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. 27. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Alex Cross, by James Patterson, $27.99
2. Under the Dome,
by Stephen King, $35
3. The Lost Symbol,
by Dan Brown, $29.95
4. Ford County,
by John Grisham, $24
5. The Help,
by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
6. The Wrecker, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott, $27.95
7. True Blue,
by David Baldacci, $27.99
8. The Lacuna,
by Barbara Kingsolver, $26.99
9. The Gathering Storm,
by Robert Jordan and
Brandon Sanderson, $29.99
10. Pursuit of Honor,
by Vince Flynn. $27.99
NONFICTION
1. Going Rogue, by Sarah Palin, $28.99
2. Open: An Autobiography,
by Andre Agassi, $28.95
3. Have a Little Faith,
by Mitch Albom, $23.99
4. Arguing With Idiots,
written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others, $29.99 (b)
5. A Simple Christmas,
by Mike Huckabee, $19.95 (b)
6. What the Dog Saw,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
7. Superfreakonomics,
by Steven D. Levitt and
Stephen J. Dubner, $29.99
8. Last Words, by George Carlin with Tony Hendra, $26.99
9. Outliers,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
10. Too Big to Fail,
by Andrew Ross Sorkin, $32.95
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Push,
by Sapphire, $12.95
2. Bed of Roses,
by Nora Roberts, $16
3. The Shack,
by William P. Young, $14.99 (b)
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, $14.95
5. Olive Kitteredge,
by Elizabeth Strout
6. Say You’re One of Them,
by Uwem Akpan, $14.99
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
8. The Guernsey Literary and
Potato Peel Pie Society,
by Mary Ann Shaffer
and Annie Barrows, $14
10. The Road,
by Cormac McCarthy, $14.95
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Blind Side,
by Michael Lewis, $13.95
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. Blink,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
6. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $15.95
7. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, by Glenn Beck, $11.99 (b)
8. The Tipping Point,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $14.95
9. Our Choice,
by Al Gore, $26.95
10. 90 Minutes in Heaven, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey, $12.99
