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100 Bestselling books of 2012

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1.Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James, Vintage

2.Fifty Shades Darker, E.L. James, Vintage

3.A Dance with Dragons, George RR Martin, Bantam

4.Fifty Shades Freed, E.L. James, Vintage

5.The Sisters Brothers, Patrick De Witt, Anansi

6.Half-Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan, Thomas Allen

7.The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling, Little, Brown

8.I've Got Your Number, Sophie Kinsella, Dial Press

9.Winter of the World, Ken Follett, Dutton

10.Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn, Crown

11.The Racketeer, John Grisham, Doubleday

12.Believing the Lie, Elizabeth George, Dutton

13.Bring up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel, HarperCollins

14.Canada, Richard Ford, HarperCollins

15.The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday Canada

16.Bared to You, Sylvia Day, Berkley

17.Standing in Another Man's Grave, Ian Rankin, Orion

18.The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton, Atria

19.419, Will Ferguson, Penguin

20.Sacre Bleu: A Comedy D’Art, Christopher Moore, Wm. Morrow

Original non-fiction

1.Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, Susan Cain, Crown

2.Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, Doubleday Canada

3.Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster

4.Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed, Knopf

5.The End of Growth, Jeff Rubin, Random House Canada

6.Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir), Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books

7.Civilization: The West and the Rest, Niall Ferguson, Penguin

8.The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg, Doubleday Canada

9.Waging Heavy Peace, Neil Young, Blue Rider Press

10.Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest, Wade Davis, Knopf Canada

11.A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring, Nahlah Ayed, Viking

12.A Nation Worth Ranting About, Rick Mercer, Doubleday Canada

13.How to be a Woman, Caitlin Moran, HarperPerennial

14.No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden, Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer, Dutton

15.The End of Illness, David B. Agus with Kristin Loberg, Free Press

16.The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos, Neil Turok, Anansi

17.I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen, Sylvie Simmons, McClelland & Stewart

18.The Kind of Life It's Been: A Memoir, Lloyd Robertson, HarperCollins

19.1982, Jian Ghomeshi, Viking

20.Dying to be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to near Death, to True Healing, Anita Moorjani, Hay House

Reprint fiction

1.A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Bantam

2.The Help, Kathryn Stockett, Berkley

3.The Cat’s Table, Michael Ondaatje, Vintage Canada

4.The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson, Penguin Canada

5.Death Comes to Pemberley, P.D. James, Knopf Canada

6.The Litigators, John Grisham, Dell

7.A Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin, Bantam

8.The Lucky One, Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central

9.Fall of Giants, Ken Follett, NAL

10.The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, Penguin Canada

11.Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell, Vintage Canada

12.The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Penguin Canada

13.Sarah’s Key, Tatiana de Rosnay, St. Martin's Press

14.Gabriel’s Inferno, Sylvain Reynard, Berkley

15.V is Vengeance, Sue Grafton, Putnam

16.The Affair, Lee Child, Dell

17.Gabriel’s Rapture, Sylvain Reynard, Berkley

18.Life of Pi, Yann Martel, Vintage

19.The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes, Random House Canada

20.The Land of the Painted Caves, Jean M. Auel, Bantam

Reprint non-fiction

1.Bossypants, Tina Fey, Little, Brown

2.Heaven is for Real, Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent, Thomas Nelson

3.The Tiger, John Vaillant, Vintage Canada

4.In The Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, Erik Larson, Broadway

5.The Glass Castle: A Memoir, Jeanette Walls, Scribner

6.Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter, Carmen Aguirre, Douglas & McIntyre

7.The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance, Edmund de Waal, Picador

8.To Heaven and Back, Mary C. Neal, WaterBrook

9.Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown

10.Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat, Penguin Canada

11.The Vow, Kim & Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson, B&H Books

12.Born to Run, Christopher McDougall, Vintage

13.Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Afterlife, Eben Alexander, Simon & Schuster

14.Arguably, Essays, Christopher Hitchens, Signal

15.God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Christopher Hitchens, Emblem

16.A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship and Survival in World War Two, Caroline Moorehead, Vintage Canada

17.The Game, Ken Dryden, John Wiley & Sons

18.Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy and Hard Times, Jennifer Worth, Penguin

19.Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, Joshua Foer, Penguin

20.The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot, Broadway

Special interest

1.Wheat Belly: Lose The Wheat, Lose The Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health, William Davis, Rodale

2.The Book of Awesome, Neil Pasricha, Berkley

3.Looneyspoons Collection, Janet & Greta Podleski, Granet

4.The Wealthy Barber Returns, Dave Chilton, FAC

5.Go The F**k to Sleep, Adam Mansbach, Akashic

6.The Magic, Rhonda Byrne, Atria

7.Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast Sustained Weight Loss, Revised Edition, Joel Fuhrman, Little, Brown

8.Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking, Allen Carr, Clarity

9.The 17 Day Diet, Dr. Mike Moreno, Free Press

10.How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You, The Oatmeal and Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel Publishing

11.The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin, HarperCollins

12.The $100 Startup, Chris Guillebeau, Crown

13.Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Hay House

14.The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman, Northfield Publishing

15.The Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust, Ina Garten, Crown

16.Blood Sugar Solution: The Ultrahealthy Program for Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Feeling Great Now!, Mark Hyman, Little, Brown

17.Guinness World Records 2013, ed., Craig Glenday, Guiness World Records

18.Seriously . . . I’m Kidding, Ellen DeGeneres, Grand Central

19.Meals That Heal Inflammation, Julie Daniluk, Random House Canada

20.The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Non-negotiable Principles for Getting to Thin, Bob Harper, Greg Critser, Random House

Compiled by Joyce McKerrow.

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