Bestsellers – Week of November 14th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje	1 (12)
2	1Q84 by Haruki Murakami	3 (4)
3	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	2 (15)
4	11/22/63 by Stephen King	(1)
5	THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern	6 (9)
6	THE STRANGER’S CHILD by Alan Hollinghurst	4 (6)
7	THE MARRIAGE PLOT by Jeffrey Eugenides	8 (3)
8	THE LITTLE SHADOWS by Marina Endicott	9 (2)
9	THE PRAGUE CEMETERY by Umberto Eco	(1)
10	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	10 (18)

Non-fiction

1	STEVE JOBS by Walter Isaacson	1 (4)
2	INTO THE SILENCE by Wade Davis	4 (7)
3	BLUE NIGHTS by Joan Didion	(1)
4	BOOMERANG by Michael Lewis	3 (6)
5	CIVILIZATION by Niall Ferguson	8 (2)
6	NATION MAKER by Richard Gwyn	5 (7)
7	THE TABLE COMES FIRST by Adam Gopnik	6 (3)
8	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	7 (23)
9	THE END by Ian Kershaw	(1)
10	A SEASON IN HELL by Robert Fowler	(1)

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Bestsellers – Week of November 7th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje	3 (11)
2	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	2 (14)
3	1Q84 by Haruki Murakami	1 (3)
4	THE STRANGER’S CHILD by Alan Hollinghurst	8 (5)
5	A GOOD MAN by Guy Vanderhaeghe	10 (2)
6	THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern	4 (8)
7	THE FREE WORLD by David Bezmozgis	5 (2)
8	THE MARRIAGE PLOT by Jeffrey Eugenides	6 (2)
9	THE LITTLE SHADOWS by Marina Endicott	(1)
10	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	9 (17)

Non-fiction

1	STEVE JOBS by Walter Isaacson	1 (3)
2	CORNERED by Ron MacLean	(1)
3	BOOMERANG by Michael Lewis	4 (5)
4	INTO THE SILENCE by Wade Davis	3 (6)
5	NATION MAKER by Richard Gwyn	2 (6)
6	THE TABLE COMES FIRST by Adam Gopnik	7 (2)
7	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	10 (22)
8	CIVILIZATION by Niall Ferguson	(1)
9	A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE by Conrad Black	6 (8)
10	KING by Allan Levine	8 (3)

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Bestsellers – Week of October 31st, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles
Fiction

1
1Q84
by Haruki Murakami
5 (2)

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Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	1Q84 by Haruki Murakami	5 (2)
2	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	1 (13)
3	THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje	2 (10)
4	THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern	3 (7)
5	THE FREE WORLD by David Bezmozgis	(1)
6	THE MARRIAGE PLOT by Jeffrey Eugenides	(1)
7	BEFORE THE POISON by Peter Robinson	9 (4)
8	THE STRANGER’S CHILD by Alan Hollinghurst	8 (4)
9	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	4 (16)
10	A GOOD MAN by Guy Vanderhaeghe	(1)

Non-fiction

1	STEVE JOBS by Walter Isaacson	1 (2)
2	NATION MAKER by Richard Gwyn	5 (5)
3	INTO THE SILENCE by Wade Davis	3 (5)
4	BOOMERANG by Michael Lewis	2 (4)
5	COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS by Alexandra Fuller	4 (7)
6	A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE by Conrad Black	8 (7)
7	THE TABLE COMES FIRST by Adam Gopnik	(1)
8	KING by Allan Levine	10 (2)
9	THE LONG WAY BACK by Chris Alexander	(1)
10	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	7 (21)

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Bestsellers – Week of October 17th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje	1 (8)
2	THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern	2 (5)
3	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	5 (14)
4	THE AFFAIR by Lee Child	8 (3)
5	A TRICK OF THE LIGHT by Louise Penny	7 (7)
6	BEFORE THE POISON by Peter Robinson	6 (2)
7	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	3 (11)
8	A GOOD MAN by Guy Vanderhaeghe	4 (5)
9	THE STRANGER’S CHILD by Alan Hollinghurst	9 (2)
10	THE REINVENTION OF LOVE by Helen Humphreys	10 (3)

