December 12, 2013


Bestseller List for December 12, 2013
from sales the week ending December 8, 2013
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Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 12, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dear Life
Alice Munro, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307743725
A brilliant collection of stories from one of the most beloved writers of our time and winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature.
1/18
2. 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.
2/36
3. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062065254
The masterful novel by the author of The Plague of Doves is the 2012 National Book Award-winner for fiction.
3/11
4. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178
Walter's dazzling yet deeply human novel spans 50 years and nearly as many lives.
4/36
5. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542
A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common.
8/19
6. The Dinner
Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14, 9780385346856
Koch's novel reveals the dark side of genteel society.
6/6
7. Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062124272
Kingsolver's powerful novel about the complexities of modern life in rural Appalachia.
7/27
8. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan, Picador, $15, 9781250037756
Sloan's dazzling literary adventure, set mostly in a small San Francisco bookstore, is now available in paperback.
5/11
9. The Best American Short Stories 2013
Elizabeth Strout, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547554839
A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories.
9/9
10. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16, 9781451681758
Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is now available in paperback.
12/36
11. The Aviator's Wife- Debut
Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $15, 9780345528681
Benjamin's fascinating novel about the marriage of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
/1
12. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780061493355
Chabon's big-hearted, exhilarating novel explores the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland, California families.
10/13
13. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $15, 9780812982626
Johnson's epic story of a young man's journey through the mysterious dictatorship of North Korea.
14/34
14. The Art Forger
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616203160
Shapiro's absorbing literary thriller treats readers to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors.
/28
15. Orphan Train- Debut
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.
/1


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 12, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99, 9781451666175
Brosh's highly anticipated book showcases her unique voice, wit, and ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. The #1 November 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/6
2. Unlikely Loves
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761174424
A celebration of love between species by the bestselling author of Unlikely Friendships.
2/10
3. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.
4/37
4. World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $13.99, 9781600571824
The dependable reference guide, updated for 2014.
6/2
5. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2014
Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571986030
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more.
7/14
6. Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812986181
Kerman's heartbreaking, hilarious, and at time enraging story of her year incarcerated is the basis of a new Netflix series.
3/14
7. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.
5/45
8. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199
Noted neurosurgeon Alexander's fascinating account of his return from a very deep coma.
8/58
9. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $20, 9781938073533
Byrne's brainy, irresistible, and impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.
9/12
10. Dog Shaming
Pascale Lemire, Three Rivers Press, $15, 9780385349345
Based on the runaway web phenomenon featuring the most hilarious, most shameful, and never-before-seen doggie misdeeds.
/2
11. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15, 9780399161940
Readers who've ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal will discover a new way to escape the fear of the blank page.
/15
12. The World Until Yesterday
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $18, 9780143124405
Diamond provides a mesmerizing, firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years and considers what the differences between that past and our present mean for our lives today.
10/6
13. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10, 9780316078917
Celebrate the holidays with one of the funniest writers of our time.
/14
14. Awkward Family Holiday Photos- Debut
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers Press, $15, 9780307888136
From the bestselling authors of Awkward Family Photos comes a celebration of those special times when our families embarrass us the most: the holidays.
/1
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.
/65
ON THE RISE
23. Philomena
Martin Sixsmith, Penguin , $16, 9780143124726
The heartbreaking true story about the the love between a mother and son who endured a lifelong separation is now a major motion picture.
 


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 12, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437
A new novel of shocking narrative energy and power, plumbing the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art, by the bestselling author of The Secret History.
1/7
2. Dog Songs
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594204784
Oliver's new collection of poems paints a portrait of her relationships with the companions that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work.
2/9
3. Sycamore Row
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385537131
In his latest bestselling thriller, Grisham returns to the setting and the compelling characters of his first novel, A Time to Kill.
4/7
4. The Valley of Amazement
Amy Tan, Ecco, $29.99, 9780062107312
Tan's evocative novel of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity is a November 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/5
5. Aimless Love
Billy Collins, Random House, $26, 9780679644057
From the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States comes his first compilation of new and selected poems in 12 years.
3/7
6. The First Phone Call From Heaven
Mitch Albom, Harper, $24.99, 9780062294371
Albom's moving new novel about a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife.
9/4
7. S.
J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, Mulholland, $35, 9780316201643
Abrams and Dorst's love letter to the written word is the chronicle of two readers finding each other in the margins of a book and enmeshing themselves in a deadly struggle between forces they don't understand.
8/6
8. The Luminaries
Eleanor Catton, Little Brown, $27, 9780316074315
Catton's breathtaking feat of storytelling in which everything is connected but nothing is as it seems is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize.
6/8
9. The Gods of Guilt- Debut
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $28, 9780316069519
Mickey Haller returns in the new Lincoln Lawyer novel by the bestselling author of The Fifth Witness.
/1
10. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385351393
An exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of the National Book Award finalist A Hologram for the King.
7/9
11. The Good Lord Bird
James McBride, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594486340
McBride's rousing novel is the story 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.
14/5
12. The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307265746
The extraordinary new novel by the author of The Namesake is short-listed for the 2013 Man Booker Prize and is an October Indie Next List Great Read.
10/11
13. Command Authority- Debut
Tom Clancy, Putnam Adult, $29.95, 9780399160479
There's a new strong man in Russia whose rise to power is based on a dark secret hidden for decades. The solution to that mystery lies with a most unexpected source, President Jack Ryan.
/1
14. The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $28.95, 9780670024858
The highly anticipated new novel by the author of Eat, Pray, Love is an October 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/10
15. Doctor Sleep
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781476727653
King's riveting sequel to The Shining is about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save.
13/11


