Regional Best Sellers

January 15th Bestsellers

Hardcover Fiction

 1. Death Comes to Pemberley  P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850
2. Believing the Lie  Elizabeth George, Dutton, $28.95, 9780525952589
3. 11/22/63  Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282
4. The Paris Wife  Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest  Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
6. The Sense of an Ending  Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
7. The Litigators  John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
8. The Night Circus  Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
9. State of Wonder  Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
10. Breakdown  Sara Paretsky, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157837
11. The Art of Fielding  Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
12. The Marriage Plot  Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
13. Gideon’s Corpse  Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446564373
14. How It All Began  Penelope Lively, Viking, $26.95, 9780670023448
15. The Language of Flowers  Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $25, 9780345525543

Hardcover Nonfiction

 

1. Unbroken  Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
2. Steve Jobs  Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
3. The Obamas  Jodi Kantor, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316098755
4. In the Garden of Beasts  Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
5. Elizabeth the Queen  Sally Bedell Smith, Random House, $30, 9781400067893
6. Killing Lincoln  Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
7. Catherine the Great  Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728
8. Pity the Billionaire  Thomas Frank, Metropolitan, $25, 9780805093698
9. Goodnight iPad  Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
10. American Sniper  Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350
11. The Magic Room  Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $27, 9781592406616
12. Jack Kennedy  Chris Matthews, S&S, $27.50, 9781451635089
13. Through My Eyes  Tim Tebow, Harper, $26.99, 9780062007285
14. Taking People With You  David Novak, Portfolio, $25.95, 9781591844549
15. Rin Tin Tin  Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135

Trade Paperback Fiction

 

1. The Tiger’s Wife  Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close  Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547735023
3. The Help  Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
4. The Girl Who Played With Fire  Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
5. Room  Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
6. Swamplandia!  Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
7. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy  John le Carré, Penguin, $16, 9780143120933
8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo  Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493
9. A Visit From the Goon Squad  Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
10. Cutting for Stone  Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
11. The Art of Racing in the Rain  Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
12. The House at Tyneford  Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
13. A Discovery of Witches  Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685
14. Sarah’s Key  Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
15. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand  Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223

Trade Paperback Nonfiction

 

1. Heaven Is for Real  Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
2. Bossypants  Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks  Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
4. Cleopatra  Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
5. The Happiness Project  Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
6. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012  Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480
7. Unlikely Friendships  Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
8. The 5 Love Languages  Gary Chapman, Northfield, $14.99, 9780802473158
9. Stories I Only Tell My Friends  Rob Lowe, St. Martin’s, $14.99, 9781250008855
10. What to Expect When You’re Expecting  Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel, Workman, $14.95, 9780761148579
11. The Devil in the White City  Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
12. The Four Agreements  Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
13. Born to Run  Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
14. Zeitoun  Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943
15. 90 Minutes in Heaven  Don Piper, Fleming H. Revell, $13.99, 9780800759490

Mass Market

 

1. The Girl Who Played With Fire  Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo  Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486
3. A Game of Thrones  George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
4. A Clash of Kings  George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901
5. A Storm of Swords  George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
6. A Feast for Crows  George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
7. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition  Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
8. To Kill a Mockingbird  Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
9. Minding Frankie  Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307475497
10. The Land of Painted Caves  Jean M. Auel, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553289435

Children’s Illustrated

 

1. Goodnight Moon  Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. On the Night You Were Born  Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
3. I Want My Hat Back  Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
4. Pat the Bunny  Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
5. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site  Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
6. Pinkalicious: Pink of Hearts  Victoria Kann, Victoria Kann (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061989230
7. If You Give a Dog a Donut  Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837
8. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes  Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $8.99, 9780547366203
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar  Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. Where the Wild Things Are  Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926

Children’s Interest

 

1. The Fault in Our Stars  John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
2. War Horse  Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351
3. The Book Thief  Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
4. Wonderstruck  Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
5. Every Thing On It  Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
6. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children  Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
7. The Invention of Hugo Cabret  Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
8. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book  Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
9. Thirteen Reasons Why  Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880
10. Why We Broke Up  Daniel Handler, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316127257

Children’s Fiction Series Titles

 

1. The Hunger Games  Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780439023528
2. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)  Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023498
3. Mockingjay (The Final Book of the Hunger Games)  Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023511
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever  Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419702235
5. Inheritance (Inheritance Cycle, Book 4)  Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $27.99, 9780375856112
6. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)  Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
7. Abe Lincoln at Last! (Magic Tree House #47)  Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $12.99, 9780375868252
8. Matched  Ally Condie, Speak, $9.99, 9780142419779
9. The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, Book Two)  Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423140597
10. Clockwork Prince (Infernal Devices, #2)  Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781416975885