Non-fiction

1	BOOMERANG by Michael Lewis	2 (2)
2	THE SWERVE by Stephen Greenblatt	(1)
3	A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE by Conrad Black	7 (5)
4	NATION MAKER by Richard Gwyn	1 (3)
5	COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS by Alexandra Fuller	5 (5)
6	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	9 (19)
7	THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE by Steven Pinker	8 (3)
8	ARGUABLY by Christopher Hitchens	4 (6)
9	INTO THE SILENCE by Wade Davis	6 (3)
10	MAPLE LEAF EMPIRE by Jonathan Vance	(1)

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Bestsellers – Week of October 10th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje	1 (7)
2	THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern	2 (4)
3	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	8 (10)
4	A GOOD MAN by Guy Vanderhaeghe	4 (4)
5	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	7 (13)
6	BEFORE THE POISON by Peter Robinson	(1)
7	A TRICK OF THE LIGHT by Louise Penny	5 (6)
8	THE AFFAIR by Lee Child	3 (2)
9	THE STRANGER’S CHILD by Alan Hollinghurst	(1)
10	THE REINVENTION OF LOVE by Helen Humphreys	6 (2)

Non-fiction

1	NATION MAKER by Richard Gwyn	2 (2)
2	BOOMERANG by Michael Lewis	(1)
3	MEMOIRS OF AN ADDICTED BRAIN by Marc Lewis/td>	(1)
4	ARGUABLY by Christopher Hitchens	7 (5)
5	COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS by Alexandra Fuller	8 (4)
6	INTO THE SILENCE by Wade Davis	6 (2)
7	A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE by Conrad Black	1 (4)
8	THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE by Steven Pinker	9 (2)
9	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	10 (18)
10	1493 by Charles C. Mann	5 (9)

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Bestsellers – Week of October 3rd, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje	1 (6)
2	THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern	2 (3)
3	THE AFFAIR by Lee Child	(1)
4	A GOOD MAN by Guy Vanderhaeghe	3 (3)
5	A TRICK OF THE LIGHT by Louise Penny	5 (5)
6	THE REINVENTION OF LOVE by Helen Humphreys	(1)
7	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	7 (12)
8	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	8 (9)
9	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	10 (13)
10	THE EMPEROR OF LIES by Steve Sem-Sandberg	9 (2)

Non-fiction

1	A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE by Conrad Black	1 (3)
2	NATION MAKER by Richard Gwyn	(1)
3	PRIME TIME by Jane Fonda	10 (7)
4	CONFIDENCE MEN by Ron Suskind	(1)
5	1493 by Charles C. Mann	8 (8)
6	INTO THE SILENCE by Wade Davis	(1)
7	ARGUABLY by Christopher Hitchens	2 (4)
8	COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS by Alexandra Fuller	3 (3)
9	THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE by Steven Pinker	(1)
10	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	7 (17)

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Bestsellers – Week of September 26th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Friday, September 30, 2011 at 10:36 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje	1 (5)
2	THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern	2 (2)
3	A GOOD MAN by Guy Vanderhaeghe	6 (2)
4	I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS by William Deverell	(1)
5	A TRICK OF THE LIGHT by Louise Penny	7 (4)
6	ON CANAAN’S SIDE by Sebastian Barry	(1)
7	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	4 (11)
8	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	3 (8)
9	THE EMPEROR OF LIES by Steve Sem-Sandberg	(1)
10	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	9 (12)

Non-fiction

1	A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE by Conrad Black	2 (2)
2	ARGUABLY by Christopher Hitchens	1 (3)
3	COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS by Alexandra Fuller	6 (2)
4	DRIVING HOME by Jonathan Raban	(1)
5	AFTER AMERICA by Mark Steyn	4 (6)
6	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	10 (25)
7	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	3 (16)
8	1493 by Charles C. Mann	7 (7)
9	ABSOLUTE MONARCHS by John Julius Norwich	8 (9)
10	PRIME TIME by Jane Fonda	5 (6)

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Bestsellers – Week of September 19th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje	1 (4)
2	THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern	(1)
3	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	4 (7)
4	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	3 (10)
5	THE REINVENTION OF LOVE by Helen Humphreys	(1)
6	A GOOD MAN by Guy Vanderhaeghe	(1)
7	A TRICK OF THE LIGHT by Louise Penny	2 (3)
8	THE SISTERS BROTHERS by Patrick DeWitt	(1)
9	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	7 (11)
10	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	5 (21)

