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This week's best-sellers from Publishers Weekly

By McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Source: MCT News Service

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 21, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC., (c) 2012, by PWxyz LLC.)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Private: #1 Suspect. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown, $27.99 

     Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 3
     2. Death of Kings. Bernard Cornwell. Harper, $27.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     3. Believing the Lie. Elizabeth George. Dutton, $28.95
     Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 2
     4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Stieg Larsson. Knopf, $27.95
     Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 81
     5. Death Comes to Pemberley. P.D. James. Knopf, $25.95
     Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 7
     6. 1 1/2 2/63. Stephen King. Scribner, $35
     Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 11
     7. Raylan. Elmore Leonard. Morrow, $26.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     8. The Litigators. John Grisham. Doubleday, $28.95
     Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 13
     9. The Rope. Nevada Barr. Minotaur, $25.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     10. Shadows in Flight. Orson Scott Card. Tor, $21.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1

11. Gideon's Corpse. Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. Grand Central, $26.99 

     Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 2
     12. Star Wars Darth Plagueis. James Luceno. Del Rey/LucasBooks, $27
     Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 2
     13. Locked On. Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. Putnam, $28.95
     Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 6
     14. The Best of Me. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $25.99
     Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 15

15. Love in a Nutshell. Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly. St. Martin's, $27.99 

     Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 3
     16. A Dance with Dragons. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $35
     Last Week: 16; Weeks on List: 28
     17. 77 Shadow Street. Dean Koontz. Bantam, $28
     Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 4
     18. Kill Alex Cross. James Patterson. Little, Brown, $28.99
     Last Week: 15; Weeks on List: 10
     19. The Paris Wife. Paula McLain. Ballantine, $25
     Last Week: 18; Weeks on List: 48
     20. Explosive Eighteen. Janet Evanovich. Bantam, $28
     Last Week: 19; Weeks on List: 9
     21. The Marriage Plot. Jeffrey Eugenides. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28
     Last Week: 24; Weeks on List: 15
     22. The Chalk Girl. Carol O'Connell. Putnam, $25.95
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     23. Micro. Michael Crichton & Richard Preston. Harper, $28.99
     Last Week: 21; Weeks on List: 9
     24. The Sense of an Ending. Julian Barnes. Knopf, $23.95
     Last Week: 17; Weeks on List: 14
     25. The Art of Fielding. Chad Harbach. Little, Brown, $25.99
     Last Week: 25; Weeks on List: 15

     HARDCOVER NONFICTION
     1. Ameritopia. Mark R. Levin. Threshold, $26.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1

2. American Sniper. Chris Kyle, with Scott McEwen & Jim DeFelice. Morrow, $26.99 

     Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 3
     3. The End of Illness. David Agus, M.D. Free Press, $26
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     4. Steve Jobs. Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster, $35
     Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 13
     5. The Psychology of Wealth. Charles Richards. McGraw-Hill, $26
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     6. Killing Lincoln. Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard. Holt, $28
     Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 17
     7. Through My Eyes. Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. HarperOne, $26.99
     Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 20
     8. Taking People with You. David Novak. Portfolio, $25.95
     Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 3
     9. Unbroken. Laura Hillenbrand. Random House, $27
     Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 62
     10. Deliciously G-Free. Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Ballantine, $30
     Last Week: 15; Weeks on List: 2
     11. Thinking, Fast and Slow. Daniel Kahneman. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30
     Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 13
     12. The Obamas. Jodi Kantor. Little, Brown, $29.99
     Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 2
     13. The 17 Day Diet. Dr. Mike Moreno. Free Press, $25
     Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 39
     14. Sexperiment. Ed & Lisa Young. FaithWords, $21.99
     Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 2
     15. Elizabeth the Queen. Sally Bedell Smith. Random House, $30
     Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 2
     16. Choose to Lose. Chris Powell. Hyperion, $24.99
     Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 3
     17. A Universe from Nothing. Lawrence M. Krauss. Free Press, $24.99
     Last Week: 19; Weeks on List: 2
     18. Catherine the Great. Robert K. Massie. Random House, $35
     Last Week: 16; Weeks on List: 11
     19. One Thousand Gifts. Ann Voskamp. Zondervan, $16.99
     Last Week: 22; Weeks on List: 9
     20. I Got This. Jennifer Hudson. Dutton, $25.95
     Last Week: 18; Weeks on List: 2
     21. Greedy Bastards. Dylan Ratigan. Simon & Schuster, $25
     Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 2

22. Heaven Is for Real. Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. Thomas Nelson, $21.99 

     Last Week: 20; Weeks on List: 8
     23. In the Garden of Beasts. Erik Larson. Crown, $26
     Last Week: 21; Weeks on List: 32
     24. Seriously... I'm Kidding. Ellen DeGeneres. Grand Central, $26.99
     Last Week: 25; Weeks on List: 12
     25. Weight Watchers One Pot Cookbook. Wiley, $29.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 2

