January 5, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for January 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's bestselling tale of myth and legend is now available in paperback.		 1/9
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 2/39
3. 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.		 3/7
4. 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.		 6/12
5. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 7/41
6. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 4/101
7. 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.		 /*
8. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.		 14/50
9. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections.		 13/14
10. 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.		 9/124
11. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 12/34
12. 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.		 5/134
13. A Discovery of Witches- Debut
Deborah Harkness, Penguin , $16, 9780143119685
A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and a mysterious manuscript.		 /1
14. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy- Debut
John le Carré, Penguin, $16, 9780143120933
Le Carré's celebrated heart-stopping tale of international intrigue is now a major motion picture.		 /1
15. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).		 11/57
ON THE RISE
17. 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.		  


Reprint Guidelines.

Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for January 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research.		 2/43
2. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.		 8/17
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.		 4/51
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.		 1/29
5. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
The latest by the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything.		 3/13
6. 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.		 10/34
7. 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.		 /36
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.		 /19
9. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
McDougall's fascinating look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.		 6/40
10. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more.		 5/16
11. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480
The dependable reference guide, updated for 2012.		 9/5
12. 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.		 14/61
13. 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.		 13/27
14. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888
Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson's chronicle of the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South in search of a better life.		 /11
15. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915
Mukherjee's comprehensive history of cancer is now in paperback.		 /10
ON THE RISE
17. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		  


Reprint Guidelines.

Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for January 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  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.		 2/4
2. 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.		 7/11
3. 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.		 4/10
4. 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.		 5/12
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.		 1/8
6. 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.		 9/30
7. 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.		 8/16
8. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 10/45
9. 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.		 12/72
10. 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.		 /19
11. The Drop
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069410
Connelly's masterful new Harry Bosch thriller is a December Indie Next List Great Read.		 /4
12. The Leopard
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307595874
Inspector Harry Hole returns to search for a psychopath in Nesbø's electrifying new novel.		 /2
13. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
Grisham's latest is an entertaining novel filled with courtroom strategies, theatrics, and suspense.		 6/10
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.		 11/11
15. Salvage the Bones- Debut
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $24, 9781608195220
Ward's novel about familial love and community against all odds is the winner of the 2011 National Book Award for fiction.		 /1


Reprint Guidelines.

Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for January 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 6/6
2. 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.		 1/10
3. 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.		 4/8
4. 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.		 2/59
5. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 5/34
6. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.99, 9780393064476
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 10/13
7. 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!		 8/31
8. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.		 12/13
9. 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.		 15/9
10. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 3/14
11. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784
An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress.		 9/7
12. Blue Nights
Joan Didion, Knopf, $25, 9780307267672
Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts about having children, illness, and growing old.		 /6
13. A History of the World in 100 Objects
Neil MacGregor, Viking, $45, 9780670022700
An original history of humanity told through things we have made, from the renowned director of the British Museum.		 11/6
14. Guinness World Records 2012
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994671
The latest incarnation of the bestselling annual with thousands of new and classic records.		 /2
15. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Crown Archetype, $25, 9780307886262
Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress from NBC's The Office.		 /3


Reprint Guidelines.

Mass Market



Bestseller List for January 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 1/38
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486		 2/117
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509		 5/70
4. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 3/39
5. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 6/37
6. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 7/39
7. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290		 4/75
8. Smokin' Seventeen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527707		 /5
9. Minding Frankie- Debut
Maeve Binchy, Anchor Books, $7.99, 9780307475497		 /1
10. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 8/*


Reprint Guidelines.

Children's Interest



Bestseller List for January 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351		 2/3
2. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892		 1/16
3. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164		 3/15
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 7/30
5. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970		 8/16
6. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 11/225
7. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 12/34
8. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 4/104
9. The Future of Us
Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler, Razorbill, $18.99, 9781595144911		 /3
10. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Chris Van Allsburg, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.99, 9780547548104		 6/10
11. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688		 5/18
12. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880		 /18
13. The Outcasts
John Flanagan, Philomel, $18.99, 9780399256196		 /5
14. Darth Paper Strikes Back
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279		 /15
15. Legend- Debut
Marie Lu, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256752		 /1


Reprint Guidelines.

Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for January 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 3/12
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 2/*
3. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492		 1/*
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 12/*
5. The Twelve Days of Christmas
Laurel Long, Dial, $16.99, 9780803733572		 /2
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 9/*
7. Home for Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530		 6/9
8. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 /*
9. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732		 10/21
10. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 14/21
11. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837		 8/13
12. Stuck
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399257377		 11/5
13. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131		 /12
14. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House , $15, 9780394800790		 4/*
15. Bad Kitty Christmas
Nick Bruel, Roaring Brook, $15.99, 9781596436688		 7/7


Reprint Guidelines.