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 12, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/10
2. Things That Matter
Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28, 9780385349178
A collection of Krauthammer's columns and essays written over the last three decades.
4/7
3. The Bully Pulpit
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $40, 9781416547860
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Kearns Goodwin's highly anticipated new book is a dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive era, the tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air.
2/5
4. I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26, 9780316322409
The remarkable memoir of a young Pakistani girl who refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.
3/9
5. One Summer: America, 1927
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780767919401
In his latest, Bryson transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life.
5/10
6. Stitches
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594632587
Lamott's wise and compassionate exploration of how we can make sense of life's chaos.
7/5
7. 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.
10/68
8. Killing Jesus
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805098549
The latest by the bestselling authors of Killing Lincoln and Killing Kennedy.
9/11
9. George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution- Debut
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $27.95, 9781595231031
A fascinating look at the little-known, top secret group called the Culper Spy Ring and its pivotal role in the American Revolution.
/1
10. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025817
Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
12/26
11. The Men Who United the States
Simon Winchester, Harper, $29.99, 9780062079602
Winchester's fascinating look at the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the United States from its beginnings.
11/8
12. My Promised Land
Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780385521703
An authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of the State of Israel, by one of the most influential journalists writing about the Middle East today.
8/2
13. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062236678
Patchett's resonant portrait of her life is a November 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/5
14. Humans of New York- Debut
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250038821
Based on the popular blog of the same name, this is a beautiful, heartfelt, funny, and inspiring collection of photographs and stories capturing the spirit of a city.
/1
15. Guinness World Records 2014
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781908843357
The latest incarnation of the bestselling annual with thousands of new and classic records.
13/10
ON THE RISE
21. The Kid
Ben Bradlee, Jr., Little Brown, $35, 9780316614351
A thrilling and honest account of baseball legend Ted Williams in all his glory and human complexity.
 


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 12, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582017
1/6
2. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765370624
2/122
3. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
3/138
4. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769488
5/*
5. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429
8/139
6. Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550757
4/7
7. Notorious Nineteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527769
7/3
8. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
/24
9. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582024
10/139
10. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345543981
6/135


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for December 12, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
1/325
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
2/99
3. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
3/89
4. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763660406
4/11
5. Fortunately, the Milk
Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young (Illus.), Harper, $14.99, 9780062224071
9/12
6. Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims
Rush Limbaugh, Threshold Editions, $19.99, 9781476755861
6/6
7. Star Wars: Jedi Academy
Jeffrey Brown, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545505178
7/15
8. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511
5/69
9. Frog Trouble . . . and Eleven Other Pretty Serious Songs
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $16.95, 9780761171768
8/11
10. Counting by 7s
Holly Goldberg Sloan, Dial, $16.99, 9780803738553
/5
11. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061992254
13/45
12. God Got a Dog
Cynthia Rylant, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $17.99, 9781442465183
/2
13. Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99, 9781250012579
11/16
14. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.99, 9781594746031
10/27
15. Spirit Animals: Wild Born
Brandon Mull, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545522434
14/13


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 12, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
1/24
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2/*
3. An Otis Christmas
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399163951
3/5
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790
4/*
5. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
7/*
6. The Night Before Christmas
Clement Clarke Moore, Holly Hobbie (Illus.), Little Brown, $18, 9780316070188
9/2
7. The Christmas Wish
Lori Evert, Random House, $17.99, 9780449816813
6/2
8. The Elf on the Shelf
Carol Abersoldt, Coe Steinwart (Illus.), CCA and B, $20, 9780976990703
5/12
9. Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399257834
8/5
10. Journey
Aaron Becker, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763660536
13/9
11. Ladybug Girl and the Big Snow
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $17.99, 9780803735835
10/11
12. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
14/112
13. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
11/*
14. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illus.), Dutton, $16.99, 9780525467342
/2
15. Snowflakes Fall
Patricia MacLachlan, Steven Kellogg (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780385376938
/3


