Debuts for the week:

Hardcover Fiction
#2-Solar, by Ian McEwan (9780385533416)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#14-13 Bankers, by James Kwak, Simon Johnson (9780307379054)
Paperback Nonfiction
#6-Conservative Victory, by Sean Hannity (9780062003058)
#15- I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced, by Nujood Ali (9780307589675)
Children’s Interest
#8-Big Nate: In a Class by Himself, by Lincoln Peirce (9780061944345)

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. Solar- Debut
Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385533416
3. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937
4. House Rules
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9780743296434
5. Bite Me
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $23.99, 9780061779725
6. Caught
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525951582
7. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $21.99, 9780446563086
8. Matterhorn
Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly Press, $24.95, 9780802119285
9. The Three Weissmanns of Westport
Cathleen Schine, Sarah Crichton Books/FSG, $25, 9780374299040
10. The Mapping of Love and Death
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780061727665
11. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399156199
12. Angelology
Danielle Trussoni, Viking, $27.95, 9780670021475
13. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
14. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
15. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
ON THE RISE:
19. Anthill
E.O. Wilson, Norton, $24.95, 9780393071191
Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilson’s wonderful debut novel is an April Indie Next List Great Read.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393072235
2. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446552448
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
4. Game Change
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
5. The Pacific
Hugh Ambrose, NAL, $26.95, 9780451230232
6. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
7. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
8. Women Food and God
Geneen Roth, Scribner, $24, 9781416543077
9. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body
Daniel G.Amen M.D., Harmony, $25.99, 9780307463579
10. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
11. Ill Fares the Land
Tony Judt, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202766
12. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312
13. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
14.13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown - Debut
James Kwak, Simon Johnson, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307379054
15. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
ON THE RISE:
18. Giada at Home
Giada de Laurentiis, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307451019
A new collection of delicious recipes by the bestselling author of Giada’s Kitchen.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
3. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
4. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
5. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
6. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
7. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
8. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
10. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
11. Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $15, 9781439148952
12. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
13. Sarah’s Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
14. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
15. Shanghai Girls
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980530
ON THE RISE:
18. About Face
Donna Leon, Penguin, $14, 9780143116592
Commissario Guido Brunetti investigates corruption and murder in this novel by the author of The Girl of His Dreams.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
2. The Lost City of Z
David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
3. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
4. The Blind Side
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
5. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
6. Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama’s Radical Agenda- Debut
Sean Hannity, Harper, $14.99, 9780062003058
7. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363
8. The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580
9. The Age of Wonder
Richard Holmes, Vintage, $17.95, 9781400031870
10. In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963
11. A People’s History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper, $18.99, 9780060838652
12. Animals Make Us Human
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547248233
13. Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $16, 9780812973013
14. Einstein’s God
Krista Tippett, Penguin, $16, 9780143116776
15. I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced- Debut
Nujood Ali, Three Rivers, $12, 9780307589675

MASS MARKET
1. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
3. The Last Song
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446570961
4. Gone Tomorrow
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243687
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
6. Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061703256
7. Dear John
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
8. First Family
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446539746
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
10. Long Lost
Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451229328

CHILDREN’S INTEREST
1. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9780810996168
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
3. Savvy
Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142414330
4. When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
5. The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes: 70th Anniversary Edition
Dubose Heyward, Marjorie Flack (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $9.99, 9780547144184
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99, 9781423121718
7. The Demigod Files
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.95, 9781423121664
8. Big Nate: In a Class by Himself- Debut
Lincoln Peirce, Harper, $12.99, 9780061944345
9. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
10. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
11. Graceling
Kristin Cashore, Graphia, $9.99, 9780547258300
12. Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1
Stephenie Meyer, Young Kim (Illus.), Yen Press, $19.99, 9780759529434
13. 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
14. Incarceron
Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
15. The Batboy
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399250002

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. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
4. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785
5. Happy Easter, Mouse!
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray, $6.99, 9780694014224
6. Fancy Nancy’s Elegant Easter
Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061703799
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
8. Ollie’s Easter Eggs
Olivier Dunrea, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $9.99, 9780618532438
9. The Lion & the Mouse
Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
11. My Garden
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $17.99, 9780061715174
12. Waddle!
Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761151128
13. The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061074295
14. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
15. Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire!
Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061896439

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

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
THE SEASON OF SECOND CHANCES: A Novel by Diane Meier (Holt, $25, 9780805090819) “This novel offers a poignant and entertaining view of a young woman’s self discovery. As a Columbia professor, published academic, and owner of a New York apartment that has a great view of the Hudson River, Joy Harkness has it all. But does she? Transplanted to a New England college town, she buys a derelict Victorian house and has a relationship with the handyman who turns it into a beautiful home. Meier has produced a book that is fun to read and offers insight into Joy’s transformation.” — Fran Keilty, Hickory Stick Bookshop, Washington Depot, CT

DEAD END GENE POOL: A Memoir by Wendy Burden (Gotham, $26, 9781592405268) “Burden’s memoir of her branch of the family descended from Cornelius Vanderbilt is a delightful cautionary tale of the super rich who inherit a large fortune. The family’s unraveling, erratic behavior, and eccentricities make up a morbidly fascinating story.” — Avery Dickey, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL

Paperback
PURGE by Sofi Oksanen (Grove Press, Black Cat, $14.95, 9780802170774) “Translated from Finnish, this winner of Finland’s top literary prizes is the story of Aliide, an Estonian peasant who survived the Soviet occupation, only to face the brutal realities of a post-occupation world when her sister’s granddaughter shows up half-conscious in her yard. Powerful writing and exacting sense of place make this book stand out.” — Claire Benedict, Bear Pond Books of Montpelier, Montpelier, VT

For Teen Readers
THE HEART IS NOT A SIZE by Beth Kephart (HarperTeen,$16.99,9780061470486) “Beth Kephart has written another must-read book for teens in this story of a group of teens who travel to a Mexican border town to work to help the residents there. She isn’t afraid to tackle such big issues as parental pressure, anorexia, and death, and she does it all with compassion, honesty, and beautiful writing.” — Mandy King, The Boulder Book Store, Boulder, CO