October 20, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for October 20, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2011
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 1/28
2. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 4/90
3. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections.		 2/3
4. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 5/30
5. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
This mesmerizing story of a tragic past, and a present torn apart, is now a major motion picture.		 3/113
6. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 6/23
7. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409
A funny collection of animal-themed tales for adults by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.		 11/2
8. Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747
The brilliant new novel featuring Jackson Brodie by the author of When Will There Be Good News?		 10/3
9. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).		 7/46
10. 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.		 9/123
11. A Secret Kept
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312553494
The evocative new novel by the author of Sarah's Key.		 8/5
12. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
An evocative novel of Japanese-Americans in Seattle during World War II.		 14/88
13. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII.		 13/37
14. Great House
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 9780393340648
A brilliant novel by the bestselling author of The History of Love.		 12/5
15. By Nightfall
Michael Cunningham, Picador, $15, 9780312610432
Cunningham's poetic and compelling novel is a heartbreaking look at a marriage.		 /5
ON THE RISE
17. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455510313
Connelly's compelling fourth Mickey Haller thriller.


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 20, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 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.		 1/32
2. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.		 2/6
3. 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.		 3/18
4. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.		 4/40
5. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor , $15.95, 9780767919395
The latest by the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything.		 5/2
6. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393
Lewis' in-depth analysis of the 2002 Oakland A's team is now a major motion picture.		 6/*
7. 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.		 8/23
8. 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.		 7/2
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.		 10/29
10. 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.		 14/27
11. 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.		 9/9
12. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
Rock icon Smith's memoir of her early years in New York and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is a 2010 National Book Award winner.		 11/50
13. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915
Mukherjee's comprehensive history of cancer is now in paperback.		 /9
14. 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.		 12/19
15. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more.		 13/5


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for October 20, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Marriage Plot- Debut
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.		 /1
2. The Best of Me- Debut
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446547659
Two former lovers must confront painful memories and discover undeniable truths about the choices they have made.		 /1
3. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians is a September Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/5
4. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 3/34
5. The Affair
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344326
The suspenseful new Jack Reacher novel by the bestselling author of Worth Dying For.		 2/3
6. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117
Ondaatje's wonderful new novel about an eleven-year-old boy on board a ship bound for England in the early 1950s is an October Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/2
7. 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 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/7
8. 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.		 6/19
9. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $27.99, 9781451617474
Hoffman's ambitious and mesmerizing new novel, set in ancient Israel, is an October Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/2
10. Snuff- Debut
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $25.99, 9780062011848
A new Discworld novel by the author of Unseen Academicals.		 /1
11. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The highly anticipated fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.		 7/14
12. Reamde
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35, 9780061977961
Stephenson's new thriller in which a tech entrepreneur gets caught in the very real crossfire of his own online war game is an October Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/4
13. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 14/12
14. Nightwoods
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26, 9781400067091
Frazier's dazzling new novel of suspense and love is set in a small North Carolina town in the early 1960s.		 11/3
15. Aleph
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307700186
Coelho's new novel is the story of a man facing a grave crisis of faith who seeks a path of spiritual renewal and growth.		 12/3
ON THE RISE
18. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
In the new novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about.


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 20, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.		 1/2
2. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 2/3
3. 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.		 3/48
4. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 8/23
5. 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!		 7/20
6. The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 5/4
7. That Used to Be Us
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, FSG, $28, 9780374288907
An exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal.		 6/6
8. Rin Tin Tin
Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135
Orlean's sweeping, powerfully moving account of Rin Tin Tin's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon is an October Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/3
9. Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy, Michael Beschloss, Hyperion, $60, 9781401324254
In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded seven historic interviews about her life with John F. Kennedy, which for the first time can be read and heard in this illustrated book and CD set.		 4/5
10. Seriously... I'm Kidding
Ellen DeGeneres, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446585026
A memoir by the popular comedian and talk-show host.		 10/2
11. Destiny of the Republic
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385526265
Millard's fascinating account of the shooting of President James A. Garfield four months after his inauguration and a nation in turmoil.		 12/4
12. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined- Debut
Steven Pinker, Viking, $40, 9780670022953
Pinker's ambitious and provocative look at the history of violence challenges the way we look at our society.		 /1
13. Confidence Men
Ron Suskind, Harper, $29.99, 9780061429255
The hidden history of Wall Street and the White House, and a powerful, quintessentially American concept: confidence.		 11/4
14. Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961- Debut
Paul Hendrickson, Knopf, $30, 9781400041626
Hendrickson offers a fascinating look at the years 1934 to 1961--from Hemingway's pinnacle as the reigning monarch of American letters until his suicide.		 /1
15. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 13/28
ON THE RISE
20. Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous!
Stephane Hessel, Twelve, $10, 9781455509720
This slim volume is a reminder that life and liberty must still be fought for.


