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Best Sellers

March 04, 2012

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Inside the List

Suzanne Collins’s “Hunger Games” trilogy is likely to continue dominating the children’s best-seller lists after a movie version of the first book arrives in a few weeks.

Editors’ Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

Paperback books of particular interest.

Browse Past Lists

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1 THE VOW, by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson. (B&H Publishing Group.) After a horrific car crash, a couple embark on a journey to fall in love all over again. The true events that inspired the movie. 2
2 UNORTHODOX, by Deborah Feldman. (Simon & Schuster.) A woman breaks free of the Satmar Hasidic community in Brooklyn in which she was raised. 1
3 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson.) A father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an emergency appendectomy. 56
4 STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster.) A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years. 17
5 ONCE UPON A SECRET, by Mimi Alford. (Random House Publishing.) A former White House intern recounts her affair with John F. Kennedy. 2
6 AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. (HarperCollins Publishers.) A member of the Navy SEALs with the most career sniper kills in United States military history discusses his childhood, his marriage and his battlefield experiences. 7
7 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House Publishing.) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his bomber went down over the Pacific. 56
8 KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt.) The anchor of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts one of the most consequential episodes of American history: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. 21
9 BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS, by Katherine Boo. (Random House Publishing.) A journalist reports on families striving for better lives in a Mumbai slum. 2
10 QUIET, by Susan Cain. (Crown Publishing.) Introverts — one-third of the population — are undervalued in American society. 4
11 BRINGING UP BÉBÉ, by Pamela Druckerman. (Penguin Group.) An American mother discovers the principles of French parenting. 2
12 THAT WOMAN, by Anne Sebba. (St. Martin's Press.) The life of Wallis Warfield Simpson, for whom Edward VIII gave up his throne. 1
13 BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. (Little, Brown & Company.) A memoir from the former "Saturday Night Live" star and creator of "30 Rock." 46
14 CATHERINE THE GREAT, by Robert K. Massie. (Random House Publishing.) The life of the minor 18th-century German princess who became Empress of All the Russias. 15
15 AUSCHWITZ, by Miklos Nyiszli. (Skyhorse.) An eyewitness account of the Nazi death camp, written shortly after the war by a doctor who was a prisoner there. 27
16 IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson. (Crown Publishing.) This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazis centers on the experiences of William E. Dodd, who became the U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933, and his daughter, Martha. 41
17 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. (Crown Publishing.) The story of an African-American woman whose cancerous cells were extensively cultured without her permission in 1951. 56
18 ALI IN WONDERLAND, by Ali Wentworth. (HarperCollins Publishers.) A memoir from the comedian and actress. 2
19 HILARITY ENSUES, by Tucker Max. (Blue Heeler Books.) More stories from a life of serial debauchery. 2
20 AMERITOPIA, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions.) A talk-show host surveys the history of utopias and warns that Americans must choose between utopianism and liberty. 5
21 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux.) The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions. 17
22 COMING APART, by Charles Murray. (Crown Publishing.) The author of “The Bell Curve” explores the state of white America, 1960-2010, and deplores the growing gulf in values between the new upper and the new lower class. 3
23 LIFE AS I BLOW IT, by Sarah Colonna. (Random House Publishing.) The “Chelsea Lately” writer tells her story. 2
24 WHY ME?, by Sarah Burleton. (Sarah Burleton.) A memoir of a childhood of physical and mental abuse beginning in first grade and continuing for years. 16
25 HIDING FROM REALITY, by Taylor Armstrong. (Gallery Books.) A star of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" describes domestic abuse during her childhood and marriage. 2

Also Selling

  1. FULL SERVICE, by Scotty Bowers with Lionel Friedberg (Grove/Atlantic)
  2. ENEMIES, by Tim Weiner (Random House Publishing)
  3. A STOLEN LIFE, by Jaycee Dugard (Simon & Schuster)
  4. IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME?, by Mindy Kaling (Crown Publishing)
  5. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls (Simon & Schuster)
  6. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
  7. FAIRY TALE INTERRUPTED, by RoseMarie Terenzio (Gallery Books)
  8. ELIZABETH THE QUEEN, by Sally Bedell Smith (Random House Publishing)
  9. LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson (Little, Brown & Company)
  10. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown & Company)
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the March 4, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 18, 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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