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by The New York Times
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
April 12, 2015
Print Hardcover Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
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1
Fiction
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) A
psychological thriller set in London.
STRANGER, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton) Characters’ lives
2THE
begin to fall apart as a mysterious stranger discloses secrets to
WEEKS
ON LIST
2
4
3
5
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. (Scribner)
The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German
boy before and during World War II. Fiction Extended
11
16
PRODIGAL SON, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte)
1
17
MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD, by Jeffrey Archer. (St. Martin’s)
18
THE BOSTON GIRL, by Anita Diamant. (Scribner)
19
THE WHITES, by Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt. (Holt)
20
GRAY MOUNTAIN, by John Grisham. (Doubleday)
them; a stand-alone thriller.
3
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WEEK
47
NYPD RED 3, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. (Little,
Brown) Investigating the disappearance of a billionaire’s son,
Detective Zach Jordan and his partner (and ex-girlfriend) find
themselves in the midst of a conspiracy.
2
5
A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD, by Anne Tyler. (Knopf) Four
generations of a family are drawn to a house in the Baltimore
suburbs.
7
6
8
THE NIGHTINGALE, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s) Two
sisters in World War II France: one struggling to survive in the
countryside, the other joining the Resistance in Paris.
8
7
6
THE BURIED GIANT, by Kazuo Ishiguro. (Knopf) In a semihistorical ancient Britain, an elderly couple set out in search of
their son.
4
STRAITS, by Randy Wayne White. (Putnam) Danger
8CUBA
abounds as Doc Ford investigates the disappearance of a cache of
1
9
7
ENDANGERED, by C. J. Box. (Putnam) When his 18-year-old ward
is found beaten in a ditch, the Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett
suspects her boyfriend, a rodeo star.
3
10
4
A DANGEROUS PLACE, by Jacqueline Winspear. (Harper) The
psychologist turned private investigator Maisie Dobbs is drawn
into political intrigue in Gibraltar in 1937 while looking into a
murder.
2
11
11
THE FIFTH GOSPEL, by Ian Caldwell. (Simon & Schuster) A
mystery set in the Vatican in 2004 focuses on a controversial
museum exhibit about the Shroud of Turin.
4
letters obtained by a friend who sells collectibles — letters written
to a previously unknown girlfriend by Fidel Castro.
BERLIN, by Joseph Kanon. (Atria) In the late 1940s, a
12 LEAVING
young Jewish writer who took refuge from the Nazis in the United
2
13
12
WORLD GONE BY, by Dennis Lehane. (Morrow/HarperCollins)
In 1943, the gangster Joe Coughlin, a rising power in the Tampa
underworld, discovers that there is a contract out on his life; the
final book in a trilogy.
3
14
9
THE ASSASSIN, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. (Putnam) The
detective Isaac Bell investigates the murders of opponents of the
Standard Oil trust in 1905.
4
15
10
LAST ONE HOME, by Debbie Macomber. (Ballantine) Three
estranged sisters work to resolve their differences
3
States reluctantly agrees to spy for the C.I.A. in Berlin, but things
go terribly wrong.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending March 28, 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. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
April 12, 2015
Print Hardcover Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
1
1
Nonfiction
DEAD WAKE, by Erik Larson. (Crown) The last voyage of the
Lusitania, by the author of “The Devil in the White City.”
STEVE JOBS, by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli.
2BECOMING
(Crown Business) How Jobs, who started out as a brash young
WEEKS
ON LIST
3
3
4*
2
5
BEING MORTAL, by Atul Gawande. (Metropolitan/Holt) The
surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients
at the end of life and how they can do better.
16
17 CARNATIONS, by Andrew Morton. (Grand Central)
1
17
WHAT COMES NEXT AND HOW TO LIKE IT, by Abigail Thomas.
(Scribner)
18
GIRL IN A BAND, by Kim Gordon. (Dey Street/Morrow)
19
NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL, by Lena Dunham. (Random House)
20
FRANK, by Barney Frank. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
25
PIONEER GIRL, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. (South Dakota State
Historical Society) The writer’s autobiography, the source of her
Little House on the Prairie books, completed in 1930 and never
published, is annotated by a biographer.
3
4
H IS FOR HAWK, by Helen Macdonald. (Grove) A grief-stricken
British woman decides to raise a goshawk, a fierce bird that is
notoriously difficult to tame.
6
6*
12
WHERE YOU GO IS NOT WHO YOU’LL BE, by Frank Bruni.
(Grand Central) The New York Times columnist urges students
and their parents to give up the high-stakes competition for Ivy
League admission and consider other types of schools and other
measures of success.
2
7
8
KILLING PATTON, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) The
host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the death of Gen. George
S. Patton in December 1945.
27
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. (Harper) The author of “Infidel”
8HERETIC,
and “Nomad” argues that fundamental doctrines of Islam must
Nonfiction Extended
3
genius, developed a more mature management style.
THIS
WEEK
1
change for it to be compatible with democracy.
9
YES PLEASE, by Amy Poehler. (Dey Street/Morrow) A humorous
miscellany from the comedian and actress.
22
10* 5
EVERY DAY I FIGHT, by Stuart Scott with Larry Platt. (Blue Rider)
A memoir by the ESPN anchor and commentator, who died of
cancer in January 2015.
3
11
7
WHAT IF?, by Randall Munroe. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Scientific (but often humorous) answers to hypothetical
questions, based in part on the author’s website, xkcd.com.
12
13
OUR KIDS, by Robert D. Putnam. (Simon & Schuster) A social
scientist argues that income inequality is creating an “opportunity
gap” for poor children that is destroying the American dream.
6
JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) The
13 KILLING
host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events leading up to
30
3
40
Jesus’ execution.
14
BETTYVILLE, by George Hodgman. (Viking) A New York editor
returns to his Missouri hometown to care for his aging mother.
