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. 25. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. New York to Dallas,
by J. D. Robb, $27.95
2. The Night Circus, by
Erin Morgenstern, $26.95
3. Kill Me If You Can,
by James Patterson
and Marshall Karp, $27.99
4. Abuse of Power, by
Michael Savage, $25.99
5. Robert B. Parker’s
Killing the Blues, by
Michael Brandman, $25.95
6. The Race, by Clive
Cussler and Justin Scott, $27.95
7. A Dance With Dragons,
by George R.R. Martin, $35
8. How Firm a Foundation,
by David Weber, $27.99
9. The Art of Fielding,
by Chad Harbach, $25.99
10. Goddess of Vengeance,
by Jackie Collins, $26.99
NONFICTION
1. Jacqueline Kennedy:
Historic Conversations on
Life with John F. Kennedy,
by Caroline Kennedy, $60
2. That Used to Be Us, by
Thomas L. Friedman and
Michael Mandelbaum, $28
3. In My Time, by Dick
Cheney, with Liz Cheney, $35
4. Unbroken,
by Laura Hillenbrand, $27
5. A Stolen Life,
by Jaycee Dugard, $24.99
6. Pearl Jam Twenty,
by Pearl Jam, $40
7. In the Garden of Beasts,
by Erik Larson, $26
8. Here Comes Trouble,
by Michael Moore, $26.99
9. The Black Banners,
by Ali H. Soufan with
Daniel Freedman, $26.95
10. Arguably, by
Christopher Hitchens, $30
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $16
2. The Sixth Man, by David Baldacci, $14.99
3. Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay, $13.95
4. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
5. One Day,
by David Nicholls, $14.95
6. Room, by Emma
Donoghue, $14.99
7. Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks, $14.99
8. Fall of Giants, by Ken
Follett, $25
9. The Art of Racing in the
Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
10. The Alchemist, by
Paulo Coelho, $14.99
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. Cleopatra, by Stacy Schiff, $16.99
4. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, $16.99
5. Moneyball, by Michael Lewis, $15.95
6. The Glass Castle, by
Jeannette Walls, $15
7. The Boy Who Came Back
from Heaven, by Kevin
Malarkey and Alex
Malarkey, $15.99
8. Empire of the Summer
Moon, by S.C. Gwynne, $16
9. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, by Chelsea Handler, $15.99
10. Unlikely Friendships,
by Jennifer S. Holland, $13.95
