The New York Times listings are based on sales at 3,985 bookstores and wholesalers with 50,000 retail outlets for the week ended Aug. 20. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson, $27.95
2. Tough Customer, by Sandra Brown, $27.95
3. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
4. Star Island, by Carl Hiaasen, $26.95
5. Veil of Night, by Linda Howard, $26
6. The Vigilantes, by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV, $26.95
7. The Red Queen, by Philippa Gregory, $25.99
8. The Rembrandt Affair, by Daniel Silva, $26.95
9. Private, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, $27.99
6. Fly Away Home, by Jennifer Weiner, $26.99
NONFICTION
1. S – – – My Dad Says, by Justin Halpern, $15.99
2. The Obama Diaries, by Laura Ingraham, $25
3. The Big Short, by Michael Lewis, $27.95
4. Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne, $27.50
5. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, by Chelsea Handler, $25.99
6. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
7. Angelina, by Andrew Martin, $26.99
8. Packing for Mars, by Mary Roach, $25.95
9. Sliding Into Home, by Kendra Wilkinson, $26
10. Committed, by Elizabeth Gilbert, $26.95
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 Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, $16.99
5. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
6. Under the Dome, by Stephen King, $19.99
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
8. One Day, by David Nicholls, $14.95
9. Best Friends Forever, by Jennifer Weiner, $15
10. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, $14.99
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
2. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
3. The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls, $15 (b)
4. Where Men Win Glory, by Jon Krakauer, $15.95
5. My Horizontal Life, by Chelsea Handler, $14.95
6. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, $16
7. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, by Rhoda Janzen, $14
8. A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, $12
9. The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
10. Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
