Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
from sales the week ending August 24, 2014
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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15, 9780307588371 Flynn's mesmerizing thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong. |
1/18 |
2. |
Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061950728 A powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are. |
2/32 |
3. |
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $14.99, 9780062255662 A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror. |
5/12 |
4. |
The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062107329 Tan's evocative novel of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity. |
3/6 |
5. |
The Signature of All Things Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $17, 9780143125846 A sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, by the bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love. |
4/9 |
6. |
We Are Water Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780061941030 Lamb's powerful novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy. |
12/2 |
7. |
The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99, 9781476729091 Simsion's heartfelt and humorous debut novel about a college professor's search for the perfect wife. |
6/12 |
8. |
Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307455925 A dazzling novel of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria, by the author of Half of a Yellow Sun. |
7/25 |
9. |
The Silver Star Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9781451661545 Walls' heartbreaking and redemptive novel about a girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world. |
8/12 |
10. |
And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632389 An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner. |
9/12 |
11. |
Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542 A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common. |
11/47 |
12. |
How the Light Gets In Louise Penny, Minotaur, $15.99, 9781250047274 A masterful Chief Inspector Gamache novel by the bestselling author of The Beautiful Mystery. |
14/4 |
13. |
Where'd You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262 Semple's compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world. |
/71 |
14. |
The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307278265 This extraordinary novel by the author of The Namesake is a National Book Award finalist. |
10/10 |
15. |
The Good Lord Bird James McBride, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632785 McBride's rousing novel is the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown's anti-slavery crusade and must pass as a girl to survive. Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction. |
13/2 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
1. |
Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $16, 9780812974492 An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. |
1/4 |
2. |
The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471 Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. |
2/13 |
3. |
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17, 9780316154703 A collection of hilarious and thought-provoking essays by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames. |
3/12 |
4. |
Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074 A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things. |
4/74 |
5. |
Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16, 9781451621389 Cahalan's astonishing true story of her inexplicable descent into madness and the brilliant, lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didn't happen. |
6/36 |
6. |
The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16, 9780812981605 An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. |
5/33 |
7. |
Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $16, 9780812979329 Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai. |
8/19 |
8. |
Orange Is the New Black Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812986181 Kerman's heartbreaking, hilarious, and at times enraging story of her year incarcerated is the basis of the Netflix series. |
7/43 |
9. |
The Smartest Kids in the World Amanda Ripley, S&S, $15.99, 9781451654431 Through the compelling stories of three American teenagers living abroad in the world's top-notch schools, Ripley explains how these systems cultivate the "smartest" kids on the planet. |
9/4 |
10. |
One Summer: America, 1927 Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95, 9780767919418 Bryson transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life. |
11/12 |
11. |
Thinking in Numbers Daniel Tammet, Back Bay, $16, 9780316187367 Tammet shares his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions, and equations underpin all our lives. |
12/5 |
12. |
Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849922077 A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven. |
10/94 |
13. |
Manson Jeff Guinn, S&S, $17, 9781451645170 Guinn's authoritative account of the life of Charles Manson. |
13/3 |
14. |
A House in the Sky Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett, Scribner, $16, 9781451645613 A searingly intimate story of an intrepid young woman and her search for compassion in the face of unimaginable adversity. |
/7 |
15. |
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. |
15/75 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
1. |
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $25.95, 9780385352109 The eagerly awaited new novel by the internationally bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. |
1/2 |
2. |
The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437 Tartt's novel--plumbing the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art--is the winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. |
2/44 |
3. |
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586 Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II is a May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read. |
3/16 |
4. |
Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $26.95, 9780399167065 A novel about three women, each at a crossroads, by the bestselling author of The Husband's Secret. |
5/4 |
5. |
Adultery- Debut Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $24.95, 9781101874080 A woman embarks on an adventure as unexpected as it is daring in the new novel by the bestselling author of The Alchemist. |
/1 |
6. |
The Book of Life Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025596 Harkness' highly anticipated finale to her bestselling All Souls trilogy, following Shadow of Night. |
4/6 |
7. |
