Archive for the ‘New, Noteworthy, and No-Brainer’ Category
Sunday, April 24th, 2011
TUESDAY FICTION
Cherry Adair – Hush (Lodestone) – 9781439153826 – 250,000 copies
Chris Adrian – The Great Night: A Novel – 9780374166410 – 50,000 copies
Anna Campbell – Midnight’s Wild Passion (mass market) – 9780061684302 – 150,000 copies
Chris Cavender – A Pizza to Die For – 9780758229526
Sandra Dallas – The Bride’s House – 9780312600167 – 100,000 copies
Christine Feehan – Savage Nature (mass market) – 9780515149333 – 500,000 copies
Lori Foster – When You Dare – 9780373775712 – 350,000 copies
Rachel Gibson – Any Man of Mine (mass market) – 9780061579110 – 450,000 copies
Amanda Goldberg and Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper – Beneath a Starlet Sky – 9780312544423 – 75,000 copies
Janice Hamrick – Death on Tour – 9780312679460 – 15,000 copies
Jenny Han – We’ll Always Have Summer – 9781416995586
Madeline Hunter – Dangerous in Diamonds (mass market) – 9780515149340 – 210,000 copies
Siri Hustvedt – The Summer Without Men – 9780312570606
James Jaros – Burn Down the Sky (mass market) – 9780062016300 – 100,000 copies
Sherrilyn Kenyon – Born of Shadows (The League) – 9780446573252 – 75,000 copies
Kris Kennedy – Defiant – 9781439195901 – 100,000 copies
Sarah Maclean – Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart (mass market) – 9780061852077 – 250,000 copies
Debbie Macomber – A Turn in the Road - 9780778329831 – 300,000 copies
Isaac Marion – Warm Bodies – 9781439192313 – 100,000 copies
Fern Michaels – Southern Comfort – 9780758227171 – 150,000 copies
Rachel Morgan – Bound By Darkness (mass market) – 9781439176047 – 125,000 copies
Francine Prose – My New American Life – 9780061713767 – 50,000 copies
Harry Turtledove – The Disunited States of America (Crosstime Traffic)(YA) – 9780765328243
Sherryl Woods – Moonlight Cove (mass market) – 9780778329794 – 555,000 copies
Stuart Woods – Bel-Air Dead (Stone Barrington) – 9780399157363 – 300,000 copies
TUESDAY NONFICTION
Howard Blum – The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush – 9780307461728
Howie Carr – Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano: Whitey Bulger’s Enforcer and the Most Feared Gangster in the Underworld – 9780765326393 – 100,000 copies
Gilbert Gottfried – Rubber Balls and Liquor – 9780312668112 – 100,000 copies
Bob Greene, et al – 20 Years Younger: Look Younger, Feel Younger, Be Younger! – 9780316133784 – 750,000 copies
Jane Gross – A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents–and Ourselves – 9780307271822
David D. Hall – A Reforming People: Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England – 9780679441175
Brianna Karp – The Girl’s Guide to Homelessness: A Memoir (trade paper) – 9780373892358 – 100,000 copies
Mark Kurlansky – What?: Are These the 20 Most Important Questions in Human History–or Is This a Game of 20 Questions? - 9780802779069 – 50,000 copies
Rob Lowe – Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography – 9780805093292 – 300,000 copies
Demetri Martin – This Is a Book – 9780446539708 – 150,000 copies
Leigh Montville – Evel: The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and Legend – 9780385527453 – 100,000 copies
E. Duke Vincent – The Camelot Conspiracy: A Novel of the Kennedys, Castro and the CIA – 9781590206393
Michael Zukoff – Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II – 9780061988349 – 200,000 copies
WEDNESDAY FICTION
Camilla Läckberg – The Preacher – 9781605981734
THURSDAY FICTION
Roddy Doyle – Bullfighting: Stories – 9780670022878 – 20,000 copies
SUNDAY FICTION
Rosalind Laker – The House by the Fjord – 9780727880055
J.M.G. Le Clezio – Mondo and Other Stories – 9780803230002
Philip Gooden – The Durham Deception – 9780727869951
Cora Harrison – Scales of Retribution – 9780727869968
SUNDAY NONFICTION
John H. Davis – Twilight of the Godfathers – 9780060195670 – 290,000 copies
James Fadiman – The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys – 9781594774027
Jerry Hall – Jerry Hall: Self-Portrait – 9780062016300 – 250,000 copies
William R. Handley – The Brokeback Book: From Story to Cultural Phenomenon – 9780803226647
Lawrence Kudlow – The Rising Tide: Why Tax Cuts Are the Key to Prosperity and Freedom - 9780060582692 – 150,000 copies
Sarah Cedar Miller – Strawberry Fields: Central Park’s Memorial to John Lennon – 9780810997868 – 15,000 copies
Richard Schilling – Portraits of the Prairie: The Land That Inspired Willa Cather – 9780803222601
Timothy S. Susanin – Walt Before Mickey: Disney’s Early Years, 1919–1928 – 9781604739602
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Sunday, April 17th, 2011
TUESDAY FICTION
David Baldacci – The Sixth Man (King and Maxwell) – 9780446573108 – 800,000 copies
Ted Dekker – The Priest’s Graveyard – 9781599953342 – 250,000 copies
John Flanagan – The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (Ranger’s Apprentice)(YA) – 9780399255007
Richard Ford, ed. – Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar: Stories of Work (trade paper) – 9780062020413
Iris Johansen – Eve – 9780312651206 – 400,000 copies
