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NEW YORK (AP) _ This international sampling of best selling books, both fiction and non-fiction, is compiled weekly by The Associated Press in cooperation with selected book sellers and professional publications.
UNITED STATES
Fiction
1. «The 6th Target» by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little Brown and Company)
2.``Bad Luck and Trouble» by Lee Child (Delacorte)
3.
«Invisible Prey» by John Sandford (Putnam)
4. «Simple Genius» by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
5. «The Yiddish Policemen's Union» by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
6. «The Children of Hurin» by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
7. «Rant: An Oral Biography Of Buster Casey» by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday)
8. «The Woods» by Harlan Coben (Dutton Adult)
9. «Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th» by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen (St. Martin's Press)
10. «I Heard That Song Before» by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)
Nonfiction
1. «The Secret» by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words)
2. «Einstein: His Life and Universe» by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)
3. «The Dangerous Book for Boys» by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins)
4. «God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything» by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve)
5. «Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life» by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp (HarperCollins)
6. «Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits» by T.D. Jakes (Atria)
7. «A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier» by Ishmael Beah (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
8. «At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA» by George Tenet (HarperCollins)
9. «Jesus of Nazareth» by Pope Benedict XVI (Doubleday)
10. «Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989» by Michael R. Beschloss (Simon & Schuster)
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GERMANY
Fiction
1. «Tannoed» by Andrea Maria Schenkel (Nautilus)
2. «Vermiss mein nicht» Cecelia Ahern (W. Krueger)
3. «Die Kinder Hurins» by John R.R. Tolkien (Klett-Cotta)
4. «Nie wieder achtzig!» by Dieter Hildebrandt (Blessing)
5. «Tender Bar» by J.R. Moehringer (Fischer)
6. «Die Vermessung der Welt» by Daniel Kehlmann (Rowohlt)
7. «Lea» by Pascal Mercier (Hanser)
8. «Kurze Geschichte des Traktors auf Ukrainisch» by Marina Lewycka (dtv)
9. «Die dritte Jungfrau» by Fred Vargas (Aufbau)
10. «Die Girls von Riad» by Rajaa Alsanea (Pendo)
Nonfiction
1. «Ich bin dann mal weg» by Hape Kerkeling (Malik)
2. «Jesus von Nazareth» by Benedikt XVI. (Herder)
3. «Runzel-Ich - Wer schoen sein will...» by Susanne Froehlich/ Constanze Kleis (W. Krueger)
4. «Das Ende ist mein Anfang» by Tiziano Terzani (DVA)
5. «Was in zwei Koffer passt - Klosterjahre» by Veronika Peters (Goldmann)
6. «Ich bitte nicht um mein Leben» by Marina Nemat (Weltbild)
7. «Gauner muß man Gauner nennen» by Ulrich Wickert (Piper)
8. «Reifepruefung - Die Frau von 50 Jahren» by Petra Gerster (Rowohlt Berlin)
9. «The Secret - Das Geheimnis» by Ronda Byrne (Goldmann)
10.``Liebe dich selbst» by Eva-Maria Zurhorst (Goldmann)
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FRANCE
Fiction
1. «Les enfants de la liberte» by Marc Levy (Robert Laffont)
2. «Parce que je t'aime» by Guillaume Musso (XO)
3. «La femme du Veme» by Douglas Kennedy (Belfond)
4. «Cette chanson que je noublierai jamais» by Mary Higgins Clark (Albin Michel)
5. «L'elegance du herisson» by Muriel Barbery (Gallimard)
6. «La sorciere de Portobello» by Paulo Coelho (Flammarion)
7. «Quand viendra la fin du voyage... 1964-1967» by Regina Desforges (Fayard)
8. «Echo Park» by Michael Connelly (Seuil)
9. «Le serment des limbes» by Jean-Christophe Grange (Albin Michel)
10. «L'immortel» by Franz-Olivier Geisbert (Flammarion)
Nonfiction
1. «La femme fatale» by Raphaelle Bacque and Ariane Chemin (Albin Michel)
2. «Un pouvoir nomme desir» by Catherine Nay (Grasset)
3. «Qui connait madame Royal?» by Eric Besson and Claude Askolovitch (Grasset)
4. «Le sacre de Nicolas» by Ghislaine Ottenheimer (Seuil)
5. «Nicolas Sarkozy, de Neuilly à lElysée» by Bruno Jeudy and Ludovic Vigogne (Archipel)
6. «Ma verite sur la planete» by Claude Allegre (Fayard/Plon)
7. «Bleu à lâme» by Christophe Dominici (Le Cherche Midi)
8. «Annie Girardot, la memoire de ma mere» by Giulia Salvatori (Michel Lafon)
9. «Le petit Nicolas, Segolene et les copains» by Gospe Sempinny (Rocher)
10. «Ensemble» by Nicolas Sarkozy (XO)
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BRAZIL
Fiction
1. «A Menina Que Roubava Livros» by Markus Zusak (Editora Intrinseca Ltda Me)
2. «O Caçador de Pipas» by Khaled Hosseini (Editora Nova Fronteira S.A)
3. «O Código da Vinci» by Dan Brown (Editora Sextante Ltda)
4. «O Guardião de Memórias» by Kim Edwards (Editora Sextante Ltda)
5. «A Distância Entre Nós» by Thrity N. Umrigar (Editora Nova Fronteira S.A)
6. «Neve» by Orhan Pamuk (Editora Schwarcz Ltda)
7. «O Afegão» by Frederick Forsyth (Editora Rcb Ltda)
8. «A Estrada da Noite» by Joe Hill (Editora Sextante)
9. «Quando Nietzsche Chorou» by Irvin D. Yalom (Ediouro Publicaçes S.A.)
