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1 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) The third volume of a trilogy about a Swedish hacker and a journalist. 1
2 DEAD IN THE FAMILY, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $25.95.) Sookie Stackhouse is exhausted in the aftermath of a Fae war. 3 4
3 61 HOURS, by Lee Child. (Delacorte, $28.) Jack Reacher helps the police in a small South Dakota town protect a witness in a drug trial. 1 2
4 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi. 4 61
5 STORM PREY, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $27.95.) Lucas Davenport’s wife is a witness to a botched robbery and murder in the 20th novel in the “Prey” series. 2 2
6 INNOCENT, by Scott Turow. (Grand Central, $27.99.) Turow revisits the characters from “Presumed Innocent.” Excerpt 5 4
7 HEART OF THE MATTER, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martin’s, $26.99.) The lives of two women — one married to a pediatric plastic surgeon, the other a lawyer and single mother — converge after an accident involving the lawyer’s son.
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8 ALLIES, by Christie Golden. (Del Rey/Ballantine, $27.) The Skywalkers and the Sith undertake an unprecedented joint mission; a “Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi” book. 1
9 BLOCKADE BILLY, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $14.99.) A tale about the dark side of baseball, circa 1957. 1
10 THE 9TH JUDGMENT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Detective Lindsay Boxer pursues a killer who’s preying on women and children. 7 5
11 FEVER DREAM, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The F.B.I. agent Aloysius Pendergast, who has long thought that his wife was killed in an accident, learns that she was actually murdered. 8 3
12* DELIVER US FROM EVIL, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $27.99.) Two agents are tracking the same man, a human trafficker who is now dealing in nuclear arms. 9 6
13 DANGEROUS, by Diana Palmer. (HQN, $24.95.) A Texas F.B.I. agent falls in love with a woman with a past. 1
14 THE IMPERFECTIONISTS, by Tom Rachman. (Dial, $25.) Goings-on among the staff of an English-language newspaper in Rome. 14 4
15 MATTERHORN, by Karl Marlantes. (El León Literary Arts/Atlantic Monthly, $24.95.) Marines in Vietnam in 1969. 15 8
Also Selling
16 LOVER MINE, by J. R. Ward (New American Library)
17 ISLAND BENEATH THE SEA, by Isabel Allende (Harper/HarperCollins)
18 THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE, by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)
19 THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB, by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon)
20 HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult (Atria)
21 THIS BODY OF DEATH, by Elizabeth George (Harper/HarperCollins)
22 BLUE-EYED DEVIL, by Robert B. Parker (Putnam)
23 THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown (Doubleday)
24 CHANGES, by Jim Butcher (Roc)
25 TELL-ALL, by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday)
26 A SECRET AFFAIR, by Mary Balogh (Delacorte)
27 SUPREME JUSTICE, by Phillip Margolin (Harper/HarperCollins)
28 EVERY LAST ONE, by Anna Quindlen (Random House)
29 HANNAH’S LIST, by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
30 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, by Seth Grahame-Smith (Grand Central)
31 CAUGHT, by Harlan Coben (Dutton)
32 LUCID INTERVALS, by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
33 GIRL IN TRANSLATION, by Jean Kwok (Riverhead)
34 THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE, by Julie Orringer (Knopf)
35 THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING, by Nancy Pickard (Ballantine)
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2 DEAD IN THE FAMILY, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $25.95.) Sookie Stackhouse is exhausted in the aftermath of a Fae war. 3 4
3 61 HOURS, by Lee Child. (Delacorte, $28.) Jack Reacher helps the police in a small South Dakota town protect a witness in a drug trial. 1 2
4 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi. 4 61
5 STORM PREY, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $27.95.) Lucas Davenport’s wife is a witness to a botched robbery and murder in the 20th novel in the “Prey” series. 2 2
6 INNOCENT, by Scott Turow. (Grand Central, $27.99.) Turow revisits the characters from “Presumed Innocent.” Excerpt 5 4
7 HEART OF THE MATTER, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martin’s, $26.99.) The lives of two women — one married to a pediatric plastic surgeon, the other a lawyer and single mother — converge after an accident involving the lawyer’s son.
6 3
8 ALLIES, by Christie Golden. (Del Rey/Ballantine, $27.) The Skywalkers and the Sith undertake an unprecedented joint mission; a “Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi” book. 1
9 BLOCKADE BILLY, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $14.99.) A tale about the dark side of baseball, circa 1957. 1
10 THE 9TH JUDGMENT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Detective Lindsay Boxer pursues a killer who’s preying on women and children. 7 5
11 FEVER DREAM, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The F.B.I. agent Aloysius Pendergast, who has long thought that his wife was killed in an accident, learns that she was actually murdered. 8 3
12* DELIVER US FROM EVIL, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $27.99.) Two agents are tracking the same man, a human trafficker who is now dealing in nuclear arms. 9 6
13 DANGEROUS, by Diana Palmer. (HQN, $24.95.) A Texas F.B.I. agent falls in love with a woman with a past. 1
14 THE IMPERFECTIONISTS, by Tom Rachman. (Dial, $25.) Goings-on among the staff of an English-language newspaper in Rome. 14 4
15 MATTERHORN, by Karl Marlantes. (El León Literary Arts/Atlantic Monthly, $24.95.) Marines in Vietnam in 1969. 15 8
Also Selling
16 LOVER MINE, by J. R. Ward (New American Library)
17 ISLAND BENEATH THE SEA, by Isabel Allende (Harper/HarperCollins)
18 THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE, by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)
19 THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB, by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon)
20 HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult (Atria)
21 THIS BODY OF DEATH, by Elizabeth George (Harper/HarperCollins)
22 BLUE-EYED DEVIL, by Robert B. Parker (Putnam)
23 THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown (Doubleday)
24 CHANGES, by Jim Butcher (Roc)
25 TELL-ALL, by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday)
26 A SECRET AFFAIR, by Mary Balogh (Delacorte)
27 SUPREME JUSTICE, by Phillip Margolin (Harper/HarperCollins)
28 EVERY LAST ONE, by Anna Quindlen (Random House)
29 HANNAH’S LIST, by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
30 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, by Seth Grahame-Smith (Grand Central)
31 CAUGHT, by Harlan Coben (Dutton)
32 LUCID INTERVALS, by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
33 GIRL IN TRANSLATION, by Jean Kwok (Riverhead)
34 THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE, by Julie Orringer (Knopf)
35 THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING, by Nancy Pickard (Ballantine)
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