Katherine Hall Page – The Body in the Gazebo (Faith Fairchild) – 9780061474262
Arthur Phillips – The Tragedy of Arthur: a Novel – 9781400066476
Amanda Quick – Quicksilver (Arcane Society: Looking Glass Trilogy) – 9780399157370 – 150,000 copies
Nora Roberts – Chasing Fire – 9780399157448 – 800,000 copies
Maggie Shayne – Twilight Prophecy (mass market) – 9780778329800 – 120,000 copies
Carol Wallace – Leaving Van Gogh – 9781400068791
WEDNESDAY FICTION
Marcia Clark – Guilt by Association – 9780316129510 – 200,000 copies
TUESDAY NONFICTION
Paul Allen - Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft – 9781591843825 – 80,000 copies
Matthew Cronin – Epic: John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, and the Greatest Tennis Season Ever – 9780470190623
19 Ice-T, with Douglas Century – Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood – 9780345523280 – 100,000 copies
Bradford Keeney – The Flying Drum: The Mojo Doctor’s Guide to Creating Magic in Your Life – 9781582702872
Ron Paul – Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom – 9781455501458 – 100,000 copies
Carl Safina – Blowout – 9780307887351
David K. Shipler – The Rights of the People: How Our Search for Safety Invades Our Liberties – 9781400043620
James B. Stewart – Tangled Webs: How False Statements Are Undermining America; From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff - 9781594202698 – 100,000 copies
Alexandra Styron – Reading My Father: A Memoir – 9781416591795 – 100,000 copies
THURSDAY NONFICTION
Lynne Tillman – Someday This Will Be Funny – 9781935869009
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Thursday, April 7th, 2011
MONDAY FICTION
Robert Jackson Bennett – The Company Man – 9780316054706
MONDAY NONFICTION
Eavan Boland – A Journey with Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet – 9780393052145
Eric Greitens – The Heart and the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL – 9780547424859 – 50,000 copies
TUESDAY FICTION
Victoria Brown – Minding Ben – 9781401341510
Cassandra Clark – The Law of Angels (Abbess Hildegard series) – 9780312674557 – 15,000 copies
Daniel Clowes – Mister Wonderful: A Love Story (graphic novel) – 9780307378132
P. C. Doherty – Nightshade (Hugh Corbett medieval mystery) (reprint) – 9780312678180
Roopa Farooki – The Way Things Look to Me – 9780312577896 – 25,000 copies
Raymond E. Feist – A Kingdom Besieged – 9780061468391 – 75,000 copies
Rosemary Harris – Slugfest (A Dirty Business Mystery) – 9780312569969 – 20,000 copies
Anders Nilsen – Big Questions (graphic novel) – 9781770460447
Molly Peacock – The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life’s Work at 71 – 9781608195237 – 35,000 copies
Rebecca Rasmussen – The Bird Sisters – 9780307717962 – 25,000 copies
Nora Roberts – Chasing Fire- 9780399157448 – 800,000 copies
Lisa Scottoline – Save Me – 9780312380786 – 400,000 copies
Sister Souljah – Midnight and the Meaning of Love – 9781439165355 – 250,000 copies
Whitley Strieber – Hybrids – 9780765323767 – 75,000 copies
Carrie Vaughan - After the Golden Age – 9780765325556 – 100,000 copies
Michael Wallner – The Russian Affair – 9780385532396
TUESDAY NONFICTION
Dan Barry – Bottom of the 33rd: Hope and Redemption in Baseball’s Longest Game – 9780062014481 – 100,000 copies
Randy Christensen M.D. – Ask Me Why I Hurt: The Kids Nobody Wants and the Doctor Who Heals Them – 9780307718990 – 40,000 copies
Melissa Coleman – This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone – 9780061958328 – 40,000 copies
Katie Couric – The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives – 9780812992779
Jeffrey Deitch – Art in the Streets – 9780847836482
Stacey Edgar – Global Girlfriends: How One Mom Made it Her Business to Help Women in Poverty Worldwide – 9780312621735 – 25,000 copies
Orlando Figes – The Crimean War: A History – 9780805074604 – 40,000 copies
Francis Fukuyama – The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution – 9780374227340 – 75,000 copies
Christie Golden – Devils’ Due – 9781416550853 – 75,000 copies
Melissa Fay Greene – No Biking in the House Without a Helmet – 9780374223069 – 75,000 copies
Scott Gummer – Parents Behaving Badly – 9781451609172 – 75,000 copies
Chris Hedges – The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress – 9781568586403
Robert T. Kiyosaki – Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education: What Schools Will Never Teach You About Money – 9781612680101
Steven Levy – In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives – 9781416596585 – 125,000 copies
L. Hunter Lovins and Boyd Cohen – Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change – 9780809034734 – 50,000 copies
Howard Means – Right Fresh From Heaven: Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth and the American Story – 9781439178256 – 40,000 copies
Stephenie Meyer – The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide – 9780316043120
Wilfred Santiago – 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente (graphic bio) – 9781560978923
Simon Schama – Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Running Around in History, Art, Politics, and Culture – 9780062009869 – 30,000 copies