The Silkworm Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $28, 9780316206877 A compulsively readable, new crime novel featuring Cormoran Strike by the bestselling author of The Cuckoo's Calling. |
8/10 |
8. |
The Magician's Land Lev Grossman, Viking, $27.95, 9780670015672 The final novel in Grossman's epic Magicians trilogy is an August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read. |
6/3 |
9. |
We Are Not Ourselves- Debut Matthew Thomas, S&S, $28, 9781476756660 Thomas's powerful multigenerational debut novel of an Irish-American family is a September 2014 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
10. |
The Heist Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062320056 Gabriel Allon searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio in Silva's latest action-packed tale of international intrigue. |
7/6 |
11. |
The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95, 9780670024780 Kidd's magnificent new novel about two unforgettable American women is the #1 Indie Next Great Read for January 2014. |
10/33 |
12. |
Dear Committee Members- Debut Julie Schumacher, Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385538138 Schumacher's brilliant novel about a beleaguered professor at a small and not very distinguished liberal arts college is a September 2014 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
13. |
Lucky Us Amy Bloom, Random House, $26, 9781400067244 Bloom's remarkable new novel is a deeply moving and fantastically funny story of love, heartbreak, and luck. |
9/4 |
14. |
California Edan Lepucki, Little Brown, $26, 9780316250818 California imagines a frighteningly realistic near future in which clashes between mankind's dark nature and deep-seated resilience shows how far we will go to protect the ones we love. |
11/7 |
15. |
The Vacationers Emma Straub, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594631573 Straub's deftly observed novel about the secrets, joys, and jealousies that rise to the surface during an American family's two-week vacation is a June 2014 Indie Next List Great Read. |
12/12 |
ON THE RISE | ||
16. |
The 6th Extinction James Rollins, Morrow, $27.99, 9780061784811 A thrilling new Sigma Force novel by the bestselling author of The Eye of God. |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
1. |
Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618 A humorous guide to life for grown-ups by a longtime editor of the iconic Little Golden Books. |
2/42 |
2. |
In the Kingdom of Ice Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535373 The bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers returns with white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age. An August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read. |
1/3 |
3. |
A Spy Among Friends Ben Macintyre, Crown, $27, 9780804136631 Macintyre's fascinating look at the greatest spy in history, who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War--while he was secretly working for the enemy. |
3/4 |
4. |
David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361 In his new bestseller, Gladwell draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us. |
4/47 |
5. |
Think Like a Freak Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062218339 The bestselling authors of Freakonomics take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally-to think, that is, like a Freak. |
5/15 |
6. |
The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload- Debut Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525954187 In his new book, bestselling author Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details. |
/1 |
7. |
Flash Boys Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393244663 The bestselling author of The Big Short returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets. |
7/20 |
8. |
Hard Choices Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $35, 9781476751443 Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future. |
6/11 |
9. |
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast, Bloomsbury, $28, 9781608198061 Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. A May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read. |
10/14 |
10. |
Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95, 9780674430006 Piketty's analysis of a unique collection of economic data from 20 countries will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. |
8/18 |
11. |
Goodnight Darth Vader Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452128306 Darth Vader's parenting skills are tested anew in this delightful new book by the bestselling author of Darth Vader and Son and Vader's Little Princess. |
12/2 |
12. |
The Grumpy Guide to Life: Observations From Grumpy Cat- Debut Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452134239 Featuring many new photos of Grumpy Cat's famous frown and packed with uninspiring observations to help anyone get in touch with their inner grouch. |
/1 |
13. |
The First Family Detail Ronald Kessler, Crown Forum, $26, 9780804139212 The latest by the bestselling author of In the President's Secret Service. |
13/3 |
14. |
#Girlboss Sophia Amoruso, Portfolio, $26.95, 9780399169274 Amoruso's fascinating story shows success is about trusting your instincts and following your gut, knowing which rules to follow and which to break. |
/3 |
15. |
The Mockingbird Next Door Marja Mills, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594205194 Mills' portrait of Harper Lee, author of the beloved novel To Kill a Mockingbird. |
9/6 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Sycamore Row- Debut John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345543240 |
/1 |
2. |
Outlander Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699 |
1/5 |
3. |
A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716 |
2/175 |
4. |
W Is for Wasted Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425271575 |
3/3 |
5. |
Inferno Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9781400079155 |
4/16 |
6. |
King and Maxwell David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10, 9781455521296 |
6/4 |
7. |
The Racketeer John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530578 |
5/34 |
8. |
A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582017 |
8/43 |
9. |
A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429 |
7/172 |
10. |
The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488 |
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Children's Interest
Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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Children's Interest |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
1. |
The Giver Lois Lowry, Harcourt, $9.99, 9780544340688 |
1/103 |
2. |
If I Stay Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99, 9780147514530 |
