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. 20. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski, $25.95
2. The Other Queen, by Philippa Gregory, $25.95
3. Faefever, by Karen Marie Moning, $25.95
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, $24.95
5. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, $22
6. The Book of Lies, by Brad Meltzer, $25.99
7. The Host, by Stephenie Meyer, $25.99
8. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson, $29.95
9. American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld, $26
10. Indignation, by Philip Roth, $26
NONFICTION
1. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas L. Friedman, $27.95
2. The War Within, by Bob Woodward, $32
3. The Limits of Power, by Andrew Bacevich, $24 (b)
4. Angler, by Barton Gellman, $27.95
5. Through the Storm, by Lynne Spears with Lorilee Craker, 24.99
6. Stori Telling, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin, $24.95
7. Boys Will Be Boys, by Jeff Pearlman, $25.95
8. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, $24.95
9. The Forever War, by Dexter Filkins, $25
10. Fleeced . . ., by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, $26.95 (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. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, $13.95
4. Barefoot, by Elin Hilderbrand, $13.99
5. Nights in Rodanthe, by Nicholas Sparks, $13.99
6. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, $13.95
7. The Choice, by Nicholas Sparks, $13.95
8. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, $14.95
9. The Almost Moon, by Alice Sebold, $14.95
10. Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan, $14
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
2. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
3. Sarah, by Kaylene Johnson, $15.99 (b)
4. Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, by Daniel G. Amen, $15
5. The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama, $14.95
6. Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama, $14.95
7. A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, $12
8. Look Me In the Eye, by John Elder Robison, $14.95
9. Change We Can Believe In, foreword by Barack Obama, $13.95
10. The Nine, by Jeffrey Toobin, $15.95
