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Data for 05/28/2012 Bestsellers Trade Paper
1 Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy E L James, Author. Vintage Books,$15.95 (528) 978-0-345-80348-1 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy
10 Bossypants Tina Fey, Author. Reagan Arthur Books,$15.95 (304) 978-0-316-05687-8 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) Bossypants
11 The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris David McCullough, Author. Simon & Schuster,$20 (558) 9781416571773 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
12 The Lucky One Nicholas Sparks, Author. Grand Central Publishing,$14.99 (368) 978-1-4555-0896-9 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) The Lucky One
13 Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter Seth Grahame-Smith, Author. Grand Central,$13.99 978-0-446-56307-9 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
14 Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, Author. LB/ Back Bay,$16.99 978-0-316-01793-0 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) Outliers
15 ACT Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think about Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment Steve Harvey, Author. Amistad Press,$13.99 (240) 978-0-06-172898-3 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) ACT Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think about Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
16 The Vow: The True Events That Inspired the Movie Kim Carpenter, Author, Krickitt Carpenter, Author, Dana Wilkerson, With. B&H Publishing Group,$14.99 (183) 978-1-4336-7579-9 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) The Vow: The True Events That Inspired the Movie
17 The Help Kathryn Stockett, Author. Berkley,$16 978-0-425-23220-0 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) The Help
18 What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Fourth Edition Heidi Murkoff, Author, Sharon Mazel, Author, Charles J. Lockwood, Foreword by. . Workman,$14.95 (614p) 978-0-7611-4857-9 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Fourth Edition
19 Then Came You Jennifer Weiner, Author. Washington Square Press,$16 (338) 978-1-4516-1773-3 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) Then Came You
2 Fifty Shades Darker E L James, Author. Vintage Books,$15.95 (532) 978-0-345-80349-8 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) Fifty Shades Darker
20 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Stieg Larsson, Author, Reg Keeland, Translator. Vintage Books,$15.95 (658) 978-0-307-45456-0 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
21 Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II Mitchell Zuckoff, Author. Harper Perennial,$15.99 (432) 978-0-06-198835-6 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
22 The Magic Rhonda Byrne, Author. Atria Books,$12.99 (254) 978-1-4516-7344-9 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) The Magic
23 The Harbinger Jonathan Cahn, Author. Frontline,$16.99 (262) 978-1-61638-610-8 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) The Harbinger
24 Seal Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy Seal Sniper Howard E Wasdin, Author, Stephen Templin, Author. St. Martin's Griffin,$15.99 (331) 978-1-250-00695-0 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) Seal Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy Seal Sniper
25 The Alchemist Paulo Coelho, Author, Alan R. Clarke, Translator. Harper,$14.99 978-0-06-112241-5 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) The Alchemist
3 Fifty Shades Freed E L James, Author. Vintage Books,$15.95 (578) 978-0-345-80350-4 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) Fifty Shades Freed
4 State of Wonder Ann Patchett, Author. Harper Perennial,$15.99 (384) 978-0-06-204981-0 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) State of Wonder
5 In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin Erik Larson, Author. Broadway Books,$16 (448) 978-0-307-40885-3 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
6 The Last Boyfriend Nora Roberts, Author. Berkley Publishing Group,$16 (336) 978-0-425-24603-0 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) The Last Boyfriend
7 Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo, Author, Lynn Vincent, With. Thomas Nelson,$16.99 978-0-8499-4615-8 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) Heaven Is for Real
8 The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach, Author. Back Bay Books,$14.99 (512) 978-0-316-12667-0 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) The Art of Fielding
9 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Author. Broadway,$16 978-1-4000-5218-9 components/bestseller_stats.html not found (No such file or directory) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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