November 10, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for November 10, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 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 Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 1/31
2. The Tiger's Wife- Debut
Tea Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's bestselling tale of myth and legend is now available in paperback.		 /1
3. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 3/33
4. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 2/93
5. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections.		 4/6
6. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409
A funny collection of animal-themed tales for adults by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.		 7/5
7. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 6/26
8. 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.		 5/116
9. 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.		 8/126
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).		 9/49
11. 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?		 11/6
12. A Secret Kept
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312553494
The evocative new novel by the author of Sarah's Key.		 12/8
13. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102732
Picoult's satisfying novel about about identity, love, marriage, and parenthood.		 10/3
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.		 13/4
15. The Next Always- Debut
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425243213
The first book in a trilogy inspired by the inn Roberts owns and the town she loves.		 /1


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 10, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 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. 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.		 1/35
2. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.		 2/9
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.		 3/21
4. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
The latest by the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything.		 4/5
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.		 5/43
6. 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.		 8/5
7. 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.		 14/32
8. 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.		 7/26
9. 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.		 6/53
10. 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.		 10/30
11. 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.		 13/22
12. 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.		 12/8
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.		 /34
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.		 11/12
15. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393
Lewis' in-depth analysis of the 2002 Oakland A's team is now a major motion picture.		 9/*
ON THE RISE
16. I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
A new collection of funny and insightful essays by the author of I Feel Bad About My Neck.


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for November 10, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 1/2
2. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
Grisham's latest is an entertaining novel filled with courtroom strategies, theatrics, and suspense.		 2/2
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.		 3/4
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.		 4/3
5. Out of Oz- Debut
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060548940
 The remarkable conclusion to McGuire's bestselling Wicked Years series.		 /1
6. 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.		 6/8
7. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 7/37
8. Zero Day- Debut
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446573016
Combat veteran and U.S. Army criminal investigator John Puller is on the hunt for justice against an overwhelming force in Baldacci's latest thriller.		 /1
9. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117
Ondaatje's wonderful new novel about an eleven-year-old boy on board a ship bound for England in the early 1950s is an October Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/5
10. 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.		 15/17
11. 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.		 9/22
12. The Affair
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344326
The suspenseful new Jack Reacher novel by the bestselling author of Worth Dying For.		 12/6
13. The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446547659
Two former lovers must confront painful memories and discover undeniable truths about the choices they have made.		 8/4
14. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $27.99, 9781451617474
Hoffman's ambitious and mesmerizing new novel, set in ancient Israel, is an October Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/5
15. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows- Debut
Alan Bradley, Delacorte Press, $23, 9780385344012
Eleven-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce investigates a chilling murder on a film set in the latest book in Bradley's bestselling series.		 /1


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 10, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 2011
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
Isaacson's exclusive biography of Steve Jobs is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.		 1/2
2. Blue Nights-Debut
Joan Didion, Knopf, $25, 9780307267672
Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts about having children, illness, and growing old.		 /1
3. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 3/6
4. Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero- Debut
Chris Matthews, S&S, $27.50, 9781451635089
An insightful new biography of John F. Kennedy by the popular talk-show host Chris Matthews.		 /1
5. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.		 2/5
6. 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.		 4/51
7. The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America- Debut
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $26, 9781400064588
Brokaw gives readers a wise, honest, and nourishing vision of American hopefulness in an age of diminished expectations.		 /1
8. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 5/26
9. 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!		 7/23
10. Goodnight iPad: A Parody for the Next Generation- Debut
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.		 /1
11. 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.		 6/6
12. No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington- Debut
Condoleezza Rice, Crown, $35, 9780307587862
A candid memoir by the former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State.		 /1
13. The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 10/7
14. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)- Debut
Mindy Kaling, Crown Archetype, $25, 9780307886262
Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress from NBC's The Office.		 /1
15. Food Rules: An Eater's Manual- Debut
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.		 /1
ON THE RISE
16. The Table Comes First
Adam Gopnik, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307593450
Gopnik's latest book begins a delightful, new conversation about the way we now eat.


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for November 10, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 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		 1/30
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 2/31
3. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/31
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/29
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 5/*
6. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117		 6/16
7. Gideon's Sword- Debut
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Vision, $7.99, 9780446564311		 /1
8. The Reversal
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750		 7/11
9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479		 10/109
10. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935		 /*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for November 10, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164		 1/7
2. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892		 2/8
3. The Outcasts- Debut
John Flanagan, Philomel, $18.99, 9780399256196		 /1
4. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick
Chris Van Allsburg, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.99, 9780547548104		 4/2
5. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 14/96
6. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353		 7/6
7. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688		 3/10
8. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 8/*
9. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970		 10/8
10. Darth Paper Strikes Back
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279		 11/11
11. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 9/26
12. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 12/22
13. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 13/217
14. The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $7.99, 9780060530945		 5/28
15. Secrets at Sea- Debut
Richard Peck, Kelly Murphy (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803734555		 /1


