Fiction
http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-12-11/combined-print-and-e-book-fiction/list.html
Covers are in included Best Seller list order
[#] 1 EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (Random House Publishing) After a disastrous vacation in Hawaii, Stephanie Plum becomes the target of an international killer.
[#] 2 11/22/63, by Stephen King. (Scribner) An English teacher travels back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a Maine diner. His assignment is to stop Lee Harvey Oswald.
[#] 3 KILL ALEX CROSS, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown & Company) Alex Cross investigates when the president’s children are kidnapped, but the F.BI. and C.I.A. stand in his way.
[#] 4 THE LITIGATORS, by John Grisham. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing) Partners in a small law firm take on a big case after a fast-track burnout joins them.
[#] 5 V IS FOR VENGEANCE, by Sue Grafton. (Penguin Group) Pursuing a shoplifter, Kinsey Millhone discovers that retail crime is run by organized gangs.
[#] 6 LONGING, by Karen Kingsbury. (Zondervan) Will Bailey and Cody reconnect? Book 3 in the Bailey Flanigan series.
[#] 7 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Penguin Group) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.
[#] 8 MICRO, by Michael Crichton. (HarperCollins Publishers) Students miniaturized by an evil entrepreneur battle insects in a Hawaiian rain forest.
[#] 9 THE BEST OF ME, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central Publishing) A man and woman who have gone their separate ways return to their Southern town for the funeral of a friend.
[#] 10 ZERO DAY, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central Publishing) A military investigator uncovers a conspiracy.
[#] 11 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing) A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress 40 years earlier.
[#] 12 THE NEXT ALWAYS, by Nora Roberts. (Penguin Group) A historic hotel in Boonsboro, Md., is getting a face-lift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother.
[#] 13 SMOKIN' SEVENTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (Random House Publishing) A killer is after the bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, who faces further complications as she tries to choose a boyfriend.r]
[#] 14 THE CHRISTMAS WEDDING, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo. (Little, Brown & Company) A widow keeps the identity of the new man she is about to marry a secret.
[#] 15 UNFINISHED BUSINESS, by Nora Roberts. (Harlequin) Former high school sweethearts fall tentatively back into each other’s orbits after more than a decade.
[#] 16 DEVIL'S GATE, by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown (Putnam)
[#] 17 TO WED A WILD LORD, by Sabrina Jeffries (Pocket Books)
[#] 18 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen (Algonquin) [/color]
[#] 19 THE MARRIAGE PLOT, by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
[#] 20 THE AFFAIR, by Lee Child (Delacorte)
[#] 21 1225 CHRISTMAS TREE LANE, by Debbie Macomber (Harlequin)
[#] 22 IMMORTAL RIDER, by Larissa Ione (Grand Central Publishing)
[#] 23 A GAME OF THRONES, by George R. R. Martin (Random House Publishers)
[#] 24 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
[#] 25 A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin (Random House Publishing)
[#] 26 THE WARLORD WANTS FOREVER, by Kresley Cole (Pocket Books)
[#] 27 THE SENSE OF AN ENDING, by Julian Barnes (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
[#] 28 THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS, by Debbie Macomber (Harlequin)
[#] 29 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
[#] 30 IF I SHOULD DIE, by Allison Brennan (Random House Publishing)
[#] 31 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
[#] 32 HOTEL VENDOME, by Danielle Steel (Random House Publishing)
[#] 33 SARAH'S KEY, by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin's Press)
[#] 34 ANGLE OF INVESTIGATION, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown & Company)
[#] 35 THE SNOW ANGEL, by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)
Non-Fiction
http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-12-11/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/list.html
Covers are in included Best Seller list order
[#] 1 STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster) A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.
[#] 2 KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) The anchor of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
[#] 3 BEING GEORGE WASHINGTON, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions) How Washington turned himself into the indispensable (if imperfect) man.
[#] 4 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson) A father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an appendectomy.
[#] 5 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House Publishing) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.
[#] 6 CATHERINE THE GREAT, by Robert K. Massie. (Random House Publishing) The author of “Nicholas and Alexandra” provides a sweeping narrative of the life of the minor 18th-century German princess who became Empress of All the Russias.
[#] 7 BACK TO WORK, by Bill Clinton. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing) The former president argues that cooperation between the private sector and government is necessary to restore prosperity.
[#] 8 THROW THEM ALL OUT, by Peter Schweizer. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers) Insider trading in Congress and how it enriches the permanent political class.
[#] 9 JACK KENNEDY, by Chris Matthews. (Simon & Schuster) An admiring portrait of the 35th president.
[#] 10 THEN AGAIN, by Diane Keaton. (Random House Publishing) The actress uses her mother’s diaries as a springboard for the examination of her own life.
[#] 11 IMPERFECT JUSTICE, by Jeff Ashton with Lisa Pulitzer. (HarperCollins Publishers) A prosecutor’s account of the Casey Anthony trial.
[#] 12 BOOMERANG, by Michael Lewis. (W. W. Norton & Company) A look at some of the places hardest hit by the financial collapse of 2008 and at how it happened.
[#] 13 GABBY, by Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Scribner) The Arizona representative and her astronaut husband describe their lives in the aftermath of the assassination attempt against her in January 2011.
[#] 14 HOW I GOT THIS WAY, by Regis Philbin. (HarperCollins Publishers) The recently retired co-host of “Live! With Regis and Kelly’’ looks back on his years in show business.
[#] 15 IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME?, by Mindy Kaling. (Crown Publishing) Observations from the comedy writer and actress.
[#] 16 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
[#] 17 IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson (Crown Publishing)
[#] 18 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot (Crown Publishing)
[#] 19 SERIOUSLY ... I'M KIDDING, by Ellen DeGeneres (Grand Central Publishing)
[#] 20 THE NEW NEW RULES, by Bill Maher (Penguin Group)
[#] 21 AN INVISIBLE THREAD, by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski (Howard)
[#] 22 BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey (Little, Brown & Company)
[#] 23 NO HIGHER HONOR, by Condoleezza Rice (Crown Publishing)
[#] 24 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown & Company) [
[#] 25 BLUE NIGHTS, by Joan Didion (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
[#] 26 A STOLEN LIFE, by Jaycee Dugard (Simon & Schuster)
[#] 27 JACQUELINE KENNEDY: HISTORIC CONVERSATIONS ON LIFE WITH JOHN F. KENNEDY, (Hyperion)
[#] 28 THROUGH MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker (HarperCollins)
[#] 29 UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS, by Jennifer S. Holland (Workman)
[#] 30 SEAL TARGET GERONIMO, by Chuck Pfarrer (St. Martin’s Press)
[#] 31 THE TIME OF OUR LIVES, by Tom Brokaw (Random House Publishing)
[#] 32 INFERNO, by Max Hastings (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
[#] 33 MONEYBALL, by Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton & Company)
[#] 34 THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE, by Max Brooks (Crown Publishing)
[#] 35 A**HOLES FINISH FIRST, by Tucker Max (Simon & Schuster)