3
BANKERS, by Gerald Posner. (Simon & Schuster,) The
15 GOD’S
Catholic Church and money, from the sale of indulgences in the
2
10
Middle Ages to the papacy’s dealings with the Nazis to the Vatican
Bank scandal.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending March 28, 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. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
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April 12, 2015
Print Paperback Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK
Paperback Trade Fiction
WEEKS
ON LIST
THE HUSBAND’S SECRET, by Liane Moriarty. (Berkley) Cecilia
14
Fitzpatrick — successful businesswoman, devoted wife and
mother — finds a letter that throws everything she’s believed into
doubt.
THE ESCAPE, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) John Puller,
21
a special agent with the Army, hunts for his brother, who was
convicted of treason and has escaped from prison.
ORPHAN TRAIN, by Christina Baker Kline. (Morrow/
384
HarperCollins) A historical novel about orphans swept off the
streets of New York and sent to the Midwest in the 1920s. THE MARTIAN, by Andy Weir. (Broadway) After a dust storm
422
forces his crew to abandon him, an astronaut embarks on a
dogged quest to stay alive on Mars.
THE LONGEST RIDE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) The
513
lives of two couples converge unexpectedly. While 91-year-old
Ira is visited by his beloved wife (who passed away years earlier),
Sophia, a college student, is enthralled by a young cowboy.
THE BURNING ROOM, by Michael Connelly. (Grand Central) In
62
this Harry Bosch thriller, the detective and a new partner pursue a
case nine years cold.
STILL ALICE, by Lisa Genova. (Gallery Books) A professor learns
726
she has early-onset Alzheimer’s disease; the basis for the movie.
THIS
WEEK
Trade Fiction Extended
11
FIFTY SHADES FREED, by E. L. James. (Vintage)
12
WHAT ALICE FORGOT, by Liane Moriarty. (Berkley)
13
THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. (HarperOne/HarperCollins)
14
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, by E. L. James. (Vintage)
15
EUPHORIA, by Lily King. (Grove/Atlantic)
16
THE COLLECTOR, by Nora Roberts. (Berkley)
17
READY PLAYER ONE, by Ernest Cline. (Broadway)
18
THE ROSIE PROJECT, by Graeme Simsion. (Simon & Schuster)
19
THE STORIED LIFE OF A. J. FIKRY, by Gabrielle Zevin.
(Algonquin)
20
ONE MORE THING, by B. J. Novak. (Vintage)
GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Broadway) A woman disappears
849
from her Missouri home on her fifth anniversary; is her bitter,
oddly evasive husband a killer?
FIFTY SHADES DARKER, by E. L. James. (Vintage) Daunted by
9110
Christian’s dark secrets, Anastasia ends their relationship — but
desire still dominates her every thought.
RUBY, by Cynthia Bond. (Hogarth) Voodoo, faith and racism
104
converge in an East Texas town, where a man is forced to choose
between the sister who raised him and the disgraced woman he
has loved since he was a boy.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending March 28, 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. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
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THIS
WEEK
Mass-Market Fiction
WEEKS
ON LIST
THIS
WEEK
THE LONGEST RIDE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) The
11
112
lives of two couples converge unexpectedly. While 91-year-old
Ira is visited by his beloved wife (who passed away years earlier),
Sophia, a college student, is enthralled by a young cowboy.
I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Pocket
21
Books) Five years after her husband was brazenly murdered,
the producer of a true-crime television show must contend with
participants and their secrets.
THE TARGET, by David Baldacci. (Vision) As the government
35
hit man Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel, prepare for a
mission, they’re stalked by a new adversary.
MISSING YOU, by Harlan Coben. (Signet) When the New York
47
detective Kat Donovan finds her ex-fiancé on an online dating
site, an unspeakable conspiracy comes to light.
THE LOST ISLAND, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Grand
61
Central) Gideon Crew — brilliant scientist and master thief —
pursues an extraordinary treasure for his mysterious employer.
CLOSE TO HOME, by Lisa Jackson. (Zebra/Kensington) Sarah
75
McAdams returns to her childhood home to make a fresh start
with her daughters. But dark memories and a new menace lurk.
OUTLANDER, by Diana Gabaldon. (Dell)
12
ONE WISH, by Robyn Carr. (Mira)
13
THE CITY, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam)
14
A GAME OF THRONES, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam)
15
STILL ALICE, by Lisa Genova. (Pocket Books)
16
POWER PLAY, by Danielle Steel. (Dell)
FESTIVE IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. (Berkley) At Christmas, Lt. Eve
17
54
Dallas investigates the murder of a narcissistic personal trainer;
by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
Mass-Market Extended
PRIVATE L.A., by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan. (Vision)
18
BAD MONKEY, by Carl Hiaasen. (Grand Central)
19
STONE COLD, by C. J. Box. (Berkley)
20
A REAL PRINCE, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira)
THE BOOTLEGGER, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. (Berkley)
84
When his friend is grievously wounded while chasing bootleggers,
Detective Isaac Bell enters the fray and soon finds himself
combating men far more deadly than ordinary criminals.
THE HEIST, by Daniel Silva. (Harper/HarperCollins) Gabriel Allon,
9*5
an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service,
must track down a famous missing painting by Caravaggio.
GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Broadway) A woman disappears
1030
from her Missouri home on her fifth anniversary; is her bitter,
oddly evasive husband a killer?
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending March 28, 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. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
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Print Paperback Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK
Paperback Nonfiction
WEEKS
ON LIST
THIS
WEEK
AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and
173
11
Jim DeFelice. (Morrow/HarperCollins) A memoir recounts the
battlefield experiences in Iraq by the Navy SEALs sniper; now a
movie.
Nonfiction Extended
10% HAPPIER, by Dan Harris. (Dey Street)
12
I HATE MYSELFIE, by Shane Dawson. (Atria/Keywords)
13
THE NEW JIM CROW, by Michelle Alexander. (New Press)
UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House) An Olympic
335
14
runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese during
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson. (Vintage)
15
OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown)
16
WHAT THE DOG KNOWS, by Cat Warren. (Touchstone)
2
44
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. (Penguin)
A group of American rowers pursued gold at the 1936 Berlin
Olympic Games.
