Best Sellers 5-20-12

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Here are the best sellers for the week ending May 12, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

Here are the best sellers for the week ending May 12, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

HARDCOVER

FICTION

1. “11th Hour.” James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown, $27.99

2. “Bring Up the Bodies.” Hilary Mantel. Holt, $28

3. “Deadlocked.” Charlaine Harris. Ace, $27.95

4. “In One Person.” John Irving. Simon & Schuster, $28

5. “The Road to Grace.” Richard Paul Evans. Simon & Schuster, $19.99

6. “The Innocent.” David Baldacci. Grand Central, $27.99

7. “Calico Joe.” John Grisham. Doubleday, $24.95

8. “Home.” Toni Morrison. Knopf, $24

9. “The Wind Through the Keyhole.” Stephen King. Scribner, $27.

10. “The Sins of the Father.” Jeffrey Archer. St. Martin’s, $27.99

11. “The Witness.” Nora Roberts. Putnam, $27.95

12. “Robert B. Parker’s Lullaby.” Ace Atkins. Putnam, $26.95

13. “A Dog’s Journey.” W. Bruce Cameron. Forge, $24.99

14. “The Lost Years.” Mary Higgins Clark. Simon & Schuster, $26.99

15. “The Family Corleone.” Ed Falco. Grand Central, $27.99

16. “The Shoemaker’s Wife.” Adriana Trigiani. Harper, $26.99

17. “A Dance with Dragons.” George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $35

18. “Betrayal.” Danielle Steel. Delacorte, $28

19. “Guilty Wives.” James Patterson and David Ellis. Little, Brown, $27.99

20. “Sacre Bleu.” Christopher Moore. Morrow, $26.99

21. “Unnatural Acts.” Stuart Woods. Putnam, $26.95

22.” The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection.” Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon, $24.95

23. “The Inquisitor’s Key.” Jefferson Bass. Morrow, $25.99

24. “The Paris Wife.” Paula McLain. Ballantine, $25

25. “Skinnydipping.” Bethenny Frankel. Touchstone, $25

HARDCOVER

NONFICTION

1. “The Passage of Power.” Robert Caro. Knopf, $35

2. “I Am a Pole (And So Can You!).” Stephen Colbert. Grand Central, 15.99

3. “Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake.” Anna Quindlen. Random House, $26

4. “Most Talkative.” Andy Cohen. Holt, $25

5. “Screwed!” Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. Broadside, $27.99

6. “Bombshell.” Suzanne Somers. Crown, $26

7. “The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier.” Ree Drummond. Morrow, $29.99

8. “This Is How.” Augusten Burroughs. St. Martin’s, $24.99

9. “Prague Winter.” Madeleine Albright. Harper, $29.99

10. “Killing Lincoln.” Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. Holt, $28

11. “Drift.” Rachel Maddow. Crown, $25

12. “The Loyalty Leap.” Bryan Pearson. Portfolio, $25.95

13. “Service.” Marcus Luttrell with James D. Hornfischer. Little, Brown, $27.99

14. “My Cross to Bear.” Gregg Allman. Morrow, $27.99

15. “The Blood Sugar Solution.” Mark Hyman, M.D. Little, Brown, $27.99

16. “Imagine.” Jonah Lehrer. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26

17. “One Thousand Gifts.” Ann Voskamp. Zondervan, $16.99

18. “The Presidents Club.” Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy. Simon & Schuster, $32.50

19. “Unbroken.” Laura Hillenbrand. Random House, $27

20. “Mrs. Kennedy and Me. Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin.” Gallery, $26

21. “Weeknights with Giada.” Giada De Laurentiis. Clarkson Potter, $35

22. “The Power of Habit.” Charles Duhigg. Random House, $28

23. “The 17 Day Diet.” Dr. Mike Moreno. Free Press, $25

24. “Vegan Cooking for Carnivores.” Roberto Martin. Grand Central, $29.99

25. “Steve Jobs.” Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster, $35

Reprinted from Publishers Weekly