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 Feb. 13. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Tick Tock, by James Patterson and Michael
Ledwidge, $27.99
2. The Girl Who Kicked
the Hornet’s Nest,
by Stieg Larsson, $27.95
3. The Inner Circle,
by Brad Meltzer, $26.99
4. Strategic Moves,
by Stuart Woods, $25.95
5. The Help,
by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
6. Shadowfever,
by Karen Marie Moning, $26
7. Dead or Alive,
by Tom Clancy and
Grant Blackwood, $28.95
8. The Sentry,
by Robert Crais, $26.95
9. The Confession,
by John Grisham, $28.95
10. Room,
by Emma Donoghue, $24.99
NONFICTION
1. Unbroken,
by Laura Hillenbrand, $27
2. Battle Hymn of the
Tiger Mother,
by Amy Chua, $25.95
3. The Next Decade,
by George Friedman, $27.95
4. The Hidden Reality,
by Brian Greene, $29.95
5. Cleopatra: A Life,
by Stacy Schiff, $29.99
6. Decision Points,
by George W. Bush, $35
7. Autobiography
of Mark Twain, Vol. 1,
by Mark Twain, $34.95
8. The Immortal Life of
Henrietta Lacks,
by Rebecca Skloot, $26
9. Life, by Keith Richards,
with James Fox, $29.99
10. Neptune’s Inferno,
by James D. Hornfischer, $30
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Water for Elephants,
by Sara Gruen, $13.95
2. Cutting for Stone,
by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
3. The Girl With the
Dragon Tattoo,
by Stieg Larsson, $14.95
4. True Grit,
by Charles Portis, $14.95
5. Winter Garden,
by Kristin Hannah, $14.99
6. Little Bee,
by Chris Cleave, $14
7. The Girl Who Played With Fire,
by Stieg Larsson, $15.95
8. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
9. House Rules,
by Jodi Picoult, $16
10. The Imperfectionists,
by Tom Rachman, $15
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. The Glass Castle,
by Jeannette Walls, $15 (b)
5. What the Dog Saw,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $16.99
6. Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition, by Greg Mortenson
and David Oliver Relin, $8.99
7. Blink, by Malcolm
Gladwell, $15.99
8. Eat, Pray, Love,
by Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
9. The Tipping Point,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
10. Freakonomics,
by Steven D. Levitt and
Stephen J. Dubner, $15.99
