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1 TICK TOCK, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Little, 2 CALL ME IRRESISTIBLE, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. (William 1 Brown, $27.99.) The New York detective Michael Bennett enlists 17 Morrow/HarperCollins) the help of a former colleague to solve a rash of horrifying crimes that are throwing the city into chaos. 18 FALL OF GIANTS, by Ken Follett. (Dutton) 2 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. 37 2 (Knopf, $27.95.) The third volume of the Millennium trilogy, about a LEFT NEGLECTED, by Lisa Genova. (Gallery) Swedish hacker and a journalist. 19

5 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A 97 TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT, by Robert Jordan and Brandon 3 young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi. 20 Sanderson. (Tor)

* 3 THE INNER CIRCLE, by Brad Meltzer. (Grand Central, $26.99.) 4 RISING TIDES, by Taylor Anderson. (Roc) 4 An archivist discovers a book that once belonged to George 21 Washington and conceals a deadly secret. IN FIRE FORGED, by David Weber. (Baen) 7 DEAD OR ALIVE, by Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood. (Putnam, 9 22 5 $28.95.) Familiar Clancy characters appear as an intelligence group tracks a vicious terrorist called the Emir. 23 A SHORE THING, by Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi. (Gallery) FATAL ERROR, by J. A. Jance. (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1 6 $25.99.) After the murder of a cyber-sociopath, Ali Reynolds is THREE SECONDS, by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom. drawn into a web of online intrigue. 24 (Silver Oak)

4 STRATEGIC MOVES, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) In the 3 FREEDOM, by Jonathan Franzen. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) 7 19th Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer works with the 25 C.I.A. to transport a fugitive. CROSS FIRE, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) 6 SHADOWFEVER, by Karen Marie Moning. (Delacorte, $26.) 3 26 8 Hunting for her sister’s murderer, MacKayla Lane is caught up in the struggle between humans and the Fae. 27 HELL’S CORNER, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) * 9 THE CONFESSION, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) A 15 9 criminal wants to save an innocent man on death row, but he must SWAMPLANDIA!, by Karen Russell. (Knopf) convince the authorities he’s telling the truth.. 28

10 ROOM, by Emma Donoghue. (Little, Brown, $24.99.) A mother’s 13 THE OUTLAWS, by W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. 10 prison is her young son’s entire world. 29 (Putnam)

8 THE SENTRY, by Robert Crais. (Putnam, $26.95.) The former cop 4 SAFE HAVEN, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) 11 Joe Pike finds that a pair of Katrina refugees he helps aren’t all 30 they seem. THE DEATH INSTINCT, by Jed Rubenfeld. (Riverhead) BLACKVEIL, by Kristen Britain. (Daw, $25.95.) A contingent of 1 31 12 Arcosian descendants plan to bring Sacoridia to its knees. The fourth book of the Green Rider series. 32 FULL DARK, NO STARS, by Stephen King. (Scribner) * 11 WHAT THE NIGHT KNOWS, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $28.) 6 13 Someone is murdering entire families, recreating in detail a crime ELECTRIC BARRACUDA, by Tim Dorsey. (Morrow/HarperCollins) spree that took place two decades earlier. 33

13 THE RED GARDEN, by Alice Hoffman. (Crown, $25.) A mysterious 2 HALO: CRYPTUM, by Greg Bear. (Tor) 14 garden offers the key to understanding a small Massachusetts 34 town through 300 years of passionate history. PORT MORTUARY, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam) THE WEIRD SISTERS, by Eleanor Brown. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, 1 35 15 $24.95.) Three sisters from a highbrow family return home, each with a secret she’s unwilling to share.

* THOUGH NOT DEAD, by Dana Stabenow. (Minotaur, $25.99.) The 1 16 Alaskan investigator Kate Shugak becomes embroiled in a deadly treasure hunt involving her own family’s secrets.

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending February 5, 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 © 2011 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW February 20, 2011 by The New York Times Print Hardcover Best Sellers

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1 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House, $27.) An 12 _____ MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (It Books/HarperCollins) 1 Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in 17 World War II. EARTH (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart and others. (Grand Central) THE PIONEER WOMAN, by Ree Drummond. (Morrow/ 1 18 2 HarperCollins, $25.99.) The proprietor of ThePioneerWoman.com describes her marriage. CINDERELLA ATE MY DAUGHTER, by Peggy Orenstein. (Harper/ 19 HarperCollins) 2 BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER, by Amy Chua. (Penguin 4 3 Press, $25.95.) A Chinese-American mother makes a case for strict MY FATHER AT 100, by Ron Reagan. (Viking) and demanding parenting. 20

6 DECISION POINTS, by George W. Bush. (Crown, $35.) The former 13 THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS, by Isabel Wilkerson. (Random 4 president’s memoir discusses his Christianity, the end of his 21 House) drinking and his decisions on 9/11, Iraq and Katrina. BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall. (Knopf) 5 CLEOPATRA, by Stacy Schiff. (Little, Brown, $29.99.) The last 14 22 5 queen of ancient Egypt was ambitious, audacious and formidably intelligent. 23 LITTLE PRINCES, by Conor Grennan. (Morrow) 4 THE HIDDEN REALITY, by Brian Greene. (Knopf, $29.95.) A 2 6 physicist explains various theories involving the existence of THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton) parallel universes. 24

8 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. 40 ZOMBIE SPACESHIP WASTELAND, by Patton Oswalt. (Scribner) 7 (Crown, $26.) The story of a woman whose cancer cells were 25 cultured without her permission in 1951. THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES, by Siddhartha Mukherjee. * 7 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN, VOL. 1, by Mark Twain. 16 26 (Scribner) 8 (University of California, $34.95.) Twain is pointedly political and willing to play the angry prophet. 27 DRIVE, by Daniel H. Pink. (Riverhead) 9 LIFE, by Keith Richards with James Fox. (Little, Brown, $29.99.) 15 9 The Rolling Stones guitarist’s revealing autobiography is also a THE GRAND DESIGN, by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. portrait of the era when rock ’n’ roll came of age. 28 (Bantam)

11 DECODED, by Jay-Z. (Spiegel & Grau, $35.) The hip-hop star leads 12 CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. (Grand 10 a narrative journey through his lyrics and his life. 29 Central)

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, by Michael Waltrip and Ellis Henican. 1 ALL THINGS SHINING, by Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance 11 (Hyperion, $24.99.) The race car driver’s memoir is built around 30 Kelly. (Free Press) the crash that killed Dale Earnhardt Sr. in 2001. ENDGAME, by Frank Brady. (Crown) 12 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why 101 31 12 some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunity — from the author of “Blink.” 32 THE TELL-TALE BRAIN, by V. S. Ramachandran. (Norton) 13 15 _____ FINISH FIRST, by Tucker Max. (Gallery, $25.99.) Stories of 13 bad decisions, debauchery and sexual recklessness. 33 BONHOEFFER, by Eric Metaxas. (Nelson) SCORECASTING, by Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim. 1 14 (Crown Archetype, $26.) The hidden forces that shape how sports RONALD REAGAN: 100 YEARS, by Ronald Reagan Presidential games are played, won and lost. 34 Foundation. (Collins Design)

3 THE NEXT DECADE, by George Friedman. (Doubleday, $27.95.) 2 POSER, by Claire Dederer. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) 15 The geopolitical forecaster who wrote “The Next 100 Years” details 35 the enormous transition he expects over the coming 10.

