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 Oct. 2. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. Heat Rises, by
Richard Castle, $25.99
2. Lethal, by
Sandra Brown, $26.99
3. The Night Circus, by
Erin Morgenstern, $26.95
4. Reamde, by
Neal Stephenson, $35
5. Son of Stone, by
Stuart Woods, $26.95
6. New York to Dallas,
by J.D. Robb, $27.95
7. Kill Me If You Can,
by James Patterson
and Marshall Karp, $27.99
8. A Dance With Dragons,
by George R.R. Martin, $35
9. The Art of Fielding,
by Chad Harbach, $25.99
10. The Race, by Clive
Cussler and Justin Scott, $27.95
NONFICTION
1. Jacqueline Kennedy:
Historic Conversations on
Life With John F. Kennedy,
by Caroline Kennedy, $60
2. Confidence Men,
by Ron Suskind, $29.99
3. Unbroken,
by Laura Hillenbrand, $27
4. Quest,
by Daniel Yergin, $37.95
5. In My Time, by Dick
Cheney, with Liz Cheney, $35
6. That Used to Be Us, by
Thomas L. Friedman and
Michael Mandelbaum, $28
7. Destiny of the Republic,
by Candice Millard, $28.95
8. A Stolen Life,
by Jaycee Dugard, $24.99
9. Here Comes Trouble,
by Michael Moore, $26.99
10. Rogue, by
Joe McGinniss, $25
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. Don’t Blink,
by James Patterson and Howard
Roughan, $14.99
5. Cutting for Stone,
by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
6. Safe Haven,
by Nicholas Sparks, $14.99
7. Room,
by Emma Donoghue, $14.99
8. One Day,
by David Nicholls, $14.95
9. Fall of Giants,
by Ken Follett, $25
10. The Art of Racing in the
Rain, by Garth Stein, $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. Moneyball,
by Michael Lewis, $15.95
4. Cleopatra,
by Stacy Schiff, $16.99
5. Outliers,
by Malcolm Gladwell, $16.99
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. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang,
by Chelsea Handler, $15.99
9. Empire of the Summer
Moon, by S.C. Gwynne, $16
10. Unlikely Friendships,
by Jennifer S. Holland, $13.95
