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Best Sellers

July 22, 2012

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Inside the List

Karin Slaughter, whose new novel enters the hardcover list at No. 4 this week, comes by her thriller-ready name honestly: it’s the one she was born with.

Editors’ Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

Paperback books of particular interest.

Browse Past Lists

This Week    Last Week Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Weeks
on List
1 1 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, by E. L. James. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing.) An inexperienced college student falls in love with a tortured man who has particular sexual tastes; the first book in a trilogy. 19
2 2 FIFTY SHADES DARKER, by E. L. James. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing.) Ana Steele learns more about Christian Grey’s troubled past; the second book in a trilogy. 19
3 3 FIFTY SHADES FREED, by E. L. James. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing.) The final book in an erotic trilogy. 18
4 4 GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown Publishing.) A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer? 5
5 5 BARED TO YOU, by Sylvia Day. (Penguin Group.) Two troubled people develop an intense, obsessive relationship. 5
6 CRIMINAL, by Karin Slaughter. (Random House Publishing.) Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and his supervisor, Amanda Wagner, confront mysteries from the past. 1
7 SAMURAI GAME, by Christine Feehan. (Penguin Group.) A seductive employee of an underground club is playing a dangerous game of blackmail, politics and murder that reaches into the shadowy world of the GhostWalkers. 1
8 THE NEXT BEST THING, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria Books.) A young woman who moves to Hollywood to make it in television finds success, but her life remains complicated. 1
9 8 FIFTY SHADES TRILOGY, by E. L. James. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing.) The three “Fifty Shades” novels in one bundle. 12
10 THE LITIGATORS, by John Grisham. (Random House Publishing.) Partners in a small law firm take on a big case. 1
11 ECHOES AT DAWN, by Maya Banks. (Berkley.) Rio, a member of an elite, family-run task force, is enlisted to protect a desperate woman with an extraordinary ability to heal others. 1
12 15 THE MARRIAGE BARGAIN, by Jennifer Probst. (Entangled Publishing.) A billionaire who needs a wife offers a one-year marriage in name only to a bookstore owner. 14
13 A GAME OF THRONES, by George R. R. Martin. (Random House Publishing.) In the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are mustering. 36
14 12 WICKED BUSINESS, by Janet Evanovich. (Random House Publishing.) The Salem, Mass., pastry chef Lizzy Tucker and her partner, Diesel, seach for a powerful ancient relic. 3
15 14 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, by Seth Grahame-Smith. (Grand Central Publishing.) A journal reveals Lincoln’s fight against the undead. 5

Also Selling

  1. SUMMERLAND, by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown & Company)
  2. 11TH HOUR, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown & Company)
  3. BLOODLINE, by James Rollins (HarperCollins Publishers)
  4. THE INNOCENT, by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
  5. THE AGE OF MIRACLES, by Karen Thompson Walker (Random House Publishing)
  6. PRIVATE GAMES, by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan (Little, Brown & Company)
  7. SLAMMED, by Colleen Hoover (Colleen Hoover)
  8. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin (Random House Publishing)
  9. THEY'RE WATCHING, by Gregg Hurwitz (St. Martin's Press)
  10. SAFE HAVEN, by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central)
  11. THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
  12. A CLASH OF KINGS, by George R. R. Martin (Random House Publishing)
  13. A STORM OF SWORDS, by George R. R. Martin (Random House Publishing)
  14. ODD INTERLUDE #1, by Dean Koontz (Random House Publishing)
  15. CALICO JOE, by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
  16. A RAGING STORM, by Richard Castle (Hyperion)
  17. THE LAST BOYFRIEND, by Nora Roberts (Berkley)
  18. THE WITNESS, by Nora Roberts (Putnam)
  19. A FEAST FOR CROWS, by George R. R. Martin (Random House Publishing)
  20. MOONSHELL BEACH, by JoAnn Ross (Penguin Group)
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the July 22, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 7, 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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