August 15, 2013


Bestseller List for August 15, 2013
from sales the week ending August 11, 2013
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Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 15, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178
Walter's dazzling yet deeply human novel spans 50 years and nearly as many lives.
1/19
2. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262
Semple's compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world.
2/19
3. The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $18, 9780316228589
Rowling's darkly comic and thought-provoking first novel for adults.
3/3
4. Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062124272
Kingsolver's powerful novel about the complexities of modern life in rural Appalachia.
4/10
5. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16, 9781451681758
Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is now available in paperback.
7/19
6. The Bat
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780345807090
The first Inspector Harry Hole novel by the bestselling author of The Redeemer.
6/6
7. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $15, 9780812982626
Johnson's epic story of a young man's journey through the mysterious dictatorship of North Korea.
5/17
8. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542
A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common.
14/2
9. Dear Life
Alice Munro, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307743725
A brilliant collection of stories from one of the most acclaimed and beloved writers of our time.
11/2
10. Joyland
Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $12.95, 9781781162644
KIng's novel, set in a small-town amusement park in 1973, tells the story of a college student who comes to work as a carny and how his life is changed forever.
9/10
11. The Secret Keeper
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781439152812
A spellbinding novel of love and intrigue by the bestselling author of The Distant Hours.
12/4
12. Sweet Tooth
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345803450
A wonderfully witty novel of betrayal and intrigue by the bestselling author of The Innocent.
8/6
13. The Art Forger
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616203160
Shapiro's absorbing literary thriller treats readers to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors.
10/15
14. The Silent Wife- Debut
A.S.A. Harrison, Penguin, $16, 9780143123231
Harrison's expertly plotted novel about a married couple headed for catastrophe, concessions that can't be made, and promises that won't be kept.
/1
15. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307947512
Eggers takes readers around the world in this novel about one man's fight to hold himself and his family together in the face of the global economic crisis.
13/10
ON THE RISE
21. The Bartender's Tale
Ivan Doig, Riverhead , $16, 9781594631481
Doig's engaging novel about a one-of-a-kind father and his precocious son.
 


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 15, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.
1/20
2. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199
Noted neurosurgeon Alexander's fascinating account of his return from a very deep coma.
2/41
3. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.
3/28
4. Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison- Debut
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780385523394
Kerman's heartbreaking, hilarious, and at times enraging story of her year incarcerated is the basis of a new Netflix series.
/1
5. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress.
4/45
6. Elsewhere
Richard Russo, Vintage, $15, 9780307949769
Bestselling novelist Richard Russo's memoir of his life, his parents, and the upstate New York town they all struggled variously to escape.
10/2
7. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Plume, $18, 9780142180310
An insightful view of the personal life and musical creativity of legendary musician Neil Young.
9/2
8. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness- Debut
Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16, 9781451621389
Cahalan's astonishing true story of her inexplicable descent into madness and the brilliant, lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didn't happen.
/1
9. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16, 9780374533557
Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think.
6/19
10. Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307947437
Using hallucinations reported by his patients and his own experiences, Sacks shows why the potential for hallucinations is present in us all.
5/6
11. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16, 9780425261019
Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut with her "Mostly True Memoir."
7/23
12. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9780743247542
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing.
13/226
13. The End of Your Life Book Club
Will Schwalbe, Vintage, $15, 9780307739780
Schwalbe's moving memoir of loss and love is now available in paperback.
8/10
14. How Children Succeed
Paul Tough, Mariner, $15.95, 9780544104402
Tough shows how researchers and educators are using the tools of science to peel back the mysteries of character and reveals how this new knowledge can transform young people's lives.
12/4
15. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.
11/58
ON THE RISE
20. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $15.95, 9780544102767
Egan tells the riveting story behind the most famous photographs in Native American history and the brilliant man who created them, Edward Curtis.
 