3/9 |
3. |
The Fault in Our Stars John Green, Speak, $12.99, 9780142424179 |
2/19 |
4. |
Looking for Alaska John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511 |
4/106 |
5. |
Where She Went Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99, 9780142420898 |
6/7 |
6. |
Paper Towns John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414934 |
5/79 |
7. |
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods- Debut Rick Riordan, John Rocco (Illus.), Hyperion, $24.99, 9781423183648 |
/1 |
8. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729 |
11/362 |
9. |
Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020 |
10/126 |
10. |
Minecraft: Redstone Handbook Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545685153 |
8/21 |
11. |
Minecraft: Essential Handbook Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545669931 |
9/24 |
12. |
An Abundance of Katherines John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142410707 |
7/67 |
13. |
Minecraft: Combat Handbook- Debut Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545685160 |
/1 |
14. |
Gathering Blue Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780547904146 |
12/2 |
15. |
Sisters- Debut Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605 |
/1 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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Children's Illustrated |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
1/* |
2. |
The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373 |
2/61 |
3. |
Frozen (Little Golden Book) Victoria Saxon, Grace Lee (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $3.99, 9780736430517 |
3/26 |
4. |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
4/* |
5. |
Frozen: Anna's Act of Love/Elsa's Icy Magic Lisa Marsoli, Joey Chou (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $4.99, 9780736430616 |
7/27 |
6. |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926 |
15/* |
7. |
Frozen (Big Golden Book) Bill Scollon, Disney Storybook Artists (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $9.99, 9780736430654 |
8/21 |
8. |
Pete the Cat and the New Guy Kimberly Dean, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062275608 |
9/2 |
9. |
The Pigeon Needs a Bath! Mo Willems, Disney Press, $16.99, 9781423190875 |
10/21 |
10. |
A Day in the Sun Frank Berrios, RH Disney (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $3.99, 9780736430883 |
14/15 |
11. |
Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035 |
11/* |
12. |
Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007 |
5/* |
13. |
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824 |
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14. |
Blueberries for Sal Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698 |
6/35 |
15. |
On the Night You Were Born Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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Children's Series | ||
1. |
Divergent (hardcover and paperback) Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books |
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2. |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House |
|
3. |
Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback) Tom Angleberger, Amulet |
|
4. |
The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback) James Dashner, Delacorte |
|
5. |
The Land of Stories (hardcover and paperback) Chris Colfer, Little Brown |
|
6. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
|
7. |
Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback) Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle |
|
8. |
Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
|
9. |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover and paperback) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
|
10. |
The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
16. The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $15, 9780812977172
17. The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $18, 9780316206853
18. Sycamore Row
John Grisham, Bantam, $16, 9780553393613
19. An Event in Autumn
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780804170642
20. Longbourn
Jo Baker, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345806970
21. Police
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307951168
22. The Girl You Left Behind
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143125778
23. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Bantam, $18, 9780553393705
24. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178
25. Doomed
Chuck Palahniuk, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307476548
26. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345807298
27. Identical
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $16, 9781455527199
28. Inferno
Dan Brown, Anchor, $16, 9780804172264
29. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $17, 9780143119685
30. The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition)
Paulo Coelho, Amy Jurskis, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
31. The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $17, 9781594632341
32. My Struggle, Book One
Karl Ove Knausgaard, FSG, $16, 9780374534141
33. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $14.99, 9780061122415
34. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $15, 9780345803788
35. The Magicians
Lev Grossman, Plume, $16, 9780452296299
36. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9781451689433
37. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $15, 9781451673319
38. A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki, Penguin, $16, 9780143124870
39. Dark Places
Gillian Flynn, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307341570
40. Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $18, 9780316176491
41. The Hundred-Foot Journey
Richard C. Morais, Scribner, $15, 9781439165652
42. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
43. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $16, 9781400031702
44. Bad Monkey
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $15, 9780446556149
45. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Joel Dicker, Penguin, $18, 9780143126683
46. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16, 9781451681758
47. The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
Anton DiSclafani, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632709
48. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra, Hogarth, $15, 9780770436421
49. The Dinner
Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14, 9780385346856
50. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Jan-Philipp Sendker, Other Press, $15.95, 9781590514634
