May 10, 2012

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for May 10, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 6, 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.		 1/5
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy.		 2/3
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy.		 3/3
4. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment.		 4/2
5. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book.		 5/2
6. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend.		 6/27
7. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425
Otsuka's story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago.		 8/7
8. 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.		 7/5
9. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction.		 9/30
10. The Last Boyfriend- Debut
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425246030
The second novel in Roberts' Inn Boonsboro trilogy.		 /1
11. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco Press, $13.99, 9780061579059
Wilson's unforgettable tale of a family of performance artists, and the effects of their art on their children.		 14/3
12. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142
Brown's delightful novel about three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much.		 10/13
13. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
Hoffman's ambitious and mesmerizing novel, set in ancient Israel, now available in paperback.		 11/5
14. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307742995
Police investigator Harry Hole is back in a bone-chilling thriller that will take him to the brink of insanity.		 13/3
15. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
A young Jewish woman is forced to flee 1938 Vienna and becomes a parlor maid in England.		 12/18
ON THE RISE
17. Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $15, 9781608196265
Ward's wrenching novel about the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty is the winner of the 2011 National Book Award for fiction.		  


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 10, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 6, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin- Debut
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 /1
2. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 1/18
3. 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.		 2/47
4. 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.		 3/2
5. 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.		 4/61
6. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
At the center of de Waal's memoir is his inherited collection of ornamental Japanese wood and ivory carvings.		 9/37
7. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537
Foer's unlikely journey to becoming U.S. Memory Champion explores the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives.		 8/10
8. 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.		 6/69
9. 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.		 7/54
10. Then Again- Debut
Diane Keaton, Random House, $16, 9780812980950
An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress.		 /1
11. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622
The story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for the Emmy Award-winning PBS program Downton Abbey.		 5/15
12. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $15, 9781439176597
Wickenden's exhilarating saga about two intrepid young women and their trip to the Colorado wilderness in the summer of 1916.		 11/2
13. 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.		 10/50
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.		 12/47
15. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
As the subtitle says, "murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America."		 /207
ON THE RISE
17. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061988356
Zuckoff's fascinating account of an American transport plane's crash in the jungle of Dutch New Guinea in 1945.		  


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for May 10, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 6, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Deadlocked- Debut
Charlaine Harris, Ace , $27.95, 9781937007447
Book 12 in the bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series.		 /1
2. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball.		 2/4
3. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
Moore's delectable confection of wit, intrigue, passion, and art history is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/5
4. The Wind Through the Keyhole
Stephen King, Scribner, $27, 9781451658903
King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of his Dark Tower fantasy saga.		 1/2
5. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
McCall Smith's 13th installment in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.		 4/5
6. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
In this new novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about.		 7/29
7. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996
A riveting new thriller by the bestselling author of Absolute Power.		 5/3
8. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
Tyler's haunting and deeply moving new novel about a man grieving the death of his wife is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/5
9. The Newlyweds- Debut
Nell Freudenberger, Knopf , $25.95, 9780307268846
A surprising and suspenseful story about the exhilaration and complications of getting, and staying, married.		 /1
10. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
A historical novel of love, family, risk, and destiny by the bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia.		 10/5
11. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.		 8/63
12. 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.		 11/33
13. The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316185905
Rogan's novel of hard choices and survival is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/4
14. Robert B. Parker's Lullaby- Debut
Ace Atkins, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399158032
Atkins keeps Parker's Spenser franchise alive in a riveting new thriller.		 /1
15. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians is a September 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.		 15/32


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 10, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson- Debut
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078
Book four of Caro's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson.		 /1
2. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life.		 2/2
3. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
The popular talk show host examines the political debate about how, when, and where to apply America's strength and power.		 1/6
4. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/7
5. End This Depression Now!- Debut
Paul Krugman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393088779
Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author Krugman's ideas for a quick and strong economic recovery.		 /1
6. Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama- Debut
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509
A brilliant, new graphic memoir by the bestselling author of Fun Home.		 /1
7. Prague Winter
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062030313
A remarkably personal and historical new memoir by the former U.S. Secretary of State.		 5/2
8. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity.		 4/7
9. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut.		 8/3
10. 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.		 7/10
11. 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.		 6/77
12. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 10/15
13. Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden--From 9/11 to Abbottabad- Debut
Peter L. Bergen, Crown , $26, 9780307955579
Bergen's gripping account of the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden.		 /1
14. The Presidents Club
Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy, S&S, $32.50, 9781439127704
A fascinating look at how U.S. presidents have worked together, and sometimes against each other, in and out of office.		 9/3
15. My Cross to Bear- Debut
Gregg Allman, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062112033
An autobiography by the legendary rock musician and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band.		 /1
ON THE RISE
18. When Women Were Birds
Terry Tempest Williams, Angela Williams, FSG, $23, 9780374288976
Williams' lyrical and caring meditation on the mystery of her mother's journals.		  


