September 29, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for September 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 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.
1/25
2. 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.
2/110
3. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.
3/87
4. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.
4/27
5. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.
5/20
6. A Secret Kept
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312553494
The evocative new novel by the author of Sarah's Key.
9/2
7. 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.
6/120
8. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).
7/43
9. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713
A moving love story by the author of The Understudy.
8/13
10. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII.
13/34
11. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, NAL, $25, 9780451232571
Book One of Follett's Century Trilogy is now available in paperback.
10/4
12. The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman, Dial, $15, 9780385343671
Rachman's wry debut novel follows the lives of the staff of an international English-language newspaper in Rome.
12/38
13. By Nightfall
Michael Cunningham, Picador, $15, 9780312610432
Cunningham's poetic and compelling novel is a heartbreaking look at a marriage.
14/3
14. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
An evocative novel of Japanese-Americans in Seattle during World War II.
/85
15. Great House
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 9780393340648
A brilliant novel by the bestselling author of The History of Love.
11/3


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 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.
2/29
2. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.
1/3
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.
3/15
4. 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.
4/37
5. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393
Lewis's in-depth analysis of the 2002 Oakland A's team is now a major motion picture.
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6. 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.
5/20
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.
7/26
8. 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.
9/16
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.
6/47
10. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915
Mukherjee's comprehensive history of cancer is now in paperback.
10/7
11. 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.
8/24
12. Let's Take the Long Way Home
Gail Caldwell, Random House, $14, 9780812979114
Caldwell's heartwarming memoir of her friendship with author Caroline Knapp.
11/7
13. 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.
15/2
14. 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.
12/30
15. 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.
14/6
ON THE RISE
21. How to Live
Sarah Bakewell, Other Press, $16.95, 9781590514832
Bakewell looks at the life and work of the Renaissance writer Michel de Montaigne.


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for September 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/2
2. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.
2/31
3. 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.
3/16
4. Reamde- Debut
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35, 9780061977961
Stephenson's new thriller in which a tech entrepreneur gets caught in the very real crossfire of his own online war game is an October Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
5. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment, is a September Indie Next List Great Read.
4/4
6. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The highly anticipated fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.
5/11
7. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose is an August Indie Next List Great Read.
6/9
8. Train Dreams- Debut
Denis Johnson, FSG, $18, 9780374281144
A new novella suffused with the history and landscapes of the American West, by the National Book Award-winning author of Tree of Smoke.
/1
9. The Leftovers
Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312358341
In his new novel, Perrotta looks at what happens when millions of people suddenly disappear without explanation. A September Indie Next List Great Read.
7/4
10. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.
11/21
11. We the Animals
Justin Torres, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18, 9780547576725
This deeply moving debut novel about growing up is a September Indie Next List Great Read.
10/4
12. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $25, 9780345525543
Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others is a September Indie Next List Great Read.
8/5
13. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy.
9/70
14. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Knopf, $22, 9780307700001
Otsuka's new novel tells the story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago.
14/3
15. Habibi- Debut
Craig Thompson, Pantheon, $35, 9780375424144
Thompson's literary graphic novel is a love story, a look at the cultural divide between the first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam, and the magic of storytelling.
/1
ON THE RISE
19. The Grief of Others
Leah Hager Cohen, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488054
Cohen's novel looks at the devastating effect on a family following the death of a newborn.


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy, Michael Beschloss, Hyperion, $60, 9781401324254
In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded seven historic interviews about her life with John F. Kennedy, which for the first time can be read and heard in this illustrated book and CD set.
1/2
2. 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.
3/45
3. Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President- Debut
Ron Suskind, Harper, $29.99, 9780061429255
The hidden history of Wall Street and the White House, and a powerful, quintessentially American concept: confidence.
/1
4. 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!
5/17
5. That Used to Be Us
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, FSG, $28, 9780374288907
An exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal.
2/3
6. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.
4/20
7. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.
10/25
8. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202995
In Fuller's sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, she returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family.
6/5
9. Here Comes Trouble
Michael Moore, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446532242
An autobiography by award-winning filmmaker and author Michael Moore.
11/2
10. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722
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.
8/7
11. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $37.50, 9781416571766
McCullough's look at adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, architects, and others who set off for Paris between 1830 and 1900, with ambitions to excel in their work.
14/18
12. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern- Debut
Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.
/1
13. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President- Debut
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385526265
Millard's fascinating account of the shooting of President James A. Garfield four months after his inauguration and a nation in turmoil.
/1
14. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $26, 9780345521088
The heartwarming true story of the plow-horse that won the 1958 National Horse Show is a September Indie Next List Great Read.
12/5
15. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $30, 9781455502776
A collection of essays by the popular political and social commentator.
9/4
ON THE RISE
18. The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin
Joe McGinniss, Crown, $25, 9780307718921
A biography of Sarah Palin by the author of Fatal Vision.