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 15, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $26, 9780316206846
A riveting crime fiction novel for adults by J.K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
1/3
2. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062255655
Gaiman's stirring, terrifying new novel is a July 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/8
3. And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $28.95, 9781594631764
The unforgettable new novel by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/12
4. Inferno
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385537858
In Brown's latest thriller, Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces, Dante's Inferno.
4/13
5. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
Flynn's thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/61
6. Bad Monkey
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272591
A wildly entertaining new, satirical novel by the bestselling author of Lucky You.
6/9
7. The English Girl
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073167
A gripping new thriller featuring Gabriel Allon by the bestselling author of The Fallen Angel.
7/4
8. Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish
David Rakoff, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385535212
Published posthumously, Rakoff's book is a poignant, beautiful, witty, and wise novel in verse, with a scope that spans the 20th century.
9/4
9. TransAtlantic
Colum McCann, Random House, $27, 9781400069590
The soaring new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/10
10. Light of the World
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781476710761
Burke's latest is a harrowing novel that examines the nature of evil, and pits Dave Robicheaux against the most diabolical villain he has ever faced.
8/3
11. The Son
Philipp Meyer, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062120397
Meyer's masterful new novel of the American west is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/11
12. The Silver Star
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781451661507
Walls' heartbreaking and redemptive novel about a girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/9
13. 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.
14/65
14. The Sound of Things Falling- Debut
Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594487484
Vásquez's second novel is a gorgeously wrought and intimate portrayal of the drug wars in his home country, Colombia.
/1
15. & Sons
David Gilbert, Random House, $27, 9780812993967
Gilbert's novel is a deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist, two interconnected families, and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide.
13/2
ON THE RISE
21. The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
Adelle Waldman, Holt, $25, 9780805097450
Waldman's debut novel is an absorbing tale of a young man's search for happiness and an inside look at what he really thinks about women, sex, and love.
 


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 15, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Zealot
Reza Aslan, Random House, $27, 9781400069224
A fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography of Jesus by the bestselling author of No god but God.
1/4
2. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27, 9780316154697
A new collection of hilarious and thought-provoking essays by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
2/16
3. This Town
Mark Leibovich, Blue Rider, $27.95, 9780399161308
Leibovich's stunning and often very funny look at our nation's capital.
3/4
4. William Shakespeare's Star Wars
Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594746376
Doescher's parody is a retelling of George Lucas's epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon.
8/6
5. Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385349949
Sandberg examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, common sense ideas to empower women to achieve their full potential.
4/22
6. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans.
5/51
7. Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book
Grumpy Cat, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452126579
Internet sensation Grumpy Cat delivers hilarious grumpiness that puts any bad mood in perspective.
9/2
8. I Could Chew on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452119038
Marciuliano's delightful canine companion to I Could Pee on This.
12/2
9. Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East- Debut
Scott Anderson, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385532921
Anderson's thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history -- the Arab Revolt and the secret "great game" to control the Middle East.
/1
10. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025817
Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
7/10
11. Jerusalem: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781607743941
A collection of recipes exploring the flavors of Jerusalem, from the bestselling author of Plenty.
6/5
12. The Telling Room
Michael Paterniti, Dial, $27, 9780385337007
Paterniti's astonishing true tale of the world's greatest piece of cheese is an August 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
15/2
13. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28, 9781400064168
An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
10/126
14. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
Brown's delightful book presents the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away.
/34
15. Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America- Debut
Dan Balz, Viking, $32.95, 9780670025947
An inside view and analysis of the Obama-Romney presidential race by the bestselling author of The Battle for America 2008.
/1
ON THE RISE
19. These Few Precious Days
Christopher Andersen, Gallery, $27, 9781476732329
Andersen's intimate, behind-the-scenes look at John and Jackie Kennedy's final year together.
 


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 15, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
1/121
2. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
2/105
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429
3/122
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345543981
4/122
5. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582024
5/122
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769488
6/*
7. Defending Jacob
William Landay, Dell, $7.99, 9780440246138
/21
8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
7/*
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446310789
8/*
10. 2312
Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $10, 9780316098113
9/4


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for August 15, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
1/82
2. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
2/72
3. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511
3/52
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.99, 9781594746031
4/10
5. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
5/308
6. An Abundance of Katherines
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142410707
6/21
7. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061992254
8/28
8. Paper Towns
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414934
7/29
9. Art2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419705342
/11
10. The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey, Putnam, $18.99, 9780399162411
9/14
11. Code Name Verity
Elizabeth Wein, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423152880
10/14
12. The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $8, 9780316201568
12/4
13. The Apothecary
Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99, 9780142422069
13/15
14. Will Grayson, Will Grayson
John Green, David Levithan, Speak, $9.99, 9780142418475
/3
15. Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99, 9781250012579
/11


