August 18, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 18, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 1/19
2. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 2/14
3. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
This mesmerizing story of a tragic past, and a present torn apart, is now a major motion picture.		 5/104
4. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 4/81
5. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 3/21
6. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713
A moving love story by the author of The Understudy.		 7/7
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
A look at life through the eyes of Enzo, a mixed-breed pooch.		 8/114
8. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).		 6/37
9. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701
Indies are still handselling this rich, romantic story set in a long-ago traveling circus.		 11/133
10. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII.		 12/28
11. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction is now available in paperback.		 9/3
12. Faithful Place
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143119494
An intriguing Dublin murder squad novel by the bestselling author of The Likeness.		 10/7
13. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648
Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England.		 15/78
14. The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman, Dial, $15, 9780385340861
A delicious novel about appetite, temptation, and holding on to what is real in a virtual world.		 14/4
15. The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman, Dial, $15, 9780385343671
Rachman's wry debut novel follows the lives of the staff of an international English-language newspaper in Rome.		 13/32
ON THE RISE
20. Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446547604
A mysterious love story by the bestselling author of The Notebook.


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 18, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research.		 1/23
2. 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.		 2/31
3. 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.		 3/9
4. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
A vivid historical account of the 40-year battle between the Comanches and white settlers for control of the American West.		 5/14
5. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.		 4/10
6. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
McDougall's fascinating look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.		 6/20
7. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
Rock icon Smith's memoir of her early years in New York and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is a 2010 National Book Award winner.		 7/41
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.		 9/24
9. Inside of a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16, 9781416583431
This bestseller explores what dogs know and how they think.		 10/46
10. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
As the subtitle says, "murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America."		 8/202
11. The Emperor of All Maladies- Debut
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915
Mukherjee's comprehensive history of cancer is now in paperback.		 /1
12. Let's Take the Long Way Home- Debut
Gail Caldwell, Random House, $14, 9780812979114
Caldwell's heartwarming memoir of her friendship with author Caroline Knapp.		 /1
13. Life
Keith Richards, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316034418
An autobiography of the legendary founding member of the Rolling Stones.		 11/15
14. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing.		 12/217
15. 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.		 /18


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 18, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
The provocative new novel, set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto is a June Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/10
2. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The highly anticipated fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.		 2/5
3. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
This new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway is a March Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/25
4. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
Towles's captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/3
5. The Magician King- Debut
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022311
Grossman returns to Fillory in the riveting sequel to his 2009 bestseller, The Magicians. An August Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
6. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy.		 6/64
7. Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva, Harper, $26.99, 9780062072184
International anti-terrorism expert Gabriel Allon returns in this new thriller by the author of The Rembrandt Affair.		 5/4
8. Maine
J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595126
By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family.		 7/9
9. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831
Debut author Obreht tells a tale of myth and legend in this #1 Indie Next Great Read for March 2011.		 12/23
10. The Last Werewolf
Glen Duncan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595089
Duncan's original tale of Jake, a werewolf who is the last of his species, is a July Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/5
11. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/15
12. Ghost Story
Jim Butcher, Roc, $27.95, 9780451463791
The 13th book in Butcher's popular Dresden Files series.		 9/3
13. This Beautiful Life
Helen Schulman, Harper, $24.99, 9780062024381
Schulman's novel is a devastating exploration of both the blurring boundaries of privacy and the fragility of self and the sacrifices and choices we make in the name of love.		 15/2
14. The Family Fang- Debut
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $23.99, 9780061579035
Wilson's vibrant tale of a family of performance artists, and the effects of their art on their children, is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
15. House of Holes- Debut
Nicholson Baker, S&S, $25, 9781439189511
A novel of erotic escapades, from the bestselling author of Vox.		 /1


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 18, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
The mesmerizing new book by the author of Seabiscuit is a December 2010 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/39
2. A Stolen Life
Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $24.99, 9781451629187
The incredible true story of Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping, 18-year imprisonment, and her survival--in Jaycee's own words.		 2/5
3. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/14
4. 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!		 1/11
5. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 5/19
6. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created- Debut
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722
Mann's fascinating look at how Christopher Columbus accidentally set off great ecological changes as European vessels carried thousands of species to new homes across the oceans.		 /1
7. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $37.50, 9781416571766
McCullough's look at adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, architects, and others who set off for Paris between 1830 and 1900, with ambitions to excel in their work.		 6/12
8. Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit--Making the Most of All of Your Life- Debut
Jane Fonda, Random House, $27, 9781400066971
Fonda's blueprint for living well and for making the most of life, especially the second half of it.		 /1
9. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952244
An adventure travel expert--who's never actually done anything adventurous--tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu in the Andes.		 11/5
10. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602
New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens.		 8/23
11. Seal Team Six
Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9780312699451
A fascinating look at a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and counterinsurgency.		 13/14
12. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $26, 9781439176580
Wickenden's exhilarating saga about two intrepid young women and their trip to the Colorado wilderness in the summer of 1916.		 7/6
13. Incognito
David M. Eagleman, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307377333
Renowned neuroscientist Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries.		 12/7
14. Reckless Endangerment
Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner, Times Books, $30, 9780805091205
A revealing look at how the financial crisis emerged from the interplay of Washington, Wall Street, and mortgage lenders.		 /7
15. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper, $26.99, 9780061988349
Zuckoff's truly riveting work of narrative nonfiction is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/11
ON THE RISE
16. A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers
Michael Holroyd, FSG, $26, 9780374115586
The people in Holroyd's fascinating book are destined never to meet, yet the Villa Cimbrone, in the Italian village of Ravello, unites them all.


