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. 13. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson, $29.95
2. The Book of Lies, by Brad Meltzer, $25.99
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, $22
4. American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld, $26
5. Dark Curse, by Christine Feehan, $24.95
7. The Host, by Stephenie Meyer, $25.99
8. The Keepsake, by Tess Gerritsen, $26
9. Devil Bones, by Kathy Reichs, $25.95
10. The Gypsy Morph, by Terry Brooks, $27
NONFICTION
1. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas L. Friedman, $27.95
2. The War Within, by Bob Woodward, $32
3. Stori Telling, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin, $24.95
4. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, $24.95
5. The First Billion Is the Hardest, by T. Boone Pickens, $26.95
6. The Limits of Power, by Andrew Bacevich, $24 (b)
7. The Obama Nation, by Jerome R. Corsi, $28 (b)
8. Fleeced . . ., by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, $26.95 (b)
9. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris, $25.99
10. The Case Against Barack Obama, by David Freddoso, $27.95 (b)
TRADE FICTION PAPERBACK
1. The Shack, by William P. Young, $14.99
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz, $14
3. The Choice, by Nicholas Sparks, $13.95
4. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, $13.95
5. Barefoot, by Elin Hilderbrand, $13.99
6. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, $13.95
7. Nights in Rodanthe, by Nicholas Sparks, $13.99
8. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, $15
9. The Almost Moon, by Alice Sebold, $14.95
10. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, $14.95
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
2. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
3. Sarah, by Kaylene Johnson, $15.99 (b)
4. A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, $12
5. Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, by Daniel G. Amen, $15
6. The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama, $14.95
7. Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, $12.94
8. Change We Can Believe In, foreword by Barack Obama, $13.95
9. 90 Minutes in Heaven, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey, $12.99
10. Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama, $14.95
