August 28, 2014


Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
from sales the week ending August 24, 2014
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Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15, 9780307588371
Flynn's mesmerizing thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong.
1/18
2. Orphan Train
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061950728
A powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are.
2/32
3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $14.99, 9780062255662
A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror.
5/12
4. The Valley of Amazement
Amy Tan, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062107329
Tan's evocative novel of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity.
3/6
5. The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $17, 9780143125846
A sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, by the bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love.
4/9
6. We Are Water
Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780061941030
Lamb's powerful novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy.
12/2
7. The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99, 9781476729091
Simsion's heartfelt and humorous debut novel about a college professor's search for the perfect wife.
6/12
8. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307455925
A dazzling novel of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria, by the author of Half of a Yellow Sun.
7/25
9. The Silver Star
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9781451661545
Walls' heartbreaking and redemptive novel about a girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world.
8/12
10. And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632389
An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner.
9/12
11. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542
A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common.
11/47
12. How the Light Gets In
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $15.99, 9781250047274
A masterful Chief Inspector Gamache novel by the bestselling author of The Beautiful Mystery.
14/4
13. 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.
/71
14. The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307278265
This extraordinary novel by the author of The Namesake is a National Book Award finalist.
10/10
15. The Good Lord Bird
James McBride, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632785
McBride's rousing novel is the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown's anti-slavery crusade and must pass as a girl to survive. Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction.
13/2


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $16, 9780812974492
An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
1/4
2. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
2/13
3. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17, 9780316154703
A collection of hilarious and thought-provoking essays by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
3/12
4. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.
4/74
5. Brain on Fire
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.
6/36
6. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16, 9780812981605
An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
5/33
7. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $16, 9780812979329
Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai.
8/19
8. Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812986181
Kerman's heartbreaking, hilarious, and at times enraging story of her year incarcerated is the basis of the Netflix series.
7/43
9. The Smartest Kids in the World
Amanda Ripley, S&S, $15.99, 9781451654431
Through the compelling stories of three American teenagers living abroad in the world's top-notch schools, Ripley explains how these systems cultivate the "smartest" kids on the planet.
9/4
10. One Summer: America, 1927
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95, 9780767919418
Bryson transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life.
11/12
11. Thinking in Numbers
Daniel Tammet, Back Bay, $16, 9780316187367
Tammet shares his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions, and equations underpin all our lives.
12/5
12. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849922077
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.
10/94
13. Manson
Jeff Guinn, S&S, $17, 9781451645170
Guinn's authoritative account of the life of Charles Manson.
13/3
14. A House in the Sky
Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett, Scribner, $16, 9781451645613
A searingly intimate story of an intrepid young woman and her search for compassion in the face of unimaginable adversity.
/7
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.
15/75


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $25.95, 9780385352109
The eagerly awaited new novel by the internationally bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
1/2
2. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437
Tartt's novel--plumbing the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art--is the winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
2/44
3. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II is a May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/16
4. Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $26.95, 9780399167065
A novel about three women, each at a crossroads, by the bestselling author of The Husband's Secret.
5/4
5. Adultery- Debut
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $24.95, 9781101874080
A woman embarks on an adventure as unexpected as it is daring in the new novel by the bestselling author of The Alchemist.
/1
6. The Book of Life
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025596
Harkness' highly anticipated finale to her bestselling All Souls trilogy, following Shadow of Night.
4/6
7. The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $28, 9780316206877
A compulsively readable, new crime novel featuring Cormoran Strike by the bestselling author of The Cuckoo's Calling.
8/10
8. The Magician's Land
Lev Grossman, Viking, $27.95, 9780670015672
The final novel in Grossman's epic Magicians trilogy is an August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/3
9. We Are Not Ourselves- Debut
Matthew Thomas, S&S, $28, 9781476756660
Thomas's powerful multigenerational debut novel of an Irish-American family is a September 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
10. The Heist
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062320056
Gabriel Allon searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio in Silva's latest action-packed tale of international intrigue.
7/6
11. The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95, 9780670024780
Kidd's magnificent new novel about two unforgettable American women is the #1 Indie Next Great Read for January 2014.
10/33
12. Dear Committee Members- Debut
Julie Schumacher, Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385538138
Schumacher's brilliant novel about a beleaguered professor at a small and not very distinguished liberal arts college is a September 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
13. Lucky Us
Amy Bloom, Random House, $26, 9781400067244
Bloom's remarkable new novel is a deeply moving and fantastically funny story of love, heartbreak, and luck.
9/4
14. California
Edan Lepucki, Little Brown, $26, 9780316250818
California imagines a frighteningly realistic near future in which clashes between mankind's dark nature and deep-seated resilience shows how far we will go to protect the ones we love.
11/7
15. The Vacationers
Emma Straub, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594631573
Straub's deftly observed novel about the secrets, joys, and jealousies that rise to the surface during an American family's two-week vacation is a June 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/12
ON THE RISE
16. The 6th Extinction
James Rollins, Morrow, $27.99, 9780061784811
A thrilling new Sigma Force novel by the bestselling author of The Eye of God.
 