* 10 NEPTUNE’S INFERNO, by James D. Hornfischer. (Bantam, $30.) A 1 16 history of the U.S.-Japanese naval battles during the Guadalcanal campaign of 1942.

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending February 5, 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 © 2011 February 20, 2011 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Print Paperback Best Sellers

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WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin, $13.95.) 106 HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET, by Jamie Ford. 37 1 Aimless and distraught after the death of his parents in a car 18 (Ballantine, $15.) A friendship between a Chinese-American boy accident, a young veterinary student helps save a Depression-era and a Japanese-American girl in Seattle during World War II. circus. * THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN, by Kate Morton. (Washington Square, 31 CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese. (Vintage, $15.95.) 54 19 $15.) From England to Australia and back, two women try to solve 2 Twin brothers, conjoined and then separated, grow up amid the a family mystery. political turmoil of Ethiopia. Both go into medicine, like their adoptive parents and like their father, who abandoned them. THINK TWICE, by Lisa Scottoline. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.99.) 1 20 A woman buries her twin sister alive and takes over her life — THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. 85 impersonating her at work and even seducing her boyfriend — in 3 (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $14.95.) A hacker and a journalist order to escape the deadly mess she has made of her own. investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress; the first volume in the Millennium trilogy.

TRUE GRIT, by Charles Portis. (Overlook, $14.95.) A 14-year-old 8 4 Arkansas girl hires a “one-eyed fat man” to hunt down her father’s killer; first published in 1968.

* LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave. (Simon & Schuster, $14.) The lives of 51 TRADE FICTION EXTENDED 5 two women collide: a Nigerian refugee and an English magazine editor to whose home the refugee escapes after fleeing an BETWEEN FRIENDS, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira) immigration detention center. 21

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage 46 THE SHACK, by William P. Young. (Windblown Media) 6 Crime/Black Lizard, $15.95.) In the second volume in the 22 Millennium trilogy, the Swedish hacker Lisbeth Salander becomes a murder suspect. 23 WENCH, by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. (Amistad/HarperCollins) THE POSTMISTRESS, by Sarah Blake. (Berkley, $15.) A tale of two 1 7 worlds and two women delivering the news in 1940: Iris James, a THE THREE WEISSMANNS OF WESTPORT, by Cathleen Schine. spinster who runs the post office in a coastal Massachusetts town, 24 (Picador) and Frankie Bard, a reporter in London with Edward R. Murrow. THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE, by Julie Orringer. (Vintage) WINTER GARDEN, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.99.) 5 25 8 After their father’s death, two sisters must cooperate to run his apple orchard and care for their difficult mother. 26 TINKERS, by Paul Harding. (Bellevue Literary Press) THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein. (Harper 87 9 Paperbacks, $14.99.) An insightful Lab-terrier mix helps his owner, NOAH’S COMPASS, by Anne Tyler. (Ballantine) a struggling race car driver. 27

THE IMPERFECTIONISTS, by Tom Rachman. (Dial, $15.) The 5 THE LOTUS EATERS, by Tatjana Soli. (St. Martin’s Griffin) 10 goings-on, presented from myriad points of view, among the 28 neurotic staff of an English-language newspaper in Rome. THE GIRL WHO FELL FROM THE SKY, by Heidi W. Durrow. THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. (HarperOne, $14.99.) In this 166 29 (Algonquin) 11 fable, a Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure and his destiny. 30 A RELIABLE WIFE, by Robert Goolrick. (Algonquin) 12 HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult. (Washington Square, $16.) A 13 teenage boy with Asperger’s syndrome is accused of murder. 31 PICTURES OF YOU, by Caroline Leavitt. (Algonquin) * MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND, by Helen Simonson. 10 13 (Random House, $15.) Love and cultural conflict among characters THE FINKLER QUESTION, by Howard Jacobson. (Bloomsbury) loosed in an English village. 32

SARAH’S KEY, by Tatiana de Rosnay. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95.) 104 LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN, by Colum McCann. (Random 14 A contemporary American journalist investigates what happened 33 House) to a little girl and her family during the roundup of Jews in Paris in 1942. A GATE AT THE STAIRS, by Lorrie Moore. (Vintage 34 Contemporaries) HALF BROKE HORSES, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner, $15.) A 22 15 re-creation of the life of the author’s grandmother — a mustang SECRETS OF EDEN, by Chris Bohjalian. (Broadway) breaker, schoolteacher, ranch wife and mother of two — in the 35 Southwest.

THESE THINGS HIDDEN, by Heather Gudenkauf. (Mira, $15.95.) 2 Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending February 5, at many thousands of venues 16 An Iowa teenager is imprisoned for a heinous crime, while her where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds sister carries the burden of knowing what really happened that of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, night. 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 (†) PRIMAL, by Lora Leigh, Michelle Rowen, Jory Strong and Ava 1 indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not 17 Gray. (Berkley Sensation, $15.) Four new stories of paranormal actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and desire, including a novella featuring the Breeds. 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 © 2011 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW February 20, 2011 by The New York Times Print Paperback Best Sellers

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SWIMSUIT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Grand 2 SILVER BORNE, by Patricia Briggs. (Ace, $7.99.) The shapeshifter 2 1 Central, $9.99.) A former cop, now a reporter, investigates the 18 Mercy Thompson works on her relationship with the leader of the disappearance of a supermodel. werewolf pack and helps a suicidal friend.

MARRYING DAISY BELLAMY, by Susan Wiggs. (Mira, $7.99.) 2 THE MIDNIGHT HOUSE, by Alex Berenson. (Jove, $9.99.) Who is 1 2 A woman struggles for years to choose between two men, one 19 killing members of a secret unit that interrogated terrorists out honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one of a secret base in Poland called the Midnight House? The C.I.A. fateful day, the decision is made for her. agent John Wells is on the case, tracking high-profile detainees and uncovering the misdeeds of the victims’ secretive squad. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. 47 3 (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $7.99.) A hacker and a journalist WHEN BEAUTY TAMED THE BEAST, by Eloisa James. (Avon/ 2 investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress; the first 20 HarperCollins, $7.99.) Facing social ruin, a woman vows to seduce volume in the Millennium trilogy. an irascible earl who she quickly realizes is far more complicated than she bargained for. WILD MAN CREEK, by Robyn Carr. (Mira, $7.99.) In Virgin River, a 2 4 former Army pilot recuperating from a helicopter crash is drawn to a corporate executive searching for a simpler life. MASS-MARKET EXTENDED

