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HANDLE WITH CARE, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $27.95.) A woman 1 TRUE COLORS, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s) 1 whose daughter has a dangerous birth defect must decide wheth- 17 er to sue her obstetrician, an old friend. CREAM PUFF MURDER, by Joanne Fluke. (Kensington) THE ASSOCIATE, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) An 2 6 18 2 idealistic law-school graduate is forced to take a job at a large, bru- talizing law firm. 19 BONE CROSSED, by Patricia Briggs. (Ace) PROMISES IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. (Putnam, $26.95.) Lt. Eve 1 2 3 Dallas investigates a colleague’s murder; by Nora Roberts, writ- THE SHADOW QUEEN, by Anne Bishop. (Roc) ing pseudonymously. 20

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, by James Patterson and Michael Led- 5 5 DOG ON IT, by Spencer Quinn. (Atria) 4 widge. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A New York detective raising 10 21 children alone must stop a killer. FROM DEAD TO WORSE, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace) ONE DAY AT A TIME, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $27.) A 4 2 22 5 mother and her two daughters in a Hollywood family find very different kinds of love. WHILE MY SISTER SLEEPS, by Barbara Delinsky. (Double- 23 day) 6 THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) One 8 43 woman won’’t surrender to the aliens have taken control. 24 VERY VALENTINE, by Adriana Trigiani. (Harper) NIGHT AND DAY, by Robert B. Parker. (Putnam, $25.95.) Jesse 6 2 7 Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Mass., must catch a voyeur TEMPTATION AND SURRENDER, by Stephanie Laurens. who forces women to strip at gunpoint. 25 (William Morrow)

* HEART AND SOUL, by Maeve Binchy. (Knopf, $26.95.) A doctor 7 3 SECOND OPINION, by Michael Palmer. (St. Martin’s) 8 establishes a heart clinic in a Dublin neighborhood. 26

WHITE WITCH, BLACK CURSE, by Kim Harrison. (Eos/ 3 2 THE KINDLY ONES, by Jonathan Littell. Translated by Char- 9 William Morrow, $25.99.) A witch who is also a bounty hunter 27 lotte Mandell. (Harper) avenges her lover’s murder; Book 7 of the Hollows series. THE SILENT MAN, by Alex Berenson. (Putnam) THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SO- 10 25 28 10 CIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. (Dial, $22.) A journalist travels to the island of Guernsey to meet residents who THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Putnam) resisted the Nazi occupation. 29

TERMINAL FREEZE, by Lincoln Child. (Doubleday, $24.95.) Sci- 9 2 THE WOMEN, by T. C. Boyle. (Viking) 11 entists discover an ancient creature frozen in an Arctic cave and 30 thaw it despite the villagers’ warnings. PLUM SPOOKY, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin’s) * STORM FROM THE SHADOWS, by David Weber. (Baen, $27.) 1 31 12 Star Kingdom faces an interstellar conspiracy. A DARKER PLACE, by Jack Higgins. (Putnam) PATHS OF GLORY, by Jeffrey Archer. (St. Martin’s, $27.95.) Did 1 32 13 George Mallory, who died climbing Mt. Everest in 1924, reach the summit? HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET, by 33 Jamie Ford. (Ballantine) 14 FOOL, by Christopher Moore. (Morrow, $26.99.) King Lear’s fool 11 4 tries to set things right in this comic, bawdy version. 34 DROOD, by Dan Simmons. (Little, Brown) DON’T LOOK TWICE, by Andrew Gross. (William Morrow, 1 15 $25.99.) The investigation of a drive-by shooting in Greenwich, OOLONG DEAD, by Laura Childs. (Berkley) Conn., reveals widespread corruption. 35

* THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski. 13 39 16 (Ecco, $25.95.) A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wiscon- sin woods after his father’s death.

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending March 7, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books. Copyright © 2009 The New York Times Book Review March 22, 2009 by The New York Times Best Sellers NonFiction

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OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why 2 16 THE BIG RICH, by Bryan Burrough. (Penguin Press) 1 some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.” 17

THE YANKEE YEARS, by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci. (Dou- 1 5 WHY WE SUCK, by Denis Leary. (Viking) 2 bleday, $26.95.) The former Yankee manager (1996-2007) on his 18 years with the team. TOO FAT TO FISH, by Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza. (Spie- OUT OF CAPTIVITY, by Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, Tom 5 2 19 gel & Grau) 3 Howes and Gary Brozek. (William Morrow, $26.99.) Three con- tractors escape from Colombian guerrillas. 20 NO ANGEL, by Jay Dobyns and Nils Johnson-Shelton. (Crown) THE LOST CITY OF Z, by David Grann. (Doubleday, $27.50.) 4 2 4 A New Yorker writer searches for a British explorer who disap- ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN, by Temple Grandin and Cath- peared 80 years ago in the Amazon. 21 erine Johnson. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

DEWEY, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. (Grand Central, 3 25 LAST LION, edited by Peter S. Canellos. (Simon & Schuster) 5 $19.99.) The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of an 22 Iowa public library and his rise to fame. THE RETURN OF DEPRESSION ECONOMICS AND THE ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA, by Chel- 14 31 23 CRISIS OF 2008, by Paul Krugman. (Norton) 6 sea Handler. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian. 24 THE ASCENT OF MONEY, by Niall Ferguson. (Penguin Press) * A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly. 9 21 7 (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing LORDS OF FINANCE, by Liaquat Ahamed. (Penguin Press) and career. 25