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618
A humorous guide to life for grown-ups by a longtime editor of the iconic Little Golden Books.
2/42
2. In the Kingdom of Ice
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535373
The bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers returns with white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age. An August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/3
3. A Spy Among Friends
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $27, 9780804136631
Macintyre's fascinating look at the greatest spy in history, who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War--while he was secretly working for the enemy.
3/4
4. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361
In his new bestseller, Gladwell draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.
4/47
5. Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062218339
The bestselling authors of Freakonomics take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally-to think, that is, like a Freak.
5/15
6. The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload- Debut
Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525954187
In his new book, bestselling author Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.
/1
7. Flash Boys
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393244663
The bestselling author of The Big Short returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets.
7/20
8. Hard Choices
Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $35, 9781476751443
Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future.
6/11
9. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury, $28, 9781608198061
Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. A May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/14
10. Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95, 9780674430006
Piketty's analysis of a unique collection of economic data from 20 countries will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality.
8/18
11. Goodnight Darth Vader
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452128306
Darth Vader's parenting skills are tested anew in this delightful new book by the bestselling author of Darth Vader and Son and Vader's Little Princess.
12/2
12. The Grumpy Guide to Life: Observations From Grumpy Cat- Debut
Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452134239
Featuring many new photos of Grumpy Cat's famous frown and packed with uninspiring observations to help anyone get in touch with their inner grouch.
/1
13. The First Family Detail
Ronald Kessler, Crown Forum, $26, 9780804139212
The latest by the bestselling author of In the President's Secret Service.
13/3
14. #Girlboss
Sophia Amoruso, Portfolio, $26.95, 9780399169274
Amoruso's fascinating story shows success is about trusting your instincts and following your gut, knowing which rules to follow and which to break.
/3
15. The Mockingbird Next Door
Marja Mills, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594205194
Mills' portrait of Harper Lee, author of the beloved novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
9/6


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Sycamore Row- Debut
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345543240
/1
2. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
1/5
3. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
2/175
4. W Is for Wasted
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425271575
3/3
5. Inferno
Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9781400079155
4/16
6. King and Maxwell
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10, 9781455521296
6/4
7. The Racketeer
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530578
5/34
8. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582017
8/43
9. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429
7/172
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Harcourt, $9.99, 9780544340688
1/103
2. If I Stay
Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99, 9780147514530
3/9
3. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Speak, $12.99, 9780142424179
2/19
4. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511
4/106
5. Where She Went
Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99, 9780142420898
6/7
6. Paper Towns
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414934
5/79
7. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods- Debut
Rick Riordan, John Rocco (Illus.), Hyperion, $24.99, 9781423183648
/1
8. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
11/362
9. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
10/126
10. Minecraft: Redstone Handbook
Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545685153
8/21
11. Minecraft: Essential Handbook
Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545669931
9/24
12. An Abundance of Katherines
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142410707
7/67
13. Minecraft: Combat Handbook- Debut
Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545685160
/1
14. Gathering Blue
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780547904146
12/2
15. Sisters- Debut
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
/1


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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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
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2. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
2/61
3. Frozen (Little Golden Book)
Victoria Saxon, Grace Lee (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $3.99, 9780736430517
3/26
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
4/*
5. Frozen: Anna's Act of Love/Elsa's Icy Magic
Lisa Marsoli, Joey Chou (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $4.99, 9780736430616
7/27
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926
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7. Frozen (Big Golden Book)
Bill Scollon, Disney Storybook Artists (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $9.99, 9780736430654
8/21
8. Pete the Cat and the New Guy
Kimberly Dean, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062275608
9/2
9. The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
Mo Willems, Disney Press, $16.99, 9781423190875
10/21
10. A Day in the Sun
Frank Berrios, RH Disney (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $3.99, 9780736430883
14/15
11. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
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12. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
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13. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
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14. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
6/35
15. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 28, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014
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  Children's Series  
1. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
 
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
3. Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
 
4. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
 
5. The Land of Stories (hardcover and paperback)
Chris Colfer, Little Brown
 
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
 
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
9. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover and paperback)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
10. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 

 