Non-fiction

1	ARGUABLY by Christopher Hitchens	1 (2)
2	A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE by Conrad Black	(1)
3	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	2 (15)
4	AFTER AMERICA by Mark Steyn	4 (5)
5	PRIME TIME by Jane Fonda	3 (5)
6	COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS by Alexandra Fuller	(1)
7	1493 by Charles Mann	5 (6)
8	ABSOLUTE MONARCHS by John Julius Norwich	8 (8)
9	THE TAO OF TRAVEL by Paul Theroux	6 (7)
10	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	7 (24)

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Bestsellers – Week of September 12th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje	1 (3)
2	A TRICK OF THE LIGHT by Louise Penny	10 (2)
3	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	6 (9)
4	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	2 (6)
5	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	4 (20)
6	THE HYPNOTIST by Lars Kepler	9 (8)
7	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	8 (10)
8	PIRATE KING by Laurie King	(1)
9	A WORLD ELSEWHERE by Wayne Johnston	5 (4)
10	RAGNORAK by A.S. Byatt	(1)

Non-fiction

1	ARGUABLY by Christopher Hitchens	(1)
2	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	1 (14)
3	PRIME TIME by Jane Fonda	5 (4)
4	AFTER AMERICA by Mark Steyn	4 (4)
5	1493 by Charles Mann	2 (5)
6	THE TAO OF TRAVEL by Paul Theroux	6 (6)
7	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	8 (23)
8	ABSOLUTE MONARCHS by John Julius Norwich	3 (7)
9	1494 by Stephen Bown	(1)
10	IN MY TIME by Dick Cheney	(1)

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Bestsellers – Week of September 5th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje	3 (2)
2	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	10 (5)
3	THE CAT’S TABLE by Téa Obreht	(1)
4	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	4 (19)
5	A WORLD ELSEWHERE by Wayne Johnston	1 (3)
6	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	2 (8)
7	FLASH AND BONES by Kathy Reichs	5 (2)
8	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	7 (9)
9	THE HYPNOTIST by Lars Kepler	6 (7)
10	A TRICK OF THE LIGHT by Louise Penny	(1)

Non-fiction

1	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	1 (13)
2	1493 by Charles Mannh	5 (4)
3	ABSOLUTE MONARCHS by John Julius Norwich	2 (6)
4	AFTER AMERICA by Mark Steyn	4 (3)
5	PRIME TIME by Jane Fonda	8 (3)
6	THE TAO OF TRAVEL by Paul Theroux	3 (5)
7	THE HOUSE IN FRANCE by Gully Wells	10 (9)
8	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	9 (22)
9	A FIRST-RATE MADNESS by Nassir Ghaemi	(1)
10	A BOOK OF SECRETS by Michael Holroyd	7 (2)

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Bestsellers – Week of August 29th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 10:32 AM - 1 Comment

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	A WORLD ELSEWHERE by Wayne Johnston	3 (2)
2	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	1 (7)
3	THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje	(1)
4	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	6 (18)
5	FLASH AND BONES by Kathy Reichs	(1)
6	THE HYPNOTIST Lars Kepler	4 (6)
7	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	7 (8)
8	EASY TO LIKE by Edward Riche	(1)
9	READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline	9 (2)
10	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	2 (4)

Non-fiction

1	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	2 (12)
2	ABSOLUTE MONARCHS by John Julius Norwich	8 (5)
3	THE TAO OF TRAVEL by Paul Theroux	1 (4)
4	AFTER AMERICA by Mark Steyn	10 (2)
5	1493 by Charles Mann	7 (3)
6	THE FOG OF WAR by Mark Bourrie	(1)
7	A BOOK OF SECRETS by Michael Holroyd	(1)
8	PRIME TIME by Jane Fonda	4 (2)
9	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	6 (21)
10	THE HOUSE IN FRANCE by Gully Wells	9 (8)

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Bestsellers – Week of August 22nd, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 11:51 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles
Fiction

1
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS …
by George R.R.