Nikki Sixx – This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx – 9780062061874 – 150,000 copies
Dr. Ian K. Smith – EAT: The Effortless Weight Loss Solution – 9780312548438 – 200,000 copies
WEDNESDAY NONFICTION
Gwyneth Paltrow – My Father’s Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family and Togetherness – 9780446557313 – 125,000 copies
THURSDAY NONFICTION
Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn – Toxicology – 9780670022571 – 15,000 copies
Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel – More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty – 9780525951896 – 25,000 copies
Philip Kerr – Field Gray – 9780399157417 – 30,000 copies
Matt Logelin – Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love – 9780446564304 – 100,000 copies
Wendy McClure – The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie – 9781594487804 – 25,000 copies
Meghan O’Rourke – The Long Goodbye – 9781594487989 – 40,000 copies
Marshall Ulrich – Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner’s Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America – 9781583334232
FRIDAY FICTION
David Foster Wallace – The Pale King – 9780316074230 – 100,000 copies
FRIDAY NONFICTION
Andrew Breitbart – Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World – 9780446572828 – 150,000 copies
Antonia “Toya” Carter – Priceless Inspirations – 9780982702765
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Sunday, April 3rd, 2011
MONDAY FICTION
Donna Leon – Drawing Conclusions (Guido Brunetti) – 9780802119797
MONDAY NONFICTION
Diane Ackerman – One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing – 9780393072419 – 130,000 copies
Manning Marable – Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention – 9780670022205
Robert Weintraub – The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 – 9780316086073 – 40,000 copies
TUESDAY FICTION
Maya Banks – Sweet Possession (Sweet Series #5)(mass market) – 9780425239070
Elizabeth Berg - Once Upon a Time, There Was You – 9781400068654 – 75,000 copies
Holly Black – Red Glove (Curse Workers Series #2)(mass market)
Blake Butler – There Is No Year – 9780061997426 – 30,000 copies
Dixie Cash – I Can’t Make You Love Me, But I Can Make You Leave (trade paper) – 9780061910142 – 30,000 copies
Cassandra Clare – City of Fallen Angels (YA) (Mortal Instruments) – 9781442403543
Carol Higgins Clark – Mobbed (Regan Reilly) – 9781439170281 – 200,000 copies
Mary Higgins Clark - I’ll Walk Alone – 9781439180969 – 1,000,000 copies
Kate Collins - Night of the Living Dandelion (Flower Shop Mystery Series #11)(mass market) – 9780451233011
Edward Conlon - Red on Red – 9780385519175 – 50,000 copies
Michael Connelly – The Fifth Witness – 9780316069359 – 750,000 copies
Diane Mott Davidson – Crunch Time – 9780061348150 – 250,000 copies
Martin Edwards – The Hanging Wood (Lake District) – 9781590588529
Richard Paul Evans – Miles to Go (The Walk series, Bk. 2) – 9781439191378 – 350,000 copies
Gayle Forman – Where She Went (YA) – 9780525422945
Margaret George – Elizabeth I – 9780670022533 – 150,000 copies
Francisco Goldman – Say Her Name – 9780802119810
Mary Gordon – The Love of My Youth: A Novel – 9780307377425
Michael Grant – Plague (Gone Series #4) – 9780061449123
Joseph Heller – Catch-22, 50th Anniversary Edition, intro by Christopher Buckley – 9781451621174 – 50,000 copies
Carolyn Hennesy – The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli – 9781401324131
Lora Leigh – Navarro’s Promise (Breeds Series)(mass market) – 9780425239780
Beverly Lewis – The Judgment (The Rose Trilogy) – 9780764206009
Lisa Lutz and David Hayward – Heads You Lose – 9780399157400 – 60,000 copies
Elle Newmark – The Sandalwood Tree – 9781416590590 – 75,000 copies
Ann Packer – Swim Back to Me – 9781400044047 – 75,000 copies
Anne Perry – Treason at Lisson Grove (Thomas and Charlotte Pitt) – 9780345510587 – 125,000 copies
Peter Prange – The Philosopher’s Kiss – 9781439167489 – 75,000 copies
Luanne Rice – The Silver Boat – 9780670022502 – 100,000 copies
Ann B. Ross – Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle – 9780670022557 – 50,000 copies
Kyung-Sook Shin and Chi-Young Kim – Please Look After Mom (fiction) – 9780307593917 – 75,000 copies
Clea Simon – Dogs Don’t Lie – 9781590588604
Danielle Steel – 44 Charles Street – 9780385343145 – 750,000 copies
Leann Sweeney – The Cat, the Lady and the Liar (Cats in Trouble Series #3)(mass market) – 9780451233028
Jodi Thomas – Texas Blue (mass market) – 9780425240472
Meg Wolitzer – The Uncoupling – 9781594487880 – 75,000 copies
TUESDAY NONFICTION
Joel Achenbach – A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Stop the BP Oil Gusher – 9781451625349 – 125,000 copies
Jennet Conant – A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child: Love, Loyalty and Betrayal in the OSS – 9781439163528 – 150,000 copies
Philip Connors – Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout – 9780061859366 – 30,000 copies
Ines de la Fressange & Sophie Gachet – Parisian Chic: A Style Guide – 9782080200730
Tina Fey – Bossypants – 9780316056861 – 1,000,000 copies
