August 25, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 25, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 1/20
2. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
This mesmerizing story of a tragic past, and a present torn apart, is now a major motion picture.		 3/105
3. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 5/22
4. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713
A moving love story by the author of The Understudy.		 6/8
5. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 4/82
6. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 2/15
7. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).		 8/38
8. 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.		 7/115
9. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII.		 10/29
10. The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman, Dial, $15, 9780385340861
A delicious novel about appetite, temptation, and holding on to what is real in a virtual world.		 14/5
11. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction is now available in paperback.		 11/4
12. 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.		 15/33
13. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701
Indies are still handselling this rich, romantic story set in a long-ago traveling circus.		 9/134
14. Faithful Place
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143119494
An intriguing Dublin murder squad novel by the bestselling author of The Likeness.		 12/8
15. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648
Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England.		 13/79


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 25, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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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.		 1/24
2. 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.		 3/10
3. 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.		 2/32
4. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
A vivid historical account of the 40-year battle between the Comanches and white settlers for control of the American West.		 4/15
5. 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.		 6/21
6. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.		 5/11
7. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $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.		 7/42
8. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915
Mukherjee's comprehensive history of cancer is now in paperback.		 11/2
9. Let's Take the Long Way Home
Gail Caldwell, Random House, $14, 9780812979114
Caldwell's heartwarming memoir of her friendship with author Caroline Knapp.		 12/2
10. 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.		 8/25
11. Life
Keith Richards, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316034418
An autobiography of the legendary founding member of the Rolling Stones.		 13/16
12. 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."		 10/203
13. Inside of a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16, 9781416583431
This bestseller explores what dogs know and how they think.		 9/47
14. 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.		 /2
15. 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.		 15/19


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 25, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
The provocative new novel, set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto is a June Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/11
2. 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.		 3/26
3. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The highly anticipated fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.		 2/6
4. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/4
5. Maine
J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595126
By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family.		 8/10
6. The Magician King
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022311
Grossman returns to Fillory in the riveting sequel to his 2009 bestseller, The Magicians. An August Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/2
7. 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.		 6/65
8. Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva, Harper, $26.99, 9780062072184
International anti-terrorism expert Gabriel Allon returns in this new thriller by the author of The Rembrandt Affair.		 7/5
9. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 11/16
10. House of Holes
Nicholson Baker, S&S, $25, 9781439189511
A novel of erotic escapades, from the bestselling author of Vox.		 15/2
11. The Last Werewolf
Glen Duncan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595089
Duncan's original tale of Jake, a werewolf who is the last of his species, is a July Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/6
12. 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.		 9/24
13. Ready Player One- Debut
Ernest Cline, Crown , $24, 9780307887436
Cline's wildly original and nostalgic debut novel, set in the year 2044, is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
14. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $23.99, 9780061579035
Wilson's vibrant tale of a family of performance artists, and the effects of their art on their children, is an August Indie Next List Great Read.		 14/2
15. Ghost Story
Jim Butcher, Roc, $27.95, 9780451463791
The 13th book in Butcher's popular Dresden Files series.		 12/4
ON THE RISE
20. The Submission
Amy Waldman, FSG, $26, 9780374271565
Waldman's novel is a deeply moving story of Manhattan 10 years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 25, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 1/40
2. 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!		 4/12
3. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/15
4. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722
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.		 6/2
5. A Stolen Life
Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $24.99, 9781451629187
The incredible true story of Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping, 18-year imprisonment, and her survival--in Jaycee's own words.		 2/6
6. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 5/20
7. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $37.50, 9781416571766
McCullough's look at adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, architects, and others who set off for Paris between 1830 and 1900, with ambitions to excel in their work.		 7/13
8. Prime Time
Jane Fonda, Random House, $27, 9781400066971
Fonda's blueprint for living well and for making the most of life, especially the second half of it.		 8/2
9. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952244
An adventure travel expert--who's never actually done anything adventurous--tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu in the Andes.		 9/6
10. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602
New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens.		 10/24
11. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $26, 9781439176580
Wickenden's exhilarating saga about two intrepid young women and their trip to the Colorado wilderness in the summer of 1916.		 12/7
12. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper, $26.99, 9780061988349
Zuckoff's truly riveting work of narrative nonfiction is a May Indie Next List Great Read.		 15/12
13. Incognito
David M. Eagleman, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307377333
Renowned neuroscientist Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries.		 13/8
14. SEAL Team Six
Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9780312699451
A fascinating look at a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and counterinsurgency.		 11/15
15. Plenty
Yotam Ottolenghi, Chronicle, $35, 9781452101248
Ottolenghi presents 120 great vegetarian recipes featuring fresh combinations that will delight readers and eaters looking for a new take on vegetables.		 /3
ON THE RISE
16. A First-Rate Madness
Nassir Ghaemi, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202957
Ghaemi looks at the surprisingly deep correlation between mental illness and successful leadership, as exemplified by some of history's greatest politicians, generals, and business people.