Children's Series



Bestseller List for January 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

 

  Children's Series  
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf
5. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
8. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
9. Matched Trilogy (hardcover)
Ally Condie, Dutton
10. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. The Best American Nonrequired Reading
Dave Eggers (Ed.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547577432

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

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

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

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

37. Great House
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 9780393340648

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

39. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713

40. Sister
Rosamund Lupton, Broadway Books, $14, 9780307716521

41. Headhunters
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307948687

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

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

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

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

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

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

48. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $16, 9780679775430

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

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012

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

17. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. How to Live
Sarah Bakewell, Other Press, $16.95, 9781590514832

28. Earth: The Book
Jon Stewart, Grand Central, $16.99, 9780446199438

29. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the Second Edition
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761156864

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

31. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10, 9780316078917

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

33. The Best of the Rejection Collection
Matthew Diffee, Workman, $13.95, 9780761165781

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. The Hidden Reality
Brian Greene, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278128

41. Awkward Family Photos
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307592293

42. I, Steve
George Beahm (Ed.), Agate B2, $10.95, 9781932841664

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

44. Washington: A Life
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143119968

45. A Secret Gift
Ted Gup, Penguin, $16, 9780143120001

46. Travels in Siberia
Ian Frazier, Picador, $20, 9780312610609

47. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387

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

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

50. The Best American Essays 2011
Edwidge Danticat (Ed.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547479774

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012

16. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. The House of Silk
Anthony Horowitz, Mulholland, $27.99, 9780316196994

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

32. Reamde
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35, 9780061977961

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

34. 77 Shadow Street
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $28, 9780553807714

35. The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307379184

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

37. Zero Day
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446573016

38. The Affair
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344326

39. The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $24, 9781451655841

40. Aleph
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307700186

41. The Conference of the Birds
Peter Sis, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594203060

42. Covert Warriors
W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth, IV, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157806

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

44. D.C. Dead
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157660

45. Nightwoods
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26, 9781400067091

46. The Sisters
Nancy Jensen, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312542702

47. The Great Leader
Jim Harrison, Grove, $24, 9780802119704

48. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385344012

49. The Christmas Wedding
James Patterson, Richard DiLallo, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316097390

50. Lost Memory of Skin
Russell Banks, Ecco, $25.99, 9780061857638

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012

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

17. Rin Tin Tin
Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135

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

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

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

21. That Used to Be Us
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, FSG, $28, 9780374288907

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

23. The Time of Our Lives
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $26, 9781400064588

24. Rome
Robert Hughes, Knopf, $35, 9780307268440

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

26. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur, $26.99, 9780316056861

27. The Cook's Illustrated Cookbook
Cook's Illustrated Magazine (Ed.), Cook's Illustrated, $40, 9781933615899

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

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

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

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

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

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

34. Pilgrimage
Annie Leibovitz, Random House, $50, 9780375505089

35. Hemingway's Boat
Paul Hendrickson, Knopf, $30, 9781400041626

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

37. Just My Type
Simon Garfield, Gotham, $27.50, 9781592406524

38. Civilization: The West and the Rest
Niall Ferguson, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594203053

39. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722

40. Why Read Moby-Dick?
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $25, 9780670022991

41. The Family Meal
Ferran Adria, Phaidon, $29.95, 9780714862538

42. Seriously... I'm Kidding
Ellen DeGeneres, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446585026

43. And So It Goes
Charles J. Shields, Henry Holt, $30, 9780805086935

44. Gabby
Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly, Scribner, $26.99, 9781451661064

45. Following Atticus
Tom Ryan, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061997105

46. Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy, Michael Beschloss, Hyperion, $60, 9781401324254

47. The New New Rules
Bill Maher, Blue Rider, $26.95, 9780399158414

48. A Train in Winter
Caroline Moorehead, Harper, $27.99, 9780061650703

49. Midnight Rising
Tony Horwitz, Henry Holt, $29, 9780805091533

50. Pacific Crucible
Ian W. Toll, Norton, $35, 9780393068139

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012

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

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

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

14. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. The Lost Gate
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765365385

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

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

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

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

26. Spirit Bound
Christine Feehan, Jove, $7.99, 9780515149562

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. Port Mortuary
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243602

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

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

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

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

41. American Assassin
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416595199

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

43. Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle, Bantam Classics, $6.95, 9780553212419

44. The Glass Rainbow
James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781439128312

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

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

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

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

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

50. Miracle Cure
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451234919

About ABA

The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.

Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.

Contact

PRESS INQUIRIES: [email protected]

INDIECOMMERCE: [email protected]

ALL OTHER INQUIRIES: [email protected]

 

 

Copyright 2024 American Booksellers Association. BookWeb is a registered trademark of ABA.
Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Accessibility Statement

 

Follow ABA