Bestsellers

July 22, 2012

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Hardcover Fiction

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A wife mysteriously disappears on her fifth wedding anniversary.
(Crown: $25)
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A Hollywood star becomes a valuable ally to a network of spies in 1938 Paris.
(Random House: $27)
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A 15-year-old fends for himself after his parents are arrested for robbing a bank.
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A desperate middle-age American businessman has one last chance at redemption in Saudi Arabia.
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A comic reimagining of Star Wars' Dark Lord as a doting father.
(Chronicle: $14.95)
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A tangled love story spanning 50 years from Hollywood to the Italian coast.
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No one is safe in the final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy.
(Scholastic: $17.99)
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Hunger Games winners face the consequences of their victory.
(Scholastic: $17.99)
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The back story of Ben, Chon and O stretches from 1960s Southern California to the recent past in this prequel to "Savages".
(S&S: $25)
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Two teenagers fighting cancer fall in love.
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Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell's vicious maneuvering continue in this sequel to "Wolf Hall."
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The Seven Kingdoms are imperiled again in the fifth “Song of Ice and Fire” book.
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The days leading up to a New England wedding is fraught with indiscretions and misbehaving revelers.
(Knopf: $25.95)
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Tris and Tobias' bond is tested when they rise up against their dystopian boundaries.
(Katherine Tegen Books: $17.99)
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Irving’s newest involves AIDS, sexual identity and the loss that comes with growing up.
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Lizzy and Diesel take up a murdered professor's twenty-year quest for a powerful, ancient relic.
(Bantam: $28)
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Carter and Sadie must rely on a magical ghost to stop Apophis in this final book of the Kane Chronicles.
(Hyperion: $19.99)
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Hardcover Nonfiction

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A woman on the verge embarks on a 1,100-mile solo hike on the Pacific Crest Trail.
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A critical look at Barack Obama and his administration.
(Regnery: $27.95)
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A scientific explanation and exploration of the creative process.
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: $26)
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The story of Louis Zamperini, a World War II bombardier, POW and Olympian.
(Random House: $27)
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Solutions to bring dynamic change to personal problems by accessing the power of the unconscious.
(Spiegel & Grau: $25)
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Understanding habits and how they transform our lives.
(Random House: $28)
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A portrait of the late Apple visionary as revealed by those in his inner circle.
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Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
The dynamics between sitting presidents and their predecessors.
(Simon & Schuster: $32.50)
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The family history and values that shaped Obama on his climb to the White House.
(Simon & Schuster: $32.50)
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The rediscovery of an ancient poem by Lucretius inspired the Renaissance.
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Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
The dramatic events in spring 1865 leading to President Lincoln's assassination.
(Holt: $28)
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Marcus Samuelsson's journey from Ethiopia, raised by a Swedish family, to the cutthroat restaurant world of New York City.
(Random House: $27)
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New perspectives and ideas to transform the way we think about our health.
(Free Press: $26)
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An upgraded assessment on how to find your top talents.
(Gallup Press: $22.95)
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A comical not-for-kids picture book on the perils of bedtime.
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Colin Powell & Tony Koltz
The four-star general former Secretary of State shares his "Thirteen Rules" for successful leadership.
(Harper: $27.99)
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The actors examine how their father/son relationship has informed their lives.
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Successful introverts and their ideals.
(Crown: $26)
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