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. 8.
Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, $25.95
2. The Wheel of Darkness
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, $25.95
3. Bones to Ashes
Kathy Reichs, $24.95
4. Dark Possession
Christine Feehan, $24.95
5. The Elves of Cintra
Terry Brooks, $26.95
6. Tree of Smoke
Denis Johnson, $27
7. Play Dirty
Sandra Brown, $26.95
8. Heartsick
Chelsea Cain, $26.95
9. The Quickie
James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge, $27.99
10. Songs Without Words
Ann Packer, $24.95
Nonfiction
1. Giving
Bill Clinton, $24.95
2. Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light
Mother Teresa, $22.95
3. Lone Survivor
Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson, $24.99
4. Dead Certain
Robert Draper, $28
5. Quiet Strength
Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker, $26.99
6. Wonderful Tonight
Pattie Boyd with Penny Junor, $25.95
7. The World Without Us
Alan Weisman, $24.95
8. Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself
Alan Alda, $24.95
9. It’s All About Him
Denise Jackson with Ellen Vaughn, $24.99
10. Blonde Ambition
Rita Crosby, $23.99
Fiction paperback
1. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, $13.95
2. The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini, $15.95
3. At First Sight
Nicholas Sparks, $13.99
4. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Kim Edwards, $14
5. The Emperor’s Children
Claire Messud, $14.95
6. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, $13.95
7. Dear John
Nicholas Sparks, $13.99
8. Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides, $15
9. The Road
Cormac McCarthy, $14.95
10. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See, $13.95
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 Omnivore’s Dilemma
Michael Pollan, $16
5. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
6. The World Is Flat
Thomas L. Friedman, $16
7. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, $12.95
8. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
9. The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, $14.95
10. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, $14.94