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 25, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 2/20
2. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 1/19
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/18
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/20
5. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117		 5/5
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 6/*
7. The Glass Rainbow
James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781439128312		 8/3
8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479		 /107
9. The Rembrandt Affair
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451233998		 /6
10. Hell's Corner
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446571418		 7/8


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for August 25, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 1/206
2. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 4/11
3. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880		 3/10
4. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 2/15
5. Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life
James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Laura Park (Illus.), Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316101875		 5/8
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99, 9780316013697		 7/123
7. Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423143437		 6/10
8. The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423113393		 9/45
9. LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756682576		 10/15
10. Mr. Popper's Penguins
Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316058438		 12/13
11. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780062024022		 8/16
12. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 /32
13. Savvy
Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142414330		 14/50
14. Hero
Mike Lupica, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142419601		 /2
15. Scumble
Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142419625		 13/2


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for August 25, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 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. Skippyjon Jones, Class Action
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525422280		 2/6
3. Wizard of Oz Scanimation: 10 Classic Scenes from Over the Rainbow
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732		 9/2
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 6/*
5. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 3/*
6. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap , $3.99, 9780448425009		 8/*
7. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 4/*
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 7/*
9. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341		 10/*
10. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698		 5/*
11. A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Philip Christian Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596434028		 11/32
12. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 15/*
13. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $14.99, 9780811879545		 14/18
14. Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School- Debut
Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780062032744		 /1
15. The Night Before Preschool- Debut
Natasha Wing, Amy Wummer (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448454511		 /1


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 25, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 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. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. Big Nate (hardcover and paperback)
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
New in Series: Big Nate on a Roll
6. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
9. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. Pretty Little Liars (hardcover and paperback)
Sara Shepard, Harper Teen

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011

16. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $12.99, 9780765330345

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

18. French Lessons
Ellen Sussman, Ballantine, $15, 9780345522771

19. Juliet
Anne Fortier, Ballantine, $15, 9780345516114

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

21. Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446547604

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

23. Left Neglected
Lisa Genova, Gallery, $15, 9781439164655

24. To the End of the Land
David Grossman, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476401

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

26. Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $15, 9780812977868

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

28. The Distant Hours
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781439152799

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

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

31. The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $14, 9780743273565

32. The Magicians
Lev Grossman, Plume, $16, 9780452296299

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

34. Star Island
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446556125

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

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

37. Matterhorn
Karl Marlantes, Grove Press, $15.95, 9780802145314

38. The Widower's Tale
Julia Glass, Anchor, $15, 9780307456106

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

40. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780812976366

41. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Charles Yu, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307739452

42. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Tom Franklin, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060594671

43. I Curse the River of Time
Per Petterson, Picador, $15, 9780312429539

44. Private Life
Jane Smiley, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400033195

45. How to Be an American Housewife
Margaret Dilloway, Berkley, $15, 9780425241295

46. The Redbreast
Jo Nesbø, Harper, $14.99, 9780061134005

47. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $9, 9780140177398

48. The Lonely Polygamist
Brady Udall, Norton, $15.95, 9780393339710

49. Bury Your Dead
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $14.99, 9780312626907

50. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9781416586296

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011

16. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542

17. The Disappearing Spoon
Sam Kean, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316051637

18. The Wave
Susan Casey, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767928854

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

20. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338829

21. Rand McNally Road Atlas 2012
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528003363

22. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

24. Sex at Dawn
Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061707810

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

26. Lucky Peach, Issue 1: Ramen
Chris Ying (Ed.), McSweeney's, $10, 9781936365463

27. The Other Wes Moore
Wes Moore, Spiegel & Grau, $15, 9780385528207

28. Four Fish
Paul Greenberg, Penguin, $16, 9780143119463

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

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

31. The Tiger
John Vaillant, Vintage, $15, 9780307389046

32. The Memory Palace
Mira Bartok, Free Press, $15, 9781439183328

33. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665

34. Three Cups of Deceit
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $9.95, 9780307948762

35. The Sweet Life in Paris
David Lebovitz, Broadway, $14, 9780767928892

36. The Old Rules of Marketing Are Dead
Timothy R. Pearson, McGraw-Hill, $18, 9780071788229

37. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446

38. Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335

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

40. Medium Raw
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $15.99, 9780061718953

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

42. The Last Stand
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $18, 9780143119609

43. The Elements of Style, 4th Edition
William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, Pearson, $9.95, 9780205309023

44. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387172

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

46. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393

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

48. The Most Beautiful Walk in the World
John Baxter, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061998546

49. Citizens of London
Lynne Olson, Random House, $17, 9780812979350

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011

16. The Omen Machine
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $29.99, 9780765327727

17. Cold Vengeance
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446554985

18. Turn of Mind
Alice LaPlante, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780802119773

19. This Beautiful Life
Helen Schulman, Harper, $24.99, 9780062024381

20. The Submission
Amy Waldman, FSG, $26, 9780374271565

21. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595867

22. Iron House
John Hart, Thomas Dunne, $25.99, 9780312380342

23. Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson, Harper, $25.99, 9780062060556

