September 13, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for September 13, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 9, 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.		 1/23
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy.		 2/21
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy.		 3/21
4. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians.		 5/10
5. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
In this novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about.		 4/15
6. The Marriage Plot- Debut
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador , $16, 9781250014764
The impressive novel about the lives of three seniors at Brown University in the early 1980s by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex.		 /1
7. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
A provocative novel set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto.		 6/18
8. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250
The dazzling third novel by the author of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is now a major motion picture.		 12/4
9. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose.		 7/11
10. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.		 8/20
11. 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.		 9/23
12. Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216
By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family.		 10/15
13. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.		 11/45
14. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.		 13/20
15. 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.		 /19


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 13, 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.		 1/19
2. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
With humor and insight, Moran shows why female rights and empowerment are essential not only for women, but also for society itself.		 2/7
3. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern- Debut
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343403
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 /1
4. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $18, 9781455502783
A collection of essays by the late political and social commentator.		 14/2
5. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 3/36
6. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
A collection of advice columns from the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild.		 6/9
7. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278241
A fascinating look at the ecological changes brought about by European vessels that carried thousands of species from the New World to homes across the oceans.		 5/7
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.		 4/79
9. 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.		 9/20
10. 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.		 12/65
11. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
As the subtitle says, "murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America."		 /216
12. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715
A kayak accident during a South American adventure takes one woman to heaven and back to life again.		 7/8
13. 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.		 /63
14. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
A collection of funny and insightful essays by the author of I Feel Bad About My Neck.		 10/16
15. F for Effort! More of the Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers- Debut
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227
A brand-new compendium of hilarious and inventive wrong test answers and homework hiccups.		 /1
ON THE RISE
18. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton , $16.95, 9780393343441
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.		  


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for September 13, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 9, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
Flynn's new thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/14
2. NW: A Novel- Debut
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594203978
Depicting the modern London urban zone, Smith's latest is a quietly devastating novel of encounters, mercurial and vital, like the city itself.		 /1
3. The Beautiful Mystery
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312655464
Penny's new intriguing Chief Inspector Gamache mystery is a September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/2
4. The Time Keeper- Debut
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401322786
Albom's latest is a compelling fable about the first man on Earth to count the hours.		 /1
5. 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.		 3/51
6. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316204279
A compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world.		 9/4
7. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123
Walter's dazzling yet deeply human new novel, spanning 50 years and nearly as many lives, is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/13
8. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734
Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/5
9. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023653
French's new novel about the investigation of the murder of a family is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/7
10. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746
Eggers takes readers around the world in this novel about one man's fight to hold himself and his family together in the face of the global economic crisis.		 7/12
11. Garment of Shadows- Debut
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $26, 9780553807998
King's intriguing new novel of suspense features Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes.		 /1
12. The Dog Stars
Peter Heller, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307959942
Heller's breathtaking novel about what it means to be human is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/5
13. The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin, Harper, $26.99, 9780062188502
Coplin's touching debut novel about a reclusive man who opens his heart and lets the world in, is a September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/2
14. Zoo- Debut
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097444
A pulse-racing new thriller by the authors of Now You See Her.		 /1
15. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $25, 9780812993295
Joyce's novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we bury within our hearts is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 12/6
ON THE RISE
20. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Little Brown , $24.99, 9780316219365
This powerful novel, written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, is a harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive. A September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		  


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 13, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 9, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden- Debut
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722
A first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid by a Navy SEAL who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments.		 /1
2. 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.		 1/25
3. Mortality
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $22.99, 9781455502752
Hitchens, who died in December 2011, poignantly describes the torments of illness and how disease transforms experience and changes our relationship to the world around us.		 8/2
4. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans.		 2/4
5. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.		 3/95
6. Dearie
Bob Spitz, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307272225
An entertaining and in-depth new biography of Julia Child.		 4/5
7. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
Brown's delightful book presents the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away.		 6/15
8. Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story
D.T. Max, Viking, $27.95, 9780670025923
Max's biography of one of the most influential writers of his generation, David Foster Wallace.		 10/2
9. Double Cross
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $26, 9780307888754
Macintyre tells the intriguing story of the grand final deception of WWII and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it.		 5/6
10. Paris: A Love Story
Kati Marton, S&S, $24, 9781451691542
Marton narrates an impassioned and romantic story of love, loss, and life after loss.		 7/4
11. Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health- Debut
William Davis, Rodale, $25.99, 9781609611545
A renowned cardiologist explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage and reverse many health problems.		 /1
12. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852
Klein's view of the Obama administration's political inner workings.		 15/14
13. Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life- Debut
Gretchen Rubin, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307886781
By the bestselling author of The Happiness Project, a new project to make home a happier place.		 /1
14. The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted- Debut
Mike Lofgren, Viking, $25.95, 9780670026265
Lofgren's caustic look at what passes for business as usual in Washington today.		 /1
15. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531
Byrne's brainy, irresistible, and impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.		 11/2
ON THE RISE
21. The Secret Race
Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle, Bantam, $28, 9780345530417
An insightful look at the world of professional cycling and the doping issue surrounding the sport.		  


