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. 28. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Alex Cross, by James Patterson, $27.99
2. Pirate Latitudes, by Michael Crichton, $27.99
3. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown, $29.95
4. Under the Dome, by Stephen King, $35
5. Breathless, by Dean Koontz, $28
6. Ford County, by John Grisham, $24
7. First Lord’s Fury, by Jim Butcher, $25.95
8. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
9. The Wrecker, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott, $27.95
10. The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks, $24.99
NONFICTION
1. Going Rogue, by Sarah Palin, $28.99
2. Have a Little Faith, by Mitch Albom, $23.99
3. Open: An Autobiography, by Andre Agassi, $28.95
4. Superfreakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $29.99
5. Arguing With Idiots, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others, $29.99 (b)
6. True Compass, by Edward M. Kennedy, $35
7. A Simple Christmas, by Mike Huckabee, $19.95 (b)
8. What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
9. The Imperial Cruise, by James Bradley, $29.99
10. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99 PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Push, by Sapphire, $12.95
2. The Piano Teacher, by Janice Y.K. Lee, $15
3. The Shack, by William P. Young, $14.99 (b)
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, $14.95
5. Bed of Roses, by Nora Roberts, $16
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
7. Olive Kitteredge, by Elizabeth Strout
8. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, $14.95
9. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, $14
10. The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger, $14.95
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis, $13.95
2. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
3. Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
4. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, $15.
5. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $15.95
6. But I Trusted You, by Ann Rule, $7.99
7. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, by Glenn Beck, $11.99 (b)
8. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
9. The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell, $14.95
10. Our Choice, by Al Gore, $26.95
