The New York Times listings are based on sales at 3,985 bookstores and wholesalers with 50,000 retail outlets for the week ended Sept. 11. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Kill Me If You Can, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp, $27.99
2. The Sookie Stackhouse Companion, by Charlaine Harris, $30
3. A Dance With Dragons, by George R.R. Martin, $35
4. A Trick of the Light, by Louise Penny, $25.99
5. Flash and Bones, by Kathy Reichs, $26.99
6. The Leftovers, by Tom Perrotta, $25.99
7. Only Time Will Tell, by Jeffrey Archer, $27.99
8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson, $27.95
9. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $24.95
10. The Omen Machine, by Terry Goodkind, $29.99
NONFICTION
1. In My Time, by Dick Cheney with Liz Cheney, $35
2. A Stolen Life, by Jaycee Dugard, $24.99
3. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, $27
4. In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson, $26
5. The Greater Journey,
by David McCullough, $37.50
6. 1493,
by Charles C. Mann, $30.50
7. After America, by Mark Steyn, $29.95
8. Bossypants, by Tina Fey, $26.99
9. Rafa,
by Rafael Nadal, $27.99
10. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, by Alexandra Fuller, $25.95
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $16
2. One Day, by David Nicholls, $14.95
3. Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay, $13.95
4. Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks, $14.99
5. Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, $25
6. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
7. Room, by Emma Donoghue, $14.99
8. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
9. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, $14.99
10. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, $14
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. Unlikely Friendships, by Jennifer S. Holland, $13.95
6. The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, by Kevin Malarkey and Alex Malarkey, $15.99
7. Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne, $16
8. The Emperor of All Maladies, by Siddhartha Mukherjee, $18 (b)
9. The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell, $15.99
10. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, $15.95
