What’s with the pony? It’s the one Mary Kay Andrews promised you on Library Love Fest if her new book, The Fixer Upper went on the bestseller list.

It did; at #13, so here’s your pony, direct from Andrews’s blog.

This is the second time on the hardcover fiction list for Andrews; her ‘08 title, Deep Dish also went on at #13 and stayed on the extended list for three more weeks.

Based on hold patterns in six large libraries we checked, Andrews is more popular in libraries than the titles that debuted at #2 and #4; The Fixer Upper had a total of 344 holds, while the others had around 315 each.

The Fixer Upper Mary Kay Andrews Retail Price: $25.99 Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Harper – (2009-07-01) ISBN / EAN: 0060837381 / 9780060837389

It’s also available from HarperAudio:

• Read by: Isabel Keating
• Unabridged; $36.99
• ISBN/EAN: 9780061768040/ 0061768049

• Paperback: $25.99; 688 pages
• Publisher: HarperLuxe;  (June 23, 2009)
• ISBN-10: 0061774952
• ISBN-13: 978-0061774959

Other Debuts

#1

Finger Lickin’ Fifteen (Stephanie Plum Novels) Janet Evanovich Retail Price: $27.95 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press – (2009-06-23) ISBN / EAN: 0312383282 / 9780312383282

#2

The Doomsday Key: A Novel James Rollins Retail Price: $27.99 Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: William Morrow – (2009-07-01) ISBN / EAN: 0061231401 / 9780061231407

#4

Omen (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, Book 2) Christie Golden Retail Price: $27.00 Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: LucasBooks – (2009-06-23) ISBN / EAN: 0345509129 / 9780345509123

In today’s Book Buzz column, USA Today point out that The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, just published in trade paper, re-enters their list at #11. In hardcover, its highest spot was #32. The second book in the series, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo pubs at the end of the month.

Many libraries still have significant levels of reserves on Dragon Tattoo. In fact, in several libraries, reserves on Tattoo are running ahead of Fire.

The release of Fire will bring even more attention to the first book; it’s a good time to consider picking up additional copies in trade paper.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage) Stieg Larsson Retail Price: $14.95 Paperback: 608 pages Publisher: Vintage – (2009-06-23) ISBN / EAN: 0307454541 / 9780307454546

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The Girl Who Played with Fire Stieg Larsson Retail Price: $25.95 Hardcover: 512 pages Publisher: Knopf – (2009-07-28) ISBN / EAN: 0307269981 / 9780307269980

Based on its performance on Amazon and library holds, we expected Perfection to rise on this list. We were wrong, it actually slid from #16 to #25 on the Extended Nonfiction list. Libraries are still showing holds

New titles to the list are:

#8

Are You Kidding Me?: The Story of Rocco Mediate’s Extraordinary Battle with Tiger Woods at the US Open Rocco Mediate, John Feinstein Retail Price: $26.99 Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Little, Brown and Company – (2009-05-18) ISBN / EAN: 0316049107 / 9780316049108

#10

Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival Norman Ollestad Retail Price: $25.99 Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Ecco – (2009-06-01) ISBN / EAN: 0061766720 / 9780061766725

Also available from HarperAudio:

And in large type:

#16 (tied with #15)

Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath Michael Norman, Elizabeth M. Norman Retail Price: $30.00 Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux – (2009-06-09) ISBN / EAN: 0374272603 / 9780374272609

Also in audio from Tantor:

Narrator: Michael Prichard

• 14 Audio CDs (Retail Unikeep Pkg); EAN: 9781400111671
List Price: $39.99
• 14 Audio CDs (Library BinderL Pkg); EAN: 9781400141678
List Price: $79.99
• 2 Mp3-CDs (Retail SlimlineL Pkg); EAN: 9781400161676
List Price: $29.99

#27 Extended

The Mad Ones: Crazy Joe Gallo and the Revolution at the Edge of the Underworld Tom Folsom Retail Price: $24.95 Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Weinstein Books – (2009-05-05) ISBN / EAN: 1602860815 / 9781602860810

Carlos Ruiz Zafón is a double winner this week. Not only does his new novel, Angel’s Game, hit the list at #3, but his previous title, Shadow of the Wind, goes back on the Trade Paperback Fiction Extended list at #21.

