The Book Table‘s bestsellers of the week for Hardcover Fiction, Hardcover Nonfiction, Paperback Fiction, Paperback Nonfiction and Young Adult and Children’s Books.
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Hardcover Fiction
Dreams of Joy
Lisa See
Caleb’s Crossing
Geraldine Brooks
Emily, Alone
Stewart O’Nan
The Pale King
David Foster Wallace
Pym
Mat Johnson
Hardcover Nonfiction
County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago’s Public Hospital
David Ansell
In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson
Bossypants
Tina Fey
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
David McCullough
She Walks in Beauty: A Woman’s Journey Through Poems
Caroline Kennedy
Paperback Fiction
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin
Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese
The Frozen Rabbi
Steve Stern
Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart
Paperback Nonfiction
Oak Park: The Evolution of a Village
David Sokol
Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
Juan Gonzalez
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
John Valliant
Twenty-Five Books That Shaped America
Thomas Foster
Empire of the Summer Moon
S. C. Gwynne
Young Adult and Children’s Books
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney
Throne of Fire
Rick Riordan
I Am the Messenger
Markus Zusak
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie