Best-Sellers - The New York Times 01/04/12

Olá leitores,

A novidade desta semana é para aqueles que curtem Star Wars. O livro Apocalypse, lançado no dia 13 de Março, já está na lista da semana. Confiram!

April 1, 2012

THIS WEEK		LAST WEEK	HARDCOVER FICTION	WEEKS ON LIST
1		2	LONE WOLF, by Jodi Picoult. (Emily Bestler/Atria, $28.) The children of a man who studies wolves must make difficult decisions when he is seriously injured in an accident.	3
2			FATE OF THE JEDI: APOCALYPSE, by Troy Denning. (LucasBooks, $27.) Jedi and Sith reach the endgame in the finale of the Fate of the Jedi series; a “Star Wars” novel.	1
3		1	THE THIEF, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. (Putnam, $27.95.) Isaac Bell tries to save scientists from German spies.	2
4		5	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.	6
5		6	PRIVATE GAMES, by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Peter Knight pursues a murderer who is trying to destroy the London Olympics.	5
6		9	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.	7
7		10	VICTIMS, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $28.) The Los Angeles psychologist-detective Alex Delaware and the detective Milo Sturgis track down a homicidal maniac.	3
8	*	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."	33
9		14	THE EXPATS, by Chris Pavone. (Crown, $26.) A burned-out C.I.A. operative encounters personal challenges and political espionage when she moves with her husband to Luxembourg.	2
10	*	11	THE WOLF GIFT, by Anne Rice. (Knopf, $25.95.) The making of a modern werewolf.	5
11		4	FAIR GAME, by Patricia Briggs. (Ace, $26.95.) Two werewolves, an Alpha and an Omega, help the F.B.I. track a serial killer who is murdering preternatural beings.	2
12	*	8	CELEBRITY IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. (Putnam, $27.95.) Lt. Eve Dallas investigates when an actress drowns at the opening party for a movie based on one of her cases; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.	4
13			MONDAY MORNINGS, by Sanjay Gupta. (Grand Central, $24.99.) A novel by the CNN medical correspondent and neurosurgeon about five surgeons and the life-and-death decisions they make.	1
14	*	12	11/22/63, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $35.) A teacher travels back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a Maine diner.	19
15		3	A RISING THUNDER, by David Weber. (Baen, $26.) Honor Harrington defends the Star Empire of Manticore in a new and terrible war.	2
16	*		ANOTHER PIECE OF MY HEART, by Jane Green. (St. Martin’s, $25.99.) A woman in her late 30s marries the man of her dreams and reaches out to his daughters by his previous marriage, but one of them is determined to destroy her.	1

Also Selling

17. I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER, by Sophie Kinsella (Dial)
18. AN AMERICAN SPY, by Olen Steinhauer (Minotaur)
19. DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY, by P. D. James (Knopf)
20. A CROWN IMPERILED, by Raymond E. Feist (Harper Voyager)
21. THE PARIS WIFE, by Paula McLain (Ballantine)
22. CHASING MIDNIGHT, by Randy Wayne White (Putnam)
23. A PERFECT BLOOD, by Kim Harrison (Harper Voyager/HarperCollins)
24. THE BEST OF ME, by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central)
25. CAIN AT GETTYSBURG, by Ralph Peters (Forge)
26. ARCADIA, by Lauren Groff (Voice)
27. THE HOUSE I LOVED, by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin’s)
28. THE SNOW CHILD, by Eowyn Ivey (Reagan Arthur)
29. HOME FRONT, by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s)
30. HUSH NOW, DON'T YOU CRY, by Rhys Bowen (Minotaur)
31. CINNAMON ROLL MURDER, by Joanne Fluke (Kensington)
32. THE SENSE OF AN ENDING, by Julian Barnes (Knopf)
33. THE ART OF FIELDING, by Chad Harbach (Little, Brown)
34. THE DRESSMAKER, by Kate Alcott (Doubleday)
35. THE SONG OF ACHILLES, by Madeline Miller (Ecco)

About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the April 1, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 17, 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.