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for November 10, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 2011
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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		 1/*
2. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837		 2/5
3. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 4/4
4. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131		 5/5
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 9/*
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 7/*
7. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 11/*
8. Home for Christmas- Debut
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530		 /1
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 12/*
10. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732		 8/13
11. Moo
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $16.99, 9781442435032		 /5
12. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375		 /*
13. Stars- Debut
Mary Lyn Ray, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $16.99, 9781442422490		 /1
14. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 /15
15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905		 14/*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for November 10, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 2011
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  Children's Series  
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. The Matched Trilogy (hardcover and paperback)
Ally Condie, Dutton
New in Series: Crossed
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
New in Series: No News Is Good News
8. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
9. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 2011

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

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

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

19. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546

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

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

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

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

24. The Great Enigma
Tomas Transtromer, New Directions, $17.95, 9780811216722

25. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681

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

27. Headhunters
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307948687

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

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

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

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

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

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

34. The Rum Diary
Hunter S. Thompson, S&S, $15, 9781451659719

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

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

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

38. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $16, 9780679775430

39. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713

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

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

42. Nemesis
Philip Roth, Vintage, $15, 9780307475008

43. A Red Herring Without Mustard
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343466

44. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $9, 9780140177398

45. Sunset Park
Paul Auster, Picador, $15, 9780312610678

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

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

48. The Doctor and the Diva
Adrienne McDonnell, Penguin, $15, 9780143119302

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

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. The Mind's Eye
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $15, 9780307473028

31. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016

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

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

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

35. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400078431

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

37. The Hidden Reality
Brian Greene, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278128

38. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

41. Hero
Michael Korda, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780061712623

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

43. Rand McNally Road Atlas 2012
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528003363

44. Travels in Siberia
Ian Frazier, Picador, $20, 9780312610609

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

46. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387172

47. You Had Me at Woof
Julie Klam, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485411

48. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665

49. The Best American Essays 2011
Edwidge Danticat (Ed.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547479774

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 2011

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

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

18. Zone One
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385528078

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. Lost Memory of Skin
Russell Banks, Ecco, $25.99, 9780061857638

31. When She Woke
Hillary Jordan, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781565126299

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

33. Feast Day of Fools
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26.99, 9781451643114

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

35. The Night Eternal
Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061558269

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

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

38. The Wedding Quilt
Jennifer Chiaverini, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525952428

39. The Night Strangers
Chris Bohjalian, Crown, $25, 9780307394996

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

41. Ed King
David Guterson, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307271068

42. Shock Wave
John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399157691

43. Hotel Vendome
Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $28, 9780385343176

44. Cat Stories
Diana Secker Tesdell (Ed.), Everyman's Library, $15, 9780307700896

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

46. Nanjing Requiem
Ha Jin, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307379764

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

48. Scenes from Village Life
Amos Oz, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780547483368

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

50. River of Smoke
Amitav Ghosh, FSG, $28, 9780374174231

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 2011

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

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

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

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

20. A History of the World in 100 Objects
Neil MacGregor, Viking, $45, 9780670022700

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. Van Gogh
Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith, Random House, $40, 9780375507489

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

33. The Price of Civilization
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Random House, $27, 9781400068418

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

35. That Is All
John Hodgman, Dutton, $25, 9780525952442

36. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202995

37. West by West
Jerry West, Jonathan Coleman, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316053495

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

39. The Lost Empire of Atlantis
Gavin Menzies, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062049483

40. A Stolen Life
Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $24.99, 9781451629187

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

42. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722

43. Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $27, 9781400069828

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

45. The Garner Files
James Garner, Jon Winokur, S&S, $25.99, 9781451642605

46. This Is Herman Cain!
Herman Cain, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781451666137

47. Confidence Men
Ron Suskind, Harper, $29.99, 9780061429255

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

49. With Liberty and Justice for Some
Glenn Greenwald, Metropolitan, $26, 9780805092059

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending November 6, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159

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

19. Painted Ladies
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243626

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

21. Miracle Cure
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451234919

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

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

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

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

26. Secrets to the Grave
Tami Hoag, Signet, $9.99, 9780451235152

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

35. The Guardian
Sherrilyn Kenyon, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312550059

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

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

38. The Rembrandt Affair
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451233998

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

40. Bad Boy
Peter Robinson, Harper, $7.99, 9780061362965

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

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

43. Moonlight Mile
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $9.99, 9780061836954

44. The Athena Project
Brad Thor, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781439192979

45. The Emperor's Tomb
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505507

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

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

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

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

50. Wicked Appetite
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9780312383350

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