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 12, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013
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  Children's Series  
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
2. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
 
3. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
5. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
 
6. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover and paperback)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
8. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
 
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 

 

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013

16. The House Girl
Tara Conklin, Morrow, $14.99, 9780062207517

17. The Storyteller
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102770

18. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $16, 9781594631771

19. A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $16, 9780143124054

20. The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $18, 9780316228589

21. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550

22. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $16, 9781400031702

23. The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062188519

24. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
Sun-Mi Hwang, Nomoco (Illus.), Penguin, $15, 9780143123200

25. The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99, 9780316175661

26. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $15, 9780812983456

27. Reconstructing Amelia
Kimberly McCreight, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062225443

28. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9781451689433

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

30. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481

31. The Last Runaway
Tracy Chevalier, Plume, $16, 9780142180365

32. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196

33. The Bat
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780345807090

34. Blasphemy
Sherman Alexie, Grove Press, $17, 9780802121752

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

36. NW
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $16, 9780143123934

37. Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Carol Rifka Brunt, Dial, $15, 9780812982855

38. The Silent Wife
A.S.A. Harrison, Penguin, $16, 9780143123231

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

40. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810

41. Mrs Queen Takes the Train
William Kuhn, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780062208293

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

43. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307947512

44. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
Penguin, $18, 9780143107293

45. Sweet Tooth
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345803450

46. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432

47. Life After Life
Jill McCorkle, Shannon Ravenel Books, $14.95, 9781616203221

48. The Dog Stars
Peter Heller, Vintage, $15, 9780307950475

49. Dark Witch
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $17, 9780425259856

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013

16. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20, 9780812979480

17. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131

18. The Moth
Catherine Burns (Ed.), Hyperion, $15.99, 9781401311117

19. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $15.95, 9780544102767

20. Far From the Tree
Andrew Solomon, Scribner, $21.50, 9780743236720

21. The Best American Essays 2013
Cheryl Strayed, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544103887

22. The Best American Infographics 2013
Gareth Cook (Ed.), Mariner, $20, 9780547973371

23. Philomena
Martin Sixsmith, Penguin, $16, 9780143124726

24. Brain on Fire
Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16, 9781451621389

25. 12 Years a Slave
Solomon Northup, Penguin, $16, 9780143125419

26. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $20, 9781451648546

27. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Tim Folger (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544003439

28. The Onion Book of Known Knowledge
The Onion, Little Brown, $20, 9780316133241

29. Going Clear
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307745309

30. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16, 9780374533557

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

32. Lucky Peach, Issue 9
David Chang (Ed.), McSweeney's, $12, 9781938073625

33. Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780385344968

34. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279

35. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449410247

36. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Penguin, $16, 9780143124108

37. Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela, Back Bay, $18, 9780316548182

38. On the Map
Simon Garfield, Gotham, $17, 9781592407804

39. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013
Dave Eggers (Ed.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544105508

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

41. How Children Succeed
Paul Tough, Mariner, $15.95, 9780544104402

42. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343403

43. Consider the Fork
Bee Wilson, Annabel Lee (Illus.), Basic Books, $16, 9780465056972

44. The Monuments Men
Robert M. Edsel, Back Bay, $17, 9780316240055

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

46. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Plume, $18, 9780142180310

47. The Best American Sports Writing 2013
J.R. Moehringer, Glenn Stout (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547884608

48. The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316346627

49. F for Effort!
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227

50. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $15, 9781577314806

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013

16. We Are Water
Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.99, 9780061941023

17. King and Maxwell
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28, 9781455521319

18. And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $28.95, 9781594631764

19. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062255655

20. The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion, S&S, $24, 9781476729084

21. Tatiana
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $25.99, 9781439140215

22. Longbourn
Jo Baker, Knopf, $25.95, 9780385351232

23. The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $27, 9781400065943

24. Cross My Heart
James Patterson, Little Brown, $29, 9780316210911

25. Brown Dog
Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $27, 9780802120113

26. Takedown Twenty
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345542885

27. The Supreme Macaroni Company
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $25.99, 9780062136589

28. The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378415

29. Someone
Alice McDermott, FSG, $25, 9780374281090

30. Tenth of December
George Saunders, Random House, $26, 9780812993806

31. The Longest Ride
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $27, 9781455520657

32. Dust
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam Adult, $28.95, 9780399157578

33. The Dogs of Christmas
W.Bruce Cameron, Forge, $15.99, 9780765330550

34. Inferno
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385537858

35. Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99, 9780316176484

36. The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $26, 9780316206846

37. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364

38. Police
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307960498

39. Identical
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $28, 9781455527205

40. Sweet Thunder
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594487347

41. W Is for Wasted
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $28.95, 9780399158988

42. The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson's Envelope Poems
Emily Dickinson, New Directions / Christine Burgin, $39.95, 9780811221757