Two titles mark their author’s debuts on the fiction list. Links are to our earlier coverage:

#23 Extended – Commencement, J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, 6/16

#30 Extended – A Short History of Women, Kate Walbert, Scribner, 6/16

Authors returning to the list with their new titles are:

#1 Knockout, Catherine Coulter, Putnam

#9 The Neighbor, Lisa Gardner, Bantam

#14 Dune Road, Jane Green, Viking

As USA Today puts it in today’s Book Buzz column, “Teens rule,” with two new teen titles debuting in the top 20 of the paper’s bestseller list.

Sarah Dessen hits her highest spot to date on the list, with Along for the Ride at #11.

Along for the Ride Sarah Dessen Retail Price: $19.99 Hardcover: 383 pages Publisher: Viking Juvenile – (2009-06-16) ISBN / EAN: 0670011940 / 9780670011940

Also available in audio:

Publisher: Penguin Audio (June 16, 2009); $34.95
ISBN-10: 0143144669
ISBN-13: 978-0143144663

And, downloadable eBook and audio from OverDrive.

• Dessen outshines Hills star Lauren Conrad, whose first book L.A. Candy arrives at #17. Conrad’s book uses embeded codes on the book jacket for “mobile marketing,” but Dessen tells USA Today that “people still have a need for actual stories, especially teen girls who like to find themselves in a story.”

L.A. Candy Lauren Conrad Retail Price: $17.99 Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: HarperCollins – (2009-06-01) ISBN / EAN: 0061767581 / 9780061767586

Also in audio:

Unabridged: $15
Publisher: HarperChildrensAudio; 6/16; $15
ISBN: 9780061803598
ISBN 10: 0061803596

And downloadable eBook and audio from OverDrive.

Perfection, which has been on several summer reading lists and gotten strong consumer reviews (but quite a different reception prepub), nearly hits the main 6/28 NYT Nonfiction list. It goes on at #16, putting it on the extended list. Judging from library reserves and the Amazon list, it is likely to climb higher next week.

Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal Julie Metz Retail Price: $23.99 Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Voice – (2009-06-09) ISBN / EAN: 1401322557 / 9781401322557

Melissa Gilbert’s memoir, Prairie Tale, goes on at #5.

Soul Survivor arrives at #11; libraries own modest quantities, with equally modest reserves.

As the NYT Arts Beat blog notes, the top two entries on the NYT Graphic Hardcover Best Sellers list  are grapic novels based on video games:

#1 Halo: Uprising

Halo: Uprising Brian Michael Bendis Retail Price: $24.99 Hardcover: 168 pages Publisher: Marvel Books – (2009-06-16) ISBN / EAN: 0785128387 / 9780785128380

#2 World of Warcraft — Ashbringer

World of Warcraft: Ashbringer Micky Neilson Retail Price: $19.99 Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: WildStorm – (2009-06-09) ISBN / EAN: 1401223419 / 9781401223410

For the rest of the list, as well as the paperback and manga lists, click here.

The following are new to the lists:

Picture Books, #2

Elephants Cannot Dance! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) Mo Willems Retail Price: $8.99 Hardcover: 64 pages Publisher: Hyperion Book CH – (2009-06-09) ISBN / EAN: 1423114108 / 9781423114109

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Chapter Books, #8

Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life Rachel Renee Russell Retail Price: $12.99 Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Aladdin – (2009-06-02) ISBN / EAN: 1416980067 / 9781416980063

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Series Books, #6

Gallagher Girls goes on the list with the 3rd in the series

Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls) Ally Carter Retail Price: $16.99 Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Hyperion Book CH – (2009-06-09) ISBN / EAN: 1423116380 / 9781423116387

Also in audio:

• Audio CD: $24.99; Unabridged
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio; (June 9, 2009)
• ISBN-10: 1423396839
• ISBN-13: 978-1423396833

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane debuts on the 6/28 list and also arrives at #20 on the USA Today general list.

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane Katherine Howe Price: $25.99 Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Voice – (2009-06-09) ISBN-10: 1401340903 ISBN-13: 9781401340902

An unabridged audio version is available from HarperAudio:

• Audio CD: $39.99 (June 9, 2009)
• ISBN-10: 1401393055
• ISBN-13: 978-1401393052

Below are children’s titles new to the NYT and/or the USA Today best seller lists:

#11 USA Today, general 
#3 NYT Children’s Series Books (series has been on a total of 10 weeks)

The 39 Clues: Beyond the Grave Jude Watson Retail Price: $12.99 Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Scholastic Inc. – (2009-06-01) ISBN / EAN: 0545060443 / 9780545060448

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#138 USA Today, general
#10 NYT Children’s series (second week)

Carpe Corpus (Morganville Vampires, Book 6) Rachel Caine Retail Price: $6.99 Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Signet – (2009-06-02) ISBN / EAN: 0451227190 / 9780451227195

Tantor is releasing the entire Morganville series in audio. 

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#8 NYT Children’s Chapter Books

Hunger: A Gone Novel Michael Grant Retail Price: $17.99 Hardcover: 608 pages Publisher: HarperTeen – (2009-05-26) ISBN / EAN: 0061449067 / 9780061449062

The NYT Arts Beat Blog comments that the new hardcover graphic books best seller list is “crammed” with graphic novel adaptations of popular books. At #1 is Storm Front, the first in the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher.

The Dresden Files: Storm Front Jim Butcher Retail Price: $22.95 Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: Del Rey/Dabel Brothers – (2009-06-02) ISBN / EAN: 0345506391 / 9780345506399

The second volume in the series is coming out in October.

The Dresden Files: Storm Front, Volume 2 Jim Butcher Retail Price: $22.95 Hardcover: 112 pages Publisher: Del Rey/Dabel Brothers – (2009-10-27) ISBN / EAN: 0345516206 / 9780345516206

As the Graphic Novel Reporter recently reported, adapting books to comics and manga is an growing trend. Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, and Laurell K. Hamilton all have collaborated on adaptations of their novels. In manga there’s the Warriors series, original stories set in the world of Erin Hunter’s Warriors books and Dean Koontz worked with Manga artist Queenie Chan for a prequel to the Odd Thomas series, In Odd We Trust.

The first book in Donald Westlake’s Parker series (under the pseudonym Richard Stark) is coming as a graphic novel this summer:

Parker: The Hunter Darwyn Cooke Retail Price: $24.99 Hardcover: 144 pages Publisher: Idea & Design Works Llc – (2009-07-14) ISBN / EAN: 1600104932 / 9781600104930

And, mystery writer Ian Rankin will be publishing his first graphic novel in August:

Dark Entries Ian Rankin Retail Price: $19.99 Hardcover: 216 pages Publisher: Vertigo – (2009-08-25) ISBN / EAN: 1401213863 / 9781401213862

For more on upcoming graphic novels, check:

• 2009 Hot Fall Graphic Novels for Libraries from the Book Expo program  
  
• Hottest Graphic Novels of Summer 2009 in Graphic Novel Reporter

What with all the summer previews and the fall picks from BEA, we’ve neglected the best seller lists for a few weeks and NONE OF YOU HAVE COMPLAINED.

Perhaps you don’t need this feature? Please, let us know in the comments.

Here’s a roundup of what’s been happening in fiction.

The following authors are reaching new levels in sales; it may be time to examine your automatic orders for their titles.

Lisa See, a long-time book club favorite, reaches new levels with her new novel, Shanghai Girls. Her 2007 novel, Peony in Love spent five weeks on the NYT fiction hardcover list, rising to #6 for one week. Shanghai Girls went on at #4 last week and continues in that position on the 6/21 list.

