June 2, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for June 2, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011
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. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425232200
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 1/8
2. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 2/10
3. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 4/3
4. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 3/70
5. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701
An indie fave about a traveling circus is now a major motion picture.		 5/122
6. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).		 6/26
7. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII.		 7/17
8. Our Kind of Traitor
John le Carre, Penguin, $15, 9780143119722
A remarkable novel of intrigue by the bestselling author of The Constant Gardener.		 9/5
9. The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman, Dial, $15, 9780385343671
Rachman's wry debut novel follows the lives of the staff of an international English-language newspaper in Rome.		 10/21
10. Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $15, 9780812977868
The new satiric novel by the author of Absurdistan.		 14/3
11. 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.		 13/103
12. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648
Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England.		 8/67
13. Matterhorn
Karl Marlantes, Grove Press, $15.95, 9780802145314
Marlantes' epic novel of the Vietnam War is now available in paperback.		 12/3
14. The Passage- Debut
Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $16, 9780345504975
Cronin's terrifying and entertaining novel about post-apocalyptic America is available in paperback.		 /1
15. Island Beneath the Sea
Isabel Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061988257
An entrancing historical novel by the bestselling author of Ines of My Soul.		 11/4
ON THE RISE
17. A Dog's Purpose
W.Bruce Cameron, Forge, $12.99, 9780765330345
Cameron's wonderful novel is a dog's-eye look at human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend.


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for June 2, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011
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  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.		 1/12
2. 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.		 2/20
3. Life
Keith Richards, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316034418
An autobiography of the legendary founding member of the Rolling Stones.		 5/4
4. 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.		 3/3
5. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco Press, $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.		 4/30
6. 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.		 6/9
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.		 9/13
8. Inside of a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16, 9781416583431
This bestseller explores what dogs know and how they think.		 8/35
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.		 7/8
10. Thank You Notes- Debut
Jimmy Fallon, The Writers of Late Night, Grand Central, $12, 9780892967414
In Fallon's first book to come from his TV show, he expresses his gratitude for everything from the light bulb he's too lazy to replace to the F12 button on his computer's keyboard.		 /1
11. War
Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $15.99, 9780446556224
Junger's riveting account of a U.S. platoon's 15-month tour of duty in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.		 15/2
12. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338829
A highly entertaining look at the U.S. financial crisis by the author of Liar's Poker.		 11/17
13. Medium Raw
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $15.99, 9780061718953
Bourdain's follow-up to his wildly popular Kitchen Confidential.		 10/4
14. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
As the subtitle says, "murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America."		 14/193
15. Too Big to Fail
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Penguin, $18, 9780143120278
Sorkin's examination of Wall Street and the global financial crisis		 /3


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for June 2, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
This new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway is a March Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/14
2. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/4
3. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595867
Nesbø's latest thriller involving a search for a serial killer is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/3
4. Dead Reckoning
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9780441020317
The new Sookie Stackhouse novel by the author Dead in the Family.		 5/4
5. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831
Debut author Obreht tells a tale of myth and legend in this #1 Indie Next Great Read for March 2011.		 4/12
6. She Walks in Beauty
Caroline Kennedy (Ed.), Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401341459
Caroline Kennedy has marshaled the gifts of our greatest poets to pay tribute to the human experience.		 6/8
7. 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.		 7/53
8. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Crown, $30, 9780517580516
The sixth and final installment in Auel's popular Earth's Children series.		 8/9
9. Sixkill
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157264
An extraordinary new Spenser novel by the author of Painted Ladies.		 9/4
10. The Jefferson Key- Debut
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $26, 9780345505514
Berry's new action packed thriller featuring Cotton Malone.		 /1
11. Buried Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157387
Sandford's brilliant new Lucas Davenport thriller.		 11/3
12. Tabloid City- Debut
Pete Hamill, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316020756
A great new work of fiction from a writer who has captured New York perfectly for decades.		 /1
13. The Story of Beautiful Girl
Rachel Simon, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446574464
Simon's enthralling new novel is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/3
14. Doc
Mary Doria Russell, Random House, $26, 9781400068043
Russell's vibrant novel about Doc Holliday is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 12/2
15. The Sixth Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446573108
Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in Baldacci's latest bestselling thriller.		 14/6


