Weekending
April 22, 2012
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Hardcover Fiction
| 1. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
2. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
3. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
4. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
5. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
6. Prague Fatale
Philip Kerr, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $26.95, 9780399159022
7. Harbor Nocturne
Joseph Wambaugh, Mysterious Press, $27, 9780802126108
8. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996
9. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
10. The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316185905
11. Unholy Night
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446563093
12. Waiting for Sunrise
William Boyd, Harper, $25.99, 9780061876769
13. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
14. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
15. The Book of Madness and Cures
Regina O'Melveny, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316195836
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Hardcover Nonfiction
| 1. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
2. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
3. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
4. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
5. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
6. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
7. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015 8. Taco USA
Gustavo Arellano, Scribner, $25, 9781439148617
9. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336
10. The Big Miss
Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989
11. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631
12. Some Assembly Required
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412
13. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
14. Full Service
Scotty Bowers, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120076
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. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882
3. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
4. The Magic
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $12.99, 9781451673449
5. Eat to Live
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316120913
6. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
7. Lunch in Paris
Elizabeth Bard, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316042789
8. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
9. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9780743247542
10. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
11. What to Expect When You're Expecting
Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel, Workman, $14.95, 9780761148579
12. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
13. Wall and Piece
Banksy, Random House, $22.95, 9781844137879
14. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
15. The Grand Design
Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow, Bantam, $18, 9780553384666
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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. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
4. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509
5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537
6. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305
7. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
8. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
10. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486
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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. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
3. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289
4. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379
5. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $8.99, 9780547366203
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375 8. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9780811879545
9. Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson, HarperFestival, $7.99, 9780062086525
10. Pajama Time!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761119753
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Children's Interest
| 1. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930
2. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
3. Legend
Marie Lu, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256752
4. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
5. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
6. Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763644321
7. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429
8. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
9. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351
10. The Scorpio Races
Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780545224901
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Children's Fiction Series
| 1. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. The 39 Clues
Rick Riordan, et al., Scholastic
3. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. Matched Trilogy
Ally Condie, Dutton
7. Winnie Years
Lauren Myracle, Puffin
8. The Maze Runner
James Dashner, Delacorte
9. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Miramax
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