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for September 13, 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		 1/74
2. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 2/73
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 4/75
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 3/75
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 5/*
6. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339683		 /*
7. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488		 9/*
8. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 6/62
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935		 10/*
10. Red Mist- Debut
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425250433		 /1


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for September 13, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 2/261
2. The Empty City
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780062102560		 3/2
3. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 1/35
4. Drama- Debut
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995		 /1
5. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316201575		 6/8
6. Star Wars Origami- Debut
Chris Alexander, Workman, $16.95, 9780761169437		 /1
7. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 4/25
8. Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432		 7/5
9. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 9/48
10. Every Day
David Levithan, Knopf, $16.99, 9780307931887		 5/2
11. Lincoln's Last Days
Bill O'Reilly, Dwight Jon Zimmerman, Holt, $19.99, 9780805096750		 15/2
12. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697		 8/151
13. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 12/66
14. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $9.99, 9780142402511		 10/9
15. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 11/*


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for September 13, 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. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442450271		 1/2
3. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 3/*
4. Llama Llama Time to Share- Debut
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012336		 /1
5. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs- Debut
Mo Willems, Balzer & Bray, $17.99, 9780062104182		 /1
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 11/*
7. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442457027		 7/11
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 4/*
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 9/*
10. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 6/51
11. The Monsters' Monster-Debut
Patrick McDonnell, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316045476		 /1
12. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341		 12/*
13. My Brave Year of Firsts: Tries, Sighs, and High Fives- Debut
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061441554		 /1
14. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 8/48
15. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes- Debut
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061906220		 /1


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for September 13, 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. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
4. Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
5. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. Lorien Legacies (hardcover and paperback)
Pittacus Lore, Harper

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 9, 2012

16. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418

17. The Keeper of Lost Causes
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Plume, $16, 9780452297906

18. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $15.99, 9780061257100

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

20. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425

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

22. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9780671027346

23. Bared to You
Sylvia Day, Berkley, $15, 9780425263907

24. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Gallery, $19.99, 9781451627299

25. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco Press, $14.99, 9780062060624

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

27. Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307341556

28. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $14, 9780307887443

29. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $11.99, 9781451673319

30. The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446547642

31. The Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547844206

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

33. The Stranger's Child
Alan Hollinghurst, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307474346

34. The Time in Between
Maria Duenas, Atria, $16, 9781451616897

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

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

37. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $13.99, 9780061579059

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

39. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481

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

41. Dark Places
Gillian Flynn, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307341570

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

43. Life of Pi
Yann Martel, Harvest, $15.95, 9780156027328

44. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $15, 9780812982626

45. The Leopard
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307743183

46. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307742995

47. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $10, 9780140177398

48. Hemingway's Girl
Erika Robuck, NAL, $16, 9780451237880

49. Aleph
Paulo Coelho, Vintage, $15, 9780307744579

50. I Married You for Happiness
Lily Tuck, Grove Press, $14, 9780802145918

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 9, 2012

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

17. That Used to Be Us
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, Picador, $16, 9781250013729

18. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343441

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

20. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $16.95, 9781572245372

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

22. I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307276827

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

24. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin, $15, 9780143121343

25. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372

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

27. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095

28. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985736

29. The Table Comes First
Adam Gopnik, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476968

30. Following Atticus
Tom Ryan, Morrow, $15.99, 9780061997112

31. Incognito
David M. Eagleman, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307389923

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

33. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158

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

35. Rand McNally 2013 Road Atlas
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528006227

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

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

38. Hemingway's Boat
Paul Hendrickson, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400075355

39. Destiny of the Republic
Candice Millard, Anchor, $16, 9780767929714

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

41. Just My Type
Simon Garfield, Gotham, $16, 9781592407460

42. The Best American Science Writing 2012
Michio Kaku, Jesse Cohen (Eds.), Ecco, $14.99, 9780062117915

43. What It Is Like to Go to War
Karl Marlantes, Grove Press, $15, 9780802145925

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

45. Blue Nights
Joan Didion, Vintage, $15, 9780307387387

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

47. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $15, 9781439176597

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

49. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper, $18.99, 9780060838652

