April 21, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for April 21, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 2011
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425232200
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 1/2
2. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701
An indie fave about a traveling circus is now a major motion picture.		 3/116
3. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 2/64
4. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).		 4/20
5. The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman, Dial, $15, 9780385343671
Rachman's wry debut novel follows the lives of the staff of an international English-language newspaper in Rome.		 6/15
6. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII.		 7/11
7. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 5/4
8. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648
Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England.		 9/61
9. Imperfect Birds
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485046
A powerful and redemptive novel about love and family, from the bestselling author of Grace (Eventually).		 12/2
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.		 10/97
11. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780812976366
The riveting novel by the author of Cloud Atlas was a July 2010 Indie Next List Great Read in hardcover.		 8/6
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.		 15/78
13. The Man From Beijing
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $15, 9780307472847
An electrifying global thriller by the award-winning author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries.		 13/5
14. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9781416586296
Walls follows up her bestselling memoir, The Glass Castle, with this true-life novel about her grandmother, Lily Casey Smith.		 /30
15. Every Last One
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15, 9780812976885
A breathtaking novel by the bestselling author of One True Thing.		 /2
ON THE RISE
20. Ape House
Sara Gruen, Spiegel & Grau, $15, 9780385523226
Gruen's engaging follow-up to Water For Elephants.


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for April 21, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 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.		 2/6
2. 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.		 1/14
3. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco Press, $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.		 3/24
4. 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.		 4/3
5. Inside of a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16, 9781416583431
This bestseller explores what dogs know and how they think.		 5/29
6. 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.		 6/7
7. Operation Mincemeat
Ben Macintyre, Broadway, $15, 9780307453280
Macintyre's rollicking true story of an intelligence operation that ultimately helped the Allies win WWII.		 10/2
8. 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.		 11/2
9. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338829
A highly entertaining look at the U.S. financial crisis by the author of Liar's Poker.		 7/11
10. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing.		 14/207
11. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943
The gripping true story of a man who chose to remain in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to protect his home and business.		 8/44
12. The Sweet Life in Paris
David Lebovitz, Broadway, $14, 9780767928892
A deliciously funny look at the city of light, cheese, chocolate, and other confections.		 12/7
13. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void- Debut
Mary Roach, Norton, $15.95, 9780393339918
A very entertaining look at space travel by the author of Bonk.		 /1
14. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $16, 9780143118701
Gilbert's follow-up to her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love.		 /9
15. Lunch in Paris
Elizabeth Bard, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316042789
Bard's memoir is her story of falling in love, redefining success, and discovering what it truly means to be at home.		 13/10
ON THE RISE
16. Super Natural Every Day
Heidi Swanson, Ten Speed Press, $23, 9781580082778
Swanson helps us make nutritionally packed meals part of our daily repertoire with a collection of nearly 100 of her go-to recipes.


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for April 21, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Pale King
David Foster Wallace, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316074230
A deeply compelling and satisfying novel that remained unfinished at the time of Wallace's death in 2008.		 3/3
2. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831
Debut author Obreht tells a tale of myth and legend in this #1 Indie Next Great Read for March 2011.		 2/6
3. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Crown, $30, 9780517580516
The sixth and final installment in Auel's popular Earth's Children series.		 1/3
4. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
This new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway is a March Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/8
5. She Walks in Beauty
Caroline Kennedy (Ed.), Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401341459
Caroline Kennedy has marshaled the gifts of our greatest poets to pay tribute to the human experience.		 10/2
6. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069359
Connelly's latest legal thriller featuring Mickey Haller.		 5/2
7. Horoscopes for the Dead
Billy Collins, Random House, $24, 9781400064922
A new collection of poems by the former U.S. Poet Laureate and bestselling author of Ballistics.		 8/2
8. The Troubled Man
Henning Mankell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307593498
Mankell's brilliant new Kurt Wallander novel is an April Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/3
9. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378392
The new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novel following The Double Comfort Safari Club.		 7/4
10. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy.		 12/47
11. A Lesson in Secrets
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780061727672
Winspear's new Maisie Dobbs novel is an April Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/4
12. Drawing Conclusions- Debut
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780802119797
Leon's latest Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery is an April Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
13. Room
Emma Donoghue, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316098335
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 13/32
14. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102725
Picoult's new book is about about identity, love, marriage, and parenthood.		 15/7
15. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $29.95, 9780756404734
The mesmerizing sequel to Rothfuss' debut fantasy, The Name of the Wind.		 14/7
ON THE RISE
16. Say Her Name
Francisco Goldman, Grove Press, $24, 9780802119810
Goldman's transcendent new novel is an April Indie Next List Great Read.