Tim Flannery – Here on Earth – 978080211976
Mary Gordon – At Home: What It Means and Why It Matters - 9781402768361
Ashley Judd and Maryanne Vollers – All That Is Bitter and Sweet: A Memoir – 9780345523617 – 150,000 copies
Marc Kaufman – First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth – 9781439109007 – 50,000 copies
Caroline Kennedy – She Walks in Beauty: A Woman’s Journey through Poems – 9781401341459
Martin Kihn – Bad Dog: A Love Story – 9780307379153
Shirley MacLaine – I’m All Over That: And Other Confessions – 9781451607291 – 150,000 copies
Mary McDonough – Lessons From the Mountain: What I Learned from Erin Walton – 9780758263667
Jillian Michaels – Unlimited: How To Build an Exceptional Life – 9780307588302 – 500,000 copies
Brendan Moynihan – Financial Origami: How the Wall Street Model Broke – 9781118001813
David Orr – Beautiful & Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry – 9780061673450 – 35,000 copies
Wayne Pacelle – The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them – 9780061969782 – 100,000 copies
Jim Rasenberger – The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America’s Doomed Invasion of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs – 9781416596509 – 75,000 copies
Martin E. P. Seligman – Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being – 9781439190753 – 150,000 copies
Shirley Strawberry with Lyah Beth LeFlore – The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk, Real Advice, Because Bitterness Isn’t Sexy – 9780345525505
Amy E. Nutt – Shadows Bright As Glass: The Remarkable Story of One Man’s Journey from Brain Trauma to Artistic Triumph – 9781439143100 – 75,000 copies
Heidi Swanson – Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen – 9781580082778
Jonathan Steinberg – Bismarck: A Life – 9780199782529
Patricia Wells – Salad as a Meal: Healthy Main-Dish Salads for Every Season – 9780061238833 – 75,000 copies
THURSDAY FICTION
Daniel Abraham – The Dragon’s Path – 9780316080682
THURSDAY NONFICTION
Tyrese Gibson – How to Get Out of Your Own Way – 9780446572224
FRIDAY FICTION
Alan Orloff – Killer Routine (A Last Laff Mystery) – 9780738723105
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Sunday, March 27th, 2011
MONDAY NONFICTION
Garrett M. Graff – The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror – 9780316068611 – 60,000 copies
Tina Rosenberg – Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World – 9780393068580 – 60,000 copies
TUESDAY FICTION
Jean Auel – The Land of Painted Caves (long-awaited Book 6 in the Earth’s Children) series – 9780517580516 – 1,000,000 copies
Louis Bayard – The School of Night – 9780805090697 – 75,000 copies
David Bezmozgis – The Free World – 9780374281403 – 50,000 copies
Mary Daheim – The Alpine Vengeance (Emma Lord Mysteries) – 9780345502575
Anna Dean – A Gentleman of Fortune: Or, the Suspicions of Miss Dido Kent – 9780312596965 – 30,000 copies
Rachel DeWoskin – Big Girl Small – 9780374112578
Carola Dunn – Anthem for Doomed Youth (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries) – 9780312387761 – 20,000 copies
Raymond E. Feist – A Kingdom Besieged: Book One of the Chaoswar Saga - 9780061468391 – 75,000 copies
Jason Goodwin – An Evil Eye – 9780374110406
Kristin Hannah – Night Road – 9780312364427 – 400,000 copies
Carolyn Hart – Dead by Midnight (Death on Demand) – 9780061914973 – 40,000 copies
Tony Hays – The Beloved Dead – 9780765326287
Meg Howrey – Blind Sight – 9780307379160
Lisa Jackson – Devious (Reuben Montoya and Rick Bentz) – 9780758225658
Jonathan Kellerman – Mystery (Alex Delaware) – 9780345505699 – 300,000 copies
Julianne MacLean – Claimed by the Highlander (mass market) – 9780312365325
Henning Mankell and Laurie Thompson – The Troubled Man (Kurt Wallander) 9780307593498 – 150,000 copies
Rae Meadows – Mothers and Daughters – 9780805093834 – 60,000 copies
Francine Pascal – Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later – 9780312667573 – 150,000 copies
J. R. Ward – Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood) – 9780451233165
Susan Wiggs – The Goodbye Quilt – 9780778329961 – 105,000 copies
TUESDAY NONFICTION
Rye Barcott – It Happened On the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace – 9781608192175 – 60,000 copies
Bonnie Burton – Star Wars Craft Book – 9780345511164 – 50,000 copies
Billy Collins – Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems – 9781400064922
Sheryl Crow and Chuck White – If It Makes You Healthy: More Than 100 Delicious Recipes Inspired by the Seasons – 9780312658953
Geoff Dyer – Otherwise Known as the Human Condition: Selected Essays and Reviews – 9781555975791
Marjorie B. Garber – The Use and Abuse of Literature for Life – 9780375424342
Christina Haag – Come to the Edge – 9780385523172
Chalmers A. Johnson – Dismantling the Empire: America’s Last Best Hope – 9780805094237
Mark Kurlansky – Hank Greenburg: The Hero Who Didn’t Want to Be One – 9780300136609
Joseph Lelyveld – Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India – 9780307269584
Susan Lucci – All My Life: a Memoir – 9780062061843 – 500,000 copies
Janet Malcolm – Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial – 9780300167467
