April 12, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for April 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Fifty Shades of Grey- Debut
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy.		 /1
2. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.		 1/23
3. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425
Otsuka's story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago.		 3/3
4. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142
Brown's delightful novel about three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much.		 2/9
5. The Dovekeepers- Debut
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
Hoffman's ambitious and mesmerizing novel, set in ancient Israel, now available in paperback.		 /1
6. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
A young Jewish woman is forced to flee 1938 Vienna and becomes a parlor maid in England.		 5/14
7. The Language of Flowers- Debut
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others.		 /1
8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560
The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy.		 4/7
9. The Troubled Man- Debut
Henning Mankell, Vintage , $15, 9780307477408
Mankell's final novel of suspense featuring detective Kurt Wallander.		 /1
10. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 6/53
11. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction. 		 8/26
12. Drawing Conclusions
Donna Leon, Penguin, $15, 9780143120643
Leon's 20th Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery.		 14/2
13. 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.		 13/146
14. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289
DeWitt pays homage to the classic Western, transforming it into an unforgettable comic tour de force.		 9/7
15. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 7/115


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for April 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 1/14
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.		 3/43
3. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537
Foer's unlikely journey to becoming U.S. Memory Champion explores the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives.		 2/6
4. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622
The story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for the Emmy Award-winning PBS program Downton Abbey.		 4/11
5. 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.		 5/57
6. 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.		 6/65
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.		 /72
8. 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.		 9/50
9. 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.		 11/43
10. 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.		 /46
11. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882
Hamilton's bestselling culinary memoir is now available in paperback.		 8/11
12. 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.		 14/37
13. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
At the center of de Waal's memoir is his inherited collection of ornamental Japanese wood and ivory carvings.		 7/33
14. 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.		 12/48
15. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438
Alexander's bold argument that mass incarceration amounts to a devastating system of racial control.		 /2
ON THE RISE
19. Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon, Workman, $10.95, 9780761169253
Kleon's book provides a positive message, illustrations, and exercises to help put readers directly in touch with their artistic side.		  


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for April 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Sacré Bleu- Debut
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
Moore's delectable confection of wit, intrigue, passion, and art history is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
2. The Beginner's Goodbye- Debut
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
Tyler's haunting and deeply moving new novel about a man grieving the death of his wife is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
3. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection- Debut
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon Books, $24.95, 9780307378408
McCall Smith's 13th installment in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.		 /1
4. Elegy for Eddie
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049575
Winspear's powerful new Maisie Dobbs mystery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/2
5. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 4/59
6. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
In this new novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about.		 2/25
7. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment, is a September 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/29
8. The Shoemaker's Wife- Debut
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
A historical novel of love, family, risk, and destiny by the bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia.		 /1
9. Beastly Things- Debut
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802120236
Leon's new Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
10. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The magnificent fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.		 9/29
11. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
An impressive new novel about the lives of three seniors at Brown University in the early 1980s by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex.		 7/26
12. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850
James draws the characters of Jane Austen's beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.		 8/18
13. The Expats
Chris Pavone, Crown, $26, 9780307956354
Pavone's thriller about an American abroad who finds herself in a complex web of intrigue is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/5
14. Carry the One
Carol Anshaw, S&S, $25, 9781451636888
Anshaw's novel about a tragic car accident and the lives of those involved is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/3
15. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians is a September 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/30
ON THE RISE
18. The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316185905
Rogan's novel of hard choices and survival is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		  


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for April 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
The popular talk show host examines the political debate about how, when, and where to apply America's strength and power.		 1/2
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/3
3. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity.		 3/3
4. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.		 5/6
5. New American Haggadah
Jonathan Safran Foer (Ed.), Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316069861
Jonathan Safran Foer has orchestrated a new way of experiencing and understanding one of our oldest, most timeless, and sacred stories, with a new translation of the traditional text by Nathan Englander.		 15/2
6. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 4/11
7. 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.		 7/73
8. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
Isaacson's exclusive biography of Steve Jobs is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.		 12/24
9. Some Assembly Required
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412
By turns poignant and funny, honest and touching, Lamott's latest is the true story of how the birth of a baby changes a family.		 8/3
10. The Big Miss
Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989
Haney's candid and insightful account of his tumultuous six-years coaching Tiger Woods.		 6/2
11. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
This book, which is made of paper, is a reminder for the child in all of us to power down at the end of the day.		 13/23
12. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai.		 11/9
13. The Blood Sugar Solution
Mark Hyman M.D., Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316127370
Hyman's solutions to weight loss, disease prevention, and feeling better than ever.		 /2
14. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120106
Winterson's memoir of her search for belonging, love, and identity is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/4
15. 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!		 14/43
ON THE RISE
16. The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward Osborne Wilson, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404138
Wilson's groundbreaking new look at the origin of the human condition and why it resulted in our domination of the Earth.		  