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for April 21, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 2011
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 1/2
2. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
The mesmerizing new book by the author of Seabiscuit is a December 2010 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/22
3. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602
New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens.		 3/6
4. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $26, 9781400068722
Hamilton's atypical culinary memoir is a March Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/7
5. I'm Over All That: And Other Confessions- Debut
Shirley MacLaine, Atria , $22, 9781451607291
A new memoir by the award-winning actress and bestselling author.		 /1
6. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Manning Marable, Viking, $30, 9780670022205
Marable's sweeping biography of the legendary African-American activist.		 4/2
7. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594202292
Foer's unlikely journey to becoming U.S. Memory Champion explores the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives.		 7/6
8. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316001922
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is a November Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/24
9. Unfamiliar Fishes
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594487873
The bestselling author of The Wordy Shipmates retraces the impact of the arrival of New England missionaries in Hawaii in the early 1800s.		 5/4
10. The 17 Day Diet
Dr.Mike Moreno, Free Press, $25, 9781451648652
A diet book that helps you figure out the foods and routines that work best with your lifestyle.		 9/2
11. The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons From Extraordinary Lives- Debut
Katie Couric, Random House, $26, 9780812992779
Couric reflects on the good advice that has helped guide her personal and professional life.		 /1
12. Love Wins
Rob Bell, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062049643
Bell presents a vision for discovering a richer understanding of God.		 10/4
13. Physics of the Future
Michio Kaku, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385530804
Kaku's exhilarating vision of science in the coming century.		 /3
14. 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read- Debut
Jesse Ventura, Dick Russell, Skyhorse, $24.95, 9781616082260
Ventura sheds new light on documents now in the public domain that the government would prefer stay under wraps.		 /1
15. All That Is Bitter and Sweet
Ashley Judd, Ballantine, $26, 9780345523617
A memoir by the award-winning actor and humanitarian.		 12/2
ON THE RISE
18. My Father's Daughter
Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $30, 9780446557313
The award-winning actress and avid foodie shares a collection of recipes and photographs celebrating the joy of preparing food for loved ones.


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for April 21, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 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/*
2. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $7.99, 9781616200718		 1/7
3. Caught
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232700		 4/4
4. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741		 6/9
5. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159		 3/56
6. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553579901		 10/*
7. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479		 5/95
8. Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand, Signet, $9.99, 9780451191144		 /*
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 7/*
10. The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455500239		 /*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for April 21, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 2/188
2. The Emerald Atlas
John Stephens, Knopf, $17.99, 9780375868702		 1/2
3. Big Nate Boredom Buster- Debut
Lincoln Peirce, Harper, $10.99, 9780062060945		 /1
4. The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide- Debut
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316043120		 /1
5. The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423113393		 3/27
6. Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399254123		 8/4
7. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316038638		 9/2
8. Moon Over Manifest
Clare Vanderpool, Delacorte, $16.99, 9780385738835		 11/14
9. Along for the Ride
Sarah Dessen, Speak, $8.99, 9780142415566		 13/2
10. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9781419700507		 5/6
11. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99, 9780316013697		 7/105
12. I Broke My Trunk!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423133094		 /9
13. I Am Number Four
Pittacus Lore, Harper, $17.99, 9780062026248		 4/10
14. The Red Pyramid
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423113386		 6/27
15. Ladder to the Moon- Debut
Maya Soetoro-Ng, Yuyi Morales (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763645700		 /1


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for April 21, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 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. The Easter Egg
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399252389		 2/14
3. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 7/*
4. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785		 4/*
5. A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Philip Christian Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596434028		 3/14
6. Little White Rabbit
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $16.99, 9780062006424		 9/6
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 6/*
8. Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad
David Soman, Jacky Davis, Dial, $16.99, 9780803734197		 5/4
9. Silverlicious
Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99, 9780061781230		 8/11
10. The Golden Egg Book
Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard Weisgard (Illus.), Golden, $8.99, 9780375827174		 /*
11. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 12/*
12. Fancy Nancy's Elegant Easter
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061703799		 /8
13. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905		 14/*
14. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 /*
15. The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $8.99, 9780061074295		 /*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for April 21, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 2011
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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 39 Clues (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, et al., Scholastic
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. Mortal Instruments (hardcover and paperback)
Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
10. Warriors: Omen of the Stars (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 2011

