Bestsellers


The New York Times Bestsellers - May 19, 2013

Hardcover Fiction

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1.12th Of Never, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. One week after the birth of her baby, Detective Lindsay Boxer must return to work to investigate a string of grisly murders; a Women’s Murder Club novel.

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2.The Hit, by David Baldacci. The government hitman Will Robie uncovers a serious threat as he attempts to take out a fellow assassin who has gone rogue.

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3.Whiskey Beach, by Nora Roberts. A former criminal attorney who has been acquitted of his wife’s murder retreats to his family home on a New England cliff.

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4.Best Kept Secret, by Jeffrey Archer. In Volume 3 of the Clifton Chronicles, the focus shifts to a new generation — Sebastian, the son of Harry and Emma Clifton.

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5.Nos4a2, by Joe Hill. In a creepy battle between real and imaginary worlds, a brave biker chick is pitted against a ghoulish villain who lures children to a place where it is always Christmas.

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6.Daddy's Gone A Hunting, by Mary Higgins Clark. Two sisters are threatened by a dark secret from their family's past.

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7.Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?

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8.Fly Away, by Kristin Hannah. A woman must deal with her personal issues before she can keep her promise to help the family of her deceased friend.

Life%20After%20Life
 
9.Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson. A woman appears in different versions of the same events, centered on World War II.

Paris
 
10.Paris, by Edward Rutherfurd. Characters real and imaginary in the City of Light.

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11.The Burgess Boys, by Elizabeth Strout. Two brothers, both lawyers, come together in a small Maine town to defend their troubled nephew.

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12.The Apple Orchard, by Susan Wiggs. When a woman inherits half a hundred-acre apple orchard in Sonoma County to be shared with a half-sister she never knew she had, she discovers the pleasures of family and love.

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13.The Interestings, by Meg Wolitzer. Six friends meet in the 1970s at a summer arts camp, and pursue success, and one another, over succeeding decades.

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14.A Dance With Dragons, by George R. R. Martin. Book 5 of "A Song of Ice and Fire."

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15.Wedding Night, by Sophie Kinsella. A woman tries to break up her sister’s impulsive marriage.

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16.Someday, Someday, Maybe, by Lauren Graham. A young actress tries to make it in New York City, by a star of “Gilmore Girls” and “Parenthood.”

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17.Six Years, by Harlan Coben. Six years after the woman he loved married another man, Jake Fisher discovers that neither she nor their life together were what they seemed, and he sets out to uncover the truth.

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18.The Woman Upstairs, by Claire Messud.

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19.Maya's Notebook, by Isabel Allende. A girl who has been raised by her Chilean exile grandparents gets into trouble after her grandfather dies; her grandmother helps her escape to an island off the coast of C

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20.Don't Go, by Lisa Scottoline. An Army doctor returns from Afghanistan when his wife dies in what at first appears to be an accident, and finds that his life is falling apart.

Hardcover Nonfiction

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1.Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell. The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.

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2.Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls, by David Sedaris. Essays from the humorist on subjects like French dentistry and a North Carolina Costco.

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3.Waiting To Be Heard, by Amanda Knox. Knox, who was convicted of the murder of her roommate in 2009 when she was an American student in Italy, a conviction that was overturned in 2011, tells her story.

Cooked
 
4.Cooked, by Michael Pollan. The writer masters recipes and argues that regaining control of cooking will make Americans healthier.

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5.My Next Step, by Dave Liniger with Laura Morton. A businessman fights back from a staph infection that paralyzed him.

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6.Bunker Hill, by Nathaniel Philbrick. Eighteen months in pre-Revolutionary Boston, and the events leading up to the Battle of Bunker Hill.

The%20New%20Digital%20Age
 
7.The New Digital Age, by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen. The promise and peril of the continuing information and technology revolution.

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8.Carrie And Me, by Carol Burnett. The comedian recalls her oldest daughter, who died in 2002.

The%20Duck%20Commander%20Family
 
9.The Duck Commander Family, by Willie and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach. Behind the scenes at the A&E show “Duck Dynasty.”

