Weekending
April 29, 2012
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Hardcover Fiction
| 1. The Wind Through the Keyhole
Stephen King, Scribner, $27, 9781451658903
2. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
3. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
4. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
5. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
6. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996
7. Harbor Nocturne
Joseph Wambaugh, Mysterious Press, $27, 9780802126108
8. Beastly Things
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802120236
9. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
10. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
11. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
12. Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, FSG, $18, 9780374281144
13. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
14. The Cove
Ron Rash, Ecco Press, $26.99, 9780061804199
15. Arcadia
Lauren Groff, Voice, $25.99, 9781401340872
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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. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
6. Subliminal
Leonard Mlodinow, Pantheon, $25.95, 9780307378217
7. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
8. Prague Winter
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062030313
9. Still the Best Hope
Dennis Prager, Broadside, $26.99, 9780061985126
10. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
11. The Presidents Club
Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy, S&S, $32.5, 9781439127704
12. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015 13. Midnight in Peking
Paul French, Penguin, $26, 9780143121008
14. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
15. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
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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 Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
5. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425
6. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
7. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
8. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
9. Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $15, 9781608196265
10. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560
11. Pirate King
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $15, 9780553386752
12. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307742995
13. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
14. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
15. Treason at Lisson Grove
Anne Perry, Ballantine, $15, 9780345510594
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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. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
4. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey, Amistad Press, $13.99, 9780061728983
5. The Rich and the Rest of Us
Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Smileybooks, $12, 9781401940638
6. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
7. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
8. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
9. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
10. Seal Team Six
Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's Griffin, $15.99, 9781250006950
11. Area 51
Annie Jacobsen, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316202305
12. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915
13. Secret Stairs
Charles Fleming, Santa Monica Press, $16.95, 9781595800503
14. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943
15. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Manning Marable, Penguin, $18, 9780143120322
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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 Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305
5. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
6. Sixkill
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246900
7. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
9. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
10. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455508976
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Children's Illustrated
| 1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
2. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. The Story of Ferdinand
Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99, 9780140502343
5. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. By the Great Horn Spoon
Sid Fleischman, Eric Von Schmidt, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316286121 7. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
8. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289
9. Here Comes the Flower Girl!
Julie Andrews, Christine Davenier (Illus.), Little, Brown, $16.99, 9780316185615
10. Beach Bugs
David A. Carter, Little Simon, $11.99, 9781416950554
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Children's Interest
| 1. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930
2. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $9.99, 9780062024039
3. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
4. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268
5. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429
6. Lulu and the Brontosaurus
Judith Viorst, Lane Smith (Illus.), Atheneum, $6.99, 9781416999621
7. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
8. Starters
Lissa Price, Delacorte, $17.99, 9780385742375
9. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
10. Legend
Marie Lu, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256752
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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. The Secret Series
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
4. The 39 Clues
Rick Riordan, et al., Scholastic
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. Matched Trilogy
Ally Condie, Dutton
7. Ivy & Bean
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. Ranger's Apprentice
John Flanagan, Puffin
9. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
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