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for April 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 1/52
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 2/53
3. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305		 4/2
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 5/51
5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537		 3/7
6. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 6/53
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 /*
8. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 7/40
9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486		 9/130
10. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509		 8/84


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for April 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429		 1/2
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 2/13
3. Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth- Debut
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930		 /1
4. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $9.99, 9780062024039		 3/5
5. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 6/239
6. The Hunger Games Tribute Guide
Emily Seife, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545457828		 5/8
7. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 4/118
8. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 7/48
9. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351		 15/17
10. The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Kate Egan, Scholastic, $18.99, 9780545422901		 14/6
11. The World of the Hunger Games
Kate Egan, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780545425124		 11/2
12. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 8/3
13. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892		 10/30
14. Between Shades of Gray- Debut
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591		 /1
15. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 9/44


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for April 12, 2012
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379		 1/17
2. The Easter Egg
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399252389		 5/*
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 2/*
4. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?- Debut
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289		 /1
5. Duck & Goose, Here Comes the Easter Bunny!
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $6.99, 9780375872808		 4/3
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 6/*
7. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785		 3/*
8. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061703812		 8/9
9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 /30
10. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9780811879545		 10/33
11. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 7/*
12. The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $8.99, 9780061074295		 14/*
13. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 9/26
14. The Golden Egg Book
Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard Weisgard (Illus.), Golden, $8.99, 9780375827174		 11/*
15. Fancy Nancy's Elegant Easter
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061703799		 /10


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for April 12, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012
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  Children's Series  
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Big Nate (hardcover and paperback)
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
5. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
6. Warriors (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper
New in Series: The Last Hope (9780061555275)
7. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012

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

17. The American Heiress
Daisy Goodwin, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9780312658663

18. Doc
Mary Doria Russell, Ballantine, $15, 9780812980004

19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547735023

20. Clara and Mr. Tiffany
Susan Vreeland, Random House, $15, 9780812980189

21. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493

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

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

24. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307472984

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

26. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328

27. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223

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

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

30. A Lesson in Secrets
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061727719

31. Dreams of Joy
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980547

32. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Perennial, $13.99, 9780060935467

33. Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson, Harper, $14.99, 9780062060563

34. Elizabeth I
Margaret George, Penguin, $17, 9780143120445

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

36. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $13.99, 9781250004345

37. Horoscopes for the Dead
Billy Collins, Random House, $15, 9780812975628

38. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carré, Penguin, $16, 9780143120933

39. The Story of Beautiful Girl
Rachel Simon, Grand Central, $12, 9780446574457

40. The Forgotten Waltz
Anne Enright, Norton, $15.95, 9780393342581

41. The Lady of the Rivers
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 9781416563716

42. Please Look After Mom
Kyung-Sook Shin, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307739513

43. When the Killing's Done
T.C. Boyle, Penguin, $16, 9780143120391

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

45. The Pale King
David Foster Wallace, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316074223

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

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

48. Good Poems, American Places
Penguin, $18, 9780143120766

49. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455508969

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012

16. The Magic
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $12.99, 9781451673449

17. The Hunger Pains
The Harvard Lampoon, Touchstone, $13.99, 9781451668209

18. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374

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

20. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946

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

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

23. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $13.95, 9780399533464

24. The Grand Design
Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow, Bantam, $18, 9780553384666

25. Lucky Peach Issue 3
David Chang (Ed.), McSweeney's, $12, 9781936365487

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

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

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

29. Physics of the Future
Michio Kaku, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307473332

30. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395

31. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061732478

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

33. Unfamiliar Fishes
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485640

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

35. The Man Who Quit Money
Mark Sundeen, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485695

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

37. To Marry an English Lord
Gail MacColl, Carol McD. Wallace, Workman, $15.95, 9780761171959

38. Periodic Tales
Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Ecco Press, $14.99, 9780061824739

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

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

41. One Hundred Names for Love
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393341744

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

43. The Information
James Gleick, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400096237

44. Moby-Duck
Donovan Hohn, Penguin, $16, 9780143120506

45. To End All Wars
Adam Hochschild, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547750316

46. What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?
The Buried Life, et al., Artisan, $19.95, 9781579654764

47. The Elements
Theodore Gray, Black Dog & Leventhal, $19.95, 9781579128951

48. The Book of Awakening
Mark Nepo, Conari, $18.95, 9781573241175

49. Free Will
Sam Harris, Free Press, $9.99, 9781451683400

50. Townie
Andre Dubus, III, Norton, $15.95, 9780393340679

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012

16. Lone Wolf
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102749

17. Stay Close
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525952275

18. The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur, $24.99, 9780316185905

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

20. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $25.99, 9780062060617

21. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803

22. The Lost Years
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $26.99, 9781451668865

23. Guilty Wives
James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097567

24. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282

25. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313

26. The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur, $24.99, 9780316175678

27. Force of Nature
C.J. Box, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399158261

28. City of Bohane
Kevin Barry, Graywolf, $25, 9781555976088

29. The Wolf Gift
Anne Rice, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595119

30. The Starboard Sea
Amber Dermont, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312642808

31. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595205

32. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Nathan Englander, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307958709

