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Bestsellers List: April 15, 2010

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Imperfect Birds, by Anne LamottHARDCOVER FICTION

  1. The Help, Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
  2. Imperfect Birds, Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594487514
  3. Solar, Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385533416
  4. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Helen Simonson, Random House, $25, 9781400068937
  5. Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, Lee Smith, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781565129153
  6. Miss Julia Renews Her Vows, Ann B. Ross, Viking, $24.95, 9780670021550
  7. Caught, Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525951582
  8. The Three Weissmanns of Westport, Cathleen Schine, Sarah Crichton Books/FSG, $25, 9780374299040
  9. Changes, Jim Butcher, Roc, $25.95, 9780451463173
  10. The Girl Who Chased the Moon, Sarah Addison Allen, Bantam, $25, 9780553807219
  11. Matterhorn, Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly Press, $24.95, 9780802119285
  12. Bite Me, Christopher Moore, Morrow, $23.99, 9780061779725
  13. The Postmistress, Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399156199
  14. The Last Time I Saw You, Elizabeth Berg, Random House, $25, 9781400068647
  15. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $21.99, 9780446563086

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  1. The Big Short, Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393072235
  2. The Bridge, David Remnick, Knopf, $29.95, 9781400043606
  3. Women Food and God, Geneen Roth, Scribner, $24, 9781416543077
  4. The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose, NAL, $26.95, 9780451230232
  5. This Time Together, Carol Burnett, Harmony, $25, 9780307461186
  6. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446552448
  7. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
  8. Every Day in Tuscany, Frances Mayes, Broadway, $25, 9780767929820
  9. Paula Deen’s Savannah Style, Paula Deen, S&S, $29.99, 9781416552246
  10. Game Change, John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper, $27.99, 9780061733635
  11. Christianity, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Viking, $45, 9780670021260
  12. The Happiness Project, Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254
  13. 13 Bankers, Simon Johnson, James Kwak, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307379054
  14. Courage and Consequence, Karl Rove, Threshold Editions, $30, 9781439191057
  15. Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?, Karen Spears Zacharias, Zondervan, $16.99, 9780310292500

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

  1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
  2. The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
  3. Little Bee, Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
  4. A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
  5. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
  6. Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
  7. Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
  8. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
  9. Sarah’s Key, Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
  10. The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446570978
  11. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial, $14, 9780385341004
  12. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
  13. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835
  14. The Sweet By and By, Todd Johnson, Harper, $13.99, 9780061579516
  15. Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $15, 9781439148952

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

  1. Food Rules, Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
  2. Conservative Victory, Sean Hannity, Harper, $14.99, 9780062003058
  3. Same Kind of Different as Me, Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Thomas Nelson, $14.99, 9780849919107
  4. Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
  5. The Blind Side, Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393338386
  6. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
  7. The Girls From Ames, Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $16, 9781592405329
  8. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
  9. I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar, Sharon Eliza Nichols, St. Martin’s Griffin, $9.99, 9780312533014
  10. An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor, HarperOne, $14.99, 9780061370472
  11. The Lost City of Z, David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455
  12. Night, Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016
  13. You’re a Horrible Person, But I Like You, The Believer, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307475237
  14. Summer at Tiffany, Marjorie Hart, Avon, $12.99, 9780061189531
  15. The Age of Wonder, Richard Holmes, Vintage, $17.95, 9781400031870

MASS MARKET

  1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
  2. Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441018512
  3. The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446570961
  4. The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159
  5. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
  6. First Family, David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446539746
  7. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
  8. Dear John, Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9780446567336
  9. Borderline, Nevada Barr, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425233788
  10. Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440243687

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED

  1. The Lion & the Mouse, Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316013567
  2. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061906220
  3. Shark vs. Train, Chris Barton, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316007627
  4. My Garden, Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow, $17.99, 9780061715174
  5. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
  6. Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire!, Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061896439
  7. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633
  8. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
  9. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
  10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908

CHILDREN’S INTEREST

  1. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary, Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9780810996168
  2. Will Grayson, Will Grayson, John Green, David Levithan, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525421580
  3. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207
  4. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World… One Child at a Time, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142414125
  5. Savvy, Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142414330
  6. Classy: Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady, Derek Blasberg, Razorbill, $16.99, 9781595142795
  7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142410318
  8. When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99, 9780385737425
  9. Incarceron, Catherine Fisher, Dial, $17.99, 9780803733961
  10. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 978031236754

CHILDREN’S SERIES TITLES

  1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810993136
  2. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1), Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
  3. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4), Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101499
  4. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5), Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423101475
  5. The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3), Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101482
  6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810994737
  7. The Emperor’s Code (The 39 Clues, 8), Gordon Korman, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545060486
  8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810983915
  9. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2), Rick Riordan, Miramax, $7.99, 9781423103349
  10. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $22.99, 9780316067928

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. The 39 Clues (hardcover), Gordon Korman, et al., Scholastic, New in Series: The Emperor’s Code (9780545060486)
  4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback), Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
  5. Twilight (hardcover and paperback), Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
  6. The Hunger Games (hardcover), Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
  7. Series Debut: How to Train Your Dragon (paperback), Cressida Cowell, Little Brown
  8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback), J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
  9. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback), Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
  10. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback), Anthony Horowitz, Puffin

SPECIAL TO THE SOUTHERN LIST!

(books that appear on the southern list, but not the national list)

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