September 1, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for September 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 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.		 1/21
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.		 2/106
3. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 3/23
4. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 6/16
5. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 5/83
6. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713
A moving love story by the author of The Understudy.		 4/9
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.		 8/116
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).		 7/39
9. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII.		 9/30
10. 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.		 12/34
11. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701
Indies are still handselling this rich, romantic story set in a long-ago traveling circus.		 13/135
12. The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman, Dial, $15, 9780385340861
A delicious novel about appetite, temptation, and holding on to what is real in a virtual world.		 10/6
13. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction is now available in paperback.		 11/5
14. Faithful Place
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143119494
An intriguing Dublin murder squad novel by the bestselling author of The Likeness.		 14/9
15. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648
Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England.		 15/80
ON THE RISE
20. The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
Julia Stuart, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307476913
Set in a popular tourist attraction in present-day London, Stuart's novel is an exquisite story of love, loss, and an 181-year-old pet.


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2011
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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.		 1/25
2. 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.		 2/11
3. 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.		 3/33
4. 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.		 4/16
5. 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.		 6/12
6. 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.		 5/22
7. 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.		 7/43
8. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915
Mukherjee's comprehensive history of cancer is now in paperback.		 8/3
9. 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.		 10/26
10. 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.		 15/20
11. Let's Take the Long Way Home
Gail Caldwell, Random House, $14, 9780812979114
Caldwell's heartwarming memoir of her friendship with author Caroline Knapp.		 9/3
12. Life
Keith Richards, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316034418
An autobiography of the legendary founding member of the Rolling Stones.		 11/17
13. Inside of a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16, 9781416583431
This bestseller explores what dogs know and how they think.		 13/48
14. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
As the subtitle says, "murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America."		 12/204
15. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9780743247542
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing.		 /218


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for September 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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 is a June Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/12
2. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
This new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway is a March Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/27
3. 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.		 3/7
4. 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.		 4/5
5. The Magician King
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022311
Grossman returns to Fillory in the riveting sequel to his 2009 bestseller, The Magicians. An August Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/3
6. Maine
J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595126
By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family.		 5/11
7. 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.		 7/66
8. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/17
9. The Keeper of Lost Causes- Debut
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525952480
The first book in Adler-Olsen's Department Q crime fiction series is a September Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
10. Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva, Harper, $26.99, 9780062072184
International anti-terrorism expert Gabriel Allon returns in this new thriller by the author of The Rembrandt Affair.		 8/6
11. The Language of Flowers- Debut
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.		 /1
12. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Crown, $24, 9780307887436
Cline's wildly original and nostalgic debut novel, set in the year 2044, is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/2
13. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831
Debut author Obreht tells a tale of myth and legend in this #1 Indie Next Great Read for March 2011.		 12/25
14. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $23.99, 9780061579035
Wilson's vibrant tale of a family of performance artists, and the effects of their art on their children, is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 14/3
15. House of Holes
Nicholson Baker, S&S, $25, 9781439189511
A novel of erotic escapades, from the bestselling author of Vox.		 10/3
ON THE RISE
18. Flash and Bones
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439102411
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan returns in the latest thriller by the bestselling author of Spider Bones.


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2011
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/16
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.		 1/41
3. 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!		 2/13
4. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness- Debut
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.		 /1
5. 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.		 4/3
6. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 6/21
7. A Stolen Life
Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $24.99, 9781451629187
The incredible true story of Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping, 18-year imprisonment, and her survival--in Jaycee's own words.		 5/7
8. 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.		 7/14
9. Prime Time
Jane Fonda, Random House, $27, 9781400066971
Fonda's blueprint for living well and for making the most of life, especially the second half of it.		 8/3
10. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952244
An adventure travel expert--who's never actually done anything adventurous--tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu in the Andes.		 9/7
11. The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation- Debut
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.		 /1
12. Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein- Debut
Julie Salamon, Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594202988
Salamon explores the life of Tony Award-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein.		 /1
13. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $26, 9781439176580
Wickenden's exhilarating saga about two intrepid young women and their trip to the Colorado wilderness in the summer of 1916.		 11/8
14. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602
New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens.		 10/25
15. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper, $26.99, 9780061988349
Zuckoff's truly riveting work of narrative nonfiction is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 12/13