JESUS, INTERRUPTED, by Bart D. Ehrman. (HarperOne, 1 HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED, by Thomas L. Friedman. (Far- 8 $25.99.) What scholars have discovered about what the New Tes- 26 rar, Straus & Giroux) tament teaches. WHEN MARCH WENT MAD, by Seth Davis. (Times) OBAMA, with an introduction by Bill Keller and biographical 8 3 27 9 text by Jill Abramson. (Callaway, $40.) The journey to the White House, with commentary, photographs and graphics from mem- THE UNFORGIVING MINUTE, Craig M. Mullaney. (Penguin bers of the New York Times staff. 28 Press)

HOW WE DECIDE, by Jonah Lehrer. (Houghton Mifflin Har- 2 FLANNERY, by Brad Gooch. (Little, Brown) 10 court, $25.) Learning more about how we think can help us make 29 better decisions. WISHFUL DRINKING, by Carrie Fisher. (Simon & Schuster) MULTIPLE BLESSINGS, by Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin and 6 20 30 11 Beth Carson. (Zondervan, $19.) A couple has sextuplets. THE BLACK SWAN, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. (Random THE GAMBLE, by Thomas E. Ricks. (Penguin Press, $27.95.) 11 4 31 House) 12 The Iraq war from 2006 to 2008. THE BLUE SWEATER, by Jacqueline Novogratz. (Rodale) A SLOBBERING LOVE AFFAIR, by Bernard Goldberg. (Regn- 13 6 32 13 ery, $25.95.) The mainstream media’s partisan support for Obama, from a Fox News media analyst.(†) THE HOUSE OF WITTGENSTEIN, by Alexander Waugh. 33 (Doubleday) 14 MELTDOWN, by Thomas E. Woods Jr. (Regnery, $27.95.) A free- 15 4 market look at the stock-market collapse.(†) 34 GUILTY, by Ann Coulter. (Crown Forum) THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS 2009, by Barack Obama. (Pen- 10 5 15 guin, $12.) Obama’s Inaugural Address as well as two by Lincoln, ODD MAN OUT, by Matt McCarthy. (Viking) the Gettysburg Address and an Emerson essay. 35

* THE NEXT 100 YEARS, by George Friedman. (Doubleday, 12 5 16 $25.95.) A forecast of future wars and changes in nations’ eco- nomic and political power.(†)

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending March 7, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books. Copyright © 2009 March 22, 2009 by The New York Times The New York Times Book Review Paper back Best Sellers Trade Fiction

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THE SHACK, by William P. Young. (Windblown Media, $14.99.) 42 THE ALMOST MOON, by Alice Sebold. (Little, Brown) 1 A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated 21 shack, apparently by God.(†) CHANGE OF HEART, by Jodi Picoult. (Washington Square) THE READER, by Bernhard Schlink. (Vintage, $13.95.) A Ger- 14 22 2 man high school student falls in love with a former Auschwitz employee. 23 OUT STEALING HORSES, by Per Petterson. (Picador) FIREFLY LANE, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.95.) 9 3 A friendship between two women in the Pacific Northwest en- FIREPROOF, by Eric Wilson, Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kend- dures for more than three decades as they make different choices 24 rick. (Thomas Nelson) in their lives. BRIDA, by Paulo Coelho. (Harper Perennial) SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY’S, by James Patterson and Gabrielle 9 25 4 Charbonnet. (Grand Central, $13.99.) A woman finds an unex- pected love. 26 THE WEDNESDAY LETTERS, by Jason F. Wright. (Berkley) AMERICAN WIFE, by Curtis Sittenfeld. (Random House, $15.) 4 5 A pretty librarian marries the alcoholic scion of a wealthy political REMEMBER ME?, by Sophie Kinsella. (Dial) family who somehow becomes president. 27

PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, by Geraldine Brooks. (Penguin, $15.) 10 WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett. (New American Li- 6 An expert unlocks the secrets of a rare manuscript. 28 brary)

A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. (River- 15 MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult. (Washington Square) 7 head, $16.) A friendship between two Afghan women against the 29 backdrop of 30 years of war. CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC, by Sophie Kinsella. THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. (HarperOne, $13.95.) A 77 30 (Dial) 8 Spanish shepherd boy travels to Egypt in search of treasure. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, by Sue Monk Kidd. (Penguin) WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin, $13.95.) 79 31 9 A young man — and an elephant — save a Depression-era circus. THE SENATOR’S WIFE, by Sue Miller. (Vintage) * STILL ALICE, by Lisa Genova. (Pocket, $15.) A 50-year-old Har- 9 32 10 vard professor is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. THE CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) LUSH LIFE, by Richard Price. (Picador, $15.) An aspiring writer 1 33 11 becomes a suspect in a friend’s murder on the Lower East Side. THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE, by Salman Rushdie. * THE WHITE TIGER, by Aravind Adiga. (Free Press, $14.) A 21 34 (Random House) 12 chauffeur in India relates the story of his transformation from manservant to entrepreneur to murderer; the winner of the 2008 THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, by Ken Follett. (New Ameri- Man Booker Prize. 35 can Library)

THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Delta, $14.) Political and legal 16 13 intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court rules against a company accused of dumping toxic waste.

THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO, by Junot 27 14 Díaz. (Riverhead, $14.) A nerdy Dominican-American struggles to escape a family curse.

THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG, by Muriel Barbery. 10 15 (Europa, $15.) A young girl and a widowed concierge, both closet intellectuals, become friends.

* REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, by Richard Yates. (Vintage, $14.95.) 14 16 Frank and April Wheeler, a beautiful young couple living in 1950s America, see their supposedly perfect life come undone.

SARAH’S KEY, by Tatiana de Rosnay. (St. Martin’s Griffin, 4 17 $13.95.) A contemporary American journalist investigates what happened to a little girl and her family during the roundup of Jews in Paris in 1942.

LOVING FRANK, by Nancy Horan. (Ballantine, $14.) A story of 44 18 the romance between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending March 7, at many thousands of venues where Cheney. a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, by Vikas Swarup. (Scribner, $15.) 4 regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, 19 A poor orphan in India is arrested and must explain himself after supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that winning big on a TV quiz show. a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $15.95 76 20 and $14.) An Afghan-American returns to Kabul to learn how a preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics childhood friend has fared. and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books. Copyright © 2009 The New York Times Book Review March 22, 2009 by The New York Times Paperback Best Sellers Mass-Market Fiction

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THE WHOLE TRUTH, by David Baldacci. (Vision, $9.99.) An in- 2 ANGELS AND DEMONS, by Dan Brown. (Pocket) 1 telligence agent and a journalist team up against a warmongering 21 defense contractor. TO ROMANCE A CHARMING ROGUE, by Nicole Jordan. MAVERICK, by Lora Leigh. (St. Martin’s, $7.99.) An Elite Ops 1 22 (Ballantine) 2 agent develops a passionate desire for the woman he’s using as bait to draw out a serial killer. BRIDE OF A WICKED SCOTSMAN, by Samantha James. 23 (Avon/HarperCollins) THE GRAND FINALE, by Janet Evanovich. (Harper/Harper- 2 3 Collins, $7.99.) In this reissue of a 1988 novel, a woman grabs the CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC, by Sophie Kinsella. attention of a hunky man when she falls out of a tree and onto his 24 (Dell) pizza. HONOR THYSELF, by Danielle Steel. (Dell) BONES, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $9.99.) The psychol- 2 25 4 ogist-detective Alex Delaware is called in when women’s bodies turn up in a Los Angeles marsh. 26 DEATHWISH, by Rob Thurman. (Roc) * MONTANA CREEDS: DYLAN, by Linda Lael Miller. (HQN, 2 5 $7.99.) In this second book of a trilogy, “rodeo’s bad boy” returns KITTY RAISES HELL, by Carrie Vaughn. (Grand Central) home and sets hearts aflutter. 27

HOLD TIGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Signet, $9.99.) The aftermath of 1 STRANGER IN PARADISE, by Robert B. Parker. (Berkley) 6 a New Jersey high school kid’s suicide. 28

PLAGUE SHIP, by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul. (Berkley, 2 SHADOW COMMAND, by Dale Brown. (Harper) 7 $9.99.) Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must determine 29 what happened on a cruise ship full of dead bodies. DARK VICTORY, by Brenda Joyce. (HQN) LOST SOULS, by Lisa Jackson. (Zebra, $7.99.) An aspiring true- 2 30 8 crime writer investigates the disappearance of four girls at All Saints College and begins to realize she’s being stalked herself. 31 THE MATCHMAKERS, by Debbie Macomber. (Harlequin) THE MACKADE BROTHERS: RAFE AND JARED, by Nora 2 9 Roberts. (Silhouette, $7.99.) A reissue of two stories, featuring a NOBODY BUT YOU, by Francis Ray. (St. Martin’s) pair of rebels in Antietam, Md. 32

DANGER IN A RED DRESS, by Christina Dodd. (Signet, $7.99.) 1 BLUE-EYED DEVIL, by Lisa Kleypas. (St. Martin’s) 10 A woman on the Maine coast, entrusted with a deathbed secret, 33 winds up being pursued by killers, and only Gabriel Prescott can save her. 34 BLACK WIDOW, by Randy Wayne White. (Berkley) THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Dell, $7.99.) Political and legal 16 11 intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court rules against a company SUNSET BAY, by Susan Mallery. (Pocket Star) accused of dumping toxic waste. 35

SMALL FAVOR, by Jim Butcher. (Roc, $9.99.) Book 10 of the 1 12 Dresden Files series about a wizard detective in Chicago.

THE READER, by Bernhard Schlink. (Vintage, $7.99.) A German 3 13 high school student falls in love with a former Auschwitz employee.

* FIRST COMES MARRIAGE, by Mary Balogh. (Dell, $6.99.) In 2 14 this Regency romance, an irresistible viscount has the women of a country village swooning.

THE VAMPIRE’S BRIDE, by Gena Showalter. (HQN, $6.99.) A 2 15 vampire king and a beautiful Amazon become trapped together in this tale of Atlantis.

SECRETS, by Jude Deveraux. (Pocket, $7.99.) A woman pining 3 16 after a seemingly unattainable love is drawn into a world of decep- tion in Williamsburg, Va.