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

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

18. My Name Is Mary Sutter
Robin Oliveira, Penguin, $15, 9780143119135

19. The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giordano, Penguin, $15, 9780143118596

20. Ape House
Sara Gruen, Spiegel & Grau, $15, 9780385523226

21. A Question of Belief
Donna Leon, Penguin, $15, 9780143118954

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

23. Lord of Misrule
Jaimy Gordon, Vintage, $15, 9780307946737

24. The Three Weissmanns of Westport
Cathleen Schine, Picador, $14, 9780312680527

25. The Double Comfort Safari Club
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $14, 9780307277480

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

27. Solar
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $15, 9780307739537

28. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497

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

30. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $13.95, 9780312370848

31. Anthill
Edward Osborne Wilson, Norton, $14.95, 9780393339703

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

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

34. True Grit
Charles Portis, Overlook, $14.95, 9781590204597

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

36. Pearl of China
Anchee Min, Bloomsbury, $15, 9781608193127

37. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780060852580

38. The Windup Girl
Paolo Bacigalupi, Night Shade, $14.95, 9781597801584

39. Men and Dogs
Katie Crouch, Back Bay , $13.99, 9780316002141

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

41. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771

42. Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316066525

43. The Lotus Eaters
Tatjana Soli, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9780312674441

44. The Finkler Question
Howard Jacobson, Bloomsbury, $15, 9781608196111

45. Heart of the Matter
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9780312554170

46. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835

47. Angelology
Danielle Trussoni, Penguin, $16, 9780143118466

48. The Elephant's Journey
Jose Saramago, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547574110

49. The Island
Elin Hilderbrand, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316043885

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 2011

16. Super Natural Every Day
Heidi Swanson, Ten Speed, $23, 9781580082778

17. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252

18. Drive
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $16, 9781594484803

19. The Dirty Life
Kristin Kimball, Scribner, $15, 9781416551614

20. Aftershock
Robert B. Reich, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307476333

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

22. This Is Not the Story You Think It Is
Laura Munson, Berkley, $15, 9780425238998

23. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316076203

24. The King's Speech
Mark Logue, Peter Conradi, Sterling, $14.95, 9781402786761

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

26. Hellhound on His Trail
Hampton Sides, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307387431

27. Have a Little Faith
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $13.99, 9781401310462

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

29. The Lost Cyclist
David Herlihy, Mariner, 14.95, 9780547521985

30. NurtureShock
Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446504133

31. Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $15, 9780385523394

32. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson, Penguin, $16, 9780143118237

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

34. Making Rounds with Oscar
David Dosa, Hyperion, $13.99, 9781401310431

35. Clean
Alejandro Junger, HarperOne, $14.99, 9780061735332

36. Crow Planet
Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316019118

37. Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas
Rebecca Solnit, Sandow Birk (Illus.), University of California Press, $24.95, 9780520262508

38. The Baseball Codes
Jason Turbow, Michael Duca, Anchor Books, $15, 9780307278623

39. Eating Animals
Jonathan Safran Foer, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316069885

40. Taking the Leap
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $14, 9781590308431

41. Silk Parachute
John McPhee, FSG, $15, 9780374532628

42. Rand McNally 2011 Road Atlas
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528355288

43. Parisians
Graham Robb, Norton, $17.95, 9780393339734

44. Now Eat This! Diet
Rocco DiSpirito, Grand Central, $22.99, 9780446584494

45. Every Day in Tuscany
Frances Mayes, Broadway, $15, 9780767929837

46. The Book of Awakening
Mark Nepo, Conari, $18.95, 9781573241175

47. Ill Fares the Land
Tony Judt, Penguin, $15, 9780143118763

48. The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande, Picador, $15, 9780312430009

49. Half the Sky
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387097

50. The Speech
Bernie Sanders, Nation, $13, 9781568586847

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 2011

16. Say Her Name
Francisco Goldman, Grove Press, $24, 9780802119810

17. Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316066730

18. The Love of My Youth
Mary Gordon, Pantheon, $25.95, 9780307377425

19. One Was a Soldier
Julia Spencer-Fleming, Minotaur, $24.99, 9780312334895

20. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670022410

21. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316038393

22. Live Wire
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525952060

23. Elizabeth I
Margaret George, Viking, $30, 9780670022533

24. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $28, 9780374158460

25. Chasing Fire
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157448

26. I'll Walk Alone
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.99, 9781439180969

27. Leonard Cohen: Poems and Songs
Leonard Cohen, Everyman's Library, $13.50, 9780307595836

28. The Uncoupling
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594487880

29. Please Look After Mom
Kyung-Sook Shin, Kyong-Suk Sin, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307593917

30. When the Killing's Done
T.C. Boyle, Viking , $26.95, 9780670022328

31. Once Upon a Time, There Was You
Elizabeth Berg, Random House, $26, 9781400068654

32. Save Me
Lisa Scottoline, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312380786

33. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307263995

34. Cold Wind
C.J. Box, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399157356

35. Swim Back to Me
Ann Packer, Knopf, $24.95, 9781400044047

36. Emily, Alone
Stewart O'Nan, Viking, $25.95, 9780670022359

37. Crunch Time
Diane Mott Davidson, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061348150

38. Heads You Lose
Lisa Lutz, David Hayward, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399157400

39. Toys
James Patterson, Neil McMahon, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097369

40. An Object of Beauty
Steve Martin, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446573641

41. Trinity Six
Charles Cumming, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312675295

42. Three Stages of Amazement
Carol Edgarian, Scribner, $25, 9781439198308

43. Field Gray
Philip Kerr, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399157417

44. 44 Charles Street
Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $28, 9780385343145

