The New York Times listings are based on sales at 3,985 bookstores and wholesalers with 50,000 retail outlets for the week ended Sept. 1.
Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, $25.95
2. The Wheel of Darkness
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, $25.95
3. Dark Possession
Christine Feehan, $24.95
4. Bones to Ashes
Kathy Reichs, $24.95
5. The Elves of Cintra
Terry Brooks, $26.95
6. Play Dirty
Sandra Brown, $26.95
7. The Quickie
James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge, $27.99
8. Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
Diana Gabaldon, $25
9. Away
Amy Bloom, $23.95
10. Sweet Revenge
Diane Mott Davidson, $25.95
Nonfiction
1. Wonderful Tonight
Pattie Boyd with Penny Junor, $25.95
2. Quiet Strength
Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker, $26.99
3. You Can Run But You Can’t Hide
Duane Chapman with Laura Morton, $25.99
4. Lone Survivor
Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson, $24.99
5. It’s All About Him
Denise Jackson with Ellen Vaughn, $24.99
6. God Is Not Great
Christopher Hitchens, $24.99
7. The World Without Us
Alan Weisman, $24.95
8. A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah, $22
9. Ike
Michael Korda, $34.95
10. Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $27.95
Fiction paperback
1. 74 Seaside Avenue
Debbie Macomber, $7.99
2. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, $13.95
3. The Collectors
David Baldacci, $9.99
4. Killer Dreams
Iris Johanson, $7.99
5. The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini, $15.95
6. Beyond Seduction
Stephanie Laurens, $7.99
7. Inferno
Troy Denning, $7.99
8. Innocent in Death
J.D. Robb, $7.99
9. At First Sight
Nicholas Sparks, $13.99
10. Silver Master
Jayne Castle, $7.99
Nonfiction paperback
1. Eat, Pray, Love …
Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
2. 90 Minutes in Heaven
Don Piper with Cecil Murphey, $12.99
3. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, $14
4. The World Is Flat
Thomas L. Friedman, $16
5. The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Michael Pollan, $16
6. Night
Elie Wiesel, $9
7. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, $12.95
8. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
9. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
10. The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, $14.95