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 9, 2012

16. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031

17. Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670023486

18. The Bartender's Tale
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594487354

19. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048

20. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316219365

21. Lionel Asbo: State of England
Martin Amis, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307958082

22. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309

23. The Tombs
Clive Cussler, Thomas Perry, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399159268

24. The Kingmaker's Daughter
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $26.99, 9781451626070

25. Mission to Paris
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069484

26. The Prisoner of Heaven
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Harper, $25.99, 9780062206282

27. The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534796

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

29. In the Shadow of the Banyan
Vaddey Ratner, S&S, $25, 9781451657708

30. Creole Belle
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781451648133

31. The Fallen Angel
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073129

32. Where We Belong
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312554194

33. The Age of Miracles
Karen Thompson Walker, Random House, $26, 9780812992977

34. The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
Jonathan Evison, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781616200398

35. In One Person
John Irving, S&S, $28, 9781451664126

36. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749

37. The Absent One
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952893

38. Last to Die
Tess Gerritsen, Ballantine, $27, 9780345515636

39. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073

40. Lord of Mountains
S.M. Stirling, Roc, $27.95, 9780451464767

41. Bones Are Forever
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439102435

42. City of Women
David R. Gillham, Amy Einhorn, $25.95, 9780399157769

43. The Chaperone
Laura Moriarty, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487019

44. One Last Thing Before I Go
Jonathan Tropper, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952367

45. Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures
Emma Straub, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488450

46. Istanbul Passage
Joseph Kanon, Atria, $26, 9781439156414

47. The St. Zita Society
Ruth Rendell, Scribner, $26, 9781451666687

48. The Roots of the Olive Tree
Courtney Miller Santo, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062130518

49. Seating Arrangements
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307599469

50. A Hundred Flowers
Gail Tsukiyama, St. Martin's, $25, 9780312274818

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 9, 2012

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

17. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149

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

19. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347

20. Winter Journal
Pau Auster, Holt, $26, 9780805095531

21. The Secret Race
Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle, Bantam, $28, 9780345530417

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

23. How Children Succeed
Paul Tough, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547564654

24. Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404091

25. Don't Let the Republican Drive the Bus!
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Ten Speed Press, $14.99, 9781607743927

26. Monkey Mind
Daniel Smith, S&S, $25, 9781439177303

27. Fire in the Ashes
Jonathan Kozol, Crown, $27, 9781400052462

28. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015

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

30. The Art of Procrastination
John Perry, Workman, $12.95, 9780761171676

31. Obama's America
Dinesh D'Souza, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987784

32. Paterno
Joe Posnanski, S&S, $28, 9781451657494

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

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

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

36. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco (Illus.), Nation Books, $28, 9781568586434

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

38. When Women Were Birds
Terry Tempest Williams, FSG, $23, 9780374288976

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

40. The Price of Inequality
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393088694

41. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981

42. Visiting Tom
Michael Perry, Harper, $24.99, 9780061894442

43. A Wilderness of Error
Errol Morris, Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594203435

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

45. Sh*tty Mom
Laurie Kilmartin, et al., Abrams Image, $18.95, 9781419704598

46. A Father First
Dwyane Wade, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062136152

47. Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509

48. What Light Can Do
Robert Hass, Ecco Press, $29.99, 9780061923920

49. Teach Your Children Well
Madeline Levine, Harper, $26.99, 9780061824746

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending September 9, 2012

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

12. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $9.99, 9781416595229

13. The Rope
Nevada Barr, St. Martin's Press, $9.99, 9781250008671

14. The Litigators
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530561

15. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232854

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

17. Zero Day
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446573023

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

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

20. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537

21. Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $6.50, 9780877799160

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

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

24. Ghost Story
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451464071

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

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

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

28. The Race
Clive Cussler, Justin Scott, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425250440

29. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell , $9.99, 9780440246305

30. Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide
Leonard Maltin (Ed.), Signet, $9.99, 9780451237743

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

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

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

34. The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary
David Pharies (Ed.), Pocket, $5.99, 9780743470131

35. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446574754

36. Eat to Live
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316206648

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

38. Phantom
Ted Bell, Harper, $9.99, 9780061859328

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

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

41. 61 Hours
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243694

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

43. Feast Day of Fools
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $9.99, 9781451643121

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

45. Hamlet
William Shakespeare, Washington Square Press, $5.99, 9780743477123

46. All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780449213940

47. 77 Shadow Street
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593068

48. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $7.99, 9781451678192

49. The Pearl
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $10, 9780140177374

50. Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550757

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