September 6, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for September 6, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 2, 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.		 1/22
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy.		 2/20
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy.		 3/20
4. 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.		 6/14
5. 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.		 4/9
6. 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.		 5/17
7. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose.		 7/10
8. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.		 8/19
9. 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.		 9/22
10. Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216
By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family.		 10/14
11. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.		 13/44
12. 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.		 11/3
13. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.		 15/19
14. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418
Ondaatje's wonderful novel about an 11-year-old boy on board a ship bound for England in the early 1950s.		 /11
15. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback.		 14/22
ON THE RISE
17. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $15.99, 9780061257100
A riveting historical novel of love and family by the author of Lucia, Lucia.		  


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 6, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 2, 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.		 1/18
2. 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.		 2/6
3. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 3/35
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.		 6/78
5. 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.		 4/6
6. 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.		 5/8
7. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715
A kayak accident during a South American adventure takes one woman to heaven and back to life again.		 9/7
8. That Used to Be Us
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, Picador, $16, 9781250013729
An exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal.		 10/2
9. 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.		 8/19
10. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
A collection of funny and insightful essays by the author of I Feel Bad About My Neck.		 11/15
11. 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.		 /50
12. 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.		 7/64
13. I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307276827
Funny, funny comic relief, on being a woman of "a certain age," from the honest and smart Ephron.		 /19
14. Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens- Debut
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $18, 9781455502783
A collection of essays by the late political and social commentator.		 /1
15. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin, $15, 9780143121343
In the sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Fuller returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family.		 /9


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for September 6, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 2, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 1/13
2. The Beautiful Mystery- Debut
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312655464
Penny's new intriguing Chief Inspector Gamache mystery is a September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
3. 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.		 3/50
4. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023653
French's new novel about the investigation of the murder of a family is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/6
5. 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.		 7/4
6. The Dog Stars
Peter Heller, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307959942
Heller's breathtaking novel about what it means to be human is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/4
7. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746
Eggers takes readers around the world in this novel about one man's fight to hold himself and his family together in the face of the global economic crisis.		 8/11
8. Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670023486
The thrilling sequel to A Discovery of Witches is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 11/8
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.		 2/3
10. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123
Walter's dazzling yet deeply human new novel, spanning 50 years and nearly as many lives, is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/12
11. The Bartender's Tale
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594487354
Doig's latest novel about a one-of-a-kind father and his precocious son is a September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/2
12. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $25, 9780812993295
Joyce's novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we bury within our hearts is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 12/5
13. The Orchardist- Debut
Amanda Coplin, Harper, $26.99, 9780062188502
Coplin's touching debut novel about a reclusive man who opens his heart and lets the world in is a September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
14. 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.		 15/14
15. Canada
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.		 9/15


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 6, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 1/24
2. 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.		 4/3
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.		 2/94
4. Dearie
Bob Spitz, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307272225
An entertaining and in-depth new biography of Julia Child.		 3/4
5. Double Cross
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $26, 9780307888754
Macintyre tells the intriguing story of the grand final deception of WWII and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it.		 6/5
6. 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.		 5/14
7. Paris: A Love Story
Kati Marton, S&S, $24, 9781451691542
Marton narrates an impassioned and romantic story of love, loss, and life after loss.		 7/3
8. Mortality- Debut
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.		 /1
9. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 8/36
10. Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace- Debut
D.T. Max, Viking, $27.95, 9780670025923
Max's biography of one of the most influential writers of his generation, David Foster Wallace.		 /1
11. How Music Works- Debut
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531
Byrne's brainy, irresistible, and impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.		 /1
12. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 9/30
13. Winter Journal
Pau Auster, Holt, $26, 9780805095531
Auster's highly personal meditation on the passage of time.		 12/2
14. Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404091
A fascinating look at the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times.		 13/2
15. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852
Klein's view of the Obama administration's political inner workings.		 10/13


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for September 6, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 2, 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		 1/73
2. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/72
3. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/74
4. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 2/74
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 8/*
6. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 5/61
7. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $9.99, 9781416595229		 10/2
8. The Litigators
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530561		 7/10
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488		 6/*
10. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935		 /*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for September 6, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 2, 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		 1/34
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 2/260
3. The Empty City- Debut
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780062102560		 /1
4. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 5/24
5. Every Day- Debut
David Levithan, Knopf, $16.99, 9780307931887		 /1
6. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316201575		 4/7
7. Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432		 3/4
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697		 7/150
9. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 10/*
10. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142402511		 11/8
11. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 9/*
12. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 8/65
13. Out of My Mind
Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum, $6.99, 9781416971719		 /7
14. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686		 15/*
15. Lincoln's Last Days-Debut
Bill O'Reilly, Dwight Jon Zimmerman, Holt, $19.99, 9780805096750		 /1


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for September 6, 2012
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses- Debut
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442450271		 /1
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 1/*
3. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 2/*
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 3/*
5. Rocket Writes a Story
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375870866		 13/6
6. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 5/50
7. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442457027		 4/10
8. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 15/47
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 6/*
10. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 8/*
11. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 9/*
12. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341		 /*
13. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801		 10/7
14. Kindergarten, Here I Come!
D.J. Steinberg, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448456249		 11/4
15. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553		 7/*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for September 6, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 2, 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. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
New in Series: Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers (9780545175340)
4. Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
5. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
6. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
8. Lorien Legacies (hardcover and paperback)
Pittacus Lore, Harper
9. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
10. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 2, 2012