It was one of Janet Maslin’s picks for summer in the New York Times today.

Shanghai Girls Lisa See Retail Price: $25.00 Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Random House – (2009-05-26) ISBN / EAN: 1400067111 / 9781400067114

It is also available in unabridged audio:

Publisher: Random House Audio;  (May 26, 2009); $39.95
ISBN-10: 0739359339
ISBN-13: 978-0739359334

And in large type:

Publisher: Random House, $25
ISBN-10: 0739328255
ISBN-13: 9780739328255

And on Overdrive in both downloadable audio and eBook.

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Lee Child’s 13th Jack Reacher novel, Gone Tomorrow, is the second in the series to hit the NYT hardcover fiction list at #1 (after last year’s Nothing to Lose). Reviews have been strong. It’s now at #6 after 3 weeks.

Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, No. 13) Lee Child Retail Price: $27.00 Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Delacorte Press – (2009-05-19) ISBN / EAN: 0385340575 / 9780385340571

The audiobook is available from Books on Tape (May 18, 2009)

• Unabridged; 12 CDS; $100
• ISBN: 9781415962886

And, in downloadable audio from OverDrive.

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Laurell K. Hamilton hits the top spot for the second time in a row with the 17th volume in her Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series.

Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 17) Laurell K. Hamilton Retail Price: $26.95 Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Berkley Hardcover – (2009-06-02) ISBN / EAN: 0425227723 / 9780425227725

Also available in unabridged audio:

Publisher: Penguin Audio; Unabridged edition (June 11, 2009); $39.95

ISBN-10: 0143145177

ISBN-13: 978-0143145172

And on Overdrive in both downloadable audio and eBook.

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A new vampire series joins the hardcover list. Undead and Unwelcome, #8 in the Queen Betsy series by MaryJanice Davidson arrives on the list at#14. Several of the previous titles in the series have appeared on the extended Fiction Hardcover list.

Undead and Unwelcome (Queen Betsy, Book 8) MaryJanice Davidson Retail Price: $24.95 Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Berkley Hardcover – (2009-06-02) ISBN / EAN: 0425227731 / 9780425227732

Also available as a downloadable eBook from OverDrive.

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As for debut authors,

The Strain, a novel by film director Guillermo del Toro and co-author Chuck Hogan, hits the list this week at #9, after much consumer media attention.

The Strain: Book One of The Strain Trilogy Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan Retail Price: $26.99 Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: William Morrow – (2009-06-02) ISBN / EAN: 0061558230 / 9780061558238

It is also available in unabridged audio:

Publisher: HarperAudio; Unabridged edition (June 2, 2009); $39.99
ISBN-10: 0061715204
ISBN-13: 978-0061715204

and as a downloadable eBook from OverDrive.

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Paula Froelich, NY Post “Page Six” editor’s first novel, Mercury in Retrograde, kicked off the Today Show’s “Hot Summer Reads” series last week. It is on the extended list at #26.

Mercury in Retrograde Paula Froelich Retail Price: $24.00 Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Atria – (2009-06-02) ISBN / EAN: 1416598936 / 9781416598930

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All Things Considered launched a new series last night. In “My Guilty Pleasure,” writers talk about books they’ve secretly loved.

It kicked off with Brad Meltzer, who loves. loves, loves…

Twilight

…and urges women to get the men in their lives to read it (including their teenage sons).

Phew! Silly us for worrying that the series had exhausted all its potential audiences.

By the way, on the new USA Today bestseller list, the series once again captures the top four spots. The longest-running title in the series is book 2, New Moon, which has been on the list for 141 weeks.

The following titles are new to the NYT lists dated 5/31 (sales through 5/16) and the USA Today general list dated  5/21 (sales through 5/17):

#15 USA Today, general
#4 NYT Childrens Series — series has been on the list for 72 weeks

The Soldiers of Halla (Pendragon) D. J. MacHale Price: $17.99 Hardcover: 608 pages Publisher: Aladdin – (2009-05-12) ISBN-10: 141691420X ISBN-13: 9781416914204

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#9  NYT Childrens Series

Although this is the first time The Seekers series has appeared on this list, the first two titles, The Quest Begins and Great Bear Lake, appeared earlier on the Chilrens Chapter Books list for seven and five weeks, respectively.

