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. 5. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Dark Slayer, by Christine Feehan, $25.95
2. Alex Cross’s Trial, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo, $27.99
3. South of Broad, by Pat Conroy, $29.95
4. Spartan Gold, by Clive Cussler, $26.95
5. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
6. The White Queen, by Philippa Gregory, $25.99
7. Homer & Langley, by E.L. Doctorow, $26
8. 206 Bones, by Kathy Reichs, $26.99
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, $25.95
10. A Gate at the Stairs, by Lorrie Moore, $25.95
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. In the President’s Secret Service, by Ronald Kessler, $26
4. Strength in What Remains, by Tracy Kidder, $26
5. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, $24.95
6. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, by Bill O’Reilly, $26
7. Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, by Mark R. Levin, $25
8. Catastrophe, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, $26.99 (b)
9. The Healing of America, by T.R. Reid, $25.95
10. Nurtureshock, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, $24.99
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 Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, $14
5. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout, $14
6. The Lucky One, by Nicholas Sparks, $13.99
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
8. The Weight of Silence, by Heather Gudenkauf, $13.95
9. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, $12.95
10. Home, by Marilynne Robinson, $14
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, by Glenn Beck, $11.99
2. My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme, $7.99 and $15
3. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
4. Julie & Julia, by Julie Powell, $14.99
5. Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99 6. The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell, $14.99
7. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
8. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris, $15.99
9. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $12.95
10. My Horizontal Life, by Chelsea Handler, $14.95