Unbroken
 
10.Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand. An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.

Dirty%20Wars
 
11.Dirty Wars, by Jeremy Scahill. America’s new covert wars, fought by secret commandos.

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12.Frozen In Time, by Mitchell Zuckoff. An account both of airmen’s fight for survival in the Arctic after a 1942 crash, and of a 2012 expedition to Greenland to find

Gulp
 
13.Gulp, by Mary Roach. A science writer’s pilgrimage down the digestive tract.

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14.Mom & Me & Mom, by Maya Angelou. The developing reconciliation between the poet and her mother, who sent her to live with her grandmother at age 3.

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15.I'll See You Again, by Jackie Hance with Janice Kaplan. The experience of a mother whose three daughters were killed when her sister-in-law drove the wrong way down the Taconic Parkway.

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16.Trident K9 Warriors, by Mike Ritland with Gary Brozek. The dogs that serve elite combat units.

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17.Killing Kennedy, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Contagious
 
18.Contagious, by Jonah Berger.

The%20Autistic%20Brain
 
19.The Autistic Brain, by Temple Grandin and Richard Panek.

The%20Good%20Nurse
 
20.The Good Nurse, by Charles Graeber. A journalist tells the story of Charlie Cullen, the serial killer known as “the Angel of Death,” implicated in the deaths of as many as 300 patients in a string of hospitals.



The New York Times Kids Bestsellers

Picture Books

Poems%20To%20Learn%20By%20Heart
 
1.Poems To Learn By Heart, by Caroline Kennedy. A collection covering the range of human experience and imagination.

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2.Steam Train, Dream Train, by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld. Animal workers load freight.

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3.Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld. Trucks at sunset.

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4.Fancy Nancy: Fanciest Doll In The Universe, by Jane O'Connor. A sister defaces a sibling’s favorite toy.

That%20Is%20Not%20A%20Good%20Idea
 
5.That Is Not A Good Idea!, by Mo Willems. A hungry fox woos a plump goose.

This%20Is%20Not%20My%20Hat
 
6.This Is Not My Hat, by Jon Klassen. A fish will probably get away with a stolen item. Probably.

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7.Press Here, by Hervé Tullet. A dance of color.

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8.Pete The Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons, by Eric Litwin. Pete is wearing his favorite shirt.

Pete%20The%20Cat%20I%20Love%20My%20White%20Shoes
 
9.Pete The Cat: I Love My White Shoes, by Eric Litwin. Well-shod Pete.

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10.The Dark, by Lemony Snicket. Laszlo overcomes his fear.

Chapter Books

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1.Lego Ninjago Character Encyclopedia, by Claire Sipi. Information about minifigures, vehicles and weapons.

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2.Lincoln's Last Days, by Bill O'Reilly and Dwight Jon Zimmerman. An account of the 16th president’s assassination.

The%20Fault%20In%20Our%20Stars
 
3.The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green. A 16-year-old heroine faces the medical realities of cancer.

The%20Lego%20Ideas%20Book
 
4.The Lego Ideas Book, by Daniel Lipkowitz. Tips for taking the brick projects you have and making something new.

who%20Could%20That%20Be%20At%20This%20Hour
 
5.‘who Could That Be At This Hour?’, by Lemony Snicket. Tween Lemony’s secret-society apprenticeship.

Wonder
 
6.Wonder, by R. J. Palacio. A boy with a facial deformity enters a mainstream school.

The%20Demigod%20Diaries
 
7.The Demigod Diaries, by Rick Riordan. Lore on the Heroes of Olympus and Percy Jackson books.

Insurgent
 
8.Insurgent, by Veronica Roth. In this “Divergent” follow-up, a faction war looms.

The%20Lego%20Book
 
9.The Lego Book, by Daniel Lipkowitz. An illustrated history of the Lego Group, the Danish toy maker; updated, with 56 new pages.

Lego%20Star%20Wars%20Character%20Encyclopedia
 
10.Lego Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, by Hannah Dolan and others. More than 300 minifigures.