HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult (Atria, $27.95): Family drama over questions raised by a lawsuit and a child’s illness. Last week: 1
2. Corsair by Clive Cussler with Jack DuBrul (Putnam, $27.95): The secretary of state is missing; the ship Oregon and her crew are on the case. Latest action-packed thriller in the Oregon Files series. Last week: —
3. The Associate by John Grisham (Doubleday, $27.95): Twists and turns as young law school grad haunted by his past joins a huge firm. Last week: 2
4. The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $25.99): A woman resists the extraterrestrial trying to take control of her mind. Last week: 5
5. Run for Your Life by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown, $27.99): Det. Mike Bennett tracks a killer who preys on New York’s rich and powerful. Last week: 6
6. Promises in Death by J.D. Robb (Putnam, $26.95): Latest in the popular series of Eve Dallas crime thrillers. Last week: 3
7. One Day at a Time by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $27): Three California couples figure out life and love in many iterations. Last week: 4
8. Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy (Knopf, $26.95): A cardiologist agrees to run a Dublin clinic for a year, and her personal and professional lives mingle with those of patients and staff. Last week: 7
9. Night and Day by Robert B. Parker (Putnam, $25.95): Police Chief Jesse Stone is on the trail of The Night Hawk, who preys on local women. Last week: 9
10. Dead Silence by Randy Wayne White (Putnam, $25.95): Marion “Doc” Ford hunts for a kidnapped boy. Last week: —
HARDCOVER NON-FICTION
Last week
1. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey (Amistad, $23.99): Down-to-earth and direct relationship advice from radio show host. Last week: 1
2. Outlier s by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $27.99): Gladwell examines patterns of hidden advantages, opportunities and cultural legacies that push successful people ahead of others who have potential. Last week: 2
3. The Yankee Years by Joe Torre & Tom Verducci (Doubleday, $26.95): Behind the scenes during Torre’s dozen years managing the Yankees. Last week: 3
4. House of Cards by William D. Cohan (Doubleday, $27.95): The fall of international investment banking house Bear Stearns. Last week: —
5. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion, $21.95): A book based on a lecture about living, given by a university professor who died of pancreatic cancer at age 47. Last week: 4
6. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95): New Age self-help advice for all aspects of life. Last week: 6
7. Dewey by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter (Grand Central, $19.99): Dewey the abandoned orange kitten becomes a small-town Iowa public library mascot and touches hearts. Last week: 5
8. Peaks and Valleys by Spencer Johnson, M.D. (Atria, $19.95): Self-help techniques for keeping perspective during good and bad times.. Last week: —
9. Flat Belly Diet by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass (Rodale Press, $25.95): Prevention Magazine editors bring targeted weight-loss plan. Last week: 7
10. The Lost City of Z by David Grann (Doubleday, $27.50): What happened to vanished British adventurer Percy Fawcettt more than 80 years ago on his search for the legendary El Dorado? Last week: 9
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Publishers Weekly
For the week ended March 14, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