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014

16. The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $15, 9780812977172

17. The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $18, 9780316206853

18. Sycamore Row
John Grisham, Bantam, $16, 9780553393613

19. An Event in Autumn
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780804170642

20. Longbourn
Jo Baker, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345806970

21. Police
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307951168

22. The Girl You Left Behind
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143125778

23. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Bantam, $18, 9780553393705

24. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178

25. Doomed
Chuck Palahniuk, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307476548

26. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345807298

27. Identical
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $16, 9781455527199

28. Inferno
Dan Brown, Anchor, $16, 9780804172264

29. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $17, 9780143119685

30. The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition)
Paulo Coelho, Amy Jurskis, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007

31. The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $17, 9781594632341

32. My Struggle, Book One
Karl Ove Knausgaard, FSG, $16, 9780374534141

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

34. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $15, 9780345803788

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

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

37. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $15, 9781451673319

38. A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki, Penguin, $16, 9780143124870

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

40. Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $18, 9780316176491

41. The Hundred-Foot Journey
Richard C. Morais, Scribner, $15, 9781439165652

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

43. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $16, 9781400031702

44. Bad Monkey
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $15, 9780446556149

45. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Joel Dicker, Penguin, $18, 9780143126683

46. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16, 9781451681758

47. The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
Anton DiSclafani, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632709

48. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra, Hogarth, $15, 9780770436421

49. The Dinner
Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14, 9780385346856

50. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Jan-Philipp Sendker, Other Press, $15.95, 9781590514634

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014

16. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156

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

18. What We See When We Read
Peter Mendelsund, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804171632

19. Lawrence in Arabia
Scott Anderson, Anchor, $17.95, 9780307476418

20. Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062282712

21. Break Out!
Joel Osteen, Faithwords, $16, 9781455581962

22. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279

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

24. Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket, $11.95, 9781608463862

25. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157992

26. The Everything Store
Brad Stone, Back Bay, $18, 9780316219280

27. I Wear the Black Hat
Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $16, 9781439184509

28. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99, 9781451666175

29. 2015 Road Atlas
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528011436

30. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062301673

31. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $17, 9781416591061

32. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $15, 9781577314806

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

34. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16, 9780374533557

35. Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780060731335

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

37. Amsterdam
Russell Shorto, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307743756

38. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199

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

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

41. Empty Mansions
Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., Ballantine, $17, 9780345534538

42. Heretics and Heroes
Thomas Cahill, Anchor, $16.95, 9780385495585

43. Frozen in Time
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062133403

44. Lucky Peach Issue 12
David Chang (Ed.), Lucky Peach, $12, 9781941235027

45. Show Your Work!
Austin Kleon, Workman, $11.95, 9780761178972

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

47. The War That Ended Peace
Margaret MacMillan, Random House , $20, 9780812980660

48. JFK's Last Hundred Days
Thurston Clarke, Penguin, $18, 9780143125730

49. Cooked
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $17, 9780143125334

50. The Girls of Atomic City
Denise Kiernan, Touchstone, $16, 9781451617535

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014

16. The 6th Extinction
James Rollins, Morrow, $27.99, 9780061784811

17. The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159343

18. One Plus One
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.95, 9780525426585

19. Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $35, 9780385344432

20. Tom Clancy: Support and Defend
Mark Greaney, Putnam Adult, $28.95, 9780399173349

21. The Queen of the Tearling
Erika Johansen, Harper, $26.99, 9780062290366

22. Act of War
Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99, 9781476717128

23. Painted Horses
Malcolm Brooks, Grove Press, $26, 9780802121646

24. Sweetness #9
Stephan Eirik Clark, Little Brown, $26, 9780316278751

25. The Lost Island
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $27, 9781455525775

26. Midnight in Europe
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069491

27. Mr. Mercedes
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781476754451

28. William Shakespeare's Star Wars
Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594746376

29. Bittersweet
Colleen McCullough, S&S, $26, 9781476755410

30. Wayfaring Stranger
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781476710792

31. Invisible
James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown, $28, 9780316405348

32. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781616203214

33. Mean Streak
Sandra Brown, Grand Central, $26, 9781455581122

34. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534833

35. One Kick
Chelsea Cain, S&S, $25.99, 9781476749785

36. Windigo Island
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $24.99, 9781476749235

37. The Care and Management of Lies
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $26.99, 9780062220509

38. Euphoria
Lily King, Atlantic Monthly Press, $25, 9780802122551

39. The Last Kind Words Saloon
Larry McMurtry, Liveright, $24.95, 9780871407863

40. Top Secret Twenty-One
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345542922

41. Dear Daughter
Elizabeth Little, Viking, $26.95, 9780670016389

42. Natchez Burning
Greg Iles, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062311078

43. The Liar's Wife
Mary Gordon, Pantheon , $25.95, 9780307377432

44. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
David Shafer, Mulholland, $26, 9780316252638

