The New York Times listings are based on sales at 3,985 bookstores and wholesalers with 50,000 retail outlets for the week ended Dec. 24. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. The Lost Symbol,
by Dan Brown, $29.95
2. I, Alex Cross,
by James Patterson, $27.99
3. Under the Dome,
by Stephen King, $35
4. The Help,
by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
5. U Is for Undertow,
by Sue Grafton, $27.95
6. Pirate Latitudes,
by Michael Crichton, $27.99
7. Ford County,
by John Grisham, $24
8. The Last Song,
by Nicholas Sparks, $24.99
9. The Christmas Sweater,
by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright, $19.99
10. The Lacuna,
by Barbara Kingsolver, $26.99
NONFICTION
1. Going Rogue, by Sarah Palin, $28.99
2. Have a Little Faith,
by Mitch Albom, $23.99
3. Arguing With Idiots, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others, $29.99 (b)
4. Stones Into Schools,
by Greg Mortenson, $26.95
5. Open: An Autobiography,
by Andre Agassi, $28.95
6. Superfreakonomics,
by Steven D. Levitt and
Stephen J. Dubner, $29.99
7. True Compass,
by Edward M. Kennedy, $35
8. What the Dog Saw,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
9. A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity, by Bill O’Reilly, $26
10. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Shack, by William P. Young, $14.99 (b)
2. The Girl With the Dragon
Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, $14.95
3. Push, by Sapphire, $12.95
4. The Piano Teacher,
be Y.K. Lee, $15
5. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, $14
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain,
by Garth Stein, $14.99
7. The Lovely Bones,
by Alice Sebold, $14.99
8. Olive Kitteredge,
by Elizabeth Strout
9. The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger, $14.95
10. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, $12.95
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. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense,
by Glenn Beck, $11.99 (b)
5. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
6. The Glass Castle,
by Jeannette Walls, $15.
7. The Zombie Survival Guide,
by Max Brooks, $13.95
8. The Tipping Point,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $14.95
9. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max, $15.95
10. Same Kind of Different As Me, by Ron Hall and Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent, $14.99
