The New York Times listings are based on sales at 3,985 bookstores and wholesalers with 50,000 retail outlets for the week ended April 30. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Deliver Us From Evil, by David Baldacci, $27.95
2. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
3. The Double Comfort Safari Club, by Alexander McCall Smith, $24.95
4. This Body of Death, by Elizabeth George, $28.99
5. Lucid Intervals, by Stuart Woods, $25.95
6. The Shadow of Your Smile, by Mary Higgins Clark, $25.99
7. Burning Lamp, by Amanda Quick. $25.95
8. Every Last One, by Anna Quindlen, $26
9. Eight Days to Live, by Iris Johansen, $27.9910. Changes, by Jim Butcher, $25.95
NONFICTION
1. The Big Short, by Michael Lewis, $27.95
2. Oprah, by Kitty Kelley, $30
3. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, by Chelsea Handler, $25.99
4. This Time Together, by Carol Burnett, $25
5. 13 Bankers, by Simon Johnson and James Kwak, $26.95
6. The Pacific, by Hugh Ambrose, $26.95
7. The Bridge, by David Remnick, $29.95
8. 2010 Take Back America, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, $26.99
9. The Bedwetter, by Sarah Silverman, $25.99
10. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body, by Daniel G. Amen, $25.99
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, $14.95
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, $15.95
3. Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, $14
4. The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks, $14.99
5. The Host, by Stephenie Meyer, $16.99
6. Alex Cross’s Trial, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo, $14.99
7. A Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick, $14.95
8. Tinkers, by Paul Harding, $14.95
9. Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay, $13.95
10. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Conservative Victory, by Sean Hannity, $14.99 (b)
2. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, by Rhoda Janzen, $14
3. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, $16
4. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
5. My Horizontal Life, by Chelsea Handler, $14.95
6. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
7. The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis, $13.95
8. The Lost City of Z, by David Grann, $15.95
9. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
10. Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
