April 19, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for April 19, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 15, 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
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy.		 1/2
2. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.		 2/24
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.		 3/4
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.		 4/10
5. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others.		 7/2
6. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
Hoffman's ambitious and mesmerizing novel, set in ancient Israel, now available in paperback.		 5/2
7. 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.		 6/15
8. The Troubled Man
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $15, 9780307477408
Mankell's final novel of suspense featuring detective Kurt Wallander.		 9/2
9. 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.		 8/8
10. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 10/54
11. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 15/116
12. Drawing Conclusions
Donna Leon, Penguin, $15, 9780143120643
Leon's 20th Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery.		 12/3
13. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction.		 11/27
14. The American Heiress- Debut
Daisy Goodwin, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312658663
Goodwin's highly entertaining debut novel brings a fresh new spirit to the world of Edith Wharton and Henry James.		 /1
15. 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.		 14/8


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for April 19, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 15, 2012
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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.		 1/15
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.		 2/44
3. 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.		 4/12
4. 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.		 5/58
5. 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.		 3/7
6. 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.		 8/51
7. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
McDougall's fascinating look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.		 10/47
8. 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.		 6/66
9. 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.		 13/34
10. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882
Hamilton's bestselling culinary memoir is now available in paperback.		 11/12
11. 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.		 7/73
12. 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.		 9/44
13. 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.		 14/49
14. 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.		 15/3
15. The Magic
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $12.99, 9781451673449
The latest by the internationally bestselling author of The Secret.		 /5


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for April 19, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 15, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Calico Joe- Debut
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball.		 /1
2. Sacré Bleu
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
3. The Beginner's Goodbye
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.		 2/2
4. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
McCall Smith's 13th installment in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.		 3/2
5. 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.		 4/3
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.		 6/26
7. Beastly Things
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802120236
Leon's new Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/2
8. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 5/60
9. 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.		 7/30
10. The Lifeboat- Debut
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.		 /1
11. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
A historical novel of love, family, risk, and destiny by the bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia.		 8/2
12. 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.		 10/30
13. 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.		 12/19
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.		 14/4
15. Defending Jacob
William Landay, Delacorte, $26, 9780385344227
Landay's suspenseful novel about guilt, betrayal, and a family in crisis is a February Indie Next List Great Read.		 /5
ON THE RISE
17. The Cove
Ron Rash, Ecco Press, $26.99, 9780061804199
Rash's lyrical, heart-rending novel of a doomed love affair caught in the turmoil of a nation at war is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		  


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for April 19, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 15, 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.		 1/3
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.		 2/4
3. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity.		 3/4
4. 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.		 9/4
5. 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.		 4/7
6. 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.		 7/74
7. The Social Conquest of Earth- Debut
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.		 /1
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.		 8/25
9. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 6/12
10. A Natural Woman: A Memoir- Debut
Carole King, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455512614
King takes us from her early beginnings in Brooklyn, to her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed songwriting and performing talents of all time.		 /1
11. The Big Miss
Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989
Haney's candid and insightful account of his tumultuous six-years coaching Tiger Woods.		 10/3
12. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336
Druckerman reveals the secrets behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children.		 /9
13. Revelations
Elaine Pagels, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023349
A startling exploration of the history of the most controversial book of the Bible, by the author of Beyond Belief.		 /4
14. Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection- Debut
A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $26, 9781416599074
Jacobs' hilarious story of his quest to become the healthiest man on Earth is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
15. 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.		 13/3
ON THE RISE
19. Mrs. Kennedy and Me
Clint Hill, Gallery, $26, 9781451648447
A memoir by the former Secret Service agent assigned to guard Jacqueline Kennedy.		  