TEMPTATION RIDGE, by Robyn Carr. (Mira, $6.99.) A 25-year- 2 17 old woman and a jaded 38-year-old bachelor are all wrong for each other — or so they think. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending March 7, at many thousands of venues where CHASING DARKNESS, by Robert Crais. (Pocket, $9.99.) Is the 1 a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of 18 Los Angeles private eye Elvis Cole responsible for the release of a independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, serial killer? regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that ANGELS’ BLOOD, by Nalini Singh. (Berkley, $7.99.) The vam- 1 a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indi- 19 pire hunter Elena Deveraux is hired to track an archangel gone cates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not ac- bad; a Guild Hunter paranormal romance. tively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books. * REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, by Richard Yates. (Vintage, $7.99.) 10 20 Frank and April Wheeler, a beautiful young couple living in 1950s America, see their supposedly perfect life come undone. Copyright © 2009 The New York Times Book Review March 22, 2009 by The New York Times Paperback NonFiction Best Sellers List This Weeks This Week NONFICTION On List Week nonFICTION EXTENDED

THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver 110 STOLEN INNOCENCE, by Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer. (Harp- 1 Relin. (Penguin, $15.) A former climber builds schools in villages 21 er) in Pakistan and Afghanistan. STORI TELLING, by Tori Spelling. (Simon Spotlight Entertain- DREAMS FROM MY FATHER, by Barack Obama. (Three Riv- 138 22 ment) 2 ers, $14.95.) Obama on life as the son of a black African father and a white American mother. 23 THE GOD DELUSION, by Richard Dawkins. (Mariner) THE MIDDLE PLACE, by Kelly Corrigan. (Voice, $14.95.) A 11 3 woman’s struggle with cancer, her own and her father’s, helps her THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY, by A. J. Jacobs. (Simon gain a new maturity. 24 & Schuster)

I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max. (Cita- 75 THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, by Naomi Klein. (Picador) 4 del/Kensington, $15.95.) Life as a self-absorbed, drunken woman- 25 izer. YOUR INNER FISH, by Neil Shubin. (Vintage) THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama. (Three Rivers, 63 26 5 $14.95;, Vintage, $7.99.) The president proposes that Americans move beyond political divisions. 27 A WHOLE NEW MIND, by Daniel H. Pink. (Riverhead) THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, 231 6 Brown, $14.95.) A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. fads. 28 (Back Bay/Little, Brown)

* TEAM OF RIVALS, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Simon & Schus- 32 ESCAPE, by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer. (Broadway) 7 ter, $21.) The political genius of Abraham Lincoln. 29

EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin, $15.) A 111 THE WORLD IS FLAT, by Thomas L. Friedman. (Picador) 8 writer’s yearlong journey in search of self. 30

* MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler. (Bloomsbury, 21 THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS, by Eric Weiner. (Twelve) 9 $14.95.) A memoir of one-night stands. 31

90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. 124 QUIET STRENGTH, by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. 10 (Revell, $12.99.) A minister on the otherworldly experience he had 32 (Tyndale) after an accident. MUSICOPHILIA, by Oliver Sacks. (Vintage) BEAUTIFUL BOY, by David Sheff. (Mariner, $14.95.) A father 2 33 11 struggles with his son’s meth addiction. THE SUSPICIONS OF MR. WHICHER, by Kate Summer- SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME, by Ron Hall and 21 34 scale. (Walker & Company) 12 Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent. (Nelson, $14.99.) The unlikely friendship between a homeless drifter and a successful art dealer A LONG WAY GONE, by Ishmael Beah. (Sarah Crichton/Far- who meet at a shelter in Texas. 35 rar, Straus & Giroux)

BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $15.99.) 73 13 The importance of instinct to the workings of the mind.

* MARLEY & ME, by John Grogan. (Harper, $13.95 and $7.99.) 52 14 Lessons learned from a neurotic dog.

THE FORGOTTEN MAN, by Amity Shlaes. (Harper Perennial, 18 15 $15.95.) A reinterpretation of the New Deal and the Great Depres- sion.

THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin, 77 16 $16.) Tracking food from soil to plate.

THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE, by Diane Ackerman. (Norton, 22 17 $14.95.) How a Warsaw couple sheltered Jews and members of the Resistance during World War II.

INFIDEL, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. (Free Press, $15.) A memoir by the 17 18 advocate for Muslim immigrant women.

ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE, by Barbara Kingsolver 39 19 with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver. (Harper Perennial, $14.95.) The novelist and her family spend a year eating home- Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending March 7, at many thousands of venues where grown or local food. a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, GANG LEADER FOR A DAY, by Sudhir Venkatesh. (Penguin, 4 regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, 20 $16.) Venkatesh, a sociologist, reports on a decade spent embed- supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that ded in the Chicago housing projects. a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books. Copyright © 2009 The New York Times Book Review March 22, 2009 by The New York Times Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous

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ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey 6 THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Law- 24 1 with Denene Millner. (Amistad/HarperCollins, $23.99.) Relation- 1 rence Kimbrough. (B&H, $14.99.) A 40-day challenge for spouses ship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morn- to practice unconditional love.(†) ing Show.” SUZE ORMAN’S 2009 ACTION PLAN, by Suze Orman. 10 THE POWER OF SOUL, by Zhi Gang Sha. (Atria, $26.) Apply- 3 2 (Spiegel & Grau, $9.99.) Managing your money in hard times. 2 ing the soul’s power for healing, the prevention of illness, rejuve- nation and enlightenment. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi 401 3 Murkoff and Sharon Mazel. (Workman, $14.95.) Advice for par- THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. 48 ents-to-be.(†) 3 (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on “seizing every moment” from Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon professor who died of pancreatic can- THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (North- 84 cer at age 47. 4 field, $13.99.) How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95.) 113 4 The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want. HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU, by Greg Behrendt and Liz 9 5 Tuccillo. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $15.) How a woman can FLAT BELLY DIET!, by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass. 16 tell when a relationship is going nowhere. 5 (Rodale, $25.95.) Nutrition advice and workout tips from the edi- tors of Prevention magazine. HAPPY FOR NO REASON, by Marci Shimoff with Carol Kline. 1 6 (Free Press, $15.) A seven-step program for attaining uncondi- UNCOMMON, by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. (Tyndale, 6 tional happiness “from the inside out.”(†) 6 $24.99.) The former coach of the Indianapolis Colts discourses on living “a life of significance.” THE POWER OF NOW, by Eckhart Tolle. (New World Library, 61 7 $14.) A guide to personal growth and spiritual enlightenment. THE 4 DAY DIET, by Ian K. Smith. (St. Martin’s, $24.95.) A food 4 7 and exercise program to get a jump on weight loss, by the author SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. (Run- 87 of “The Fat Smash Diet.” 8 ning Press, $13.95.) Vegan diet advice from the world of modeling.

* EMOTIONAL FREEDOM, by Judith Orloff. (Harmony, $24.95.) 1 TWILIGHT, by Mark Cotta Vaz. (Little, Brown, $16.99.) A behind- 21 8 How to transform negative emotions into hope, kindness, courage 9 the-scenes look at the film based on the vampire romance for and serenity. young adults by Stephenie Meyer.

THE GREAT DEPRESSION AHEAD, by Harry S. Dent Jr. 8 A NEW EARTH, by Eckhart Tolle. (Plume, $14.) A spiritual 52 9 (Free Press, $27.) A financial prognosticator anticipates further 10 teacher prescribes letting go of the ego to help end conflict and market crashes and an extended downturn but sees a way for suffering. savvy investors to prosper.

THE SURVIVORS CLUB, by Ben Sherwood. (Grand Central, 6 10 $25.99.) True stories of the ways in which faith, luck, genetics and other factors play into people’s ability to bounce back from adver- sity.

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PEAKS AND VALLEYS, by Spencer Johnson. (Atria) THE BIGGEST LOSER 30-DAY JUMP START, by Cheryl 11 11 Forberg, Melissa Roberson, Lisa Wheeler and others. (Rodale) 12 THE ULTRAMIND SOLUTION, by Mark Hyman. (Scribner) 12 THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE, by Rick Warren. (Zondervan)

THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, by Dave Ramsey. (Nelson) THE BIGGEST LOSER FAMILY COOKBOOK, by Devin Alex- 13 13 ander with Melissa Roberson. (Rodale) 14 FIGHT FOR YOUR MONEY, by David Bach. (Broadway) 14 BROKEN OPEN, by Elizabeth Lesser. (Villard)

MAGNIFICENT MIND AT ANY AGE, by Daniel G. Amen. DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES, by Guy Fieri with Ann 15 (Harmony) 15 Volkwein. (Morrow)

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THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT, by Susan Marie Swanson. Illus- 5 THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, written by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated 23 1 trated by Beth Krommes. (Houghton Mifflin, $17.) A key, a bed, a 1 by Dave McKean. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) To avoid a killer, a book, a light, the moon. (Ages 4 to 8) young boy lives in a cemetery. (Ages 10 and up)

LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND 7 MILES TO GO, by Miley Cyrus. (Disney-Hyperion, $24.95.) The 1 2 “THREE CUPS OF TEA”, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. 2 life of Miley Cyrus. ( Ages 9 to 12) Roth. (Dial, $16.99.) A school grows in Pakistan. (Ages 4 to 8) THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher. (Razorbill, $16.99.) 20 THE COMPOSER IS DEAD, by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by 1 3 Before committing suicide a girl records and sends explanatory 3 Carson Ellis. Music by Nathaniel Stookey. (HarperCollins Publish- audiotapes to 13 people. (Ages 14 and up) ers, $17.99.) A whodunit tour of the orchestra, with audio. ( Ages 9 to 12 ) SCAT, by Carl Hiaasen. (Random House, $16.99.) An eco-mystery, 6 4 with a dismal swamp and characters who are not always what CAT, written by Matthew Van Fleet and photographed by Brian 4 they seem. (Ages 9 to 12) 4 Stanton. (Wiseman/Simon & Schuster, $16.99.) All kinds of cats, in motion and rhyme. (Ages 2 and up) THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) 26 5 In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE, by Jamie Lee Curtis. Il- 24 and up) 5 lustrated by Laura Cornell. (Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, $16.99.) A boisterous family improves its vocabulary, and thus its relation- FADE, by Lisa McMann. (Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster, $15.99.) 4 ships. (Ages 4 to 8) 6 Nightmares haunt Janie the dream-hopper. (Ages 14 and up)

