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Best Sell Ers Fiction Copyright © 2010 June 6, 2010 by The New York Times The New York Times Book re view Best Sell ers Fiction This Last Weeks This Week FICTION Week On List Week HARDCOVER FICTION EXTENDED 61 HOURS, by Lee Child. (Delacorte, $28.) Jack Reacher helps 1 HANNAH’S LIST, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira) 1 the police in a small South Dakota town protect a witness in a 16 drug trial. THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB, by Alexander Mc- STORM PREY, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $27.95.) Lucas Dav- 1 17 Call Smith. (Pantheon) 2 enport’s wife is a witness to a botched robbery and murder in the 20th novel in the “Prey” series. THIS BODY OF DEATH, by Elizabeth George. (Harper/Harp- 18 erCollins) 3 DEAD IN THE FAMILY, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $25.95.) 1 3 Sookie Stackhouse is exhausted in the aftermath of a Fae war. 19 BLUE-EYED DEVIL, by Robert B. Parker. (Putnam) THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, 6 60 4 $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s TELL-ALL, by Chuck Palahniuk. (Doubleday) Mississippi. 20 INNOCENT, by Scott Turow. (Grand Central, $27.99.) When 4 3 ISLAND BENEATH THE SEA, by Isabel Allende. (Harper/Har- 5 Rusty Sabich’s wife is found dead, Tommy Molto accuses him of 21 perCollins) murder for the second time, as Turow revisits the characters from “Presumed Innocent.” 22 HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria) HEART OF THE MATTER, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martin’s, 2 2 6 $26.99.) The lives of two women — one married to a pediatric EVERY LAST ONE, by Anna Quindlen. (Random House) plastic surgeon, the other a lawyer and single mother — converge 23 after an accident involving the lawyer’s son. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday) THE 9TH JUDGMENT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. 5 4 24 7 (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Detective Lindsay Boxer pursues a killer who’s preying on women and children. 25 CHANGES, by Jim Butcher. (Roc) FEVER DREAM, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Grand 3 2 8 Central, $26.99.) The F.B.I. agent Aloysius Pendergast, who has THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING, by Nancy Pickard. long thought that his wife was killed in an accident, learns that she 26 (Ballantine) was actually murdered. EXECUTIVE INTENT, by Dale Brown. (William Morrow) DELIVER US FROM EVIL, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, 7 5 27 9 $27.99.) Two agents are tracking the same man, a human trafficker who is now dealing in nuclear arms. 28 LUCID INTERVALS, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam) A SECRET AFFAIR, by Mary Balogh. (Delacorte, $24.) The 1 10 young widow of an elderly duke falls in love with Constantine ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, by Seth Graha- Huxtable in the final entry of the Huxtable family series. 29 me-Smith. (Grand Central) SUPREME JUSTICE, by Phillip Margolin. (Harper/HarperCol- 1 CAUGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton) 11 lins, $25.99.) Attacks on two justices seem to be related to a pend- 30 ing death-row appeal that could expose a criminal plot within the C.I.A. 31 THE LONELY POLYGAMIST, by Brady Udall. (Norton) 12* LOVER MINE, by J. R. Ward. (New American Library, $25.95.) 10 4 Book 8 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. 32 GIRL IN TRANSLATION, by Jean Kwok. (Riverhead) THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Si- 12 6 13 mon & Schuster, $25.99.) An elderly woman must decide whether ANTHILL, by E. O. Wilson. (Norton) to reveal a family secret. 33 * THE IMPERFECTIONISTS, by Tom Rachman. (Dial, $25.) 8 3 A QUESTION OF BELIEF, by Donna Leon. (Grove/Atlantic) 14 Goings-on among the staff of an English-language newspaper in 34 Rome. PRIVATE LIFE, by Jane Smiley. (Knopf) MATTERHORN, by Karl Marlantes. (El León Literary Arts/ 9 7 35 15 Atlantic Monthly, $24.95.) Marines in Vietnam in 1969. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending May 22, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of indepen- dent 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 book- stores 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 © 2010 The New York Times Book re view June 6, 2010 by The New York Times Best Sellers NonFiction This Last Weeks This Week HARD NONFICTION Week On List Week HARDCOVER NONFICTION EXTENDED SPOKEN FROM THE HEART, by Laura Bush. (Scribner, $30.) 