Lori Roy – Bent Road – 9780525951834
Howard Schultz & Joanne Gordon – Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul - 9781605292885 – 150,000 copies
Alex Von Tunzelmann – Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean – 9780805090673 – 50,000 copies
THURSDAY NONFICTION
Professor X – In the Basement of the Ivory Tower – 9780670022564
Michael Willrich – Pox: An American History – 9781594202865
FRIDAY FICTION
Janet Dawson – Bit Player (Jeri Howard) – 9781564744944
Matt Groenig – The Simpsons/Futurama Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis (graphic novel) – 9780060897260 – 100,000 copies
Margaret Irwin – Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain (reissue of 1969 title) – 9781402229985
Bernard Knight – According to the Evidence (Richard Pryor) – 9780727869869
I. J. Parker – The Fires of the Gods (Sugawara Akitada) – 9780727869890
Winshluss – Pinocchio (graphic novel) – 9780867197518
Linda Wisdom – Demons are a Girl’s Best Friend (mass market) – 9781402254390
FRIDAY NONFICTION
Mike Berners-Lee – How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything – 9781553658313
Nicolya Christi – 2012: A Clarion Call: Your Soul’s Purpose in Conscious Evolution – 9781591431299
Terry Golway – Give ‘Em Hell with CD: The Tumultuous Years of Harry Truman’s Presidency, in His Own Words and Voice – 9781402217159
Cynthia L. Haven – An Invisible Rope: Portraits of Czeslaw Milosz – 9780804011334
Sanjeev Kapoor – How to Cook Indian: 500 Classic Recipes for the Modern Kitchen – 9781584799139
Laura Kasischke – Space, in Chains (poetry) – 9781556593338
Noelle Kocot – The Bigger World (poetry)- 9781933517520
Dana Levin – Sky Burial (poetry) – 9781556593321
Dan Millman – The Four Purposes of Life: Finding Meaning and Direction in a Changing World – 9781932073492
Bill White, Willie Mays, and Gordon Dillow – Uppity: A Black Man, a White Ball, and the Games People Play – 9780446555258 – 100,000 copies
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Sunday, March 20th, 2011
MONDAY FICTION
Kate Atkinson – Started Early, Took My Dog – 9780316066730 – 100,000 copies
Dorothy Garlock- Keep a Little Secret (sequel to Stay a Little Longer) (trade paper) – 9780446540148 – 20,000 copies
MONDAY NONFICTION
Holly Tucker – Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution – 9780393070552 – 15,000 copies
TUESDAY FICTION
Sarah Addison Allen – The Peach Keeper – 9780553807226 – 60,000 copies
C. J. Box – Cold Wind – 9780399157356
Suzanne Brockmann – Breaking the Rules – 9780345521224 – 125,000 copies
Meg Waite Clayton – The Four Ms. Bradwells – 9780345517081
Harlan Coben – Live Wire – 9780525952060 – 500,000 copies
E.L. Doctorow – All the Time in the World: New and Selected Stories – 9781400069637 – 40,000 copies
Hallie Ephron – Come and Find Me – 9780061857522 – 30,000 copies
James Grippando - Afraid of the Dark – 9780061840289 – 60,000 copies
Kristin Hannah – Night Road – 9780312364427 – 400,000 copies
Anthony Horowitz – Scorpia Rising (Alex Rider) (YA) – 9780399250576
Star Jones – Satan’s Sisters – 9781439193006 – 75,000 copies
Paul S. Kemp – The Old Republic: Deceived – 9780345511386 – 125,000 copies
Sherrilyn Kenyon – Invincible: The Chronicles of Nick (juvenile) – 9780312599065 – 500,000 copies
Karen Kingsbury – Leaving – 9780310266990
Scott Mariani – The Mozart Conspiracy – 9781439193365 – 125,000 copies
Paul McEuen – Spiral – 9780385342117
Chris Roberson & Mike Allred – iZombie Vol. 1: Dead to the World (graphic novel) – 9781401229658
Alexander McCall Smith – The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency) – 9780307378392 – 250,000 copies
Jim Shepard – You Think That’s Bad: Stories – 9780307594822
Jacqueline Winspear – A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs) – 9780061727672 – 100,000 copies
TUESDAY NONFICTION
Rocco Dispirito – Now Eat This! Diet (trade paper) – 9780446584494 – 350,000 copies
Carolyn Burke – No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf – 9780307268013 – 30,000 copies
Bart Ehrmann – Forged: Writing in the Name of God-Why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are – 9780062012616 – 100,000 copies
Bethenny Frankel – A Place of Yes: 10 Rules for Getting Everything You Want Out of Life – 9781439186909
Gail Levin – Lee Krasner: a Biography – 9780061845253 – 25,000 copies
Joe Nickell – Tracking the Man-Beasts: Sasquatch, Vampires, Zombies, and More – 9781616144159
Geneen Roth – Lost and Found: Unexpected Revelations About Food and Money – 9780670022717 – 200,000 copies
Dan Savage and Terry Miller – It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living – 9780525952336
Sarah Vowell – Unfamiliar Fishes – 9781594487873
WEDNESDAY NONFICTION
Peter Godwin – The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe – 9780316051736 – 40,000 copies
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Sunday, March 13th, 2011
MONDAY FICTION
James Patterson & Neil McMahon – Toys – 9780316097369 – 1,250,000 copies
Georges Perec – The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise – 9781844674190
