September 8, 2011

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for September 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 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.		 1/22
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.		 2/107
3. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 5/84
4. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 3/24
5. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 4/17
6. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713
A moving love story by the author of The Understudy.		 6/10
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).		 8/40
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.		 7/117
9. Fall of Giants- Debut
Ken Follett, NAL, $25, 9780451232571
Book One of Follett's Century Trilogy is now available in paperback.		 /1
10. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII.		 9/31
11. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701
Indies are still handselling this rich, romantic story set in a long-ago traveling circus.		 11/136
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.		 10/35
13. 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.		 13/6
14. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648
Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England.		 15/81
15. 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.		 12/7
ON THE RISE
16. Great House
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 9780393340648
A brilliant novel by the bestselling author of The History of Love.


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 2011
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research.		 1/26
2. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.		 3/34
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.		 2/12
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.		 4/17
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.		 6/23
6. 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.		 7/44
7. 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.		 5/13
8. Let's Take the Long Way Home
Gail Caldwell, Random House, $14, 9780812979114
Caldwell's heartwarming memoir of her friendship with author Caroline Knapp.		 11/4
9. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915
Mukherjee's comprehensive history of cancer is now in paperback.		 8/4
10. 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.		 10/21
11. 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.		 9/27
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."		 14/205
13. Life
Keith Richards, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316034418
An autobiography of the legendary founding member of the Rolling Stones.		 12/18
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.		 /3
15. Inside of a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16, 9781416583431
This bestseller explores what dogs know and how they think.		 13/49


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for September 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 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.		 1/13
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.		 2/28
3. The Leftovers- Debut
Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312358341
In his new novel, Perrotta looks at what happens when millions of people suddenly disappear without explanation. A September Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
4. 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.		 3/8
5. 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.		 4/6
6. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $25, 9780345525543
Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others is a September Indie Next List Great Read.		 11/2
7. 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.		 5/4
8. The Keeper of Lost Causes
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525952480
The first book in Adler-Olsen's Department Q crime fiction series is a September 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/2
9. A Trick of the Light- Debut
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312655457
The engrossing new Chief Inspector Gamache mystery by the author of Bury Your Dead is a September Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
10. 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.		 6/12
11. 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.		 7/67
12. The Buddha in the Attic- Debut
Julie Otsuka, Knopf, $22, 9780307700001
Otsuka's new novel tells the story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago.		 /1
13. 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.		 8/18
14. We the Animals- Debut
Justin Torres, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18, 9780547576725
This deeply moving debut novel about growing up is a September Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
15. The Art of Fielding- Debut
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment, is a September Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
ON THE RISE
21. The Cut
George Pelecanos, Reagan Arthur, $25.99, 9780316078429
A masterful new crime novel about an Iraq War veteran turned investigator, by the award-winning author of Shame the Devil.


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 2011
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir- Debut
Dick Cheney, Threshold Editions, $35, 9781439176191
A memoir by the former vice president.		 /1
2. 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.		 1/17
3. 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.		 2/42
4. 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!		 3/14
5. 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.		 5/4
6. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.		 6/22
7. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202995
In Fuller's sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, she returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family.		 4/2
8. 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.		 7/8
9. 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.		 8/15
10. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $26, 9780345521088
The heartwarming true story of the plow-horse that won the 1958 National Horse Show is a September Indie Next List Great Read.		 11/2
11. 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.		 10/8
12. 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.		 9/4
13. Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens- Debut
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $30, 9781455502776
A collection of essays by the popular political and social commentator.		 /1
14. 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.		 /4
15. Just My Type: A Book About Fonts- Debut
Simon Garfield, Gotham, $27.50, 9781592406524
A very entertaining and revealing guide to the history of type, and what our favorite fonts say about us.		 /1


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for September 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 2011
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716		 1/21
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901		 2/22
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428		 3/20
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024		 4/22
5. The Reversal
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750		 6/2
6. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117		 5/7
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789		 7/*
8. American Assassin- Debut
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416595199		 /1
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488		 9/*
10. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966		 /*


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Children's Interest



Bestseller List for September 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 2011
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Darth Paper Strikes Back
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279		 1/2
2. Wildwood- Debut
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, $17.99, 9780062024688		 /1
3. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 2/208
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 3/13
5. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880		 4/12
6. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 5/17
7. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257		 9/13
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99, 9780316013697		 6/125
9. Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life
James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Laura Park (Illus.), Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316101875		 8/10
10. Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423143437		 7/12
11. 13 Gifts- Debut
Wendy Mass, Scholastic, $16.99, 9780545310031		 /1
12. Scumble
Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142419625		 12/4
13. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 14/*
14. The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423113393		 10/47
15. Bloodlines- Debut
Richelle Mead, Razorbill, $18.99, 9781595143174		 /1


