The New York Times listings are based on sales at 3,985 bookstores and wholesalers with 50,000 retail outlets for the week ended Oct. 1. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Freedom,
by Jonathan Franzen, $28
2. Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks, $25.99
3. The Girl Who Kicked the
Hornet’s Nest,
by Stieg Larsson, $27.95
4. Bad Blood, by John Sandford, $27.95
5. Mini Shopaholic,
by Sophie Kinsella, $25
6. Wicked Appetite,
by Janet Evanovich, $27.99.
7. The Help,
by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
8. The Fall, by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, $26.99
9 Room, by Emma Donoghue, $24.99
10. Santa Fe Edge, by Stuart Woods, $25.95
NONFICTION
1. Earth (the Book), by Jon Stewart and others, $27.99
2. The Grand Design, by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, $28
3. Pinheads and Patriots, by Bill O’Reilly, $27.99
4. S – – – My Dad Says,
by Justin Halpern, $15.99
5. White House Diary, by Jimmy Carter, $30
6. Even Silence Has An End, by Ingrid Betancourt, $29.95
7. Crimes Against Liberty,
by David Limbaugh, $29.95 (b).
8. The Wave, by Susan Casey, $27.95
9. A Journey, by Tony Blair, $35
10. The Lost Dogs, by Jim Gorant, $26
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. Worst Case, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge, $14.99
7. The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen, $16
8. Sarah’s Key,
by Tatiana de Rosnay, $13.95
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
10. Never Let Me Go,
by Kazuo Ishiguro, $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. The Glass Castle,
by Jeanette Walls, $15 (b)
4. Where Men Win Glory,
by Jon Krakauer, $15.95
5. Traveling With Pomegranates, by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor, $15
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. Too Big to Fail, by Andrew Ross Sorkin, $18
9. My Horizontal Life,
by Chelsea Handler, $14.95
10. Open, by Andre Agassi, $15.95