45. The Matchmaker
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28, 9780316099752

46. Fourth of July Creek
Smith Henderson, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062286444

47. The Long Way Home
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250022066

48. The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances
Ellen Cooney, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780544236158

49. The Martian
Andy Weir, Crown, $24, 9780804139021

50. William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return
Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594747137

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014

16. One Nation
Ben Carson, M.D., Candy Carson, Sentinel, $25.95, 9781595231123

17. Elephant Company
Vicki Croke, Random House, $28, 9781400069330

18. Blood Feud
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.99, 9781621573135

19. Carsick
John Waters, FSG, $26, 9780374298630

20. I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26, 9780316322409

21. America
Dinesh D'Souza, Regnery, $29.99, 9781621572039

22. Jerusalem: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781607743941

23. Excellent Sheep
William Deresiewicz, Free Press, $26, 9781476702711

24. I Knead My Mommy
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452132914

25. The Way Forward
Paul Ryan, Twelve, $27, 9781455557561

26. Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99, 9780974320625

27. Factory Man
Beth Macy, Little Brown, $28, 9780316231435

28. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28, 9781400064168

29. Tibetan Peach Pie
Tom Robbins, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062267405

30. A Fighting Chance
Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan, $28, 9781627790529

31. The Mincing Mockingbird Guide to Troubled Birds
Blue Rider Press, $15.95, 9780399170911

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

33. Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385349949

34. 1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop
John Lloyd, et al., Norton, $15.95, 9780393245608

35. Building a Better Teacher
Elizabeth Green, Norton, $27.95, 9780393081596

36. The Invisible Bridge
Rick Perlstein, S&S, $37.50, 9781476782416

37. Grain Brain
David Perlmutter, Little Brown, $27, 9780316234801

38. The Opposite of Loneliness
Marina Keegan, Scribner, $23, 9781476753614

39. The Nixon Defense
John W. Dean, Viking, $35, 9780670025367

40. The One Thing
Gary Keller, Bard Productions, $24.95, 9781885167774

41. My Promised Land
Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780385521703

42. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585

43. Daring Greatly
Brene Brown, Gotham, $26, 9781592407330

44. When Paris Went Dark
Ronald C. Rosbottom, Little Brown, $28, 9780316217446

45. My Drunk Kitchen
Hannah Hart, Dey Street Books, $22.99, 9780062293039

46. Humans of New York
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250038821

47. How Not to Be Wrong
Jordan Ellenberg, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594205224

48. Blue Mind
Wallace J. Nichols, Little Brown, $27, 9780316252089

49. Strengths Finder 2.0
Tom Rath, Gallup, $27.95, 9781595620156

50. Nine Things Successful People Do Differently
Heidi Grant Halvorson, Harvard Business School Press, $12, 9781422193402

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 24, 2014

11. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $8.99, 9780446310789

12. Beautiful Day
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $8, 9780316099776

13. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

14. Second Honeymoon
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Vision, $10, 9781455515967

15. The Kill List
Frederick Forsyth, Signet, $9.99, 9780451467638

16. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur/Little Brown, $9, 9780316056892

17. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345514400

18. Takedown Twenty
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345542892

19. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345543981

20. The Testament
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345531964

21. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fifth Edition
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877798224

22. Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780440215622

23. The Hit
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10, 9781455521302

24. Vicious Circle
Wilbur Smith, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9781250051134

25. 61 Hours
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243694

26. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487

27. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553390568

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

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

30. 12th of Never
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Vision, $10, 9781455515783

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

32. Alex Cross, Run
James Patterson, Vision, $10, 9780446571845

33. Rose Harbor in Bloom
Debbie Macomber, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345535269

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

35. Never Go Back
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246329

36. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Retribution
Eric Van Lustbader, Grand Central, $10, 9781455550944

37. Concealed in Death
J.D. Robb, Berkley, $7.99, 9780515154146

38. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765370624

39. Spider Woman's Daughter
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780062270498

40. Service
Marcus Luttrell, Back Bay, $8, 9780316185370

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

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

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

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

45. The Strain
Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan, Harper, $9.99, 9780062344618

46. Voyager
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780440217565

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

48. The Troop
Nick Cutter, Pocket, $7.99, 9781476717722

49. Light of the World
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $9.99, 9781476710778

50. Deceived
Randy Wayne White, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425270158

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