August 9, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 9, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 5, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy.		 1/18
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy.		 2/16
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy.		 3/16
4. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
A provocative novel set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto.		 5/13
5. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians.		 4/5
6. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose.		 6/6
7. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
In this novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about.		 7/10
8. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.		 8/15
9. Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216
By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family.		 9/10
10. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others.		 10/18
11. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.		 11/40
12. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback.		 12/18
13. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685
A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and a mysterious manuscript.		 13/17
14. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.		 15/15
15. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418
Ondaatje's wonderful novel about an 11-year-old boy on board a ship bound for England in the early 1950s.		 14/8


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 9, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 1/14
2. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278241
A fascinating look at the ecological changes brought about by European vessels that carried thousands of species from the New World to homes across the oceans.		 2/2
3. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 3/31
4. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
With humor and insight, Moran shows why female rights and empowerment are essential not only for women, but also for society itself.		 13/2
5. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
A collection of advice columns from the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild.		 11/4
6. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
A collection of funny and insightful essays by the author of I Feel Bad About My Neck.		 6/11
7. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
An adventure travel expert--who's never actually done anything adventurous--tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu in the Andes.		 7/15
8. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715
A kayak accident during a South American adventure takes one woman to heaven and back to life again.		 8/3
9. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin, $15, 9780143121343
In the sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Fuller returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family.		 5/6
10. I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307276827
Funny, funny comic relief, on being a woman of "a certain age," from the honest and smart Ephron.		 4/16
11. 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."		 15/214
12. 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.		 9/74
13. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095
The heartwarming true story of the plow-horse that won the 1958 National Horse Show.		 14/10
14. 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.		 10/60
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.		 /48


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 9, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 5, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
Flynn's new thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/9
2. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023653
French's new novel about the investigation of the murder of a family is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/2
3. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746
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.		 3/7
4. The Fallen Angel
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073129
A new Vatican-set thriller featuring Gabriel Allon, from the bestselling author of Portrait of a Spy.		 5/3
5. Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670023486
The thrilling sequel to A Discovery of Witches is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/4
6. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123
Walter's dazzling yet deeply human new novel, spanning 50 years and nearly as many lives, is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/8
7. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry- Debut
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $25, 9780812993295
Joyce's novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we bury within our hearts is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
8. 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.		 12/46
9. Creole Belle
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781451648133
Dave Robicheaux returns in the latest mystery by the bestselling author of The Glass Rainbow.		 10/3
10. Mission to Paris
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069484
A dazzling new novel of intrigue by the bestselling author of Spies of the Balkans.		 8/8
11. Where We Belong
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312554194
Giffin's latest novel is an unforgettable story of two women, the families that make them who they are, and the loyalty that binds them together.		 7/2
12. The Age of Miracles
Karen Thompson Walker, Random House, $26, 9780812992977
This luminous and unforgettable debut novel about coming of age set against the backdrop of an utterly altered world is a July Indie Next List Great Read.		 14/6
13. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048
Ford's masterful new novel about the mysterious and consoling bonds of family is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/11
14. The Prisoner of Heaven
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Harper, $25.99, 9780062206282
Carlos Ruiz Zafón takes us into a dark, gothic Barcelona and tells a rich, labyrinthine tale of love, literature, and revenge.		 11/4
15. The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534796
This unforgettable historical love story steeped in Bohjalian's Armenian heritage is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/3
ON THE RISE
16. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734
Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		  


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 9, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/20
2. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.		 2/90
3. Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies- Debut
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $26, 9780307888754
Macintyre tells the intriguing story of the grand final deception of WWII and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it.		 /1
4. 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.		 3/10
5. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 10/32
6. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life.		 6/15
7. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco (Illus.), Nation Books, $28, 9781568586434
Pulitzer Prize-winner Hedges and award-winning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco give readers a look at sacrifice zones: those areas in America that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit, progress, and technological advancement.		 4/2
8. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 7/26
9. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
Beautiful, subversive, and very funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children!		 14/48
10. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut.		 12/13
11. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
Isaacson's exclusive biography of Steve Jobs is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.		 9/34
12. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity.		 5/20
13. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.		 15/14
14. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852
Klein's view of the Obama administration's political inner workings.		 8/9
15. Monkey Mind
Daniel Smith, S&S, $25, 9781439177303
Smith's honest and witty memoir of living with the disease of anxiety is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/3
ON THE RISE
18. Wheat Belly
William Davis, Rodale, $25.99, 9781609611545
A renowned cardiologist explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage and reverse many health problems.		  


