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. 22. A “(b)” indicates that some
bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. South of Broad,
by Pat Conroy, $29.95
2. The White Queen,
by Philippa Gregory, $25.99
3. Dreamfever,
by Karen Marie Moning, $26
4. The Help,
by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
5. That Old Cape Magic,
by Richard Russo, $25.95
6. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, $25.95
7. Abyss, by Troy Denning, $27
8. Smash Cut,
by Sandra Brown, $26.99
9. The Eleventh Victim,
by Nancy Grace, $25.99
10. The Law of Nines,
by Terry Goodkind, $27.95
NONFICTION
1. Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies,
by Michelle Malkin, $27.95
2. In the President’s Secret
Service, by Ronald Kessler, $26
3. Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
4. Born to Run, by Christopher
McDougall, $24.95
5. Liberty and Tyranny:
A Conservative Manifesto,
by Mark R. Levin, $25
6. Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers, $24
7. Catastrophe, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, $26.99 (b)
8. A Bold Fresh Piece of
Humanity, by Bill O’Reilly, $26
9. The Wilderness Warrior,
by Douglas Brinkley, $34.99
10 Our Lady of Gyuadalupe, by Carl A. Anderson and Eduardo Chavez, $22.99 (b)
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 Guernsey Literary
and Potato Peel Pie Society,
by Mary Ann Shaffer and
Annie Barrows, $14
5. The Weight of Silence, by Heather Gudenkauf, $13.95
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
7. The Lucky One,
by Nicholas Sparks, $13.99
8. Olive Kitteridge,
by Elizabeth Strout, $14
9. Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, $12.95
10. The Lovely Bones,
by Alice Sebold, $14.99
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. My Life in France,
by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme, $7.99 and $15
2. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, by Glenn Beck, $11.99
3. Julie & Julia,
by Julie Powell, $14.99
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. Blink,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
8. The Tipping Point,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $14.99
9. When You Are Engulfed
in Flames,
by David Sedaris, $15.99
10. Eat, Pray, Love,
by by Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
