These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the January 16, 2011 print edition of the Book Review.Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending January 2, 2011, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighed 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.Click here for an explanation of the difference between trade and mass-market paperbacks.
Showing posts with label Hardcover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hardcover. Show all posts
11.1.11
Hardcover Nonfiction
These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the January 16, 2011 print edition of the Book Review.Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending January 2, 2011, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighed 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.Click here for an explanation of the difference between trade and mass-market paperbacks.
10.1.11
Hardcover Advice & Misc.
These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the January 16, 2011 print edition of the Book Review.Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending January 2, 2011, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighed 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.Click here for an explanation of the difference between trade and mass-market paperbacks.
Hardcover Fiction
These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the January 16, 2011 print edition of the Book Review.Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending January 2, 2011, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighed 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.Click here for an explanation of the difference between trade and mass-market paperbacks.
Hardcover Nonfiction
These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the January 16, 2011 print edition of the Book Review.Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending January 2, 2011, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighed 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.Click here for an explanation of the difference between trade and mass-market paperbacks.
7.11.10
Hardcover Business Best Sellers
DELIVERING HAPPINESS, by Tony Hsieh. (Grand Central, $23.99.) Lessons from business (pizza place, worm farm, Zappos) and life. (?) AFTERSHOCK, by Robert B. Reich. (Knopf, $25.) Looking at the future of the United States economy, the Clinton-era labor secretary fears that inevitable national belt-tightening could trigger a political convulsion. SWITCH, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. (Broadway Business, $26.) How everyday people can effect transformative change at work and in life. (?) THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $27.95.) The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed ? it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent ? from the author of "Blink" and "The Tipping Point." THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown, $22.) Reconstructing your life so that it?s not all about work. (?) THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, by Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson, $24.99.) Debt reduction and fiscal fitness for families, by the radio talk-show host. (?) STRENGTHS BASED LEADERSHIP, by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. (Gallup, $24.95.) Three keys to being a more effective leader. (?) YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO BE GREAT, by Alan Fine with Rebecca R. Merrill. (Portfolio Penguin, $25.95.) How to remove the obstacles that get in the way of applying skills you already have. (?) DRIVE, by Daniel H. Pink. (Riverhead, $26.95.) What really motivates people is the quest for autonomy, mastery and purpose, not external rewards. THE ORANGE REVOLUTION, by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. (Free Press, $25.) A guide to building high-performance teams capable of transforming organizations. (?) REWORK, by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. (Crown Business, $22.) Counterintuitive rules for small-business success, like ?Ignore the details early on? and ?Good enough is fine.? (?) GOOD BOSS, BAD BOSS, by Robert I. Sutton. (Business Plus, $23.99.) How great bosses differ from the just so-so, or worse. (?) THE MENTOR LEADERby Tony Dungy. (Tyndale House, $24.99.) The former head coach of the Indianapolis Colts football team offers tips for helping to inspire growth. (?) SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $29.99.) A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel. Rankings are based on October figures 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.
Hardcover Nonfiction
This WeekLast WeekWeeks on ListLIFE, by Keith Richards with James Fox. (Little, Brown, $29.99.) The Rolling Stones guitarist’s revealing autobiography is also a portrait of the era when rock ’n’ roll came of age, with the music itself as the book’s core.BROKE, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold/Mercury Radio Arts, $29.99.) The Fox News host’s plan for fixing the country financially seeks to unite Americans around the concept of shared sacrifice.EARTH (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart and others. (Grand Central, $27.99.) A visitor’s guide to the human race, presented by "The Daily Show."THE LAST BOY, by Jane Leavy. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.) A biography of the Yankees star Mickey Mantle, who grappled with a wrenching childhood and physical injuries.AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN, VOL. 1, by Mark Twain. (University of California, $34.95.) In his autobiography, published unexpurgated for the first time, Twain is pointedly political and willing to play the angry prophet. ExcerptPINHEADS AND PATRIOTS, by Bill O'Reilly. