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

Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#5- Angelology, by Danielle Trussoni (9780670021475)
#9- The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag, by Alan Bradley (9780385342315)
#11- The Surrendered, by Chang-Rae Lee (9781594489761)
#13- The Silent Sea, by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul (9780399156250)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1- Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, by Chelsea Handler (9780446552448)
#4- Courage and Consequence, by Karl Rove (9781439191057)
#15- American Conspiracies, by Jesse Ventura, Dick Russell (9781602398023)
Paperback Nonfiction
#15-The Age of Wonder, by Richard Holmes (9781400031870)
Children’s Interest
#7- The Batboy, by Mike Lupica (9780399250002)
#13- A Nest for Celeste, by Henry Cole (9780061704109)
#15- The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes: 70th Anniversary Edition, by
Dubose Heyward, Marjorie Flack (Illus.) (9780547144184)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. House Rules
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9780743296434
3. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937
4. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
5. Angelology- Debut
Danielle Trussoni, Viking, $27.95, 9780670021475
6. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399156199
7. The Man From Beijing
Henning Mankell, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307271860
8. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $21.99, 9780446563086
9. The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag- Debut
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $24, 9780385342315
10. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
11. The Surrendered- Debut
Chang-Rae Lee, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594489761
12. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
13. The Silent Sea- Debut
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399156250
14. The Three Weissmanns of Westport
Cathleen Schine, Sarah Crichton Books/FSG, $25, 9780374299040
15. Split Image
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399156236
ON THE RISE:
18. The Infinities
John Banville, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307272799
A dazzling new novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang- Debut
Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446552448
2. Game Change
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
4. Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight- Debut
Karl Rove, Threshold Editions, $30, 9781439191057
5. The Pacific
Hugh Ambrose, NAL, $26.95, 9780451230232
6. The Kind Diet
Alicia Silverstone, Rodale, $29.99, 9781605296449
7. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
8. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
9. Willie Mays
James S. Hirsch, Scribner, $30, 9781416547907
10. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
11. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
12. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
13. Eating Animals
Jonathan Safran Foer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316069908
14. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312
15. American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies That the Government Tells Us- Debut
Jesse Ventura, Dick Russell, Skyhorse, $24.95, 9781602398023
ON THE RISE:
20. Silk Parachute
John McPhee, FSG, $25, 9780374263737
A collection of essays by the author of Levels of the Game.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
3. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
4. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
5. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
6. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
7. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
8. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
9. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
10. Shanghai Girls
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530
11. Sarah’s Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
12. Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $15, 9781439148952
13. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
14. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
15. Precious (Push Movie Tie-In Edition)
Sapphire, Vintage, $13, 9780307474841

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
3. The Lost City of Z
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
4. Animals Make Us Human
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
5. The Blind Side
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
6. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
7. The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
8. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
9. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
10. A People’s History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper, $18.99, 9780060838652
11. Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $16, 9780812973013
12. In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
13. How We Decide
Jonah Lehrer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547247991
14. Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335
15. The Age of Wonder- Debut
Richard Holmes, Vintage, $17.95, 9781400031870
ON THE RISE:
17. I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
Nujood Ali, Three Rivers, $12, 9780307589675
The harrowing true story of a young Yemeni girl forced to marry a man three times her age.

MASS MARKET
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
3. Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061703256
4. First Family
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446539746
5. Long Lost
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451229328
6. Dear John
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
7. The Last Song
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446570961
8. Heart and Soul
Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307278425
9. The Scarecrow
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446401203
10. Night and Day
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425232996

CHILDREN’S INTEREST
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
3. When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
4. The Demigod Files
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
5. Incarceron
Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
6. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World… One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
7. The Batboy- Debut
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399250002
8. The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780060530921
9. Graceling
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
10. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll, Camille Rose Garcia (Illus.), Collins Design, $16.99, 9780061886577
11. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
12. D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths
Edgar Parin D’Aulaire, Ingri D’Aulaire, Delacorte, $19.95, 9780440406945
13. A Nest for Celeste- Debut
Henry Cole, Katherine Tegen Books, $16.99, 9780061704109
14. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316114271
15. The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes: 70th Anniversary Edition- Debut
Dubose Heyward, Marjorie Flack (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $9.99, 9780547144184

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Easter Egg
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399252389
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. The Lion & the Mouse
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. Fancy Nancy’s Elegant Easter
Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061703799
6. Waddle!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
7. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. Happy Easter, Mouse!
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray, $6.99, 9780694014224
9. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785
10. Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire!
Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061896439
11. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
13. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800165
14. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905

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

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
THE DREAM OF PERPETUAL MOTION by Dexter Palmer, (St. Martin’s, $24.99, 9780312558154) “This debut work is an absolutely enchanting novel with elements of steampunk and alternate history, loosely constructed around the plot of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. It’s a powerful story and I can’t wait to see what he writes next.” — Bridget Allison, Phoenix Books, Essex, VT

CHASING THE WHITE DOG: An Amateur Outlaw’s Adventures in Moonshine, by Max Watman (Simon & Schuster, $25, 9781416571780) “The subtitle belies the content, but the voice really makes this book. I didn’t think I would want to read 300 pages of moonshine history, lore, and chemistry, but I couldn’t put it down. A rocking good time of a book.” — Pete Mulvihill, Green Apple Books, San Francisco, CA

Paperback
AFTER THE WORKSHOP by John McNally (Counterpoint, $15.95, 9781582435602) “Join media escort Jack Hercules Sheahan in a wicked romp through Iowa City as he escorts pretentious writers, spends an evening in jail, and battles writer’s block. A must for any student of fiction, or for that matter, any reader.” –
Zach Sampinos, Sam Weller’s Books, Salt Lake City, UT

For Ages 4 to 8
LAWN TO LAWN by Dan Yaccarino (Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780375855740) “Of course lawn ornaments come to life and tell stories. Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before? DanYaccarino has created a brilliant tale.” — Rebecca Dowling, Hockessin Book Shelf, Hockessin, DE