Cassie Clare may not be at the top of the best sellers list this week, but she’s in good company with Lauren Kate, whose sequel to Fallen — Torment — was released this week. The paperback version of Fallen also made the list, in addition to the paperback of Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush. Fans must be gearing up for that book’s sequel, Crescendo, which comes out Oct. 19.
| CHAPTER BOOKS | ||
| This Week | Weeks on List | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TORMENT, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $17.99.) A novel about the nephilim, the children of humans and fallen angels. (Ages 12 and up) | 1 |
| 2 | THE RED PYRAMID, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99.) Ancient gods (this time from Egypt) and a mortal family meet. (Ages 10 and up) | 22 |
| 3 | CLOCKWORK ANGEL, by Cassandra Clare. (McElderry/Simon & Schuster, $19.99.) Victorian England proves a treacherous place. (Ages 14 and up) | 5 |
| 4 | THE EXILED QUEEN, by Cinda Williams Chima. (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99.) A tale of heroes, wizards, stolen amulets and forced marriages. (Ages 12 and up) | 1 |
| 5 | TALES FROM A NOT-SO-POPULAR PARTY GIRL, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Aladdin, $12.99.) The further reflections of Nikki Maxwell on the agonies of middle school; a “Dork Diaries” book. (Ages 9 to 13) | 16 |
| 6 | LINGER, by Maggie Stiefvater. (Scholastic Press/Scholastic, $17.99.) The teenage werewolves of “Shiver” face a new test of love and loyalty. (Ages 12 and up) | 12 |
| 7 | MONSTER HIGH, by Lisi Harrison. (Poppy/Little, Brown, $16.99.) Frankie Stein worries about befriending “normal” classmates. (Ages 12 and up) | 5 |
| 8 | DORK DIARIES, written and illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell. (Aladdin, $12.99.) Reflections of a junior Samuel Pepys of the female variety. (Ages 9 to 13) | 26 |
| 9 | THE SEARCH FOR WONDLA, written and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi. (Simon & Schuster, $17.99.) Eva Nine, who lives underground, surfaces to escape danger. (Ages 10 and up) | 2 |
| 10 | RECKLESS, written and illustrated by Cornelia Funke. (Little, Brown, $19.99.) Boys and beasts in a dark place called Mirrorworld. (Ages 10 and up) | 3 |
| 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) | 160 |
| 2 | THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean. (HarperCollins, $7.99.) To avoid a killer, a boy lives in a cemetery. Excerpt (Ages 10 and up) | 1 |
| 3 | THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Puffin/Penguin, $8.99.) A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12) | 88 |
| 4 | RADIANCE, by Alyson Noël. (Square Fish/St. Martin’s, $7.99.) Adventures in the afterlife, where the time is always Now. (Ages 9 to 12) | 5 |
| 5 | BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. (Little, Brown, $17.99.) A secret wrapped in a Southern Gothic novel. (Ages 12 and up) | 2 |
| 6 | 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) | 76 |
| 7 | NERDS (BOOK ONE: NATIONAL ESPIONAGE, RESCUE, AND DEFENSE SOCIETY), by Michael Buckley. (Amulet/Abrams, $6.95.) Stealth is challenging when you wear orthodontic headgear. (Ages 8 to 12) | 1 |
| 8 | SHIVER, by Maggie Stiefvater. (Scholastic, $8.99.) Love among the lupine. (Ages 13 and up) | 17 |
| 9 | HUSH, HUSH, by Becca Fitzpatrick. (Simon & Schuster, $17.99.) A love story of immortals and ancient battles. (Ages 14 and up) | 2 |
| 10 | FALLEN, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $9.99.) Love is thwarted at a boarding school where the students are not your average mortals. (Ages 12 and up) | 1 |
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