing novel about the making of a werewolf, as only Anne Rice could create.		 8/2
15. 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.		 /24
ON THE RISE
22. Watergate
Thomas Mallon, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307378729
Mallon's new novel is a remarkable retelling of the Watergate scandal, as seen through a kaleidoscope of its colorful perpetrators and investigators.		  


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for March 1, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai.		 1/3
2. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 2/5
3. 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.		 3/18
4. 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.		 4/67
5. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336
Druckerman reveals the secrets behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children.		 6/3
6. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 7/42
7. The End of Illness
M.D. Agus, David B., Free Press, $26, 9781451610178
A bold call for all of us to become our own personal health advocates, and a dramatic departure from orthodox thinking.		 8/6
8. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631
Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think.		 12/14
9. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 10/22
10. Coming Apart
Charles Murray, Crown Forum, $27, 9780307453426
Murray's startling look at how America is coming apart at the seams that have historically joined our classes.		 /2
11. 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.		 9/6
12. 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.		 14/17
13. 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!		 15/38
14. Once Upon a Secret
Mimi Alford, Random House, $25, 9781400069101
Alford's memoir of an 18-month affair with JFK and the effect it had on her life.		 13/3
15. The Science of Yoga
William J. Broad, Bobby Clennell (Illus.), S&S, $26, 9781451641424
A lifelong yoga practitioner shows uncommon states are integral to a hidden world of risk and reward that lies beneath clouds of myth, superstition, and hype.		 11/3


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for March 1, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2012
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest- Debut
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537		 /1
2. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 1/46
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 3/47
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 2/45
5. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/47
6. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509		 8/78
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 6/*
8. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290		 5/83
9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486		 7/125
10. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 9/35


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for March 1, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 2/112
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 1/7
3. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 8/42
4. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 6/233
5. Dead End in Norvelt
Jack Gantos, FSG, $15.99, 9780374379933		 3/5
6. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892		 5/24
7. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351		 4/11
8. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 9/38
9. Listen to My Trumpet!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423154044		 7/3
10. The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion- Debut
Kate Egan, Scholastic, $18.99, 9780545422901		 /1
11. The Hunger Games Tribute Guide
Emily Seife, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545457828		 10/2
12. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970		 15/23
13. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164		 11/23
14. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 12/*
15. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688		 14/26


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for March 1, 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. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379		 5/*
3. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061703812		 1/3
4. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 3/20
5. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800165		 /*
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 7/*
7. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9780811879545		 12/29
8. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 11/26
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 8/*
10. Extra Yarn
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer & Bray, $16.99, 9780061953385		 14/3
11. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 6/*
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 /*
13. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785		 /*
14. The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800011		 /*
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 March 1, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 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
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
9. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2012

16. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $13.99, 9781250004345

17. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328

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

19. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223

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

21. Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson, Harper, $14.99, 9780062060563

22. The Story of Beautiful Girl
Rachel Simon, Grand Central, $12, 9780446574457

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

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

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

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

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

28. Faith
Jennifer Haigh, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060755812

29. The Kitchen House
Kathleen Grissom, Touchstone, $16, 9781439153666

30. The Descendants
Kaui Hart Hemmings, Random House, $15, 9780812982954

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

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

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

34. This Beautiful Life
Helen Schulman, Harper Perennial, $13.99, 9780062024398

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

36. Three Weeks in December
Audrey Schulman, Europa Editions, $16, 9781609450649

37. Ten Thousand Saints
Eleanor Henderson, Ecco Press, $15.99, 9780062021212

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

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

40. The Year We Left Home
Jean Thompson, S&S, $15, 9781439175903

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

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

43. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462

44. Save Me
Lisa Scottoline, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9780312380793

45. West of Here
Jonathan Evison, Algonquin, $15.95, 9781616200824

46. The Patrick Melrose Novels
Edward St Aubyn, Picador, $20, 9780312429966

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

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

49. Restoration
Olaf Olafsson, Ecco Press, $14.99, 9780062065650

50. Blueprints of the Afterlife
Ryan Boudinot, Grove, $14, 9780802170910

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2012

16. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395

17. Kayak Morning
Roger Rosenblatt, Ecco, $13.99, 9780062084033

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

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

20. Townie: A Memoir
Andre Dubus, III, Norton, $15.95, 9780393340679

21. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187

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

23. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438

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

25. Physics of the Future
Michio Kaku, Anchor Books, $15.95, 9780307473332

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

27. The Vow
Kim Carpenter, Krickitt Carpenter, B&H Publishing Group, $14.99, 9781433675799

28. Tiny Homes
Lloyd Kahn, Shelter, $24.95, 9780936070520

29. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $13.95, 9780399533464

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

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

32. 1861
Adam Goodheart, Vintage, $16, 9781400032198

33. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480

34. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World , $15, 9781577314806

