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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, Feb. 4, 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. Home Front. Kristin Hannah. St. Martin's, $27.99

Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1

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

     Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 5
     3. Defending Jacob. William Landay. Delacorte, $26
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     4. Taken. Robert Crais. Putnam, $26.959
     Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 2
     5. Death Comes to Pemberley. P.D. James. Knopf, $25.95
     Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 9
     6. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Stieg Larsson. Knopf, $27.95
     Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 83
     7. 1 1/2 2/63. Stephen King. Scribner, $35
     Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 13
     8. Believing the Lie. Elizabeth George. Dutton, $28.95
     Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 4
     9. The Litigators. John Grisham. Doubleday, $28.95
     Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 15
     10. Raylan. Elmore Leonard. Morrow, $26.99
     Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 3
     11. The Fear Index. Robert Harris. Knopf, $25.95
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     12. A Dance with Dragons. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $35
     Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 30
     13. The Best of Me. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $25.99
     Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 17
     14. The Paris Wife. Paula McLain. Ballantine, $25
     Last Week: 19; Weeks on List: 50
     15. The Orphan Master's Son. Adam Johnson. Random House, $26
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     16. Death of Kings. Bernard Cornwell. Harper, $27.99
     Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 3
     17. Star Wars Darth Plagueis. James Luceno. Del Rey/LucasBooks, $27
     Last Week: 16; Weeks on List: 4
     18. Explosive Eighteen. Janet Evanovich. Bantam, $28
     Last Week: 20; Weeks on List: 11
     19. Locked On. Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. Putnam, $28.95
     Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 8

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

     Last Week: 17; Weeks on List: 4
     21. The Sense of an Ending. Julian Barnes. Knopf, $23.95
     Last Week: 18; Weeks on List: 16
     22. 77 Shadow Street. Dean Koontz. Bantam, $28
     Last Week: 22; Weeks on List: 6
     23. The Marriage Plot. Jeffrey Eugenides. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28
     Last Week: 23; Weeks on List: 17
     24. The Night Circus. Erin Morgenstern. Doubleday, $26.95
     Last Week: 25; Weeks on List: 18
     25. The Art of Fielding. Chad Harbach. Little, Brown, $25.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 16

     HARDCOVER NONFICTION

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

     Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 5
     2. Ameritopia. Mark R. Levin. Threshold, $26.99
     Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 3
     3. The End of Illness. David Agus, M.D. Free Press, $26
     Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 3
     4. Steve Jobs. Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster, $35
     Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 15
     5. The 17 Day Diet. Dr. Mike Moreno. Free Press, $25
     Last Week: 17; Weeks on List: 41
     6. Killing Lincoln. Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard. Holt, $28
     Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 19
     7. Deliciously G-Free. Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Ballantine, $30
     Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 4
     8. Quiet. Susan Cain. Crown, $26
     Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 2
     9. Unbroken. Laura Hillenbrand. Random House, $27
     Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 64
     10. Through My Eyes. Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. HarperOne, $26.99
     Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 22
     11. Thinking, Fast and Slow. Daniel Kahneman. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30
     Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 15
     12. Coming Apart. Charles Murray. Crown, $27
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     13. One Thousand Gifts. Ann Voskamp. Zondervan, $16.99
     Last Week: 21; Weeks on List: 11
     14. The World of Downton Abbey. Jessica Fellowes. St. Martin's, $29.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     15. Fairy Tale Interrupted. RoseMarie Terenzio. Gallery, $25
     Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 2
     16. Every Day a Friday. Joel Osteen. FaithWords, $24.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 17

17. Great by Choice. Jim Collins & Morten T. Hansen. HarperCollins, $29.99

Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 7

18. Elizabeth the Queen. Sally Bedell Smith. Random House, $30

Last Week: 18; Weeks on List: 4

19. Go the F(ASTERISK)(ASTERISK)k to Sleep. Adam Mansbach, illus. by Ricardo Cortes. Akashic, $14.95 

     Last Week: 25; Weeks on List: 31
     20. In the Garden of Beasts. Erik Larson. Crown, $26
     Last Week: 24; Weeks on List: 34
     21. Strategic Vision. Zbigniew Brzezinski. Basic Books, $26
     Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 2
     22. Weight Watchers One Pot Cookbook. Wiley, $29.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 3
     23. Greedy Bastards. Dylan Ratigan. Simon & Schuster, $25
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 3
     24. Catherine the Great. Robert K. Massie. Random House, $35
     Last Week: 20; Weeks on List: 13
     25. Wheat Belly. William Davis, M.D. Rodale, $25.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 4

