Weekending
April 15, 2012
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Hardcover Fiction
| 1. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
2. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
3. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
4. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
5. Elegy for Eddie
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049575
6. The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316185905
7. Harbor Nocturne
Joseph Wambaugh, Mysterious Press, $27, 9780802126108
8. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
9. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
10. Beastly Things
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802120236
11. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
12. Betrayal
Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $28, 9780385343190
13. The Book of Madness and Cures
Regina O'Melveny, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316195836
14. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595205
15. Guilty Wives
James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097567
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Hardcover Nonfiction
| 1. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
3. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
4. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
5. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
6. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
7. A Natural Woman: A Memoir
Carole King, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455512614
8. Some Assembly Required
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412
9. Full Service
Scotty Bowers, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120076
10. The Big Miss
Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989
11. Drop Dead Healthy
A.J. Jacobs, Simon & Schuster, $26, 9781416599074
12. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
13. The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward Osborne Wilson, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404138
14. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
15. The Blood Sugar Solution
Mark Hyman M.D., Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316127370
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Trade Paperback Fiction
| 1. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
2. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
3. The Troubled Man
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $15, 9780307477408
4. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
5. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
6. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560
7. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425
8. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289
9. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142
10. Drawing Conclusions
Donna Leon, Penguin, $15, 9780143120643
11. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $14.99, 9780061122415
12. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
13. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
14. Now You See Her
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446574709
15. When the Killing's Done
T.C. Boyle, Penguin, $16, 9780143120391
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
| 1. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
2. Zagat Los Angeles/So. California Restaurants 2012
Zagat, $15.95, 9781604784053
3. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
4. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537
5. Lucky Peach Issue 3
David Chang (Ed.), McSweeney's, $12, 9781936365487
6. The Information
James Gleick, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400096237
7. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
8. Slake: Los Angeles, a City and Its Stories, No. 4: Dirt
Laurie Ochoa (Ed.), Slake Media, $18, 9780984563531
9. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882
10. The Man Who Quit Money
Mark Sundeen, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485695
11. Cracking the AP Chemistry Exam
Paul Foglino, Princeton Review, $18.99, 9780375427213
12. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888
13. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
14. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World, $15, 9781577314806
15. Save the Cat!
Blake Snyder, Michael Wiese Productions, $19.95, 9781932907001
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Mass Market
| 1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
3. Sixkill
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246900
4. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
5. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305
6. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429
7. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
8. The Sentry
Robert Crais, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425245729
9. Scones & Bones
Laura Childs, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425246641
10. Live Wire
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451233936
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Children's Illustrated
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1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289
3. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379
4. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
5. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $8.99, 9780547366203
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
8. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle, Priddy, $12.99, 9780312509262
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Children's Interest
| 1. Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930
2. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
3. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429
4. Lulu and the Brontosaurus
Judith Viorst, Lane Smith (Illus.), Atheneum, $6.99, 9781416999621
5. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $9.99, 9780062024039
6. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
7. Fake Mustache
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419701948
8. Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591
9. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
John Boyne, David Fickling, $8.99, 9780385751537
10. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
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Children's Fiction Series
| 1. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. The Secret Series
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
5. Warriors
Erin Hunter, Harper
6. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Miramax
8. Big Nate
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
9. The Maze Runner
James Dashner, Delacorte
10. Ivy & Bean
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
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