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for September 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 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		 2/8
3. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732		 3/4
4. Llama Llama Home with Mama
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012329		 4/2
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 12/*
6. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $14.99, 9780811879545		 /19
7. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 6/*
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 5/*
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 7/*
10. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 14/12
11. A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Philip Christian Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596434028		 /33
12. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341		 10/*
13. Pete the Cat: Rocking in my School Shoes
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061910241		 13/5
14. Moo- Debut
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $16.99, 9781442435032		 /1
15. You Will Be My Friend!- Debut
Peter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316070300		 /1


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for September 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 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. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Gordon Korman, et al., Scholastic
New in Series: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 1: The Medusa Plot (9780545298391)
5. Lorien Legacies (hardcover and paperback)
Pittacus Lore, Harper
6. Big Nate (hardcover and paperback)
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
7. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
9. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 2011

16. Great House
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 9780393340648

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

18. Faithful Place
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143119494

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

20. By Nightfall
Michael Cunningham, Picador USA, $15, 9780312610432

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

22. The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
Julia Stuart, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307476913

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. In the Company of Others
Jan Karon, Penguin, $16, 9780143119913

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

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

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

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

43. The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618706419

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

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

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

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

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

49. Skippy Dies
Paul Murray, Faber & Faber, $16, 9780865478619

50. You Deserve Nothing
Alexander Kolya Maksik, Europa Editions, $15, 9781609450489

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 2011

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

17. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051

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

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

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

21. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.
Sam Wasson, Harper Perennial, $13.99, 9780061774164

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. Slow Love
Dominique Browning, Plume Books, $15, 9780452297500

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

33. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Alexandra Fuller, Random House, $15, 9780375758997

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway, Scribner, $15, 9781439182710

41. Last Call
Daniel Okrent, Scribner, $17, 9780743277044

42. A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263

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

44. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946

45. The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316346627

46. Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., Avery, $17, 9781583333006

47. When Parents Text
Sophia Fraioli, Lauren Kaelin, Workman, $10.95, 9780761166047

48. Lunch in Paris
Elizabeth Bard, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316042789

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

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 2011

16. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Crown, $24, 9780307887436

17. Kill Me If You Can
James Patterson, Marshall Karp, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097543

18. Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva, Harper, $26.99, 9780062072184

19. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831

20. The Last Werewolf
Glen Duncan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595089

21. The Cut
George Pelecanos, Reagan Arthur, $25.99, 9780316078429

22. Only Time Will Tell
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312539559

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

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

25. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $23.99, 9780061579035

26. Flash and Bones
Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439102411

27. House of Holes
Nicholson Baker, S&S, $25, 9781439189511

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

29. Ghost Story
Jim Butcher, Roc, $27.95, 9780451463791

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

31. The Most Dangerous Thing
Laura Lippman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061706516

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

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

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

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

36. The Measure of the Magic
Terry Brooks, Del Rey, $27, 9780345484208

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

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

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

40. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345

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

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

43. The Sookie Stackhouse Companion
Charlaine Harris (Ed.), Ace, $30, 9780441019717

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

45. A Bitter Truth
Charles Todd, Morrow, $24.99, 9780062015709

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

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

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

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

50. Northwest Angle
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $24.99, 9781439153956

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 2011

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

17. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper, $26.99, 9780061988349

18. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602

19. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $26, 9781439176580

20. What It Is Like to Go to War
Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802119926

21. SEAL Team Six
Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9780312699451

22. Boo: The Life of the World's Cutest Dog
J.H. Lee, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452103068

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

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

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

26. Rafa
Rafael Nadal, John Carlin, Hyyperion, $27.99, 9781401324513

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

28. Incognito
David M. Eagleman, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307377333

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

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

31. 40 Years of Chez Panisse
Alice Waters, Clarkson Potter, $55, 9780307718266

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

33. I Am Maru
Mugumogu, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062088413

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

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

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

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

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

39. Through My Eyes
Tim Tebow, Harper, $26.99, 9780062007285

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

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

42. Love Wins
Rob Bell, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062049643

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

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

45. David Crockett
Michael Wallis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393067583

46. The Triple Agent
Joby Warrick, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534185

47. Jesus Calling
Sarah Young, Integrity , $14.99, 9781591451884

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

49. Tomatoland
Barry Estabrook, Adrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781449401092

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 2011

11. 1105 Yakima Street
Debbie Macomber, Mira, $7.99, 9780778312512

12. Port Mortuary
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243602

13. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479

14. The Emperor's Tomb
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505507

15. Hell's Corner
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446571418

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

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

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

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

20. The Glass Rainbow
James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781439128312

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

22. The Rembrandt Affair
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451233998

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

24. The Fifth Woman
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307946669

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. Lost Empire
Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243619

33. Canyons of Night
Jayne Castle, Jove, $7.99, 9780515149883

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. One Grave at a Time
Jeaniene Frost, Avon, $7.99, 9780061783197

47. The Black Prism
Brent Weeks, Orbit, $7.99, 9780316068130

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

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

50. Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue
Stephanie Laurens, Avon, $7.99, 9780062068606

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