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Best Sellers

May 09, 2010

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Inside the List

Sarah Silverman’s memoir, “The Bedwetter,” which enters the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 9, is about pretty much what the title says.

Editors’ Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

Paperback books of particular interest.

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This Week    Last Week Paperback Mass-Market Fiction Weeks
on List
1 4 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $7.99.) A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress. 6
2 1 THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $7.99.) A 17-year-old spends the summer with her father in North Carolina and finds many kinds of love. 9
3 5 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $7.99.) A Swedish hacker becomes a murder suspect. 5
4 3 JUST TAKE MY HEART, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Pocket, $7.99.) An assistant prosecutor who has had a heart transplant discovers that her life is at risk when she tries a murder case. 5
5 2 DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $7.99.) Sookie Stackhouse seeks the killer of a werepanther. 3
6 11 FATALLY FLAKY, by Diane Mott Davidson. (Avon/HarperCollins, $7.99.) The caterer Goldy Schulz tries to outwit a killer on the grounds of an Aspen spa. 2
7 7 GONE TOMORROW, by Lee Child. (Dell, $9.99.) Jack Reacher discovers a conspiracy dating back to the Soviet war in Afghanistan. 5
8 * 6 HERO AT LARGE, by Janet Evanovich. (Harper/HarperCollins, $7.99.) A reissue of a romantic screwball comedy from 1987, when Evanovich was published under the name Steffie Hall. 4
9 8 DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $7.99.) An unlikely romance between a soldier and an idealistic young woman is tested after 9/11. 22
10 * BLOOD GAME, by Iris Johansen. (St. Martin’s, $7.99.) The forensic sculptor Eve Duncan struggles against a serial killer. 1
11 A ROGUE OF MY OWN, by Johanna Lindsey. (Pocket, $7.99.) A young lady’s first brush with intrigue at the court of Queen Victoria. 1
12 SILENT TRUTH, by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love. (Pocket, $7.99.) A defense agent on a secret mission and a sexy television reporter are caught up in a dangerous conspiracy. 1
13 * 12 CEMETERY DANCE, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Vision, $9.99.) The F.B.I. agent Aloysius Pendergast investigates the murder of a Times reporter. 4
14 10 LION'S HEAT, by Lora Leigh. (Berkley Sensation, $7.99.) Jonas Wyatt knows his destiny is to mate with his personal assistant; a Breeds novel. 3
15 14 HOME IN CAROLINA, by Sherryl Woods. (Mira, $7.99.) A philandering man hopes to win back his childhood best friend; a Sweet Magnolia novel. 4
16 9 DEADLY DEALS, by Fern Michaels. (Zebra/Kensington, $7.99.) The Sisterhood intervenes in a case of baby-selling and betrayal. 4
17 15 THE SIGN, by Raymond Khoury. (Signet, $9.99.) Is an apparition that has been seen around the world a sign from God, or is it connected to a mysterious high-tech project? 4
18 17 FIRST FAMILY, by David Baldacci. (Vision, $9.99.) Former Secret Service agents, now P.I.’s, search for a child abducted after a party at Camp David. 10
19 18 BORDERLINE, by Nevada Barr. (Berkley, $9.99.) Off duty and on vacation in Big Bend National Park, Anna Pigeon rescues a baby and is drawn into cross-border intrigue. 2
20 13 KINDRED IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. (Berkley, $7.99.) Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a colleague’s daughter; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously. 4

Also Selling

  1. THE SECRET DUKE, by Jo Beverley (Signet)
  2. RIDES A DREAD LEGION, by Raymond E. Feist (Eos)
  3. BAD MOON RISING, by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin’s)
  4. THE PERFECT POISON, by Amanda Quick (Jove)
  5. SHUTTER ISLAND, by Dennis Lehane (Harper)
  6. A DARKER PLACE, by Jack Higgins (Berkley)
  7. ASSEGAI, by Wilbur Smith (St. Martin's Press)
  8. CORSAIR, by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul (Berkley)
  9. LONG LOST, by Harlan Coben (Signet)
  10. NINE RULES TO BREAK WHEN ROMANCING A RAKE, by Sarah MacLean (Avon)
  11. DON'T LOOK TWICE, by Andrew Gross (Harper)
  12. THE LOVELY BONES, by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown)
  13. CHANGELESS, by Gail Carriger (Orbit)
  14. TURN COAT, by Jim Butcher (Roc)
  15. BEYOND THE DARKNESS, by Alexandra Ivy (Zebra/Kensington)
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the May 9, 2010 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending April 25, 2010.

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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