(Vintage Books, $15.95). By E.L. James. The first of a British e-book erotic trilogy that has become a publishing phenomenon. [46]
2. BETRAYAL
(Dell, $7.99). By Danielle Steel. A successful Hollywood director finds out someone has been stealing her money. [2]
(Mira, $7.99). By Debbie Macomber. A woman has a crush on her boss. Then he asks her to help him raise his daughter. [2]
(Vision, $9.99). By James Patterson and and Marshall Karp. A young art student finds bag full of diamonds. Now someone is hunting him to get the bag back. [2]
5. ANGEL MINE
(Mira, $7.99). By Sherryl Woods. A woman struggles to raise her daughter. She tracks out the biological father, but he doesn’t know he has a daughter. [2]
(Vintage Books, $15.95). By E.L. James. How traditional a couple are Ana and Christian? The trilogy’s conclusion answers all. [40]
(Vintage, $15). By P.D. James. A bit of murder is injected into the milieu of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” [6]
(Ballantine, $15). By Paula McLain. A novel about Ernest Hemingway’s first marriage. [11]
(Simon & Schuster, $11.99). By Ray Bradbury. The classic of the future’s war on books is a standard on back to school lists. [2]
(Vintage Books, $15.95). By E.L. James. Book two in the trilogy finds Ana still enraptured by Christian. [41]
Nonfiction
(Morgan James, $14.95). By Joe Mechlinski. [1]
2. AMERICAN SNIPER: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST LETHAL SNIPER IN U.S. MILITARY HISTORY
(Harper, $9.99). By Chris Kyle. [1]
3. PROOF OF HEAVEN: A NEUROSURGEON’S JOURNEY INTO THE AFTERLIFE
(Simon & Schuster, $15.99). By Eben Alexander. A scientist’s near-death experience. [16]
4. QUIET: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN’T STOP TALKING
(Broadway, $16). By Susan Cain. [2]
(W.W. Norton, $15.95). By Paul Krugman. The Nobel Prize-winning economist suggests remedies to the current economic malaise. [2]
6. FROM MAMA’S TABLE TO MINE: EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE COMFORT FOODS AT 350 CALORIES OR LESS
(Ballantine, $22). By Bobby Deen and Melissa Clark. [1]
7. REDEMPTION: THE BALTIMORE RAVENS’ 2012 CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
(Triumph, $14.95). A collectable books recounting the Super Bowl-winning season. [1]
8. THE OFFICIAL SAT STUDY GUIDE
(College Board, $21.99). By the College Board. [135]
9. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2013
(World Almanac Books, $12.99). By Almanac World. [7]
10. THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES: THE SECRET TO LOVE THAT LASTS
(Northfield, $14.99). By Gary D. Chapman. Knowing that special someone. [47]
HARDCOVER
Fiction
1. GONE GIRL
(Crown, $25). By Gillian Flynn. A model couple’s marriage crumbles when the wife vanishes and the husband becomes a prime suspect. [34]
