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Best Sellers

March 25, 2012

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1 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, by E. L. James. (Vintage, $19.99.) An inexperienced college student falls in love with a tortured man who has particular sexual tastes; the first book in a trilogy. 1
2 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $15.95.) In the last volume of the Millennium trilogy, Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander are threatened by an adversary from deep within the government. 3
3 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Berkley, $16.) Three women — a white socialite and two black maids — work on a tell-all book about black domestic servants in 1960s Mississippi. 49
4 THE LUCKY ONE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $13.99.) A Marine returning home sets out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq. 15
5 THE TIGER'S WIFE, by Téa Obreht. (Random House, $15.) Fable and allegory illustrate the complexities of Balkan history, as a young doctor unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s death. 19
6 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $14.95.) A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress; the first volume in the Millennium trilogy. 142
7 EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE, by Jonathan Safran Foer. (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin, $14.95.) A precocious boy goes on a scavenger hunt through New York’s five boroughs in search of the lock that fits a key belonging to his father, who died on Sept. 11. 12
8 THE WEIRD SISTERS, by Eleanor Brown. (Berkley, $15.) The quarrelsome Andreas sisters — staid Rose, fast-living Bean and bohemian Cordy — have returned to their childhood home to face their parents’ frailty and their own personal disappointments. 5
9 * THE HARBINGER, by Jonathan Cahn. (FrontLine, $16.99.) A man tells of his encounters with a mysterious figure who has given him a series of messages that hold the secret of America’s future. 10
10 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $15.95.) In the second volume of the Millennium trilogy, the Swedish hacker Lisbeth Salander becomes a murder suspect. 92
11 KILL ME IF YOU CAN, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. (Grand Central, $14.99.) A young man who finds a bag of diamonds in New York City is stalked by rival assassins. 3
12 * CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese. (Vintage, $15.95.) Twin brothers, conjoined and then separated, grow up amid the political turmoil of Ethiopia. 111
13 A GAME OF THRONES, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam, $17.) In the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are mustering; Book 1 of "A Song of Ice and Fire." 26
14 * DREAMS OF JOY, by Lisa See. (Random House, $15.) Angry at her mother and aunt over family secrets, a strong-willed young woman runs away to Shanghai in 1957 in search of her birth father. 4
15 THE DESCENDANTS, by Kaui Hart Hemmings. (Random House, $15.) A Pandora’s box of tragicomedy is loosed on a Honolulu lawyer, who must learn to parent his two daughters after his wife is injured. 6
16 SAVE ME, by Lisa Scottoline. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.99.) A mother’s action during a school emergency causes an uproar in her idyllic suburban community. 4
17 * FIFTY SHADES DARKER, by E. L. James. (Vintage, $19.99.) Daunted by Christian’s dark secrets, Anastasia ends their relationship — but desire still dominates her every thought; the second book in a trilogy. 1
18 FIFTY SHADES FREED, by E. L. James. (Vintage, $19.99.) Reunited, Anastasia and Christian face a world of possibilities, and unexpected challenges; the final volume in a trilogy. 1
19 THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein. (Harper Paperbacks, $14.99.) An insightful Lab-terrier mix helps his owner, a struggling race car driver. 144
20 THE WISE MAN'S FEAR, by Patrick Rothfuss. (DAW, $19.) In this sequel to “The Name of the Wind,” the magician Kvothe searches for the truth about the mysterious Amyr and the death of his parents. 1

Also Selling

  1. A CLASH OF KINGS, by George R. R. Martin (Bantam)
  2. BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, by S. J. Watson (Harper Perennial)
  3. RAINSHADOW ROAD, by Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin’s Griffin)
  4. 10TH ANNIVERSARY, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Grand Central)
  5. LETHAL, by Sandra Brown (Grand Central)
  6. ROOM, by Emma Donoghue (Back Bay/Little, Brown)
  7. THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho (HarperOne)
  8. THE KITCHEN HOUSE, by Kathleen Grissom (Touchstone)
  9. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET, by Jamie Ford (Ballantine)
  10. NIGHT ROAD, by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Griffin)
  11. A LESSON IN SECRETS, by Jacqueline Winspear (Harper Perennial)
  12. THE HOUSE AT TYNEFORD, by Natasha Solomons (Plume)
  13. THE NEXT ALWAYS, by Nora Roberts (Berkley)
  14. A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD, by Jennifer Egan (Anchor)
  15. A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, by Deborah Harkness (Penguin)
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the March 25, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 10, 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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