L. J. Smith – The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Midnight (YA) – 9780061720857
TUESDAY FICTION
Charles Cumming – The Trinity Six – 9780312675295 – 100,000 copies
Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson – Hellhole – 9780765322692 – 150,000 copies
Cara Hoffman – So Much Pretty – 9781451616750 – 75,000 copies
Laura Kasischke – The Raising (trade paper) – 9780062004789 – 100,000 copies
Ben Katchor – The Cardboard Valise – (graphic novel) – 9780375421143
Brandon Mull – A World Without Heroes (Beyonders) (YA) – 9781416997924
TUESDAY NONFICTION
Georgia Bragg – How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous – 9780802798176
Rob Bell – Love Wins: Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived – 9780062049643 – 125,000 copies
Ted Danson – Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them – 9781605292625 – 150,000 copies
P. T. Deutermann – Pacific Glory – 9780312599447 – 25,000 copies
T. J. English – The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge – 9780061824555 – 100,000 copies
Food Network Magazine Great Easy Meals: 250 Fun & Fast Recipes – 9781401324193 – 250,000 copies
Sammy Hagar – Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock – 9780062009289 – 100,000 copies
Michio Kaku – Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 – 9780385530804 – 150,000 copies
Yusef Komunyakaa – The Chameleon Couch (poetry) – 9780374120382
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon – The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything To Keep Them Safe – 9780061732379 – 50,000 copies
Carl Little – Edward Hopper’s New England – 9780764958489
Curt Stager – Deep Future: The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth – 9780312614621 – 75,000 copies
Neil Strauss – Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead: Journeys into Fame and Madness – 9781401324193 – 100,000 copies
Del Quentin Wilber – Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan – 9780805093469 – 150,000 copies
THURSDAY FICTION
Camilla Gibb – The Beauty of Humanity Movement – 9781594202803
Stewart O’Nan – Emily, Alone – 9780670022359
James Thompson – Lucifer’s Tears – 9780399157004
THURSDAY NONFICTION
Jimmy Breslin – Branch Rickey (Penguin Lives) – 9780670022496
Vincent Cianci, Jr. – Politics and Pasta: How I Prosecuted Mobsters, Rebuilt a Dying City, Dined with Sinatra, Spent Five Years in a Federally Funded Gated Community, and Lived to Tell the Tale – 9780312592806 – 75,000 copies
John Thorn – Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game – 9780743294034 – 75,000 copies
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Sunday, March 6th, 2011
MONDAY FICTION
Don Winslow writing as Trevanian – Satori - 9780446561921 – 100,000 copies
TUESDAY FICTION
Jefferson Bass – The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Novel – 9780061806780 – 75,000 copies
Hester Browne – Swept Off Her Feet (trade paper) – 9781439168844
Philip Carter – Altar of Bones – 9781439199084 – 200,000 copies
Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul – The Jungle (The Oregon Files) – 9780399157042
Carol Edgarian – Three Stages of Amazement – 9781439198308 – 75,000 copies
Linda Fairstein – Silent Mercy – 9780525952022
Christine Feehan – Dark Prince: Author’s Cut Special Edition (1st time in hardcover, with 100 additional pages) – 9780062009623 – 100,000 copies
Jasper Fforde – One of Our Thursdays Is Missing – 9780670022526
Lisa Gardner - Love You More (Detective D. D. Warren) – 9780553807257 – 350,000 copies
Shelley Shepard Gray – The Caregiver – 9780062020611 – 100,000 copies
Beth Groundwater – Deadly Currents (An Rocky Mountain Mysteries) – 9780738721620
Ben Katchor – The Cardboard Valise (graphic novel) – 9780375421143
Jon Michaud – When Tito Loved Clara – 9781565129498
Walter Mosley – When the Thrill Is Gone (A Leonid McGill Mystery) – 9781594487811
Tea Obreht – The Tiger’s Wife – 9780385343831 – 18,000 copies
Caitlyn Shetterly – Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home – 9781401341466 – 75,000 copies
Taylor Stevens – The Informationist – 9780307717092 – 60,000 copies
Keith Thomson – Twice a Spy – 9780385530798 – 100,000 copies
TUESDAY NONFICTION
David Brooks – The Social Animal: A Story of Love, Character, and Achievement – 9781400067602
Aaron Dignan – Game Face: Using Games As a Strategy for Success – 9781451611052
Jeff Greenfield – Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan – 9780399157066
Kostya Kennedy – 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports – 9781603201773
Jonah Keri – The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First – 9780345517654
Suze Orman – The Money Class – 9781400069736 – 500,000 copies
Tracy Ross – The Source of All Things: A Memoir – 9781439172971
Caitlin Shetterley – Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home – 9781401341466
Gary Vaynerchuk – The Thank You Economy – 9780061914188 – 100,000 copies
Xinran – Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love – 9781451610895 – 35,000 copies
WEDNESDAY NONFICTION
James Carroll – Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World – 9780547195612 – 50,000 copies
