May 31, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for May 31, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 2012
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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.
1/8
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy.
2/6
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy.
3/6
4. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
A provocative novel set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto.
4/3
5. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.
5/5
6. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.
6/5
7. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.
7/30
8. 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.
8/8
9. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback.
14/8
10. 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.
9/10
11. Train Dreams- Debut
Denis Johnson, Picador, $12, 9781250007650
A novella suffused with the history and landscapes of the American West, by the National Book Award-winning author of Tree of Smoke.
/1
12. 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.
10/16
13. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction.
11/33
14. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $13.99, 9780061579059
Wilson's unforgettable tale of a family of performance artists, and the effects of their art on their children.
13/6
15. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
Hoffman's ambitious and mesmerizing novel, set in ancient Israel, now available in paperback.
12/8


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 31, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.
1/4
2. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.
2/21
3. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
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.
3/5
4. 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.
6/50
5. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $20, 9781416571773
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.
7/2
6. 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.
4/50
7. 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.
5/64
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.
15/57
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.
/52
10. Nothing Daunted
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.
8/5
11. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative- Debut
Austin Kleon, Workman, $10.95, 9780761169253
Kleon's book provides a positive message, illustrations, and exercises to help put readers directly in touch with their artistic side.
/1
12. 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.
/71
13. 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.
13/40
14. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $16, 9780812980950
An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress.
/3
15. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485756
Ronson investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them.
9/2


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for May 31, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031
The sequel to Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize-winner, Wolf Hall, delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.
2/3
2. In One Person
John Irving, S&S, $28, 9781451664126
Irving's intimate and unforgettable new novel about the life of a bisexual man is a May 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/3
3. Canada- Debut
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048
Ford's masterful new novel about the mysterious and consoling bonds of family is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
4. Home
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $24, 9780307594167
Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison new novel is a taut and tortured story about one man's desperate search for himself in a world disfigured by war.
3/3
5. 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.
5/8
6. 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.
4/7
7. 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.
8/36
8. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.
12/66
9. 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.
9/32
10. Stolen Prey
John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399157684
Lucas Davenport investigates the killing of an entire family in Sandford's latest bestseller.
7/2
11. Deadlocked
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9781937007447
Book 12 in the bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series.
6/4
12. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996
A riveting new thriller by the bestselling author of Absolute Power.
11/6
13. The Wind Through the Keyhole
Stephen King, Scribner, $27, 9781451658903
King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of his Dark Tower fantasy saga.
10/5
14. 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.
14/8
15. 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.
13/8


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 31, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078
Book four of Caro's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson.
1/4
2. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life.
2/5
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.
4/10
4. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity.
7/10
5. 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.
3/9
6. It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership- Debut
Colin Powell, Tony Koltz, Harper, $27.99, 9780062135124
The vivid experiences and lessons learned that shaped the career of the four-star general and former Secretary of State.
/1
7. Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509
A brilliant, new graphic memoir by the bestselling author of Fun Home.
6/4
8. 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.
9/80
9. This Is How
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312563554
The bestselling author of Running With Scissors explores how to survive the "un-survivable".
11/3
10. I Am a Pole (and So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert, Paul Hildebrandt (Illus.), Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455523429
The inimitable Colbert conquers new territory with his first children's book...for adults!
5/3
11. End This Depression Now!
Paul Krugman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393088779
Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author Krugman's ideas for a quick and strong economic recovery.
10/4
12. Prague Winter
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062030313
A remarkably personal and historical new memoir by the former U.S. Secretary of State.
8/5
13. 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.
13/6
14. My Cross to Bear
Gregg Allman, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062112033
An autobiography by the legendary rock musician and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band.
/2
15. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.
15/18


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for May 31, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 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
1/59
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429
3/60
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
2/58
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
4/60
5. Explosive Eighteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527738
5/2
6. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
8/47
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7/*
8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537
9/14
9. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305
6/9
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for May 31, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
2/20
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
4/246
3. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930
1/8
4. Bitterblue
Kristin Cashore, Dial, $19.99, 9780803734739
3/4
5. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
6/55
6. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429
5/9
7. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
11/10
8. Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591
7/8
9. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
10/*
10. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
/34
11. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
13/125
12. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268
12/*
13. Out of My Mind- Debut
Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum, $6.99, 9781416971719
/1
14. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
9/51
15. Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction- Debut
One Direction, Harper, $12.99, 9780062213426
/1


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for May 31, 2012
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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
3/*
3. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2/*
4. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289
5/8
5. Ladybug Girl and Bingo
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803735828
4/4
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
8/*
7. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
7/33
8. Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780062110589
10/4
9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
12/36
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6/*
11. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9780811879545
/36
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
11/*
13. The Lorax
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379
9/24
14. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
15/16
15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
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Children's Series



Bestseller List for May 31, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 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. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
4. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
5. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (hardcover and paperback)
Michael Scott, Delacorte
New in Series:The Enchantress
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. Mortal Instruments (hardcover and paperback)
Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 2012

