March 8, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for March 8, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 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. 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.
2/18
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560
The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy.
1/2
3. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142
Brown's delightful novel about three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much.
3/4
4. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.
5/48
5. 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.
4/9
6. 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.
6/10
7. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.
7/50
8. 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.
8/21
9. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.
9/110
10. 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.
14/10
11. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289
DeWitt pays homage to the classic Western, transforming it into an unforgettable comic tour de force.
13/3
12. Dreams of Joy
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980547
See's outstanding follow-up to her novel Shanghai Girls.
11/4
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.
12/141
14. 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.
15/15
15. 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.
10/10
ON THE RISE
22. When the Killing's Done
T.C. Boyle, Penguin Books, $16, 9780143120391
T.C. Boyle's latest novel relates a richly humane tale about the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world.
 


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for March 8, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 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.
1/9
2. 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.
4/38
3. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622
The story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for the Emmy Award-winning PBS program, Downton Abbey.
2/6
4. 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.
3/52
5. Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything - Debut
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537
Foer's unlikely journey to becoming U.S. Memory Champion explores the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives.
/1
6. 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.
5/60
7. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882
Hamilton's bestselling culinary memoir is now available in paperback.
6/6
8. 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.
9/45
9. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374
New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens.
7/9
10. 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.
10/28
11. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.
8/26
12. 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.
15/18
13. 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.
11/70
14. 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.
13/43
15. 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.
/45


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for March 8, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
2/20
2. 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.
1/13
3. Lone Wolf - Debut
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102749
Picoult's latest novel describes the nature of family: the love, protection, and strength it can offer -- and the price we might have to pay for those gifts.
/1
4. 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 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/24
5. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Nathan Englander, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307958709
This collection of eight new stories from the celebrated novelist and short-story writer Nathan Englander is an Indie Next List Great Read for February 2012.
5/3
6. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.
3/54
7. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595205
CIA super agent Mitch Rapp returns in the latest thriller by the author of American Assassin.
6/4
8. 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.
11/17
9. 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.
7/21
10. 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.
10/39
11. 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 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/25
12. The Wolf Gift
Anne Rice, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595119
An intriguing novel about the making of a werewolf, as only Anne Rice could create.
14/3
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.
15/25
14. The House I Loved
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312593308
A poignant story of one woman's indelible strength, and an ode to Paris, where houses harbor the joys and sorrows of their inhabitants.
8/2
15. Defending Jacob
William Landay, Delacorte, $26, 9780385344227
Landay's suspenseful novel about guilt, betrayal, and a family in crisis is a February Indie Next List Great Read.
13/3
ON THE RISE
27. The Dressmaker
Kate Alcott, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385535588
This historical novel about a spirited young woman who survives the Titanic disaster only to find herself embroiled in a media frenzy is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
 


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for March 8, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/4
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.
3/19
3. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.
2/6
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.
8/15
5. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336
Druckerman reveals the secrets behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children.
5/4
6. 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.
4/68
7. The End of Illness
David B. Agus, M.D., Free Press, $26, 9781451610178
A bold call for all of us to become our own personal health advocates, and a dramatic departure from orthodox thinking.
7/7
8. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.
6/43
9. American Sniper
Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350
An eyewitness account of war by a Navy SEAL who is the most lethal sniper in United States military history.
11/7
10. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business - Debut
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
/1
11. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
9/23
12. The Science of Yoga
William J. Broad, Bobby Clennell (Illus.), S&S, $26, 9781451641424
A lifelong yoga practitioner shows uncommon states are integral to a hidden world of risk and reward that lies beneath clouds of myth, superstition, and hype.
15/4
13. Once Upon a Secret
Mimi Alford, Random House, $25, 9781400069101
Alford's memoir of an 18-month affair with JFK and the effect it had on her life.
14/4
14. 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!
13/39
15. 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.
12/18
ON THE RISE
17. House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
Anthony Shadid, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547134666
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Anthony Shadid tells the story of rebuilding his family's ancestral home in Lebanon amid political strife.
 


