May 3, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for May 3, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 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. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy.		 1/4
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy.		 2/2
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy.		 3/2
4. The Art of Fielding- Debut
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.		 /1
5. Caleb's Crossing- Debut
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.		 /1
6. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.		 4/26
7. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others.		 7/4
8. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425
Otsuka's story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago.		 6/6
9. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction.		 5/29
10. 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.		 8/12
11. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
Hoffman's ambitious and mesmerizing novel, set in ancient Israel, now available in paperback.		 9/4
12. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
A young Jewish woman is forced to flee 1938 Vienna and becomes a parlor maid in England.		 11/17
13. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307742995
Police investigator Harry Hole is back in a bone-chilling thriller that will take him to the brink of insanity.		 10/2
14. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco Press, $13.99, 9780061579059
Wilson's unforgettable tale of a family of performance artists, and the effects of their art on their children.		 15/2
15. 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.		 13/10


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 3, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 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.		 1/17
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.		 2/46
3. Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time- Debut
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
An adventure travel expert--who's never actually done anything adventurous--tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu in the Andes.		 /1
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.		 3/60
5. 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.		 6/14
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.		 5/68
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.		 8/53
8. Moonwalking With Einstein
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.		 4/9
9. 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.		 7/36
10. 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.		 9/49
11. Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West- Debut
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner , $15, 9781439176597
Wickenden's exhilarating saga about two intrepid young women and their trip to the Colorado wilderness in the summer of 1916.		 /1
12. 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.		 12/46
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.		 10/39
14. To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918- Debut
Adam Hochschild, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547750316
A fascinating new look at World War I by the author of King Leopold's Ghost.		 /1
15. 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.		 11/75


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for May 3, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Wind Through the Keyhole- Debut
Stephen King, Scribner, $27, 9781451658903
King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of his Dark Tower fantasy saga.		 /1
2. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball.		 1/3
3. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
Moore's delectable confection of wit, intrigue, passion, and art history is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/4
4. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
McCall Smith's 13th installment in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.		 5/4
5. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996
A riveting new thriller by the bestselling author of Absolute Power.		 3/2
6. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
Tyler's haunting and deeply moving new novel about a man grieving the death of his wife is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/4
7. 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.		 6/28
8. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 7/62
9. The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316185905
Rogan's novel of hard choices and survival is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 12/3
10. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
A historical novel of love, family, risk, and destiny by the bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia.		 10/4
11. 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.		 11/32
12. Beastly Things
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802120236
Leon's new Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/4
13. Elegy for Eddie
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049575
Winspear's powerful new Maisie Dobbs mystery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/5
14. 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.		 /27
15. 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.		 /31


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 3, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
The popular talk show host examines the political debate about how, when, and where to apply America's strength and power.		 1/5
2. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake- Debut
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life.		 /1
3. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/6
4. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity.		 3/6
5. Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948- Debut
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062030313
A remarkably personal and historical new memoir by the former U.S. Secretary of State.		 /1
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.		 6/76
7. The Power of Habit
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.		 5/9
8. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut.		 4/2
9. The Presidents Club
Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy, S&S, $32.50, 9781439127704
A fascinating look at how U.S. presidents have worked together, and sometimes against each other, in and out of office.		 13/2
10. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 7/14
11. 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.		 9/27
12. Some Assembly Required
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412
By turns poignant and funny, honest and touching, Lamott's latest is the true story of how the birth of a baby changes a family.		 8/6
13. The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward Osborne Wilson, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404138
Wilson's groundbreaking new look at the origin of the human condition and why it resulted in our domination of the Earth.		 12/3
14. What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets- Debut
Michael J. Sandel, FSG , $27, 9780374203030
Sandel takes on the ethical question: Is there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale?		 /1
15. The Big Miss
Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989
Haney's candid and insightful account of his tumultuous six-years coaching Tiger Woods.		 11/5


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for May 3, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 2012
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 1/55
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 2/56
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/54
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/56
5. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305		 6/5
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 7/*
7. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537		 5/10
8. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 8/43
9. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290		 /*
10. The Lucky One- Debut
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455508976		 /1