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for October 20, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 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		 2/27
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 1/28
3. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/28
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/26
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 5/*
6. The Reversal
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750		 6/8
7. Cross Fire
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446574716		 9/3
8. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117		 7/13
9. Port Mortuary
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243602		 /3
10. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966		 /*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for October 20, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164		 1/4
2. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892		 2/5
3. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353		 3/3
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 6/19
5. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/HarperTeen, $17.99, 9780062024688		 4/7
6. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970		 7/5
7. Darth Paper Strikes Back
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279		 5/8
8. Matched
Ally Condie, Allyson Braithwaite Condie, Speak, $9.99, 9780142419779		 8/4
9. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 9/23
10. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 11/214
11. Happy Pig Day!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423143420		 12/2
12. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 /93
13. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257		 10/19
14. The Apothecary- Debut
Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.), Putnam, $16.99, 9780399256271		 /1
15. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880		 14/16


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for October 20, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2011
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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. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray, $16.99, 9780060266837		 2/2
3. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131		 3/2
4. Pinkalicious and the Pink Pumpkin
Victoria Kann, HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061989612		 6/3
5. Clifford's Halloween
Norman Bridwell, Cartwheel, $3.99, 9780545215954		 11/2
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 9/*
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 8/*
8. Llama Llama Home with Mama
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012329		 12/8
9. Bumble-Ardy
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780062051981		 5/5
10. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732		 7/10
11. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 */2
12. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142501122		 14/17
13. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 13/*
14. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper , $17.95, 9780060254926		 10/*
15. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780064431835		 /*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for October 20, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2011
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  Children's Series   
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
New in Series: The Death Cure
5. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Gordon Korman, et al., Scholastic
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

21. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681

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

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

24. The Sixth Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455510320

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

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

27. The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman, Dial, $15, 9780385340861

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

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

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

31. The Magicians
Lev Grossman, Plume, $16, 9780452296299

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

33. Nemesis
Philip Roth, Vintage, $15, 9780307475008

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

35. The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
Julia Stuart, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307476913

36. Faithful Place
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143119494

37. All Our Worldly Goods
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307743299

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

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

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

41. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011
Dave Eggers (Ed.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547577432

42. Matterhorn
Karl Marlantes, Grove Press, $15.95, 9780802145314

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

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

45. The Potter's Field
Andrea Camilleri, Penguin, $15, 9780143120131

46. You Deserve Nothing
Alexander Kolya Maksik, Europa Editions, $15, 9781609450489

47. To the End of the Land
David Grossman, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476401

48. The Distant Hours
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781439152799

49. Luka and the Fire of Life
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $15, 9780679783473

50. Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446547604

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2011

16. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261

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

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

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

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

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

22. The Mind's Eye
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $15, 9780307473028

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.
Sam Wasson, Harper Perennial, $13.99, 9780061774164

30. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

33. Griftopia
Matt Taibbi, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780385529969

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

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

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

37. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011
Mary Roach (Ed.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547350639

38. You Had Me at Woof
Julie Klam, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485411

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

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

41. The Wave
Susan Casey, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767928854

42. Slow Love
Dominique Browning, Plume, $15, 9780452297500

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

44. Lucky Peach, Issue 1: Ramen
Chris Ying (Ed.), McSweeney's, $10, 9781936365463

45. Healing After Loss
Martha Whitmore Hickman, Harper Perennial, $10, 9780380773381

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

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

48. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387172

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

50. Zagat New York City Restaurants 2012
Zagat, $15.95, 9781604784060

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2011

16. Feast Day of Fools
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26.99, 9781451643114

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

18. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122

19. The Stranger's Child
Alan Hollinghurst, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307272768

20. When She Woke
Hillary Jordan, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781565126299

21. Shock Wave
John Sandford, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157691

22. The Great Leader
Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $24, 9780802119704

23. The Night Strangers
Chris Bohjalian, Crown, $25, 9780307394996

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

25. The Forgotten Waltz
Anne Enright, Norton, $25.95, 9780393072556

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

27. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997

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

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

30. River of Smoke
Amitav Ghosh, FSG, $28, 9780374174231

31. The Leftovers
Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312358341

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

33. Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes
William Kennedy, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022977

34. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831

35. We the Animals
Justin Torres, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18, 9780547576725

36. The Magician King
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022311

37. The Visible Man
Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $25, 9781439184462

38. The Keeper of Lost Causes
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525952480

39. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Crown, $24, 9780307887436

40. Pirate King
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $25, 9780553807981

41. A Trick of the Light
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312655457

42. A Dublin Student Doctor
Patrick Taylor, Forge, $24.99, 9780765326737

43. Lionheart
Sharon Kay Penman, A Marian Wood Book/Putnam, $28.95, 9780399157851

44. Son of Stone
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157653

45. Last Man in Tower
Aravind Adiga, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307594099

46. Neverwinter
R.A. Salvatore, Wizards of the Coast, $27.95, 9780786958429

47. Tag Man
Archer Mayor, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312681944

48. The Iliad: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)
Homer, Stephen Mitchell, Free Press, $35, 9781439163375

49. The Children of the Sky
Vernor Vinge, Tor, $25.99, 9780312875626

50. I Married You for Happiness
Lily Tuck, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780802119919

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2011

16. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202995

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

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

19. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722

20. Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous!
Stephane Hessel, Twelve, $10, 9781455509720

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

22. The Price of Civilization
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Random House, $27, 9781400068418

23. Here Comes Trouble
Michael Moore, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446532242

24. The Magic of Reality
Richard Dawkins, Dave McKean (Illus.), Free Press, $29.99, 9781439192818

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

26. A Stolen Life
Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $24.99, 9781451629187

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

28. The Quest
Daniel Yergin, Penguin Press, $37.95, 9781594202834

29. The Kitchen Counter Cooking School
Kathleen Flinn, Viking, $26.95, 9780670023004

30. What It Is Like to Go to War
Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802119926

31. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602

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

33. Every Day a Friday
Joel Osteen, Faithwords, $24.99, 9780892969913

34. Drama: An Actor's Education
John Lithgow, Harper, $26.99, 9780061734977

35. Your Medical Mind
M.D.Jerome Groopman, et al., Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594203114

36. Boo: The Life of the World's Cutest Dog
J.H. Lee, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452103068

37. Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible
Paula H. Deen, S&S, $29.99, 9781416564072

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

39. Metamaus
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $35, 9780375423949

40. Good Eats 3: The Later Years
Alton Brown, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, $37.50, 9781584799030

41. Knocking on Heaven's Door
Lisa Randall, Ecco Press, $29.99, 9780061723728

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

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

44. A More Perfect Heaven
Dava Sobel, Walker & Company, $25, 9780802717931

45. Columbus: The Four Voyages
Laurence Bergreen, Viking, $35, 9780670023011

46. Life Itself
Roger Ebert, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446584975

47. Eisenhower: The White House Years
Jim Newton, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385523530

48. The 4-Hour Body
Timothy Ferriss, Crown, $27, 9780307463630

49. War of the Worldviews
Deepak Chopra, Leonard Mlodinow, Harmony, $26, 9780307886880

50. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $26, 9781400068722

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2011

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

12. Bad Blood
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243930

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

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

15. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479

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

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

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

19. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

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

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

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

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

25. Hell's Corner
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446571418

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

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

28. Painted Ladies
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243626

29. Worth Dying For
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246299

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

31. Full Dark, No Stars
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781439192603

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

33. The Emperor's Tomb
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505507

34. The Fifth Woman
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307946669

35. The Inner Circle
Brad Meltzer, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446616157

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

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

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

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

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

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

42. Coming Back
Marcia Muller, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446400527

43. Sizzling Sixteen
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9780312383312

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

45. Busy Body
M.C. Beaton, Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312536503

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

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

48. Moonlight Mile
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $9.99, 9780061836954

49. A Nose for Justice
Rita Mae Brown, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345511829

50. Wicked Appetite
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9780312383350

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