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

17. The Leftovers
Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312363550

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

19. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307742995

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

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

22. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289

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

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

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

26. The Last Boyfriend
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425246030

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

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

29. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Deborah Moggach, Random House, $15, 9780812982428

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

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

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

33. Reamde
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $18.99, 9780062191496

34. Trapeze
Simon Mawer, Other Press, $15.95, 9781590515273

35. Once Upon a River
Bonnie Jo Campbell, Norton , $15.95, 9780393341775

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

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

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

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

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

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

42. 1Q84: 3 Volume Boxed Set
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $29.95, 9780345802934

43. 22 Britannia Road
Amanda Hodgkinson, Penguin, $16, 9780143121046

44. Then Came You
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781451617733

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

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

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

48. South of Superior
Ellen Airgood, Riverhead Books, $16, 9781594485763

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

50. Tabloid City
Pete Hamill, Back Bay , $14.99, 9780316020763

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 2012

16. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537

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

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

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

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

21. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228

22. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
David Eagleman, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307389923

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

24. Just Ride
Grant Petersen, Retsu Takahashi (Illus.), Workman, $13.95, 9780761155584

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

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

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

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

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

30. Thank You Notes 2
Jimmy Fallon, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780892967360

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

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

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

34. Rand McNally 2013 Road Atlas
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528006227

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

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

37. The Man Who Quit Money
Mark Sundeen, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485695

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

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

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

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

42. To End All Wars
Adam Hochschild, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547750316

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

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

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

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

47. The Rich and the Rest of Us
Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Smileybooks, $12, 9781401940638

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

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

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 2012

16. 11th Hour
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097499

17. The Newlyweds
Nell Freudenberger, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307268846

18. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain, Ecco, $25.99, 9780060885595

19. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635

20. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276

21. They Eat Puppies, Don't They?
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $25.99, 9780446540971

22. The Columbus Affair
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $27, 9780345526519

23. The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur, $24.99, 9780316185905

24. Robert B. Parker's Lullaby
Ace Atkins, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399158032

25. The Lower River
Paul Theroux, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780547746500

26. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282

27. The Chemistry of Tears
Peter Carey, Knopf, $26, 9780307592712

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

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

30. The Sins of the Father
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250000972

31. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054

32. As the Crow Flies
Craig Johnson, Viking, $25.95, 9780670023516

33. 2312
Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $25.99, 9780316098120

34. Istanbul Passage
Joseph Kanon, Atria , $26, 9781439156414

35. The Uninvited Guests
Sadie Jones, Harper, $24.99, 9780062116505

36. The Right-Hand Shore
Christopher Tilghman, FSG, $27, 9780374203481

37. A Dog's Journey
W.Bruce Cameron, Forge, $24.99, 9780765330536

38. A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar
Suzanne Joinson, Bloomsbury, $26, 9781608198115

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

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

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

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

43. The Cove
Ron Rash, Ecco, $26.99, 9780061804199

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

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

46. The Road to Grace
Richard Paul Evans, S&S, $19.99, 9781451628180

47. Elegy for Eddie
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049575

48. The Prophet
Khalil Gibran, Knopf, $15, 9780394404288

49. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313

50. Beastly Things
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802120236

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 2012

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

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

18. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286

19. 10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said
Charles Wheelan, Peter Steiner (Illus.), Norton, $15.95, 9780393074314

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

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

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

23. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539

24. The Art of Intelligence
Henry A. Crumpton, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594203343

25. The Presidents Club
Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy, S&S, $32.50, 9781439127704

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

27. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852

28. What Teachers Make
Taylor Mali, Putnam, $19.95, 9780399158544

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

30. Love, Life, and Elephants
Daphne Jenkins Sheldrick, FSG, $27, 9780374104573

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

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

33. The First 20 Minutes
Gretchen Reynolds, Hudson Street , $25.95, 9781594630934

34. The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward Osborne Wilson, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404138

35. Most Talkative
Andy Cohen, Holt, $25, 9780805095838

36. I Suck at Girls
Justin Halpern, It Books, $16.99, 9780062113375

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

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

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

40. Season of the Witch
David Talbot, Free Press, $28, 9781439108215

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

42. The $100 Startup
Chris Guillebeau, Crown Business, $23, 9780307951526

43. The Righteous Mind
Jonathan Haidt, Pantheon, $28.95, 9780307377906

44. We Can All Do Better
Bill Bradley, Vanguard Press, $24.99, 9781593157296

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

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

47. The Big Miss
Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989

48. Some Assembly Required
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412

49. Predator Nation
Charles Ferguson, Crown Business, $27, 9780307952554

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 2012

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

12. Blackout
Mira Grant, Orbit, $9.99, 9780316081078

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

14. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

15. Buried Prey
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425247891

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803

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

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

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

37. Full Black
Brad Thor, Pocket , $9.99, 9781416586623

38. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455508976

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. Death of a Prankster
M.C. Beaton, Grand Central , $6.99, 9780446573559

47. Guinness World Records
Craig Glenday (Ed.), Bantam, $7.99, 9780345534378

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

49. The Devil Colony
James Rollins, Harper, $9.99, 9780061785658

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

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