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for May 10, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 6, 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		 1/56
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429		 2/57
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/55
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/57
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 6/*
6. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell , $9.99, 9780440246305		 5/6
7. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537		 7/11
8. Buried Prey- Debut
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425247891		 /1
9. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702		 8/44
10. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290		 9/*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for May 10, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Bitterblue- Debut
Kristin Cashore, Dial, $19.99, 9780803734739		 /1
2. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930		 2/5
3. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429		 4/6
4. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 6/17
5. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 3/243
6. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 11/7
7. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 7/52
8. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 5/*
9. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785		 9/122
10. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 12/*
11. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697		 14/137
12. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 13/48
13. Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591		 15/5
14. The Drowned Cities- Debut
Paolo Bacigalupi, Little Brown , $17.99, 9780316056243		 /1
15. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257		 /28


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Children's Illustrated



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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 3/*
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 1/*
3. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289		 2/5
4. Ladybug Girl and Bingo- Debut
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803735828		 /1
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 5/*
6. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379		 4/21
7. Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons- Debut
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780062110589		 /1
8. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 8/30
9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 7/34
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 6/*
11. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061703812		 12/13
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 9/*
13. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553		 13/14
14. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 10/*
15. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375		 15/*


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for May 10, 2012
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  Children's Series  
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
New in Series: The Serpents Shadow (9781423140573)
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. Divergent Series (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
New in Series: Insurgent (9780062024046)
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. The Mysterious Benedict Society (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
7. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. Big Nate (hardcover and paperback)
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
New in Series: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (9780062086945)
10. The Brotherband Chronicles (hardcover)
John Flanagan, Philomel
New in Series: The Invaders (9780399256202)

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 6, 2012

16. The Troubled Man
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $15, 9780307477408

17. Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $15, 9781608196265

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

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

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

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

22. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560

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

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

25. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307472984

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

27. Clara and Mr. Tiffany
Susan Vreeland, Random House, $15, 9780812980189

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

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

30. What Alice Forgot
Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $15, 9780425247440

31. Doc
Mary Doria Russell, Ballantine, $15, 9780812980004

32. The Pale King
David Foster Wallace, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316074223

33. 22 Britannia Road
Amanda Hodgkinson, Penguin, $16, 9780143121046

34. Drawing Conclusions
Donna Leon, Penguin, $15, 9780143120643

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

36. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328

37. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223

38. Crusoe's Daughter
Jane Gardam, Europa Editions, $16, 9781609450694

39. Trapeze
Simon Mawer, Other Press, $15.95, 9781590515273

40. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $17, 9780553386790

41. Turn of Mind
Alice LaPlante, Grove Press, $15, 9780802145901

42. Pirate King
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $15, 9780553386752

43. The Night Strangers
Chris Bohjalian, Broadway Books, $15, 9780307395009

44. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547735023

45. The Last Werewolf
Glen Duncan, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307742179

46. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347

47. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $13.99, 9781250004345

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

49. The Lady of the Rivers
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 9781416563716

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 6, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

21. SEAL Team Six
Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's Griffin, $15.99, 9781250006950

22. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey, Amistad Press, $13.99, 9780062190987

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

24. To End All Wars
Adam Hochschild, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547750316

25. Word of Mouth Marketing
Andy Sernovitz, Greenleaf, $15.95, 9781608323661

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

27. The Man Who Quit Money
Mark Sundeen, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485695

28. The Magic
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $12.99, 9781451673449

29. Just Ride
Grant Petersen, Workman, $13.95, 9780761155584

30. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374

31. Lucky Peach Issue 3
David Chang (Ed.), McSweeney's, $12, 9781936365487

32. The Hunger Pains: A Parody
The Harvard Lampoon, Touchstone, $13.99, 9781451668209

33. Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from Storycorps
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin, $14, 9780143118800

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

35. The New New Rules
Bill Maher, Plume, $16, 9780452298293

36. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $13.95, 9780399533464

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

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

39. Maphead
Ken Jennings, Scribner, $15, 9781439167182

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

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

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

43. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
James Gleick, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400096237

44. Area 51
Annie Jacobsen, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316202305

45. The Best Advice I Ever Got
Katie Couric, Random House, $15, 9780812982589

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

47. To Marry an English Lord
Gail MacColl, Carol McD. Wallace, Workman, $15.95, 9780761171959

48. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061732478

49. Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter
Lloyd Kahn, Shelter, $26.95, 9780936070520

