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Best Sellers

August 19, 2012

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1 FIFTY SHADES FREED, by E. L. James. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing.) Reunited, Anastasia and Christian face a world of possibilities and unexpected challenges; the final volume in a trilogy. 23
2 FIFTY SHADES DARKER, by E. L. James. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing.) Daunted by Christian’s dark secrets, Anastasia ends their relationship — but desire still dominates her every thought; the second book in a trilogy. 23
3 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. 25
4 GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown Publishing.) A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer? 9
5 ODD APOCALYPSE, by Dean Koontz. (Random House Publishing.) Odd Thomas, who can communicate with the dead, explores the mysteries of an estate now owned by a billionaire. 1
6 BARED TO YOU, by Sylvia Day. (Penguin Group.) Two troubled people develop an intense, obsessive relationship. 13
7 WHERE WE BELONG, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martin's Press.) A woman’s successful life is disrupted by the appearance of an 18-year-old girl with a link to her past. 2
8 ALL SUMMER LONG, by Susan Mallery. (Harlequin.) A former underwear model turned entrepreneur is charmed by a tomboyish firefighter who sees beyond his dazzling looks. But can their summer fling last? 1
9 SLAMMED, by Colleen Hoover. (Colleen Hoover.) A girl falls in love with a neighbor who enjoys slam poetry, but they encounter obstacles. 5
10 DEEP DOWN, by Lee Child. (Delacorte Press.) In this e-book story, Jack Reacher is summoned to Washington to find out who is leaking information about plans for a state-of-the-art sniper rifle for U.S. forces. 3
11 FIFTY SHADES TRILOGY, by E. L. James. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing.) The three "Fifty Shades" novels in one bundle. 16
12 THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, by M. L. Stedman. (Scribner.) An Australian lighthouse keeper and his wife decide to keep a baby who has washed ashore. 1
13 BIG SKY MOUNTAIN, by Linda Lael Miller. (Harlequin.) The rancher Hutch Carmody can’t seem to forget his former flame, Kendra Shepherd. Now she’s back in town with her young daughter. 1
14 FOREVER AND A DAY, by Jill Shalvis. (Grand Central Publishing.) Can a woman who’s starting over find love with an overwhelmed E.R. doctor? A Lucky Harbor novel. 1
15 I, MICHAEL BENNETT, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Little, Brown & Company.) A New York detective takes refuge with his 10 children in an upstate cabin. 4
16 THE LADY IS A VAMP, by Lynsay Sands. (HarperCollins Publishers.) Jeanne Louise is more attracted than annoyed when she is kidnapped by a handsome guy. But her captor has a young daughter and he kidnapped an immortal, so romance may be complicated. 1
17 FRIENDS FOREVER, by Danielle Steel. (Random House Publishing.) Three boys and two girls who meet in kindergarten maintain their bonds as they grow to adulthood. 2
18 BLACK LIST, by Brad Thor. (Simon & Schuster.) If the counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath can discover who has targeted him for death, he can prevent a terrorist attack. 2
19 POINT OF RETREAT, by Colleen Hoover. (Colleen Hoover.) In a sequel to "Slammed," Layken and Will's relationship is shaken by a misunderstanding. 4
20 THE WITCH IS BACK, by H. P. Mallory. (Random House Publishing.) The witch Jolie Wilkins returns to her Los Angeles fortune-telling shop without any memory of having been Queen of the Underworld. 1
21 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 who must save her family home, but complications ensue. 19
22 HAVEN, by Kay Hooper. (Penguin Group.) The F.B.I. agent Noah Bishop and his special crimes unit help two sisters probe the secrets of a North Carolina town. 1
23 GUNMETAL MAGIC, by Ilona Andrews. (Penguin Group.) Paranormal problems in Atlanta continue when several shape-shifters die at a dig site and Andrea is assigned to investigate. 1
24 WEEKENDS REQUIRED, by Sydney Landon. (Sydney Landon.) A woman's fantasies about her boss come true. 1
25 THE FALLEN ANGEL, by Daniel Silva. (HarperCollins Publishers.) Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, discovers a global criminal enterprise behind a murder at the Vatican. 3

Also Selling

  1. DEATH BENEFITS, by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central Publishing)
  2. SHADOW OF NIGHT, by Deborah Harkness (Penguin Group)
  3. CATCHING FIREFLIES, by Sherryl Woods (Harlequin)
  4. BACKFIRE, by Catherine Coulter (Penguin Group)
  5. PLAYING FOR KEEPS, by R. L. Mathewson (Rerum Publishing)
  6. GABRIEL’S INFERNO, by Sylvain Reynard (Omnific Publishing)
  7. A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, by Deborah Harkness (Penguin Group)
  8. A SWEETHAVEN SUMMER, by Courtney Walsh (Guidepost Books)
  9. CRIMINAL, by Karin Slaughter (Random House Publishing)
  10. BROKEN HARBOR, by Tana French (Penguin Group)
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the August 19, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 4, 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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