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for September 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
1/24
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901
2/25
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
3/23
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
4/25
5. The Reversal
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750
5/5
6. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117
6/10
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7/*
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
9/*
9. Port Mortuary
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243602
/2
10. Painted Ladies
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243626
8/2


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for September 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Every Thing On It- Debut
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
/1
2. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
1/2
3. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/HarperTeen, $17.99, 9780062024688
2/4
4. Darth Paper Strikes Back
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279
3/5
5. Lego Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970
14/2
6. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
5/16
7. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
11/20
8. Matched- Debut
Ally Condie, Speak, $9.99, 9780142419779
/1
9. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257
6/16
10. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
4/211
11. The Underdogs- Debut
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399250019
/1
12. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99, 9780316013697
8/128
13. Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423143437
15/15
14. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
7/91
15. Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life
James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Laura Park (Illus.), Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316101875
12/13


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for September 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 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. Bumble-Ardy
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780062051981
/2
3. Llama Llama Home with Mama
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012329
5/5
4. Otis and the Tornado
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399254772
8/3
5. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732
4/7
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
3/*
7. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6/*
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper , $17.95, 9780060254926
9/*
9. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $14.99, 9780811879545
13/21
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
10/*
11. The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man
Michael Chabon, Jake Parker (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/HarperTeen, $17.99, 9780061914621
15/3
12. Skippyjon Jones, Class Action
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525422280
2/11
13. The Man in the Moon
William Joyce, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442430419
14/2
14. Llama Llama Red Pajama
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $16.99, 9780670059836
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15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
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Children's Series



Bestseller List for September 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2011
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  Children's Series
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
New in Series: You Have to Stop This
4. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
5. Leviathan Trilogy (hardcover and paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson (Illus.), Simon Pulse
New in Series: Goliath
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Gordon Korman, et al., Scholastic
10. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2011

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

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

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

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

20. The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman, Dial, $15, 9780385340861

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

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

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

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

25. Tinkers
Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123

26. Matterhorn
Karl Marlantes, Grove Press, $15.95, 9780802145314

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

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

29. Faithful Place
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143119494

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

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

32. Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $15, 9780812977868

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

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

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

36. Left Neglected
Lisa Genova, Gallery, $15, 9781439164655

37. The Sixth Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455510320

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

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

40. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Tom Franklin, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060594671

41. To the End of the Land
David Grossman, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476401

42. The Distant Hours
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781439152799

43. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780812976366

44. French Lessons
Ellen Sussman, Ballantine, $15, 9780345522771

45. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Charles Yu, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307739452

46. Luka and the Fire of Life
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $15, 9780679783473

47. Juliet
Anne Fortier, Ballantine, $15, 9780345516114

48. In the Company of Others
Jan Karon, Penguin, $16, 9780143119913

49. Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446547604

50. The Windup Girl
Paolo Bacigalupi, Night Shade, $14.95, 9781597801584

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

22. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

25. Lucky Peach, Issue 1: Ramen
Chris Ying (Ed.), McSweeney's, $10, 9781936365463

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

27. Griftopia
Matt Taibbi, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780385529969

28. The Disappearing Spoon
Sam Kean, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316051637

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

30. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Alexandra Fuller, Random House, $15, 9780375758997

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

32. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $15.99, 9780446552431

33. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.
Sam Wasson, Harper Perennial, $13.99, 9780061774164

34. The Best Buddhist Writing 2011
Melvin McLeod (Ed.), Shambhala, $17.95, 9781590309339

35. Super Natural Every Day
Heidi Swanson, Ten Speed Press, $23, 9781580082778

36. The Wave
Susan Casey, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767928854

37. All the Devils Are Here
Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera, Portfolio, $17, 9781591844389

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

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

40. The Official SAT Study Guide
College Board, $21.99, 9780874478525

41. Slow Love
Dominique Browning, Plume, $15, 9780452297500

42. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316076203

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

44. The Big Burn
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547394602

45. Medium Raw
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $15.99, 9780061718953

46. A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway, Scribner, $15, 9781439182710

47. Wait for Me!
Duchess Deborah Mitford, Charlotte Mosley, Picador, $18, 9780312610647

48. The Dirty Life
Kristin Kimball, Scribner, $15, 9781416551614

49. The Artist's Way (10th Anniversary Ed.)
Julia Cameron, Tarcher/Penguin, $16.99, 9781585421466

50. The Moral Landscape
Sam Harris, Free Press, $15, 9781439171226

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2011

16. Pirate King
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $25, 9780553807981

17. Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues
Michael Brandman, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399157844

