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. 30 . A “(b)” indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
FICTION
1. The Best of Me,
by Nicholas Sparks, $25.99
2. The Christmas Wedding,
by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo, $25.99
3. Bonnie,
by Iris Johansen, $27.99
4. The Marriage Plot,
by Jeffrey Eugenides, $28
5. The Affair,
by Lee Child, $28
6. Damned,
by Chuck Palahniuk $24.95
7. Shock Wave,
by John Sandford, $27.95
8. The Sense of an Ending,
by Julian Barnes, $23.95
9. The Tehran Initiative,
by Joel C. Rosenberg, $26.99
10. The Lady of the Rivers,
by Philippa Gregory, $27.99
NONFICTION
1. Killing Lincoln,
by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, $28
2. Boomerang,
by Michael Lewis, $25.95
3. Unbroken,
by Laura Hillenbrand, $27
4. Suicide of a Superpower,
by Patrick J. Buchanan, $27.99
5. Seriously … I’m Kidding,
by Ellen DeGeneres, $26.99
6. Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy,
by Caroline Kennedy, $60
7. That Used to Be Us,
by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, $28
8. West by West,
by Jerry West and Jonathan Coleman, $27.99
9. Van Gogh,
by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, $40
10. In the Garden of Beasts,
by Erik Larson, $26
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Help,
by Kathryn Stockett, $16
2. Sing You Home,
by Jodi Picoult, $16
3. Sarah’s Key,
by Tatiana de Rosnay, $13.95
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. The Fifth Witness,
by Michael Connelly, $14.99
8. The Art of Racing in the Rain,
by Garth Stein, $14.99
9. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk,
by David Sedaris and Ian Falconer, $13.99
10. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, $16
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. Rescue America,
by Chris Salamone, $15.95
6. Cleopatra, by Stacy Schiff, $16.99
7. The Zombie Survival Guide,
by Max Brooks, $13.95
8. At Home,
by Bill Bryson, $15.95
9. Unlikely Friendships,
by Jennifer S. Holland, $13.95
10. The Warmth of Other Suns,
by Isabel Wilkerson, $16.95