World War II after his plane went down over the Pacific; now a
movie.
4
105
WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Vintage) A woman’s account of the life-
changing 1,100-mile solo hike she took along the Pacific Crest
Trail in 1995; now a movie.
THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar,
578
17
Straus & Giroux) How we make choices in business and personal
life.
6
61
THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. (Random House) An
7
examination of the science behind habits, how we form them and
break them.
2
THRIVE, by Arianna Huffington. (Harmony) The journalist argues
8
for a third pinion of support, beyond career and financial success.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, by Stephen W. Hawking. (Bantam)
18
BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. (Back Bay/Little, Brown)
19
LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. (Back
Bay/Little, Brown)
20
PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander. (Simon & Schuster)
103
QUIET, by Susan Cain. (Broadway) Introverts — approximately
one-third of the population — are undervalued in American
society.
FLASH BOYS, by Michael Lewis. (Norton) Wall Street whistle91
blowers expose the inner workings of the industry.
WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
101
(Anchor) The adapted text of the much-watched TED talk.
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending March 28, 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. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
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Best Sellers Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous
THIS
WEEK
Advice, How-to and Miscellaneous
WEEKS
ON LIST
THIS
WEEK
THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP, by Marie Kondo.
122
11
(Ten Speed) A guide to decluttering by discarding your expendable
objects all at once and taking charge of your space.
GET WHAT’S YOURS, by Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Philip Moeller and
24
Paul Solman. (Simon & Schuster) A guide to deciding when to
claim Social Security benefits and to getting all you’re eligible for
when you do.
Advice Extended
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff
and Sharon Mazel. (Workman)
12
MONEY: MASTER THE GAME, by Tony Robbins. (Simon &
Schuster)
13
THE MOTIVATION MANIFESTO, by Brendon Burchard. (Hay
House)
THE 20/20 DIET, by Phil McGraw. (Bird Street) A weight loss plan
311
14
centered around 20 key foods.
THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET FOR EVERY DAY, by the staff of
Telamon Press. (Telamon)
BETTER THAN BEFORE, by Gretchen Rubin. (Crown) The author
42
15
of “The Happiness Project” reviews research and experience to
THE FAST METABOLISM DIET, by Haylie Pomroy with Eve
Adamson. (Harmony)
determine how to form good habits and extinguish bad ones.
10-DAY GREEN SMOOTHIE CLEANSE, by JJ Smith. (Atria)
527
Beverages of combined leafy greens and fruits are the basis for a
weight loss and health plan.
6
96
THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield)
How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand —
with quality time, affirmative words, gifts, acts of service, and
physical touch.
THUG KITCHEN, by the staff of Thug Kitchen. (Rodale) More than
723
100 vegan recipes, including cornmeal waffles with strawberry
syrup, from the creators of the popular, irreverent website. (†)
8
5
ZERO BELLY DIET, by David Zinczenko. (Ballantine) A diet that
16
THE HORMONE RESET DIET, by Sara Gottfried. (HarperOne)
17
THE GIFTS OF IMPERFECTION, by Brene Brown. (Hazelden)
18
RESILIENCE, by Eric Greitens. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
19
IT STARTS WITH FOOD, by Dallas Hartwig and Melissa Hartwig.
(Victory Belt)
20
THE SKINNYTASTE COOKBOOK, by Gina Homolka with Heather
K. Jones. (Clarkson Potter)
includes menus, recipes and exercises to target stomach fat.
YOGA GIRL, by Rachel Brathen. (Touchstone) An instructor’s
91
journey from her childhood in Sweden to downward-facing dog.
(†)
THE COMPLETE VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK, by the staff of
101
America’s Test Kitchen. (America’s Test Kitchen) Seven hundred
recipes for the meat-free fan.
The category Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers includes both e-book and print book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a title’s sales are barely distinguishable from those
of the title ranked above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
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Children’s Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK
Picture Books
WEEKS
ON LIST
THIS
WEEK
Series
WEEKS
ON LIST
DIVERGENT, by Veronica Roth. (HarperCollins Publishers) A girl
THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT, by Drew Daywalt. Illustrated by
175
192
must prove herself in a dystopia divided into five factions. (Ages
Oliver Jeffers. (Philomel) Colorful problems arise when Duncan’s
crayons revolt. (Ages 3 to 7)
14 and up)
THE MAZE RUNNER, by James Dashner. (Random House
THE BOOK WITH NO PICTURES, by B. J. Novak. (Dial) Silly
2129
226
Publishing) Amnesiac teenagers endure a series of trials. (Ages
songs and sound effects in a book without images. (Ages 4 to 8)
DRAGONS LOVE TACOS, by Adam Rubin. Illustrated by Daniel
362
Salmieri. (Dial) What to serve your dragon-guests. (Ages 3 to 5)
THE ADVENTURES OF BEEKLE, by Dan Santat. (Little, Brown)
45
A heretofore imaginary friend sets off to find a real child. (Ages 3
to 6)
AQUALICIOUS, by Victoria Kann. (Harper/HarperCollins)
54
Pinkalicious helps a mermaid get home. (Ages 4 to 8)
PRESS HERE, by Hervé Tullet. (Handprint/Chronicle) A whimsical
6185
dance of color and motion, at the touch of a finger. (Ages 4 to 8)
12 and up)
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.
