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The New York Times Bestseller Highlights for the Week of November 22nd
Penguin Group (USA) has ten debuts on the New York Times bestseller list for the week of November 22nd: Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb (Putnam) is #3 on the hardcover fiction list; The Audacity to Win by David Plouffe (Viking) is #6 on the hardcover nonfiction list; and Knit Two by Kate Jacobs (Berkley) hits at #20 on the trade paperback fiction list. On the mass market fiction list, Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh (Berkley) is #8; Me and My Shadow by Katie MacAlister (Signet) is #9; Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction by David Michaels (Berkley) is #13; and Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett (Berkley) is #20. Why We Suck by Denis Leary (Plume) hits at #17 on the trade paperback nonfiction list; while Million-Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica (Philomel) is #4 on the children’s chapter books list; and The Omnivore’s Dilemma for Kids by Michael Pollan (Dial) is #8 on the children’s paperback books list.
Here are more New York Times bestseller highlights:
On the hardcover fiction list, The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/ Putnam) is #7 in its 32nd week; and The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) is #9 in its third week.
Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin (Viking) is #9 on the hardcover nonfiction list in its third week.
Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts (Berkley) is #2 in its second week on the trade paperback fiction list.
On the mass market fiction list, Heat Lightning by John Sandford (Berkley) is #12 in its fifth week; while Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley) is #19 in its eleventh week.
On the paperback nonfiction list, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) is #3 in its 145th week; The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson (Penguin) is #10 in its second week; Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) returns to the list at #16 in its 144th week; and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is #18 in its 112th week.
In the young readers sector, on the children's picture books list, Lego Star Wars by Simon Beecroft (DK) is #3 in its fifth week; Skippyjon Jones, Lost in Spice by Judy Schachner (Dutton) is #7 in its eighth week; and Otis, written and illustrated by Loren Long (Philomel) is #8 in its seventh week. On the children’s chapter books list, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Razorbill) is #8 in its 53rd week; and Fire by Kristin Cashore (Dial) is #10 in its fifth week. On the children's paperback books list, Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Puffin) is #5 in its 42nd week.