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for September 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2011
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 2/20
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 1/21
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/19
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/21
5. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117		 5/6
6. The Reversal- Debut
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750		 /1
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 6/*
8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935		 /*
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488		 /*
10. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Berkley, $9.99, 9780399501487		 /*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for September 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Darth Paper Strikes Back- Debut
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279		 /1
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 1/207
3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 2/12
4. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880		 3/11
5. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 4/16
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99, 9780316013697		 6/124
7. Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423143437		 7/11
8. Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life
James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Laura Park (Illus.), Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316101875		 5/9
9. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257		 /12
10. The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423113393		 8/46
11. LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756682576		 9/16
12. Scumble
Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142419625		 15/3
13. Savvy
Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142414330		 13/51
14. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 12/33
15. Matilda
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin , $6.99, 9780142410370		 /*


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for September 1, 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. Skippyjon Jones, Class Action
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525422280		 2/7
3. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732		 3/3
4. Llama Llama Home with Mama- Debut
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012329		 /1
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 4/*
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 7/*
7. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 5/*
8. The Kissing Hand
Audrey Penn, Ruth E. Harper & Nancy M. Leak (Illus.), Tanglewood, $17.95, 9781933718002		 /*
9. King Jack and the Dragon- Debut
Peter Bently, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Dial, $17.99, 9780803736986		 /1
10. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341		 9/*
11. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698		 10/*
12. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 8/*
13. Pete the Cat: Rocking in my School Shoes
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061910241		 /4
14. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 /11
15. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap , $3.99, 9780448425009		 6/*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for September 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 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. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
4. Series Debut: Lorien Legacies
Pittacus Lore, Harper
New: The Power of Six
5. Big Nate (hardcover and paperback)
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
6. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
9. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2011

16. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347

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

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

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

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

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

22. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $15, 9780385341004

23. Great House
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 9780393340648

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497

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

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

33. Island Beneath the Sea
Isabel Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061988257

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

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

36. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $9, 9780140177398

37. The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $14, 9780743273565

38. The God of the Hive
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $15, 9780553590418

39. Star Island
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446556125

40. Private Life
Jane Smiley, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400033195

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

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

43. The Widower's Tale
Julia Glass, Anchor, $15, 9780307456106

44. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $17, 9780553386790

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

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

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

48. The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618706419

49. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780060852580

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2011

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

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

18. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

20. The Other Wes Moore
Wes Moore, Spiegel & Grau, $15, 9780385528207

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

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

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

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

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

26. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387172

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

28. The Memory Palace
Mira Bartok, Free Press, $15, 9781439183328

29. The Most Beautiful Walk in the World
John Baxter, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061998546

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

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

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

33. Four Fish
Paul Greenberg, Penguin, $16, 9780143119463

34. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446

35. Three Cups of Deceit
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $9.95, 9780307948762

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

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

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

39. The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316346627

40. Operation Mincemeat
Ben Macintyre, Broadway, $15, 9780307453280

41. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster, Harper, $14.99, 9780060009427

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

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

44. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393

45. The Shallows
Nicholas Carr, Norton, $15.95, 9780393339758

46. Lunch in Paris
Elizabeth Bard, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316042789

47. Clark Howard's Living Large in Lean Times
Clark Howard, Avery, $18, 9781583334331

48. The Last Stand
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $18, 9780143119609

49. When Parents Text
Sophia Fraioli, Lauren Kaelin, Workman, $10.95, 9780761166047

50. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

20. The Omen Machine
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $29.99, 9780765327727

21. Ghost Story
Jim Butcher, Roc, $27.95, 9780451463791

22. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Knopf, $22, 9780307700001