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	1 (6)
2	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	2 (3)
3	A WORLD ELSEWHERE by Wayne Johnston	(1)
4	THE HYPNOTIST by Lars Kepler	10 (5)
5	THE TIGER’S WIFE by Téa Obreht	8 (11)
6	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	6 (17)
7	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	5 (7)
8	THE O’BRIENS by Peter Behrens	7 (6)
9	READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline	(1)
10	THE LAKE by Banana Yoshimoto	(1)

Non-fiction

1	THE TAO OF TRAVEL by Paul Theroux	4 (3)
2	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	1 (11)
3	A STOLEN LIFE by Jaycee Dugard	2 (3)
4	PRIME TIME by Jane Fonda	(1)
5	GUSTAV MAHLER by Jens Malte Fischer	3 (2)
6	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	6 (20)
7	1493 by Charles Mann	8 (2)
8	ABSOLUTE MONARCHS by John Julius Norwich	10 (4)
9	THE HOUSE IN FRANCE by Gully Wells	7 (7)
10	AFTER AMERICA by Mark Steyn	(1)

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Bestsellers – Week of August 15th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles
Fiction

1
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS …
by George R.R.

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	1 (5)
2	THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes	5 (2)
3	STATE OF WONDER by Ann Patchett	2 (9)
4	GHOST STORY by Jim Butcher	10 (2)
5	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	4 (6)
6	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	3 (16)
7	THE O’BRIENS by Peter Behrens	9 (5)
8	THE TIGER’S WIFE by Téa Obrechts	6 (10)
9	THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ by Anne Enright	(1)
10	THE HYPNOTIST by Lars Kepler	8 (4)

Non-fiction

1	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	1 (10)
2	A STOLEN LIFE by Jaycee Dugard	5 (2)
3	GUSTAV MAHLER by Jens Malte Fischer	(1)
4	THE TAO OF TRAVEL by Paul Theroux	4 (2)
5	YOUNG PRINCE PHILIP by Philip Eade	10 (5)
6	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	2 (19)
7	THE HOUSE IN FRANCE by Gully Wells	7 (6)
8	1493 by Charles Mann	2 (17)
9	ON CHINA by Henry Kissinger	8 (9)
10	ABSOLUTE MONARCHS by John Julius Norwich	3 (3)

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Bestsellers – Week of August 1st, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 3 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles
Fiction

1
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS …
by George R.R.

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	1 (3)
2	STATE OF WONDER by Ann Patchett	2 (7)
3	THE TIGER’S WIFE by Téa Obrecht	10 (8)
4	THE HYPNOTIST by Lars Kepler	4 (2)
5	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	9 (4)
6	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	5 (14)
7	THE O’BRIENS by Peter Behrens	6 (3)
8	SISTERHOOD EVERLASTING by Ann Brashares	8 (6)
9	DEAD RECKONING by Charlaine Harris	(1)
10	SMUT by Alan Bennett	3 (10)

Non-fiction

1	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	1 (8)
2	ABSOLUTE MONARCHS by John Julius Norwich	(1)
3	YOUNG PRINCE PHILIP by Philip Eade	8 (3)
4	ON CHINA by Henry Kissinger	6 (7)
5	THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund de Waal	7 (24)
6	THE SOCIAL ANIMAL by David Brooks	4 (7)
7	THE HOUSE IN FRANCE by Gully Wells	5 (4)
8	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	2 (17)
9	THE GREATER JOURNEY by David McCullough	3 (7)
10	“THERE ARE THINGS I WANT YOU TO KNOW” ABOUT STIEG LARSSON AND ME by Eva Gabrielsson	10 (2)

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Bestsellers – Week of July 25th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 6:12 PM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles
Fiction

1
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS …
by George R.R.

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	1 (2)
2	STATE OF WONDER by Ann Patchett	2 (6)
3	SMUT by Alan Bennett	10 (9)
4	THE HYPNOTIST by Lars Kepler	(1)
5	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	(13)
6	THE O’BRIENS by Peter Behrens	8 (2)
7	THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES by Jean Auel	9 (17)
8	SISTERHOOD EVERLASTING by Ann Brashares	7 (5)
9	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	3 (3)
10	THE TIGER’S WIFE by Téa Obrecht	4 (7)

Non-fiction

1	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	1 (7)
2	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	3 (16)
3	THE GREATER JOURNEY by David McCullough	7 (6)
4	THE SOCIAL ANIMAL by David Brooks	8 (6)
5	THE HOUSE IN FRANCE by Gully Wells	6 (3)
6	ON CHINA by Henry Kissinger	2 (6)
7	THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund de Waal	9 (23)
8	YOUNG PRINCE PHILIP by Philip Eade	10 (2)
9	WALKING HOME by Ken Greenberg	4 (2)
10	“THERE ARE THINGS I WANT YOU TO KNOW” ABOUT STIEG LARSSON AND ME by Eva Gabrielsson	(1)

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Bestsellers – Week of July 18th 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles
Fiction

1
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS …
by George R.R.