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for June 2, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/3
2. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 2/8
3. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
The mesmerizing new book by the author of Seabiscuit is a December 2010 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/28
4. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris- Debut
David McCullough, S&S, $37.50, 9781416571766
McCullough's look at adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, architects, and others who set off for Paris between 1830 and 1900 with ambitions to excel in their work.		 /1
5. Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me
Chelsea Handler, et al., Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446584715
Friends, family members, and co-workers of Chelsea Handler tell all!		 5/3
6. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602
New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens.		 9/12
7. Seal Team Six
Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9780312699451
A fascinating look at a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and counterinsurgency.		 11/3
8. Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN- Debut
James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316043007
An interesting look at the soaring and stormy history of ESPN.		 /1
9. Area 51
Annie Jacobsen, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316132947
A new look at the military base never acknowledged by the U.S. government, but has captivated imaginations for decades.		 4/2
10. A Singular Woman
Janny Scott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487972
An unprecedented look into the life of the mother of President Obama.		 8/4
11. Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?
Steven Tyler, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061767890
A rollicking new memoir by the lead singer of Aerosmith.		 7/4
12. Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet- Debut
John Bradshaw, Basic Books, $25.99, 9780465019441
Bradshaw offers extraordinary insight into the question of how we really ought to treat our dogs.		 /1
13. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488016
Ronson investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them.		 6/2
14. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $26, 9781400068722
Hamilton's atypical culinary memoir is a March Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/13
15. To End All Wars
Adam Hochschild, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780618758289
A fascinating new look at World War I by the author of King Leopold's Ghost.		 10/2
ON THE RISE
20. Reckless Endangerment
Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner, Times Books, $30, 9780805091205
A revealing look at how the financial crisis emerged from the interplay of Washington, Wall Street, and mortgage lenders.


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for June 2, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 1/7
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553579901		 2/8
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553573428		 4/6
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 5/8
5. Worth Dying For
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246299		 3/5
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 9/*
7. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $7.99, 9781616200718		 6/13
8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479		 /100
9. Burn- Debut
Nevada Barr, Minotaur, $9.99, 9780312381806		 /1
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488		 /*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for June 2, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 1/3
2. What Happened to Goodbye
Sarah Dessen, Viking, $19.99, 9780670012947		 2/3
3. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 3/194
4. The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423113393		 4/33
5. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780062024022		 5/4
6. Along for the Ride
Sarah Dessen, Speak, $8.99, 9780142415566		 10/7
7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99, 9780316013697		 12/111
8. The Emerald Atlas
John Stephens, Knopf, $17.99, 9780375868702		 8/8
9. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316038638		 15/8
10. LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756682576		 6/3
11. I Am Number Four
Pittacus Lore, Harper, $17.99, 9780062026248		 14/14
12. Mr. Popper's Penguins
Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316058438		 /*
13. If I Stay
Gayle Forman, Speak, $8.99, 9780142415436		 /11
14. Big Nate Boredom Buster
Lincoln Peirce, Harper, $10.99, 9780062060945		 13/7
15. Super Amoeba
Jennifer L. Holm, Matt Holm, Random House, $6.99, 9780375843891		 9/2


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for June 2, 2011
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 1/*
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 2/*
3. A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Philip Christian Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596434028		 4/20
4. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $14.99, 9780811879545		 5/6
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 3/*
6. Fancy Nancy: Stellar Stargazer!- Debut
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061915239		 /1
7. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 9/3
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 13/*
9. Happy Hippo, Angry Duck: A Book of Moods- Debut
Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $5.99, 9781442417311		 /1
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 8/*
11. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905		 14/*
12. Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters
Barack Obama, Loren Long (Illus.), Knopf, $17.99, 9780375835278		 /25
13. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 7/*
14. Me... Jane
Patrick McDonnell, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316045469		 6/6
15. Silverlicious
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061781230		 11/16


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for June 2, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011
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  Children's Series
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (hardcover and paperback)
Michael Scott, Delacorte
New in Series: The Warlock
5. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
6. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
9. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Jude Watson, et al., Scholastic
10. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011

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

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

18. Imperfect Birds
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485046

19. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781616200152

20. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Tom Franklin, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060594671

21. Girl in Translation
Jean Kwok, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485152

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

23. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780812976366

24. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546

25. My Name Is Mary Sutter
Robin Oliveira, Penguin, $15, 9780143119135

26. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Aimee Bender, Anchor, $15, 9780385720960