1 3 CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR BODY, by Daniel 1 A memoir from the former first lady. 16 G. Amen. (Harmony) WAR, by Sebastian Junger. (Twelve, $26.99.) The intense lives of 3 2 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca 2 American soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan, by the author 17 Skloot. (Crown) of “The Perfect Storm.” OPRAH, by Kitty Kelley. (Crown) THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $27.95.) The peo- 2 10 18 3 ple who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight. THE MANCHURIAN PRESIDENT, by Aaron Klein with Bren- 19 da J. Elliott. (WND) THE PROMISE, by Jonathan Alter. (Simon & Schuster, $28.) A 1 4 detailed look at President Obama’s decision-making process on BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall. (Knopf) issues like health care and the Afghanistan war offers a glimpse of 20 what it’s like to work in his White House. THE OTHER WES MOORE, by Wes Moore. (Spiegel & Grau) * TO SAVE AMERICA, by Newt Gingrich with Joe DeSantis. 1 21 5 (Regnery, $29.95.) How to reverse President Obama‘s policies, by the former speaker of the House of Representatives. (†) 22 MY FAIR LAZY, by Jen Lancaster. (NAL) CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. 4 11 6 (Grand Central, $25.99.) More humorous personal essays from the DRIVE, by Daniel H. Pink. (Riverhead) comedian. 23 ---- MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (It Books/HarperCol- 6 3 THE BEDWETTER, by Sarah Silverman. (Harper/HarperCol- 7 lins, $15.99.) A coming-of-age memoir organized around the mus- 24 lins) ings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father. TEACHING THE PIG TO DANCE, by Fred Thompson. (Crown THE LAST STAND, by Nathaniel Philbrick. (Viking, $30.) 5 3 25 Forum) 8 Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Big Horn. LAST CALL, by Daniel Okrent. (Scribner) OPERATION MINCEMEAT, by Ben Macintyre. (Harmony, 13 2 26 9 $25.99.) The British ruse that employed a corpse to fool the Nazis about the invasion of Sicily. 27 HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion) THIS TIME TOGETHER, by Carol Burnett. (Harmony, $25.) The 8 7 10 comedian describes her rise in show business and the people she’s I’LL MATURE WHEN I’M DEAD, by Dave Barry. (Putnam) met along the way. 28 STEINBRENNER, by Bill Madden. (Harper/HarperCollins, 7 2 THE END OF THE FREE MARKET, by Ian Bremmer. (Portfo- 11 $26.99.) A biography of the New York Yankees owner. 29 lio) OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why 11 78 IF YOU HAVE TO CRY, GO OUTSIDE, by Kelly Cutrone with 12 some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.” 30 Meredith Bryan. (HarperOne) THE PACIFIC, by Hugh Ambrose. (NAL Caliber, $26.95.) Stories 10 12 COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE, by Karl Rove. (Threshold 13 of Marines and a Navy pilot during World War II; companion vol- 31 Editions) ume for an HBO mini-series. GAME CHANGE, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. * CRISIS ECONOMICS, by Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Mihm. 9 2 32 (Harper/HarperCollins) 14 (Penguin Press, $27.95.) How the global financial system broke down in 2008, and what may happen if new regulations are not NOMAD, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. (Free Press) embraced. 33 SOMEWHERE INSIDE, by Laura Ling and Lisa Ling. (Mor- 1 13 BANKERS, by Simon Johnson and James Kwak. (Pantheon) 15 row/HarperCollins, $26.99.) A journalist captured and imprisoned 34 by the North Koreans describes her captivity, and her sister, also a journalist, discusses her effort to get her and a colleague released. 35 STONES INTO SCHOOLS, by Greg Mortenson. (Viking) Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending May 22, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of indepen- dent 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 book- stores 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 © 2010 June 6, 2010 by The New York Times The New York Times Book re view Pa per back Best Sell ers Trade Fiction This Weeks This Week TRADE FICTION On List Week TRADE FICTION EXTENDED THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson.
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