DELIVER US FROM EVIL, by David Baldacci. (Vision, $9.99.) Two 6 THE COUNTESS, by Lynsay Sands. (Avon) 5 agents are tracking the same man, a human trafficker who is now 21 dealing in nuclear arms. THE FIRST RULE, by Robert Crais. (Berkley) THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage 46 22 6 Crime/Black Lizard, $7.99.) In the second volume in the Millennium trilogy, the Swedish hacker Lisbeth Salander becomes a murder LIVE TO TELL, by Lisa Gardner. (Bantam) suspect. 23 7 HERE TO STAY, by Catherine Anderson. (Signet, $7.99.) A young 2 THE MACGREGORS - ALAN AND GRANT - ALL THE woman devoted to caring for her blind brother may find happiness 24 POSSIBILITIES ONE MAN, by Nora Roberts. (Silhouette) with Zach Harrigan and his guide horse. THE PERFECT MISTRESS, by Victoria Alexander. (Zebra) FRANKENSTEIN: LOST SOULS, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $9.99.) 2 25 8 Book 4 in the reimagining of the classic tale. DEATH ECHO, by Elizabeth Lowell. (Avon) * SIZZLE, by Julie Garwood. (Ballantine, $7.99.) A Los Angeles film 2 26 9 student who unwittingly captures a shocking crime on camera is aided by a handsome F.B.I. agent. 27 ARCHANGEL’S CONSORT, by Nalini Singh. (Berkley Sensation) 10 THE LINCOLN LAWYER, by Michael Connelly. (Grand Central, 1 $7.99.) Routinely doing business from his Lincoln Town Cars, the AGAINST THE FIRE, by Kat Martin. (Mira) bottom-feeding attorney Mickey Haller is asked to defend the scion 28 of a wealthy family who might not be guilty of a murderous crime. KNIGHT ERRANT, by John Jackson Miller. (LucasBooks) * BROKEN, by Karin Slaughter. (Dell, $7.99.) Friction arises between 2 29 11 the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Grant County Police Department when Special Agent Will Trent is called in from I, ALEX CROSS, by James Patterson. (Vision) Atlanta to help expose a killer. 30

THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Anchor, $9.99.) The Harvard 16 APPLE TURNOVER MURDER, by Joanne Fluke. (Kensington) 12 symbologist Robert Langdon among the Masons. 31

TOM CLANCY’S ENDWAR: THE HUNTED, by David Michaels. 1 DRAGON WARRIOR, by Janet Chapman. (Pocket Star) 13 (Berkley, $9.99.) Special Forces Capt. Alexander Brent and his 32 Ghost Recon team are dispatched to capture a former Russian intelligence officer who has been marked for death by a terrorist IMPACT, by Douglas Preston. (Forge) faction. 33

14 THIS BODY OF DEATH, by Elizabeth George. (Harper/ 2 ON THE HUNT, by Gena Showalter, Shannon K. Butcher, Jessica HarperCollins, $9.99 and $11.99.) Detective Thomas Lynley, 34 Andersen and Diedre Knight. (Signet) grieving the murder of his wife, is called back to Scotland Yard when a woman’s body is found in a London cemetery. 35 ALTAR OF EDEN, by James Rollins. (Harper/HarperCollins) BLOOD WYNE, by Yasmine Galenorn. (Berkley, $7.99.) The 1 15 D’Artigo sisters — half-human, half-Fae — have quit the Otherworld Intelligence Agency, but a vampire serial killer is on the loose.

SPLIT IMAGE, by Robert B. Parker. (Berkley, $9.99.) In this 1 16 Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending February 5, at many thousands of venues posthumously published novel, Jesse Stone, the police chief of where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds Paradise, Mass., copes with divorce, the bottle and the murder of a of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); nation- high-ranking mobster. al, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates * A SECRET AFFAIR, by Mary Balogh. (Dell, $7.99.) The young 2 that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) 17 widow of an elderly duke falls in love with the scandalous indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and Constantine Huxtable; the final book in the Huxtable family series. 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 © 2011 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW February 20, 2011 by The New York Times Print Paperback Best Sellers

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HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. 12 HALF THE SKY, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. 1 (Thomas Nelson, $16.99.) A boy’s encounter with Jesus and the 21 (Vintage) angels. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max. (Citadel/ INSIDE OF A DOG, by Alexandra Horowitz. (Scribner, $16.) The 18 22 Kensington) 2 world from a dog’s point of view. SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME, by Ron Hall and Denver THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $15.95.) The people 1 23 Moore with Lynn Vincent. (Nelson) 3 who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight. 24 THE OTHER WES MOORE, by Wes Moore. (Spiegel & Grau) 4 COMMITTED, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin, $16.00.) The author of 1 “Eat, Pray, Love” overcomes her ambivalence about marriage. 25 THE REASON FOR GOD, by Timothy Keller. (Riverhead) 5 THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner, $15.) 205 Recollections of a bizarre childhood. (†) 26 STONES INTO SCHOOLS, by Greg Mortenson. (Penguin) JUST KIDS, by Patti Smith. (Ecco, $16.) The godmother of punk 14 6 recalls her time with Robert Mapplethorpe and their yearnings for NURTURESHOCK, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. (Twelve) a life in art in New York City. 27

WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little 8 ZEITOUN, by Dave Eggers. (Vintage) 7 Brown, $16.99.) A decade of Gladwell’s New Yorker essays. 28

EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin, $15 and $16.) 209 THE BLACK SWAN, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. (Random House) 8 A writer’s journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India and 29 Indonesia. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin) THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, 331 30 9 Brown, $15.99.) A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads. 31 LIAR’S POKER, by Michael Lewis. (Norton) * THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY REPORT, by the Financial Crisis 1 10 Inquiry Commission. (PublicAffairs, $14.99.) A national commission THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE, by Max Brooks. (Three Rivers) investigates the conditions that led to the economic turmoil of 2008. 32

BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $15.99.) 173 127 HOURS, by Aron Ralston. (Atria, Pocket Books) 11 Hunch and instinct in the workings of the mind. 33

ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea 58 THE POISONER’S HANDBOOK, by Deborah Blum. (Penguin Press) 12 Handler. (Gallery, $16.) Humorous personal essays from the 34 comedian. THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES, by Ben Mezrich. (Anchor) * THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO, by Atul Gawande. (Picador, $15.) A 5 35 13 simple way to manage complexity.

FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. 76 14 (Harper Perennial, $15.99.) A scholar and a journalist apply economic theory to nearly everything.

* MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler. (Bloomsbury, $14.95.) 119 15 A memoir of one-night stands.

THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver 210 16 Relin. (Penguin, $16.) A former climber builds schools in villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. 180 17 (Revell, $13.99.) A minister on the otherworldly experience he had after an accident.

* THE KING’S SPEECH, by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi. 3 18 (Sterling, $14.95.) A therapist helps the man who became King George VI lose his stammer.

THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin, $16.) 151 19 Tracking food from soil to plate. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending February 5, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS, by Rhoda Janzen. (Holt, 37 of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); nation- 20 al, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, $14.) Life’s detours send Janzen back to the Mennonite home where gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates she was raised. 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 © 2011 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW February 20, 2011 by The New York Times Best Sellers Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous

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THE 4-HOUR BODY, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown Archetype, 8 THE BELLY FAT CURE, by Jorge Cruise. (Hay House, $19.95.) Do- 41 1 $27.) A diet and fitness book from the author of “The 4-Hour 1 over recipes using the “Carb Swap System” steer you away from Workweek.” foods full of hidden sweeteners and processed carbohydrates.

THE INVESTMENT ANSWER, by Daniel C. Goldie and Gordon S. 3 THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield, 184 2 Murray. (Business Plus, $18.) Five questions every investor should 2 $14.99.) How to communicate love in a way a spouse will ask. (†) understand.

VEGANIST, by Kathy Freston. (Weinstein, $25.) A case for moving 1 CRAZY LOVE, by Francis Chan with Danae Yankoski. (David C. 16 3 toward a whole foods, plant-based diet. 3 Cook, $14.99.) A pastor shows how to break free from the religious status quo and embrace an authentic Christian faith. (†) 4 AS ONE, by Marhdad Baghai and James Quigley. (Portfolio/ 1 Penguin, $40.) A study of successful workplace collaborations. 4 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff 497 and Sharon Mazel. (Workman, $14.95.) Advice for parents-to-be. (†) SEXY FOREVER, by Suzanne Somers. (Crown Archetype, $25.99.) 5 5 The former TV star on how to stay trim and healthy as you age. RADICAL, by David Platt. (Multnomah, $14.99.) A pastor 35 5 challenges Christians to consider how closely their lives match the THE LEAN BELLY PRESCRIPTION, by Travis Stork and Peter 1 teachings of Jesus. (†) 6 Moore. (Rodale, $24.99.) A diet aimed at reducing belly fat. 6 THE BOOK OF AWAKENING, by Mark Nepo. (Conari, $18.95.) A 5 CRAZY SEXY DIET, by Kris Carr. (Skirt, $24.95.) A vegetarian pH- 3 year’s worth of daily reflections. (†) 7 balancing diet. 7 MADE TO CRAVE, by Lysa TerKeurst. (Zondervan, $14.99.) A 4 * THE 7, by Glenn Beck and Keith Ablow. (Threshold/Mercury 5 Scripture-based aid to following a diet. (†) 8 Radio Arts, $24.99.) The Fox News host’s guide to personal redemption. (†) EAT THIS, NOT THAT! 2011, by David Zinczenko and Matt 16 8 Goulding. (Rodale, $19.99.) Easy food swaps that can save you BAREFOOT CONTESSA: HOW EASY IS THAT?, by Ina Garten. 14 pounds. 9 (Clarkson Potter, $35.) The easiest “Barefoot Contessa” recipes yet aim at delivering flavor while saving time and avoiding stress. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence 114 9 Kimbrough. (B&H, $14.99.) Spouses are challenged to practice THE CARB LOVERS DIET, by Ellen Kunes and Frances Largeman- 8 unconditional love. (†) 10 Roth. (Oxmoor, $24.95.) A weight-loss program with favorites like bread, pasta and potatoes. FOOD RULES, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin, $11.) A manual 49 10 for healthy eating, based on the general principles of Pollan’s “Omnivore’s Dilemma.”

HARDCOVER ADVICE EXTENDED PAPERBACK ADVICE EXTENDED

400 CALORIE FIX, by Liz Vaccariello with Mindy Hermann. THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU, by Eric C. Westman, Stephen 11 (Rodale) 11 D. Phinney and Jeff S. Volek. (Fireside/Simon & Schuster)

STRAIGHT TALK, NO CHASER, by Steve Harvey with Denene COOK THIS, NOT THAT! EASY AND AWESOME 350-CALORIE 12 Millner. (Amistad/HarperCollins) 12 MEALS, by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding. (Rodale)

WEIGHT WATCHERS NEW COMPLETE COOKBOOK, by Weight RESHAPING IT ALL, by Candace Cameron Bure with Darlene 13 Watchers Staff. (Wiley) 13 Schacht. (B&H)

THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown) UNLESS IT MOVES THE HUMAN HEART, by Roger Rosenblatt. 14 14 (Ecco)

THE CAUSE WITHIN YOU, by Matthew Barnett with George Barna. CLEAN, by Alejandro Junger. (HarperOne) 15 (BarnaBooks) 15

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEKS WEEK PICTURE BOOKS ON LIST WEEK CHAPTER BOOKS ON LIST

SILVERLICIOUS, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann. 1 I AM NUMBER FOUR, by Pittacus Lore. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) 9 1 (Harper/HarperCollins, $17.99.) Pinkalicious has a loose tooth, and 1 Members of another civilization live secretly among Earth- it’s her sweet tooth. dwellers.

A SICK DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE, by Philip C. Stead. Illustrated 4 THE LOST HERO, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $18.99.) A 17 2 by Erin E. Stead. (Roaring Brook, $16.99.) Animals care for a 2 return to Camp Half-Blood and semi-divine characters old and new. zookeeper who falls ill. THE RED PYRAMID, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99.) 40 OF THEE I SING, by Barack Obama. Illustrated by Loren Long. 12 3 Ancient gods (this time from Egypt) and a mortal family meet. 3 (Knopf, $17.99.) In a letter to his daughters, the president speaks of heroes. MOON OVER MANIFEST, by Clare Vanderpool. (Delacorte, 16.99.) 4 4 In this Newbery winner, 12-year-old Abilene solves a mystery in WHEN I GROW UP, by Al Yankovic. Illustrated by Wes Hargis. 1 Depression-era Kansas. 4 (Harper/HarperCollins, $17.99.) Billy’s compendium of dream jobs, including pickle inspector and snail trainer. THE GIFT, by James Patterson and Ned Rust. (Little, Brown, 15 5 $17.99.) A sister and brother flex their new powers; a Witch and LEGO STAR WARS, by Simon Beecroft. (DK, $21.99.) An annotated 59 Wizard book. 5 visual dictionary. MATCHED, by Ally Condie. (Dutton, $17.99.) In this dystopian 10 INTERRUPTING CHICKEN, written and illustrated by David Ezra 3 6 romance, a girl rebels against a deterministic future society. 6 Stein. (Candlewick, $16.99.) A rooster’s struggle to tell a bed-time story. TIGER’S CURSE, by Colleen Houck. (Splinter, $17.95.) Kelsey must 2 7 help an Indian prince break a curse that has turned him into a WHEREVER YOU ARE, MY LOVE WILL FIND YOU, written and 13 white tiger. 7 illustrated by Nancy Tillman. (Feiwel & Friends, $16.99.) All about tenderness. TALES FROM A NOT-SO-POPULAR PARTY GIRL, by Rachel Renée 29 8 Russell. (Aladdin, $12.99.) The further reflections of Nikki Maxwell IT’S A BOOK, written and illustrated by Lane Smith. (Roaring 24 on the agonies of middle school; a “Dork Diaries” book. 8 Brook, $12.99.) It doesn’t tweet or need recharging. TORMENT, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $17.99.) A novel about the 15 MADELINE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, written and illustrated by 2 9 nephilim, the children of humans and fallen angels. 9 John Bemelmans Marciano. (Viking, $17.99.) Madeline and the other little girls befriend Candle, the lonely only daughter of the DELIRIUM, by Lauren Oliver. (Harper/HarperCollins, $17.99.) 1 president. 10 Coming of age in a society that imposes “a cure for love.”