27. The Lonely Polygamist
Brady Udall, Norton, $15.95, 9780393339710

28. Innocent
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446562416

29. Every Last One
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15, 9780812976885

30. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $13.95, 9780312370848

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

32. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9781416586296

33. The Man From Beijing
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $15, 9780307472847

34. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553

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

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

37. Fly Away Home
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press, $15, 9780743294287

38. The Three Weissmanns of Westport
Cathleen Schine, Picador, $14, 9780312680527

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

40. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307474711

41. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780060852580

42. The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giordano, Penguin, $15, 9780143118596

43. Ape House
Sara Gruen, Spiegel & Grau, $15, 9780385523226

44. Heart of the Matter
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9780312554170

45. The Windup Girl
Paolo Bacigalupi, Night Shade, $14.95, 9781597801584

46. The Beach Trees
Karen White, NAL, $15, 9780451233073

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

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

49. The Devil's Star
Jo Nesbø, Harper, $14.99, 9780061133985

50. Saints and Sinners
Edna O'Brien, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316122726

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011

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

17. The Tiger
John Vaillant, Vintage, $15, 9780307389046

18. Operation Mincemeat
Ben Macintyre, Broadway, $15, 9780307453280

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

20. The Sweet Life in Paris
David Lebovitz, Broadway, $14, 9780767928892

21. The Last Stand
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $18, 9780143119609

22. Role Models
John Waters, FSG, $15, 9780374532864

23. The Dirty Life
Kristin Kimball, Scribner, $15, 9781416551614

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

25. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316076203

26. Gift From the Sea
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Pantheon , $9.95, 9780679732419

27. The Beekeeper's Lament
Hannah Nordhaus, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061873256

28. The Most Beautiful Walk in the World
John Baxter, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061998546

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

30. Rand McNally Road Atlas 2012
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528003363

31. Lone Survivor
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316067607

32. Messenger
Jeni Stepanek, New American Library, $15, 9780451231147

33. Crow Planet
Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316019118

34. Drive
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $16, 9781594484803

35. Clean
Alejandro Junger, HarperOne, $14.99, 9780061735332

36. The Naked Roommate
Harlan Cohen, Sourcebooks, $14.99, 9781402253461

37. Packing for Mars
Mary Roach, Norton, $15.95, 9780393339918

38. Dance First. Think Later.
Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras, Workman, $8.95, 9780761161707

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

40. Lunch in Paris
Elizabeth Bard, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316042789

41. The King's Speech
Mark Logue, Peter Conradi, Sterling, $14.95, 9781402786761

42. Taking the Leap
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $14, 9781590308431

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

44. The Lost Cyclist
David V. Herlihy, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547521985

45. Super Natural Every Day
Heidi Swanson, Ten Speed Press, $23, 9781580082778

46. Superfreakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060889586

47. Infinite City
Rebecca Solnit, Sandow Birk (Illus.), University of California Press, $24.95, 9780520262508

48. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $14, 9781570623448

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

50. The Book of Awesome
Neil Pasricha, Berkley, $15, 9780425238905

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011

16. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069359

17. The Pale King
David Foster Wallace, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316074230

18. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378392

19. 2030
Albert Brooks, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312583729

20. 10th Anniversary
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316036269

21. Embassytown
China Mieville, Del Rey, $26, 9780345524492

22. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $28, 9780374158460

23. The Final Storm
Jeff Shaara, Ballantine, $28, 9780345497949

24. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $29.95, 9780756404734

25. The Troubled Man
Henning Mankell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307593498

26. Horoscopes for the Dead
Billy Collins, Random House, $24, 9781400064922

27. Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Conviction
Aaron Allston, Lucas Books, $27, 9780345509109

28. Faith
Jennifer Haigh, Harper, $25.99, 9780060755805

29. Bloodmoney
David Ignatius, Norton, $25.95, 9780393078114

30. The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran, Knopf, $15, 9780394404288

31. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316038393

32. A Moment in the Sun
John Sayles, McSweeney's, $29, 9781936365180

33. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307263995

34. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102725

35. A Drop of the Hard Stuff
Lawrence Block, Mulholland, $25.99, 9780316127332

36. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670022410

37. 22 Britannia Road
Amanda Hodgkinson, Pamela Dorman Books, $25.95, 9780670022632

38. I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Steve Earle, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780618820962

