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Best Sellers

February 12, 2012

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Inside the List

A book about JFK falls off the list, but RoseMarie Terenzio’s “Fairy Tale Interrupted,” about her years as John F. Kennedy Jr.’s executive assistant, enters the nonfiction hardcover list at No. 8.

Editors’ Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

Paperback books of particular interest.

Browse Past Lists

This Week    Children's Paperback Books Weeks
on List
1 WAR HORSE, by Michael Morpurgo. (Scholastic, $8.99.) A half-Thoroughbred farm horse is taken from his owner for battle in 1914. (Ages 8 to 14) 12
2 THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher. (Razorbill, $10.99.) Before she commits suicide, a girl sends recordings to 13 people. (Ages 12 and up) 33
3 THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf, $12.99.) A girl saves books from Nazi burning. (Ages 14 and up) 229
4 SWITCHED, by Amanda Hocking. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $8.99.) In the first book in the Trylle trilogy, an emotionally damaged high school girl realizes she may not be human. (Ages 12 and up) 4
5 THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney. (Little, Brown, $8.99.) A boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school. (Ages 12 and up) 126
6 THE RED PYRAMID: THE KANE CHRONICLES, BOOK ONE, by Rick Riordan and Orpheus Collar. (Disney-Hyperion, $9.99.) Ancient gods (this time from Egypt) and a mortal family meet. 24
7 CLOCKWORK ANGEL, by Cassandra Clare. (Margaret K. McElderry, $10.99.) Victorian England proves a treacherous place. 17
8 MATCHED, by Ally Condie. (Speak, $9.99.) In this dystopian romance, a girl rebels. (Ages 12 and up) 19
9 I AM NUMBER FOUR, by Pittacus Lore. (HarperCollins, $9.99.) Members of another civilization live secretly on Earth. (Ages 14 and up) 23
10 THE GENIUS FILES: MISSION UNSTOPPABLE, by Dan Gutman. (HarperCollins, $6.99.) Twelve-year-old twins are part of a top-secret government organization. (Ages 8 to 12) 1
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the February 12, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 28, 2012.

An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders.

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