3316
(Abrams Books) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9
to 12)
BIG NATE, written and illustrated by Lincoln Peirce. (HarperCollins
4100
Publishers) Where Nate goes, trouble is sure to follow. (Ages 8 to
12)
THE SELECTION, by Kiera Cass. (HarperTeen) A competition
533
offers girls a chance to escape a life laid out since birth. (Ages 13
and up)
I SURVIVED, by Lauren Tarshis. (Scholastic) One boy’s tale of
GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT, CONSTRUCTION SITE, by Sherri
67
7182
living through dangerous historical events. (Ages 9 to 11)
Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld. (Chronicle) As the sun sets,
hard-working trucks get ready for bed. (Ages 4 to 8)
WAITING IS NOT EASY!, by Mo Willems. (Hyperion) Impatient
817
Gerald has to wait for Piggie’s promised surprise. (Ages 2 to 7)
ROSIE REVERE, ENGINEER, by Andrea Beaty. Illustrated by David
943
Roberts. (Abrams) A young inventor learns to fail better. (Ages 4
to 8)
THE PIGEON NEEDS A BATH!, by Mo Willems. (Hyperion) A filthy
1041
bird is persuaded to bathe. (Ages 3 to 7)
HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling. (Scholastic) A wizard hones his
7319
skills while fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up)
THE PENDERWICKS, by Jeanne Birdsall. (Knopf, hardcover
82
and paper) Four charming sisters who can’t seem to stay out of
trouble. (Ages 8 to 12)
THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic) In a
9224
dystopia, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up)
DORK DIARIES, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Simon & Schuster)
10124
Nikki Maxwell navigates the halls of middle school. (Ages 9 to 13)
The categories of Middle Grade, Young Adult and Series include e-sales and print sales. Picture Book rankings are print only. 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.
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Children’s Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK
Middle Grade
WEEKS
ON LIST
THIS
WEEK
Young Adult
WEEKS
ON LIST
PAPER TOWNS, by John Green. (Penguin Group) After a night of
WONDER, by R. J. Palacio. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing) A boy
1108
1122
mischief, the girl Quentin loves disappears. (Ages 14 and up)
with a facial deformity enters a mainstream school. (Ages 8 to 12)
LOOKING FOR ALASKA, by John Green. (Penguin Group) A boy
THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, by Katherine Applegate.
2122
2107
finds excitement when he meets a girl named Alaska. (Ages 14
(HarperCollins Publishers) A gorilla living in a mall meets an
to 17)
elephant. (Ages 8 to 12)
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, by John Green. (Penguin Group) A
PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPERHERO, by James Patterson and Chris
3122
32
16-year-old heroine faces the medical realities of cancer. (Ages
Tebbetts. Illustrated by Cory Thomas. (Little, Brown & Company)
Kenny and his superhero friend fight to help their big-city school.
(Ages 8 to 12)
THE CROSSOVER, by Kwame Alexander. (Houghton Mifflin
45
Harcourt Publishing) The story of a hoops prodigy’s family, told in
verse. (Ages 9 to 12)
BROWN GIRL DREAMING, by Jacqueline Woodson. (Penguin
518
Group) A memoir in verse; a 2014 National Book Award winner.
14 and up)
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, by
489
Ransom Riggs. (Quirk Books) An island, an abandoned orphanage
and a collection of curious photographs. (Ages 12 and up)
RED QUEEN, by Victoria Aveyard. (HarperCollins Publishers) A
57
girl with a special power lives in a kingdom divided between an
underclass with red blood and an elite with silver. (Ages 12 and
up)
(Ages 10 to 16)
IF I STAY, by Gayle Forman. (Penguin Group) A young cellist falls
THE ISLAND OF DR. LIBRIS, by Chris Grabenstein. (Random
652
61
into a coma after she suffers an accident. (Ages 12 and up)
House Publishing) Stories appear to develop a real life of their
own. (Ages 8 to 12)
OUT OF MY MIND, by Sharon M. Draper. (Simon & Schuster) A
765
brilliant girl with cerebral palsy longs to speak. (Ages 10 to 13)
THE DUFF, by Kody Keplinger. (Little, Brown & Company) A girl
76
falls for the guy she thought she hated more than anyone. (Ages
15 and up)
THE 5TH WAVE, by Rick Yancey. (Penguin Group) Aliens land on
THE CARE AND KEEPING OF YOU 1, by Valorie Schaefer.
814
893
earth and the apocalypse begins. (Ages 14 and up)
Illustrated by Josee Masse. (American Girl Publishing) The
changing body. (Ages 8 to 12)
ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO’S LIBRARY, by Chris
927
Grabenstein. (Random House Publishing) A group is locked in a
futuristic library. (Ages 9 to 12)
FLORA AND ULYSSES, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by K. G.
1047
Campbell. (Candlewick) A rodent with unusual powers. (Ages 9
WHERE SHE WENT, by Gayle Forman. (Penguin Group) A rock
941
star and a cellist reunite for an evening in New York City. (Ages 12
and up)
HOLLOW CITY, by Ransom Riggs. (Quirk Books) In 1940
1021
London, Jacob Portman and his friends try to find a cure for their
headmistress. (Ages 12 and up)
to 12)
Middle Grade Extended
Young Adult Extended
11
A LONG WALK TO WATER, by Linda Sue Park. (Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt)
11
AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES, by John Green. (Penguin
Group)
12
THE CARE AND KEEPING OF YOU 2, by Cara Natterson.
Illustrated by Josee Masse. (American Girl Publishing)
12
THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf Doubleday
Publishing)
13
FRANK EINSTEIN AND THE ELECTRO-FINGER, by Jon Scieszka.
Illustrated by Brian Biggs. (Abrams)
13
ELEANOR AND PARK, by Rainbow Rowell. (St. Martin’s Press)
14
THE TERRIBLE TWO, by Mac Barnett and Jory John. Illustrated
by Kevin Cornell. (Amulet)
14
THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher. (Penguin Group)
15
COUNTING BY 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan. (Penguin Group)
15
UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House Publishing)
The categories of Middle Grade, Young Adult and Series include e-sales and print sales. Picture Book rankings are print only. 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.
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E-Book Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
Fiction
STRANGER, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton) Character’s lives
1THE
begin to fall apart as a mysterious stranger discloses secrets to
WEEKS
ON LIST
1
them; a stand-alone thriller.
