October 4, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for October 4, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 30, 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.		 1/26
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy.		 2/24
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy.		 3/24
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.		 6/21
5. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $16, 9781250014764
The impressive novel about the lives of three seniors at Brown University in the early 1980s by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex.		 4/4
6. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
In this novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about.		 5/18
7. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196
Chbosky's powerful novel of the wild and poignant days of adolescence is now a major motion picture.		 10/2
8. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians.		 8/13
9. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250
The dazzling third novel by the author of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is now a major motion picture.		 7/7
10. 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.		 11/26
11. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose.		 9/14
12. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.		 12/23
13. The Shoemaker's Wife- Debut
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $15.99, 9780061257100
A riveting historical novel of love and family by the author of Lucia, Lucia.		 /1
14. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.		 13/48
15. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.		 14/23


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 4, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 30, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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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.		 1/22
2. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343403
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 2/4
3. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $18, 9781455502783
A collection of essays by the late political and social commentator.		 3/5
4. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress.		 11/2
5. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $20, 9780345408778
Pulitzer Prize-winner Massie's extraordinary story of the obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at age 14 and became one of the most remarkable and powerful women in history.		 9/2
6. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
With humor and insight, Moran shows why female rights and empowerment are essential not only for women, but also for society itself.		 7/10
7. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343441
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.		 6/3
8. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985736
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more.		 8/3
9. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 4/39
10. 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.		 15/68
11. 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.		 12/82
12. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
A collection of advice columns from the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild.		 10/12
13. F for Effort!
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227
A brand-new compendium of hilarious and inventive wrong test answers and homework hiccups.		 14/4
14. The Chew: Food. Life. Fun.- Debut
Mario Batali, Gordon Elliott, et al., Hyperion , $19.99, 9781401311063
The hosts of ABC's daytime show The Chew bring readers their easy, delicious meals, entertaining tips, and money-saving tricks.		 /1
15. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278241
A fascinating look at the ecological changes brought about by European vessels that carried thousands of species from the New World to homes across the oceans.		 13/10


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for October 4, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 30, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Casual Vacancy- Debut
J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534
Rowling's darkly comic and thought provoking first novel for adults.		 /1
2. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
Flynn's new thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/17
3. Winter of the World
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525952923
Follett's epic follow-up to Fall of Giants is the second book of his Century Trilogy.		 1/2
4. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper, $27.99, 9780061493348
Chabon's triumphant new novel set in the borderlands of Berkeley and Oakland is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/3
5. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487361
A new collection of stories by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.		 5/3
6. A Wanted Man
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344333
A new pulse-pounding Jack Reacher novel by the bestselling author of Worth Dying For.		 4/3
7. The Time Keeper
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401322786
Albom's latest is a compelling fable about the first man on Earth to count the hours.		 6/4
8. NW: A Novel
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594203978
Depicting the modern London urban zone, Smith's latest is a quietly devastating novel of encounters, mercurial and vital, like the city itself.		 7/4
9. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316204279
A compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world.		 8/7
10. 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.		 9/54
11. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316219365
This powerful novel, written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, is a harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive. A September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/3
12. The Beautiful Mystery
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312655464
Penny's new intriguing Chief Inspector Gamache mystery is a September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 12/5
13. Sutton- Debut
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $27.99, 9781401323141
Pulitzer Prize-winner Moehringer's novel about the life and times of bank robber Willie Sutton is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
14. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734
Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 11/8
15. San Miguel
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $27.95, 9780670026241
Boyle's haunting historical novel about the lives of three remarkable women on a tiny, windswept island off the coast of Southern California.		 15/2


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 4, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 30, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722
A first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid by a Navy SEAL who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments.		 1/4
2. 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.		 3/28
3. Waging Heavy Peace- Debut
Neil Young, Blue Rider, $30, 9780399159466
An insightful view of the personal life and musical creativity of legendary musician Neil Young.		 /1
4. Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $30, 9780812992786
Rushdie's memoir of his life "underground" following the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses.		 2/2
5. Mortality
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $22.99, 9781455502752
Hitchens, who died in December 2011, poignantly describes the torments of illness and how disease transforms experience and changes our relationship to the world around us.		 4/5
6. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans.		 5/7
7. The Price of Politics
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 9781451651102
Woodward looks at how President Obama and Congressional leaders attempted to restore the American economy and improve the federal government's fiscal condition.		 6/3
8. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531
Byrne's brainy, irresistible, and impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.		 7/5
9. The Oath
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385527200
Toobin's insightful look at the ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.		 8/2
10. 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.		 9/98
11. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
Brown's delightful book presents the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away.		 10/18
12. Guinness World Records 2013
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994879
The latest incarnation of the bestselling annual with thousands of new and classic records.		 11/3
13. How Children Succeed
Paul Tough, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547564654
Tough examines how character plays a role in why some children succeed and others fail.		 13/2
14. Wheat Belly
William Davis, Rodale, $25.99, 9781609611545
A renowned cardiologist explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage and reverse many health problems.		 /3
15. I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
Sylvie Simmons, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061994982
A biography of the legendary song writer, poet, and novelist, Leonard Cohen.		 12/2
ON THE RISE
17. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores
Jen Campbell, Overlook, $15, 9781468301281
A celebration of bookstores, large and small, in the U.S., U.K., and Canada.		  