10. «O Pequeno Príncipe - Brochura» by Antoine Saint-exupery (Agir Editora Ltda)
Nonfiction
1. «Marley & Eu - Vida e Amor ao Lado do Pior Cão do Mundo» by John Grogan (Ediouro Publicaçes S.A)
2. «Roberto Carlos em Detalhes» by Paulo César Araújo (Editora Planeta do Brasil Ltda)
3. «De Bagdá, com Muito Amor» by Melinda Roth (Editora Best Seller Ltda)
4. «Istambul» by Orhan Pamuk (Editora Schwarcz Ltda)
5. «O Livreiro de Cabul» by Âsne Seierstad (Editora Rcb Ltda)
6. «Aprender a Viver» by Luc Ferry (Editora Objetiva Ltda)
7. «Meu Pescoço É um Horror» by Nora Ephron (Editora Rocco Ltda)
8. «Eu Sou o Livreiro de Cabul» by Shahid Muhammad (Ed. Bertrand Brasil Ltda)
9. «O Mundo É Plano - Uma Breve História do Século XXI» by Thomas Friedman (Editora Objetiva Ltda)
10. «Os Desafios da Terapia» by Irvin D. Yalom (Ediouro Publicaçes S.A.)
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INDIA
Fiction
1. «On Chesil Beach» by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape)
2. «The Namesake» by Jhumpa Lahiri (HarperCollins)
3. «The Witch of Portobello» by Paulo Coelho (HarperCollins)
4. «The Road» by Cormac McCarthy (Picador)
5. «Bad Luck and Trouble» by Lee Child (Bantam Press)
6. «Step on a Crack» by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Headline)
7. «Wolf of the Plains» by Conn Iggulden (HarperCollins)
8. «Salaam, Paris» by Kavita Daswani (Penguin Books)
9. «Digging to America» by Anne Tyler (Vintage Books)
10. «Tomorrow» by Graham Swift (Picador)
Nonfiction
1. «India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy» by Ramachandra Guha (Picador India)
2. «The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Dehi 1857» by William Dalrymple (Penguin Viking)
3. «Reflections in a Sacred Pond» by Murad Ali Baig (Tara Press)
4. «The Secret» by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words Publishing)
5. «Beyond the Three Seas» by Michael H. Fisher (Random House - India)
6. «Nixon and Mao» by Margaret Macmillan (Random House - New York)
7. «A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time: The Story of the Taj Mahal» by Diana and Michael Preston (Doubleday)
8. «Provoked» by Kiranjit Ahluwalia and Rahila Gupta (HarperCollins)
9. «Nixon and Kissinger» by Robert Dallek (HarperCollins)
10. «In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India» by Edward Luce (Little Brown)
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ARGENTINA
Fiction
1. «Cien anos de soledad» by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Alfaguara)
2. «El soberano del Nilo» by Wilbur Smith (Emece)
3. «El principito» by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Emece)
4. «Los hijos de Hurin» by J. R. R. Tolkien (Minotauro)
5. «Muertos de amor» by Jorge Lanata (Aguilar)
6. «El ultimo encuentro» by Sandor Marai (Salamadra)
7. «Viajes por el scriptorium» by Paul Auster (Anagrama)
8. «El perfume» by Patrick Suskind (Seix Barral)
9. «Retrato en sangre» by John Katzenbach (Ediciones B)
10. «Escucha mi voz» by Susana Tamaro (Seix Barral)
Nonfiction
1. «Matematica, Estas Ahi?» by Adrian Paenza (Siglo Ventiuno Editores)
2. «La vida eterna» by Fernando Savater (Ariel)
3. «Padre Rico, Padre Pobre» by Robert T. Kiyosaki (Aguilar)
4. «Matematica, Estas Ahi? Episodio 2» by Adrian Paenza (Siglo Ventiuno Editores)
5. «Memorias del incendio» by Eduardo Duhalde (Sudamericana)
6. «Manifiesto civico argentino» by Sergio Bergman (Ediciones B)
7. «El libro negro del psicoanalisis» by Catherine Meyer, Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, Jean Cottraux, Didier Pleux, Jacques Van Rillaer (Sudamericana)
8. «Los mitos de la historia argentina» by Felipe Pigna (Norma)
9. «Los hombres son de Marte, las mujeres son de Venus» by John Gray (Oceano)
10. «Las pequenas memorias» by Jose Saramago (Aguilar)
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Source: United States, Publisher's Weekly; Germany, Der Spiegel; Britain, Waterstone's Booksellers; France, Livres Hebdo; Brazil, Saraiva; India, Bahri Sons; Argentina, Cuspide.