2
1
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) A
psychological thriller set in London is full of complications and
betrayals.
11
NYPD RED 3, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. (Little
Brown) Investigating the disappearance of a billionaire’s son,
Detective Zach Jordan and his partner (and ex-girlfriend) find
themselves in the midst of a conspiracy.
2
THIS
WEEK
Fiction Extended
11
THE SILENT GIRLS, by Eric Rickstad. (Witness Impulse)
12
DEEP STORM, by Lincoln Child. (Anchor)
13
GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown)
14
THE HUSBAND’S SECRET, by Liane Moriarty. (Amy Einhorn/
Putnam)
3
2
4
THE LONGEST RIDE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) The
lives of two couples converge unexpectedly.
20
15
AWAKENING YOU, by Jessica Sorensen. (Jessica Sorensen)
4
5
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. (Scribner)
The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German
boy before and during World War II, when their paths eventually
cross. 34
16
READY PLAYER ONE, by Ernest Cline. (Broadway)
6
17
DARK PLACES, by Gillian Flynn. (Broadway)
18
FIFTY SHADES FREED, by E. L. James. (Vintage)
19
LAST ONE HOME, by Debbie Macomber. (Ballantine)
20
FIFTY SHADES DARKER, by E. L. James. (Vintage)
FOR A BILLIONAIRE, by Julia Kent. (Julia Kent) A
6SHOPPING
mystery shopper meets a moneyed man; a five-volume collection
1
7
7
of the romantic series.
7
THE NIGHTINGALE, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s) Two
sisters in World War II France: one struggling to survive in the
countryside, the other joining the Resistance in Paris.
WICKED SNOW, by Gregg Olsen. (Kensington) An investigator
8Areceives
a message from her mother, seemingly from beyond the
1
9
6
grave.
10
A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD, by Anne Tyler. (Knopf) Four
generations of a family are drawn to a house in the Baltimore
suburbs.
by Katy Evans. (Simon & Schuster) Rachel is swept
10 MANWHORE,
up in a world of wealth and power when she meets a Chicago
1
playboy.
Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 28, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of titles. The venues for print books
include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and
newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books,
children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format.
E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted
to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the
categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters,
shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Royalty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders. (A full version of this method is on the combined list page).
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April 12, 2015
E-Book Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
Nonfiction
WEEKS
ON LIST
THIS
WEEK
Nonfiction Extended
11
YES PLEASE, by Amy Poehler. (Dey Street/Morrow)
12
HERETIC, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. (Harper)
3
LIKE A FREAK, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J.
3THINK
Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins) How to solve problems creatively,
9
13
OBAMA: FROM PROMISE TO POWER, by David Mendell.
(Amistad)
14
FOCUS, by Daniel Goleman. (Harper)
SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII, by Alison Weir. (Grove) A
4THE
history of the king’s serial marriages, from Catherine of Aragon to
1
15
WHAT COMES NEXT AND HOW TO LIKE IT, by Abigail Thomas.
(Scribner)
16
KILLING PATTON, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt)
17
BENEATH THE SURFACE, by John Hargrove with Howard ChuaEoan. (Palgrave Macmillan)
18
KILLING JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt)
19
BETTYVILLE, by George Hodgman. (Viking)
20
GOING CLEAR, by Lawrence Wright. (Vintage)
STEVE JOBS, by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli.
1BECOMING
(Crown Business) How Jobs, who started out as a brash young
1
2
genius, developed a more mature management style.
1
DEAD WAKE, by Erik Larson. (Crown) The last voyage of the
Lusitania, by the author of “The Devil in the White City.”
from the authors of “Freakonomics.”
Catherine Parr; first published in 1991.
5
2
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. (Viking) The
University of Washington’s eight-oar crew and their quest for gold
at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
62
6
3
AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim
DeFelice. (Morrow/HarperCollins) A member of the Navy SEALs
who had the most career sniper kills in United States military
history discusses his experiences during the Iraq war. Kyle was
shot to death in Texas in 2013.
72
WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Knopf) A woman’s account of the lifechanging 1,100-mile solo hike she took along the Pacific Crest
Trail in 1995.
137
UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House) An Olympic
runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World
War II after his plane went down over the Pacific.
217
UPSIDE OF IRRATIONALITY, by Dan Ariely. (HarperCollins)
9THE
The unexpected benefits of defying logic at work and at home.
1
7
8
10
4
5
8
BEING MORTAL, by Atul Gawande. (Metropolitan/Holt) The
surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients
at the end of life, and how they can do better.
14
Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 28, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of titles. The venues for print books
include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and
newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books,
children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format.
E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted
to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the
categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters,
shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Royalty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders. (A full version of this method is on the combined list page).
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Copyright © 2015
by The New York Times
April 12, 2015
Combined Print & E-Book Best Sellers
THIS
LAST
WEEK WEEK
Fiction
1
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) A
psychological thriller set in London is full of complications and
betrayals.
1
STRANGER, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton) Characters’ lives
2THE
begin to fall apart as a mysterious stranger discloses secrets to
WEEKS
ON LIST
11
1
them; a stand-alone thriller.
3
4
4
2
5
3
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. (Scribner)
The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German
boy before and during World War II.
28
6
6
THE NIGHTINGALE, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s) Two sisters
are separated in World War II France: one struggling to survive in
the countryside, the other joining the Resistance in Paris.
8
7
7
A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD, by Anne Tyler. (Knopf) Four
generations of a family are drawn to a house in the Baltimore
suburbs.
7
8
10
THE HUSBAND’S SECRET, by Liane Moriarty. (Amy Einhorn/
Putnam) A woman’s life is upended when she discovers a letter
from her husband she was not yet meant to read.
THE LONGEST RIDE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) The
lives of two couples converge unexpectedly.