     MASS MARKET
     1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $7.99
     Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 83
     2. The Girl Who Played with Fire. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $9.99
     Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 81
     3. The Jefferson Key. Steve Berry. Ballantine, $9.99
     Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 4
     4. The Sentry. Robert Crais. Berkley, $9.99
     Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 2
     5. Hidden Summit. Robyn Carr. Mira, $7.99
     Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 4
     6. You ... Again. Debbie Macomber. Mira, $7.99
     Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 4
     7. Trader of Secrets. Steve Martini. Harper, $9.99
     Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 4
     8. A Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $8.99
     Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 44
     9. Minding Frankie. Maeve Binchy. Anchor, $7.99
     Last Week: 15; Weeks on List: 4

10. Tom Clancy Presents Acts of Valor. Dick Couch & George Galdorisi. Berkley, $9.99 

     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     11. Smokin' Seventeen. Janet Evanovich. Bantam, $8.99
     Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 10
     12. On Lavender Lane. JoAnn Ross. Signet, $7.99
     Last Week: 16; Weeks on List: 3
     13. Skeleton Coast. Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul. Berkley, $9.99
     Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 3
     14. Spirit Bound. Christine Feehan. Jove, $7.99
     Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 4
     15. A Storm of Swords. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $8.99
     Last Week: 24; Weeks on List: 40
     16. Mr. and Miss Anonymous. Fern Michaels. Zebra, $7.99
     Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 3

17. The Outlaws. W.E.B. Griffin & William E. Butterworth IV. Jove, $9.99 

     Last Week: 18; Weeks on List: 2
     18. A Clash of Kings. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $8.99
     Last Week: 21; Weeks on List: 39
     19. Moonlight in the Morning. Jude Deveraux. Pocket Star, $7.99
     Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 4
     20. In the Still of the Night. Ann Rule. Pocket, $7.99
     Last Week: 20; Weeks on List: 4
     21. A Feast for Crows. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $8.99
     Last Week: 22; Weeks on List: 33
     22. One for the Money. Jean M. Auel. St. Martin's, $8.99
     Last Week: 17; Weeks on List: 6
     23. Toys. James Patterson & Neil McMahon. Vision, $9.99
     Last Week: 19; Weeks on List: 8
     24. Fatal Error. J.A. Jance. Pocket Star, $7.99
     Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 4
     25. Damage. John Lescroart. Signet, $9.99
     Last Week: 23; Weeks on List: 2

     TRADE

1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Jonathan Safran Foer. Mariner, $14.95 

     Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 5
     2. The Help. Kathryn Stockett. Berkley, $16
     Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 42
     3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $15.95
     Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 122

4. Heaven Is for Real. Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. Thomas Nelson, $16.99 

     Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 57
     5. Bossypants. Tina Fey. Back Bay/Reagan Arthur, $15.95
     Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 3
     6. The Tiger's Wife. Tea Obreht. Random House, $15
     Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 12
     7. The Girl Who Played with Fire. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $15.95
     Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 65
     8. Assholes Finish First. Tucker Max. Gallery, $16
     Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 13
     9. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. John le Carre. Penguin, $16
     Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 4
     10. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot. Broadway, $16
     Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 47

11. 11 10th Anniversary. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro. Grand Central, $14.99 

     Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 2
     12. The New Jim Crow. Michelle Alexander. New Press, $19.95
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     13. Outliers. Malcolm Gladwell. LB/Back Bay, $16.99
     Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 32
     14. Night Road. Kristin Hannah. St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99
     Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 3

15. Winner-Take-All-Politics. Jacob S. Hacker & Paul Pierson. Simon & Schuster, $15 

     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     16. A Discovery of Witches. Deborah Harkness. Penguin, $16
     Last Week: 16; Weeks on List: 4
     17. The Next Always. Nora Roberts. Berkley, $16
     Last Week: 19; Weeks on List: 12
     18. The Harbinger. Jonathan Cahn. Frontline, $16.99
     Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 3
     19. Moneyball. Michael Lewis. Norton, $15.95
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 18
     20. The Devil in the White City. Erik Larson. Vintage, $15.95
     Last Week: 18; Weeks on List: 74
     21. Sarah's Key. Tatiana de Rosnay. St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95
     Last Week: 21; Weeks on List: 79
     22. The Art of Racing in the Rain. Garth Stein. Harper, $14.99
     Last Week: 22; Weeks on List: 120
     23. The Glass Castle. Jeannette Walls. Scribner, $15
     Last Week: 25; Weeks on List: 153
     24. One Summer. David Baldacci. Grand Central, $13.99
     Last Week: 23; Weeks on List: 2
     25. Cutting for Stone. Abraham Verghese. Vintage, $15.95
     Last Week: 17; Weeks on List: 90


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