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for October 4, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 30, 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		 1/77
2. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 2/76
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 3/78
4. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232854		 5/2
5. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/78
6. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835		 /*
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 6/*
8. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 /64
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488		 /*
10. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $9.99, 9781416595229		 /3


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for October 4, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 30, 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		 2/38
2. The Diviners
Libba Bray, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316126113		 1/2
3. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995		 6/4
4. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 7/28
5. Star Wars Origami
Chris Alexander, Workman , $16.95, 9780761169437		 4/4
6. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 3/264
7. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf , $6.99, 9780440237686		 /*
8. Every Day
David Levithan, Knopf, $16.99, 9780307931887		 15/5
9. The Raven Boys
Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic, $18.99, 9780545424929		 5/2
10. Dodger- Debut
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $17.99, 9780062009494		 /1
11. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $9.99, 9780142402511		 /9
12. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 11/*
13. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 9/*
14. Starry River of the Sky- Debut
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316125956		 /1
15. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316013697		 13/154


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for October 4, 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		 2/*
2. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442450271		 1/5
3. Room on the Broom Board Book
Julia Donaldson, Axel Sheffler (Illus.), Dial, $6.99, 9780803738416		 7/3
4. Mossy
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399257827		 13/2
5. Llama Llama Time to Share
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012336		 3/3
6. The Monsters' Monster
Patrick McDonnell, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316045476		 10/4
7. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
Mo Willems, Balzer & Bray, $17.99, 9780062104182		 4/4
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 5/*
9. Bear Has a Story to Tell
Philip Christian Stead, Erin Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596437456		 9/3
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 6/*
11. Creepy Carrots!- Debut
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781442402973		 /1
12. Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody
Michael Rex, Putnam, $6.99, 9780399260117		 15/2
13. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 11/*
14. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 12/54
15. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 /49


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for October 4, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 30, 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. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
6. Wildwood Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray
New in Series: Under Wildwood (9780062024718)
7. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
8. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. Dork Diaries (hardcover)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 30, 2012

16. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418

17. The Keeper of Lost Causes
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Plume, $16, 9780452297906

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

19. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $16, 9781594483295

20. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425

21. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Gallery, $19.99, 9781451627299

22. Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216

23. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980

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

25. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062060624

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

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

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

29. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $13.99, 9780061579059

30. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481

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

32. The Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547844206

33. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781401324643

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

35. The Time in Between
Maria Duenas, Atria, $16, 9781451616897

36. The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446547642

37. Life of Pi
Yann Martel, Harvest, $15.95, 9780156027328

38. Bared to You
Sylvia Day, Berkley, $15, 9780425263907

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

40. Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307341556

41. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $14, 9780307887443

42. The Stranger's Child
Alan Hollinghurst, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307474346

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

44. Dark Places
Gillian Flynn, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307341570

45. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Mariner, $13.95, 9780547928227

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

47. When She Woke
Hillary Jordan, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616201937

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

49. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $15, 9780812982626

50. The Leopard
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307743183

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 30, 2012

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

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

18. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715

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

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

21. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372

22. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin, $15, 9780143121343

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

24. That Used to Be Us
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, Picador, $16, 9781250013729

25. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982

26. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187

27. Call the Midwife
Jennifer Worth, Penguin, $16, 9780143123255

28. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158

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

30. Destiny of the Republic
Candice Millard, Anchor, $16, 9780767929714

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

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

33. Seriously...I'm Kidding
Ellen DeGeneres, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446585040

34. Jerusalem: The Biography
Simon Sebag Montefiore, Vintage, $20, 9780307280503

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

36. The Table Comes First
Adam Gopnik, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476968

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

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

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

40. Incognito
David M. Eagleman, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307389923

41. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095

42. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $16.95, 9781572245372

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

44. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $15, 9781439176597

45. Read This!: Handpicked Favorites from America's Indie Bookstores
Hans Weyandt (Ed.), Coffee House, $12, 9781566893138

46. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803

47. The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh, Shambhala, $7.95, 9781590309360

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

49. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 30, 2012

16. The Bartender's Tale
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594487354

17. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123

18. Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670023486

19. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $25, 9780812993295

20. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309

21. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031

22. The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin, Harper, $26.99, 9780062188502

23. The Dog Stars
Peter Heller, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307959942

24. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746

25. Love Anthony
Lisa Genova, Gallery, $26, 9781439164686

26. Zoo
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097444

27. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023653

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

29. Garment of Shadows
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $26, 9780553807998

30. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048

31. The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534796

32. The Age of Miracles
Karen Thompson Walker, Random House, $26, 9780812992977

33. The Malice of Fortune
Michael Ennis, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385536318

34. Lionel Asbo: State of England
Martin Amis, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307958082

35. Mission to Paris
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069484

36. Severe Clear
Stuart Woods, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399159848

37. The Chaperone
Laura Moriarty, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487019

38. The Cocktail Waitress
James M. Cain, Hard Case Crime, $23.99, 9781781160329

39. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749

40. In One Person
John Irving, S&S, $28, 9781451664126

41. The Kingmaker's Daughter
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $26.99, 9781451626070

42. Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures
Emma Straub, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488450

43. Creole Belle
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781451648133

44. The Cutting Season
Attica Locke, Harper, $25.99, 9780061802058

45. The Tombs
Clive Cussler, Thomas Perry, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399159268

46. City of Women
David R. Gillham, Amy Einhorn, $25.95, 9780399157769

47. One Last Thing Before I Go
Jonathan Tropper, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952367

48. Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice
Michael Brandman, Putnam Adult, $25.95, 9780399159497

49. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073

50. John Saturnall's Feast
Lawrence Norfolk, Grove, $26, 9780802120519

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 30, 2012

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

17. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores
Jen Campbell, Overlook, $15, 9781468301281

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

19. The Secret Race
Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle, Bantam, $28, 9780345530417

20. Listening in
Ted Widmer, Caroline Kennedy, Hyperion, $40, 9781401324568

21. The Black Count
Tom Reiss, Crown, $27, 9780307382467

22. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347

23. Dearie
Bob Spitz, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307272225

24. The Revenge of Geography
Robert D. Kaplan, Random House, $28, 9781400069835

25. Double Cross
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $26, 9780307888754

26. Life After Death
Damien Echols, Blue Rider, $26.95, 9780399160202

27. One Last Strike
Tony La Russa, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062207388

28. Vagina: A New Biography
Naomi Wolf, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061989162

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

30. Bull by the Horns
Sheila Bair, Free Press, $26.99, 9781451672480

31. Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404091

32. Paris: A Love Story
Kati Marton, S&S, $24, 9781451691542

33. Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story
D.T. Max, Viking, $27.95, 9780670025923

34. Don't Let the Republican Drive the Bus!
Erich Origen, Gan Golan, Ten Speed Press, $14.99, 9781607743927

35. Winter Journal
Paul Auster, Holt, $26, 9780805095531

36. The Party Is Over
Mike Lofgren, Viking, $25.95, 9780670026265

37. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149

38. Happier at Home
Gretchen Rubin, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307886781

39. I Declare
Joel Osteen, Faithwords, $21.99, 9781455516780

40. Daring Greatly
Brene Brown, Gotham, $26, 9781592407330

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

42. The Longest Way Home
Andrew McCarthy, Free Press, $26, 9781451667486

43. Fire in the Ashes
Jonathan Kozol, Crown, $27, 9781400052462

44. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981

45. Ike's Bluff
Evan Thomas, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316091046

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

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

48. Mugged
Ann Coulter, Sentinel, $26.95, 9781595230997

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

50. The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure
John A. Allison, McGraw-Hill, $28, 9780071806770

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending September 30, 2012

11. Red Mist
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425250433

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

13. The Litigators
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530561

14. Micro
Michael Crichton, Richard Preston, Harper, $9.99, 9780060873172

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

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

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

18. The Rope
Nevada Barr, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9781250008671

19. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537

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

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

22. Zero Day
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446573023

23. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell , $9.99, 9780440246305

24. Eat to Live
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316206648

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

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

27. Victims
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505729

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

29. D.C. Dead
Stuart Woods, Signet, $9.99, 9780451237859

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

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

32. The Lady Risks All
Stephanie Laurens, Avon, $7.99, 9780062068637

33. Restless in the Grave
Dana Stabenow, Minotaur, $7.99, 9780312559120

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

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

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

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

38. Hamlet
William Shakespeare, Washington Square Press, $5.99, 9780743477123

39. Feast Day of Fools
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $9.99, 9781451643121

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

41. Ghost Story
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451464071

42. The Race
Clive Cussler, Justin Scott, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425250440

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

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

45. 77 Shadow Street
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593068

46. A Perfect Blood
Kim Harrison, Harper Voyager, $7.99, 9780061957901

47. Gideon's Corpse
Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child, Vision, $7.99, 9780446564380

48. Explosive Eighteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527738

49. City of Whispers
Marcia Muller, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446573344

50. Leonard Maltin's 2013 Movie Guide
Leonard Maltin (Ed.), Signet, $9.99, 9780451237743

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