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. 22. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. American Assassin, by Vince Flynn, $27.99
2. Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, $36
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson, $27.95
4. The Reversal, by Michael Connelly, $27.99
5. Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks, $25.99
6. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, $28
7. Our Kind of Traitor, John le Carre, $27.95
8. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, by David Sedaris, $21.99
9. Don’t Blink, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan, $27.99
10. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
NONFICTION
1. Earth (the Book), by Jon Stewart and others, $27.99
2. Trickle Up Poverty, by Michael Savage, $26.99
3. Obama’s Wars, by Bob Woodward, $30
4. The Last Boy, by Jane Leavy, $27.99
5. At Home, by Bill Bryson, $29.95
6. Pinheads and Patriots, by Bill O’Reilly, $27.99
7. A——- Finish First, by Tucker Max, $25.99
8. Washington, by Ron Chernow, $40
9. Extraordinary, Ordinary People, by Condoleezza Rice, $27
10. Conversations With Myself, by Nelson Mandela, $28
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. Unlocked, by Karen Kingsbury, $14.99
4. Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, $14
5. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
6. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls, $15
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 Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, $14.99
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. Accidental Billionaires, by Ben Mezrich, $15.95
5. Inside of a Dog, by Alexandra Horowitz, $16
6. Secretariat, by William Nack, $16.99
7. Where Men Win Glory, by Jon Krakauer, $15.95
8. My Horizontal Life, by Chelsea Handler, $14.95
9. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, $16
10. Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
