Best-Sellers - The New York Times 11/03/12

Olá leitores,

Esta semana temos J. D. Robb no topo. Para quem não conhece, J. D. Robb é um pseudônimo de Nora Roberts, no qual ela escreve livros de suspense policial. Desde 2001 todos os livros de J. D. Robb entram na lista de best-sellers do New York Times! Vale a pena dar uma conferida!

March 11, 2012

THIS WEEK		LAST WEEK	HARDCOVER FICTION	WEEKS ON LIST
1			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.	1
2			A PERFECT BLOOD, by Kim Harrison. (Harper Voyager/HarperCollins, $26.99.) The witch Rachel Morgan faces a human hate group that is trying to create its own demons; Book 10 of the Hollows series.	1
3		2	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.	3
4		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.	2
5		3	THE WOLF GIFT, by Anne Rice. (Knopf, $25.95.) The making of a modern werewolf.	2
6		5	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.	4
7		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.	2
8			THE SHADOW PATROL, by Alex Berenson. (Putnam, $26.95.) The former C.I.A. operative John Wells returns to Afghanistan to pursue a possible leak from the C.I.A. station.	1
9			SONOMA ROSE, by Jennifer Chiaverini. (Dutton, $25.95.) A California woman fleeing an abusive husband hides with a former lover in Sonoma County, where winemakers struggle under Prohibition.	1
10	*	6	11/22/63, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $35.) A teacher travels back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a Maine diner.	16
11		7	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.	12
12		9	HOME FRONT, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s, $27.99.) A woman’s husband and children are challenged when she is deployed to Iraq.	4
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."	30
14	*	8	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.	8
15		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.	2
16	*	10	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.	3

Also Selling

17. THE PARIS WIFE, by Paula McLain (Ballantine)
18. ROBERT LUDLUM’S THE JANSON COMMAND, by Paul Garrison (Grand Central)
19. TAKEN, by Robert Crais (Putnam)
20. RAYLAN, by Elmore Leonard (Morrow/HarperCollins)
21. BEFORE THE POISON, by Peter Robinson (Morrow)
22. ECHOES OF BETRAYAL, by Elizabeth Moon (Del Rey)
23. THE SNOW CHILD, by Eowyn Ivey (Reagan Arthur)
24. THE BEST OF ME, by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central)
25. WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANNE FRANK, by Nathan Englander (Knopf)
26. LEFT FOR DEAD, by J. A. Jance (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)
27. THE DRESSMAKER, by Kate Alcott (Doubleday)
28. THE LITIGATORS, by John Grisham (Doubleday)
29. THE SENSE OF AN ENDING, by Julian Barnes (Knopf)
30. LOVE IN A NUTSHELL, by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly (St. Martin’s)
31. EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN, by Janet Evanovich (Bantam)
32. DARTH PLAGUEIS, by James Luceno (LucasBooks)
33. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)
34. OATH OF OFFICE, by Michael Palmer (St. Martin's)
35. THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday)

About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the March 11, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 25, 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.