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Hardcover Fiction
1. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
2. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
3. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
4. Harbor Nocturne
Joseph Wambaugh, Mysterious Press, $27, 9780802126108
5. Beastly Things
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $25, 9780802120236
6. Elegy for Eddie
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049575
7. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
8. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
9. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
10. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282
11. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
12. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850
13. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313
14. Dorchester Terrace
Anne Perry, Ballantine, $26, 9780345510624
15. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
3. New American Haggadah
Jonathan Safran Foer (Ed.), Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316069861
4. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
5. The Blood Sugar Solution
Mark Hyman, M.D., Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316127370
6. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
7. Some Assembly Required
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412
8. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
9. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
10. Jesus Calling
Sarah Young, Integrity, $15.99, 9781591451884
11. Full Service
Scotty Bowers, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120076
12. Mrs. Kennedy and Me
Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin, Gallery, $26, 9781451648447
13. The Big Miss
Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989
14. Rebuild the Dream
Van Jones, Nation Books, $25.99, 9781568587141
15. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier
Ree Drummond, Morrow, $29.99, 9780061997181
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
2. The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9780743273565
3. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
4. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425
5. The Troubled Man
Henning Mankell, Vintage Books, $15, 9780307477408
6. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307472984
7. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560
9. Dreams of Joy
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980547
10. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289
11. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
12. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
13. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
14. Shanghai Girls
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530
15. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
2. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
3. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882
4. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
5. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016
6. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
7. Zagat
Los Angeles/So. California Restaurants 2012 Zagat, $15.95, 9781604784053
8. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
9. Occupy World Street
Ross Jackson, J.T.Ross Jackson, Chelsea Green Publishing, $19.95, 9781603583886
10. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
11. The New
Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438 12. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9780743247542
13. On Gold Mountain
Lisa See, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307950390
14. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622
15. The Man Who Quit Money
Mark Sundeen, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485695
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. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305
4. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
5. Sixkill
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425246900
6. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
7. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537
9. Son of Stone
Stuart Woods, Signet, $9.99, 9780451236357
10. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455508976
Children's Illustrated

1. Goodnight Moon  

Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617  

2. The Tale of Peter Rabbit  

Beatrix Potter, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448435213  

3. The Lorax  

Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379  

4. I Am a Bunny  

Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785  

5. Pat the Bunny  

Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007  

6. The Runaway Bunny  

Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $8.99, 9780061074295  

7. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?  

Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289  

8. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?  

Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905  

9. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet  

Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061703812  

10. Peter Rabbit Easter Egg Hunt  

Beatrix Potter, Frederick Warne, $9.99, 9780723263548  

Children's Interest
1. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429
2. The Kane Chronicles Survival Guide
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423153627
3. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880
4. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
5. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351
6. The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Harvest, $10, 9780156012195
7. The Hunger Games Tribute Guide
Emily Seife, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545457828
8. Lulu and the Brontosaurus
Judith Viorst, Lane Smith (Illus.), Atheneum, $6.99, 9781416999621
9. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $9.99, 9780062024039
10. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
Children's Fiction Series
1. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Big Nate
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Ranger's Apprentice
John Flanagan, Puffin
6. The Maze Runner
James Dashner, Delacorte
7. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
8. Ivy & Bean
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. The 39 Clues
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
10. Alex Rider Adventures
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin

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