23. The Most Dangerous Thing
Laura Lippman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061706516

24. The Measure of the Magic
Terry Brooks, Del Rey, $27, 9780345484208

25. This Beautiful Life
Helen Schulman, Harper, $24.99, 9780062024381

26. Turn of Mind
Alice LaPlante, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780802119773

27. Girls in White Dresses
Jennifer Close, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307596857

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

29. Cold Vengeance
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446554985

30. Conquistadora
Esmeralda Santiago, Knopf, $27.50, 9780307268327

31. Iron House
John Hart, Thomas Dunne, $25.99, 9780312380342

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

33. Back of Beyond
C.J. Box, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312365745

34. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $29.95, 9780756404734

35. Full Black
Brad Thor, Atria, $26.99, 9781416586616

36. Then Came You
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9781451617726

37. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345

38. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $28, 9780374158460

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

40. The Twelfth Enchantment
David Liss, Random House, $26, 9781400068968

41. The Lantern
Deborah Lawrenson, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049698

42. Dreams of Joy
Lisa See, Random House, $26, 9781400067121

43. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Crown, $30, 9780517580516

44. Silver Girl
Elin Hilderbrand, Reagan Arthur, $26.99, 9780316099660

45. Victory and Honor
W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth, IV, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399157554

46. Once Upon a River
Bonnie Jo Campbell, Norton, $25.95, 9780393079890

47. The Hypnotist
Lars Kepler, Sarah Crichton Books/FSG, $27, 9780374173951

48. The Prophet
Khalil Gibran, Knopf, $15, 9780394404288

49. Smokin' Seventeen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345527684

50. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102725

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2011

16. SEAL Team Six
Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9780312699451

17. Incognito
David M. Eagleman, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307377333

18. A First-Rate Madness
Nassir Ghaemi, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202957

19. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488016

20. After America
Mark Steyn, Regnery, $29.95, 9781596981003

21. Area 51
Annie Jacobsen, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316132947

22. 40 Years of Chez Panisse
Alice Waters, Clarkson Potter, $55, 9780307718266

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

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

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

26. All My Friends Are Dead
Avery Monsen, Jory John, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811874557

27. Rafa
Rafael Nadal, John Carlin, Hyperion, $27.99, 9781401324513

28. The 17 Day Diet
Dr.Mike Moreno, Free Press, $25, 9781451648652

29. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $26, 9781400068722

30. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $30, 9780679444329

31. Reckless Endangerment
Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner, Times Books, $30, 9780805091205

32. I Am Maru
Mugumogu, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062088413

33. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316001922

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

35. To End All Wars
Adam Hochschild, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780618758289

36. The Secrets of the FBI
Ronald Kessler, Crown, $26, 9780307719690

37. Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704

38. Mission Street Food
Karen Leibowitz, Anthony Myint, McSweeney's, $30, 9781936365159

39. The Story of Charlotte's Web
Michael Sims, Walker, $25, 9780802777546

40. Finding Everett Ruess
David Roberts, Broadway, $25, 9780307591760

41. The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch, Viking, $30, 9780670022755

42. The Tao of Travel
Paul Theroux, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780547336916

43. Miette: Recipes from San Francisco's Most Charming Pastry Shop
Meg Ray, Chronicle, $27.50, 9780811875042

44. Jesus Calling
Sarah Young, Integrity , $14.99, 9781591451884

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

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

47. Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $35, 9780743246262

48. Absolute Monarchs
John Julius Norwich, Random House, $30, 9781400067152

49. Dog Sense
John Bradshaw, Basic Books, $25.99, 9780465019441

50. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594202292

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345339683

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

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

26. Sizzling Sixteen
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9780312383312

27. Dead Zero
Stephen Hunter, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781439138663

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

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

30. Body Work
Sara Paretsky, Signet, $9.99, 9780451413086

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

32. This Body of Death
Elizabeth George, Harper, $9.99, 9780061160912

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

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

35. The Last Lie
Stephen White, Signet, $9.99, 9780451234285

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

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

38. The American Heritage Dictionary
Dell, $5.99, 9780440237013

39. Burn
Nevada Barr, Minotaur, $9.99, 9780312381806

40. Edge
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket, $9.99, 9781439156360

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

50. The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455500239

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