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. 23. A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. The Best of Me, by Nicholas Sparks, $25.99
2. The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides, $28
3. Snuff, by Terry Pratchett, $25.99
4. The Affair,
by Lee Child, $28
5. Shock Wave, by John Sandford, $27.95
6. The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern, $26.95
7. A Dance With Dragons, by George R.R. Martin, $35
8. Lethal, by Sandra Brown, $26.99
9. The Dovekeepers, by Alice Hoffman, $27.99
10. 1225 Christmas Tree Lane, by Debbie Macomber, $16.95
NONFICTION
1. Killing Lincoln, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, $28
2. Boomerang, by Michael Lewis, $25.95
3. Seriously … I’m Kidding, by Ellen DeGeneres, $26.99
4. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, $27
5. Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy, by Caroline Kennedy, $60
6. That Used to Be Us, by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, $28
7. This Is Herman Cain! by Herman Cain, $25
8. In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson, $26
9. Destiny of the Republic, by Candice Millard, $28.95
10. A Stolen Life, by Jaycee Dugard, $24.99
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, $16
2. Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay, $13.95
3. The Fifth Witness, by Michael Connelly, $14.99
4. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, $15.95
5. Room, by Emma Donoghue, $14.99
6. The Sixth Man, by David Baldacci, $14.99
7. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, $16
8. Dead or Alive, by Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood, $18
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, $14.99
10. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, by David Sedaris and Ian Falconer, $13.99
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. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, $16.99
5. Cleopatra, by Stacy Schiff, $16.99
6. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, $15 (b)
7. The Zombie Survival Guide, by Max Brooks, $13.95
8. Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne, $16
9. At Home, by Bill Bryson, $15.95
10. Unlikely Friendships, by Jennifer S. Holland, $13.95