NYPD RED 3, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. (Little,
Brown) Investigating the disappearance of a billionaire’s son,
Detective Zach Jordan and his partner (and ex-girlfriend) find
themselves in the midst of a conspiracy.
FOR A BILLIONAIRE, by Julia Kent. (Julia Kent) A
9SHOPPING
mystery shopper meets a moneyed man; a five-volume collection
20
2
THIS
WEEK
Fiction Extended
16
FIFTY SHADES FREED, by E. L. James. (Vintage)
17
FIFTY SHADES DARKER, by E. L. James. (Vintage)
18
THE SILENT GIRLS, by Eric Rickstad. (Witness Impulse)
19
DEEP STORM, by Lincoln Child. (Anchor)
20
ORPHAN TRAIN, by Christina Baker Kline. (Morrow/
HarperCollins)
46
1
of the romantic series
10
13
GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown) A woman disappears on the
day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
ESCAPE, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) John Puller,
11 THE
a special agent with the Army, hunts for his brother, who was
122
12
convicted of treason and has escaped from prison.
WICKED SNOW, by Gregg Olsen. (Kensington) An investigator
12 Areceives
a message from her mother, seemingly from beyond the
1
grave.
13
STILL ALICE, by Lisa Genova. (Pocket Books) A 50-year-old
Harvard professor learns she has early-onset Alzheimer’s disease;
now a movie.
11
STRAITS, by Randy Wayne White. (Putnam) Danger
14 CUBA
abounds as Doc Ford investigates the disappearance of a cache of
1
by Katy Evans. (Simon & Schuster) Rachel is swept
15 MANWHORE,
up in a world of wealth and power when she meets a Chicago
1
11
letters obtained by a friend who sells collectibles — letters written
to a previously unknown girlfriend by Fidel Castro.
playboy.
Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 28, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. The sales
venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount
department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and
general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are
published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers
is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the
industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference
and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. The appearance of a ranked title reflects the fact
that sales data from reporting vendors has been provided to The Times and has satisfied commonly accepted industry standards of universal identification (such as ISBN13 and EISBN13
codes). Publishers and vendors of all ranked titles conformed in timely fashion to The New York Times Best Seller Lists requirement to allow for independent corroboration of sales for
that week. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Weekly sales of both print books and e-books are reported confidentially to The New York Times. The Best Seller Lists are prepared by the News Surveys and Election Analysis Department of The New York Times. Royalty Share, a firm that provides
accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book
above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Copyright © 2015
by The New York Times
April 12, 2015
Combined Print & E-Book Best Sellers
LAST
THIS
WEEK WEEK
Nonfiction
WEEKS
ON LIST
THIS
WEEK
Nonfiction Extended
16
WHERE YOU GO IS NOT WHO YOU’LL BE, by Frank Bruni. (Grand
Central)
STEVE JOBS, by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli.
1BECOMING
(Crown Business) How Jobs, who started out as a brash young
1
17
KILLING JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt)
3
18
BETTYVILLE, by George Hodgman. (Viking)
19
EVERY DAY I FIGHT, by Stuart Scott with Larry Platt. (Blue Rider)
20
WHAT COMES NEXT AND HOW TO LIKE IT, by Abigail Thomas.
(Scribner)
genius, developed a more mature management style.
2
1
DEAD WAKE, by Erik Larson. (Crown) The last voyage of the
Lusitania, by the author of “The Devil in the White City.”
3
2
AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim
DeFelice. (Morrow/HarperCollins) A former member of the Navy
SEALs discusses his battlefield experiences during the Iraq war.
Kyle was shot to death in Texas in 2013.
58
4
4
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. (Viking) The
University of Washington’s eight-oar crew and their quest for gold
at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
45
5
6
UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House) An Olympic
runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World
War II; now a movie.
198
6
5
WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Knopf) A woman’s account of a lifechanging 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail during the
summer of 1995; now a movie.
106
LIKE A FREAK, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J.
7THINK
Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins) How to solve problems creatively,
9
SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII, by Alison Weir. (Grove) A
8THE
history of the king’s serial marriages, from Catherine of Aragon to
1
from the authors of “Freakonomics.”
Catherine Parr; first published in 1991.
9
7
BEING MORTAL, by Atul Gawande. (Metropolitan/Holt) The
surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients
at the end of life, and how they can do better.
10
3
PIONEER GIRL, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. (South Dakota Historical
Society Press) The writer’s autobiography, the source of her
Little House on the Prairie books, completed in 1930 and never
published, is annotated by a biographer.
3
11
8
H IS FOR HAWK, by Helen Macdonald. (Grove) Overwhelmed by
her father’s death, a British woman decides to raise a goshawk, a
bird that is fierce and notoriously difficult to tame.
4
12
11
KILLING PATTON, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) The
host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the strange death of Gen.
George S. Patton in December 1945.
27
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. (Harper) The author of “Infidel” and
13 HERETIC,
“Nomad” argues that fundamental doctrines of Islam must change
25
1
for it to be compatible with democracy.
14
10
YES PLEASE, by Amy Poehler. (Dey Street/Morrow) A humorous
miscellany from the comedian and actress.
UPSIDE OF IRRATIONALITY, by Dan Ariely. (HarperCollins)
15 THE
The unexpected benefits of defying logic at work and at home.
22
1
Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 28, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. The sales
venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount
department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and
general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are
published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers
is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the
industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference
and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. The appearance of a ranked title reflects the fact
that sales data from reporting vendors has been provided to The Times and has satisfied commonly accepted industry standards of universal identification (such as ISBN13 and EISBN13
codes). Publishers and vendors of all ranked titles conformed in timely fashion to The New York Times Best Seller Lists requirement to allow for independent corroboration of sales for
that week. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Weekly sales of both print books and e-books are reported confidentially to The New York Times. The Best Seller Lists are prepared by the News Surveys and Election Analysis Department of The New York Times. Royalty Share, a firm that provides
accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book
above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders.