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for March 8, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537
1/2
2. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
2/47
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901
3/48
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
4/46
5. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
5/48
6. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509
6/79
7. Timeless - Debut
Gail Carriger, Orbit, $7.99, 9780316127189
/1
8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486
9/126
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7/278
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
/208


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for March 8, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
1/113
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
2/8
3. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351
7/12
4. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
4/234
5. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
6/25
6. Dead End in Norvelt
Jack Gantos, FSG, $15.99, 9780374379933
5/6
7. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
3/43
8. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
8/39
9. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353
/14
10. Listen to My Trumpet!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423154044
9/4
11. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
14/24
12. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
13/24
13. The Hunger Games Tribute Guide
Emily Seife, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545457828
11/3
14. And Then It's Spring - Debut
Julie Fogliano, Erin Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596436244
/1
15. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697
/133


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for March 8, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 2012
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379
2/*
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
1/*
3. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061703812
3/4
4. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800165
5/39
5. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
4/21
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6/*
7. The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800011
14/19
8. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
/*
9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
8/27
10. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9780811879545
7/30
11. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
9/*
12. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Dr. Suess, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800134
/3
13. The Lorax Pop-Up! - Debut
Dr. Seuss, Robin Corey Books, $29.99, 9780375860355
/1
14. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11/*
15. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785
13/30


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for March 8, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 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. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
5. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
6. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
7. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
8. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
9. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
10. Percy Jackson & the Olympians (Paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 2012

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

17. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328

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

19. Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson, Harper, $14.99, 9780062060563

20. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $13.99, 9781250004345

21. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223

22. When the Killing's Done
T.Coraghessan Boyle, Penguin Books, $16, 9780143120391

23. The Story of Beautiful Girl
Rachel Simon, Grand Central, $12, 9780446574457

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

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

26. This Beautiful Life
Helen Schulman, Harper Perennial, $13.99, 9780062024398

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. Pulse
Julian Barnes, Vintage Books, $15, 9780307742407

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

40. West of Here
Jonathan Evison, Algonquin, $15.95, 9781616200824

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

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

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

44. The Empty Family
Colm Toibin, Scribner, $15, 9781439195963

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

46. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455508969

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

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

49. The Illumination
Kevin Brockmeier, Vintage Books, $15, 9780307387776

50. Three Stages of Amazement
Carol Edgarian, Scribner, $16, 9781439198315

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 2012

16. The Grand Design
Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow, Bantam, $18, 9780553384666

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

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

19. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395

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

21. Physics of the Future
Michio Kaku, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307473332

22. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438

23. Kayak Morning
Roger Rosenblatt, Ecco, $13.99, 9780062084033

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

25. The Vow
Kim Carpenter, Krickitt Carpenter, B&H Publishing Group, $14.99, 9781433675799

26. Townie: A Memoir
Andre Dubus, III, Norton, $15.95, 9780393340679

27. Moby-Duck
Donovan Hohn, Penguin Books, $16, 9780143120506

28. Periodic Tales
Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Ecco Press, $14.99, 9780061824739

29. The Lifespan of a Fact
John D'Agata, Jim Fingal, Norton, $17.95, 9780393340730

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

31. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $14.99, 9781600571480

32. Lucky Peach Issue 3
David Chang (Ed.), McSweeney's Books, $12, 9781936365487

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

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

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

36. 1861
Adam Goodheart, Vintage, $16, 9781400032198

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

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

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

40. Tiny Homes
Lloyd Kahn, Shelter, $24.95, 9780936070520

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

42. Titanic, First Accounts
Penguin, $16, 9780143106623

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

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

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

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

47. The Official SAT Study Guide
College Board, $21.99, 9780874478525

48. Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon (Illus.), Workman, $10.95, 9780761169253