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

42. The Hunger Pains
The Harvard Lampoon, Touchstone, $13.99, 9781451668209

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

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

45. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chodron, Shambhala , $14, 9781570623448

46. Forks Over Knives
Gene Stone (Ed.), Experiment, $13.95, 9781615190454

47. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761156864

48. If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won't)
Betty White, Berkley, $15, 9780425245286

49. This Will Make You Smarter
John Brockman, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062109392

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2012

16. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $26, 9780812992793

17. Believing the Lie
Elizabeth George, Dutton, $28.95, 9780525952589

18. The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur, $24.99, 9780316175678

19. Raylan
Elmore Leonard, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062119469

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

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

22. Watergate
Thomas Mallon, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307378729

23. The Darlings
Cristina Alger, Pamela Dorman, $26.95, 9780670023271

24. A Perfect Blood
Kim Harrison, Harper Voyager, $26.99, 9780061957895

25. Taken
Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399158278

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

27. Celebrity in Death
J.D. Robb, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399158308

28. The Fear Index
Robert Harris, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307957931

29. Contents May Have Shifted
Pam Houston, Norton, $25.95, 9780393082654

30. A Good American
Alex George, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399157592

31. At Last
Edward St. Aubyn, FSG, $25, 9780374298890

32. The Flight of Gemma Hardy
Margot Livesey, Harper, $26.99, 9780062064226

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

34. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137

35. The Shadow Patrol
Alex Berenson, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399158292

36. The Dressmaker
Kate Alcott, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385535588

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

38. History of a Pleasure Seeker
Richard Mason, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307599476

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

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

41. I've Got Your Number
Sophie Kinsella, Dial, $26, 9780385342063

42. Jack Holmes and His Friend
Edmund White, Bloomsbury, $26, 9781608197033

43. The Technologists
Matthew Pearl, Random House, $26, 9781400066575

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

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

46. Home Front
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577209

47. The Healing
Jonathan Odell, Nan A. Talese, $26, 9780385534673

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

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

50. The Mirage
Matt Ruff, Harper, $25.99, 9780061976223

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2012

16. Elizabeth the Queen
Sally Bedell Smith, Random House, $30, 9781400067893

17. The World of Downton Abbey
Jessica Fellowes, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250006349

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

19. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728

20. Ameritopia
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $26.99, 9781439173244

21. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817

22. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476

23. All There Is
Dave Isay, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594203213

24. Full Service
Scotty Bowers, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120076

25. Abundance
Peter Diamandis, Steven Kotler, Free Press, $26.99, 9781451614213

26. Guitar Zero
Gary Marcus, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203176

27. Ali in Wonderland
Ali Wentworth, Harper, $25.99, 9780061998577

28. Below Stairs
Margaret Powell, St. Martin's, $22.99, 9781250005441

29. Londoners
Craig Taylor, Ecco Press, $29.99, 9780062005854

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

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

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

33. The American Way of Eating
Tracie McMillan, Scribner, $25, 9781439171950

34. While America Sleeps
Russ Feingold, Crown, $26, 9780307952523

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

36. Enemies
Tim Weiner, Random House, $30, 9781400067480

37. Jack Kennedy
Chris Matthews, S&S, $27.50, 9781451635089

38. The Obamas
Jodi Kantor, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316098755

39. The 17 Day Diet
Dr.Mike Moreno, Free Press, $25, 9781451648652

40. Hilarity Ensues
Tucker Max, Blue Heeler Books, $25.99, 9781451669039

41. One Thousand Gifts
Ann Voskamp, Zondervan, $16.99, 9780310321910

42. Strategic Vision
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Basic Books, $26, 9780465029549

43. That Woman
Anne Sebba, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250002969

44. Da Vinci's Ghost
Toby Lester, Free Press, $26.99, 9781439189238

45. Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul
John M. Barry, Viking, $35, 9780670023059

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

47. Eisenhower in War and Peace
Jean Edward Smith, Random House, $40, 9781400066933

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

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

50. The World America Made
Robert Kagan, Knopf, $21, 9780307961310

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2012

11. Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva, Harper, $9.99, 9780062073143

12. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

13. Against All Enemies
Tom Clancy, Peter Telep, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246061

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

15. Minding Frankie
Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307475497

16. The Sentry
Robert Crais, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425245729

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

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

19. Crunch Time
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780061348167

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

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

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

23. Damage
John Lescroart, Signet, $9.99, 9780451235428

24. The Jefferson Key
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505521

25. The Secret Soldier
Alex Berenson, Jove, $9.99, 9780515150346

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

34. Carte Blanche
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781451629354

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

36. 44 Charles Street
Danielle Steel, Dell, $7.99, 9780440245179

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

47. One Book in the Grave
Kate Carlisle, Signet, $7.99, 9780451236128

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

49. Tom Clancy Presents
Dick Couch, George Galdorisi, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425259351

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

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