Copyright © 2010 May 23, 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 DEAD IN THE FAMILY, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $25.95.) 1 MATTERHORN, by Karl Marlantes. (El León Literary Arts/At- 1 Sookie Stackhouse is exhausted in the aftermath of a Fae war. 16 lantic Monthly) THE 9TH JUDGMENT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. 12 HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria) 2 (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Detective Lindsay Boxer pursues a killer 17 who’s preying on women and children. LUCID INTERVALS, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam) INNOCENT, by Scott Turow. (Grand Central, $27.99.) When 1 18 3 Rusty Sabich’s wife is found dead, Tommy Molto accuses him of murder for the second time, as Turow revisits the characters from THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING, by Nancy Pickard. “Presumed Innocent.” 19 (Ballantine) THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, 3 58 THE WALK, by Richard Paul Evans. (Simon & Schuster) 4 $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s 20 Mississippi. EIGHT DAYS TO LIVE, by Iris Johansen. (St. Martin’s) DELIVER US FROM EVIL, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, 4321 5 $27.99.) Two agents are tracking the same man, a human trafficker who is now dealing in nuclear arms. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, by Seth Graha- 22 me-Smith. (Grand Central) 6 LOVER MINE, by J. R. Ward. (New American Library, $25.95.) 22 Book 8 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. 23 THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday) THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Si- 64 7 mon & Schuster, $25.99.) An elderly woman must decide whether CAUGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton) to reveal a family secret. 24 HANNAH’S LIST, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $24.95.) A doc- 52 BURNING LAMP, by Amanda Quick. (Putnam) 8 tor receives a letter from his dead wife in which she asks him to 25 marry one of three women she has chosen for him. CHANGES, by Jim Butcher. (Roc) BLUE-EYED DEVIL, by Robert B. Parker. (Putnam, $25.95.) 1 26 9 Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch take on a politically ambitious but crooked new chief of police in Appaloosa; Parker died earlier this SILVER BORNE, by Patricia Briggs. (Ace) year. 27 TELL-ALL, by Chuck Palahniuk. (Doubleday, $24.95.) A much- 1 EDGE OF APOCALYPSE, by Tim LaHaye and Craig Parshall. 10 married star is seduced by a bounder who has written a memoir 28 (Zondervan) about her death in this sendup of celebrity culture. RECKLESS, by Andrew Gross. (Morrow) THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB, by Alexander Mc- 7329 11 Call Smith. (Pantheon, $24.95.) The 11th novel in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. 30 HER MOTHER’S HOPE, by Francine Rivers. (Tyndale House) EVERY LAST ONE, by Anna Quindlen. (Random House, $26.) 10 4 12 After a shocking assault on her family, a woman must discover BEATRICE AND VIRGIL, by Yann Martel. (Spiegel & Grau) how to live the rest of her life. 31 * THE IMPERFECTIONISTS, by Tom Rachman. (Dial, $25.) 1 THE ALOHA QUILT, by Jennifer Chiaverini. (Simon & Schuster) 13 Goings-on among the staff of an English-language newspaper in 32 Rome. WRECKED, by Carol Higgins Clark. (Scribner) ISLAND BENEATH THE SEA, by Isabel Allende. (Harper/ 16 2 33 14 HarperCollins, $26.99.) The story of a mulatto slave in late-18th- century Haiti who flees with her master to New Orleans. MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND, by Helen Simonson. 34 (Random House) THIS BODY OF DEATH, by Elizabeth George. (Harper/Har- 83 15 perCollins, $28.99.) Detective Thomas Lynley becomes involved THE LONELY POLYGAMIST, by Brady Udall. (Norton) when a woman’s body is found in a London cemetery. 35 Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending May 8, 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 May 23, 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 WHEN I STOP TALKING, YOU’LL KNOW I’M DEAD, by 1 A memoir from the former first lady. 17 Jerry Weintraub with Rich Cohen. (Twelve) THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $27.95.) The peo- 18 HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion) 2 ple who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from 18 their foresight. COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE, by Karl Rove. (Threshold THIS TIME TOGETHER, by Carol Burnett. (Harmony, $25.) The 2519 Editions) 3 comedian describes her rise in show business and the people she’s met along the way. 20 FOXY, by Pam Grier with Andrea Cagan. (Grand Central) CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. 39 4 (Grand Central, $25.99.) More humorous personal essays from the CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR BODY, by Daniel comedian. 21 G. Amen. (Harmony) MOM, edited by Dave Isay. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A collection 1 THE MANCHURIAN PRESIDENT, by Aaron Klein with Bren- 5 of interviews from NPR’s StoryCorps. 22 da J. Elliott. (WND) OPRAH, by Kitty Kelley. (Crown, $30.) The biography, from the 44 GAME CHANGE, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. 6 author of “Nancy Reagan” and “His Way.” 23 (Harper/HarperCollins) THE LAST STAND, by Nathaniel Philbrick. (Viking, $30.) 1 AMERICAN CONSPIRACIES, by Jesse Ventura with Dick Rus- 7 Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Big Horn. 24 sell. (Skyhorse) ---- MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (It Books/HarperCol- 1 HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL, by Hampton Sides. (Doubleday) 8 lins, $15.99.) A coming-of-age memoir organized around the mus- 25 ings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father. COMMITTED, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Viking) MY FAIR LAZY, by Jen Lancaster. (NAL, $24.95.) The author of 1 26 9 “Pretty in Plaid” makes a humorous attempt to broaden her cul- tural horizons. 2010 TAKE BACK AMERICA, by Dick Morris and Eileen Mc- 27 Gann. (Harper/HarperCollins) 10 LIFT, by Kelly Corrigan. (Voice/Hyperion, $16.99.) Stories about 10 3 parenting, written as a letter to the author’s daughters. 28 BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall. (Knopf) THE PACIFIC, by Hugh Ambrose. (NAL Caliber, $26.95.) Stories 9 10 11 of Marines and a Navy pilot during World War II; companion vol- 13 BANKERS, by Simon Johnson and James Kwak. (Pantheon) ume for an HBO mini-series. 29 THE BEDWETTER, by Sarah Silverman. (Harper/HarperCol- 73 THE BRIDGE, by David Remnick. (Knopf) 12 lins, $25.99.) A humorous, yet sometimes serious, memoir from the 30 comedian. STORM WARNING, by Billy Graham. (Thomas Nelson) THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca 11 14 31 13 Skloot. (Crown, $26.) The story of the woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951. 32 TOO BIG TO FAIL, by Andrew Ross Sorkin. (Viking) 14* OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why 8 76 some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.” 33 EVERY DAY IN TUSCANY, by Frances Mayes. (Broadway) THE OTHER WES MOORE, by Wes Moore. (Spiegel & Grau, 52 15 $25.) A tale of two Wes Moores living in Baltimore: one, the au- PARISIANS, by Graham Robb. (Norton) thor, a Rhodes scholar, combat veteran and former White House 34 fellow; the other, a man serving a life sentence in prison. STONES INTO SCHOOLS, by Greg Mortenson. (Viking) * I’LL MATURE WHEN I’M DEAD, by Dave Barry. (Putnam, 1 35 16 $24.95.) Humorous essays. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending May 8, 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 May 23, 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 SAVOR THE MOMENT, by Nora Roberts. (Berkley, $16.) A 2 THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. (HarperOne) 1 founder of the wedding-planning company Vows has a crush on 21 the brother of one of her partners; Book 3 in the Bride Quartet. THE WHITE QUEEN, by Philippa Gregory. (Touchstone) THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson.