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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-ECHO PARK by Michael Connelly (0316734950)
#5-ACT OF TREASON by Vince Flynn (0743270371)
#15-ONE GOOD TURN by Kate Atkinson (0316154849)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-THE INNOCENT MAN by John Grisham (0385517238)
#6-AGELESS by Suzanne Somers (0307237249)
#9-BLOOD AND THUNDER by Hampton Sides (0385507771)
#13-WHY WE WANT YOU TO BE RICH by Robert Kiyosaki, Donald Trump (1933914025)
#15-I LIKE YOU by Amy Sedaris (0446578843)
Paperback Fiction
#4-THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS by Kiran Desai (0802142818)
#6-THE LIGHTHOUSE by P.D. James (0307275736)
Paperback Nonfiction
#6- BAD PRESIDENT by R.D. Rosen, et al. ( 0761146202)
#8-1491 by Charles C. Mann (1400032059)
#10-Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk (1400033888)
#11-THE RIVER OF DOUBT by Candice Millard (0767913736)
Children’s Illustrated
#15-YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN by Sandra Boynton (0761143726)
Children’s Fiction Series
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13, 0064410161)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
2. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
3. ECHO PARK – Debut
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316734950
4. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
5. ACT OF TREASON – Debut
Vince Flynn, Atria, $25.95, 0743270371
6. UNDER ORDERS
Dick Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000
7. RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $24.95, 0375502246
8. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
9. THE MISSION SONG
John le Carre, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316016748
10. ABUNDANCE
Sena Jeter Naslund, Morrow, $26.95, 0060825391
11. THE EMPEROR’S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25, 030726419X
12. MOTOR MOUTH
Janet Evanovich, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060584033
13. A SPOT OF BOTHER
Mark Haddon, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385520514
14. SUITE FRANCAISE
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
15. ONE GOOD TURN – Debut
Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 0316154849
ON THE RISE:
28. RESTLESS
William Boyd, Bloomsbury, $24.95, 1596912367
Bookseller Nancy Olson (Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC) says this is the best thriller she’s read in years! A Book Sense Pick.
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
2. THE INNOCENT MAN: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town – Debut
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
3. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
4. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
5. THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD
Frank Rich, Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X
6. AGELESS: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones – Debut
Suzanne Somers, Crown, $25, 0307237249
7. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O’Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
8. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
9. BLOOD AND THUNDER: An Epic of the American West – Debut
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771
10. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
11. THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis, Norton, $24.95, 039306123X
12. THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
13. WHY WE WANT YOU TO BE RICH: Two Men – One Message – Debut
Robert Kiyosaki, Donald Trump, Rich Press, $24.95, 1933914025
14. SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
Daniel Goleman, Bantam, $28, 0553803522
15. I LIKE YOU: Hospitality Under the Influence – Debut
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
ON THE RISE:
18. THE INTELLECTUAL DEVOTIONAL: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently With the Cultured Class
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
4. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS – Debut
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
5. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
6. THE LIGHTHOUSE – Debut
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
7. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
8. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
9. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
10. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
11. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
12. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
13. MY SISTER’S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
14. SKELETON COAST
Clive Cussler, Berkley, $16, 0425211894
15. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
ON THE RISE:
20. THE NIGHT WATCH
Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $15, 1594482306
WW II-era London is the setting for this gripping historical fiction.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
3. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
4. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
5. THE TENDER Bar
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
6. BAD PRESIDENT – Debut
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
7. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
8. 1491 – Debut
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
9. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
10. ISTANBUL: Memories and the City – Debut
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 1400033888
11. THE RIVER OF DOUBT: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey – Debut
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
12. JULIE AND JULIA
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $13.99, 0316013269
13. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
14. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
15. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
ON THE RISE:
16. HEGEMONY OR SURVIVAL
Noam Chomsky, Owl, $13, 0805076883
The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez’s favorite work.
MASS MARKET
1. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
2. SCHOOL DAYS
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347
3. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
4. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
5. ORDINARY HEROES
Scott Turow, Warner, $7.99, 0446617482
6. DEATH AND JUDGMENT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 0143035827
7. ANANSI BOYS
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060515198
8. DANCE OF THE GODS
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141666
9. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 4046616451
10. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin’s, $7.99, 0312938853
CHILDREN’S INTEREST
1. THE BEATRICE LETTERS
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583
2. THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER
Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0060766018
3. PETER PAN IN SCARLET
Geraldine McCaughrean, Margaret McElderry, $17.99, 1416918086
4. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
5. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
6. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
7. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
8. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
9. WINTERSMITH
Terry Pratchett, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060890312
10. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
11. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 763625892
12. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
13. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
14. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
Thomas Rockwell, Yearling, $5.99, 0440421853
15. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L’Engle, Yearling, $6.50, 0440498058
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. WHERE IS BABY’S PUMPKIN?
Karen Katz, Little Simon, $6.99, 1416909702
4. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
6. ANGELINA’S HALLOWEEN
Katharine Holabird, Helen Craig (Illus.), Puffin, $5.99, 014240621X
7. ROOM ON THE BROOM
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 0142501123
8. IS THERE REALLY A HUMAN RACE?
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060753463
9. THE LITTLE OLD LADY WHO WAS NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING
Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $6.99, 0064431835
10. DORA’S SPOOKY HALLOWEEN
Sonali Fry, S&S, $5.99, 1416924825
11. THE HALLO-WIENER
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, $5.99, 0439079462
12. THE FIERCE YELLOW PUMPKIN
Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Egielski (Illus.), HarperTrophy, $6.99, 0064435342
13. BATS AT THE BEACH
Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 061855744X
14. FRANKENSTEIN MAKES A SANDWICH
Adam Rex, Harcourt, $16, 0152057668
15. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN – Debut
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
CHILDREN’S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
NEW: The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13, 0064410161)
3. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
4. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
7. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
10. GUARDIANS OF GA’HOOLE (paperback)
Kathryn Lasky, Scholastic