1. SAFE HAVEN
(Grand Central, $14.99). By Nicholas Sparks. A woman trying to avoid making ties in a new town, begins to grow attached. Then her past threatens to haunt her. [4]
Washington Post bestsellers Feb. 24, 2013
(Vintage Books, $15.95). By E.L. James. The first of a British e-book erotic trilogy that has become a publishing phenomenon. [47]
(Mira, $7.99). By Debbie Macomber. A woman has a crush on her boss. Then he asks her to help him raise his daughter. [3]
(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. [3]
5. BETRAYAL
(Dell, $7.99). By Danielle Steel. A successful Hollywood director finds out someone has been stealing her money. [3]
(Ballantine, $15). By Paula McLain. A novel about Ernest Hemingway’s first marriage. [12]
(Vintage Books, $15.95). By E.L. James. How traditional a couple are Ana and Christian? The trilogy’s conclusion answers all. [41]
(Vintage Books, $15.95). By E.L. James. Book two in the trilogy finds Ana still enraptured by Christian. [42]
9. STAY CLOSE
(Signet, $9.99). By Harlan Coben. Three suburban people live lives they hate and hold secrets they never want out. [1]
(Vintage, $15). By P.D. James. A bit of murder is injected into the milieu of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” [7]
Nonfiction
1. PROOF OF HEAVEN: A NEUROSURGEON’S JOURNEY INTO THE AFTERLIFE
(Simon & Schuster, $15.99). By Eben Alexander. A scientist’s near-death experience. [17]
2. THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES: THE SECRET TO LOVE THAT LASTS
(Northfield, $14.99). By Gary D. Chapman. Knowing that special someone. [48]
3. QUIET: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN’T STOP TALKING
(Broadway, $16). By Susan Cain. [3]
4. AMERICAN SNIPER: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST LETHAL SNIPER IN U.S. MILITARY HISTORY
(Harper, $9.99). By Chris Kyle. [2]
5. REDEMPTION: THE BALTIMORE RAVENS’ 2012 CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
(Triumph, $14.95). A collectable books recounting the Super Bowl-winning season. [2]
6. THE OFFICIAL SAT STUDY GUIDE
(College Board, $21.99). By the College Board. [136]
7. FROM MAMA’S TABLE TO MINE: EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE COMFORT FOODS AT 350 CALORIES OR LESS
(Ballantine, $22). By Bobby Deen and Melissa Clark. [2]
(Humanix, $19.95). By Nick Tate. An easy-to-read guide to the Affordable Care Act. [2]
9. WHO CARES WINS: WHY GOOD BUSINESS IS BETTER BUSINESS
(FT Press, $26.99). By David Jones. [1]
10. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING
HARDCOVER
Fiction
1. A WEEK IN WINTER
(Knopf, $26.95). By Maeve Binchy. A woman turns an Irish sea-side mansion into a vacation home in Binchy’s final novel. [1]
(Random House, $26). By George Saunders. A short-story collection by a master of the form. [6]
3. GONE GIRL
(Crown, $25). By Gillian Flynn. A model couple’s marriage crumbles when the wife vanishes and the husband becomes a prime suspect. [35]
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