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for August 15, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
1/7
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2/*
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
4/*
4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5/*
5. Steam Train, Dream Train
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9781452109206
10/17
6. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
13/*
7. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
9/95
8. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7/*
9. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
11/26
10. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
12/*
11. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap , $3.99, 9780448425009
/31
12. Little Blue Truck- Debut
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $6.99, 9780547248288
/1
13. The Dark
Lemony Snicket, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316187480
/16
14. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
/44
15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
15/*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 15, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013
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  Children's Series  
1. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
2. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
 
3. Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
New in Series: The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett (9781419708589)
 
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
5. Mortal Instruments (hardcover and paperback)
Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books
 
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
 
9. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover and paperback)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
10. Dork Diaries (hardcover and paperback)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
 

 

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013

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

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

18. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15, 9780345521316

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

20. World War Z
Max Brooks, Broadway, $14.95, 9780770437411

21. The Bartender's Tale
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $16, 9781594631481

22. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9781250024176

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

24. Orphan Train
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061950728

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

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

27. The Beautiful Mystery
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $15.99, 9781250031129

28. The Chaperone
Laura Moriarty, Riverhead, $16, 9781594631436

29. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $13.99, 9781451673319

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

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

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

33. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169

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

35. Life of Pi
Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547848419

36. The Panther
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $15, 9780446699617

37. Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307341556

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

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

40. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780812984415

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

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

43. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316219341

44. Dark Places
Gillian Flynn, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307341570

45. Mission to Paris
Alan Furst, Random House, $16, 9780812981827

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

47. City of Women
David R. Gillham, Berkley, $16, 9780425252963

48. Seating Arrangements
Maggie Shipstead, Vintage, $15, 9780307743954

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

50. The Expats
Chris Pavone, Broadway, $15, 9780770435721

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013

16. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15, 9780399161940

17. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853

18. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189

19. The Black Count
Tom Reiss, Broadway, $16, 9780307382474

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

21. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15, 9780812981667

22. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878

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

24. Heads in Beds
Jacob Tomsky, Anchor, $15, 9780307948342

25. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609

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

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

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

29. The Rand McNally 2014 Road Atlas
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528007675

30. Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt, Liveright, $16.95, 9780871403599

31. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster, Harper, $15.99, 9780060009427

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

33. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332

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

35. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $16.95, 9781572245372

36. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438

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

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

39. Escape From Camp 14
Blaine Harden, Penguin, $15, 9780143122913

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

41. A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $13, 9780374531263

42. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261

43. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187

44. When Women Were Birds
Terry Tempest Williams, Picador, $15, 9781250024114

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

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

47. The Numbers Game
David Sally, Chris Anderson, Penguin, $16, 9780143124566

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

49. Gift From the Sea
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Pantheon, $9.95, 9780679732419

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013

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

17. Sisterland
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $27, 9781400068319

18. The Light in the Ruins
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534819

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

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

21. The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
Adelle Waldman, Holt, $25, 9780805097450

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

23. The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
Anton DiSclafani, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594486401

24. The Highway
C.J. Box, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312583200

25. The White Princess
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $27.99, 9781451626094

26. Blood & Beauty
Sarah Dunant, Random House, $27, 9781400069293

27. The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic
Emily Croy Barker, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.95, 9780670023660

28. Mistress
James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown , $28, 9780316211079

29. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler, A Marian Wood Book/Putnam, $26.95, 9780399162091

30. Beautiful Day
Elin Hilderbrand, Reagan Arthur Books, $28, 9780316099783

31. The Burgess Boys
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26, 9781400067688

32. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307271082

33. The Dinner
Herman Koch, Hogarth, $24, 9780770437855

34. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062065247

35. The Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307596901

36. Fin & Lady
Cathleen Schine, Sarah Crichton Books, $26, 9780374154905

37. The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
Andrew Sean Greer, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062213785

