December 20, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 20, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Life of Pi
Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547848419
Martel's beloved 2002 Man Booker Prize-winning novel is now a major motion picture.		 1/7
2. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15, 9780345521316
McLain's richly rewarding novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 2/3
3. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback.		 3/30
4. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780812984415
The dazzling third novel by the author of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is now a major motion picture.		 4/8
5. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy.		 5/36
6. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Mariner, $13.95, 9780547928227
Tolkien's modern classic and prelude to The Lord of the Rings is now a major motion picture.		 13/3
7. 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.		 10/23
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196
Chbosky's powerful novel of the wild and poignant days of adolescence is now a major motion picture.		 8/12
9. 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.		 6/31
10. The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99, 9780316175661
Ivey's touching novel is set in the Alaskan wilderness of the 1920s.		 9/6
11. 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.		 7/28
12. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose.		 12/24
13. 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.		 11/36
14. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.		 14/29
15. The Best American Short Stories 2012
Tom Perrotta, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242101
A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories.		 /4


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 20, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9781451688092
The new film Lincoln is based in part on Goodwin's bestselling look at Lincoln as the ultimate manager and motivator.		 1/6
2. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199
Noted neurosurgeon Alexander's fascinating account of his return from a very deep coma.		 2/7
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.		 3/78
4. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343403
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 7/14
5. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 5/32
6. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985736
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more.		 8/13
7. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449410247
A hilarious offering of cat comics from TheOatmeal.com.		 6/5
8. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013
World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571626
The dependable reference guide, updated for 2013.		 4/2
9. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
Students or anyone who has ever had to struggle through a test will have a good laugh.		 9/69
10. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 10/49
11. Dancers Among Us
Jordan Matter, Workman, $17.95, 9780761171706
Matter presents joyful photographs of dancers leaping, spinning, and lifting in the midst of daily life.		 12/5
12. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress.		 11/12
13. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $13.95, 9780399533464
Readers who've ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal will discover a new way to escape the fear of the blank page.		 /2
14. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10, 9780316078917
Celebrate the holidays with one of the funniest writers of our time.		 /12
15. F for Effort!
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227
A brand-new compendium of hilarious and inventive wrong test answers and homework hiccups.		 /10


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 20, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99, 9780062124265
Kingsolver's powerful new novel about the complexities of modern life in rural Appalachia is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/6
2. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062065247
The masterful new novel by the author of The Plague of Doves is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read and the winner of the 2012 National Book Award for Fiction.		 2/10
3. 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.		 3/27
4. The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534
Rowling's darkly comic and thought provoking first novel for adults.		 5/11
5. Sweet Tooth
Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385536820
McEwan's wonderfully witty novel of betrayal and intrigue is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/5
6. Dear Life
Alice Munro, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307596888
A brilliant new collection of stories from one of the most acclaimed and beloved writers of our time.		 4/5
7. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031
The sequel to Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize-winner, Wolf Hall, delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.		 11/19
8. The Racketeer
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535144
A federal judge is murdered, and an imprisoned former attorney knows who is responsible in Grisham's latest legal thriller.		 7/7
9. A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594204777
In her new collection of poems, Oliver opens our eyes to the mysteries of our daily experience.		 9/8
10. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie- Debut
Ayana Mathis, Random House, $24.95, 9780385350280
In her debut novel, Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one unforgettable family. A January 2013 Indie Next Great Read and an Oprah Book Club selection.		 /1
11. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316219365
This powerful novel, written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, is a harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive. A September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 15/8
12. The Black Box
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069434
Harry Bosch searches for the "black box," the one piece of evidence that will pull an unsolved murder mystery together. A December 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/3
13. The Art Forger
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781616201326
Shapiro's dazzling literary thriller is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/6
14. Winter of the World
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525952923
Follett's epic follow-up to Fall of Giants is the second book of his Century Trilogy.		 14/12
15. NW
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594203978
Depicting the modern London urban zone, Smith's latest is a quietly devastating novel of encounters, mercurial and vital, like the city itself.		 /6


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 20, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Jon Meacham, Random House, $35, 9781400067664
Pulitzer Prize-winner Meacham's magnificent biography of Thomas Jefferson is a December 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/5
2. Help, Thanks, Wow
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594631290
Lamott writes about three simple prayers she believes are essential to coming through tough times and the hardships of daily life.		 2/5
3. Barefoot Contessa Foolproof
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307464873
Garten's latest is an infinitely practical cookbook that home cooks will turn to again and again.		 4/7
4. America Again
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $28.99, 9780446583978
Colbert's hilarious follow-up to I Am America (And So Can You!).		 5/10
5. Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805096668
A look at the shocking events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.		 6/10
6. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai.		 12/12
7. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans.		 3/17
8. 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.		 8/38
9. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Blue Rider, $30, 9780399159466
An insightful view of the personal life and musical creativity of legendary musician Neil Young.		 9/11
10. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9780307595652
A collection of celebrated food blogger Perelman's recipes for any night of the week, or for the most special occasions.		 11/7
11. The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594204111
Silver examines the world of prediction and how everything from the health of the global economy to the ability to fight terrorism are dependent on the quality of predictions.		 10/8
12. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 13/46
13. The Patriarch
David Nasaw, Penguin Press, $40, 9781594203763
Nasaw tells the full story of Joseph P. Kennedy, the founder of the 20th century's most famous political dynasty.		 /2
14. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
William Manchester, Paul Reid, Little Brown, $40, 9780316547703
An unparalleled portrait of the brilliant, flawed, and dynamic leader, Winston Churchill.		 14/7
15. 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.		 /101
ON THE RISE
23. Underwater Dogs
Seth Casteel, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316227704
Award-winning photographer Casteel presents a playful and energetic testament to the joy that dogs bring into our lives.		  


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 20, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835		 1/10
2. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 2/87
3. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232854		 6/12
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 5/88
5. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 4/86
6. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 8/71
7. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 3/88
8. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290		 10/88
9. V Is for Vengeance
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425250563		 7/7
10. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 9/*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for December 20, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Who Could That Be at This Hour?
Lemony Snicket, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316123082		 2/7
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 1/48
3. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 4/38
4. Lego Ninjago: Character Encyclopedia
Claire Sipi, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756698126		 3/7
5. Star Wars Origami
Chris Alexander, Workman, $16.95, 9780761169437		 5/14
6. Recycled Robots: 10 Robot Projects- Debut
Robert Malone, Workman, $24.95, 9780761154662		 /1
7. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 6/274
8. Son
Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99, 9780547887203		 8/10
9. Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432		 7/10
10. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 9/*
11. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $9.99, 9780142402511		 10/18
12. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, HarperTrophy, $7.99, 9780064400558		 11/*
13. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99, 9780064402750		 13/*
14. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Catherynne M. Valente, Ana Juan (Illus.), Square Fish, $6.99, 9781250010193		 /3
15. Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun
Elizabeth Foy Larsen, et al., Bloomsbury, $25, 9781608196418		 14/2


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 20, 2012
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Safari: A Photicular Book
Dan Kainen, Carol Kaufmann, Workman, $24.95, 9780761163800		 1/8
2. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492		 3/*
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 2/*
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790		 4/*
5. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 9/63
6. This Moose Belongs to Me
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399161032		 5/5
7. This Is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655990		 6/9
8. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442450271		 10/15
9. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 7/59
10. Pete the Cat Saves Christmas
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062110626		 12/5
11. How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas?
Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Blue Sky Press, $16.99, 9780545416788		 11/5
12. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 14/*
13. The Elf on the Shelf
Carol Abersoldt, Coe Steinwart (Illus.), CCA and B, $20, 9780976990703		 8/9
14. The Christmas Quiet Book
Deborah Underwood, Renata Liwska (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $12.99, 9780547558639		 /2
15. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 /*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 20, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012
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  Children's Series  
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
4. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover and paperback)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
5. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
6. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
7. Matched (hardcover and paperback)
Ally Condie, Dutton
8. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
9. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
10. Junie B. Jones (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012

16. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $16, 9781250014764

17. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498

18. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504

19. How It All Began
Penelope Lively, Penguin, $16, 9780143122647

20. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848

21. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain, Ecco, $14.99, 9780060885618

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

23. World War Z
Max Brooks, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307346612

24. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418

25. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Gallery, $19.99, 9781451627299

26. City of Dark Magic
Magnus Flyte, Penguin, $16, 9780143122685

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

28. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $15.99, 9780061257100

29. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $16, 9781594483295

30. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077

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

32. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781401324643

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

34. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, NAL, $25, 9780451232571

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

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

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

38. Carry the One
Carol Anshaw, S&S, $15, 9781451656930

39. Lone Wolf
Jodi Picoult, Emily Bestler, $16, 9781439102756

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

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

42. Sacre Bleu: A Comedy D'Art
Christopher Moore, William Morrow, $16.99, 9780061779756

43. The Kitchen House
Kathleen Grissom, Touchstone, $16, 9781439153666

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

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

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

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

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

49. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062060624

50. Arcadia
Lauren Groff, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781401341909

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012

16. Rin Tin Tin
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16, 9781439190142

17. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $20, 9780345408778

18. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $18, 9781455502783

19. Jack Kennedy
Chris Matthews, S&S, $16.99, 9781451635096

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

21. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296

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

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

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

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

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

27. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982

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

29. Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $17, 9780812982213

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

31. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715

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

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

34. The Best American Sports Writing 2012
Michael Wilbon, Glenn Stout (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547336978

35. Call the Midwife
Jennifer Worth, Penguin, $16, 9780143123255

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

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

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

39. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278241

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

41. Following Atticus
Tom Ryan, Morrow, $15.99, 9780061997112

42. The Chew: Food. Life. Fun.
Mario Batali, et al., Hyperion, $19.99, 9781401311063

43. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095

44. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343441

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

46. The Zombie Survival Guide
Max Brooks, Three Rivers, $14.99, 9781400049622

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

48. Half the Sky
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387097

49. The Best American Essays 2012
David Brooks, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547840093

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012

16. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487361

17. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper, $27.99, 9780061493348

