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 July 31. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. A Dance With Dragons,
by George R.R. Martin, $35
2. Portrait Of a Spy,
by Daniel Silva, $26.99
3. Happy Birthday,
by Danielle Steel, $28
4. Split Second, by
Catherine Coulter, $26.95
5. Now You See Her, by
James Patterson and
Michael Ledwidge, $27.99
6. Smokin’ Seventeen,
by Janet Evanovich, $28
7. Then Came You,
by Jennifer Weiner, $26.99
8. State of Wonder,
by Ann Patchett, $26.99
9. The Bourne Dominion, by Eric Van Lustbader, $27.99
10. Against All Enemies,
by Tom Clancy, $28.95
NONFICTION
1. A Stolen Life,
by Jaycee Dugard, $24.99
2. Unbroken,
by Laura Hillenbrand, $27
3. In the Garden of Beasts,
by Erik Larson, $26
4. Bossypants,
by Tina Fey, $26.99
5. The Greater Journey, by
David McCullough, $37.50
6. Of Thee I Zing, by Laura
Ingraham with
Raymond Arroyo, $25
7. Seal Team Six,
by Howard E. Wasdin and
Stephen Templin, $26.99
8. Lies That Chelsea
Handler Told Me,
by Chelsea Handler, $24.99
9. Reckless Endangerment,
by Gretchen Morgenson
and Joshua Rosner, $30
10. Through My Eyes,
by Tim Tebow with
Nathan Whitaker, $26.99
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Help,
by Kathryn Stockett, $16
2. Water for Elephants,
by Sara Gruen, $13.95
3. Room, by Emma
Donoghue, $14.99
4. Sarah’s Key, by
Tatiana de Rosnay, $13.95
5. One Day,
by David Nicholls, $14.95
6. Cutting for Stone, by
Abraham Verghese, $15.95
7. A Game of Thrones,
by George R.R. Martin, $17
8. The Postcard Killers, by James Patterson and Liza Marklund, $14.99
9. The Art of Racing in the
Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
10. A Visit From the Goon
Squad, by Jennifer Egan, $14.95
PAPERBACK
NONFICTION
1. Heaven Is for Real,
by Todd Burpo with
Lynn Vincent, $16.99
2. The Immortal Life
of Henrietta Lacks,
by Rebecca Skloot, $16
3. Outliers, by
Malcolm Gladwell, $16.99
4. The Glass Castle,
by Jeannette Walls, $15 (b)
5. The Original Argument,
by Glenn Beck with
Joshua Charles, $16 (b)
6. Empire of the Summer
Moon, by S.C. Gwynne, $16
7. The Devil in the White
City, by Erik Larson, $15.95
8. Life, by Keith Richards
with James Fox, $16.99
9. A Big Little Life,
by Dean Koontz, $15
10. The Boy Who Came
Back From Heaven,
by Kevin Malarkey and
Alex Malarkey, $15.99