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin	(1)
2	STATE OF WONDER by Ann Patchett	2 (5)
3	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	5 (2)
4	THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ by Anne Enright	3 (6)
5	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	1 (12)
6	THE TIGER’S WIFE by Téa Obrecht	4 (6)
7	SISTERHOOD EVERLASTING by Ann Brashares	9 (4)
8	THE O’BRIENS by Peter Behrens	(1)
9	THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES by Jean Auel	6 (16)
10	SMUT by Alan Bennett	7 (8)

Non-fiction

1	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	1 (6)
2	ON CHINA by Henry Kissinger	8 (5)
3	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	2 (15)
4	WALKING HOME by Ken Greenberg	(1)
5	A STOLEN LIFE by Jaycee Dugard	(1)
6	THE HOUSE IN FRANCE by Gully Wells	5 (2)
7	THE GREATER JOURNEY by David McCullough	6 (5)
8	THE SOCIAL ANIMAL by David Brooks	3 (5)
9	THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund de Waal	4 (22)
10	YOUNG PRINCE PHILIP by Philip Eade	(1)

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Bestsellers – Week of July 4th 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	THE TIGER’S WIFE by Téa Obrecht	3 (4)
2	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	1 (10)
3	STATE OF WONDER by Ann Patchett	1 (3)
4	THE TROUBLED MAN by Henning Mankell	(1)
5	SISTERHOOD EVERLASTING by Anne Enright	4 (2)
6	THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES by Jean Auel	10 (14)
7	THOSE IN PERIL by Wilbur Smith	9 (7)
8	SMUT by Alan Bennett	2 (6)
9	PULSE by Julian Barnes	8 (2)
10	THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ by Anne Enright	5 (4)

Non-fiction

1	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	1 (4)
2	THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund de Waal	2 (20)
3	THE GREATER JOURNEY by David McCullough	6 (3)
4	THE SOCIAL ANIMAL by David Brooks	6 (3)
5	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	4 (13)
6	UNDER AN AFGHAN SKY by Mellissa Fung	5 (9)
7	BLOOD, BONES & BUTTER by Gabrielle Hamilton	10 (3)
8	ALLAH, LIBERTY & LOVE by Irshad Manji	7 (4)
9	THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE BOOK by Jean-Claude Carrière and Umberto Eco	(1)
10	ON CHINA by Henry Kissinger	8 (3)

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Bestsellers – Week of June 27th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	2 (9)
2	SMUT by Alan Bennett	6 (5)
3	THE TIGER’S WIFE by Téa Obrecht	1 (3)
4	SISTERHOOD EVERLASTING by Ann Brashares	(1)
5	THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ by Anne Enright	8 (3)
6	THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST by Stieg Larsson	9 (57)
7	STATE OF WONDER by Ann Patchett	3 (2)
8	PULSE by Julian Barnes	(1)
9	THOSE IN PERIL by Wilbur Smith	5 (6)
10	THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES by Jean Auel	10 (13)

Non-fiction

1	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	1 (3)
2	THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund de Waal	4 (19)
3	“THERE ARE THINGS I WANT YOU TO KNOW” ABOUT STIEG LARSSON AND ME by Eva Gabrielsson	(1)
4	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	2 (12)
5	UNDER AN AFGHAN SKY by Mellissa Fung	6 (8)
6	THE GREATER JOURNEY by David McCullough	5 (2)
7	ALLAH, LIBERTY & LOVE by Irshad Manji	7 (3)
8	ON CHINA by Henry Kissinger	3 (2)
9	THE SOCIAL ANIMAL by David Brooks	8 (2)
10	BLOOD, BONES & BUTTER by Gabrielle Hamilton	10 (2)

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Bestsellers – Week of June 23rd, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 5:59 PM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Fiction

1	THE TIGER’S WIFE by Téa Obrecht	2 (2)
2	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	1 (8)
3	STATE OF WONDER by Ann Patchett	(1)
4	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	8 (2)
5	THOSE IN PERIL by Wilbur Smith	5 (5)
6	SMUT by Alan Bennett	4 (4)
7	AN EVIL EYE by Jason Goodwin	(1)
8	THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ by Anne Enright	3 (2)
9	THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST by Stieg Larsson	7 (56)
10	THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES by Jean Auel	6 (12)

