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. 24. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. The Lost Symbol,
by Dan Brown, $29.95
2. The Scarpetta Factor, by Patricia Cornwell, $27.95
3. Pursuit of Honor,
by Vince Flynn. $27.99
4. Nine Dragons,
by Michael Connelly, $27.99
5. The Help,
by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
6. Heat Wave, by Richard Castle, $19.99
7. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel, $27
8. Southern Lights, by Danielle Steel, $28
9. Half Broke Horses,
by Jeannette Walls, $26
10. The Last Song,
by Nicholas Sparks, $24.99
NONFICTION
1. Have a Little Faith,
by Mitch Albom, $23.99.
2. Superfreakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $29.99
3. What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
4. Too Big to Fail, by Andrew Ross Sorkin, $32.95
5. Arguing With Idiots, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others, $29.99 (b)
6. Highest Duty,
by Chesley B. Sullenberger
and Jeffrey Zaslow, $25.99
7. True Compass,
by Edward M. Kennedy, $35
8. Outliers,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
9. The Greatest Show on Earth,
by Richard Dawkins, $30
10. Where Men Win Glory,
by Jon Krakauer, $27.95
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Push, by Sapphire, $12.95
2. The Shack, by William P. Young, $14.99 (b)
3. Olive Kitteredge, by Elizabeth Strout
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, $14.95
5. Say You’re One of Them, by Uwem Akpan, $14.99
6. The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger, $14.95
7. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, $14
8. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
9. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski, $16.99
10. Run for Your Life, by James Patterson and Michael
Ledwidge, $14.99
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $15.95
2. Freakonomics,
by Steven D. Levitt and
Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
3. Three Cups of Tea,
by Greg Mortenson
and David Oliver Relin, $15
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. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, by Glenn Beck, $11.99 (b)
8. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
9. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris, $15.99
10. My Horizontal Life, by Chelsea Handler