LADYBUG GIRL AND BUMBLEBEE BOY, by David Soman 1 SEEKERS: GREAT BEAR LAKE, by Erin Hunter. (HarperCol- 4 6 and Jacky Davis. Illustrated by David Soman. (Dial, $16.99.) A su- 7 lins, $16.99.) Cubs journey to a mythical place of peace and heal- perheroes’ meeting of the minds at the playground. (Ages 3 to 5) ing. (Ages 10 and up)

SWING!, by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Children 21 3 WILLOWS, by Ann Brashares. (Delacorte, $18.99.) A new Sis- 8 7 move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8) 8 terhood introduces three girls, Polly, Jo and Ama, during their last summer before high school. (Ages 12 and up) GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Work- 69 8 man, $12.95.) Animals move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8) THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver 3 9 Relin. (Dial, $16.99.) A former climber builds schools for children ALL IN A DAY, by Cynthia Rylant. Illustrated by Nikki McClure. 1 in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12) 9 (Abrams, $17.95.) Sunrise, sunset and everything in-between. (Ages 4 to 8) SAVVY, by Ingrid Law. (Dial, $16.99.) Mibs is about to turn 13, the 3 10 age at which supernatural talents are conferred on members of NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED, written and illustrated 9 her family. (Ages 9 to 12) 10 by Mo Willems. (Disney-Hyperion, $16.99.) The rodent as indi- vidualist. (Ages 3 and up)

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended March 7, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount, department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Perennial sellers are not actively tracked. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books. All four children’s lists appear each week on the Book Review’s Web site. Publishers have provided the age designations for their best-selling children’s titles. Copyright © 2009 The New York Times Book Review March 22, 2009 by The New York Times Children’s Best Sellers

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EVERMORE, by Alyson Noël. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $9.95.) Im- 5 THE TWILIGHT SAGA, by Stephenie Meyer. (Megan Tingley/ 83 1 mortals in school. (Ages 12 and up) 1 Little, Brown, hardcover and paper) Vampires and werewolves and their intrigues in high school. (Ages 12 and up) THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf, $11.99.) A girl 78 2 saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kin- 8 man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up) 2 ney. (Abrams, hardcover only) A boy records the hazards of ado- lescent life. (Ages 9 to 12) THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by 7 3 Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Puffin, $8.99.) A former THE 39 CLUES, by various authors. (Scholastic, hardcover 1 climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 3 only) A brother and sister travel the world in search of the key to 12) their family’s power. ( Ages 9 to 12 )

TWEAK, by Nic Sheff. (Atheneum, $9.99.) The addiction memoir 7 HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast. (St. Martin’s, 28 4 of the “Beautiful Boy.” (Ages 14 and up) 4 paper only) Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up)

CORALINE, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean. 8 THE CLIQUE, by Lisi Harrison. (Poppy/Little, Brown, paper 7 5 (HarperFestival, $6.99.) A movie tie-in. (Ages 9 to 12) 5 only) The lives and loves of the popular kids at an elite prep school. (Ages 12 and up) WICKED: WITCH AND CURSE, by Nancy Holder and Debbie 6 6 Viguié. (Simon Pulse, $7.99.) An orphaned girl joins a supernatural PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. 89 family. (Ages 12 and up) 6 (Disney-Hyperion, hardcover and paper) Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12) THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, by John Boyne. 18 7 (Random House, $8.99.) A boy’s innocence is eroded in evil times. HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling. (Arthur A. Levine/Scholas- 214 (Ages 12 and up) 7 tic, hardcover and paper) A young wizard hones his skills while fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up) THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, by Trenton Lee 29 8 Stewart. Illustrated by Carson Ellis. (Megan Tingley/Little, PRIVATE, by Kate Brian. (Simon Pulse, paper only) The high- 4 Brown, $6.99.) Gifted kids on a mission. (Ages 9 to 12) 8 pressure world of an elite prep school. (Ages 14 and up)

SLAM, by Nick Hornby. (Riverhead, $14.) A skateboarder gets 19 VAMPIRE DIARIES, by L. J. Smith. (HarperTeen, hardcover 6 9 his girlfriend pregnant. What would Tony Hawk do? (Ages 12 and 9 and paper) Vampires in school, with a love triangle. (Ages 12 and up) up)

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated 58 NIGHT WORLD, by L. J. Smith. (Simon Pulse, paper only) Su- 14 10 by Timothy Basil Ering. (Candlewick, $7.99.) A mouse, a rat and a 10 pernatural races form secret societies. (Ages 14 and up) girl on a magic trip. (Ages 10 and up)

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended March 7, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount, department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Perennial sellers are not actively tracked. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books. All four children’s lists appear each week on the Book Review’s Web site. Publishers have provided the age designations for their best-selling children’s titles. Copyright © 2009 by March 22, 2009 The New York Times The New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice

Cheever: A Life, by Blake Bailey. (Knopf, $35.) This Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition, by THE FIRES OF VESUVIUS: Pompeii Lost and stunningly detailed biography explores John Cheever’s Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Adapted by Found, by Mary Beard. (Belknap/Harvard University, crooked path step by stumbling step, disclosing the Sarah Thomson. (Dial Books for Young Readers, $16.99; $26.95.) A Cambridge classics professor leads a fine addictive urges and bawling self-pity to which he sub- ages 8 and up.) A pared-down version of the durable tour, turning up surprises around every corner. jected himself and those in his household. best seller about a gift of schools in Central Asia. THE CRADLE, by Patrick Somerville. (Little, Brown, My Little Red Book, edited by Rachel Kauder Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Domi- $21.99.) In this short but complex novel, a couple’s Nalebuff. (Twelve, $14.99.) Much is distinctive about nance in the Middle East, by Rashid Khalidi. (Beacon, search for a missing cradle becomes a life-rattling trip. this collection of anecdotes, from an admirably diverse $25.95.) Khalidi sees Bush-era policy as an especially range of women, about their first menstrual periods. bellicose extension of a longstanding campaign. COVENTRY, by Helen Humphreys. (Norton, $23.95.) Humphreys’s characters forge instant intimacy and THE TOURIST, by Olen Steinhauer. (Minotaur, 1848: Year of Revolution, by Mike Rapport. (Basic lasting friendship during a German bombardment. $24.95.) Steinhauer’s protagonist, a C.I.A. operative Books, $29.95.) Rapport has written a lively, panoramic who longs to get out of the game, puts his family at risk history of a year of European revolts ranking alongside The full reviews of these and other recent when he is coerced into one last mission. the better-known upheavals of 1776 and 1789. books are on the Web: nytimes.com/books.

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Lush Life, by Richard Price. (Picador, $15.) “No Clift, a contributing editor for Newsweek, under- to embrace television; he became a country music one writes better dialogue than Richard Price — scores the need to talk about death. prototype, George-Warren says. (Willie Nelson not Elmore Leonard, not David Mamet, not even even named a son for him.) David Chase,” Michiko Kakutani wrote in The A Man of No Moon, by Jenny McPhee. (Coun- Times. On the Lower East Side of several years terpoint, $14.95.) Set in the Italian literary and film Now You See Him, by Eli Gottlieb. (Harper Pe- ago, with young hipsters beginning to push out the scene of the late 1940s and full of flashbacks to rennial, $13.99.) Gottlieb’s second novel traces the working poor, Price’s protagonist, an aspiring writ- wartime struggle, McPhee’s third novel centers on reverberations after a blocked short story writer er who works as a restaurant manager, is mugged a suicidal former anti-Fascist soldier involved in a murders his girlfriend, then commits suicide. Fo- and subsequently accused of murder. This novel, love triangle with two American sisters . cusing on the debilitating grief of the writer’s best Price’s eighth, is “his most powerful and galvanic friend, the novel presents a picture of an enduring work yet,” Kakutani said. The Neighborhoods of queens, by Clau- male bond while complicating the story with ques- dia Gryvatz Copquin. (Yale University, $22.) New tions and revelations. The Commission: An Uncensored History York’s largest borough, Queens is arguably “the of the 9/11 Investigation, by Philip Shenon. most heterogeneous place in the world,” Kenneth Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical (Twelve, $15.99.) This mesmerizing account of the Jackson writes in the introduction to this handsome Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick workings of the 9/11 commission by a former inves- book. (Officially, 44 percent of the population is Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation tigative reporter at The New York Times details foreign born; no one knows the number of illegal on Prescription Drugs, by Melody Petersen. (Pica- the maneuvering among commissioners, the Bush immigrants.) Maps and photographs, historical and dor/Sarah Crichton, $16.) Petersen, who spent four White House, former Clinton administration offi- contemporary, illustrate a lively introduction to the years covering the drug industry as a reporter for cials and Congress to influence the final report. The people and cultures of Queens’s 99 neighborhoods. The New York Times, describes reckless behavior result, released in 2004, is a valuable chronology but in all aspects of companies’ research and market- does not assign responsibility for the catastrophe to The Door of No Return: The History of ing, from the rigging of studies to the co-opting of any American official. Cape Coast Castle and the Atlantic Slave doctors and university researchers to the use of ag- Trade, by William St Clair. (BlueBridge, $15.95.) Cape gressive promotional strategies. Maynard & Jennica, by Rudolph Delson. (Mari- Coast Castle was the headquarters of the British ner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $13.95.) Delson’s witty slave trade on Africa’s Gold Coast (modern Ghana), Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American first novel concerns a New York bohemian couple and through its “door of no return” Africans left Revolution, by Jerome Charyn. (Norton, $14.95.) A who meet on the uptown No. 6 train. Narrated by a for awaiting vessels. Focusing on the history of a 17-year-old rogue mixes it up with George Wash- chorus of voices of family and friends, this “tightly single building — whose records had been scarcely ington and assorted riffraff in this picaresque novel. plotted and genuinely original book,” as our re- touched before he examined them — St Clair has “Here is the Revolution waged at the gaming table viewer, Thomas Beller, called it, “feels like the first produced a readable and detailed account of Brit- and in the bedroom,” our reviewer, Stacy Schiff, reality-television novel.” Maynard and Jennica’s ain’s role in the slave trade. wrote cheerfully. romance falls apart in the days after 9/11. Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times THE serpent’s Tale, by Ariana Franklin. (Berk- TWO Weeks of Life: A Memoir of Love, of Gene Autry, by Holly George-Warren. (Oxford ley, $15.) In this medieval mystery, a free-thinking Death, and Politics, by Eleanor Clift. (Basic Books, University, $17.95.) This first full-length biography woman investigates the murder of Henry II’s mis- $15.95.) Clift’s husband died quietly at home from is based on deep research in Autry’s archives. It tress, delivering high drama and lively scholarship. kidney cancer at 64, one day before the much more traces the evolution of Autry’s cowboy persona, public death of Terri Schiavo. Juxtaposing these starting with his career in radio in the 1930s. Autry El s a Di x l e r narratives, one intimate and one bitterly political, was a shrewd businessman and the first real star Copyright © 2009 March 22, 2009 by The New York Times The New York Times Book Review Graphic Books Best Sellers

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Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. (DC Comics, Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. (DC Comics, 1 $39.99, $75.) This epic tale from 1986 signaled a new maturity in 1 $19.99.) This epic tale from 1986 signaled a new maturity in comic comic books. books.