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $27.99.) The Fox News commentator scrutinizes the meaning of change in the era of Obama.AT HOME, by Bill Bryson. (Doubleday, $28.95.) The evolution of private life as exemplified by the houses we live in.------ FINISH FIRST, by Tucker Max. (Gallery, $25.99.) Stories of bad decisions, debauchery and sexual recklessness.TRICKLE UP POVERTY, by Michael Savage. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) The radio host criticizes Obama’s policies on the borders, the economy and security.FINISHING THE HAT, by Stephen Sondheim. (Knopf, $39.95.) A compilation of Sondheim’s lyrics, with commentary and anecdotes, covering the years 1954 to 1981.WASHINGTON, by Ron Chernow. (Penguin Press, $40.) A biography of the first president.OBAMA'S WARS, by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) The inside story of how decisions were made on Afghanistan, on Pakistan and on the fight against terrorism._____ MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (It Books/HarperCollins, $15.99.) A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father.THE GRAND DESIGN, by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. (Bantam, $28.) Central questions of philosophy and science, from the author of “A Brief History of Time.”THE ROOTS OF OBAMA'S RAGE, by Dinesh D'Souza (Regnery) OOGY, by Larry Levin (Grand Central) YOU HAD ME AT WOOF, by Julie Klam (Riverhead) FIRST FAMILY, by Joseph J. Ellis (Knopf) HODA, by Hoda Kotb with Jane Lorenzini (Simon & Schuster) GROWING UP LAUGHING, by Marlo Thomas (Hyperion) THE ELEPHANT TO HOLLYWOOD, by Michael Caine (Holt) LATE, LATE AT NIGHT, by Rick Springfield (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster) IS IT JUST ME?, by Whoopi Goldberg (Hyperion) DEWEY'S NINE LIVES, by Vicki Myron with Brett Witter (Dutton) IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT, by Ann Rule (Free Press) THE MIND'S EYE, by Oliver Sacks (Knopf) These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the November 14 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending October 30, 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. Click here for an explanation of the difference between trade and mass-market paperbacks.
6.11.10
Hardcover Fiction
This WeekLast WeekWeeks on ListTHE CONFESSION, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) A man who committed a despicable crime but allowed another to be sent to death row in his place now wants to admit his guilt, but must convince the authorities he’s telling the truth.WORTH DYING FOR, by Lee Child. (Delacorte, $28.) Jack Reacher can’t let go of a decades-old case of a missing child.AMERICAN ASSASSIN, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $27.99.) In the wake of the Lockerbie bombing, Mitch Rapp takes on his first antiterrorist assignment.SIDE JOBS, by Jim Butcher. (Roc, $25.95.) A collection of stories about the Chicago wizard Harry Dresden.IN THE COMPANY OF OTHERS, by Jan Karon. (Viking, $27.95.) In Ireland, the Episcopal priest Tim Kavanagh finds an old journal that could solve a crime.FALL OF GIANTS, by Ken Follett. (Dutton, $36.) Five interrelated families from five countries are caught in the upheavals of World War I and the Russian Revolution.SAFE HAVEN, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $25.99.) The arrival of a mysterious young woman in a small North Carolina town raises questions about her past.FREEDOM, by Jonathan Franzen. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28.) A family of Midwestern liberals during the Bush years. ExcerptTHE REVERSAL, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) The defense lawyer Mickey Haller and the L.A.P.D. detective Harry Bosch join forces against a child-killer.SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown, $21.99.) The humorist looks at human nature through stories with animals as characters.THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ?Mississippi.DON'T BLINK, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A reporter finds himself involved in a war between the Italian mob and the Russian mafia.OUR KIND OF TRAITOR, by John le Carr?. (Viking, $27.95.) A British couple are caught up in Russian intrigue.ROOM, by Emma Donoghue. (Little, Brown, $24.99.) A mother’s prison is her young son’s entire world.THE TWELFTH IMAM, by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House) WORLD OF WARCRAFT: THE SHATTERING, by Christie Golden (Gallery) CHRISTMAS EVE AT FRIDAY HARBOR, by Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin’s) NAKED HEAT, by Richard Castle (Hyperion) THE TEMPLAR SALVATION, by Raymond Khoury (Dutton) CHASING THE NIGHT, by Iris Johansen (St. Martin’s) CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER, by Tom Franklin (Morrow) PROMISE ME, by Richard Paul Evans (Simon & Schuster) PAINTED LADIES, by Robert B. Parker (Putnam) GETTING TO HAPPY, by Terry McMillan (Viking) GAUNTLGRYM, by R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) CALL ME MRS. MIRACLE, by Debbie Macomber (Mira) EIGHTEEN ACRES, by Nicolle Wallace (Atria) AGAINST ALL THINGS ENDING, by Stephen R. Donaldson (Putnam) LEGACY, by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) CRYOBURN, by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen) MINI SHOPAHOLIC, by Sophie Kinsella (Dial) A DOG'S PURPOSE, by W. Bruce Cameron (Forge) BAD BLOOD, by John Sandford (Putnam) These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the November 14 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending October 30, 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. Click here for an explanation of the difference between trade and mass-market paperbacks.
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