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. 23. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. The Force Unleashed, by Sean Williams, $26
2. Smoke Screen, by Sandra Brown, $26.95
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, $22
4. The Bourne Sanction, by Eric Van Lustbader, $25.99
5. The Host, by Stephenie Meyer, $25.99
6. Acheron, by Sherrilyn Kenyon, $24.95
7. Moscow Rules, by Daniel Silva, $26.95
8. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski, $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. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, $24.95
4. The Limits of Power, by Andrew Bacevich, $24
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. The Way of the World, by Ron Suskind, $27.95
8. The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria, $25.95
9. Fleeced . . ., by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, $26.95 (b)
10. Traffic, by Tom Vanderbilt, $24.95
TRADE FICTION PAPERBACK
1. The Shack, by William P. Young, $14.99
2. The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd, $14
3. The Choice, by Nicholas Sparks, $13.95
4. Barefoot, by Elin Hilderbrand, $13.99
5. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, $15
6. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, $13.95
7. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, $14.95
8. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, $13.95
9. Bridge of Sighs, by Richard Russo, $14,95
10. Run, by Ann Patchett, $14.95
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. The Gift of Fear, by Gavin de Becker, $15
5. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, $15
6. The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama, $14.95
7. 90 Minutes in Heaven, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey, $12.99
8. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $12.95
9. My Horizontal Life, by Chelsea Handler, $14.95
10. Marley and Me, by John Grogan, $13.95