Superman: Brainiac, by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank. (DC Jack of Fables, Vol. 5, by Bill Willingham and Matthew 2 Comics, $19.99.) The Man of Steel’s arch foe returns tougher than 2 Sturges. (Vertigo, $14.99.) Jack (of beanstalk fame) has some ad- ever and is a responsible for a death in the family. ventures in the wild, wild west.

Batman: R.I.P., by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel. (DC Wolverine: Origin, by Paul Jenkins and Andy Kubert. 3 Comics, $24.99.) Thomas Wayne, the father of the caped crusader, 3 (Marvel Comics, $16.99.) Revealed at last: the secret history of the is cast in a sinister light. mutant known as Wolverine.

Spider-Man: Crime and Punisher., by various. (Mar- Savage Sword of Conan, Vol. 5, by Roy Thomas and 4 vel Comics, $19.99.) Whatever happened to Flash Thompson, who 4 various. (Dark Horse, $17.95..) The barbarian becomes the libera- loathes Peter Parker but idolizes Spider-Man. tor of the Aquilonia kingdom in this collection of adventures.

The Complete Peanuts: 1971-1972, by Charles M. Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest, by Mark Millar 5 Schulz. (Fantagraphics, $28.99.) Sally Brown is the cover girl in 5 and Bryan Hitch. (Marvel Comics, $19.99.) Two of the biggest this latest collection of newspaper strips. talents in comics join forces to chronicle the exploits of Marvel’s super-powered family. Legion of Super-Heroes: the Life and Death 6 of Ferro Lad, by Jim Shooter and Curt Swan. (DC Comics, Walking Dead, Vol. 9, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie $39.99.) A hero makes the ultimate sacrifice to save the world. 6 Adlard. (Image Comics, $14.99.) The gripping story of the human survivors in a world overrun by zombies continues. Starman Omnibus, Vol. 2, by James Robinson and Tony 7 Harris. (DC Comics, $49.99.) Jack Knight, the son of the 1940’s Shazam and the Monster Society of Evil, by Jeff Starman, meets his disco era namesake and his father’s colleague, 7 Smith. (DC Comics, $19.99.) Billy Batson, the boy who becomes the golden age Sandman.. Captain Marvel, stops an alien invasion.

Kabuki: the Alchemy, by David Mack. (Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion: New Warriors, by Kevin Grevioux 8 $29.99.) A female assassin in a futuristic Japan struggles with her 8 and others. (Marvel Comics, $24.99.) Was the Night Thrasher who identity. died in Stamford, Conn., actually a Skrull?.

Batman: The Killing Joke, by Alan Moore and Brian Bol- Sonic the Hedgehog Archives, Vol. 10, by various. 9 land. (DC Comics, $17.99.) This critically acclaimed story from 1988 9 (Archie Comics, $7.95.) A new collection of adventures featuring offers a possible origin for the Joker. Sonic and his friends.

Secret Invasion: Punisher War Journal, by Matt Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe, by Bryan Lee 10 Fraction and various. (Marvel Comics, $19.99.) The machinations 10 O’Malley. (Oni Press, $11.95.) Can Ramona’s twin ex-boyfriends be of the alien Skrulls plague Marvel’s anti-hero. defeated? Sounds like a job for… Scott Pilgrim.

This This Week Manga Week Manga, conT’D.

1 Naruto, Vol. 40, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media, $7.95.) 6 Naruto, Vol. 37, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media, $7.95.) The continuing adventures of the Naruto Uzumaki, young ninja in Oh, Naruto, will you ever learn? training. 7 Naruto, Vol. 35, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media, $7.95.) 2 Naruto, Vol. 41, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media, $7.95.) Oh, Naruto, will you ever learn? Oh, Naruto, will you ever learn? 8 Gentlemen’s Alliance, Vol. 9, by Arina Tanemura. 3 Naruto, Vol. 38, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media, $7.95.) (VIZ Media, $8.99.) A star-crossed romance set at a private acad- Oh, Naruto, will you ever learn? emy.

4 Naruto, Vol. 39, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media, $7.95.) 9 Black Cat, Vol. 19, by Kentaro Yabuki. (VIZ Media, $7.99.) Oh, Naruto, will you ever learn? Train Heartnet was once the assassin known as the Black Cat. He’s now a bounty hunter, but his past has a way of catching up to 5 Bleach, Vol. 26, by Tite Kubo (VIZ Media, $7.95.) Ichigo Ku- him rosaki sees dead people – and must help souls find their way to the afterlife. 10 Naruto, Vol. 36, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media, $7.95.) Oh, Naruto, will you ever learn?

Rankings reflect sales of graphic novels, for the week ending March 7, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. In addition, these rankings also include unit sales reported by retailers nationwide that specialize in graphic novels and comic books. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.