Ooooooh, it looks like the Easter books are finally out and a number of newcomers are in on this week’s New York Times best sellers list. New this week are:
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
- Movers and Fakers by Lisi Harrison
- If I Stay by Gayle Forman
- Letters to God by Patrick Doughtie and John Perry
- Masterpiece by Elise Broach
Have you read any of these? What did you think?
| CHAPTER BOOKS | |||
| This Week | Weeks on List | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up) | 83 | |
| 2 | CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) The protagonist of “The Hunger Games” returns. (Ages 12 and up) | 32 | |
| 3 | WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON, by John Green and David Levithan. (Dutton/Penguin, $17.99.) Two boys with the same name join forces in a reality possible only in musical theater. (Ages 14 and up) | 1 | |
| 4 | FALLEN, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $17.99.) Thwarted love among misfits at boarding school. (Ages 12 and up) | 18 | |
| 5 | BIG NATE: IN A CLASS BY HIMSELF, written and illustrated by Lincoln Peirce. (Harper/HarperCollins, $12.99.) Where Nate goes, trouble is never far behind. (Ages 8 to 12) | 2 | |
| 6 | SWEET LITTLE LIES, by Lauren Conrad. (Harper/HarperCollins, $17.99.) The heroines of “L.A. Candy” in a new Hollywood story. (Ages 14 and up) | 10 | |
| 7 | PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (THE ULTIMATE GUIDE), by Mary-Jane Knight. Designed by Philip Chidlow. (Disney-Hyperion, $12.99.) Gods, beasts and tips for children with an immortal parent, based on Rick Riordan’s series. (Ages 10 and up) | 12 | |
| 8 | BEFORE I FALL, by Lauren Oliver. (Harper/HarperCollins, $17.99.) Last kisses, death and second chances await a teenager one fateful Friday. (Ages 14 and up) | 6 | |
| 9 | THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher. (Razorbill, $16.99.) Before she commits suicide a girl sends explanatory recordings to 13 people. (Ages 14 and up) | 58 | |
| 10 | WHEN YOU REACH ME, by Rebecca Stead. (Wendy Lamb, $15.99.) A sixth-grade girl in New York City begins receiving mysterious notes. (Ages 9 to 12) | 15 | |
| PAPERBACK BOOKS | ||
| This Week | Weeks on List | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf, $11.99.) A girl saves books from Nazi burning. Excerpt (Ages 14 and up) | 135 |
| 2 | MOVERS AND FAKERS, by Lisi Harrison. (Poppy/Little, Brown, $9.99.) A boarding school with a “no losers” policy. (Ages 12 and up) | 1 |
| 3 | L.A. CANDY, by Lauren Conrad. (HarperCollins, $9.99.) Excitement in TV land. (Ages 14 and up) | 14 |
| 4 | IF I STAY, by Gayle Forman. (Penguin, $8.99.) A young cellist falls into a coma after she suffers an accident. (Ages 14 and up) | 1 |
| 5 | THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney. (Little, Brown, $8.99.) A young boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school. (Ages 12 and up) | 52 |
| 6 | THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Puffin, $8.99.) A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12) | 63 |
| 7 | LETTERS TO GOD, by Patrick Doughtie and John Perry. (Zondervan, $14.99.) A movie tie-in about a boy with terminal cancer. (Ages 14 and up) | 1 |
| 8 | SAVVY, by Ingrid Law. (Puffin, $7.99.) Mibs is about to turn 13, the age at which supernatural talents are conferred on members of her family. (Ages 9 to 12) | 3 |
| 9 | LOCK AND KEY, by Sarah Dessen. (Speak, $8.99.) A crack appears in a girl’s mask of cynicism. (Ages 12 and up) | 23 |
| 10 | MASTERPIECE, by Elise Broach. Illustrated by Kelly Murphy. (Square Fish, $7.99.) Meet the beetle, an artistic fellow whose creations help him forge a friendship with a human boy. (Ages 8 to 13) | 1 |
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