January 19, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for January 19, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 15, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's bestselling tale of myth and legend is now available in paperback.		 1/11
2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547735023
Foer's warm and brilliant imaginings from the viewpoint of a boy left fatherless by 9/11 is now a major motion picture.		 4/*
3. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction is now available in paperback.		 5/14
4. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 3/41
5. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carré, Penguin, $16, 9780143120933
Le Carré's celebrated heart-stopping tale of international intrigue is now a major motion picture.		 8/3
6. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 6/43
7. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493
The first installment in the bestselling thriller trilogy by the late Swedish journalist Larsson.		 2/*
8. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 9/103
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.		 7/*
10. 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.		 10/3
11. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 12/36
12. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
A young Jewish woman is forced to flee 1938 Vienna and becomes a parlor maid in England.		 14/2
13. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
A look at life through the eyes of Enzo, a mixed-breed pooch.		 /135
14. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).		 13/59
15. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
A mesmerizing story of a tragic past, and a present torn apart.		 11/126


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for January 19, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 1/2
2. 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.		 3/45
3. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.		 4/53
4. 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.		 2/31
5. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.		 5/19
6. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
The author chronicles a 12-month journey to follow the wisdom of the ages in a quest to be happier.		 10/38
7. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374
New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens.		 7/2
8. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
At the center of de Waal's memoir is his inherited collection of ornamental Japanese wood and ivory carvings.		 9/21
9. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
A vivid historical account of the 40-year battle between the Comanches and white settlers for control of the American West.		 11/36
10. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480
The dependable reference guide, updated for 2012.		 6/7
11. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
Rock icon Smith's memoir of her early years in New York and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is a 2010 National Book Award winner.		 13/63
12. 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.		 15/29
13. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
McDougall's fascinating look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.		 8/42
14. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
The latest by the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything.		 12/15
15. Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats- Debut
Roger Rosenblatt, Ecco, $13.99, 9780062084033
Rosenblatt's moving meditation on the passages of grief, the solace of solitude, and the redemptive power of love.		 /1


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for January 19, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850
James draws the characters of Jane Austen's beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.		 1/6
2. Believing the Lie- Debut
Elizabeth George, Dutton, $28.95, 9780525952589
George's masterful new Inspector Lynley mystery is a January Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
3. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
In this new novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about.		 2/13
4. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 8/47
5. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282
King's dramatic new novel about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination.		 7/10
6. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy.		 3/74
7. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
The provocative new novel, set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto.		 4/32
8. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians is a September Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/18
9. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313
Murakami's stunning new novel is a tremendous feat of imagination, and a November 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/12
10. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
An impressive new novel about the lives of three seniors at Brown University in the early 1980s by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex.		 6/14
11. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment, is a September Indie Next List Great Read.		 /17
12. The Orphan Master's Son- Debut
Adam Johnson, Random House, $26, 9780812992793
Johnson's epic story of a young man's journey through the mysterious dictatorship of North Korea is a January Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
13. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The magnificent fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.		 12/21
14. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117
Ondaatje's wonderful new novel about an 11-year-old boy on board a ship bound for England in the early 1950s is an October Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/13
15. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
Grisham's latest is an entertaining novel filled with courtroom strategies, theatrics, and suspense.		 11/12
ON THE RISE
16. How It All Began
Penelope Lively, Viking, $26.95, 9780670023448
Lively's latest novel explores the powerful role of chance in people's lives and the surprising ways lives intersect.		  


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for January 19, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 15, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 1/12
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.		 3/61
3. The Obamas- Debut
Jodi Kantor, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316098755
Kantor's intimate portrait of the president and first lady.		 /1
4. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631
Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think.		 2/8
5. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728
Pulitzer Prize-winner Massie's extraordinary story of the obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and became one of the most remarkable and powerful women in history.		 4/10
6. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 5/36
7. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 8/16
8. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
This book, which is made of paper, is a reminder for the child in all of us to power down at the end of the day.		 6/11
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!		 7/33
10. Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch- Debut
Sally Bedell Smith, Random House, $30, 9781400067893
A fascinating close-up view of the life of Queen Elizabeth II.		 /1
11. Pity the Billionaire
Thomas Frank, Metropolitan, $25, 9780805093698
Frank's insightful and sardonic look at why the worst economy since the 1930s has brought about the revival of conservatism.		 13/2
12. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.		 9/15
13. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 10/15
14. Rin Tin Tin
Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135
Orlean's sweeping, powerfully moving account of Rin Tin Tin's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon is an October Indie Next List Great Read.		 /11
15. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784
An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress.		 /8


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for January 19, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 15, 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		 1/40
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 3/41
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509		 4/72
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486		 2/119
5. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 5/39
6. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 6/41
7. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290		 7/77
8. The Sentry- Debut
Robert Crais, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425245729		 /1
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 8/*
10. Minding Frankie
Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307475497		 9/3


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for January 19, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 15, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Fault in Our Stars- Debut
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 /1
2. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351		 1/5
3. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892		 2/18
4. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164		 3/17
5. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 4/227
6. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 5/106
7. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 7/36
8. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 6/32
9. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970		 8/18
10. Why We Broke Up
Daniel Handler, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316127257		 9/2
11. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 12/*
12. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880		 14/20
13. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688		 10/20
14. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99, 9780316013697		 /131
15. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316038638		 /12


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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. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 2/14
3. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 8/*
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 3/*
5. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553		 7/3
6. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 5/*
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper , $17.95, 9780060254926		 9/*
8. Llama Llama Nighty-Night- Debut
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $5.99, 9780670013272		 /1
9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 4/23
10. Hug Time
Patrick McDonnell, LB Kids, $6.99, 9780316182959		 12/2
11. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905		 15/*
12. Pinkalicious: Pink of Hearts
Victoria Kann, Victoria Kann (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061989230		 14/2
13. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375		 /*
14. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800165		 /*
15. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341		 /*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for January 19, 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. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. The Adventures of Tintin (hardcover and paperback)
Hergé, Little Brown
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. Pretty Little Liars (hardcover and paperback)
Sara Shepard, Harper
10. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 15, 2012

16. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462

17. Smut: Stories
Alan Bennett, Picador, $14, 9781250003164

18. An Object of Beauty
Steve Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446573658

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

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

21. The Best American Short Stories 2011
Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242163

22. The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman, Dial, $15, 9780385343671

23. Emily, Alone
Stewart O'Nan, Penguin, $15, 9780143120490

24. A Secret Kept
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9780312553494

25. Sister
Rosamund Lupton, Broadway, $14, 9780307716521

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

27. Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747

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

29. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102732

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

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

32. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409

33. City of Thieves
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292

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

35. The Lake of Dreams
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $16, 9780143120360

36. The Peach Keeper
Sarah Addison Allen, Bantam, $15, 9780553385601

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

38. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648

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

40. You Know When the Men Are Gone
Siobhan Fallon, NAL, $14, 9780451234391

41. The Death Instinct
Jed Rubenfeld, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485602

42. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691

43. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $9, 9780140177398

44. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701

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

46. The Hypnotist
Lars Kepler, Picador, $16, 9781250007582

47. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455510313

48. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497

49. The Descendants
Kaui Hart Hemmings, Random House, $15, 9780812982954

50. The Sherlockian
Graham Moore, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446572583

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 15, 2012

16. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua, Penguin, $16, 9780143120582

17. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446

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

19. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888

20. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915

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

22. God Is Not Great
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446697965

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

24. Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Rob Lowe, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9781250008855

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

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

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

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

29. Lucky Peach: Issue 2
David Chang (Ed.), McSweeney's, $12, 9781936365470

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

31. Life
Keith Richards, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316034418

32. Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Karen Armstrong, Anchor, $14, 9780307742889

33. Poser
Claire Dederer, Picador, $15, 9781250002334

34. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803

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

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

37. Hitch-22
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446540346

38. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Manning Marable, Penguin, $18, 9780143120322

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

40. Death of the Liberal Class
Chris Hedges, Nation Books, $15.99, 9781568586793

41. The River of Doubt
Candice Millard, Broadway, $15, 9780767913737

42. Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter
Lloyd Kahn, Shelter Publications, $24.95, 9780936070520

43. Pulphead
John Jeremiah Sullivan, FSG, $16, 9780374532901

44. Apollo's Angels
Jennifer Homans, Random House, $20, 9780812968743

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

46. Let's Take the Long Way Home
Gail Caldwell, Random House, $14, 9780812979114

47. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393

48. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

49. Awkward Family Pet Photos
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307888129

50. Atlantic
Simon Winchester, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061702624

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 15, 2012

16. How It All Began
Penelope Lively, Viking, $26.95, 9780670023448

17. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694

18. The Leopard
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307595874

19. Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $24, 9781608195220

20. The Drop
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069410

21. Gideon's Corpse
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446564373

22. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048

23. Breakdown
Sara Paretsky, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157837

24. The Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547577531

25. Locked On
Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney, Putnam, $28.95, 9780399157318

26. Private: #1 Suspect
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097406

27. The Scottish Prisoner
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $28, 9780385337519

28. Running the Rift
Naomi Benaron, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781616200428

29. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Knopf, $22, 9780307700001

