The New York Times listings are based on sales at 3,985 bookstores and wholesalers with 50,000 retail outlets for the week ended Oct. 3. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown, $29.95
2. A Touch of Dead, by Charlaine Harris, $23.95
3. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
4. The Professional, by Robert B. Parker, $26.95
5. The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks, $24.99
6. Evidence, by Jonathan Kellerman, $28
7. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls, $26
8. An Echo in the Bone, by Diana Gabaldon, $30
9. Rough Country, by John Sandford, $26.95
10. Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger, $26.99
NONFICTION
1. Have a Little Faith, by Mitch Albom, $23.99
2. Arguing With Idiots, by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balf, and others, $29.99 (b)
3. True Compass, by Edward M. Kennedy, $35
4. Where Men Win Glory, by Jon Krakauer, $27.95
5. The Murder of King Tut, by James Patterson and Martin Dugard, $26.99
6. The Time of My Life, by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi, $26
7. Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
8. The Greatest Show on Earth, by Richard Dawkins, $30
9. The National Parks, by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, $50
10. Half the Sky, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, $27.95
TRADE FICTION PAPERBACK
1. Say You’re One of Them, by Uwem Akpan, $14.99
2. The Shack, by William P. Young, $14.99
3. The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger, $14.95
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, $14.95
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
6. Push, by Sapphire, $12.95
7. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout, $14
8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, $14
9. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski, $16.99
10. Handle With Care, by Jodi Picoult, $16
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $12.95
2. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
3. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, by Glenn Beck, $11.99 (b)
4. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, $15
5. The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell, $14.99
6. Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
7. Blink,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
8. My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme, $7.99 and $15
9. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris, $15.99
10. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