LITTLE WHITE RABBIT, written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes. 2 10 (Greenwillow/HarperCollins, $16.99.) An imaginative rabbit hops through the day.

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended February 5, 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 © 2011 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW February 20, 2011 by The New York Times Print Children’s Best Sellers

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEKS WEEK PAPERBACK BOOKS ON LIST WEEK SERIES ON LIST

THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf, $11.99.) A girl saves 178 THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, hardcover 24 1 books from Nazi burning. 1 and paper,) In a dystopian society a girl fights for survival on live TV. WITCH AND WIZARD, by James Patterson and Gabrielle 14 2 Charbonnet. (Little, Brown, $9.99.) One of each, a sister and PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney- 187 brother, flex their new powers. 2 Hyperion, hardcover and paper,) Children of the gods battle mythological monsters. FALLEN, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $9.99.) Love is thwarted at a 19 3 boarding school with an unusual student body. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. 108 3 (Abrams, hardcover only,) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by 86 4 Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney. (Little, Brown, $8.99.) HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. (St. Martin’s, 114 A young boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school. 4 hardcover and paper,) Vampires in school.

HUSH, HUSH, by Becca Fitzpatrick. (Simon & Schuster, $17.99.) A 19 MAGIC TREE HOUSE, by Mary Pope Osborne. Illustrated by Sal 237 5 love story of immortals and ancient battles. 5 Murdocca. (Stepping Stone/Random House, hardcover and paper,) Neither space nor time is an obstacle to these siblings. RED RIDING HOOD, by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright. (Little, Brown, 2 6 $9.99.) Reimagining the fairy tale, with the inclusion of a persistent PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, by Sara Shepard. (HarperTeen, hardcover 36 werewolf. 6 and paper,) Four girls less perfect than they seem.

THE IRON QUEEN, by Julie Kagawa. (Harlequin Teen, $9.99.) 2 THE TWILIGHT SAGA, by Stephenie Meyer. (Megan Tingley/Little, 183 7 Meghan’s adventures into Nevernever. 7 Brown, hardcover and paper,) Vampires and werewolves in school.

THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg 99 HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling. (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, 245 8 Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Puffin/Penguin, $8.99.) A 8 hardcover and paper,) A young wizard hones his skills while former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. fighting evil.

WHEN YOU REACH ME, by Rebecca Stead. (Yearling, $6.99.) A 6 VAMPIRE ACADEMY, by Richelle Mead. (Razorbill, paper only,) 43 9 sixth-grade girl in New York City begins receiving mysterious 9 Undead boarding school. notes. BIG NATE, Lincoln Peirce. (HarperCollins, hardcover; Andrews 13 THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE, by Jacqueline Kelly. 3 10 McMeel, paper,) Where Nate goes, trouble is sure to follow. 10 (Square Fish, $7.99.) A girl indulges her penchant for observing nature.

THIS THIS WEEK FICTION WEEK FICTION CONT’D.

TICK TOCK, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Little, FATAL ERROR, by J. A. Jance. (Simon & Schuster) 1 Brown) 19

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf STRATEGIC MOVES, by Stuart Woods. (Penguin Group) 2 Doubleday) 20

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf THE IMPERFECTIONISTS, by Tom Rachman. (Random House) 3 Doubleday) 21

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. THE LINCOLN LAWYER, by Michael Connelly. (Grand Central) 4 (Knopf Doubleday) 22 5 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin) 23 HERE TO STAY, by Catherine Anderson. (Penguin Group) 6 CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese. (Knopf Doubleday) 24 LOST SOULS, by Dean Koontz. (Random House)

SWIMSUIT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Grand SHADOWFEVER, by Karen Marie Moning. (Random House) 7 Central) 25 8 MARRYING DAISY BELLAMY, by Susan Wiggs. (Mira) 26 THE CONFESSION, by John Grisham. (Knopf Doubleday) 9 TRUE GRIT, by Charles Portis. (Penguin Group) 27 SIZZLE, by Julie Garwood. (Random House) 10 LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave. (Simon & Schuster) 28 BROKEN, by Karin Slaughter. (Random House) 11 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Penguin Group) 29 ROOM, by Emma Donoghue. (Little, Brown) 12 THE INNER CIRCLE, by Brad Meltzer. (Grand Central) 30 THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. (HarperCollins) 13 THE POSTMISTRESS, by Sarah Blake. (Penguin Group) 31 THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Knopf Doubleday) 14 WILD MAN CREEK, by Robyn Carr. (Mira) 32 HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult. (Simon & Schuster)

DELIVER US FROM EVIL, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND, by Helen Simonson. 15 33 (Random House) 16 WINTER GARDEN, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s) 34 THE SENTRY, by Robert Crais. (Penguin Group)

DEAD OR ALIVE, by Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood. (Penguin TOM CLANCY’S ENDWAR: THE HUNTED, by David Michaels. 17 Group) 35 (Penguin Group)

THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein. 18 (HarperCollins)

THIS THIS WEEK NONFICTION WEEK NONFICTION CONT’D.

UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House) IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, by Michael Waltrip and Ellis Henican. 1 19 (Hyperion) 2 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson) 20 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown)

THE PIONEER WOMAN - BLACK HEELS TO TRACTOR WHEELS, ____ FINISH FIRST, by Tucker Max. (Simon & Schuster) 3 by Ree Drummond. (HarperCollins) 21

BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER, by Amy Chua. (Penguin SCORECASTING, by Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim. 4 Group) 22 (Broadway) 5 THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton) 23 THE NEXT DECADE, by George Friedman. (Knopf Doubleday) 6 INSIDE OF A DOG, by Alexandra Horowitz. (Simon & Schuster) 24 NEPTUNE’S INFERNO, by James D. Hornfischer. (Random House) 7 DECISION POINTS, by George W. Bush. (Crown) 25 ____ MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (HarperCollins) 8 CLEOPATRA, by Stacy Schiff. (Little, Brown) 26 THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown) 9 THE HIDDEN REALITY, by Brian Greene. (Knopf Doubleday) 27 EARTH (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart. (Grand Central)

COMMITTED, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin Group) THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY REPORT, by Financial Crisis 10 28 Inquiry Commission. (PublicAffairs)

THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown) 11 (Crown) 29

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN, VOL. 1, by Mark Twain. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea 12 (University of California) 30 Handler. (Simon & Schuster) 13 THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Simon & Schuster) 31 THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO, by Atul Gawande. (Holt)

LIFE, by Keith Richards with James Fox. (Little, Brown) FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. 14 32 (HarperCollins) 15 JUST KIDS, by Patti Smith. (HarperCollins) 33 MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler. (Bloomsbury)

WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown) CINDERELLA ATE MY DAUGHTER, by Peggy Orenstein. 16 34 (HarperCollins)

EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin Group) THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. 17 35 (Penguin Group) 18 DECODED, by Jay-Z. (Random House)

THIS LAST WEEKS THIS LAST WEEKS WEEK WEEK FICTION ON LIST WEEK WEEK FICTION CONT’D. ON LIST

1 TICK TOCK, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Little, 2 15 THE INNER CIRCLE, by Brad Meltzer. (Grand Central) An archivist 2 1 Brown) The New York detective Michael Bennett enlists the help 17 discovers a book that once belonged to George Washington and of a former colleague, the F.B.I. agent Emily Parker, to solve a conceals a deadly secret. rash of horrifying crimes that are throwing the city into chaos and terrorizing its inhabitants. 11 WHAT THE NIGHT KNOWS, by Dean Koontz. (Random House) 2 18 Someone is murdering entire families, recreating in eerie detail a 2 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. 2 notorious crime spree that took place two decades earlier. 2 (Knopf Doubleday) A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress; the first volume in the FATAL ERROR, by J.A. Jance. (Simon & Schuster) After the murder 1 Millennium trilogy. 19 of a cyber-sociopath, Ali Reynolds is drawn into a web of online intrigue. 4 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. 2 3 (Knopf Doubleday) The third volume of the Millennium trilogy, 14 SECRETS TO THE GRAVE, by Tami Hoag. (Penguin Group) The 2 about a Swedish hacker and a journalist. 20 cast of “Deeper Than the Dead” become involved in a new case of violence that disturbs their community. 3 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf 2 4 Doubleday) In the second volume of the Millennium trilogy, a COLTER’S DAUGHTER, by Maya Banks. (Samhain) After 1 Swedish hacker becomes a murder suspect. 21 disappearing without a word, Max Wilder is back in Callie Colter’s life. Book 3 of Colters’ Legacy. 5 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin) After his 2 5 parents die in a car accident, a young veterinary student — and an THE PERFECT HUSBAND, by Lisa Gardner. (Random House) A 1 elephant — save a Depression-era circus. 22 woman is determined to protect her daughter against the murderer she married. 6 THE CONFESSION, by John Grisham. (Knopf Doubleday) A man 2 6 who committed a despicable crime but allowed another to be sent 17 HELL’S CORNER, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) Recalled to 2 to death row in his place now wants to admit his guilt, but must 23 duty, Oliver Stone hunts for those responsible for a bomb detonated convince the authorities he’s telling the truth. near the White House.

7 CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese. (Knopf Doubleday) 2 ALONE, by Lisa Gardner. (Random House) A woman who survived 1 7 Twin brothers, conjoined at birth and then separated, grow up amid 24 a horrible childhood abduction may have tricked the Massachusetts the political turmoil of Ethiopia. Both go into medicine, like their police sniper Bobby Dodge into killing her husband. adoptive parents and like their father, who abandoned them. 16 SHADOWFEVER, by Karen Marie Moning. (Random House) 2 BALTIMORE BLUES, by Laura Lippman. (HarperCollins) A friend 1 25 Hunting for her sister’s murderer, MacKayla Lane is caught up in 8 of the private investigator Tess Monaghan is suspected in the death the struggle between humans and the Fae. of his fiancee, whom Tess was assigned to follow.

SUMMER AT WILLOW LAKE, by Susan Wiggs. (Harlequin) A 1 THIS WEEK FICTION EXTENDED 9 woman leaves Manhattan to renovate her family’s old resort camp in the Catskills, where she encounters an old flame. 26 SAFE HAVEN, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) 8 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Penguin Group) A young white 2 10 woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi. 27 THE SENTRY, by Robert Crais. (Penguin Group) TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT, by Robert Jordan and Brandon 1 11 Sanderson. (Doherty) Book 13 of the Wheel of Time fantasy series. 28 THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Random House) 9 ROOM, by Emma Donoghue. (Little, Brown) The entire world of 2 12 the 5-year-old boy who narrates this novel is the 11-by-11-foot room in which his mother is being held against her will. PRIMAL, by Lora Leigh, Michelle Rowen, Jory Strong, and Ava 29 Gray. (Penguin Group) 12 STRATEGIC MOVES, by Stuart Woods. (Penguin Group) In the 19th 2 13 WILD MAN CREEK, by Robyn Carr. (Harlequin) Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer works with the C.I.A. 30 to transport a fugitive. HER LAST LETTER, 18 MARRYING DAISY BELLAMY, by Susan Wiggs. (Harlequin) 2 31 by Nancy C. Johnson. (Penwyck Publishing) 14 A woman struggles for years to choose between two men, one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET, by Jamie Ford. 32 (Random House) 10 CROSS FIRE, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) Alex Cross 2 15 THE OTHER DAUGHTER, by Lisa Gardner. (Random House) investigates a professional assassination in Washington, and 33 receives a chilling telephone call from his deadliest adversary. THE PERFECT MISTRESS, 13 DEAD OR ALIVE, by Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood. (Penguin 2 34 by Victoria Alexander. (Kensington) 16 Group) Familiar Clancy characters appear as an intelligence group tracks a vicious terrorist called the Emir. 35 DAMAGE, by John Lescroart. (Penguin Group) Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 5, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of titles. The venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Roy- alty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders. (A full version of this method is on the combined list page). Copyright © 2011 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW February 20, 2011 by The New York Times E-Book Best Sellers

THIS LAST WEEKS THIS LAST WEEKS WEEK WEEK NONFICTION ON LIST WEEK WEEK NONFICTION CONT’D. ON LIST

1 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House) An Olympic 2 18 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown) Why some people 2 1 runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World 18 succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent; War II. from the author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point.”

2 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Lynn Vincent and Todd Burpo. (Thomas 2 OPEN SECRETS, by The New York Times Staff. (New York Times) 1 2 Nelson) A father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus 19 A collection of The Times’s reporting on the WikiLeaks disclosures, and the angels during an emergency appendectomy. as well as the cables and war logs the paper published on its Web site. 4 DECISION POINTS, by George W. Bush. (Crown) The former 2 3 president’s memoir discusses his Christianity and the end of his 20 THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS, by Isabel Wilkerson. (Random 2 drinking; his relationships with members of his family; and his 20 House) An account of the Great Migration, the exodus of blacks decisions involving critical moments in the Bush White House, from the South between 1915 and 1970, that explores parallels with including 9/11, Iraq and Katrina. earlier European immigration.

3 BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER, by Amy Chua. (Penguin 2 16 I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max. (Kensington) 2 4 Group) A Chinese-American mother makes a case for strict and 21 Reflections of a self-absorbed, drunken womanizer. demanding parenting. 22 ------FINISH FIRST, by Tucker Max and Maddox. (Simon & 2 7 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. 2 22 Schuster) Stories of bad decisions, debauchery and sexual 5 (Crown) The story of a woman whose cancerous cells were recklessness. extensively cultured without her permission in 1951. 19 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN, by Mark Twain. (University 2 5 ---- MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (HarperCollins) A coming- 2 23 of California) In his autobiography, published unexpurgated for the 6 of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, first time, Twain is pointedly political and willing to play the angry of the author’s father. prophet.

