The New York Times listings are based on sales at 3,985
bookstores and wholesalers with 50,000 retail outlets for
the week ended Aug. 16. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores
report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Smoke Screen,
by Sandra Brown, $26.95
2. The Bourne Sanction,
by Eric Van Lustbader, $25.99
3. Acheron,
by Sherrilyn Kenyon, $24.95
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann
Shaffer and Annie Barrows, $22
5. Moscow Rules,
by Daniel Silva, $26.95
6. The Host,
by Stephenie Meyer, $25.99
7. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,
by David Wroblewski, $25.95
8. The Mercedes Coffin,
by Faye Kellerman, 25.95
9. Off Season,
by Anne Rivers Siddons, $24.95
10. The Lace Reader,
by Brunonia Barry, $24.95
NONFICTION
1. The Obama Nation, by Jerome R. Corsi, $28 (b)
2. Stori Telling, by Tori Spelling
with Hilary Liftin, $24.95
3. The Way of the World,
by Ron Suskind, $27.95
4. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, $24.95
5. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris, $25.99
6. The Case Against Barack Obama, by David Freddoso, $27.95 (b)
7. Fleeced , by Dick Morris and
Eileen McGann, $26.95. (b)
8. The Dark Side,
by Jane Mayer, $27.50
9. The Limits of Power,
by Andrew Bacevich, $24
10. Traffic, by Tom Vanderbilt, $24.95
TRADE FICTION PAPERBACK
1. The Shack,
by William P. Young, $14.99
2. Barefoot,
by Elin Hilderbrand, $13.99
3. The Alchemist,
by Paulo Coelho, $13.95
4. The Kite Runner,
by Khaled Hosseini, $15
5. Water for Elephants,
by Sara Gruen, $13.95
6. The Road,
by Cormac McCarthy, $14.95
7. Run, by Ann Patchett, $14.95
8. My Sister’s Keeper,
by Jodi Picoult, $14
9. Nineteen Minutes,
by Jodi Picoult, $15
10. The Secret Life of Bees,
by Sue Monk Kidd, $14
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. Three Cups of Tea,
by Greg Mortenson and
David Oliver Relin, $15
2. A Long Way Gone,
by Ishmael Beah, $12
3. Eat, Pray, Love,
by Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
4. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $12.95
5. Big Russ and Me,
by Tim Russert, $13.95
6. 90 Minutes in Heaven,
by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey, $12.99
7. The Glass Castle,
by Jeannette Walls, $15
8. The Audacity of Hope,
by Barack Obama, $14.95
9. My Horizontal Life,
by Chelsea Handler, $14.95
10. Marley and Me,
by John Grogan, $13.95