     MASS MARKET
     1. The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae. Stephanie Laurens. Avon, $7.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     2. Bonnie. Iris Johansen. St. Martin's, $7.99
     Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 2
     3. Against All Enemies. Tom Clancy with Peter Telep. Berkley, $9.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     4. Lucky Penny. Catherine Anderson. Signet, $7.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     5. The Girl Who Played with Fire. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $9.99
     Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 83

6. Tom Clancy Presents Act of Valor. Dick Couch & George Galdorisi. Berkley, $9.99

Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 3

7. Cold Vengeance. Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. Grand Central, $9.99 

     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     8. The Summer Garden. Sherryl Woods. Mira, $7.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     9. The 9th Judgment. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro. Vision, $9.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $7.99
     Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 85
     11. Last Man Standing. Cindy Gerard. Pocket Star, $7.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     12. 44 Charles Street. Danielle Steel. Dell, $7.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     13. The Jefferson Key. Steve Berry. Ballantine, $9.99
     Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 6
     14. One for the Money. Janet Evanovich. St. Martin's, $8.99
     Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 8
     15. File M for Murder. Miranda James. Berkley, $7.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     16. Fallen. Karin Slaughter. Dell, $7.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     17. Lair of the Lion. Christine Feehan. Avon, $7.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     18. Crunch Time. Diane Mott Davidson. Avon, $7.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
     19. A Lady Never Surrenders. Sabrina Jeffries. Pocket, $7.99
     Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 2
     20. In the Still of the Night. Ann Rule. Pocket, $7.99
     Last Week: 20; Weeks on List: 6
     21. A Clash of Kings. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $8.99
     Last Week: 16; Weeks on List: 41
     22. Smokin' Seventeen. Janet Evanovich. Bantam, $8.99
     Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 12
     23. A Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $8.99
     Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 46
     24. A Storm of Swords. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $8.99
     Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 42
     25. Bennett and Camilla. Nora Roberts. Silhouette, $7.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1

     TRADE
     1. Night Road. Kristin Hannah. St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99
     Last Week: 17; Weeks on List: 5
     2. The Help. Kathryn Stockett. Berkley, $16
     Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 44

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

Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 7

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

     Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 59
     5. Bossypants. Tina Fey. Back Bay/Reagan Arthur, $15.95
     Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 5
     6. The Tiger's Wife. Tea Obreht. Random House, $15
     Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 14
     7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $15.95
     Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 124
     8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot. Broadway, $16
     Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 49
     9. Lethal. Sandra Brown. Grand Central, $14.99
     Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 2
     10. Unlikely Friendships. Jennifer S. Holland. 1 Workman, $13.95
     Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 25
     11. Outliers. Malcolm Gladwell. LB/Back Bay, $16.99
     Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 34
     12. The Girl Who Played with Fire. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $15.95
     Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 67

13. 10th Anniversary. James Patterson& Maxine Paetro. Grand Central, $14.99 

     Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 4
     14. The New Jim Crow. Michelle Alexander. New Press, $19.95
     Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 3
     15. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. John le Carre. Penguin, $16
     Last Week: 16; Weeks on List: 6
     16. The Harbinger. Jonathan Cahn. Frontline, $16.99
     Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 5

17. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey. The Countess of Carnarvon. Broadway, $15.99 

     Last Week: 19; Weeks on List: 2
     18. The Next Always. Nora Roberts. Berkley, $16
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 13
     19. The Devil in the White City. Erik Larson. Vintage, $15.95
     Last Week: 24; Weeks on List: 76
     20. The Art of Racing in the Rain. Garth Stein. Harper, $14.99
     Last Week: 22; Weeks on List: 122
     21. A Discovery of Witches. Deborah Harkness. Penguin, $16
     Last Week: 20; Weeks on List: 6
     22. Moneyball. Michael Lewis. Norton, $15.95
     Last Week: 18; Weeks on List: 20
     23. The Alchemist. Paulo Coelho. HarperOne, $14.99
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 151
     24. Sarah's Key. Tatiana de Rosnay. St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95
     Last Week: 21; Weeks on List: 81
     25. Inside of a Dog. Alexandra Horowitz. Scribner, $16
     Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 40


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