50. Healing After Loss
Martha Whitmore Hickman, Harper Perennial, $11.99, 9780380773381

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 6, 2012

16. Elegy for Eddie
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049575

17. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054

18. Beastly Things
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802120236

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

20. Waiting for Sunrise
William Boyd, Harper, $25.99, 9780061876769

21. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694

22. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313

23. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850

24. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803

25. The Cove
Ron Rash, Ecco, $26.99, 9780061804199

26. They Eat Puppies, Don't They?
Christopher Buckley, Twelve, $25.99, 9780446540971

27. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $25.99, 9780062060617

28. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282

29. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain, Ecco, $25.99, 9780060885595

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

31. The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur, $24.99, 9780316175678

32. The Witness
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399159121

33. Lone Wolf
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102749

34. The Expats
Chris Pavone, Crown, $26, 9780307956354

35. Prague Fatale
Philip Kerr, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $26.95, 9780399159022

36. The Uninvited Guests
Sadie Jones, Harper, $24.99, 9780062116505

37. The Lost Years
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $26.99, 9781451668865

38. The Red Book
Deborah Copaken Kogan, Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401340827

39. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Nathan Englander, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307958709

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

41. Arcadia
Lauren Groff, Voice, $25.99, 9781401340872

42. The Right-Hand Shore
Christopher Tilghman, FSG, $27, 9780374203481

43. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $26, 9780812992793

44. Unholy Night
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446563093

45. Carry the One
Carol Anshaw, S&S, $25, 9781451636888

46. Truth Like the Sun
Jim Lynch, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307958686

47. Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, FSG, $18, 9780374281144

48. A Land More Kind Than Home
Wiley Cash, Morrow, $24.99, 9780062088147

49. The Wolf Gift
Anne Rice, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595119

50. The Hunger Angel
Herta Mueller, et al., Metropolitan, $26, 9780805093018

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 6, 2012

16. Mrs. Kennedy and Me
Clint Hill, Gallery, $26, 9781451648447

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

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

19. Some Assembly Required
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412

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

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

22. The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward Osborne Wilson, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404138

23. Private Empire
Steve Coll, Penguin Press, $36, 9781594203350

24. A Natural Woman
Carole King, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455512614

25. Midnight in Peking
Paul French, Penguin, $26, 9780143121008

26. Escape from Camp 14
Blaine Harden, Viking, $26.95, 9780670023325

27. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557

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

29. What Teachers Make
Taylor Mali, Putnam Adult, $19.95, 9780399158544

30. The Big Miss
Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989

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

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

33. Farther Away
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $26, 9780374153571

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

35. Restaurant Man
Joe Bastianich, Joseph Bastianich, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023523

36. It's Even Worse Than It Looks
Thomas Mann, Norman Ornstein, Basic Books, $26, 9780465031337

37. Mother's Love
Melina Gerosa Bellows, National Geographic, $9.95, 9781426209222

38. Drop Dead Healthy
A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $26, 9781416599074

39. We Can All Do Better
Bill Bradley, Vanguard Press, $24.99, 9781593157296

40. What Money Can't Buy
Michael J. Sandel, FSG, $27, 9780374203030

41. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476

42. Subliminal
Leonard Mlodinow, Pantheon, $25.95, 9780307378217

43. The Pioneer Woman Cooks
Ree Drummond, Morrow, $29.99, 9780061997181

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

45. Do Not Ask What Good We Do
Robert Draper, Free Press, $28, 9781451642087

46. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120106

47. When I Was a Child I Read Books
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $24, 9780374298784

48. Over Time
Frank Deford, Atlantic Monthly Press, $25, 9780802120151

49. Revelations
Elaine Pagels, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023349

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending May 6, 2012

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

12. Sixkill
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246900

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

14. Mystery
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505705

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

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

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

18. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556675

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

20. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345339683

21. Dead Reckoning
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9781937007355

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

23. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455508976

24. Spider Web
Earlene Fowler, Berkley Prime Crime, $7.99, 9780425247990

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

26. Copycat Killing
Sofie Kelly, Signet, $7.99, 9780451236623

27. Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva, Harper, $9.99, 9780062073143

28. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Vision, $7.99, 9780446618328

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

30. Betrayal of Trust
J.A. Jance, Harper, $9.99, 9780061731327

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

32. The Sixth Man
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446573092

33. Live Wire
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451233936

34. The Jefferson Key
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505521

35. The Sentry
Robert Crais, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425245729

36. Murder on Sisters' Row
Victoria Thompson, Berkley Prime Crime, $7.99, 9780425248003

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

38. The Jungle
Clive Cussler, Jack B. Du Brul, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246542

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

40. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345339706

41. Mrs. Jeffries Defends Her Own
Emily Brightwell, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425248058

42. I'll Walk Alone
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439180976

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

44. Chasing Fire
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515150636

45. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117

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

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

48. The Hot Gate
John Ringo, Baen, $7.99, 9781451638189

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

50. Cold Wind
C.J. Box, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246917

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