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Best Sellers · 2010s

2012

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

77 SHADOW STREET

PRIVATE: #1 SUSPECT

James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

BELIEVING THE LIE

Elizabeth George

Hardcover Nonfiction

Walter Isaacson

AMERICAN SNIPER

Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice

February

Hardcover Fiction

PRIVATE: #1 SUSPECT

James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Hardcover Nonfiction

AMERICAN SNIPER

Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice

March

Hardcover Fiction

James Patterson and Mark Sullivan

CELEBRITY IN DEATH

Clive Cussler and Justin Scott

Hardcover Nonfiction

AMERICAN SNIPER

Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice

April

Hardcover Fiction

Mary Higgins Clark

Hardcover Nonfiction

AMERICAN SNIPER

Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE

Charlaine Harris

James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE PASSAGE OF POWER

June

Hardcover Fiction

Clive Cussler and Graham Brown

Laurell K. Hamilton

Hardcover Nonfiction

July

Hardcover Fiction

WICKED BUSINESS

Janet Evanovich

SHADOW OF NIGHT

Deborah Harkness

Hardcover Nonfiction

August

Hardcover Fiction

THE FALLEN ANGEL

Hardcover Nonfiction

September

Hardcover Fiction

THE TIME KEEPER

Hardcover Nonfiction

Laura Hillenbrand

OBAMA'S AMERICA

Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer

October

Hardcover Fiction

WINTER OF THE WORLD

THE CASUAL VACANCY

Hardcover Nonfiction

Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer

KILLING KENNEDY

Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

November

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

KILLING KENNEDY

Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

December

Hardcover Fiction

NOTORIOUS NINETEEN

Janet Evanovich

Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney

Hardcover Nonfiction

KILLING KENNEDY

Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

THOMAS JEFFERSON

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