38. Hidden Order
Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99, 9781476717098

39. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487361

40. The Illusion of Separateness
Simon Van Booy, Harper, $23.99, 9780062112248

41. A Delicate Truth
John le Carré, Viking, $28.95, 9780670014897

42. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra, Hogarth, $26, 9780770436407

43. The Rathbones
Janice Clark, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385536936

44. The Golem and the Jinni
Helene Wecker, Harper, $26.99, 9780062110831

45. The Flamethrowers
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439142004

46. The Stench of Honolulu
Jack Handey, Grand Central, $19, 9781455522385

47. All That Is
James Salter, Knopf, $26.95, 9781400043132

48. Archangel
Andrea Barrett, Norton, $24.95, 9780393240009

49. Death Angel
Linda Fairstein, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953876

50. A Marker to Measure Drift
Alexander Maksik, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307962577

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013

16. Vader's Little Princess
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452118697

17. Cooked
Michael Pollan, Penguin , $27.95, 9781594204210

18. I Wear the Black Hat
Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $25, 9781439184493

19. These Few Precious Days
Christopher Andersen, Gallery, $27, 9781476732329

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

21. The Sports Gene
David Epstein, Current, $26.95, 9781591845119

22. It's All Good
Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32, 9781455522712

23. The Guns at Last Light
Rick Atkinson, Holt, $40, 9780805062908

24. Hothouse
Boris Kachka, S&S, $28, 9781451691894

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

26. The Unwinding
George Packer, FSG, $27, 9780374102418

27. Manson
Jeff Guinn, S&S, $27.50, 9781451645163

28. Bunker Hill
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $32.95, 9780670025442

29. Dad Is Fat
Jim Gaffigan, Crown Archetype, $25, 9780385349055

30. Wheat Belly
William Davis, Rodale, $25.99, 9781609611545

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

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

33. Eating on the Wild Side
Jo Robinson, Little Brown, $27, 9780316227940

34. Henri, Le Chat Noir
William Braden, Ten Speed Press, $12.99, 9781607745105

35. My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307594884

36. Happy, Happy, Happy
Phil Robertson, Howard Books, $24.99, 9781476726090

37. Pilgrim's Wilderness
Tom Kizzia, Crown, $25, 9780307587824

38. My Lunches With Orson
Peter Biskind, Metropolitan, $28, 9780805097252

39. The Longest Road
Philip Caputo, Holt, $28, 9780805094466

40. Revolutionary Summer
Joseph J. Ellis, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307701220

41. JFK's Last Hundred Days
Thurston Clarke, Penguin, $29.95, 9781594204258

42. The Astronaut Wives Club
Lily Koppel, Grand Central, $28, 9781455503254

43. Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805096668

44. Infiltrated
Jay Richards, McGraw-Hill, $25, 9780071816953

45. Singing School
Robert Pinsky, Norton, $25.95, 9780393050684

46. Ava Gardner
Peter Evans, Ava Gardner, S&S, $26, 9781451627695

47. Cool Gray City of Love
Rajesh Kumar, Gary Kamiya, Bloomsbury , $27, 9781608199600

48. Mathew Brady
Robert Wilson, Bloomsbury , $28, 9781620402030

49. Gulp
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9780393081572

50. Detroit
Charlie LeDuff, Penguin, $27.95, 9781594205347

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013

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

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

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

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

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

16. World War Z
Max Brooks, Broadway, $9.99, 9780770437404

17. The Twelve
Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345504999

18. Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550757

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

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

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

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

23. Two Graves
Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $10, 9780446555005

24. The Tombs
Clive Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425265079

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

26. The Long Earth
Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter, Harper, $9.99, 9780062068682

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

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

29. The Fallen Angel
Daniel Silva, Harper, $9.99, 9780062073150

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

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

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

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

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

35. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305

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

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

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

39. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $7.99, 9780812511819

40. The Darwin Elevator
Jason M. Hough, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345537126

41. Persuader
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245988

42. Calculated in Death
J.D. Robb, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425250730

43. Running Blind
Lee Child, Jove, $9.99, 9780515143508

44. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.99, 9780451163967

45. 61 Hours
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243694

46. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232816

47. Echo Burning
Lee Child, Jove, $9.99, 9780515143829

48. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur/Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316056892

49. The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706

50. The Gunslinger
Stephen King, Signet, $8.99, 9780451210845

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