The New York Times listings are based on sales at 3,985 bookstores and wholesalers with 50,000 retail outlets for the week ended Nov. 6. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. The Gathering Storm, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, $29.99
2. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown, $29.95
3. True Blue, by David Baldacci, $27.99
4. Last Night at Twisted River, by John Irving, $28
5. Pursuit of Honor, by Vince Flynn. $27.99
6. The Scarpetta Factor, by Patricia Cornwell, $27.95
7. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
8. Nine Dragons, by Michael Connelly, $27.99
9. Grave Secret, by Charlaine Harris, $24.95
10. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel, $27
NONFICTION
1. The Book of Basketball, by Bill Simmons, $30
2. Superfreakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $29.99
3. Have a Little Faith, by Mitch Albom, $23.99.
4. What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
5. Arguing With Idiots, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others, $29.99 (b)
6. Too Big to Fail, by Andrew Ross Sorkin, $32.95
7. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
8. True Compass, by Edward M. Kennedy, $35
9. Highest Duty, by Chesley B. Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow, $25.99
10. Eating the Dinosaur, by Chuck Klosterman, $25
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Bed of Roses, by Nora Roberts, $16
2. Push, by Sapphire, $12.95
3. Say You’re One of Them, by Uwem Akpan, $14.99
4. The Shack, by William P. Young, $14.99 (b)
5. Olive Kitteredge, by Elizabeth Strout
6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, $14.95
7. Run for Your Life, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge, $14.99
8. The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger, $14.95
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, $14
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
2. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
3. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $15.95
4. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, $15.
5. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
6. The Zombie Survival Guide, by Max Brooks, $13.95.
7. The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell, $14.95
8. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, by Glenn Beck, $11.99 (b)
9. The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis, $13.95
10. Letter to My Daughter, by Maya Angelou, $15