24. Then Came You
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9781451617726

25. The Hypnotist
Lars Kepler, Sarah Crichton Books/FSG, $27, 9780374173951

26. Full Black
Brad Thor, Atria, $26.99, 9781416586616

27. Dreams of Joy
Lisa See, Random House, $26, 9781400067121

28. Girls in White Dresses
Jennifer Close, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307596857

29. The Lantern
Deborah Lawrenson, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049698

30. Back of Beyond
C.J. Box, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312365745

31. Once Upon a River
Bonnie Jo Campbell, Norton, $25.95, 9780393079890

32. Against All Enemies
Tom Clancy, Peter Telep, Putnam, $28.95, 9780399157301

33. Smokin' Seventeen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345527684

34. The Map of Time
Felix J. Palma, Atria, $26, 9781439167397

35. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Crown, $30, 9780517580516

36. The Devil All the Time
Donald Ray Pollock, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385535045

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

38. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $29.95, 9780756404734

39. Dick Francis's Gamble
Felix Francis, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157479

40. One Summer
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446583145

41. Conquistadora
Esmeralda Santiago, Knopf, $27.50, 9780307268327

42. Burnt Mountain
Anne Rivers Siddons, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446527897

43. The Twelfth Enchantment
David Liss, Random House, $26, 9781400068968

44. Unsaid
Neil Abramson, Center Street, $23.99, 9781599954103

45. Sisterhood Everlasting
Ann Brashares, Random House, $25, 9780385521222

46. She Walks in Beauty
Caroline Kennedy (Ed.), Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401341459

47. Victory and Honor
W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth, IV, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157554

48. Now You See Her
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316036214

49. Dead Reckoning
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9780441020317

50. Sister
Rosamund Lupton, Crown, $24, 9780307716514

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011

16. A First-Rate Madness
Nassir Ghaemi, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202957

17. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488016

18. Area 51
Annie Jacobsen, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316132947

19. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $26, 9781400068722

20. To End All Wars
Adam Hochschild, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780618758289

21. The Dukan Diet
Pierre Dukan, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307887962

22. Reckless Endangerment
Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner, Times Books, $30, 9780805091205

23. Absolute Monarchs
John Julius Norwich, Random House, $30, 9781400067152

24. The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch, Viking, $30, 9780670022755

25. The Secrets of the FBI
Ronald Kessler, Crown, $26, 9780307719690

26. The 17 Day Diet
Dr.Mike Moreno, Free Press, $25, 9781451648652

27. Wendy and the Lost Boys
Julie Salamon, Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594202988

28. A Book of Secrets
Michael Holroyd, FSG, $26, 9780374115586

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

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

31. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316001922

32. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202995

33. Mission Street Food
Karen Leibowitz, Anthony Myint, McSweeney's, $30, 9781936365159

34. A World on Fire
Amanda Foreman, Random House, $35, 9780375504945

35. The Pirates of Somalia
Jay Bahadur, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307379061

36. The Story of Charlotte's Web
Michael Sims, Walker, $25, 9780802777546

37. After America
Mark Steyn, Regnery, $29.95, 9781596981003

38. The Tao of Travel
Paul Theroux, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780547336916

39. Miette
Meg Ray, Chronicle, $27.50, 9780811875042

40. Haiti After the Earthquake
Paul Farmer, PublicAffairs, $27.99, 9781586489731

41. Sex on the Moon
Ben Mezrich, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385533928

42. God, No!
Penn Jillette, Simon & Schuster, $24.99, 9781451610369

43. Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
Nina Sankovitch, Harper, $23.99, 9780061999840

44. Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $35, 9780743246262

45. Sleeping with the Enemy
Hal Vaughan, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307592637

46. On China
Henry Kissinger, Penguin Press, $36, 9781594202711

47. Dog Sense
John Bradshaw, Basic Books, $25.99, 9780465019441

48. Those Guys Have All the Fun
James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316043007

49. There Are Things I Want You to Know about Stieg Larsson and Me
Eva Gabrielsson, Seven Stories, $23.95, 9781609803636

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011

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

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

13. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

14. Moonlight Mile
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $9.99, 9780061836954

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

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

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

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

19. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159

20. Wicked Appetite
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9780312383350

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

22. Sizzling Sixteen
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9780312383312

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

24. Spider Bones
Kathy Reichs, Pocket, $7.99, 9781439102404

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

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

27. Body Work
Sara Paretsky, Signet, $9.99, 9780451413086

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

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

30. Worth Dying For
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246299

31. Private
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Vision, $9.99, 9780446574723

32. Crossfire
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425242629

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

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

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

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

37. Edge
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket, $9.99, 9781439156360

38. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990

39. Dead and Gone
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441018512

40. The Templar Salvation
Raymond Khoury, Signet, $9.99, 9780451234278

41. The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455500239

42. Burn
Nevada Barr, Minotaur, $9.99, 9780312381806

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

44. The Reversal
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750

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

46. Caught
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232700

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

48. The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand, NAL, $9.99, 9780451191151

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

50. One for the Money
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312990459

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