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. 12.
FICTION
1. The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks, $24.99
2. South of Broad, by Pat Conroy, $29.95
3. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
4. Alex Cross’s Trial, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo, $27.99
5. Spartan Gold, by Clive Cussler, $26.95
6. Dark Slayer, by Christine Feehan, $25.95
7. The White Queen, by Philippa Gregory, $25.99
8. Dexter by Design, by Jeff Lindsay, $25
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, $25.95
10. Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris, $25.95
NONFICTION
1. Official Book Club Selection, by Kathy Griffin, $25
2. Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies, by Michelle Malkin, $27.95
3. Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
4. In the President’s Secret Service, by Ronald Kessler, $26
5. Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, by Mark R. Levin, $25
6. Strength in What Remains, by Tracy Kidder, $26
7. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, $24.95
8. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, by Bill O’Reilly, $26
9. Half the Sky, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, $27.95
10. Traveling With Pomegranates, by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd, $25.95
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. Home, by Marilynne Robinson, $14
9. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, $15
10. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, $12.95
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. Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
5. Julie & Julia, by Julie Powell, $14.99
6. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, $15
7. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $12.95
8. The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell, $14.99
9. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris, $15.99
10. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
