Posted on 10th Mar 2010 @ 9:56 AM

Published Thursday, March 11, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 7, 2010). 

Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-House Rules, by Jodi Picoult (9780743296434)
#6-Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson (9781400068937)
#8-Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, by Seth Grahame-Smith (9780446563086)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#8-The Pacific, by Hugh Ambrose (9780451230232)
#12-Making Rounds With Oscar, by David Dosa (9781401323233)
#13-No Apology, by Mitt Romney (9780312609801)
Paperback Fiction
#14-Brooklyn, by Colm Tóibín (9781439148952)
Mass Market
#10-The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks (9780446570961)
Children's Illustrated
#7-Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire! by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.) (9780061896439)
Children's Fiction Series
New: Every Day Is Earth Day (Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series)
by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.) (9780061873263)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. House Rules- Debut
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9780743296434
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
4. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399156199
5. The Man From Beijing
Henning Mankell, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307271860
6. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand- Debut
Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937
7. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
8. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter- Debut
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $21.99, 9780446563086
9. Split Image
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399156236
10. The Three Weissmanns of Westport
Cathleen Schine, FSG, $25, 9780374299040
11. Shadow Tag
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.99, 9780061536090
12. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
13. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
14. The Swan Thieves
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
15. Horns
Joe Hill, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061147951
ON THE RISE:
17. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin, $22.95, 9781565126800
Durrow's thoughtful novel about the daugher of white Danish woman and African-American man is a February Indie Next List Great Read.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Game Change
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
3. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
4. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
5. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
6. Willie Mays
James S. Hirsch, Scribner, $30, 9781416547907
7. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
8. The Pacific- Debut
Hugh Ambrose, NAL, $26.95, 9780451230232
9. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
10. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312
11. Half the Sky
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
12. Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat - Debut
David Dosa, Hyperion, $23.99, 9781401323233
13. No Apology: The Case for American Greatness- Debut
Mitt Romney, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312609801
14. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
15. Have a Little Faith
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
3. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
4. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
5. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
6. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
8. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
9. Shanghai Girls
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530
10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
11. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
12. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
13. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
14.Brooklyn- Debut
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $15, 9781439148952
15. The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781416550556
ON THE RISE:
24. Fool
Christopher Moore, Harper, $14.99, 9780060590321
Moore's hilarious take on King Lear is available in paperback.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
3. The Lost City of Z
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
4. Animals Make Us Human
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
5. In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
6. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper, $18.99, 9780060838652
7. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
8. Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $16, 9780812973013
9. The Blind Side
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
10. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
11. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
12. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
13. How We Decide
Jonah Lehrer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547247991
14. My Life in France
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
15. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
ON THE RISE:
19. Einstein's God
Krista Tippett, Penguin, $16, 9780143116776
An interesting look at the ways people view science and religious belief.

MASS MARKET
1. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
2. Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061703256
3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
4. First Family
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446539746
5. Dear John
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
6. Heart and Soul
Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307278425
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
8. Long Lost
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451229328
9. The Scarecrow
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401203
10. The Last Song- Debut
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446570961

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
3. When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
4. Incarceron
Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
5. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
7. The Demigod Files
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
8. D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire, Delacorte, $19.95, 9780440406945
9. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll, Camille Rose Garcia (Illus.), Collins Design, $16.99, 9780061886577
10. Graceling
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
11. Fallen
Lauren Kate, Delacorte, $17.99, 9780385738934
12. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316114271
13. The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
14. Listen to the Wind
Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth, Dial, $16.99, 9780803730588
15. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Easter Egg
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399252389
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. The Lion & the Mouse
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. Fancy Nancy's Elegant Easter
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061703799
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire!- Debut
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061896439
8. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800165
9. Waddle!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
11. Happy Easter, Mouse!
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray, $6.99, 9780694014224
12. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785
13. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
14. The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800011
15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid  (hardcover and paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. The 39 Clues  (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
5. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
New in Series: Every Day Is Earth Day (9780061873263)
6. Hunger Games  (hardover)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
7. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
10. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
THE HEIGHTS: A Novel by Peter Hedges (Dutton, $25.95, 9780525951131) "Peter Hedges' latest novel is set in Brooklyn Heights, and it tackles major issues: fidelity, parenthood, status, and culture. Hedges handles them all with finesse, using a fantastically dry wit that is mixed with empathy and humanity, rendering all of his characters flawed, complex, and, ultimately, lovable."-- Andrea Talarico, Anthology New and Used Books, Scranton, PA

ANIMAL FACTORY by David Kirby (St. Martin's, $26.99, 9780312380588) "Centering on three different tales of large-scale factory farming, David Kirby takes the industry to task for its destruction of the environment, its deleterious effect on the family farm and rural America, and its lies, which have led to government inaction. Kirby's description of how the animals are treated is chilling, and I can guarantee that you'll never eat pork with a clean conscience again."--Matthew Lage, Iowa Book L.L.C., Iowa City, IA

Paperback
CAST MEMBER CONFIDENTIAL by Chris Mitchell (Citadel, $15.95, 9780806531281) "Chris Mitchell -- skateboard photographer, obsessive graffiti tagger, and all-around hipster -- signed up for a gig at Walt Disney World, inspired after meeting another extreme sports dude who has bought into the Disney lifestyle. Mitchell learns a few things -- for instance, almost everybody is gay (he is not) -- and his memoir is good fun. And yes, no matter how good your hair is, everyone in character must wear a wig."-- Daniel Goldin, Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee, WI

For Teen Readers
FRONT AND CENTER by Catherine Murdock (Houghton Mifflin, $16, 9780618959822) "This is the third and final book in the trilogy started with Dairy Queen and continued in The Off Season. This time, D.J. Schwenk spends her junior year in high school dealing with basketball, boys, and the Big Ten, not necessarily in that order! It's fun to watch D.J. and to see how she perseveres over her various challenges and develops the courage to make difficult decisions." --Carl Wichman, NDSU Bookstore, Fargo, ND