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. 24. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks, $25.99
2. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, $28
3. Wicked Appetite, by Janet Evanovich, $27.99.
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson, $27.95
5. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
6. Getting to Happy, by Terry McMillan, $27.95
7. The Postcard Killers, by James Patterson and Liza Marklund, $27.99
8. No Mercy, by Sherrilyn Kenyon, $24.99
9. Warlord, by Ted Bell, $27.99
10. Room, by Emma Donoghue, $24.99
NONFICTION
1. The Grand Design, by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, $28
2. Pinheads and Patriots, by Bill O’Reilly, $27.99
3. S – – – My Dad Says, by Justin Halpern, $15.99
4. Crimes Against Liberty, by David Limbaugh, $29.95 (b).
5. A Journey, by Tony Blair, $35
6. Promise Me, by Nancy G. Brinker with Joni Rodgers, $25.99
7. The Wave, by Susan Casey, $27.95
8. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99
9. Making Our Democracy Work, by Stephen Breyer, $26.95
10. The Big Short, by Michael Lewis, $27.95
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. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls, $15
5. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
7. Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay, $13.95
8. The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen, $16
9. Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro, $15
10. Ford County, by John Grisham, $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. Traveling With Pomegranates, by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor, $15
4. The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls, $15 (b)
5. My Horizontal Life, by Chelsea Handler, $14.95
6. Where Men Win Glory, by Jon Krakauer, $15.95
7. Open, by Andre Agassi, $15.95
8. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, by Rhoda Janzen, $14
9. Too Big to Fail, by Andrew Ross Sorkin, $18
10. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, $16