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

19. The Grief of Others
Leah Hager Cohen, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488054

20. Son of Stone
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157653

21. The Magician King
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022311

22. A Trick of the Light
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312655457

23. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831

24. Maine
J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595126

25. The Submission
Amy Waldman, FSG, $26, 9780374271565

26. Kill Me If You Can
James Patterson, Marshall Karp, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097543

27. Only Time Will Tell
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312539559

28. Heat Rises
Richard Castle, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401324438

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

30. The Great Leader
Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $24, 9780802119704

31. The Last Werewolf
Glen Duncan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595089

32. Abuse of Power
Michael Savage, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312651619

33. The Cut
George Pelecanos, Reagan Arthur, $25.99, 9780316078429

34. She Walks in Beauty
Caroline Kennedy (Ed.), Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401341459

35. Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva, Harper, $26.99, 9780062072184

36. Last Man in Tower
Aravind Adiga, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307594099

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

38. On Canaan's Side
Sebastian Barry, Viking, $25.95, 9780670022922

39. Lethal
Sandra Brown, Grand Central, $26.99, 9781455501472

40. The Race
Clive Cussler, Justin Scott, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157813

41. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595867

42. The Dog Who Knew Too Much
Spencer Quinn, Atria, $25, 9781439157091

43. I Married You for Happiness
Lily Tuck, Atlantic Monthly Press, $24, 9780802119919

44. Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson, Harper, $25.99, 9780062060556

45. New York to Dallas
J.D. Robb, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157783

46. The Vault
Ruth Rendell, Scribner, $26, 9781451624083

47. Flash and Bones
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439102411

48. Jedi Path
Daniel Wallace, Chronicle, $19.95, 9781452102276

49. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $24.99, 9780062041265

50. Birds of Paradise
Diana Abu-Jaber, Norton, $25.95, 9780393064612

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2011

16. In My Time
Dick Cheney, Threshold Editions, $35, 9781439176191

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

18. The Rogue
Joe McGinniss, Crown, $25, 9780307718921

19. The Quest
Daniel Yergin, Penguin Press, $37.95, 9781594202834

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

21. Just My Type
Simon Garfield, Gotham, $27.50, 9781592406524

22. Life Itself
Roger Ebert, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446584975

23. The Black Banners
Ali H. Soufan, Norton, $26.95, 9780393079425

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

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

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

27. What It Is Like to Go to War
Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802119926

28. Knocking on Heaven's Door
Lisa Randall, Ecco Press, $29.99, 9780061723728

29. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952244

30. Boo: The Life of the World's Cutest Dog
J.H. Lee, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452103068

31. Willpower
Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594203077

32. Following Atticus
Tom Ryan, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061997105

33. Maphead
Ken Jennings, Scribner, $25, 9781439167175

34. Grand Pursuit
Sylvia Nasar, S&S, $35, 9780684872988

35. Every Day a Friday
Joel Osteen, Faithwords, $24.99, 9780892969913

36. Rin Tin Tin
Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135

37. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper, $26.99, 9780061988349

38. 101 Things to Learn in Art School
Kit White, MIT Press, $14.95, 9780262016216

39. Prime Time
Jane Fonda, Random House, $27, 9781400066971

40. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602

41. The 4-Hour Body
Timothy Ferriss, Crown , $27, 9780307463630

42. Sleeping with the Enemy
Hal Vaughan, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307592637

43. A Book of Secrets
Michael Holroyd, FSG, $26, 9780374115586

44. The Dukan Diet
Pierre Dukan, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307887962

45. Start Something That Matters
Blake Mycoskie, Spiegel & Grau, $22, 9781400069187

46. Your Medical Mind
Jerome Groopman, M.D., et al., Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594203114

47. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $26, 9781439176580

48. Happy Accidents
Jane Lynch, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401341763

49. Believing Is Seeing
Errol Morris, Penguin Press, $40, 9781594203015

50. Wicked Success Is Inside Every Woman
Vickie L. Milazzo, Wiley, $21.95, 9781118100523

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2011

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

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

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

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

15. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479

16. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. The Inner Circle
Brad Meltzer, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446616157

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

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

30. The Fifth Woman
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307946669

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. Lost Empire
Clive Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243619

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

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

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

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

43. Strategic Moves
Stuart Woods, Signet, $9.99, 9780451234452

44. Dead in the Family
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441020157

45. Private
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Vision, $9.99, 9780446574723

46. The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9781400079148

47. Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide
Leonard Maltin (Ed.), Signet, $9.99, 9780451234476

48. Spider Bones
Kathy Reichs, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439102404

49. Royal Blood
Rhys Bowen, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425243749

50. Crossfire
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425242629

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