49. The Book of Awakening
Mark Nepo, Conari, $18.95, 9781573241175

50. The Hunger Pains: A Parody
The Harvard Lampoon, Touchstone, $13.99, 9781451668209

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 2012

16. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313

17. Watergate
Thomas Mallon, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307378729

18. Believing the Lie
Elizabeth George, Dutton, $28.95, 9780525952589

19. The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur, $24.99, 9780316175678

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

21. Raylan
Elmore Leonard, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062119469

22. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117

23. The Darlings
Cristina Alger, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.95, 9780670023271

24. The Starboard Sea
Amber Dermont, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312642808

25. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $26, 9780812992793

26. Victims
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $28, 9780345505712

27. The Dressmaker
Kate Alcott, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385535588

28. The Flight of Gemma Hardy
Margot Livesey, Harper, $26.99, 9780062064226

29. The Fear Index
Robert Harris, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307957931

30. A Perfect Blood
Kim Harrison, Harper Voyager, $26.99, 9780061957895

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

32. Girlchild
Tupelo Hassman, FSG, $24, 9780374162573

33. Contents May Have Shifted
Pam Houston, Norton, $25.95, 9780393082654

34. History of a Pleasure Seeker
Richard Mason, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307599476

35. The Technologists
Matthew Pearl, Random House, $26, 9781400066575

36. Taken
Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399158278

37. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137

38. At Last
Edward St. Aubyn, FSG, $25, 9780374298890

39. I've Got Your Number
Sophie Kinsella, Dial, $26, 9780385342063

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

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

42. Celebrity in Death
J.D. Robb, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399158308

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

44. The Healing
Jonathan Odell, Nan A. Talese, $26, 9780385534673

45. Trail of the Spellmans
Lisa Lutz, S&S, $25, 9781451608120

46. Pure
Julianna Baggott, Grand Central, $25.99, 9781455503063

47. The Shadow Patrol
Alex Berenson, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399158292

48. A Good American
Alex George, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399157592

49. The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry
Rita Dove (Ed.), Penguin, $40, 9780143106432

50. Private Games
James Patterson, Mark Sullivan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316206822

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 2012

16. Coming Apart
Charles Murray, Crown Forum, $27, 9780307453426

17. House of Stone
Anthony Shadid, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547134666

18. The World of Downton Abbey
Jessica Fellowes, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250006349

19. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728

20. Unorthodox
Deborah Feldman, S&S, $23, 9781439187005

21. The Blood Sugar Solution
Mark Hyman, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316127370

22. Space Chronicles
Neil Tyson, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Norton, $26.95, 9780393082104

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

24. Full Service
Scotty Bowers, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120076

25. Jesus Calling
Sarah Young, Integrity , $15.99, 9781591451884

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

27. Elizabeth the Queen
Sally Bedell Smith, Random House, $30, 9781400067893

28. Thinking the Twentieth Century
Tony Judt, Penguin Press, $36, 9781594203237

29. Ameritopia
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $26.99, 9781439173244

30. Becoming China's Bitch
Peter D. Kiernan, Turner, $27.95, 9781618580054

31. Guitar Zero
Gary Marcus, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203176

32. Londoners
Craig Taylor, Ecco Press, $29.99, 9780062005854

33. Strategic Vision
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Basic Books, $26, 9780465029549

34. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817

35. That Woman
Anne Sebba, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250002969

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

37. All There Is
Dave Isay, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594203213

38. Wheat Belly
William Davis, Rodale Press, $25.99, 9781609611545

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

40. Eisenhower in War and Peace
Jean Edward Smith, Random House, $40, 9781400066933

41. While America Sleeps
Russ Feingold, Crown, $26, 9780307952523

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

43. Paris Versus New York
Vahram Muratyan, Penguin, $20, 9780143120254

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

45. The American Way of Eating
Tracie McMillan, Scribner, $25, 9781439171950

46. Jack Kennedy
Christopher Matthews, S&S, $27.50, 9781451635089

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

48. Ali in Wonderland
Ali Wentworth, Harper, $25.99, 9780061998577

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

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 2012

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

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

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

14. Live Wire
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451233936

15. The Jungle
Clive Cussler, Jack B. Du Brul, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246542

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

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

18. Love You More
Lisa Gardner, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553591927

19. The Sentry
Robert Crais, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425245729

20. Against All Enemies
Tom Clancy, Peter Telep, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246061

21. The Sixth Man
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446573092

22. Hiss of Death
Rita Mae Brown, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553591613

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

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

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

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

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

28. Redwood Bend
Robyn Carr, Mira, $7.99, 9780778313106

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

30. The Darkest Seduction
Gena Showalter, Harlequin, $7.99, 9780373776573

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

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

33. Crunch Time
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780061348167

34. Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor
Dick Couch, George Galdorisi, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425259351

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312948559

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

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

46. The Secret Soldier
Alex Berenson, Jove, $9.99, 9780515150346

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

48. Deadly Sins
Lora Leigh, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312389093

49. Soulless
Gail Carriger, Orbit, $7.99, 9780316056632

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

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