6 CLEOPATRA, by Stacy Schiff. (Little, Brown) The Macedonian- 2 23 ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea 2 7 Egyptian queen was much more than the lover of Caesar and Mark 24 Handler. (Simon & Schuster) Humorous personal essays from the Antony. This biography portrays her in all her ambition, audacity stand-up comedian. and formidable intelligence. 24 UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS, by Portia de Rossi. (Simon & Schuster) 2 THE PIONEER WOMAN, by Ree Drummond. (HarperCollins) The 1 25 The actress discusses her career, her anorexia and her years of 8 proprietor of ThePioneerWoman.com describes her marriage, or, hiding her lesbianism. as she puts it, her transition from “black heels to tractor wheels.”

14 THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton) The people who saw 2 9 the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.

11 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN, by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey. 2 10 (Revell) A minister on the otherworldly experience he had after an THIS accident. WEEK NONFICTION EXTENDED

9 MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler. (Bloomsbury) The 2 CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. (Grand 11 comedian’s memoir of one-night stands. 26 Central)

12 THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Simon & Schuster) 2 THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES, by Ben Mezrich. (Knopf 12 The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her 27 Doubleday) siblings were constantly moved from one bleak place to another. LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. 10 LIFE, by Keith Richards and James Fox. (Little, Brown) The 2 28 (Little, Brown) 13 Rolling Stones guitarist’s revealing autobiography is also a portrait of the era when rock ’n’ roll came of age, with the music itself at the I REMEMBER NOTHING, by Nora Ephron. (Knopf Doubleday) book’s core. 29

13 EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin Group) A 2 THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES, by Siddhartha Mukherjee. 14 writer’s yearlong journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India 30 (Simon & Schuster) and Indonesia. SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME, by Ron Hall and Denver 8 THE HIDDEN REALITY, by Brian Greene. (Knopf Doubleday) 2 31 Moore with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson) 15 A physicist explains various theories involving the existence of parallel universes. 32 BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall. (Knopf Doubleday) 15 THE MEMORY PALACE, by Mira Bartok. (Simon & Schuster) 2 16 A daughter’s memoir of her schizophrenic mother, to whom she JUST KIDS, by Patti Smith. (HarperCollins) remains emotionally captive, and of her own traumatic brain injury 33 in a car accident. COMMITTED, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin Group) IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, by Michael Waltrip and Ellis Henican. 1 34 17 (Hyperion) The race car driver’s memoir is built around the crash that killed Dale Earnhardt Sr. in 2001. THE BOY WHO CAME BACK FROM HEAVEN, by Kevin and Alex 35 Malarkey. (Tyndale)

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 5, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of titles. The venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Roy- alty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders. (A full version of this method is on the combined list page). Copyright © 2011 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW February 20, 2011 by The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Best Sellers

THIS LAST WEEKS THIS WEEK WEEK FICTION ON LIST WEEK FICTION EXTENDED

1 TICK TOCK, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Little, 2 TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT, by Robert Jordan and Brandon 1 Brown) The New York detective Michael Bennett enlists the help 16 Sanderson. (Tom Doherty) of a former colleague to solve a rash of horrifying crimes that are throwing the city into chaos. 17 WHAT THE NIGHT KNOWS, by Dean Koontz. (Random House) 2 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. 2 2 (Knopf Doubleday) A hacker and a journalist investigate the TRUE GRIT, by Charles Portis. (Penguin Group) disappearance of a Swedish heiress 40 years earlier; the first 18 volume in the Millennium trilogy. LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave. (Simon & Schuster) 3 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf 2 19 3 Doubleday) In the second volume of the Millennium trilogy, a Swedish hacker becomes a murder suspect. 20 SHADOWFEVER, by Karen Marie Moning. (Random House) 4 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. 2 4 (Knopf Doubleday) The third volume of the Millennium trilogy, WINTER GARDEN, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s) about a Swedish hacker and a journalist. 21

5 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin) After his 2 SWIMSUIT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Grand 5 parents die in a car accident, young veterinary student — and an 22 Central) elephant — save a Depression-era circus. CROSS FIRE, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) 7 CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese. (Knopf Doubleday) 2 23 6 Twin brothers, conjoined at birth and then separated, grow up amid the political turmoil of Ethiopia. 24 THE SENTRY, by Robert Crais. (Penguin Group) 7 9 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Penguin Group) A young white 2 woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi. 25 THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Knopf Doubleday) 6 THE CONFESSION, by John Grisham. (Knopf Doubleday) A 2 8 criminal wants to save an innocent man on death row, but he must THE IMPERFECTIONISTS, by Tom Rachman. (Random House) convince the authorities he’s telling the truth. 26

8 MARRYING DAISY BELLAMY, by Susan Wiggs. (Harlequin) A 2 THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein. 9 woman struggles for years to choose between two men. And then, 27 (HarperCollins) one fateful day, the decision is made for her. SECRETS TO THE GRAVE, by Tami Hoag. (Penguin Group) 10 THE INNER CIRCLE, by Brad Meltzer. (Grand Central) An archivist 2 28 10 discovers a book that once belonged to George Washington and conceals a deadly secret. 29 HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult. (Simon & Schuster) 13 DEAD OR ALIVE, by Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood. (Penguin 2 11 Group) Familiar Clancy characters appear as an intelligence group PRIMAL, by Lora Leigh, Michelle Rowen, Jory Strong, and Ava tracks a vicious terrorist called the Emir. 30 Gray. (Penguin Group)

11 STRATEGIC MOVES, by Stuart Woods. (Penguin Group) In the 19th 2 MAJOR PETTIGREW, by Helen Simonson. (Random House) 12 Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer works with the C.I.A. 31 to transport a fugitive. HELL’S CORNER, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) 15 ROOM, by Emma Donoghue. (Little, Brown) The entire world of 2 32 13 the 5-year-old boy who narrates this novel is the 11-by-11-foot room in which his mother is being held prisoner. 33 THE POSTMISTRESS, by Sarah Blake. (Penguin Group) FATAL ERROR, by J.A. Jance. (Simon & Schuster) After the murder 1 14 of a cyber-sociopath, Ali Reynolds is drawn into a web of online SAFE HAVEN, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) intrigue. 34

12 WILD MAN CREEK, by Robyn Carr. (Harlequin) In Virgin River, a 2 HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET, by Jamie Ford. 15 former Army pilot recuperating from a helicopter crash is drawn to 35 (Random House) a corporate executive searching for a simpler life.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 5, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. The sales venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. The appearance of a ranked title reflects the fact that sales data from reporting vendors has been provided to The Times and has satisfied commonly accepted industry standards of universal identification (such as ISBN13 and EISBN13 codes). Publishers and vendors of all ranked titles conformed in timely fashion to The New York Times Best Seller Lists requirement to allow for independent corroboration of sales for that week. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Weekly sales of both print books and e-books are reported confi- dentially to The New York Times. The Best Seller Lists are prepared by the News Surveys and Election Analysis Department of The New York Times. Royalty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders. Copyright © 2011 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW February 20, 2011 by The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Best Sellers