45. Minding Frankie
Maeve Binchy, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307273567

46. Mystery
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $28, 9780345505699

47. The Peach Keeper
Sarah Addison Allen, Bantam, $25, 9780553807226

48. A Red Herring Without Mustard
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342322

49. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399157226

50. Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle
Ann B. Ross, Viking, $25.95, 9780670022557

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 2011

16. The Information
James Gleick, Pantheon, $29.95, 9780375423727

17. 1861: The Civil War Awakening
Adam Goodheart, Knopf, $28.95, 9781400040155

18. My Father's Daughter
Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $30, 9780446557313

19. Origins of Political Order
Francis Fukuyama, FSG, $35, 9780374227340

20. Life
Keith Richards, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316034388

21. Fire Season
Philip Connors, Ecco Press, $24.99, 9780061859366

22. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202841

23. A Covert Affair
Jennet Conant, S&S, $28, 9781439163528

24. This Life Is in Your Hands
Melissa Coleman, Harper, $25.99, 9780061958328

25. Townie
Andre Dubus III, Norton, $25.95, 9780393064667

26. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Harper, $24.99, 9780061732379

27. Great Soul
Joseph Lelyveld, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307269584

28. A Widow's Story
Joyce Carol Oates, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062015532

29. A Band of Misfits
Andrew Baggarly, Triumph, $19.95, 9781600785986

30. Autobiography of Mark Twain
Mark Twain, University of California Press, $34.95, 9780520267190

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

32. Moby-Duck
Donovan Hohn, Viking , $27.95, 9780670022199

33. Red
Sammy Hagar, It Books, $26.99, 9780062009289

34. Change Anything
Kerry Patterson, et al., Business Plus, $26.99, 9780446573917

35. The Bond
Wayne Pacelle, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061969782

36. Our Haggadah
Cokie Roberts, Steve Roberts, Harper, $19.99, 9780062018106

37. One Hundred Names for Love
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $26.95, 9780393072419

38. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $30, 9780679444329

39. Beautiful & Pointless
David Orr, Harper, $25.99, 9780061673450

40. A Reason to Believe
Deval Patrick, Broadway Books, $21.99, 9780767931120

41. Brothers, Rivals, Victors
Jonathan W. Jordan, New American Library, $28.95, 9780451232120

42. Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704

43. The Cloud Collector's Handbook
Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Chronicle, $14.95, 9780811875424

44. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $30, 9781439107959

45. This Is Gonna Hurt
Nikki Sixx, Morrow, $29.99, 9780062061874

46. All My Friends Are Dead
Avery Monsen, Jory John, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811874557

47. The Hidden Reality
Brian Greene, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307265630

48. Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $22.95, 9780307595591

49. The Big Thirst
Charles Fishman, Free Press, $26.99, 9781439102077

50. Founding Gardeners
Andrea Wulf, Knopf, $30, 9780307269904

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 2011

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

12. The Shadow of Your Smile
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439180983

13. Fever Dream
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Vision, $9.99, 9780446554954

14. Dead in the Family
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441020157

15. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024

16. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

17. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553573428

18. The Search
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515149487

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

20. The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9781400079148

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

22. Nowhere to Run
C.J. Box, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425240557

23. Faceless Killers
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307742858

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

25. Deliver Us From Evil
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446564076

26. The Black Cat
Martha Grimes, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232946

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

28. Santa Fe Edge
Stuart Woods, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232939

29. 61 Hours
Lee Child, Dell , $9.99, 9780440243694

30. U Is for Undertow
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425238110

31. Changes
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451463470

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

33. Holly Blues
Susan Wittig Albert, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425240618

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

35. Deception
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505682

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

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

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

39. Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton, Harper, $9.99, 9780061929380

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

41. Split Image
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425239735

42. The Ice Princess
Camilla Lackberg, Pocket, $7.99, 9781451621761

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

44. Once a Spy
Keith Thomson, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307473141

45. The Burning Wire
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket, $9.99, 9781439156346

46. I, Alex Cross
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446561969

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

48. The Silent Sea
Clive Cussler, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425240083

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

50. The Third Rail
Michael Harvey, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473639

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