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 18, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 1/18
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 2/19
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/17
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/19
5. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117		 5/4
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 6/*
7. Hell's Corner
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446571418		 7/7
8. The Glass Rainbow
James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781439128312		 /2
9. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966		 /*
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488		 /*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for August 18, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 2/205
2. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 3/14
3. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880		 4/9
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 1/10
5. Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life
James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Laura Park (Illus.), Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316101875		 5/7
6. Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423143437		 9/9
7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99, 9780316013697		 8/122
8. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780062024022		 10/15
9. The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423113393		 7/44
10. LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756682576		 6/14
11. The Emerald Atlas
John Stephens, Knopf, $17.99, 9780375868702		 14/16
12. Mr. Popper's Penguins
Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316058438		 11/12
13. Scumble- Debut
Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142419625		 /1
14. Savvy
Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142414330		 /49
15. Along for the Ride
Sarah Dessen, Speak, $8.99, 9780142415566		 15/18


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for August 18, 2011
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 1/*
2. Skippyjon Jones, Class Action
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525422280		 2/5
3. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 4/*
4. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 3/*
5. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698		 12/*
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 6/*
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper , $17.95, 9780060254926		 7/*
8. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap , $3.99, 9780448425009		 13/*
9. Wizard of Oz Scanimation: 10 Classic Scenes from Over the Rainbow- Debut
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732		 /1
10. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341		 10/*
11. A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Philip Christian Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596434028		 5/31
12. Rocking in My School Shoes
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061910241		 14/3
13. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905		 11/*
14. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $14.99, 9780811879545		 8/17
15. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 /*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 18, 2011
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  Children's Series  
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
New in Series: Dogs in the Dead of Night		  
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
6. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
7. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
8. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
10. Pretty Little Liars (hardcover and paperback)
Sara Shepard, Harper Teen

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $15, 9780812977868

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

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

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

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

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

30. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9781416586296

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. The Lonely Polygamist
Brady Udall, Norton, $15.95, 9780393339710

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

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

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

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

43. The Redbreast
Jo Nesbø, Harper, $14.99, 9780061134005

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

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

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

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

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

49. I Curse the River of Time
Per Petterson, Picador, $15, 9780312429539

50. The Red Garden
Alice Hoffman, Broadway, $15, 9780307405975

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

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

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

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

33. The Sweet Life in Paris
David Lebovitz, Broadway, $14, 9780767928892

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

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

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

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

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

39. The Tiger
John Vaillant, Vintage, $15, 9780307389046

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

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

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

43. Thank You Notes
Jimmy Fallon, Grand Central, $12, 9780892967414

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

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

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

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

48. A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263

49. War
Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $15.99, 9780446556224

50. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061730337

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

21. The Map of Time
Felix J. Palma, Atria, $26, 9781439167397

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Burnt Mountain
Anne Rivers Siddons, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446527897

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

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

31. Now You See Her
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316036214

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

33. Against All Enemies
Tom Clancy, Peter Telep, Putnam, $28.95, 9780399157301

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

35. One Summer
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446583145

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

37. Happy Birthday
Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $28, 9780385340304

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

39. Unsaid
Neil Abramson, Center Street, $23.99, 9781599954103

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

41. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Dominion
Eric Van Lustbader, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446564441

42. The Devil All the Time
Donald Ray Pollock, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385535045

43. South of Superior
Ellen Airgood, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594487934

44. Dick Francis's Gamble
Felix Francis, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157479

45. Sisterhood Everlasting
Ann Brashares, Random House, $25, 9780385521222

46. Bright's Passage
Josh Ritter, Dial, $22, 9781400069507

47. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670022410

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

49. The Night Train
Clyde Edgerton, Little Brown, $23.99, 9780316117593

50. Dead Reckoning
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9780441020317

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

22. Love Wins
Rob Bell, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062049643

23. Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me
Chelsea Handler, et al., Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446584715

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. My Father's Daughter
Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $30, 9780446557313

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. Those Guys Have All the Fun
James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316043007

38. Haiti After the Earthquake
Paul Farmer, PublicAffairs, $27.99, 9781586489731

39. On China
Henry Kissinger, Penguin Press, $36, 9781594202711

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

41. Miette
Meg Ray, Chronicle, $27.50, 9780811875042

42. A Band of Misfits
Andrew Baggarly, Triumph, $19.95, 9781600785986

43. The Triple Agent
Joby Warrick, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534185

44. The Pirates of Somalia
Jay Bahadur, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307379061

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

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

47. Sex on the Moon
Ben Mezrich, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385533928

48. Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307238764

49. Of Thee I Zing
Laura Ingraham, Threshold, $25, 9781451642049

50. Geek Wisdom
Mario Zucca (Illus.), Quirk, $14.95, 9781594745270

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. The Templar Salvation
Raymond Khoury, Signet, $9.99, 9780451234278

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

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

40. Caught
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232700

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

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

43. Foreign Influence
Brad Thor, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416586609

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

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

46. One for the Money
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312990459

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

48. U Is for Undertow
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425238110

49. Heartless
Gail Carriger, Orbit, $7.99, 9780316127196

50. Worst Case
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Vision, $9.99, 9780446574730

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