Tim Wendell – High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time – 9780306818486
FRIDAY NONFICTION
Sammy Hagar – Red: My Uncensored Life in Music – 9780062009289 – 100,000 copies
Steven Rosenbaum – Curation Nation: How to Win in a World Where Consumers Are Creators – 9780071760393 – 35,000 copies
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Sunday, February 27th, 2011
MONDAY FICTION
Sarah Braunstein – The Sweet Relief of Missing Children – 9780393076592
MONDAY NONFICTION
Andre Dubus III – Townie: a Memoir – 9780393064667 – 100,000 copies
MONDAY FICTION
Leila Aboulela – Lyrics Alley – 9780802119513
Jennifer Ashley – Primal Bonds (mass market) – 9780425240786 – 100,000 copies
Michele Bardsley – Never Again (mass market) – 9780451232755 – 75,000 copies
Simon Beaufort – A Dead Man’s Secret (Sir Geoffrey Mappestone Mysteries) – 9780727869722
Jo Beverley – An Unlikely Countess (mass market) – 9780451232717 – 175,000 copies
Maeve Binchy – Minding Frankie – 9780307273567 – 350,000 copies
Judy Blundell – Strings Attached (YA) – 9780545221269
Rhys Bowen – Bless the Bride (Molly Murphy) – 9780312628109 – 30,000 copies
Patricia Briggs – River Marked (Mercy Thompson) – 9780441019731 – 75,000+
Chelsea Cain – The Night Season (Archie and Gretchen) – 9780312619763 – 150,000 copies
Max Allan Collins & Matthew Clemens – No One Will Hear You (mass market) – 9780786021352 – 100,000 copies
Ralph Compton & Joseph A. West – The Last Manhunt – 9780451232724 – 75,000 copies
Jack Coughlin and Donald A. Davis – An Act of Treason (Kyle Swanson) – 9780312612016 – 75,000 copies
Leslie Daniels – Cleaning Nabokov’s House – 9781439195024 – 75,000 copies
Steven Erikson – The Crippled God: Book Ten of The Malazan Book of the Fallen – 9780765310101
Dolores Gordon-Smith – Off the Record (Jack Haldean) – 9780727869746 – 75,000 copies
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles – Body Line (Bill Slider) – 9780727869579 – 75,000 copies
Gwen Hayes – Falling Under (mass market) – 9780451232687 – 150,000 copies
Sheri Holman – The Witches on the Road Tonight – 9780802119438 – 75,000+ copies
Ward Just – Rodin’s Debutante – 9780547504193 – 25,000 copies
Sherrilyn Kenyon - The Dark-Hunters, Vol. 4 (graphic novel) – 9780312554019 – 75,000 copies
Mercedes Lackey, Steve Libbey, Cody Martin, and Dennis Lee – Invasion (Secret World Chronicles, Bk 1) – 9781439134191 – 25,000 copies
Linda Francis Lee – Emily and Einstein – 9780312382186 – 75,000 copies
Malcolm MacDonald – Abigail (4th in Stevenson family series)(trade paper reprint) – 9781402236112
Julianne MacLean – Captured by the Highlander (mass market) – 9780312365318
Lou Manfredo – Rizzo’s Fire (sequel to Rizzo’s War) – 9780312538064 – 50,000 copies
Carla Speed McNeil – Finder: Voice (graphic novel) – 9781595826510
Victoria Patterson – This Vacant Paradise – 9781582436456
Jodi Picoult – Sing You Home – 9781439102725 – 1,500,000 copies
Patrick Rothfuss – The Wise Man’s Fear – 9780756404734 – 100,000 copies
Vladimir Sorokin and Jamey Gambrell – Day of the Oprichnik – 9780374134754 – 10,000 copies
Veronica Wolff – Devil’s Own (Wizards of Nevermore) – 9780451232755 – 75,000 copies
TUESDAY NONFICTION
Dan Abrams – Man Down: Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt That Women Are Better Cops, Drivers, Gamblers, Spies, World Leaders, Beer Tasters – 9780810998292 – 50,000 copies
P.M.H. Atwater – Near-Death Experiences, the Rest of the Story: What They Teach Us about Living and Dying and Our True Purpose – 9781571746511
James Brabazon – My Friend the Mercenary – 9780802119759
Brian Christian – The Most Human Human: What Talking to Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive – 9780385533065
Jacques D’Amboise – I Was a Dancer: A Memoir – 9781400042340
Karen Finley, Kathleen Hanna, and Ann Pellegrini – The Reality Shows – 9781558616714
Margaux Fragoso – Tiger, Tiger – 9780374277628 – 100,000 copies
Andrew Gerle – The Enraged Accompanist’s Guide to the Perfect Audition – 9781423497059
James Gleick – The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood – 9780375423727
Peter Guber – Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story – 9780307587954
Gabrielle Hamilton – Blood, Bones, and Butter:The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef – 9781400068722 – 50,000 copies
Eleanor Heartney, Lawrence Wechsler, Arthur Lubow, Peter Schjeldahl – Liza Lou – 9780847834617
Matthew Inman – 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides) – 9781449401160
Mat Johnson – Pym – 9780812981582
John D. Kasarda and Greg Lindsay – Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next – 9780374100193 – 50,000 copies
Frank I. Luntz – Win: The Key Principles to Take Your Business from Ordinary to Extraordinary – 9781401323998 – 150,000 copies
C. Max Magee and Jeff Martin – The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books – 9781593764043
Dick Morris & Eileen McGann – Revolt!: What the New Republican House Must Do to Reject, Repeal, and Replace Obama’s Socialist Programs. . . and How to Make Sure They Do It – 9780062073303 – 250,000 copies
