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. 15. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. South of Broad, by Pat Conroy, $29.95
2. Smash Cut, by Sandra Brown, $26.99
3. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
4. That Old Cape Magic, by Richard Russo, $25.95
5. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, $25.95
6. The Eleventh Victim, by Nancy Grace, $25.99
7. Best Friends Forever, by Jennifer Weiner, $26.99
8. Swimsuit, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, $27.99
9. The Magicians, by Lev Grossman, $26.95
10. The Defector, by Daniel Silva, $26.95
NONFICTION
1. Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies, by Michelle Malkin, $27.95
2. Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
3. Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, by Mark R. Levin, $25
4. In the President’s Secret Service, by Ronald Kessler, $26
5. Catastrophe, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, $26.99 (b)
6. The Wilderness Warrior, by Douglas Brinkley, $34.99
7. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, by Bill O’Reilly, $26
8. The Battle for America, 2008, by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, $29.95
9. My Journey With Farrah, by Alana Stewart, $23.99
10. In Fed We Trust, by David Wessel, $26.99 TRADE FICTION PAPERBACK
1. The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger, $14.95
2. The Shack, by William P. Young, $14.99
3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, $14.95
4. The Weight of Silence, by Heather Gudenkauf, $13.95
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, $14
7. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout, $14
8. The Lucky One, by Nicholas Sparks, $13.99
9. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, $12.95
10. The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb, $15.99
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, by Glenn Beck, $11.99
2. Julie & Julia, by Julie Powell, $14.99
3. My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme, $7.99 and $15
4. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
5. The Family, by Jeff Sharlet, $15.99
6. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $12.95
7. The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell, $14.99
8. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris, $15.99
9. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
10. My Horizontal Life, by Chelsea Handler, $14.95
