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Best Sellers

June 10, 2012

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Inside the List

Justin Halpern, whose new memoir, “I Suck at Girls,” is No. 6 on the e-book nonfiction list, feels as lucky as a plane crash survivor or Oprah’s long-lost sister.

Editors’ Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

Paperback books of particular interest.

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This Week    Children's Series Weeks
on List
1 THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, hardcover and paper.) In a dystopia, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up) 92
2 THE SECRETS OF THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS FLAMEL, by Michael Scott. (Delacorte, hardcover and paper.) The quest of a 14th-century alchemist. (Ages 12 and up) 15
3 KANE CHRONICLES, by Rick Riordan. (Hyperion, hardcover and paper.) Ancient gods are unleashed, but the Kanes have power, too. (Ages 10 and up) 4
4 THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS, by Cassandra Clare. (McElderry/Simon & Schuster, hardcover and paper.) Demons and warriors. (Ages 14 and up) 57
5 THEODORE BOONE, by John Grisham. (Dutton, hardcover; Puffin, paper.) The adventures of a kid lawyer. (Ages 9 to 12) 2
6 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Abrams, hardcover only.) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 to 12) 176
7 DORK DIARIES, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Aladdin, hardcover only.) Nikki Maxwell navigates the halls of middle school. (Ages 9 to 13) 34
8 BIG NATE, written and illustrated by Lincoln Peirce. (HarperCollins, hardcover and paper; Andrews McMeel, paper.) Where Nate goes, trouble is sure to follow. (Ages 8 to 12) 60
9 THE MAZE RUNNER, by James Dashner. (Delacorte, hardcover and paper.) Amnesiac teenagers endure a series of trials. (Ages 12 and up) 24
10 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Hyperion, hardcover and paper.) Children of the gods battle monsters. (Ages 9 to 12) 251
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the June 10, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 26, 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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