Non-fiction

1	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	1 (2)
2	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	3 (11)
3	ON CHINA by Henry Kissinger	(1)
4	THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund de Waal	5 (18)
5	THE GREATER JOURNEY by David McCullough	(1)
6	UNDER AN AFGHAN SKY by Mellissa Fung	4 (7)
7	ALLAH, LIBERTY & LOVE by Irshad Manji	7 (2)
8	THE SOCIAL ANIMAL by David Brooks	(1)
9	LONDON UNDER by Peter Ackroyd	8 (5)
10	BLOOD, BONES & BUTTER by Gabrielle Hamilton	(1)

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Bestsellers – Week of June 13th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of June 13th, 2011)

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of June 13th, 2011)

Fiction

1	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	1 (7)
2	THE TIGER’S WIFE by Téa Obrecht	(1)
3	THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ by Anne Enright	(1)
4	SMUT by Alan Bennett	2 (3)
5	THOSE IN PERIL by Wilbur Smith	3 (4)
6	THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES by Jean Auel	4 (11)
7	THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST by Stieg Larsson	6 (55)
8	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula Mclain	(1)
9	THE SPOILER by Annalena McAfee	(1)
10	THE SATURDAY BIG TENT WEDDING PARTY by Alexander McCall Smith	9 (11)

Non-fiction

1	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson	(1)
2	THE CHIMPS OF FAUNA SANCTUARY by Andrew Westoll	7 (3)
3	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	5 (10)
4	UNDER AN AFGHAN SKY by Mellissa Fung	1 (6)
5	THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund de Waal	2 (17)
6	TOMMY DOUGLAS by Vincent Lam	(1)
7	ALLAH, LIBERTY & LOVE by Irshad Manji	(1)
8	LONDON UNDER by Peter Ackroyd	8 (4)
9	HERE ON EARTH by Tim Flannery	(1)
10	TWELVE STEPS TO A COMPASSIONATE LIFE by Karen Armstrong	9 (23)

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THE TIGER’S WIFE

On flogging, chain gangs, and minimum prison sentences

By Brian Bethune - Friday, June 10, 2011 at 9:20 AM - 2 Comments

The author of ‘In Defense of Flogging’ on why he’d rather be lashed than go to prison

Peter Moskos, a former Baltimore beat cop who is now a criminologist at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, found himself telling his fellow Americans how immorally dysfunctional, ruinously expensive and profoundly stupid their country’s prison system is, and even convincing some of such, but finding they didn’t much care: they just want criminals punished. Hence, the suggestion in the title of Moskos’s elegant and Swiftian polemic, In Defense of Flogging. In it he asks if you, dear reader, were ever convicted of a non-violent felony and were offered the chance of accepting—instead of a jail term—two flesh-lacerating, Singapore-style strokes of the cane for each year of your sentence, wouldn’t you take the flogging option? And if you would, how can you deny it to others? Moskos spoke with Maclean’s Senior Writer Brian Bethune.

Q: Your book is very Modest Proposal-ish; what was your aim in writing it? Continue…

Bestsellers – Week of June 6th, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of June 6th, 2011)

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of June 6th, 2011)

Fiction

1	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	1 (6)
2	SMUT by Wilbur Smith	3 (2)
3	THOSE IN PERIL by Wilbur Smith	2 (3)
4	THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES by Jean Auel	4 (10)
5	PRACTICAL JEAN by Trevor Cole	(1)
6	THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ by Stieg Larsson	5 (54)
7	PULSE by Julian Barnes	7 (2)
8	A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SMILING WOMAN by Margaret Drabble	6 (3)
9	THE SATURDAY BIG TENT WEDDING PARTY by Alexander McCall Smith	8 (10)
10	IRMA VOTH by Miriam Toews	9 (9)

Non-fiction

1	UNDER AN AFGHAN SKY by Mellissa Fung	5 (5)
2	THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund de Waal	2 (16)
3	AREA 51 by Annie Jacobsen	6 (3)
4	ON CHINA by Henry Kissinger	3 (3)
5	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	1 (9)
6	WHY MARX WAS RIGHT by Terry Eagleton	10 (2)
7	THE CHIMPS OF FAUNA SANCTUARY by Andrew Westoll	4 (2)
8	LONDON UNDER by Peter Ackroyd	9 (3)
9	TWELVE STEPS TO A COMPASSIONATE LIFE by Karen Armstrong	7 (22)
10	THE INVENTION OF MURDER by Judith Flanders	8 (3)

