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. 18. 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 Race, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott, $27.95
3. Dark Predator, by Christine Feehan, $26.95
4. A Dance With Dragons, by George R.R. Martin, $35
5. Prey, by Linda Howard, $26
6. The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach, $25.99
7. Pirate King, by Laurie R. King, $25
8. The Leftovers, by Tom Perrotta, $25.99
9. Flash and Bones, by Kathy Reichs, $26.99
10. The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain, $25
Non-Fiction
1. In My Time, by Dick Cheney, with Liz Cheney, $35
2. That Used to Be Us, by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, $28
3. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, $27
4. A Stolen Life, by Jaycee Dugard, $24.99
5. In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson, $26
6. Bossypants, by Tina Fey, $26.99
7. 1493, by Charles C. Mann, $30.50
8. Willpower, by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney, $27.95
9. Just My Type, by Simon Garfield, $27
10. After America, by Mark Steyn, $29.95
Paperback Fiction
1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $16
2. The Mercy, by Beverly Lewis, $14.99
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. Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks, $14.99
7. The Sixth Man, by David Baldacci, $14.99
8. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
9. Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, $25
10. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
Paperback Non-Fiction
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. Cleopatra, by Stacy Schiff, $16.99
4. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, $16.99
5. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, $15 (b)
6. Unlikely Friendships, by Jennifer S. Holland, $13.95
7. Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne, $16
8. The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven, by Kevin Malarkey and Alex Malarkey, $15.99
9. Moneyball, by Michael Lewis, $15.95
10. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, $15.95
