May 17, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for May 17, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 13, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy.		 1/6
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy.		 2/4
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy.		 3/4
4. State of Wonder- Debut
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
A provocative novel set deep in the Amazon jungle by the author of Bel Canto.		 /1
5. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.		 4/3
6. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.		 6/28
7. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.		 5/3
8. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others.		 8/6
9. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425
Otsuka's story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago.		 7/8
10. 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.		 12/14
11. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction.		 9/31
12. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
Hoffman's ambitious and mesmerizing novel, set in ancient Israel, now available in paperback.		 13/6
13. 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.		 15/19
14. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco Press, $13.99, 9780061579059
Wilson's unforgettable tale of a family of performance artists, and the effects of their art on their children.		 11/4
15. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307742995
Police investigator Harry Hole is back in a bone-chilling thriller that will take him to the brink of insanity.		 14/4


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 17, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 1/2
2. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 2/19
3. 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.		 3/48
4. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
An adventure travel expert--who's never actually done anything adventurous--tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu in the Andes.		 4/3
5. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $16, 9780812980950
An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress.		 10/2
6. Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from Storycorps- Debut
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin, $14, 9780143118800
Mom looks across a diversity of experience to offer an entirely original portrait of motherhood.		 /1
7. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $15, 9781439176597
Wickenden's exhilarating saga about two intrepid young women and their trip to the Colorado wilderness in the summer of 1916.		 12/3
8. 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.		 5/62
9. 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.		 8/70
10. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537
Foer's unlikely journey to becoming U.S. Memory Champion explores the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives.		 7/11
11. 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.		 11/16
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.		 14/48
13. 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.		 9/55
14. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
At the center of de Waal's memoir is his inherited collection of ornamental Japanese wood and ivory carvings.		 6/38
15. 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.		 13/51
ON THE RISE
17. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485756
Ronson investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them.		  


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for May 17, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Bring Up the Bodies- Debut
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031
The sequel to Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize-winner, Wolf Hall, delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.		 /1
2. In One Person- Debut
John Irving, S&S, $28, 9781451664126
Irving's intimate and unforgettable new novel about the life of a bisexual man is a May 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
3. Home- Debut
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $24, 9780307594167
Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison new novel is a taut and tortured story about one man's desperate search for himself in a world disfigured by war.		 /1
4. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball.		 2/5
5. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
Moore's delectable confection of wit, intrigue, passion, and art history is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/6
6. Deadlocked
Charlaine Harris, Ace , $27.95, 9781937007447
Book 12 in the bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series.		 1/2
7. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 11/64
8. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
McCall Smith's 13th installment in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.		 5/6
9. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
Tyler's haunting and deeply moving new novel about a man grieving the death of his wife is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/6
10. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996
A riveting new thriller by the bestselling author of Absolute Power.		 7/4
11. 11th Hour- Debut
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097499
The latest novel in the bestselling Women's Murder Club series.		 /1
12. The Wind Through the Keyhole
Stephen King, Scribner, $27, 9781451658903
King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of his Dark Tower fantasy saga.		 4/3
13. 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.		 6/30
14. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
A historical novel of love, family, risk, and destiny by the bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia.		 10/6
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.		 12/34


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 17, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078
Book four of Caro's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson.		 1/2
2. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life.		 2/3
3. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
The popular talk show host examines the political debate about how, when, and where to apply America's strength and power.		 3/7
4. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/8
5. I Am a Pole (and So Can You!)- Debut
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455523429
The inimitable Colbert conquers new territory with his first children's book...for adults!		 /1
6. Prague Winter
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062030313
A remarkably personal and historical new memoir by the former U.S. Secretary of State.		 7/3
7. Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509
A brilliant, new graphic memoir by the bestselling author of Fun Home.		 6/2
8. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity.		 8/8
9. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut.		 9/4
10. End This Depression Now!
Paul Krugman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393088779
Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author Krugman's ideas for a quick and strong economic recovery.		 5/2
11. 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.		 11/78
12. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 12/16
13. This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More- Debut
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312563554
The bestselling author of Running With Scissors explores how to survive the "un-survivable".		 /1
14. When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice- Debut
Terry Tempest Williams, FSG, $23, 9780374288976
Williams' lyrical and caring meditation on the mystery of her mother's journals.		 /1
15. A Natural Woman
Carole King, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455512614
King takes us from her early beginnings in Brooklyn, to her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed songwriting and performing talents of all time.		 /3


