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. 26. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. The Postcard Killers, by James Patterson and Liza Marklund, $27.99
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson, $27.95
3. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
4. The Cobra, by Frederick Forsyth, $26.95
5. Star Island, by Carl Hiaasen, $26.95
6. Tough Customer, by Sandra Brown, $27.95
7. Three Stations, by Martin Cruz Smith, $25.99
8. The Red Queen, by Philippa Gregory, $25.99
9. The Last Night at Chateau Marmont, by Lauren Weisberger, $25.99
10. The Rembrandt Affair, by Daniel Silva, $26.95
NONFICTION
1. S – – – My Dad Says, by Justin Halpern, $15.99
2. Committed, by Elizabeth Gilbert, $26.95
3. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
4. Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne, $27.50
5. The Obama Diaries, by Laura Ingraham, $25
6. The Big Short, by Michael Lewis, $27.95
7. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, by Chelsea Handler, $25.99
8. Packing for Mars, by Mary Roach, $25.95
9. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, $26
10. Angelina, by Andrew Martin, $26.99
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. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
5. Ford County, by John Grisham, $15
6. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, $16.99
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
8. Under the Dome, by Stephen King, $19.99
9. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, $14.99
10. Best Friends Forever, by Jennifer Weiner, $15
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
2. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $15
3. Where Men Win Glory, by Jon Krakauer, $15.95
4. My Horizontal Life, by Chelsea Handler, $14.95
5. The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls, $15 (b)
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. Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
9. The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
10. Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers, $15.95