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for April 19, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 15, 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		 1/53
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 2/54
3. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305		 3/3
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 4/52
5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537		 5/8
6. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 6/54
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 7/*
8. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 8/41
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509		 10/85
10. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741		 /18


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for April 19, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 15, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429		 1/3
2. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 /*
3. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $9.99, 9780062024039		 4/6
4. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 2/14
5. Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930		 3/2
6. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 5/240
7. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 8/49
8. The Hunger Games Tribute Guide
Emily Seife, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545457828		 6/9
9. Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591		 14/2
10. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 7/119
11. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892		 13/31
12. The World of the Hunger Games
Kate Egan, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780545425124		 11/3
13. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 12/4
14. The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Kate Egan, Scholastic, $18.99, 9780545422901		 10/7
15. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 15/45


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for April 19, 2012
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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		 3/*
2. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289		 4/2
3. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379		 1/18
4. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 13/27
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 11/*
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 6/*
7. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 /*
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 /*
9. Tickle Time!- Debut
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761168836		 /1
10. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553		 /11
11. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 /*
12. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341		 /*
13. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 9/31
14. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061703812		 8/10
15. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9780811879545		 10/34


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for April 19, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 15, 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. The Mysterious Benedict Society (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
New in Series: The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict 
6. Warriors (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper
7. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
10. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 15, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. Mr. Churchill's Secretary
Susan Elia MacNeal, Bantam, $15, 9780553593617

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

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

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

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

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

46. Now You See Her
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446574709

47. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $19, 9780756407124

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

49. City of Thieves
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 15, 2012

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

17. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. Titanic, First Accounts
Tim Maltin (Ed.), Penguin, $16, 9780143106623

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

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

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

33. This Is a Book
Demetri Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446539692

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

41. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915

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

43. The Wilder Life
Wendy McClure, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485688

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

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

46. Until Tuesday
Luis Carlos Montalvan, Bret Witter, Hyperion, $14.99, 9781401310752

47. Kitty Cornered
Bob Tarte, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565129993

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

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

50. Tiny Homes
Lloyd Kahn, Shelter, $26.95, 9780936070520

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 15, 2012

16. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054

17. The Cove
Ron Rash, Ecco Press, $26.99, 9780061804199

18. The Expats
Chris Pavone, Crown, $26, 9780307956354

19. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282

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

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

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

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

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

25. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635

26. Come Home
Lisa Scottoline, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312380823

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

28. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313

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

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

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

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

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

34. No Time Like the Present
Nadine Gordimer, FSG, $27, 9780374222642

35. Truth Like the Sun
Jim Lynch, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307958686

36. The House of Velvet and Glass
Katherine Howe, Hyperion, $25.99, 9781401340919

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. Unholy Night
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446563093

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

46. The Inquisitor
Mark Allen Smith, Alison Smith, Holt, $27, 9780805094268

47. New Collected Poems
Wendell Berry, Counterpoint, $30, 9781582438153

48. The Book of Madness and Cures
Regina O'Melveny, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316195836

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

50. The House I Loved
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312593308

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 15, 2012

16. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558

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

18. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250

19. Mrs. Kennedy and Me
Clint Hill, Gallery, $26, 9781451648447

20. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568

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

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

23. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120106

24. When Women Were Birds
Terry Tempest Williams, Angela Williams, FSG, $23, 9780374288976

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. White House Burning
Simon Johnson, James Kwak, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307906960

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

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

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

44. New American Haggadah
Jonathan Safran Foer (Ed.), Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316069861

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

46. Let It Go
T.D. Jakes, Atria, $25, 9781416547297

47. Dropped Names
Frank Langella, Harper, $25.99, 9780062094476

48. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557

49. How to Cook Everything
Mark Bittman, Wiley, $35, 9780470528068

50. Paris in Love
Eloisa James, Random House, $26, 9781400069569

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending April 15, 2012

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

12. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486

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

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

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

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

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

18. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. Nemesis
Jo Nesbø, Harper, $7.99, 9780062119698

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. Only Time Will Tell
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9780312539566

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

42. Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor
Dick Couch, George Galdorisi, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425259351

43. Towers of Midnight
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765364876

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

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

46. Love You More
Lisa Gardner, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553591927

47. The Postcard Killers
James Patterson, Liza Marklund, Vision, $9.99, 9781455506637

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

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

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

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