Hunter’s other series, Warriors: Power of 3, has been on the series list for a total of 72 weeks.

Seekers #3: Smoke Mountain Erin Hunter Price: $16.99 Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: HarperCollins – (2009-05-01) ISBN-10: 0060871288 ISBN-13: 9780060871284

Resilience moves up to #1 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction list, from #10 last week, reflecting sales from the book’s first full week on sale and Elizabeth Edwards’s amazing publicity tour (she finished up by appearing on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Mercifully, Stewart avoided mentioning what everyone else focused on; her husband’s affair).

The following titles are new to the NYT lists dated 5/31 (sales through 5/16) and the USA Today general list dated  5/21 (sales through 5/17):

#77 USA Today, general
#10 NYT Hardcover Advice

No Matter What!: 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love Lisa Nichols Price: $24.99 Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Wellness Central – (2009-04-13) ISBN-10: 0446538469 ISBN-13: 9780446538466

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#140 USA Today, general
#8 NYT Hardcover Advice

Down Home with the Neelys: A Southern Family Cookbook Patrick Neely, Gina Neely, Paula Disbrowe Price: $27.95 Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Knopf – (2009-05-12) ISBN-10: 0307269949 ISBN-13: 9780307269942

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#5 NYT Hardcover Advice 

When Everything Changes, Change Everything: In a Time of Turmoil, a Pathway to Peace Neale Donald Walsch Price: $19.95 Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing – (2009-05-08) ISBN-10: 1571746064 ISBN-13: 9781571746061

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#6 NYT Hardcover Advice

The Noticer: Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective. Andy Andrews Price: $17.99 Hardcover: 176 pages Publisher: Thomas Nelson – (2009-04-28) ISBN-10: 0785229213 ISBN-13: 9780785229216

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#9 NYT Hardcover Advice

Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be Chris Gardner, Mim E. Rivas Price: $26.99 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Amistad – (2009-05-01) ISBN-10: 006153711X ISBN-13: 9780061537110

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#10 NYT Nonfiction

Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan Doug Stanton Price: $28.00 Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Scribner – (2009-05-05) ISBN-10: 1416580514 ISBN-13: 9781416580515

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#12 NYT Nonfiction

Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear Stearns, the Toughest Firm on Wall Street Kate Kelly Price: $25.95 Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover – (2009-05-12) ISBN-10: 1591842735 ISBN-13: 9781591842736

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#11 NYT Hardcover Advice, extended

Thank God It’s Monday!: How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love Roxanne Emmerich Price: $19.99 Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: FT Press – (2009-04-18) ISBN-10: 0138158053 ISBN-13: 9780138158057

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#16 NYT Nonfiction, extended

Fool’s Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe Gillian Tett Price: $26.00 Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Free Press – (2009-05-12) ISBN-10: 141659857X ISBN-13: 9781416598572

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#17 NYT Nonfiction, extended

Unfinished Business: What the Dead Can Teach Us About Life James Van Praagh Price: $24.99 Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: HarperOne – (2009-05-01) ISBN-10: 0061778141 ISBN-13: 9780061778148

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#25 NYT Nonfiction, extended

The Housing Boom and Bust Thomas Sowell Price: $24.95 Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Basic Books – (2009-04-24) ISBN-10: 0465018807 ISBN-13: 9780465018802

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#26 NYT Nonfiction, extended

American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime Teri Thompson, Nathaniel Vinton, Michael O’Keeffe, Christian Red Price: $26.95 Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Knopf – (2009-05-12) ISBN-10: 0307271803 ISBN-13: 9780307271808

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#35 NYT Nonfiction, extended

The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food–Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation’s Food Was Seasonal Mark Kurlansky Price: $27.95 Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover – (2009-05-14) ISBN-10: 1594488657 ISBN-13: 9781594488658