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by The New York Times
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
April 12, 2015
Graphic Books Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK
Hardcover Graphic
1
Paperback Graphic
WEEKS
ON LIST
THIS
WEEK
CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?, by
Roz Chast. (Bloomsbury) In this memoir, the cartoonist examines
her parents from their early days as mother and father to their
later years facing old age and poor health.
47
1
DRAMA, by Raina Telgemeier. (Scholastic) Middle-school drama
becomes much more intense when Callie becomes the stage
manager for a production of “Moon Over Mississippi.”
2
147
2
SMILE, by Raina Telgemeier. (Scholastic) Raina experiences
braces, an earthquake, boy troubles, frenemies and other plagues
of the sixth grade.
146
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland.
(DC Comics) This critically acclaimed story from 1988 offers a
possible origin for the Joker.
3
3
3
SISTERS, by Raina Telgemeier. (Scholastic) Raina is stuck in the
back seat between her younger brother and sister for a weeklong
road trip in this family memoir. Will such close quarters force the
siblings to finally get along?
32
THE WALKING DEAD, BOOK 11, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie
Adlard. (Image Comics) No spoilers here, but in this world overrun
by zombies, Rick and his pack of survivors find that their fellow
humans may be the bigger menace.
4
8
4
EL DEAFO, by Cece Bell. (Amulet Books) A young girl experiences
hearing loss and receives the Phonic Ear, a bulky hearing aid that
comes with a mischievous benefit: She can hear her teacher no
matter where she goes in school.
21
THE SCULPTOR, by Scott McCloud. (First Second) A young artist
in a creative and financial rut makes a pact with Death where he
is granted incredible powers, but has only 200 days to use them
before he dies.
5
3
5
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM, VOL. 1, by Robert Kirkman
and others. (Image Comics) This massive collected edition — over
1,000 pages — reprints the first 48 issues of “The Walking Dead.”
152
BONE, NO. 1 (TRIBUTE EDITION), by Jeff Smith. (Scholastic) The
great Bone saga begins in this new edition — with bonus material
— as Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone meet new
friends, and some scary monsters, outside of Boneville.
6
THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 22, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie
Adlard. (Image Comics) A new danger lurks just around the corner
as Rick leads the survivors in rebuilding their community.
16
7
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM, VOL. 2, by Robert Kirkman
and Charlie Adlard. (Image Comics) This collected edition, of
issues 49-96, follows Rick and his group of survivors as they try to
stay alive — with zombies and some humans against them.
81
8
ROLLER GIRL, by Victoria Jamieson. (Dial Books) Astrid decides
to join a summer roller derby camp before she begins junior high,
but can she keep up with the older girls and stay close to her best
friend even though they are growing apart?
1
9
MARCH: BOOK TWO, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate
Powell. (Top Shelf Productions) Representative John Lewis of
Georgia continues his memoir of the civil rights movement. In this
volume, he recounts the March on Washington in 1963, among
other events.
9
10
LOW, VOL. 1, by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini. (Image
Comics) Billions of years into the future, the expansion of the sun
into a red giant has forced humankind to live in the dangerous
depths of the sea with little hope of staving off extinction.
1
6
7
8
SECONDS, by Bryan Lee O’Malley. (Ballantine) A restaurant chef
discovers how to go back and “fix” previous events in her life,
but each change brings unintended, and potentially dangerous,
consequences.
37
HERE, by Richard McGuire. (Pantheon) This book imagines what
might have happened, or will happen, in the physical space of a
living room from the dawn of time to the distant future.
16
THE WALKING DEAD, BOOK 1, by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore
and Charlie Adlard. (Image Comics) This collected edition features
the first 12 issues of the gripping series about the last human
survivors in a world overrun by zombies.
117
9
AVENGERS AND X-MEN: AXIS, by Rick Remender and others.
(Marvel Entertainment) The Red Skull + Charles Xavier’s brain =
Red Onslaught! Can anyone stop him from taking over the world?
2
10
NATHAN HALE’S HAZARDOUS TALES: TREATIES, TRENCHES,
MUD, AND BLOOD, by Nathan Hale. (Abrams Books) World War
I is the latest conflict to be colorfully covered is in this series of
nonfiction graphic novels.
13
WEEKS
ON LIST
87
Rankings reflect sales of graphic novels, for the week ending March 28, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of 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. In addition, these rankings also include unit sales reported by retailers nationwide that specialize in graphic novels and comic books.
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. Expanded
rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
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by The New York Times
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April 12, 2015
Graphic Books Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK
Manga
1
ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 15, by Hajime Isayama. (Kodansha
Comics) Hange discovers that Krista is the true heir to the throne,
but before she can be installed as queen, she is kidnapped.
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BIG HERO 6, VOL. 1, by Haruki Ueno. (Yen Press) In this series,
which is based on the 2014 animated film, Hiro investigates the
disappearance of his brother Tadashi, with help from his robot,
Baymax.
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NARUTO, VOL. 69, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media) As this
series barrels toward its conclusion, Naruto and Sasuke must
work together to defeat Madara.
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MONSTER MUSUME, VOL. 6, by Okayado. (Seven Seas
Entertainment) A teenager signs up to help mythical creatures
assimilate into society. How will he contend being roommates with
a sexy snake woman, an alluring centaur girl and a harpy who
likes to flirt?
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SOUL EATER VOL. 25, by Atsushi Ohkubo. (Yen Press) The final
volume is here. Who will emerge victorious: Kishin or Shinigami?
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SWORD ART ONLINE: FAIRY DANCE, VOL. 3, by Reki Kawahara
and Tsubasa Haduki. (Yen Press) Kirito has escaped from the
virtual reality world of Sword Art Online, but now, he must go
inside another game to try and save the woman he loves.
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ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Ryosuke
Takeuchi and Takeshi Obata. (VIZ Media) A soldier battles aliens
over and over on the same day in this adaptation of the science
fiction novel, upon which the film “Edge of Tomorrow” is based.