33. Arcadia
Lauren Groff, Voice, $25.99, 9781401340872

34. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694

35. The Red Book
Deborah Copaken Kogan, Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401340827

36. Mudwoman
Joyce Carol Oates, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062095626

37. The Sugar Frosted Nutsack
Mark Leyner, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316608459

38. An American Spy
Olen Steinhauer, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312622893

39. Betrayal
Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $28, 9780385343190

40. Monday Mornings
Sanjay Gupta, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446583855

41. Dorchester Terrace
Anne Perry, Ballantine, $26, 9780345510624

42. Birds of a Lesser Paradise
Megan Mayhew Bergman, Scribner, $24, 9781451643350

43. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $26, 9780812992793

44. Believing the Lie
Elizabeth George, Dutton, $28.95, 9780525952589

45. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137

46. Miss Julia to the Rescue
Ann B. Ross, Viking, $25.95, 9780670023387

47. The Professionals
Owen Laukkanen, Putnam Adult, $25.95, 9780399157899

48. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117

49. Gods Without Men
Hari Kunzru, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307957115

50. The Big Cat Nap
Rita Mae Brown, Bantam, $26, 9780345530448

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012

16. The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward Osborne Wilson, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404138

17. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336

18. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846

19. Revelations
Elaine Pagels, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023349

20. Mrs. Kennedy and Me
Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin, Gallery, $26, 9781451648447

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

22. American Sniper
Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350

23. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070

24. Trickle Down Tyranny
Michael Savage, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062083975

25. Escape from Camp 14
Blaine Harden, Viking, $26.95, 9780670023325

26. The Pioneer Woman Cooks
Ree Drummond, Morrow, $29.99, 9780061997181

27. When I Was a Child I Read Books
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $24, 9780374298784

28. Driving Mr. Yogi
Harvey Araton, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547746722

29. What Teachers Make
Taylor Mali, Putnam Adult, $19.95, 9780399158544

30. The Age of Insight
Eric Kandel, Random House, $40, 9781400068715

31. Why Nations Fail
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, Crown Business, $30, 9780307719218

32. The Righteous Mind
Jonathan Haidt, Pantheon, $28.95, 9780307377906

33. Weeknights With Giada
Giada de Laurentiis, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307451026

34. The Lean
Kathy Freston, Weinstein Books, $25, 9781602861732

35. House of Stone
Anthony Shadid, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547134666

36. Religion for Atheists
Alain de Botton, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307379108

37. Rebuild the Dream
Van Jones, Nation Books, $25.99, 9781568587141

38. That Woman
Anne Sebba, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250002969

39. Wishes Fulfilled
Wayne W. Dyer, Hay House, $24.95, 9781401937270

40. The End of Illness
David B. Agus, M.D., Free Press, $26, 9781451610178

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

42. The World of Downton Abbey
Jessica Fellowes, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250006349

43. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728

44. The Science of Yoga
William J. Broad, Bobby Clennell (Illus.), S&S, $26, 9781451641424

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

46. Positive Intelligence
Shirzad Chamine, Greenleaf, $23.95, 9781608322787

47. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476

48. Jesus Calling
Sarah Young, Integrity, $15.99, 9781591451884

49. Imperfect
Jim Abbott, Tim Brown, Ballantine, $26, 9780345523259

50. Coming Apart
Charles Murray, Crown Forum, $27, 9780307453426

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012

11. Sixkill
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246900

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

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

14. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455510184

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

16. Dead Reckoning
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9781937007355

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

18. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Vision, $7.99, 9780446618328

19. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455508976

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

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

22. Chasing Fire
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515150636

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

24. I'll Walk Alone
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439180976

25. Son of Stone
Stuart Woods, Signet, $9.99, 9780451236357

26. Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva, Harper, $9.99, 9780062073143

27. The Sixth Man
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446573092

28. Live Wire
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451233936

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

30. Timeless
Gail Carriger, Orbit, $7.99, 9780316127189

31. Cold Wind
C.J. Box, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246917

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

33. The Jungle
Clive Cussler, Jack B. Du Brul, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246542

34. The Devil Colony
James Rollins, Harper, $9.99, 9780061785658

35. Mourning Gloria
Susan Wittig Albert, Berkley Prime Crime, $7.99, 9780425247013

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

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

38. Against All Enemies
Tom Clancy, Peter Telep, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246061

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

40. Hiss of Death
Rita Mae Brown, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553591613

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

42. Betrayal
Christina Dodd, Signet, $7.99, 9780451413208

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

44. The Sentry
Robert Crais, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425245729

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

46. A Killer Read
Erika Chase, Berkley Prime Crime, $7.99, 9780425247037

47. The Lost Gate
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765365385

48. Smokin' Seventeen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527707

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

50. The Cat, the Wife and the Weapon
Leann Sweeney, Signet, $7.99, 9780451236470

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