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. 10. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. The Lost Symbol,
by Dan Brown, $29.95
2. Pursuit of Honor,
by Vince Flynn. $27.99
3. Nine Dragons,
by Michael Connelly, $27.99
4. The Help,
by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
5. The Last Song,
by Nicholas Sparks, $24.99
6. A Touch of Dead,
by Charlaine Harris. $23.95
7. Half Broke Horses,
by Jeannette Walls, $26
8. Rough Country,
by John Sandford, $26.95
9. An Echo in the Bone,
by Diana Gabaldon, $30
10. The Professional,
by Robert B. Parker, $26.95
NONFICTION
1. Have a Little Faith,
by Mitch Albom, $23.99.
2. Arguing With Idiots, written and edited by Glenn Beck,
Kevin Balfe and others, $29.99
3. Highest Duty,
by Chesley B. Sullenberger
and Jeffrey Zaslow, $25.99
4. True Compass,
by Edward M. Kennedy, $35
5. Moonwalk,
by Michael Jackson, $25
6. Outliers,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
7. The Greatest Show on Earth,
by Richard Dawkins, $30
8. Where Men Win Glory,
by Jon Krakauer, $27.95
9. The Murder of King Tut,
by James Patterson
and Martin Dugard, $26.99
10. The Time of My Life, by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi, $26
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Associate,
by John Grisham, $9.99
2. Cross Country,
by James Patterson, $9.99
3. Heat Lightning,
by John Sandford, $9.99
4. True Detectives,
by Jonathan Kellerman,$9.99
5. Just After Sunset,
by Stephen King, $9.99
6. Razor Sharp,
by Fern Michaels, $7.99
7. The Lovely Bones,
by Alice Sebold, $7.99
8. Born Of Night,
by Sherrilyn Kenyon, $7.99
9. Covet, by J.R. Ward, $7.99
10. Windfall,
by Nora Roberts, $7.99
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $15.95
2. Three Cups of Tea,
by Greg Mortenson
and David Oliver Relin, $15
3. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, by Glenn Beck, $11.99
4. The Glass Castle,
by Jeannette Walls, $15.
5. The Zombie Survival Guide,
by Max Brooks, $13.95.
6. The Tipping Point,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $14.95
7. Freakonomics,
by Steven D. Levitt and
Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
8. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
9. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris, $15.99
10. My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme, $15