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 9, 2012
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 1/69
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 2/70
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/68
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/70
5. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 10/57
6. The Litigators
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530561		 5/6
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 8/*
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488		 6/*
9. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339683		 7/*
10. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Berkley, $9.99, 9780399501487		 /*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for August 9, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 2/30
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 1/256
3. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316201575		 4/3
4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697		 8/146
5. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 5/65
6. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 3/*
7. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 10/61
8. Seraphina
Rachel Hartman, Random House, $17.99, 9780375866562		 7/4
9. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142402511		 13/4
10. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 6/20
11. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930		 11/18
12. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880		 14/28
13. Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction
One Direction, Harper, $12.99, 9780062213426		 9/9
14. Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591		 /14
15. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary (Dog Days revised and expanded edition)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $15.95, 9781419706424		 /2


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Children's Illustrated



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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. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442457027		 2/6
3. Where's Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763634988		 5/*
4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 4/*
5. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 11/*
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 3/*
7. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 13/43
8. Rocket Writes a Story
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375870866		 12/2
9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 7/46
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 8/*
11. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 6/*
12. Where's Waldo Now?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763634995		 14/*
13. Where's Waldo? In Hollywood
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763635015		 /*
14. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698		 10/*
15. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801		 /4


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 9, 2012
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  Children's Series  
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Divergent Series (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
8. Dork Diaries (hardcover)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
9. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. Artemis Fowl (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 5, 2012

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

17. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250

18. Bared to You
Sylvia Day, Berkley, $15, 9780425263907

19. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425

20. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Gallery, $19.99, 9781451627299

21. The Keeper of Lost Causes
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Plume, $16, 9780452297906

22. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681

23. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9780671027346

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

25. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368

26. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142

27. The Time in Between
Maria Duenas, Atria, $16, 9781451616897

28. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $13.99, 9780061579059

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

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

31. In the Woods
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143113492

32. The Leopard
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307743183

33. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647

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

35. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $11.99, 9781451673319

36. Aleph
Paulo Coelho, Vintage, $15, 9780307744579

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

38. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481

39. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560

40. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289

41. Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, Picador, $12, 9781250007650

42. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307742995

43. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132

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

45. A Trick of the Light
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $14.99, 9781250007346

46. Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $15, 9781608196265

47. The Drop
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455518982

48. To Be Sung Underwater
Tom McNeal, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316127387

49. The Girl in the Blue Beret
Bobbie Ann Mason, Random House, $15, 9780812978872

50. The Flight of Gemma Hardy
Margot Livesey, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062064233

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 5, 2012

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

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

18. Destiny of the Republic
Candice Millard, Anchor, $16, 9780767929714

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

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

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

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

23. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158

24. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $20, 9781416571773

25. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622

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

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

28. You're Stronger Than You Think
Les Parrott, III, Tyndale House, $15.99, 9781414348537

29. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228

30. Rand McNally 2013 Road Atlas
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528006227

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

32. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061988356

33. Blue Nights
Joan Didion, Vintage, $15, 9780307387387

34. Hemingway's Boat
Paul Hendrickson, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400075355

35. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

38. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $15, 9781439176597

39. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537

40. Lucky Peach Issue 4
David Chang (Ed.), McSweeney's, $12, 9781936365555

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

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

43. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882

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

45. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485756

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

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

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

49. The Tao of Travel
Paul Theroux, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547737379

50. A Stolen Life
Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $15, 9781451629194

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 5, 2012

16. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734

17. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031

18. Odd Apocalypse
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $28, 9780553807745

19. Black List
Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99, 9781439192986

20. In One Person
John Irving, S&S, $28, 9781451664126

21. Gold
Chris Cleave, S&S, $27, 9781451672725

22. Tigers in Red Weather
Liza Klaussmann, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316211338

23. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749

24. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073

25. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309

26. The Chaperone
Laura Moriarty, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487019

27. I, Michael Bennett
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097468

28. Seating Arrangements
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307599469

29. The Next Best Thing
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9781451617757

30. Istanbul Passage
Joseph Kanon, Atria, $26, 9781439156414

31. Friends Forever
Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $28, 9780385343213

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

33. Judgment Call
J.A. Jance, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061731167

34. True Believers
Kurt Andersen, Random House, $27, 9781400067206

35. Home
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $24, 9780307594167

36. Summerland
Elin Hilderbrand, Reagan Arthur, $26.99, 9780316099837

37. Redshirts
John Scalzi, Tor, $24.99, 9780765316998

38. Heading Out to Wonderful
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781565129238

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

40. Earth Unaware
Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston, Tor, $24.99, 9780765329042

41. The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
Stephen L. Carter, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272638

42. A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway, Scribner, $27, 9781451658163

43. The Yard
Alex Grecian, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399149542

44. Die a Stranger
Steve Hamilton, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312640217

45. The Red House
Mark Haddon, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385535779

46. Capital
John Lanchester, Norton, $26.95, 9780393082074

47. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094

48. Doctor Who: Shada
Gareth Roberts, Ace, $26.95, 9780425259986

49. How Should a Person Be?
Sheila Heti, Holt, $25, 9780805094725

50. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 5, 2012

16. The Presidents Club
Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy, S&S, $32.50, 9781439127704

17. The Passage of Power
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078

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

19. The Price of Inequality
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393088694

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

21. Yes, Chef
Marcus Samuelsson, Random House, $27, 9780385342605

22. Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404091

23. Red Ink
David Wessel, Crown Business, $22, 9780770436148

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

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

26. The Violinist's Thumb
Sam Kean, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316182317

27. Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509

28. Dream Team
Jack McCallum, Ballantine, $28, 9780345520487

29. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981

30. I Hate Everyone... Starting with Me
Joan Rivers, Berkley, $25.95, 9780425248300

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

32. Teach Your Children Well
Madeline Levine, Phd Madeline Levine, Harper, $26.99, 9780061824746

33. I Am a Pole (and So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert, Paul Hildebrandt (Illus.), Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455523429

34. The Blood Sugar Solution
Mark Hyman M.D., Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316127370

35. Bailout
Neil Barofsky, Free Press, $26, 9781451684933

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

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

38. Mick
Christopher Andersen, Gallery, $27, 9781451661446

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

40. End This Depression Now!
Paul Krugman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393088779

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

42. This Is How
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312563554

43. A Daughter's Tale
Mary Soames, Random House, $28, 9780812993332

44. Gifts of the Crow
John Marzluff, Tony Angell, Free Press, $25, 9781439198735

45. Cronkite
Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780061374265

46. I Suck at Girls
Justin Halpern, It Books, $16.99, 9780062113375

47. Wherever I Wind Up
R.A. Dickey, Blue Rider, $26.95, 9780399158155

48. My Cross to Bear
Gregg Allman, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062112033

49. Barack Obama
David Maraniss, S&S, $32.50, 9781439160404

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 5, 2012

11. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

12. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537

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

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

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

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

17. Explosive Eighteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527738

18. Gunmetal Magic
Ilona Andrews, Ace, $7.99, 9780425256138

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

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

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

22. Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446547574

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

24. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509

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

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

27. Private Games
James Patterson, Mark Sullivan, Vision, $9.99, 9781455512973

28. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $7.99, 9781451678192

29. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706

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

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

32. Don't Blink
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Vision, $9.99, 9781455506675

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

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

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

36. Happy Birthday
Danielle Steel, Dell, $7.99, 9780440243342

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

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

39. Dandelion Wine
Ray Bradbury, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553277531

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

41. Back of Beyond
C.J. Box, Minotaur, $9.99, 9780312366124

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

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

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

45. Eat to Live
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316206648

46. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556675

47. Flash and Bones
Kathy Reichs, Pocket, $7.99, 9781451646696

48. Minding Frankie
Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307475497

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

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

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