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for May 17, 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		 1/57
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 2/58
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/56
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/58
5. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305		 6/7
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 5/*
7. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537		 7/12
8. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 9/45
9. Buried Prey
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425247891		 8/2
10. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter- Debut
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455510184		 /1


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for May 17, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930		 2/6
2. Bitterblue
Kristin Cashore, Dial, $19.99, 9780803734739		 1/2
3. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 4/18
4. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429		 3/7
5. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 5/244
6. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 7/53
7. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 8/31
8. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 6/8
9. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 9/123
10. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 10/39
11. Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591		 13/6
12. Dead End in Norvelt
Jack Gantos, FSG, $15.99, 9780374379933		 /11
13. Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423143437		 /16
14. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 12/49
15. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892		 /33


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Children's Illustrated



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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 14/*
2. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 1/*
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 2/*
4. Ladybug Girl and Bingo
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803735828		 4/2
5. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289		 3/6
6. Bumble-Ardy
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780062051981		 /6
7. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 10/*
8. In the Night Kitchen
Maurice Sendak, HarperTrophy, $7.95, 9780064434362		 /*
9. Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780062110589		 7/2
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 5/*
11. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 8/31
12. The Berenstain Bears: We Love Our Mom!- Debut
Jan Berenstain, Mike Berenstain, HarperFestival, $3.99, 9780062075475		 /1
13. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 12/*
14. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375		 15/*
15. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379		 6/22


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for May 17, 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. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
4. Divergent Series (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
5. Mortal Instruments (hardcover and paperback)
Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry
New in Series: City of Lost Souls
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. Big Nate (hardcover and paperback)
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
9. The Mysterious Benedict Society (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
10. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 13, 2012

16. Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $15, 9781608196265

17. The Last Boyfriend
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425246030

18. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368

19. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289

20. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477

21. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980

22. The American Heiress
Daisy Goodwin, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312658663

23. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132

24. The Troubled Man
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $15, 9780307477408

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

26. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560

27. The Pale King
David Foster Wallace, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316074223

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

29. Drawing Conclusions
Donna Leon, Penguin, $15, 9780143120643

30. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685

31. What Alice Forgot
Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $15, 9780425247440

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

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

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

35. Clara and Mr. Tiffany
Susan Vreeland, Random House, $15, 9780812980189

36. Doc
Mary Doria Russell, Ballantine, $15, 9780812980004

37. Crusoe's Daughter
Jane Gardam, Europa Editions, $16, 9781609450694

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

39. Trapeze
Simon Mawer, Other Press, $15.95, 9781590515273

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

41. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Deborah Moggach, Random House, $15, 9780812982428

42. 22 Britannia Road
Amanda Hodgkinson, Penguin, $16, 9780143121046

43. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307472984

44. Then Came You
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781451617733

45. The Night Strangers
Chris Bohjalian, Broadway, $15, 9780307395009

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

47. The Submission
Amy Waldman, Picador, $15, 9781250007575

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

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

50. South of Superior
Ellen Airgood, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485763

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 13, 2012

16. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061988356

17. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485756

18. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $13.99, 9780062190987

19. Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon, Workman, $10.95, 9780761169253

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

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

22. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882

23. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228

24. The Best Advice I Ever Got
Katie Couric, Random House, $15, 9780812982589

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

26. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061

27. To End All Wars
Adam Hochschild, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547750316

28. The Magic
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $12.99, 9781451673449

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

30. The New New Rules
Bill Maher, Plume, $16, 9780452298293

31. SEAL Team Six
Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's Griffin, $15.99, 9781250006950

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

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

34. Area 51
Annie Jacobsen, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316202305

35. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374

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

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

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

39. Just Ride
Grant Petersen, Workman, $13.95, 9780761155584

40. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Moms
Kristine Carlson, Hyperion, $13.99, 9781401310691

41. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $20, 9781416571773

42. The Man Who Quit Money
Mark Sundeen, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485695

43. Maphead
Ken Jennings, Scribner, $15, 9781439167182

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

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

46. Gift From the Sea
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Pantheon , $9.95, 9780679732419

47. The Mom 100 Cookbook
Katie Workman, Workman, $16.95, 9780761166030

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

49. Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter
Lloyd Kahn, Shelter, $26.95, 9780936070520

50. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 13, 2012

16. The Newlyweds
Nell Freudenberger, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307268846

17. The Sins of the Father
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250000972

18. The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur, $24.99, 9780316185905

19. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054

20. Robert B. Parker's Lullaby
Ace Atkins, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399158032

21. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635

22. Defending Jacob
William Landay, Delacorte, $26, 9780385344227

23. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850

24. They Eat Puppies, Don't They?
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $25.99, 9780446540971

25. A Dog's Journey
W.Bruce Cameron, Forge, $24.99, 9780765330536

26. Waiting for Sunrise
William Boyd, Harper, $25.99, 9780061876769

27. Elegy for Eddie
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049575

28. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain, Ecco, $25.99, 9780060885595

29. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282

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

31. The Uninvited Guests
Sadie Jones, Harper, $24.99, 9780062116505

32. The Road to Grace
Richard Paul Evans, S&S, $19.99, 9781451628180

33. Beastly Things
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802120236

34. Lone Wolf
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102749

35. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313

36. The Witness
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399159121

37. The Family Corleone
Edward Falco, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446574624

38. The Cove
Ron Rash, Ecco, $26.99, 9780061804199

39. The Expats
Chris Pavone, Crown, $26, 9780307956354

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

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

42. The House of Velvet and Glass
Katherine Howe, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401340919

43. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $25.99, 9780062060617

44. Stay Close
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525952275

45. The Red Book
Deborah Copaken Kogan, Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401340827

46. Stories of Motherhood
Diana Secker Tesdell, Everyman's Library, $15, 9780307957795

47. A Land More Kind Than Home
Wiley Cash, Morrow, $24.99, 9780062088147

48. The Lost Years
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $26.99, 9781451668865

49. Carry the One
Carol Anshaw, S&S, $25, 9781451636888

50. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Nathan Englander, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307958709

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 13, 2012

16. Mrs. Kennedy and Me
Clint Hill, Gallery, $26, 9781451648447

17. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250

18. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286

19. My Cross to Bear
Gregg Allman, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062112033

20. Some Assembly Required
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412

21. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568

22. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539

23. The Presidents Club
Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy, S&S, $32.50, 9781439127704

24. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557

25. Manhunt
Peter L. Bergen, Crown, $26, 9780307955579

26. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336

27. Mother's Love
Melina Gerosa Bellows, National Geographic, $9.95, 9781426209222

28. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070

29. 10 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said
Charles Wheelan, Peter Steiner (Illus.), Norton, $15.95, 9780393074314

30. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558

31. The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward Osborne Wilson, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404138

32. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631

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

34. Don'ts for Mothers
Anonymous, A&C Black, $4.95, 9781408152232

35. Midnight in Peking
Paul French, Penguin, $26, 9780143121008

36. My Two Moms
Zach Wahls, Gotham, $26, 9781592407132

37. What Teachers Make
Taylor Mali, Putnam Adult, $19.95, 9780399158544

38. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120106

39. The Pioneer Woman Cooks
Ree Drummond, Morrow, $29.99, 9780061997181

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

41. What Money Can't Buy
Michael J. Sandel, FSG, $27, 9780374203030

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

43. Private Empire
Steve Coll, Penguin Press, $36, 9781594203350

44. We Can All Do Better
Bill Bradley, Vanguard Press, $24.99, 9781593157296

45. Bombshell
Suzanne Somers, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307588548

46. Subliminal
Leonard Mlodinow, Pantheon, $25.95, 9780307378217

47. Over Time
Frank Deford, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802120151

48. It's Even Worse Than It Looks
Norman Ornstein, Thomas Mann, Basic Books, $26, 9780465031337

49. The First 20 Minutes
Gretchen Reynolds, Hudson Street, $25.95, 9781594630934

50. Paris in Love
Eloisa James, Random House, $26, 9781400069569

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending May 13, 2012

11. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509

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

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

14. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290

15. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556675

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

17. Dead Reckoning
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9781937007355

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

19. Mystery
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505705

20. Sixkill
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246900

21. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Vision, $7.99, 9780446618328

22. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486

23. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455508976

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

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

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

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

28. Live Wire
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451233936

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

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

31. Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare, Pocket, $5.99, 9780743477116

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

33. Only Time Will Tell
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9780312539566

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

35. Cold Wind
C.J. Box, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246917

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

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

38. Chasing Fire
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515150636

39. The Postcard Killers
James Patterson, Liza Marklund, Vision, $9.99, 9781455506637

40. Nemesis
Jo Nesbø, Harper, $7.99, 9780062119698

41. The Jungle
Clive Cussler, Jack B. Du Brul, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246542

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

43. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990

44. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743688

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

46. The Sixth Man
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446573092

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

48. Spider Web
Earlene Fowler, Berkley Prime Crime, $7.99, 9780425247990

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

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

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