Posted on 18th Feb 2010 @ 7:05 PM

Published Thursday, February 18, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, February 14, 2010).

Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3- The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake (9780399156199)
#14- The Lost Books of the Odyssey, by Zachary Mason (9780374192150)
#15- Brava, Valentine, by Adriana Trigiani (9780061257070)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#7- Willie Mays, by James S. Hirsch (9781416547907)
Mass Market
#5- Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane (9780061703256)
#8- Night and Day, by Robert B. Parker (9780425232996)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
3. The Postmistress- Debut
Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399156199
4. Shadow Tag
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.99, 9780061536090
5. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
6. The Swan Thieves
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316065788
7. The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
8. Worst Case
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316036221
9. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
10. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
11. Where the God of Love Hangs Out
Amy Bloom, Random House, $25, 9781400063574
12. Noah's Compass
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272409
13. Remarkable Creatures
Tracy Chevalier, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525951452
14. The Lost Books of the Odyssey- Debut
Zachary Mason, FSG, $24, 9780374192150
15. Brava, Valentine- Debut
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $25.99, 9780061257070
ON THE RISE:
18. Conspirata
Robert Harris, S&S, $26, 9780743266109
Harris follows-up his bestselling novel of Ancient Rome, Imperium.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Game Change
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
2. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
3. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
4. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312
5. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
7. Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend - Debut
James S. Hirsch, Scribner, $30, 9781416547907
8. The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $24.5, 9780805091748
9. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
10. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
11. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
12. The Politician
Andrew Young, Thomas Dunne, $24.99, 9780312640651
13. Have a Little Faith
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
14. Open
Andre Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198
15. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I
Julia Child, et al., Knopf, $40, 9780375413407
ON THE RISE:
16. Staying True
Jenny Sanford, Ballantine, $25, 9780345522399
A candid memoir by the first lady of South Carolina.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
3. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
4. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
5. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
6. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
9. Shanghai Girls
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530
10. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
11. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
12. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
13. The Piano Teacher
Janice Y.K. Lee, Penguin, $15, 9780143116530
14. When Will There Be Good News?
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012836
15. The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044936
ON THE RISE:
29. Honolulu
Alan Brennert, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312606343
A novel about a young Korean woman who immigrates to Honolulu in 1914.

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. The Blind Side
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
5. Animals Make Us Human
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
6. Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013
7. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper, $18.95, 9780060838652
8. In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
9. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
10. My Life in France
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695
11. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
12. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
13. How We Decide
Jonah Lehrer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547247991
14. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
15. Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335

MASS MARKET
1. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
2. Dear John
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
4. The Scarecrow
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401203
5. Shutter Island- Debut
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061703256
6. Nine Stories
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769501
7. The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316044400
8. Night and Day- Debut
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425232996
9. Franny and Zooey
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769495
10. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
3. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
4. 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
5. Incarceron
Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
7. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
8. The Underneath
Kathi Appelt, David Small (Illus.), Atheneum, $7.99, 9781416950592
9. Graceling
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
10. The Demigod Files
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
11. The Magician's Elephant
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763644109
12. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Jacqueline Kelly, Holt, $16.99, 9780805088410
13. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316114271
14. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
15. The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Fancy Nancy: Heart to Heart
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235962
2. The Lion & the Mouse
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse!
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061804328
5. Waddle!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
7. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. Where's My Sweetie Pie?
Ed Emberley, LB Kids, $7.99, 9780316018913
11. All the World
Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $17.99, 9781416985808
12. My Heart Is Like a Zoo
Michael Hall, Greenwillow, $16.99, 9780061915109
13. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
14. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
15. Valentine Surprise
Corinne Demas, R.W. Alley (Illus.), Walker, $6.99, 9780802720764

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

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
THE KINGDOM OF OHIO: A Novel by Matthew Flaming (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155604) "Peter Force is in New York City in the early 1900s working underground to dig subway tunnels. When he meets a beautiful woman with a fantastic story -- and through her meets J.P. Morgan, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla -- he begins a quest to discover if travel to another world is possible. Get ready to be transported through time yourself as you read this book." --Beth Carpenter, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC

TO HELL ON A FAST HORSE: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West by Mark Lee Gardner (Morrow, $26.99, 9780061368271) "If you want to take a fantastic trip back to the chaotic Wild West, Mark Gardner's historical narrative delivers in spades. This rollicking book presents the tribulations of Sheriff Pat Garrett and his quest to capture the notorious Billy the Kid, and Gardner's superb writing and references makes this tale truly come alive."-- Jerry Fieldsted, Windows on the World Books & Art, Mariposa, CA

Paperback
ONCE WERE COPS: A Novel by Ken Bruen (Minotaur, $14.99, 9780312540173) "If you haven't read any Bruen yet, this gritty noir tale of a wild Irish cop on the loose in the NYPD is a great introduction. There are twists and turns aplenty in this riveting read." --Rich Chasse, The Kennebunk Book Port, Kennebunkport, ME

For Ages 9 to 12
109 FORGOTTEN AMERICAN HEROES by Chris Ying and Brian McMullen (DK Publishing, $19.99, 9780756654054) "The editors of McSweeney's literary magazine and DK Publishing bring us 109 Forgotten American Heroes. This is a fun, zany presentation of history targeted for kids 11 and older, but I think you'll find your whole family reading bits aloud to each other." --Jennifer Wills Geraedts, Beagle Books, Park Rapids, MN