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ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 1, by Hajime Isayama. (Kodansha
Comics) Is this the end of humanity? It sure looks that way when
what is left of mankind must go into hiding to escape the giant
humanoids known as the Titans.
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SERAPH OF THE END, VOL. 4, by Takaya Kagami and Yamato
Yamamoto. (VIZ Media) Yuichiro is on a mission to kill every
vampire in existence but in order to accomplish his goal, he must
become a master of demon–possessed weaponry.
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ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM, VOL. 2, by Yusei Matsui. (VIZ
Media) The students of class 3–E have only one assignment: kill
the teacher! Of course, when that teacher is also a supremely
powerful being, it is easier said than done.
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Rankings reflect sales of graphic novels, for the week ending March 28, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of 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. In addition, these rankings also include unit sales reported by retailers nationwide that specialize in graphic novels and comic books.
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. Expanded
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by The New York Times
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
April 12, 2015
Editor’s Choice
THE SYMPATHIZER, b
y Viet Thanh Nguyen. (Grove,
$26.) Nguyen’s tragicomic debut novel fills a void
of the Black Press, by James McGrath Morris.
(Amistad/HarperCollins, $27.99.) A fast-paced
in Vietnam War literature, giving a voice to the
Vietnamese and compelling the rest of us to look
at the events of 40 years ago in a new light.
account of a remarkable journalist, and of how the
black press helped change America.
THE WISDOM OF PERVERSITY, by Rafael Yglesias.
(Algonquin, $25.95.) In a novel reflecting his own
experience, Yglesias follows three friends whose
lives were disfigured by a charismatic pedophile.
ELEANOR MARX: A Life, b
y Rachel Holmes.
(Bloomsbury, $35.) Holmes vividly captures the
drama of the life of Karl Marx’s daughter, a major
player in the rise of British socialism.
EYE ON THE STRUGGLE: Ethel Payne, the First Lady
HERETIC: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now, by
Ayaan Hirsi Ali. (Harper, $27.99.) While many have
striven to decouple Islam from jihadist violence,
Hirsi Ali swings hard in the other direction.
ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, by Michael Weiss and
Hassan Hassan. (Regan Arts, paper, $14.) Weiss and
Hassan have written the most serious book-length
study of the Islamic State so far.
captivity and exploitation involves an addicted
mother laboring on a commercial farm.
ALL THE OLD KNIVES, b
y Olen Steinhauer. (Minotaur,
$23.99.) Steinhauer’s unusual spy thriller remains
coiled and alive until the last page.
A LITTLE LIFE, b
y Hanya Yanagihara. (Doubleday, $30.)
In Yanagihara’s novel, four friends from college
grapple with adulthood in New York.
The full reviews of these and other recent
books are on the web: nytimes.com/books.
DELICIOUS FOODS, by James Hannaham. (Little, Brown,
$26.) This ambitious, sweeping novel of American
Paperback Row
BENDING ADVERSITY: Japan and the Art of Survival,
by David Pilling. (Penguin, $18.) A magnitude-9
earthquake hit Japan in 2011, creating a deadly
tsunami and triggering a nuclear plant meltdown.
Taking these disasters as a starting point, Pilling,
The Financial Times’s Tokyo bureau chief from
2002 to 2008, engages with the social, spiritual,
financial and political life of contemporary Japan
to make sense of this “stubbornly resistant nation
with a history of overcoming successive waves of
adversity.”
THE BLACK-EYED BLONDE: A Philip Marlowe Novel,
by Benjamin Black. (Picador, $16.) Black (the
mystery-writing pseudonym of the Irish novelist
John Banville) reanimates Raymond Chandler’s
hard-boiled Los Angeles private eye. It’s the early
1950s and a long-legged perfume heiress wants
Marlowe to find her former lover; the twists and
turns involve Mexican hit men, easy-to-anger cops
and one of the city’s richest, and most ruthless,
families.
reflected and were transformed by the tumultuous
1960s. Now he tells the story of how five auteurs —
John Ford, George Stevens, John Huston, William
Wyler and Frank Capra — became part of a United
States propaganda campaign during World War II
and how, in turn, the war changed them.
THE QUICK,by Lauren Owen. (Random House,
$16.) Set in Victorian London, Owen’s multiperspective vampire novel follows James and
Charlotte, a would-be poet and his sheltered sister, from their provincial beginnings to the city’s
supernatural netherworld, whose undead include
Dickensian urchins and the pale-faced elite of a
secret society.
THE BRIGHT CONTINENT: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa,by Dayo Olopade.
FIVE CAME BACK: A Story of Hollywood and the
Second World War,by Mark Harris. (Penguin, $18.)
(Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $14.95.) This
refreshing study of development in sub-Saharan
Africa, by a Nigerian-American journalist, sees a
region of ambitious reformers and social entrepreneurs driven by the concept of kanju, an ethos that
makes it possible to get things done in the face of
crumbling infrastructure and corrupt bureaucracy.
In “Pictures at a Revolution,” Harris used the bestpicture nominees of 1967 to explore how movies
BOY, SNOW, BIRD,by Helen Oyeyemi. (Riverhead,
$16.) Oyeyemi’s fifth novel brilliantly recasts
“Snow White” as a story of beauty, vanity, family secrets and racial conflict that drives a family
apart. When a white woman in 1950s Massachusetts gives birth to an undeniably “colored” child,
she discovers that her new husband — a widower
raising a winsome daughter, Snow — has been
passing as white.
OVERWHELMED: How to Work, Love, and Play
When No One Has the Time,by Brigid Schulte.
(Picador, $16.) Why do Americans today feel so
swamped? Using her own harried life as an example, Schulte, a journalist and mother of two,
captures the conundrum of workplace culture
and gender roles that has made leisure feel like
a thing of the past — and offers practical advice
on restructuring our exhausting, overscheduled
lives.
Ihsan Taylor