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

17. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $15.99, 9780061257100

18. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9780671027346

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

20. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Gallery, $19.99, 9781451627299

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

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

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

24. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $11.99, 9781451673319

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. The Importance of Being Seven
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $15, 9780307739360

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

35. In the Woods
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143113492

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

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

38. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

48. The Flight of Gemma Hardy
Margot Livesey, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062064233

49. Beautiful Disaster
Jamie McGuire, Atria, $15, 9781476712048

50. A Trick of the Light
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $14.99, 9781250007346

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 2, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. F for Effort!
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227

29. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $20, 9781416571773

30. Walking the Amazon
Ed Stafford, Plume, $16, 9780452298262

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

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

33. Following Atticus
Tom Ryan, Morrow, $15.99, 9780061997112

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

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

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

37. Sleeping with the Enemy
Hal Vaughan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307475916

38. Hemingway's Boat
Paul Hendrickson, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400075355

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

40. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

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

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

45. A Stolen Life
Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $15, 9781451629194

46. Midnight Rising
Tony Horwitz, Picador, $18, 9780312429263

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

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

49. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485756

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 2, 2012

16. The Fallen Angel
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073129

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

18. In the Shadow of the Banyan
Vaddey Ratner, S&S, $25, 9781451657708

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

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

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

22. The Prisoner of Heaven
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Harper, $25.99, 9780062206282

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

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

25. Bones Are Forever
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439102435

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

27. Where We Belong
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312554194

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

29. Last to Die
Tess Gerritsen, Ballantine, $27, 9780345515636

30. The Absent One
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952893

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

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

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

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

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

36. Wards of Faerie
Terry Brooks, Del Rey, $28, 9780345523471

37. Black List
Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99, 9781439192986

38. Seating Arrangements
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307599469

39. The Inn at Rose Harbor
Debbie Macomber, Ballantine, $26, 9780345528926

40. A Hundred Flowers
Gail Tsukiyama, St. Martin's , $24.99, 9780312274818

41. A Sunless Sea
Anne Perry, Ballantine, $26, 9780345510648

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

43. Tigers in Red Weather
Liza Klaussmann, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316211338

44. The Spymasters
W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth, IV, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399157516

45. Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
Matthew Dicks, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9781250006219

46. The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
Jonathan Evison, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781616200398

47. Odd Apocalypse
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $28, 9780553807745

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

49. The Roots of the Olive Tree
Courtney Miller Santo, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062130518

50. A Foreign Country
Charles Cumming, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312591335

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 2, 2012

16. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015

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

18. Wheat Belly
William Davis, Rodale, $25.99, 9781609611545

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

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

21. Monkey Mind
Daniel Smith, S&S, $25, 9781439177303

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

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

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

25. Paterno
Joe Posnanski, S&S, $28, 9781451657494

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

27. The Price of Inequality
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393088694

28. The Passage of Power
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078

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

30. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco (Illus.), Nation Books, $28, 9781568586434

31. Teach Your Children Well
Madeline Levine, Harper, $26.99, 9780061824746

32. Visiting Tom
Michael Perry, Harper, $24.99, 9780061894442

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

34. No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722

35. The Betrayal of the American Dream
Donald L. Barlett, James B. Steele, PublicAffairs, $26.99, 9781586489694

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

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

38. Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509

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

40. Yes, Chef
Marcus Samuelsson, Random House, $27, 9780385342605

41. Obama's America
Dinesh D'Souza, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987784

42. Sh*tty Mom
Laurie Kilmartin, et al., Abrams Image, $18.95, 9781419704598

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

44. Strengths Finder 2.0
Tom Rath, Gallup, $24.95, 9781595620156

45. The New New Deal
Michael Grunwald, S&S, $28, 9781451642322

46. The Art of Procrastination
John Perry, Workman, $12.95, 9780761171676

47. Boo
J.H. Lee, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452109718

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

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

50. The Tools
Phil Stutz, Barry Michels, Spiegel & Grau, $25, 9780679644446

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending September 2, 2012

11. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339683

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $6.50, 9780877799160

29. 77 Shadow Street
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593068

30. Macbeth
William Shakespeare, Washington Square Press, $5.99, 9780743477109

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

32. Phantom
Ted Bell, Harper, $9.99, 9780061859328

33. Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550757

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

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

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

37. Dick Francis's Gamble
Felix Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425250389

38. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $7.99, 9781451678192

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

40. Celebrity in Death
J.D. Robb, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425250358

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

42. Flash and Bones
Kathy Reichs, Pocket, $7.99, 9781451646696

43. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.50, 9780679755333

44. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446574754

45. The Pearl
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $10, 9780140177374

46. Don't Blink
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Vision, $9.99, 9781455506675

47. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706

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

49. Dandelion Wine
Ray Bradbury, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553277531

50. Courting Carolina
Janet Chapman, Jove, $7.99, 9780515151060

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