Best-Sellers - The New York Times 22/01/12

Olá leitores,

Na lista desta semana temos como destaque o livro 'Private: #1 Suspect' de James Patterson que foi publicado no dia 2 de janeiro e já alcançou o topo da lista. James Patterson é famoso por escrever livro policiais e também não é à toa que ele é famoso.

January 22, 2012

THIS WEEK		LAST WEEK	HARDCOVER FICTION	WEEKS ON LIST
1			PRIVATE: #1 SUSPECT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) When a former lover’s dead body is found in his bed, Jack Morgan, a former Marine and the head of an investigative firm, is accused of murder.	1
2			LOVE IN A NUTSHELL, by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly. (St. Martin’s, $27.99.) A former magazine editor attempts to turn her parents’ summer house into a bed-and-breakfast.	1
3		3	DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY, by P. D. James. (Knopf, $25.95.) Elizabeth Bennet and her husband, Darcy, of "Pride and Prejudice," must deal with a murder.	5
4		2	11/22/63, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $35.) 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.	9
5		1	77 SHADOW STREET, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $28.) A 19th-century tycoon’s mansion has been turned into luxury apartments, but it remains in the grip of evil forces.	2
6		4	LOCKED ON, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Putnam, $28.95.) Jack Ryan Jr. must stop an emerging threat from a Pakistani general.	4
7		9	THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) The third volume of the Millennium trilogy, about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.	73
8		6	THE LITIGATORS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) Partners in a small law firm take on a big case.	11
9		7	THE BEST OF ME, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $25.99.) Twenty-five years after their high school romance ended, a man and woman return to their North Carolina town.	13
10	*	5	KILL ALEX CROSS, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $28.99.) Alex Cross investigates when the president’s children are kidnapped, but the F.BI. and C.I.A. stand in his way.	8
11		8	RED MIST, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $27.95.) The chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta investigates a string of killings linked to the murder of her former deputy.	5
12		10	EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam, $28.) After a disastrous vacation in Hawaii, Stephanie Plum becomes the target of an international killer.	7
13		12	THE DROP, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Harry Bosch of the L.A.P.D. uncovers both the operations of a sadistic killer and a political conspiracy.	6
14		15	A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam, $35.) After a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of "A Song of Ice and Fire."	25
15			A DEVIL IS WAITING, by Jack Higgins. (Putnam, $26.95.) Sean Dillon helps to foil a plot to assassinate the president in London.	1
16	*		THE HUNTER, by John Lescroart. (Dutton, $26.95.) A San Francisco private investigator discovers chilling facts about his birth family.	1

Also Selling

17. HALO - PRIMORDIUM - BOOK TWO OF THE FORERUNNER SAGA, by Greg Bear (Tor)
18. D.C. DEAD, by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
19. DOWN THE DARKEST ROAD, by Tami Hoag (Dutton)
20. THE MARRIAGE PLOT, by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
21. MICRO, by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston (Harper/HarperCollins)
22. THE SENSE OF AN ENDING, by Julian Barnes (Knopf)
23. SISTERHOOD OF DUNE, by Brian Herbert (Tor)
24. GUN GAMES, by Faye Kellerman (Morrow)
25. THE PARIS WIFE, by Paula McLain (Ballantine)
26. COVERT WARRIORS, by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV (Putnam)
27. BREAKDOWN, by Sara Paretsky (Putnam)
28. THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday)
29. 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami (Knopf)
30. THE ART OF FIELDING, by Chad Harbach (Little, Brown)
31. SCARECROW RETURNS, by Matthew Reilly (Simon & Schuster)
32. OUT OF OZ, by Gregory Maguire (Morrow/HarperCollins)
33. STATE OF WONDER, by Ann Patchett (Harper/HarperCollins)
34. V IS FOR VENGEANCE, by Sue Grafton (Marian Wood/Putnam)
35. THE CONFESSION, by Charles Todd (Morrow)

About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the January 22, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 7, 2012.

An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders.

Read a full explanation of our methodology.