New York Times listings are based on sales at 3,985 bookstores and wholesalers with 50,000 retail outlets for the week ended May 12.
Fiction
1. The 6th Target | James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, $27.99
2. Simple Genius | David Baldacci, $26.99
3. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union | Michael Chabon, $26.95
4. The Children of Hurin | J.R.R. Tolkein, edited by Christoher Tolkien. Illustrated by Alan Lee, $26
5. I Heard That Song Before | Mary Higgins Clark, $25.95
6. The Woods | Harlan Coben, $26.95
7. Rant | Chuck Palahniuk, $24.95
8. Nineteen Minutes | Jodi Picoult, $26.95
9. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive | Alexander McCall Smith, $21.95
10. Back on Blossom Street | Debbie Macomber, $24.95
Nonfiction
1. Einstein | Walter Isaacson, $32
2. At the Center of the Storm | George Tenet, $30
3. Paula Deen: It Ain’t All About the Cooking | Paula Deen with Sherry Suib Cohen, $25
4. God Is Not Great | Christopher Hitchens, $24.99
5. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle | Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver, $26.95
6. A Long Way Gone | Ishmael Beah, $22
7. Where Have All the Leaders Gone | Lee Iacocca, $25
8. I Feel Bad About My Neck | Nora Ephron, $19.95
9. Presidential Courage | Michael Beschloss, $28
10. Kabul Beauty School | Deborah Rodriguez with Kristin Ohlson, $25.95
Fiction paperback
1. The Husband | Dean Koontz, $7.99
2. Water for Elephants | Sara Gruen, $13.95
3. The Road | Cormac McCarthy, $14.95
4. Susannah’s Garden | Debbie Macomber, $7.99
5. The 5th Horseman | James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, $14.99
Nonfiction paperback
1. Eat, Pray, Love | Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
2. The Glass Castle | Jeannette Walls, $14
3. Blink | Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
4. The Measure of a Man | Sidney Poitier, $14.95
5. 90 Minutes in Heaven | Don Piper with Cecil Murphey, $12.99
