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Bestseller List for September 2, 2010
from sales the week ending August 29, 2010

Hardcover Fiction                                                                                                   Last Week/
                                                                                              Weeks on List
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy.
1/14
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
This wonderful debut set in the rural South of the 1960s is a February 2009 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/81
3. Star Island
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272584
Hiaasen's hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane.
3/5
4. Three Stations
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $25.99, 9780743276740
The seventh Arkady Renko novel by the bestselling author of Stalin's Ghost.
5/2
5. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell, Random House, $26, 9781400065455
The riveting new novel by the author of Cloud Atlas is a July Indie Next List Great Read.
4/9
6. Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $26, 9781400066407
The new satiric novel by the author of Absurdistan is an August Indie Next List Great Read.
7/5
7. The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman, Dial, $26, 9780385340854
The wonderful new novel by the author of Intuition is a July Indie Next List Great Read.
6/7
8. The Red Queen
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563723
The new Cousins' War novel by the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl.
10/4
9. The Postcard Killers
James Patterson, Liza Marklund, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316089517
NYPD detective Jacob Kanon investigates the murders of couples vacationing in Europe.
9/2
10. The Rembrandt Affair
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156588
Gabriel Allon, master art restorer and assassin, returns in Silva's latest thriller.
8/6
11. The Passage
Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $27, 9780345504968
Cronin's terrifying and entertaining new novel is the #1 June Indie Next List Great Read pick.
13/12
12. I Curse the River of Time
Per Petterson, Graywolf, $23, 9781555975562
The latest novel by the author of Out Stealing Horses is an August Indie Next List Great Read.
11/3
13. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Aimee Bender, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385501125
Bender's memorable novel about a young girl with a magical gift is a June Indie Next List Great Read.
12/13
14. The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
Julia Stuart, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385533287
Stuart's charming second novel is an August Indie Next List Great Read.
14/3
15. Faithful Place
Tana French, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021871
The mesmerizing new novel by the bestselling author of The Likeness is the #1 July Indie Next List Great Read.
/6
ON THE RISE
17. I'd Know You Anywhere
Laura Lippman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061706554
Lippman's riveting new novel of suspense is a September Indie Next List Great Read.

Hardcover Nonfiction                                                                                                  Last Week/
                                                                                             Weeks on List
1. Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704
Halpern's hilarious and touching portrait of his relationship with his father.
1/16
2. Let's Take the Long Way Home
Gail Caldwell, Random House, $23, 9781400067381
Caldwell's heartwarming new memoir is an August Indie Next List Great Read.
11/3
3. The Power
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $23.95, 9781439181782
Byrne's follow-up to the international bestseller The Secret.
3/2
4. Women Food and God
Geneen Roth, Scribner, $24, 9781416543077
A penetrating and irreverent "guide for life" by the author of When Food Is Love.
2/23
5. Packing for Mars
Mary Roach, Norton, $25.95, 9780393068474
A very entertaining look at space travel by the bestselling author of Bonk.
4/4
6. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.
7/64
7. Medium Raw
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $26.99, 9780061718946
Bourdain's eagerly awaited follow-up to Kitchen Confidential.
6/12
8. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $27.50, 9781416591054
A vivid historical account of the 40-year battle between the Comanches and white settlers for control of the American West.
5/9
9. Four Fish
Paul Greenberg, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202568
Greenberg examines the ways fish gets to our dinner tables and how to make sustainable seafood the rule rather than the exception.
9/5
10. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393072235
A highly entertaining look at the U.S. financial crisis by the bestselling author of Liar's Poker and Moneyball.
10/24
11. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
Gilbert's follow-up to her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love is a January Indie Next List Great Read.
8/23
12. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.
Sam Wasson, Harper, $19.99, 9780061774157
Wasson's fascinating look at Audrey Hepburn and the filming of Breakfast at Tiffany's.
15/5
13. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown , $27.99, 9780316017923
The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.
13/83
14. The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam- Debut
Eliza Griswold, FSG, $27, 9780374273187
A riveting investigation of the fault line between Christian and Muslim worlds.
/1
15. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research.
/29
ON THE RISE
17. The Murder Room
Michael Capuzzo, Gotham, $26, 9781592401420
A team of the world's finest forensic investigators looks at famous cold cases.