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
16. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
17. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15, 9780399161940
18. What We See When We Read
Peter Mendelsund, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804171632
19. Lawrence in Arabia
Scott Anderson, Anchor, $17.95, 9780307476418
20. Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062282712
21. Break Out!
Joel Osteen, Faithwords, $16, 9781455581962
22. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
23. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9780743247542
24. Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket, $11.95, 9781608463862
25. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157992
26. The Everything Store
Brad Stone, Back Bay, $18, 9780316219280
27. I Wear the Black Hat
Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $16, 9781439184509
28. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99, 9781451666175
29. 2015 Road Atlas
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528011436
30. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062301673
31. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $17, 9781416591061
32. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $15, 9781577314806
33. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609
34. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16, 9780374533557
35. Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780060731335
36. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387172
37. Amsterdam
Russell Shorto, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307743756
38. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199
39. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
40. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $14.99, 9780802473158
41. Empty Mansions
Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., Ballantine, $17, 9780345534538
42. Heretics and Heroes
Thomas Cahill, Anchor, $16.95, 9780385495585
43. Frozen in Time
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062133403
44. Lucky Peach Issue 12
David Chang (Ed.), Lucky Peach, $12, 9781941235027
45. Show Your Work!
Austin Kleon, Workman, $11.95, 9780761178972
46. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016
47. The War That Ended Peace
Margaret MacMillan, Random House , $20, 9780812980660
48. JFK's Last Hundred Days
Thurston Clarke, Penguin, $18, 9780143125730
49. Cooked
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $17, 9780143125334
50. The Girls of Atomic City
Denise Kiernan, Touchstone, $16, 9781451617535
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
16. The 6th Extinction
James Rollins, Morrow, $27.99, 9780061784811
17. The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159343
18. One Plus One
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.95, 9780525426585
19. Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $35, 9780385344432
20. Tom Clancy: Support and Defend
Mark Greaney, Putnam Adult, $28.95, 9780399173349
21. The Queen of the Tearling
Erika Johansen, Harper, $26.99, 9780062290366
22. Act of War
Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99, 9781476717128
23. Painted Horses
Malcolm Brooks, Grove Press, $26, 9780802121646
24. Sweetness #9
Stephan Eirik Clark, Little Brown, $26, 9780316278751
25. The Lost Island
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $27, 9781455525775
26. Midnight in Europe
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069491
27. Mr. Mercedes
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781476754451
28. William Shakespeare's Star Wars
Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594746376
29. Bittersweet
Colleen McCullough, S&S, $26, 9781476755410
30. Wayfaring Stranger
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781476710792
31. Invisible
James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown, $28, 9780316405348
32. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781616203214
33. Mean Streak
Sandra Brown, Grand Central, $26, 9781455581122
34. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534833
35. One Kick
Chelsea Cain, S&S, $25.99, 9781476749785
36. Windigo Island
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $24.99, 9781476749235
37. The Care and Management of Lies
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $26.99, 9780062220509
38. Euphoria
Lily King, Atlantic Monthly Press, $25, 9780802122551
39. The Last Kind Words Saloon
Larry McMurtry, Liveright, $24.95, 9780871407863
40. Top Secret Twenty-One
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345542922
41. Dear Daughter
Elizabeth Little, Viking, $26.95, 9780670016389
42. Natchez Burning
Greg Iles, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062311078
43. The Liar's Wife
Mary Gordon, Pantheon , $25.95, 9780307377432
44. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
David Shafer, Mulholland, $26, 9780316252638
45. The Matchmaker
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28, 9780316099752
46. Fourth of July Creek
Smith Henderson, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062286444
47. The Long Way Home
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250022066
48. The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances
Ellen Cooney, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780544236158
49. The Martian
Andy Weir, Crown, $24, 9780804139021
50. William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return
Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594747137
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
16. One Nation
Ben Carson, M.D., Candy Carson, Sentinel, $25.95, 9781595231123