THIS LAST WEEKS THIS WEEK WEEK NONFICTION ON LIST WEEK NONFICTION EXTENDED

1 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House) An Olympic 2 EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin Group) 1 runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World 16 War II. JUST KIDS, by Patti Smith. (HarperCollins) 2 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson) A 2 17 2 father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an emergency appendectomy. IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, by Michael Waltrip and Ellis Henican. 18 (Hyperion) THE PIONEER WOMAN, by Ree Drummond. (HarperCollins) The 1 3 proprietor of ThePioneerWoman.com describes her marriage, or, 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. as she puts it, her transition from “black heels to tractor wheels.” 19 (Baker)

3 BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER, by Amy Chua. (Penguin 2 MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler. (Bloomsbury) 4 Group) A Chinese-American mother makes a case for strict and 20 demanding parenting. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown) 4 DECISION POINTS, by George W. Bush. (Crown) The former 2 21 5 president’s memoir discusses his Christianity and the end of his drinking; his relationships with members of his family; and critical DECODED, by Jay-Z. (Random House) White House decisions on 9/11, Iraq and Katrina. 22

THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton) The people who saw 2 WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown) 6 the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight. 23

6 CLEOPATRA, by Stacy Schiff. (Little, Brown) This biography 2 ____ FINISH FIRST, by Tucker Max. (Simon & Schuster) 7 portrays the Macedonian-Egyptian queen in all her ambition, 24 audacity and formidable intelligence. SCORECASTING, by Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim. 8 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. 2 25 (Broadway) 8 (Crown) The story of a woman whose cancer cells were extensively cultured without her permission in 1951. 26 THE NEXT DECADE, by George Friedman. (Knopf Doubleday) 9 INSIDE OF A DOG, by Alexandra Horowitz. (Simon & Schuster) 2 9 What the world is like from a dog’s point of view. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea 27 Handler. (Simon & Schuster) 5 THE HIDDEN REALITY, by Brian Greene. (Knopf Doubleday) 2 10 A physicist explains various theories involving the existence of THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS, by Isabel Wilkerson. (Random parallel universes. 28 House)

13 THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Simon & Schuster) 2 NEPTUNE’S INFERNO, by James D. Hornfischer. (Random House) 11 The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her 29 siblings were constantly moved from place to place. THE MEMORY PALACE, by Mira Bartok. (Simon & Schuster) 11 ------MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (HarperCollins) A coming- 2 30 12 of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father. CINDERELLA ATE MY DAUGHTER, by Peggy Orenstein. 31 (HarperCollins) 12 LIFE, by Keith Richards and James Fox. (Little, Brown) The 2 13 Rolling Stones guitarist’s revealing autobiography is also a portrait I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max. (Kensington) of the era when rock ’n’ roll came of age. 32

COMMITTED, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin Group) The author of 1 THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. 14 “Eat, Pray, Love” overcomes her ambivalence about marriage. 33 (Penguin Group)

10 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN, by Mark Twain. (University 2 BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall. (Knopf Doubleday) 15 of California) In his autobiography, published unexpurgated for the 34 first time, Twain is pointedly political and willing to play the angry prophet. THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES, by Siddhartha Mukherjee. 35 (Simon & Schuster)

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 5, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. The sales venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. The appearance of a ranked title reflects the fact that sales data from reporting vendors has been provided to The Times and has satisfied commonly accepted industry standards of universal identification (such as ISBN13 and EISBN13 codes). Publishers and vendors of all ranked titles conformed in timely fashion to The New York Times Best Seller Lists requirement to allow for independent corroboration of sales for that week. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Weekly sales of both print books and e-books are reported confi- dentially to The New York Times. The Best Seller Lists are prepared by the News Surveys and Election Analysis Department of The New York Times. Royalty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders. Copyright © 2011 February 20, 2011 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Editor’s Choice

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UNION ATLANTIC, by Adam Haslett. (Anchor, details to examine the era’s political fractionaliza- with his book “The Varieties of Religious Illusion.” $15.) Set chiefly in Boston and New York in 2001-2, tion. “Gormley allows for the possibility that even His book (like Goldstein’s) includes an appendix this timely first novel meditates on Wall Street cor- the most rabid-seeming players might have acted that lists and refutes 36 arguments for the existence ruption and class warfare through its protagonist, out of honorable considerations,” Richard L. Berke of God — even as his conundrum-filled life illus- Doug Fanning, one of the brains behind a rotten wrote here. trates and affirms thoughts of the divine. banking conglomerate. A MOUNTAIN OF CRUMBS: A Memoir, by Elena THE DEVIL AND MR. CASEMENT: One Man’s WE’VE GOT ISSUES: Children and Parents in Gorokhova. (Simon & Schuster, $15.) English be- Battle for Human Rights in South America’s the Age of Medication, by Judith Warner. (Riv- came a secret path to personal freedom (“It feels Heart of Darkness, by Jordan Goodman. (Pica- erhead, $16.) In 2004 Warner, author of “Perfect like theater, . . . thrilling and a little dangerous”) for dor, $18.) Goodman reconstructs the early-20th- Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety,” set Gorokhova, who endured the confines of cold war century investigation led by Roger Casement, an out to write a book condemning the overmedication Leningrad but escaped in 1980 at age 24. Irish diplomat in the British Foreign Office, into the of America’s children. But five years of research debt bondage carried out on behalf of a London-in- led her to a much more complex and disturbing ICE HAVEN, by Daniel Clowes. (Pantheon, $16.) corporated rubber-trading company in the Amazon. conclusion: “Families dealing with problems still Wielding various comic strip styles, Clowes, the are stigmatized,” she writes, “and our society still is creator of “Ghost World” (1998), flips through the APPARITION AND LATE FICTIONS: A Novella not doing all that it can to give children with mental pages of a small town’s dark secrets: its broken and Stories, by Thomas Lynch. (Norton, $13.95.) A health challenges the childhood that they deserve.” homes, anguished youths and what seems to be a poet and funeral director, Lynch depicts Midwest- murder along the lines of Leopold and Loeb. ern lives unstrung by the end of things. The facts THE DEATH OF AMERICAN VIRTUE: Clinton vs. are often gruesome, but Lynch also invests his sto- Starr, by Ken Gormley. (Broadway, $18.) This vol- 36 ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD: ries with love and tenderness. ume recreates it all — from the Whitewater develop- A Work of Fiction, by Rebecca Newberger Gold- ment in rural Arkansas to the Paula Jones sexual stein. (Vintage Contemporaries, $15.) In this philo- harassment lawsuit and President Bill Clinton’s sophical novel about love, Jewish cultural identity affair with Monica Lewinsky, culminating in the and academic infighting, Cass Seltzer, a psychology impeachment trial — and goes beyond the sordid professor and “atheist with a soul,” strikes it big Ihsan Taylor