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Bestsellers – Week of May 23rd, 2011

By Brian Bethune - Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 2 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of May 23rd, 2011)

Fiction

1	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	5 (8)
2	THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES by Jean Auel	5 (8)
3	THOSE IN PERIL by Wilbur Smith	(1)
4	A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SMILING WOMAN by Margaret Drabble	(1)
5	THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST by Stieg Larsson	6 (52)
6	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	3 (2)
7	IRMA VOTH by Miriam Toews	2 (7)
8	INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MARKUS PAUL by David Adams Richards	4 (2)
9	FIELD GRAY by Philip Kerr	7 (4)
10	THE SATURDAY BIG TENT WEDDING PARTY by Alexander McCall Smith	8 (8)

Non-fiction

1	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	1 (7)
2	UNDER AN AFGHAN SKY by Mellissa Fung	9 (3)
3	THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund de Waal	2 (14)
4	LONDON UNDER by Peter Ackroyd	(1)
5	AREA 51 by Annie Jacobsen	(1)
6	ON CHINA by Henry Kissinger	(1)
7	MIGHTY JUDGMENT by Philip Slayton	5 (2)
8	TWELVE STEPS TO A COMPASSIONATE LIFE by Karen Armstrong	3 (20)
9	THE INVENTION OF MURDER by Judith Flanders	(1)
10	IN THE GARDEN OF THE BEASTS by Erik Larson	10 (2)

LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)

Bestsellers

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 3:50 PM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of May 16th, 2011)

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of May 16th, 2011)

Fiction

1	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	1 (3)
2	IRMA VOTH by Miriam Toews	2 (6)
3	THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain	(1)
4	INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MARKUS PAUL by David Adams Richards	(1)
5	THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES by Jean Auel	4 (7)
6	THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST by Stieg Larsson	3 (51)
7	FIELD GRAY by Philip Kerr	9 (3)
8	THE SATURDAY BIG TENT WEDDING PARTY by Alexander McCall Smith	10 (7)
9	PULSE by Julian Barnes	(1)
10	ELIZABETH I by Margaret George	6 (3)

Non-fiction

1	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	1 (6)
2	THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund de Waal	3 (13)
3	TWELVE STEPS TO A COMPASSIONATE LIFE by Karen Armstrong	10 (19)
4	AMONG THE TRUTHERS by Jonathan Kay	(1)
5	MIGHTY JUDGMENT by Philip Slayton	(1)
6	WAIT FOR ME by Deborah Mitford	2 (4)
7	THE INFORMATION by James Gleick	4 (6)
8	CASCADIA’S FAULT by Jerry Thompson	7 (3)
9	UNDER AN AFGHAN SKY by Mellissa Fung	5 (2)
10	IN THE GARDEN OF THE BEASTS by Erik Larson	(1)

LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)

Bestsellers

By Brian Bethune - Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 10:44 AM - 0 Comments

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of May 9th, 2011)

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of May 9th, 2011)

Fiction

1	ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay	2 (2)
2	IRMA VOTH by IRMA VOTH	1 (5)
3	THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST by Stieg Larsson	6 (50)
4	THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES by Jean Auel	4 (6)
5	THE FIFTH WITNESS by Michael Connelly	5 (5)
6	ELIZABETH I by Margaret George /td>7 (2)
7	PRACTICAL JEAN by Trevor Cole	(1)
8	THE TROUBLED MAN by Henning Mankell	8 (6)
9	FIELD GRAY by Philip Kerr	9 (2)
10	THE SATURDAY BIG TENT WEDDING PARTY by Alexander McCall Smith	3 (6)

Non-fiction

1	BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey	1 (5)
2	WAIT FOR ME by Deborah Mitford	7 (3)
3	THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund de Waal	2 (12)
4	THE INFORMATION by James Gleick	6 (5)
5	UNDER AN AFGHAN SKY by Melissa Fung	(1)
6	AND FURTHERMORE by Judi Dench	5 (2)
7	CASCADIA’S FAULT by Jerry Thompson	3 (2)
8	THE SOCIAL ANIMAL by David Brooks	4 (7)
9	SMALL MEMORIES by José Saramago	10 (2)
10	TWELVE STEPS TO A COMPASSIONATE LIFE by Karen Armstrong	8 (18)