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. 8. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Fall of Giants,
by Ken Follett, $36
2. Don’t Blink, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan, $27.99
3. Freedom,
by Jonathan Franzen, $28
4. Safe Haven,
by Nicholas Sparks, $25.99
5. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk,
by David Sedaris, $21.99
6. The Girl Who Kicked the
Hornet’s Nest,
by Stieg Larsson, $27.95
7. Naked Heat,
by Richard Castle, $24.99
8. Legacy, by Danielle Steel, $28
9. Bad Blood,
by John Sandford, $27.95
10. The Help,
by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
NONFICTION
1. Obama’s Wars,
by Bob Woodward, $30
2. Earth (the Book), by
Jon Stewart and others, $27.99
3. ——– Finish First, by Tucker Max, $25.99
4. The Roots of Obama’s Rage,
by Dinesh D’Souza, $27.95
5. The Grand Design,
by Stephen Hawking and
Leonard Mlodinow, $28
6. Pinheads and Patriots,
by Bill O’Reilly, $27.99
7. Operation Dark Heart,
by Anthony Shaffer, $25.99
8. S— My Dad Says,
by Justin Halpern, $15.99
9. Even Silence Has An End,
by Ingrid Betancourt, $29.95
10. Crimes Against Liberty,
by David Limbaugh, $29.95 (b).
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 Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
8. Sarah’s Key,
by Tatiana de Rosnay, $13.95
9. Never Let Me Go,
by Kazuo Ishiguro, $15
10. The Corrections,
by Jonathan Franzen, $16
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. My Horizontal Life,
by Chelsea Handler, $14.95
5. Where Men Win Glory,
by Jon Krakauer, $15.95
6. Traveling With Pomegranates, by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor, $15
7. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, by Rhoda Janzen, $14
8. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, $16
9. Freakonomics, by Steven D.
Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
10. Too Big to Fail,
by Andrew Ross Sorkin, $18