18. The Forgotten
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446573054

19. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Philip Pullman (Ed.), Viking, $27.95, 9780670024971

20. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746

21. The Time Keeper
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401322786

22. Notorious Nineteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345527745

23. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123

24. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
James Patterson, Little Brown, $28.99, 9780316210683

25. The Last Man
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595212

26. The Panther
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446580847

27. Live By Night
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $27.99, 9780060004873

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

29. Threat Vector
Tom Clancy, Putnam Adult, $28.95, 9780399160455

30. The Testament of Mary
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $19.99, 9781451688382

31. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan, FSG, $25, 9780374214913

32. Two Graves
Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446554992

33. The Secret Keeper
Kate Morton, Atria, $26.99, 9781439152805

34. Cold Days
Jim Butcher, Roc, $27.95, 9780451464408

35. Mrs Queen Takes the Train
William Kuhn, Harper, $25.99, 9780062208286

36. Back to Blood
Tom Wolfe, Little Brown, $30, 9780316036313

37. Christmas at Eagle Pond
Donald Hall, Mary Azarian (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $14.95, 9780547581484

38. Cross Roads
Wm.Paul Young, Faithwords, $24.99, 9781455516049

39. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316204279

40. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048

41. Blasphemy
Sherman Alexie, Grove Press, $27, 9780802120397

42. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780618968633

43. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477

44. A Wanted Man
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344333

45. The Bartender's Tale
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594487354

46. The Dog Stars
Peter Heller, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307959942

47. The Twelve
Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $28, 9780345504982

48. The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin, Harper, $26.99, 9780062188502

49. Phantom
Jo Nesbo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307960474

50. Sutton
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $27.99, 9781401323141

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012

16. Guinness World Records 2013
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994879

17. Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die
Willie Nelson, Morrow, $22.99, 9780062193643

18. Far From the Tree
Andrew Solomon, Scribner, $37.50, 9780743236713

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

20. No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722

21. Dogfight
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $16, 9780812993684

22. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Timothy Egan, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780618969029

23. Underwater Dogs
Seth Casteel, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316227704

24. The Onion Book of Known Knowledge
Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316133265

25. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531

26. Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307957245

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

28. Building Stories
Chris Ware, Pantheon, $50, 9780375424335

29. Bruce
Peter Ames Carlin, Touchstone, $28, 9781439191828

30. Tap Dancing to Work
Carol Loomis, Portfolio, $27.95, 9781591845737

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

32. The Generals
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $32.95, 9781594204043

33. Fifty Shades of Chicken
F.L. Fowler, Clarkson Potter, $19.99, 9780385345224

34. Elsewhere
Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959539

35. The Mini Minimalist
Mark Bittman, Clarkson N Potter, $19.95, 9780307985552

36. The End of Your Life Book Club
Will Schwalbe, Knopf, $25, 9780307594037

37. The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs
The New Yorker Magazine, Random House, $45, 9780679644750

38. My Bookstore
Ronald Rice (Ed.), Black Dog & Leventhal, $23.95, 9781579129101

39. Grace
Grace Coddington, Random House, $35, 9780812993356

40. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149

41. Because I Said So!
Ken Jennings, Scribner, $19.99, 9781451656251

42. The Science of Good Cooking
Guy Crosby, America's Test Kitchen, $40, 9781933615981

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

44. Who I Am
Pete Townshend, Harper, $32.50, 9780062127242

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

46. Heads in Beds
Jacob Tomsky, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385535632

47. Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Random House, $30, 9781400067824

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

49. Charlie Brown's Christmas Stocking
Charles M. Schulz, Fantagraphics, $9.99, 9781606996249

50. My Ideal Bookshelf
Thessaly La Force (Ed.), Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316200905

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012

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

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

13. Breakdown
Sara Paretsky, Signet, $9.99, 9780451238801

14. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

15. The Litigators
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530561

16. Les Miserables
Victor Hugo, Signet, $9.95, 9780451525260

17. Leonard Maltin's 2013 Movie Guide
Leonard Maltin (Ed.), Signet, $9.99, 9780451237743

18. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary
Edy Garcia Schaffer (Ed.), Avon, $7.99, 9780380724253

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

20. One Shot
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780345538192

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

22. Storm Front
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451457813

23. Wicked Business
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527790

24. A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, Bantam, $3.95, 9780553212440

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

26. Micro
Michael Crichton, Richard Preston, Harper, $9.99, 9780060873172

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

28. The Drop
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446556699

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

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

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

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

33. Locked on
Tom Clancy, Berkley, $8.99, 9780425248607

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

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

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

37. Red Mist
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425250433

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

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

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

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

42. The Sins of the Father
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9781250010407

43. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $9.99, 9781416595229

44. Zero Day
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446573023

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

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

47. Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors
Ann Rule, Pocket, $7.99, 9781451648287

48. Die Trying
Lee Child, Jove, $9.99, 9780515142242

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

50. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060589462

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