September 27, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for September 27, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 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. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy.		 1/25
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy.		 2/23
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy.		 3/23
4. The Marriage Plot
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.		 5/3
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.		 4/17
6. 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.		 7/20
7. 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.		 8/6
8. 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.		 6/12
9. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose.		 9/13
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196
Chbosky's powerful novel of the wild and poignant days of adolescence is now a major motion picture.		 15/2
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.		 10/25
12. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.		 11/22
13. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.		 13/47
14. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.		 12/22
15. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418
Ondaatje's wonderful novel about an 11-year-old boy on board a ship bound for England in the early 1950s.		 14/13


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 27, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 2012
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. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 1/21
2. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343403
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 2/3
3. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $18, 9781455502783
A collection of essays by the late political and social commentator.		 3/4
4. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 6/38
5. Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss- Debut
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316120913
Dr. Fuhrman's revolutionary six-week plan to help people live longer, reduce the need for medications, and improve health dramatically.		 /1
6. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343441
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.		 4/2
7. 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.		 5/9
8. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985736
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more.		 10/2
9. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman- Debut
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $20, 9780345408778
Pulitzer Prize-winner Massie's extraordinary story of the obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at age 14 and became one of the most remarkable and powerful women in history.		 /1
10. 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.		 8/11
11. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)- Debut
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers , $14, 9780307886279
Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress.		 /1
12. 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.		 7/81
13. 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.		 9/9
14. F for Effort!
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227
A brand-new compendium of hilarious and inventive wrong test answers and homework hiccups.		 14/3
15. 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.		 11/67


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for September 27, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Winter of the World- Debut
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525952923
Follett's epic follow-up to Fall of Giants is the second book of his Century Trilogy.		 /1
2. 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.		 1/16
3. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper, $27.99, 9780061493348
Chabon's triumphant new novel set in the borderlands of Berkeley and Oakland is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/2
4. A Wanted Man
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344333
A new pulse-pounding Jack Reacher novel by the bestselling author of Worth Dying For.		 3/2
5. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487361
A new collection of stories by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.		 4/2
6. The Time Keeper
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401322786
Albom's latest is a compelling fable about the first man on Earth to count the hours.		 5/3
7. NW: A Novel
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.		 6/3
8. 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.		 9/6
9. 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.		 8/53
10. 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.		 11/2
11. 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.		 10/7
12. 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.		 7/4
13. 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.		 /14
14. The Bartender's Tale
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594487354
Doig's latest novel about a one-of-a-kind father and his precocious son is a September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 12/4
15. San Miguel- Debut
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $27.95, 9780670026241
Boyle's haunting historical novel about the lives of three remarkable women on a tiny, windswept island off the coast of Southern California.		 /1
ON THE RISE
17. The Malice of Fortune
Michael Ennis, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385536318
This epic historical mystery set in Renaissance Italy is a September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		  


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 27, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. No Easy Day
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.		 1/3
2. Joseph Anton: A Memoir- Debut
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $30, 9780812992786
Rushdie's memoir of his life "underground" following the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses.		 /1
3. 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.		 3/27
4. 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.		 4/4
5. 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.		 5/6
6. The Price of Politics
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 9781451651102
Woodward looks at how President Obama and Congressional leaders attempted to restore the American economy and improve the federal government's fiscal condition.		 2/2
7. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531
Byrne's brainy, irresistible, and impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.		 7/4
8. The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court- Debut
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385527200
Toobin's insightful look at the ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.		 /1
9. 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.		 6/97
10. 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.		 9/17
11. Guinness World Records 2013
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994879
The latest incarnation of the bestselling annual with thousands of new and classic records.		 13/2
12. I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen- Debut
Sylvie Simmons, Ecco Press, $27.99, 9780061994982
A biography of legendary songwriter, poet, and novelist Leonard Cohen.		 /1
13. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character- Debut
Paul Tough, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547564654
Tough examines how character plays a role in why some children succeed and others fail.		 /1
14. Dearie
Bob Spitz, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307272225
An entertaining and in-depth new biography of Julia Child.		 8/7
15. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 11/38
ON THE RISE
23. The Black Count
Tom Reiss, Crown, $27, 9780307382467
This stunning look at the life of General Alex Dumas is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		  


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for September 27, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 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		 1/76
2. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/75
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 2/77
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/77
5. Fall of Giants- Debut
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232854		 /1
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 5/*
7. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339683		 7/*
8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935		 10/*
9. Red Mist
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425250433		 9/3
10. Eat to Live- Debut
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316206648		 /1


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for September 27, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Diviners- Debut
Libba Bray, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316126113		 /1
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 1/37
3. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 4/263
4. Star Wars Origami
Chris Alexander, Workman, $16.95, 9780761169437		 3/3
5. The Raven Boys- Debut
Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic, $18.99, 9780545424929		 /1
6. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995		 6/3
7. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 2/27
8. Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432		 8/7
9. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 5/*
10. Out of My Mind
Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum, $6.99, 9781416971719		 /8
11. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 /*
12. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 14/70
13. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316013697		 10/153
14. The Empty City
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780062102560		 12/4
15. Every Day
David Levithan, Knopf, $16.99, 9780307931887		 7/4


