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 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