17. Elephant Company
Vicki Croke, Random House, $28, 9781400069330
18. Blood Feud
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.99, 9781621573135
19. Carsick
John Waters, FSG, $26, 9780374298630
20. I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26, 9780316322409
21. America
Dinesh D'Souza, Regnery, $29.99, 9781621572039
22. Jerusalem: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781607743941
23. Excellent Sheep
William Deresiewicz, Free Press, $26, 9781476702711
24. I Knead My Mommy
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452132914
25. The Way Forward
Paul Ryan, Twelve, $27, 9781455557561
26. Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99, 9780974320625
27. Factory Man
Beth Macy, Little Brown, $28, 9780316231435
28. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28, 9781400064168
29. Tibetan Peach Pie
Tom Robbins, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062267405
30. A Fighting Chance
Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan, $28, 9781627790529
31. The Mincing Mockingbird Guide to Troubled Birds
Blue Rider Press, $15.95, 9780399170911
32. Plenty
Yotam Ottolenghi, Chronicle, $35, 9781452101248
33. Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385349949
34. 1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop
John Lloyd, et al., Norton, $15.95, 9780393245608
35. Building a Better Teacher
Elizabeth Green, Norton, $27.95, 9780393081596
36. The Invisible Bridge
Rick Perlstein, S&S, $37.50, 9781476782416
37. Grain Brain
David Perlmutter, Little Brown, $27, 9780316234801
38. The Opposite of Loneliness
Marina Keegan, Scribner, $23, 9781476753614
39. The Nixon Defense
John W. Dean, Viking, $35, 9780670025367
40. The One Thing
Gary Keller, Bard Productions, $24.95, 9781885167774
41. My Promised Land
Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780385521703
42. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
43. Daring Greatly
Brene Brown, Gotham, $26, 9781592407330
44. When Paris Went Dark
Ronald C. Rosbottom, Little Brown, $28, 9780316217446
45. My Drunk Kitchen
Hannah Hart, Dey Street Books, $22.99, 9780062293039
46. Humans of New York
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250038821
47. How Not to Be Wrong
Jordan Ellenberg, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594205224
48. Blue Mind
Wallace J. Nichols, Little Brown, $27, 9780316252089
49. Strengths Finder 2.0
Tom Rath, Gallup, $27.95, 9781595620156
50. Nine Things Successful People Do Differently
Heidi Grant Halvorson, Harvard Business School Press, $12, 9781422193402
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
11. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $8.99, 9780446310789
12. Beautiful Day
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $8, 9780316099776
13. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
14. Second Honeymoon
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Vision, $10, 9781455515967
15. The Kill List
Frederick Forsyth, Signet, $9.99, 9780451467638
16. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur/Little Brown, $9, 9780316056892
17. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345514400
18. Takedown Twenty
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345542892
19. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345543981
20. The Testament
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345531964
21. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fifth Edition
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877798224
22. Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780440215622
23. The Hit
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10, 9781455521302
24. Vicious Circle
Wilbur Smith, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9781250051134
25. 61 Hours
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243694
26. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
27. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553390568
28. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
29. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
30. 12th of Never
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Vision, $10, 9781455515783
31. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
32. Alex Cross, Run
James Patterson, Vision, $10, 9780446571845
33. Rose Harbor in Bloom
Debbie Macomber, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345535269
34. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
35. Never Go Back
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246329
36. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Retribution
Eric Van Lustbader, Grand Central, $10, 9781455550944
37. Concealed in Death
J.D. Robb, Berkley, $7.99, 9780515154146
38. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765370624
39. Spider Woman's Daughter
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780062270498
40. Service
Marcus Luttrell, Back Bay, $8, 9780316185370
41. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
42. Killing Floor
Lee Child, Jove, $9.99, 9780515153651
43. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780380789030
44. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
45. The Strain
Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan, Harper, $9.99, 9780062344618
46. Voyager
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780440217565
47. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $6.50, 9780877799306
48. The Troop
Nick Cutter, Pocket, $7.99, 9781476717722
49. Light of the World
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $9.99, 9781476710778
50. Deceived
Randy Wayne White, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425270158