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Best Sellers

September 09, 2012

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Inside the List

The mystery writer William Kent Krueger, whose novel “Trickster’s Point” is at No. 12 on the hardcover list, once tried to emulate Ernest Hemingway by going without underwear.

Editors’ Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

Paperback books of particular interest.

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This Week    Children's Chapter Books Weeks
on List
1 THE DEMIGOD DIARIES, by Rick Riordan. (Hyperion/Disney, $12.99.) Lore on the Heroes of Olympus and Percy Jackson books. (Ages 10 to 14) 2
2 LINCOLN'S LAST DAYS, by Bill O'Reilly and Dwight Jon Zimmerman. (Holt, $19.99.) An account of the 16th president’s assassination. (Ages 10 to 15) 1
3 MICHAEL VEY: RISE OF THE ELGEN, by Richard Paul Evans. (Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse, $17.99.) A quest to save Michael’s mother. (Ages 12 to 17) 2
4 THE EMPTY CITY, by Erin Hunter. (Harper/HarperCollins, $16.99.) Lucky has always been a lone dog, but he must learn a new way when his world is turned upside down. (Ages 8 to 12) 1
5 INSURGENT, by Veronica Roth. (Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins, $17.99.) In this “Divergent” follow-up, a faction war looms. (Ages 14 and up) 17
6 THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, by John Green. (Dutton, $17.99.) A 16-year-old heroine faces the medical realities of cancer. 33
7 WONDER, by R. J. Palacio. (Knopf, $15.99.) A boy with a deformity enters a new school. 23
8 PRINCESS ACADEMY: PALACE OF STONE, by Shannon Hale. (Bloomsbury, $16.99.) In this book that picks up where “Princess Academy” left off, a mountain girl moves to the city. (Ages 10 to 15) 1
9 THE SON OF NEPTUNE, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $19.99.) The cast of characters expands; Book 2 of the Heroes of Olympus. (Ages 9 to 12) 47
10 MIDDLE SCHOOL: GET ME OUT OF HERE!, by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts. (Little, Brown, $15.99.) Seventh grade is more competitive than expected. (Ages 8 to 12) 16
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the September 9, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 25, 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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