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
Reamde
Neal Stephenson

State of Wonder
Ann Patchett

The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern

Rules of Civility
Amor Towles

Aleph
Paulo Coelho

Hardcover Nonfiction
Rin Tin Tin: the Life and the Legend
Susan Orlean

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and and American Family in Hitler’s Berlin
Erik Larson

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Simon Garfield

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
Ron Suskind

The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1944-1945
Ian Kershaw

Paperback Fiction
Freedom
Jonathan Franzen

The Help
Kathryn Stockett

A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One
George R. R. Martin

Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese

The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow

Paperback Nonfiction
Cleopatra: A Live
Stacy Schiff

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot

Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom
Jennifer S. Holland

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis

Let’s Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
Gail Caldwell

Young Adult and Children’s Books
Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein

The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney

Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins

Red Rackham’s Treasure
Hergé

Wonderstruck
Brank Selznick 

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1. Moneyball

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2. 50/50

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3. The Lion King 3D

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4. Dolphin Tale

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5. Contagion

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6. Abduction

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7. What’s Your Number

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