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Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012
16. An Object of Beauty
Steve Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446573658
17. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
18. Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747
19. The Lake of Dreams
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $16, 9780143120360
20. The Best American Short Stories 2011
Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242163
21. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409
22. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102732
23. A Secret Kept
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $14.99, 9780312553494
24. Emily, Alone
Stewart O'Nan, Penguin, $15, 9780143120490
25. The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman, Dial, $15, 9780385343671
26. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701
27. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
28. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
29. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $12.99, 9780765330345
30. The Sherlockian
Graham Moore, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446572583
31. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
32. The Best American Nonrequired Reading
Dave Eggers (Ed.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547577432
33. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, NAL, $25, 9780451232571
34. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648
35. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
36. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $17, 9780553386790
37. Great House
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 9780393340648
38. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $14.99, 9780061122415
39. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713
40. Sister
Rosamund Lupton, Broadway Books, $14, 9780307716521
41. Headhunters
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307948687
42. City of Thieves
David Benioff, Plume, $15, 9780452295292
43. The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9780743273565
44. The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781416550556
45. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455510313
46. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
47. World War Z
Max Brooks, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307346612
48. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $16, 9780679775430
49. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9781416586296
50. Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $15, 9780812977868
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