43. Hild
Nicola Griffith, FSG, $27, 9780374280871

44. Just One Evil Act
Elizabeth George, Dutton, $29.95, 9780525952961

45. The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399159343

46. Stella Bain
Anita Shreve, Little Brown, $28, 9780316098861

47. Dirty Love
Andre Dubus III, Norton, $25.95, 9780393064650

48. Spider Woman's Daughter
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $26.99, 9780062270481

49. The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594488399

50. TransAtlantic
Colum McCann, Random House, $27, 9781400069590

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013

16. Jerusalem: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781607743941

17. The Death of Santini
Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385530903

18. Orr: My Story
Bobby Orr, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399161759

19. I Could Chew on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452119038

20. The Drunken Botanist
Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95, 9781616200466

21. The Kid
Ben Bradlee, Jr., Little Brown, $35, 9780316614351

22. Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book
Grumpy Cat, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452126579

23. Schottenfreude
Ben Schott, Blue Rider Press, $16, 9780399166709

24. The Art of Simple Food II
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307718273

25. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618

26. William Shakespeare's Star Wars
Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594746376

27. Let Me Off at the Top!
Ron Burgundy, Crown Archetype, $22, 9780804139571

28. Shake
Carli Davidson, Harper Design, $17.99, 9780062242648

29. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27, 9780316154697

30. Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385349949

31. Autobiography
Morrissey, Putnam Adult, $30, 9780399171543

32. The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert
Richard Betts, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $19.99, 9780544005037

33. Help, Thanks, Wow
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594631290

34. Throw the Damn Ball
R.D. Rosen, et al., Plume, $15, 9780142180853

35. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays
Ree Drummond, Morrow, $29.99, 9780062225221

36. The Reason I Jump
Naoki Higashida, Random House, $22, 9780812994865

37. The Most of Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $35, 9780385350839

38. A Story Lately Told
Anjelica Huston, Scribner, $25, 9781451656299

39. Double Down
Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594204401

40. Grain Brain
David Perlmutter, Little Brown, $27, 9780316234801

41. Zealot
Reza Aslan, Random House, $27, 9781400069224

42. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28, 9781400064168

43. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Chris Hadfield, Little Brown, $28, 9780316253017

44. Provence, 1970
Luke Barr, Clarkson Potter, $26, 9780307718341

45. The Heart of Everything That Is
Bob Drury, Tom Clavin, S&S, $30, 9781451654660

46. Downton Tabby
Chris Kelly, S&S, $10, 9781476765938

47. Knitting Yarns
Ann Hood (Ed.), Norton, $24.95, 9780393239492

48. Tip and the Gipper
Chris Matthews, S&S, $29.95, 9781451695991

49. Vanished
Wil S. Hylton, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594487279

50. Tequila Mockingbird
Tim Federle, Running Press, $15, 9780762448654

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013

11. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446310789

12. The Racketeer
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530578

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

14. Threat Vector
Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney, Berkley, $8.99, 9780425262306

15. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

16. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835

17. 2312
Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $10, 9780316098113

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

19. A Wanted Man
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246312

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

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

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

23. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803

24. Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide: The Modern Era
Leonard Maltin, Signet, $10.99, 9780451418104

25. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307743657

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

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

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

29. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919

30. Poseidon's Arrow
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425265055

31. Ender's Shadow
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $8.99, 9780812575712

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

33. Kinsey and Me
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425267790

34. Xenocide
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $8.99, 9780812509250

35. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553588941

36. The Bone Bed
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425261361

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

38. Creole Belle
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $9.99, 9781451648140

39. Killing Floor
Lee Child, Jove, $9.99, 9780515153651

40. Deadly Stakes
J.A. Jance, Pocket, $9.99, 9781451628692

41. American Sniper
Chris Kyle, Harper, $9.99, 9780062238863

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

43. Franny and Zooey
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769495

44. Defending Jacob
William Landay, Dell, $7.99, 9780440246138

45. The Black Box
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $10, 9780446556729

46. Nine Stories
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769501

47. The Last Man
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416595236

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

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

50. Ender in Exile
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765344151

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