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Hardcover Fiction
1. Deadlocked
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9781937007447
2. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
3. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
4. Robert B. Parker's Lullaby
Ace Atkins, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399158032
5. Harbor Nocturne
Joseph Wambaugh, Mysterious Press, $27, 9780802126108
6. The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316185905
7. The Wind Through the Keyhole
Stephen King, Scribner, $27, 9781451658903
8. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
9. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996
10. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
11. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
12. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
13. Wildcat Play
Helen Knode, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24, 9780151004294
14. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
15. Unholy Night
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446563093
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078
2. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
3. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
4. End This Depression Now!
Paul Krugman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393088779
5. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
6. Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509
7. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
8. Subliminal
Leonard Mlodinow, Pantheon, $25.95, 9780307378217
9. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
10. Prague Winter
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062030313
11. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
12. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
13. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336
14. Manhunt
Peter L. Bergen, Crown, $26, 9780307955579
15. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
4. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425
5. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
6. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
7. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
8. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307742995
9. The Troubled Man
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $15, 9780307477408
10. The Last Boyfriend
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425246030
11. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
12. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409 13. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
14. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
15. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
2. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey, Amistad Press, $13.99, 9780062190987
3. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
4. Area 51
Annie Jacobsen, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316202305
5. The Book of Deadly Animals
Gordon Grice, Penguin, $15, 9780143120742
6. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $15, 9781439176597
7. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
8. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
9. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
10. Tattoos on the Heart
Gregory Boyle, Free Press, $14, 9781439153154
11. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
12. When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680
13. Railroaded
Richard White, Norton, $18.95, 9780393342376
14. Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316776967
15. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
Mass Market
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
5. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
6. Spider Web
Earlene Fowler, Berkley Prime Crime, $7.99, 9780425247990
7. Buried Prey
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425247891
8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537
9. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305
10. Sixkill
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246900
Children's Illustrated
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Here Comes the Flower Girl!
Julie Andrews, Christine Davenier (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316185615
3. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379
4. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $8.99, 9780547366203
5. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. The Berenstain Bears: We Love Our Mom!
Jan Berenstain, Mike Berenstain, HarperFestival, $3.99, 9780062075475 8. Ladybug Girl and Bingo
David Soman, Jacky Davis, Dial, $16.99, 9780803735828
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
10. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
Children's Interest
1. Bitterblue
Kristin Cashore, Dial, $19.99, 9780803734739
2. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930
3. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
4. Mr. Benedict's Book of Perplexing Puzzles, Elusive Enigmas, and Curious Conundrums
Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316181938
5. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
6. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697
8. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
9. Zombiekins
Kevin Bolger, Aaron Blecha (Illus.), Razorbill, $6.99, 9781595143679
10. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
Children's Fiction Series
1. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. The Kane Chronicles
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
3. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. Divergent Series
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
5. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
6. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
7. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Miramax
10. The 39 Clues
Jude Watson, et al., Scholastic

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