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. 12. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Ford County, by John Grisham, $24
2. The Lost Symbol,
by Dan Brown, $29.95
3. Kindred in Death, by J.D. Robb, $26.95
4. The Gathering Storm,
by Robert Jordan and
Brandon Sanderson, $29.99
5. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, $26.99
6. True Blue, by David Baldacci, $27.99
7. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
8. Pursuit of Honor,
by Vince Flynn. $27.99
9. The Scarpetta Factor,
by Patricia Cornwell, $27.95
10. Last Night at Twisted River,
by John Irving, $28
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. Arguing With Idiots, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others, $29.99 (b)
5. The Book of Basketball,
by Bill Simmons, $30
6. The Audacity to Win, by David Plouffe, $27.95
7. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
8. The Sellout, by Charles Gasparino, $27.99
9. Too Big to Fail,
by Andrew Ross Sorkin, $32.95
10. When the Game Was Ours, by Larry Bird and Earvin “Magic” Johnson with Jackie MacMullan, $26
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Push, by Sapphire, $12.95
2. Bed of Roses,
by Nora Roberts, $16
3. Say You’re One of Them,
by Uwem Akpan, $14.99
4. The Shack,
by William P. Young, $14.99 (b)
5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, $14.95
6. Olive Kitteredge,
by Elizabeth Strout
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 Time Traveler’s Wife,
by Audrey Niffenegger, $14.95
10. Run for Your Life, by James Patterson and Michael
Ledwidge, $14.99
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis, $13.95
2. Our Choice, by Al Gore, $26.95
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. The Glass Castle,
by Jeannette Walls, $15.
6. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $15.95
7. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
8. The Tipping Point,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $14.95
9. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, by Glenn Beck, $11.99 (b)
10. The Ascent of Money, by Niall Ferguson, $16
