National Best Sellers
The New York Times listings are based on sales at 3,985 bookstores and wholesalers with 50,000 retail outlets for the week ended Jan. 23. 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. What the Night Knows, by Dean Koontz, $28
3. Dead or Alive,
by Tom Clancy and
Grant Blackwood, $28.95
4. The Confession,
by John Grisham, $28.95
5. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
6. The Outlaws,
by W.E.B. Griffin, $27.95
7. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, $28
8. Cross Fire,
by James Patterson, $27.99
9. Three Seconds,
by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom, $24.95
10. Secrets to the Grave,
by Tami Hoag, $26.95
NONFICTION
1. Unbroken,
by Laura Hillenbrand, $27
2. Decision Points,
by George W. Bush, $35
3. Cleopatra: A Life,
by Stacy Schiff, $29.99
4. Life, by Keith Richards,
with James Fox, $29.99
5. Autobiography
of Mark Twain, Vol. 1,
by Mark Twain, $34.95
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,
by Rebecca Skloot, $26
7. Decoded,
by Jay-Z, $35
8. I Remember Nothing,
by Nora Ephron, $22.95
9. Earth (the Book),
by Jon Stewart and others, $27.99
10. —- My Dad Says,
by Justin Halpern, $15.99
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. Cutting for Stone,
by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
4. True Grit,
by Charles Portis, $14.95
5. House Rules,
by Jodi Picoult, $16
7. Water for Elephants,
by Sara Gruen, $13.95
8. Little Bee,
by Chris Cleave, $14
9. The Alchemist,
by Paulo Coelho, $14.99
10. Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay, $13.95
PAPERBACK
NONFICTION
1. Heaven Is for Real,
by Todd Burpo with
Lynn Vincent, $16.99
2. Inside of a Dog,
by Alexandra Horowitz, $16
3. Just Kids,
by Patti Smith, $16
4. Eat, Pray, Love,
by Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
5. What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell, $16.99
6. My Horizontal Life, by Chelsea Handler, $16
7. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and
David Oliver Relin, $16
8. The Glass Castle,
by Jeannette Walls, $15
9. The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande, $15.)
10. Are You There Vodka?, It’s Me Chelsea,
by Chelsea Handler, $16