39. Pulse
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $25, 9780307595263

40. A Lesson in Secrets
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780061727672

41. Drawing Conclusions
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780802119797

42. The Love of My Youth
Mary Gordon, Pantheon, $25.95, 9780307377425

43. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525951650

44. Leonard Cohen: Poems and Songs
Leonard Cohen, Everyman's Library, $13.50, 9780307595836

45. Those in Peril
Wilbur Smith, Thomas Dunne, $27.99, 9780312567255

46. Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316066730

47. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco Press, $24.99, 9780062041265

48. A Red Herring Without Mustard
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342322

49. Please Look After Mom
Kyung-Sook Shin, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307593917

50. The Tragedy of Arthur
Arthur Phillips, Random House, $26, 9781400066476

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011

16. On China
Henry Kissinger, Penguin Press, $36, 9781594202711

17. Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Rob Lowe, Holt, $26, 9780805093292

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

19. This Is a Book
Demetri Martin, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446539708

20. Reckless Endangerment
Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner, Times Books, $30, 9780805091205

21. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper, $26.99, 9780061988349

22. My Father's Daughter
Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $30, 9780446557313

23. The Best Advice I Ever Got
Katie Couric, Random House, $26, 9780812992779

24. If You Ask Me
Betty White, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399157530

25. Wicked Bugs
Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565129603

26. Love Wins
Rob Bell, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062049643

27. It's All about the Bike
Robert Penn, Bloomsbury , $20, 9781608195381

28. The 17 Day Diet
Dr.Mike Moreno, Free Press, $25, 9781451648652

29. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316001922

30. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $30, 9781439107959

31. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594202292

32. The Heart and the Fist
Eric Greitens, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547424859

33. 1861
Adam Goodheart, Knopf, $28.95, 9781400040155

34. A Band of Misfits
Andrew Baggarly, Triumph, $19.95, 9781600785986

35. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202841

36. Prescription for Excellence
Joseph Michelli, McGraw-Hill, $28, 9780071773546

37. The Anatomy of Influence
Harold Bloom, Yale University Press, $32.50, 9780300167603

38. The Influencing Machine
Brooke Gladstone, Josh Neufeld (Illus.), Norton, $23.95, 9780393077797

39. The Reading Promise
Alice Ozma, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446583770

40. Malcolm X
Manning Marable, Viking, $30, 9780670022205

41. Knowing Your Value
Mika Brzezinski, Weinstein Books, $22.95, 9781602861343

42. This Is Water
David Foster Wallace, Little Brown , $14.99, 9780316068222

43. Physics of the Future
Michio Kaku, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385530804

44. The Tao of Travel
Paul Theroux, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780547336916

45. Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704

46. Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $22.95, 9780307595591

47. Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin
Frank Bailey, et al., Howard Books, $26, 9781451654400

48. Founding Gardeners
Andrea Wulf, Knopf, $30, 9780307269904

49. No Shortage of Good Days
John Gierach, Simon & Schuster, $24, 9780743291750

50. The Believing Brain
Michael Shermer, Times Books, $28, 9780805091250

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011

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

12. Foreign Influence
Brad Thor, Pocket , $9.99, 9781416586609

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

14. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159

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

16. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

17. Frankenstein: The Dead Town
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593686

18. The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455500239

19. Storm Prey
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425241448

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

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

22. This Body of Death
Elizabeth George, Harper, $9.99, 9780061160912

23. Caught
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232700

24. Dead in the Family
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441020157

25. The Search
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515149487

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

27. The Burning Wire
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket, $9.99, 9781439156346

28. The Shadow of Your Smile
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439180983

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

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

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

32. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective
Eric Van Lustbader, Vision, $9.99, 9780446539791

33. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990

34. Something Borrowed
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312993177

35. Fever Dream
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Vision, $9.99, 9780446554954

36. 61 Hours
Lee Child, Dell , $9.99, 9780440243694

37. Deliver Us From Evil
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446564076

38. An Echo in the Bone
Diana Gabaldon, Dell , $8.99, 9780440245681

39. Blue-Eyed Devil
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425241455

40. Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor , $8.99, 9780765365279

41. U Is for Undertow
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425238110

42. A River in the Sky
Elizabeth Peters, Harper, $9.99, 9780061246272

43. Nowhere to Run
C.J. Box, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425240557

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

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

46. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $7.99, 9780441172719

47. Faceless Killers
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307742858

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

49. Split Image
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425239735

50. The Rule of Nine
Steve Martini, Harper, $9.99, 9780061930225

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