30. Damned
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385533027

31. The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446547659

32. Lunatics
Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel, Putnam, 25.95, 9780399158698

33. Micro
Michael Crichton, Richard Preston, Harper, $28.99, 9780060873028

34. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $25, 9780345525543

35. The Hunter
John Lescroart, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952565

36. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Crown, $24, 9780307887436

37. V Is for Vengeance
Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157868

38. Explosive Eighteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345527714

39. Kill Alex Cross
James Patterson, Little Brown, $28.99, 9780316198738

40. Out of Oz
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060548940

41. Vulture Peak
John Burdett, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272676

42. The Confession
Charles Todd, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062015662

43. American Dervish
Ayad Akhtar, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316183314

44. The Map and the Territory
Michel Houellebecq, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307701558

45. We the Animals
Justin Torres, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18, 9780547576725

46. Habibi
Craig Thompson, Pantheon, $35, 9780375424144

47. Red Mist
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399158025

48. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $27.99, 9781451617474

49. The Last Nude
Ellis Avery, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488139

50. The Invisible Ones
Stef Penney, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399157714

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 15, 2012

16. American Sniper
Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350

17. Through My Eyes
Tim Tebow, Harper, $26.99, 9780062007285

18. Jack Kennedy
Chris Matthews, S&S, $27.50, 9781451635089

19. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $30, 9781455502776

20. Blue Nights
Joan Didion, Knopf, $25, 9780307267672

21. Guinness World Records 2012
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994671

22. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Crown Archetype, $25, 9780307886262

23. A History of the World in 100 Objects
Neil MacGregor, Viking, $45, 9780670022700

24. Emotional Equations
Chip Conley, Free Press, $24, 9781451607253

25. Greedy Bastards
Dylan Ratigan, S&S, $25, 9781451642223

26. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Penguin Press, $23.95, 9781594203084

27. Into the Silence
Wade Davis, Knopf, $32.50, 9780375408892

28. Destiny of the Republic
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385526265

29. Taking People With You
David Novak, Portfolio, $25.95, 9781591844549

30. Distrust That Particular Flavor
William Gibson, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399158438

31. Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul
John M. Barry, Viking, $35, 9780670023059

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

33. Smart Trust
Stephen R. Covey, et al., Free Press, $27, 9781451651454

34. December 1941
Craig Shirley, Thomas Nelson, $24.99, 9781595554574

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

36. Spontaneous Happiness
Andrew Weil, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316129442

37. A Universe from Nothing
Lawrence Krauss, Free Press, $24.99, 9781451624458

38. Jerusalem: The Biography
Simon Sebag Montefiore, Knopf, $35, 9780307266514

39. Back to Work
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307959751

40. The Magic Room
Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $27, 9781592406616

41. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $37.50, 9781416571766

42. Hedy's Folly
Richard Rhodes, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534383

43. Deliciously G-Free
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Ballantine, $30, 9780345529381

44. New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009
Teresa Carpenter (Ed.), Modern Library, $26, 9780679643326

45. The Last Holiday
Gil Scott-Heron, Grove Press, $25, 9780802129017

46. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722

47. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $26, 9780345521088

48. One Thousand Gifts
Ann Voskamp, Zondervan, $16.99, 9780310321910

49. Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
Robert Hughes, Knopf, $35, 9780307268440

50. Woolgathering
Patti Smith, New Directions, $18.95, 9780811219440

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending January 15, 2012

11. The Jefferson Key
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505521

12. Damage
John Lescroart, Signet, $9.99, 9780451235428

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

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

15. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

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

18. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553289435

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

20. Toys
James Patterson, Neil McMahon, Vision, $9.99, 9780446571746

21. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966

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

23. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117

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

25. Towers of Midnight
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765364876

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

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

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

29. Gideon's Sword
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Vision, $7.99, 9780446564311

30. World War Z
Max Brooks, Three Rivers, $7.99, 9780307888686

31. Fatal Error
J.A. Jance, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9781416566373

32. The Reversal
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750

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

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

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

36. Leonard Maltin's 2012 Movie Guide
Leonard Maltin (Ed.), Signet, $9.99, 9780451234476

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

38. Skeleton Coast
Clive Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425245712

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

40. 61 Hours
Lee Child, Dell , $9.99, 9780440243694

41. Cross Fire
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446574716

42. Three to Get Deadly
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's , $8.99, 9780312966096

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

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

45. Though Not Dead
Dana Stabenow, Minotaur , $7.99, 9780312559106

46. Don't Look Behind You and Other True Cases
Ann Rule, Pocket, $7.99, 9781451641080

47. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.50, 9780679755333

48. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345339706

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

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

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