August 30, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 30, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 26, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy.
1/21
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy.
2/19
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy.
3/19
4. 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.
5/8
5. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
A provocative novel set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto.
4/16
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.
7/13
7. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose.
6/9
8. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.
8/18
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.
9/21
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.
10/13
11. 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.
11/2
12. The Keeper of Lost Causes- Debut
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Plume, $16, 9780452297906
The first book in Adler-Olsen's Department Q crime fiction series.
/1
13. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.
15/43
14. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback.
13/21
15. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.
14/18


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 30, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 26, 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.
1/17
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.
4/5
3. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.
2/34
4. 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.
3/5
5. 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.
5/7
6. 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.
8/77
7. 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.
7/63
8. 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.
6/18
9. 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.
14/6
10. That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back- Debut
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, Picador, $16, 9781250013729
An exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal.
/1
11. 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.
10/14
12. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself- Debut
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $16.95, 9781572245372
Spiritual teacher Singer explores the question of who we are and concludes that our identity is to be found in our consciousness.
/1
13. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain- Debut
David M. Eagleman, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307389923
Renowned neuroscientist Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries.
/1
14. 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.
12/62
15. 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.
15/59


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 30, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 26, 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.
1/12
2. 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.
11/2
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.
8/49
4. 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.
5/11
5. 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.
2/5
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.
3/3
7. 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.
7/3
8. 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.
4/10
9. 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.
15/14
10. Lionel Asbo: State of England- Debut
Martin Amis, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307958082
A savagely funny new novel by the author of London Fields.
/1
11. 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.
6/7
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.
9/4
13. The Bartender's Tale- Debut
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.
/1
14. The Fallen Angel
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073129
A new Vatican-set thriller featuring Gabriel Allon, from the bestselling author of Portrait of a Spy.
10/6
15. 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.
/13
ON THE RISE
16. The Orchardist
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.
 


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 30, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 26, 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.
1/23
2. 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.
2/93
3. Dearie
Bob Spitz, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307272225
An entertaining and in-depth new biography of Julia Child.
3/3
4. 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.
7/2
5. 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.
4/13
6. 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.
5/4
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.
12/2
8. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
11/35
9. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.
15/29
10. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852
Klein's view of the Obama administration's political inner workings.
6/12
11. 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!
8/51
12. Winter Journal- Debut
Paul Auster, Holt, $26, 9780805095531
Auster's highly personal meditation on the passage of time.
/1
13. Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story- Debut
Jim Holt, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404091
A fascinating look at the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times.
/1
14. Paterno- Debut
Joe Posnanski, S&S, $28, 9781451657494
Posnanski's biography of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno.
/1
15. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
10/17


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 30, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 26, 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
1/72
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429
3/73
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
2/71
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
4/73
5. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
6/60
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
5/*
7. The Litigators
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530561
8/9
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7/*
9. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339683
9/*
10. Kill Shot- Debut
Vince Flynn, Atria, $9.99, 9781416595229
/1


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for August 30, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 26, 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
2/33
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
1/259
3. Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432
4/3
4. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316201575
3/6
5. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
5/23
6. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
8/68
7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697
7/149
8. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
14/64
9. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
6/*
10. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268
13/*
11. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $9.99, 9780142402511
9/7
12. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880
/29
13. The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140385724
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14. When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead, Yearling, $6.99, 9780375850868
10/3
15. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for August 30, 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
1/*
2. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
6/*
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
3/*
4. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442457027
2/9
5. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
12/49
6. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
11/*
7. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
14/*
8. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
4/*
9. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
5/*
10. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
13/6
11. Kindergarten, Here I Come!
D.J. Steinberg, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448456249
7/3
12. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
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13. Rocket Writes a Story
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375870866
10/5
14. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap , $3.99, 9780448425009
9/30
15. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
8/46


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 30, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 26, 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. Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
4. Lorien Legacies (hardcover and paperback)
Pittacus Lore, Harper
New in Series: The Rise of Nine
5. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
8. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
9. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
10. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 26, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

42. Dark Places
Gillian Flynn, Three Rivers Press, $14, 9780307341570

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

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

45. Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, Picador, $12, 9781250007650

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

47. Aleph
Paulo Coelho, Vintage, $15, 9780307744579

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

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

50. The Girl in the Blue Beret
Bobbie Ann Mason, Random House, $15, 9780812978872

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 26, 2012

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

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

18. I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307276827

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. Three Simple Steps
Trevor Blake, Benbella, $12.95, 9781936661718

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

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

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

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

35. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

37. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster, Harper, $14.99, 9780060009427

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

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

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

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

42. Blue Nights
Joan Didion, Vintage, $15, 9780307387387

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

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

45. How to Write a Sentence
Stanley Fish, Harper, $14.99, 9780061840531

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

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

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

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

50. Half Empty
David Rakoff, Anchor, $14.95, 9780767929059

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 26, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. The Beautiful Mystery
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312655464

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

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

40. Gold
Chris Cleave, S&S, $27, 9781451672725

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

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

43. When It Happens to You
Molly Ringwald, It Books, $24.99, 9780061809460

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

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

46. Friends Forever
Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $28, 9780385343213

47. Home
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $24, 9780307594167

48. Trickster's Point
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $24.99, 9781451645675

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

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

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 26, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. Subversives
Seth Rosenfeld, Rosenfeld, FSG, $40, 9780374257002

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

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

28. What Light Can Do
Robert Hass, Ecco Press, $29.99, 9780061923920

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

41. Solo
Hope Solo, Harper, $24.99, 9780062136749

42. I Hate Everyone... Starting with Me
Joan Rivers, Berkley, $25.95, 9780425248300

43. Hello Goodbye Hello
Craig Brown, S&S, $26.95, 9781451683608

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

45. Shadowbosses
Mallory Factor, Center Street, $24.99, 9781455522743

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

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

48. The Blood Sugar Solution
Mark Hyman M.D., Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316127370

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

50. Bailout
Neil Barofsky, Free Press, $26, 9781451684933

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 26, 2012

11. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. Tripwire
Lee Child, Jove, $9.99, 9780515143072

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

33. Naughty in Nice
Rhys Bowen, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425251454

34. Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446547574

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

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

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

38. The American Heritage Dictionary
Dell, $7.99, 9780553583229

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

48. Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare, Pocket, $5.99, 9780743477116

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

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

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