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for May 3, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $9.99, 9780062024039		 1/8
2. Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930		 3/4
3. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 6/242
4. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429		 2/5
5. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 5/*
6. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 4/16
7. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 9/51
8. The Hunger Games Tribute Guide
Emily Seife, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545457828		 7/11
9. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 8/121
10. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164		 /25
11. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 10/6
12. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 14/*
13. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 13/47
14. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697		 15/136
15. Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591		 11/4


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for May 3, 2012
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 1/*
2. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289		 2/4
3. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 4/*
4. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379		 3/20
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 7/*
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 8/*
7. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 9/33
8. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 10/29
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 5/*
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 11/*
11. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341		 /*
12. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061703812		 6/12
13. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553		 14/13
14. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9780811879545		 /35
15. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375		 13/*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for May 3, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 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. The Mysterious Benedict Society (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
5. The Sisters Grimm (hardcover and paperback)
Michael Buckley, Peter Ferguson (Illus.), Abrams
New in Series: Council of Mirrors (9781419701863)
6. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
7. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
8. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
9. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
10. Big Nate (hardcover and paperback)
Lincoln Peirce, Harper

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 2012

16. The Troubled Man
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $15, 9780307477408

17. The American Heiress
Daisy Goodwin, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312658663

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

19. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560

20. Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $15, 9781608196265

21. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477

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

23. Drawing Conclusions
Donna Leon, Penguin, $15, 9780143120643

24. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132

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

26. The Pale King
David Foster Wallace, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316074223

27. Clara and Mr. Tiffany
Susan Vreeland, Random House, $15, 9780812980189

28. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307472984

29. Doc
Mary Doria Russell, Ballantine, $15, 9780812980004

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

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

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

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

34. 22 Britannia Road
Amanda Hodgkinson, Penguin, $16, 9780143121046

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

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

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

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

39. A Lesson in Secrets
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061727719

40. Turn of Mind
Alice LaPlante, Grove Press, $15, 9780802145901

41. Robopocalypse
Daniel Wilson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307740809

42. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493

43. Mr. Churchill's Secretary
Susan Elia MacNeal, Bantam, $15, 9780553593617

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

45. What Alice Forgot
Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $15, 9780425247440

46. Zero Day
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455518999

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

48. Now You See Her
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446574709

49. When the Killing's Done
T.C. Boyle, Penguin, $16, 9780143120391

50. The Night Strangers
Chris Bohjalian, Broadway, $15, 9780307395009

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 2012

16. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882

17. The Magic
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $12.99, 9781451673449

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

19. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061988356

20. Maphead
Ken Jennings, Scribner, $15, 9781439167182

21. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $13.99, 9780061728983

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

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

24. The Hunger Pains
The Harvard Lampoon, Touchstone, $13.99, 9781451668209

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

26. Area 51
Annie Jacobsen, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316202305

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

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

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

30. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946

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

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

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

34. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374

35. To Marry an English Lord
Gail MacColl, Carol McD. Wallace, Workman, $15.95, 9780761171959

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

37. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016

38. Unfamiliar Fishes
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485640

39. The Best Advice I Ever Got
Katie Couric, Random House, $15, 9780812982589

40. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061732478

41. Seal Team Six
Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's Griffin, $15.99, 9781250006950

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

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

44. A Jane Austen Education
William Deresiewicz, Penguin, $15, 9780143121251

45. Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from Storycorps
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin, $14, 9780143118800

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

47. This Life Is in Your Hands
Melissa Coleman, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061958335

48. This Is a Book
Demetri Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446539692

49. Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter
Lloyd Kahn, Shelter, $26.95, 9780936070520

50. Forks Over Knives
Gene Stone (Ed.), Experiment, $13.95, 9781615190454

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 2012

16. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850

17. The Cove
Ron Rash, Ecco Press, $26.99, 9780061804199

18. Defending Jacob
William Landay, Delacorte, $26, 9780385344227

19. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313

20. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803

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

22. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282

23. Waiting for Sunrise
William Boyd, Harper, $25.99, 9780061876769

24. The Witness
Nora Roberts, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399159121

25. The Expats
Chris Pavone, Crown, $26, 9780307956354

26. The Lost Years
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $26.99, 9781451668865

27. Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, FSG, $18, 9780374281144

28. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Nathan Englander, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307958709

29. Prague Fatale
Philip Kerr, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $26.95, 9780399159022

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

31. Carry the One
Carol Anshaw, S&S, $25, 9781451636888

32. Unnatural Acts
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399158865

33. The Book of Madness and Cures
Regina O'Melveny, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316195836

34. Stay Close
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525952275

35. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $25.99, 9780062060617

36. Arcadia
Lauren Groff, Voice, $25.99, 9781401340872

37. A Land More Kind Than Home
Wiley Cash, Morrow, $24.99, 9780062088147

38. Guilty Wives
James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097567

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

40. Truth Like the Sun
Jim Lynch, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307958686

41. Lone Wolf
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102749

42. The Wolf Gift
Anne Rice, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595119

43. New Collected Poems
Wendell Berry, Counterpoint, $30, 9781582438153

44. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595205

45. Dorchester Terrace
Anne Perry, Ballantine, $26, 9780345510624

46. The Secret of Evil
Roberto Bolaño, New Directions, $22.95, 9780811218153

47. Force of Nature
C.J. Box, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399158261

48. Wish You Were Here
Graham Swift, Knopf, $25, 9780307700124

49. Harbor Nocturne
Joseph Wambaugh, Mysterious Press, $27, 9780802126108

50. Come Home
Lisa Scottoline, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312380823

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 2012

16. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558

17. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070

18. When Women Were Birds
Terry Tempest Williams, Angela Williams, FSG, $23, 9780374288976

19. Midnight in Peking
Paul French, Penguin, $26, 9780143121008

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

21. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336

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

23. The Blood Sugar Solution
Mark Hyman, M.D., Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316127370

24. A Natural Woman
Carole King, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455512614

25. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846

26. Mrs. Kennedy and Me
Clint Hill, Gallery, $26, 9781451648447

27. Drop Dead Healthy
A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $26, 9781416599074

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

29. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120106

30. When I Was a Child I Read Books
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $24, 9780374298784

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

32. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631

33. Dropped Names
Frank Langella, Harper, $25.99, 9780062094476

34. What Teachers Make
Taylor Mali, Putnam Adult, $19.95, 9780399158544

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

36. Subliminal
Leonard Mlodinow, Pantheon, $25.95, 9780307378217

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

38. Escape from Camp 14
Blaine Harden, Viking, $26.95, 9780670023325

39. The Pioneer Woman Cooks
Ree Drummond, Morrow, $29.99, 9780061997181

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

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

42. Farther Away
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $26, 9780374153571

43. The Laptop Millionaire
Mark Anastasi, Wiley, $22.95, 9781118271797

44. Revelations
Elaine Pagels, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023349

45. Why Nations Fail
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, Crown Business, $30, 9780307719218

46. Spiritual Solutions
Deepak Chopra, Harmony, $22, 9780307719171

47. Paris in Love
Eloisa James, Random House, $26, 9781400069569

48. A Wedding in Haiti
Julia Alvarez, Algonquin, $22.95, 9781616201302

49. After Camelot
J.Randy Taraborrelli, Grand Central, $29.99, 9780446553902

50. Worth Every Penny
Sarah Petty, Erin Verbeck, Greenleaf, $24.95, 9781608322770

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 2012

11. Mystery
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505705

12. Sixkill
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246900

13. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509

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

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

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

17. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455510184

18. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556675

19. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Vision, $7.99, 9780446618328

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

21. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486

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

23. Dead Reckoning
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9781937007355

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

25. Tricked
Kevin Hearne, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345533623

26. Betrayal of Trust
J.A. Jance, Harper, $9.99, 9780061731327

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

28. Sunrise Point
Robyn Carr, Mira, $7.99, 9780778313175

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

30. Under a Vampire Moon
Lynsay Sands, Avon, $7.99, 9780062100207

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

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

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

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

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

36. I'll Walk Alone
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439180976

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

38. Nemesis
Jo Nesbø, Harper, $7.99, 9780062119698

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

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

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

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

43. All for You
Lynn Kurland, Jove, $7.99, 9780515150650

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

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

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

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

48. Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare, Pocket, $5.99, 9780743477116

49. Cold Wind
C.J. Box, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246917

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

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