From Wisconsin State Journal: Bestselling books
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Lone Wolf," by Jodi Picoult. (Emily Bestler/Atria, $28) The children of a man who studies wolves must make difficult decisions when he is seriously injured in an accident. (Weeks on list: 3)
2. "Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse," by Troy Denning. (LucasBooks, $27) Jedi and Sith reach the endgame in the finale of the Fate of the Jedi series; a "Star Wars" novel. (1)
3. "The Thief," by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. (Putnam, $27.95) Isaac Bell tries to save scientists from German spies. (2)
4. "Kill Shot," by Vince Flynn. (Emily Bestler/Atria, $27.99) A CIA superagent hunting down perpetrators of the Pan Am Lockerbie bombing finds himself caught in a dangerous trap. (6)
5. "Private Games," by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan. (Little, Brown, $27.99) Peter Knight pursues a murderer who is trying to destroy the London Olympics. (5)
6. "Defending Jacob," by William Landay. (Delacorte, $26) An assistant district attorney's life is shaken when his 14-year-old son is accused of murder. (7)
7. "Victims," by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $28) Los Angeles psychologist-detective Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis track down a homicidal maniac. (3)
8. "A Dance with Dragons," by George R.R. Martin. (Bantam, $35) After a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of "A Song of Ice and Fire." (33)
9. "The Expats," by Chris Pavone. (Crown, $26) A burned-out CIA operative encounters personal challenges and political espionage when she moves with her husband to Luxembourg. (2)
10. "The Wolf Gift," by Anne Rice. (Knopf, $25.95) The making of a modern werewolf. (5)
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "American Sniper," by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99) A member of the Navy SEALs who has the most career sniper kills in U.S. military history discusses his childhood, his marriage and his battlefield experiences during the Iraq war. (11)
2. "Killing Lincoln," by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt, $28) The anchor of "The O'Reilly Factor" looks at the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. (25)
3. "The Power of Habit," by Charles Duhigg. (Random House, $28) A Times reporter's account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits. (3)
4. "Steve Jobs," by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster, $35) A biography of the entrepreneur. (21)
5. "Better Than Normal," by Dale Archer. (Crown Archetype, $25) A psychiatrist redefines what constitutes mental health. (1)
6. "The Righteous Mind," by Jonathan Haidt. (Pantheon, $28.95) A psychologist argues that people make decisions based on moral intuitions, which makes them attack opponents self-righteously. (1)
7. "Unbroken," by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House, $27) An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his bomber went down over the Pacific. (70)
8. "Quiet," by Susan Cain. (Crown, $26) Introverts — one-third of the population — are undervalued in American society. (8)
9. "Bringing Up Bebe," by Pamela Druckerman. (Penguin Press, $25.95) An American mother discovers the principles of French parenting. (6)
10. "Thinking, Fast and Slow," by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30) The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions. (21)
— The New York Times
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