The New York Times listings are based on sales at 3,985 bookstores and wholesalers with 50,000 retail outlets for the week ended Sept. 3. 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. The Postcard Killers, by James Patterson and Liza Marklund, $27.99
3. Spider Bones, by Kathy Reichs, $26.99
4. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
5. Bearers of the Black Staff (Legends of Shannara), by Terry Brooks, $27
6. Star Island, by Carl Hiaasen, $26.95
7. Tough Customer, by Sandra Brown, $27.95
8. The Red Queen, by Philippa Gregory, $25.99
9. The Cobra, by Frederick Forsyth, $26.95
10. Three Stations, by Martin Cruz Smith, $25.99
NONFICTION
1. Crimes Against Liberty, by David Limbaugh, $29.95 (b).
2. S – – – My Dad Says, by Justin Halpern, $15.99
3. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, $26
5. Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne, $27.50
6. The Big Short, by Michael Lewis, $27.95
7. Let’s Take the Long Way Home, by Gail Caldwell, $23
8. The Obama Diaries, by Laura Ingraham, $25
9. Committed, by Elizabeth Gilbert, $26.95
10. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, by Chelsea Handler, $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. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
5. Ford County, by John Grisham, $15
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
7. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, $16.99
8. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, $14.99
9. Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95
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. The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls, $15 (b)
5. My Horizontal Life, by Chelsea Handler, $14.95
6. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, by Rhoda Janzen, $14
7. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, $16
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
