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. 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
