Copyright © 2011 February 20, 2011 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW Print Hardcover 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 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 inde- pendent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermar- ket, 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 THIS LAST WEEKS THIS WEEK WEEK NONFICTION ON LIST WEEK NONFICTION EXTENDED 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 inde- pendent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermar- ket, 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. 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