Best-Sellers - The New York Times 04/03/2012

Olá leitores,

A lista desta semana traz algumas "novidades". Mais um livro de James Patterson no topo e na terceira posição  Anne Rice. Vale observar que, além dos livros de Stieg Larsson e George Martin, o livro 11/22/63 de Stephen King parece que não vão sair da lista tão cedo, vale a pena conferi-los.

March 4, 2012

THIS WEEK		LAST WEEK	HARDCOVER FICTION	WEEKS ON LIST
1			PRIVATE GAMES, by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Peter Knight, a member of the Private investigative firm, pursues a murderer who is trying to destroy the London Olympics.	1
2		1	KILL SHOT, by Vince Flynn. (Emily Bestler/Atria, $27.99.) A C.I.A. super-agent hunting down perpetrators of the Pan Am Lockerbie bombing, finds himself caught in a dangerous trap.	2
3			THE WOLF GIFT, by Anne Rice. (Knopf, $25.95.) The making of a modern werewolf.	1
4			I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER, by Sophie Kinsella. (Dial, $26.) A frazzled bride-to-be creates havoc when she appropriates a cellphone she found in the trash.	1
5		3	DEFENDING JACOB, by William Landay. (Delacorte, $26.) An assistant district attorney’s life is shaken when his 14-year-old son is accused of murder.	3
6		5	11/22/63, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $35.) A teacher travels back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a Maine diner.	15
7		6	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.	11
8	*	4	PRIVATE: #1 SUSPECT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Jack Morgan, a former Marine and the head of an investigative firm, is accused of murder.	7
9		7	HOME FRONT, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s, $27.99.) A woman’s husband and children are challenged when she is deployed to Iraq.	3
10	*	2	CATCH ME, by Lisa Gardner. (Dutton, $26.95.) A woman asks the Boston detective D.D. Warren to prevent her being murdered in four days’ time.	2
11		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.	79
12			THE HOUSE I LOVED, by Tatiana de Rosnay. (St. Martin’s, $25.99.) A widow defends her house, which is slated to be torn down during Baron Haussmann’s modernization of Paris in the 1860s.	1
13		13	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."	29
14	*	8	TAKEN, by Robert Crais. (Putnam, $26.95.) It’s Joe Pike to the rescue when Elvis Cole is seized by human traffickers.	4
15			ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE JANSON COMMAND, by Paul Garrison. (Grand Central, $27.99.) A former American operative builds a network to help him resolve crises without torture or civilian casualties.	1
16	*	11	RAYLAN, by Elmore Leonard. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) A United States marshal sent to Harlan County, Ky., confronts organ trafficking, strip mining and bank robberies.	5

Also Selling

17. OATH OF OFFICE, by Michael Palmer (St. Martin's)
18. LEFT FOR DEAD, by J. A. Jance (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)
19. RESTLESS IN THE GRAVE, by Dana Stabenow (Minotaur)
20. THE BEST OF ME, by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central)
21. THE LITIGATORS, by John Grisham (Doubleday)
22. BELIEVING THE LIE, by Elizabeth George (Dutton)
23. THE PARIS WIFE, by Paula McLain (Ballantine)
24. THE FEAR INDEX, by Robert Harris (Knopf)
25. WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANNE FRANK, by Nathan Englander (Knopf)
26. THE SNOW CHILD, by Eowyn Ivey (Reagan Arthur)
27. LOVE IN A NUTSHELL, by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly (St. Martin’s)
28. DARTH PLAGUEIS, by James Luceno (LucasBooks)
29. EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN, by Janet Evanovich (Bantam)
30. DEATH OF KINGS, by Bernard Cornwell (Harper/HarperCollins)
31. THE SENSE OF AN ENDING, by Julian Barnes (Knopf)
32. THE ART OF FIELDING, by Chad Harbach (Little, Brown)
33. THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday)
34. THE ORPHAN MASTER’S SON, by Adam Johnson (Random House)
35. THE GARDEN INTRIGUE, by Lauren Willig (Dutton)

About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the March 4, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 18, 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.