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. 27. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Tick Tock, by James Patterson and Michael
Ledwidge, $27.99
2. A Discovery of Witches,
by Deborah Harkness, $28.95
3. The Girl Who Kicked
the Hornet’s Nest,
by Stieg Larsson, $27.95
4. The Help,
by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
5. Dead or Alive,
by Tom Clancy and
Grant Blackwood, $28.95
6. The Confession,
by John Grisham, $28.95
7. The Inner Circle,
by Brad Meltzer, $26.99
8. Room, by
Emma Donoghue, $24.99
9. The Secret Soldier,
by Alex Berenson, $25.95
10. A Heartbeat Away,
by Michael Palmer, $27.99
NONFICTION
1. Unbroken,
by Laura Hillenbrand, $27
2. Known and Unknown,
by Donald Rumsfeld, $36
3. I Beat the Odds,
by Michael Oher with
Don Yaeger, $26
4. Decision Points,
by George W. Bush, $35
5. Cleopatra: A Life,
by Stacy Schiff, $29.99
6. How the West Was Lost,
by Dambisa Moyo, $25
7. Battle Hymn of the
Tiger Mother,
by Amy Chua, $25.95
8. In the Blink of an Eye,
by Michael Waltrip and
Ellis Henican, $24.99
9. The Pioneer Woman,
by Ree Drummond, $25.99
10. Life, by Keith Richards
with James Fox, $29.99
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. The Girl Who Played with Fire,
by Stieg Larsson, $15.95
5. The Postmistress,
by Sarah Blake, $15
6. Little Bee,
by Chris Cleave, $14
7. The Art of Racing
in the Rain,
by Garth Stein, $14.99
8. True Grit,
by Charles Portis, $14.95
9. Winter Garden,
by Kristin Hannah, $14.99
10. Major Pettigrew’s
Last Stand,
by Helen Simonson, $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. The Big Short,
by Michael Lewis, $15.95
4. Committed,
by Elizabeth Gilbert, $16
5. The Glass Castle,
by Jeannette Walls, $15 (b)
6. What the Dog Saw,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $16.99
7. Just Kids,
by Patti Smith, $16
8. Eat, Pray, Love,
by Elizabeth Gilbert, $15
9. The King’s Speech,
by Mark Logue and
Peter Conradi, $14.95
10. Three Cups of Tea,
by Greg Mortenson and
David Oliver Relin, $16