Trade Paperback Fiction                                                                                                Last Week/
                                                                                           Weeks on List
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
The bestselling debut thriller--the first in the trilogy by the late Swedish journalist Larsson--is now available in paperback.
1/62
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is now available in paperback.
2/23
3. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England is now available in paperback.
3/28
4. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country is now available in paperback.
4/31
5. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780060852580
Kingsolver's November 2009 Indie Next List Great Read is now available in paperback.
5/6
6. Tinkers
Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123
Harding's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel looks at love, loss, and the beauty of nature.
6/16
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
A look at life through the eyes of Enzo, a mixed-breed pooch, is now available in paperback.
7/64
8. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
McCann's lyrical novel about Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center is the winner of the 2009 National Book Award for fiction.
8/39
9. A Gate at the Stairs- Debut
Lorrie Moore, Vintage, $15, 9780375708466
Moore's graceful novel, her first in 15 years, is now available in paperback.
/1
10. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
Barbery's novel, a major bestseller in Europe, is a September 2008 Indie Next List Notable title.
14/104
11. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
An evocative novel of Japanese-Americans in Seattle during World War II.
12/46
12. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
Goolrick's bestselling debut novel is now available in paperback.
11/34
13. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307474711
A moving love story by the author of The Understudy.
9/9
14. Her Fearful Symmetry
Audrey Niffenegger, Scribner, $15, 9781439169018
Niffenegger's haunting follow-up to The Time Traveler's Wife is now available in paperback.
10/9
15. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
This remarkable historical novel is an October 2008 Indie Next List Great Read.
13/82

Trade Paperback Nonfiction                                                                                              Last Week/
                                                                                           Weeks on List
1. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $16, 9780143118428
The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning.
1/9
2. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943
The gripping true story of a man who chose to remain in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to protect his home and business.
6/11
3. Where Men Win Glory
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307386045
Krakauer's look at the remarkable life and death of Pat Tillman is now available in paperback.
2/5
4. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
3/187
5. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
Rhoda Janzen, Holt, $14, 9780805092257
A funny and moving memoir about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis.
5/20
6. Lit
Mary Karr, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060596996
The new memoir by the bestselling author of The Liar's Club is now available in paperback.
4/9
7. The Good Soldiers
David Finkel, Picador, $15, 9780312430023
Pulitzer Prize-winner Finkel's masterful account of American soldiers fighting in Iraq.
11/3
8. Open
Andre Agassi, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307388407
The autobiography of tennis great Andre Agassi.
/2
9. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
A guide to eating wisely by the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food.
7/35
10. Half the Sky
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387097
Powerful true stories of women overcoming adversity and injustice.
8/13
11. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin , $16, 9780143038580
A hard-boiled look at the food chain.
13/155
12. Shop Class as Soulcraft
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $15, 9780143117469
Crawford examines the importance of understanding how things work and "manual competence."
10/18
13. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing.
9/177
14. Strength in What Remains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $16, 9780812977615
The gripping story of Deo, a young man who fled the African nation of Burundi during the country's civil war.
12/17
15. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2011- Debut
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985163
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more.
/1

Children's Interest                                                                                                  Last Week/
                                                                                              Weeks on List
1. The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future
Dav Pilkey, Blue Sky, $9.99, 9780545175302
1/3
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
2/155
3. Beezus and Ramona
Beverly Cleary, Tracy Dockray (Illus.), Harper, $5.99, 9780061914614
3/*
4. Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
Simon Beecroft, DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756655297
5/20
5. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9780810996168
4/23
6. Scumble
Ingrid Law, Dial, $16.99, 9780803733077
9/2
7. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $13.99, 9780316125581
7/13
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
8/75
9. Savvy
Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142414330
6/22
10. The Maze Runner- Debut
James Dashner, Delacorte, $9.99, 9780385737951
/1
11. Big Nate: In a Class by Himself
Lincoln Peirce, Harper, $12.99, 9780061944345
15/22
12. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia
DK Publishing, $16.99, 9780756663087
/4
13. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257
11/11
14. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
/79
15. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Aladdin, $6.99, 9781416936473
/2

Children's Illustrated                                                                                              Last Week/
                                                                                           Weeks on List
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
1/*
2. It's a Book
Lane Smith, Roaring Brook, $12.99, 9781596436060
5/2
3. How Rocket Learned to Read
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375858994
2/5
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
3/*
5. Star Wars: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $14.95, 9780761158462
4/16
6. City Dog, Country Frog
Mo Willems, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423103004
12/11
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper , $17.95, 9780060254926
6/*
8. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
13/*
9. Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink
Victoria Kann, Harper, $3.99, 9780061927324
8/12
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
/*
11. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10/*
12. Heads- Debut
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $17.99, 9781442403796
/1
13. Ladybug Girl at the Beach
David Soman, Jacky Davis, Dial, $16.99, 9780803734166
7/15
14. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap , $3.99, 9780448425009
11/*
15. Pinkalicious: School Rules!
Victoria Kann, Harper, $3.99, 9780061928857
9/8

 

 

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