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for September 27, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 2012
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442450271		 1/4
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 2/*
3. Llama Llama Time to Share
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012336		 3/2
4. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
Mo Willems, Balzer & Bray, $17.99, 9780062104182		 4/3
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 6/*
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 7/*
7. Room on the Broom Board Book
Julia Donaldson, Axel Sheffler (Illus.), Dial, $6.99, 9780803738416		 11/2
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 10/*
9. Bear Has a Story to Tell
Philip Christian Stead, Erin Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596437456		 8/2
10. The Monsters' Monster
Patrick McDonnell, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316045476		 5/3
11. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 12/*
12. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 9/53
13. Mossy- Debut
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399257827		 /1
14. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553		 14/*
15. Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody- Debut
Michael Rex, Putnam, $6.99, 9780399260117		 /1


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for September 27, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 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. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
4. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
7. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
8. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 2012

16. Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $16, 9781594483295

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

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

26. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Gallery, $19.99, 9781451627299

27. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781401324643

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. When She Woke
Hillary Jordan, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616201937

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

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

41. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142

42. The Boy in the Suitcase
Lene Kaaberbol, Agnete Friis, Soho Crime, $15.95, 9781616951696

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

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

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

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

47. In the Woods
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143113492

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

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

50. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Mariner, $13.95, 9780547928227

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 2012

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

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

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

19. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982

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

21. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. Unleash!
Perry Noble, Tyndale, $15.99, 9781414366791

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

40. Call the Midwife
Jennifer Worth, Penguin, $16, 9780143123255

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

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

43. Beyond Outrage
Robert B. Reich, Vintage, $9.99, 9780345804372

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 2012

16. The Dog Stars
Peter Heller, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307959942

17. The Malice of Fortune
Michael Ennis, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385536318

18. The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin, Harper, $26.99, 9780062188502

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

20. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746

21. Zoo
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097444

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

23. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $25, 9780812993295

24. Severe Clear
Stuart Woods, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399159848

25. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023653

26. Garment of Shadows
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $26, 9780553807998

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

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

29. Midst Toil and Tribulation
David Weber, Tor, $27.99, 9780765321558

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. Low Pressure
Sandra Brown, Grand Central, $26.99, 9781455501557

37. Those We Love Most
Lee Woodruff, Hyperion, $26.99, 9781401341787

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

39. Delusion in Death
J.D. Robb, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399158810

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

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

42. Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice
Michael Brandman, Putnam Adult, $25.95, 9780399159497

43. A Hundred Flowers
Gail Tsukiyama, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312274818

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

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

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

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

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

49. The Cutting Season
Attica Locke, Harper, $25.99, 9780061802058

50. A Fistful of Collars
Spencer Quinn, Atria, $25, 9781451665161

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 2012

16. Wheat Belly
William Davis, Rodale, $25.99, 9781609611545

17. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores
Jen Campbell, Overlook, $15, 9781468301281

18. Double Cross
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $26, 9780307888754

19. I Declare
Joel Osteen, Faithwords, $21.99, 9781455516780

20. Paris: A Love Story
Kati Marton, S&S, $24, 9781451691542

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

22. Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story
D.T. Max, Viking, $27.95, 9780670025923

23. The Black Count
Tom Reiss, Crown, $27, 9780307382467

24. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852

25. Vagina: A New Biography
Naomi Wolf, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061989162

26. Daring Greatly
Brene Brown, Gotham, $26, 9781592407330

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

28. The Revenge of Geography
Robert D. Kaplan, Random House, $28, 9781400069835

29. Winter Journal
Paul Auster, Holt, $26, 9780805095531

30. Happier at Home
Gretchen Rubin, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307886781

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

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

33. Who Stole the American Dream?
Hedrick Smith, Random House, $30, 9781400069668

34. Life After Death
Damien Echols, Blue Rider, $26.95, 9780399160202

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

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

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

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

39. I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had
Tony Danza, Crown Archetype, $24, 9780307887863

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

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

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

43. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn, $25.95, 9780399159015

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

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

46. The Party Is Over
Mike Lofgren, Viking, $25.95, 9780670026265

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

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

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

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. Leonard Maltin's 2013 Movie Guide
Leonard Maltin (Ed.), Signet, $9.99, 9780451237743

41. Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam Classics, $5.99, 9780553208849

42. Without Fail
Lee Child, Jove, $9.99, 9780515144314

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

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

45. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706

46. Persuader
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245988

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

48. 77 Shadow Street
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593068

49. Feed
Mira Grant, Orbit, $9.99, 9780316081054

50. The Black Prism
Brent Weeks, Orbit, $7.99, 9780316068130

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