Robert J. Mrazek – To Kingdom Come: An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War Over Germany – 9780451232274 – 35,000 copies
Don Piper and Cecil Murphey – Getting to Heaven: Departing Instructions for Your Life Now – 9780425240281 – 500,000 copies
Ron Rosenbaum – How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III – 9781416594215
Gretchen Rubin – The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun – 9780061583261
Tom Shroder and John Konrad - Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster – 9780062063007 – 150,000 copies
Colin Thubron – To a Mountain in Tibet – 9780061768262 – 40,000 copies
Ai Weiwei, ed. and trans. by Lee Ambrozy – Ai Weiwei’s Blog – 9780262015219
Lang Whitaker – In the Time of Bobby Cox: The Atlanta Braves, Their Manager, My Couch, Two Decades, and Me – 9781439148389 – 40,000 copies
THURSDAY FICTION
Belinda Bauer – Darkside – 9781451612752
THURSDAY NONFICTION
Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas – Life, on the Line: Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat – 9781592406012
Joshua Foer – Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything – 9781594202292
Donovan Hohn – Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them – 9780670022199
George Kimball & John Schulian, eds. – At The Fights: American Writers on Boxing – 9781598530926
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Sunday, February 20th, 2011
MONDAY FICTION
Lutishia Lovely – All Up In My Business (trade paper) – 9780758238696
MONDAY NONFICTION
Frank Rose – The Age of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Art of Storytelling – 9780393076011
David Shields and Bradford Morrow, eds. – The Inevitable: Contemporary Writers Confront Death – 9780393339369
TUESDAY FICTION
V. C. Andrews – Family Storms (mass market) – 9781439154991 – 550,000 copies
Terri Blackstock – Vicious Cycle – 9780310250678 – 65,000 copies
T.C. Boyle – When the Killing’s Done – 9780670022328 – 75,000 copies
Allison Brennan – Kiss Me, Kill Me (Lucy Kincaid) (mass market) – 9780345511690
Robyn Carr – Harvest Moon (mass market) – 9780778329428 – 475,000 copies
Jennifer Chiaverini – The Union Quilters (Elm Creek Quilts Novel) – 9780525952039
Joy Fielding – Now You See Her – 9781416585312 – 75,000 copies
Joanne Fluke – The Devil’s Food Cake Murder – 9780758234919 – 100,000 copies
Jeaniene Frost – This Side of the Grave (Night Huntress) (mass market) – 9780061783180 – 250,000 copies
Molly Harper – How to Flirt With a Naked Werewolf (mass market) – 9781439195864 – 100,000 copies
Kim Harrison – Pale Demon (The Hollows) – 9780061138065 – 250,000 copies
Mike Huckabee – A Simple Government: Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington (and a Trillion That We Don’t!) – 9781595230737
Julia London – A Light at Winter’s End (mass market) – 9781451606843 – 350,000 copies
Susan Mallery – Completely Smitten\Hers for the Weekend (mass market reprint) – 9780373184880 – 200,000 copies
Kat Martin – Against the Law (mass market) – 9780778329404 – 250,000 copies
Melissa Mayhue – Healing the Highlander (mass market) – 9781439190203 – 200,000 copies
Paula McLain – The Paris Wife – 9780345521309 – 75,000 copies
(buzz) (Cleveland author—yay)
Fern Michaels – To Taste the Wine (trade paper) (1991 reprint) – 9780758242747 – 150,000 copies
Andrew Miller – Snowdrops – 9780385533447
Linda Lael Miller – A Creed in Stone Creek (mass market) – 9780373775552 – 775,000 copies
Pamela Palmer – Hunger Untamed (Feral Warriors) (mass market) – 9780061794711 – 150,000 copies
Sarah Pekkanen - Skipping a Beat – 9781451609820 – 75,000 copies
Adrian Phoenix – Etched in Bone (mass market) – 9781439137307 – 125,000 copies
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child – Gideon’s Sword (Gideon Crew) – 9780446564328 – 325,000 copies
J.D. Robb – Treachery in Death – 9780399157035 – 750,000 copies
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg – Cowboys and Aliens (graphic novel) – 9780061646652
Lynsay Sands – The Heiress (mass market) – 9780061963094 – 400,000 copies
Michael Showalter – Mr. Funny Pants – 9780446542104 – 50,000 copies
Randy Wayne White – Night Vision (Doc Ford) – 9780399157059 – 150,000 copies
TUESDAY NONFICTION
Abdullah II, King of Jordan – Our Last Best Chance – 9780670021710 – 150,000 copies
Scott Brown – Against All Odds: A Life from Hardship to Hope – 9780062015549 – 300,000 copies. One-day laydown
Amy E. Goodman – Wear This, Toss That! – 9781439184417 – 100,000 copies
Brenda Joyce – Deadly Vows (mass market) – 9780373775514 – 190,000 copies
Timothy Keller – King’s Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus – 9780525952107
Bing West – The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan – 9781400068739
WEDNESDAY FICTION
Mark Childress – Georgia Bottoms – 9780316033046
WEDNESDAY NONFICTION
Margaret Roach – And I Shall Have Some Peace Here: Trading in the Fast Lane for My Own Dirt Road – 9780446556095 – 30,000 copies
FRIDAY FICTION
M. C. Beaton – Death of a Chimney Sweep (Hamish Macbeth) – 9780446547390
G. A. McKevvet – A Decadent Way To Die (Savannah Reid) – 9780758238108
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