Book Sense
Bestsellers
for the week ended October 23, 2011
Trade Paperback Fiction
- 1. The Help Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16
- 2. Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95
- 3. Freedom Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16
- 4. A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95
- 5. Sarah's Key Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99
Trade Paperback NonFiction
- 1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Broadway Books, $16
- 2. Cleopatra: A Life Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99
- 3. At Home: A Short History of Private Life Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95
- 4. Unlikely Friendships Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95
- 5. Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99
Hardcover Fiction
- 1. The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28
- 2. The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95 - DEBUT
- 3. The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95
- 4. The Cat's Table Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26
- 5. The Best of Me Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $25.99
Hardcover NonFiction
- 1. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95
- 2. Killing Lincoln Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28
- 3. Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27
- 4. Go the F**k to Sleep Adam Mansbach, Akashic, $14.95
- 5. In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Crown, $26
Children's Interest
- 1. Every Thing On It Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99
- 2. Wonderstruck Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99
- 3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99
- 4. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99
- 5. Wildwood Colin Meloy, Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, $17.99
Children's Illustrated
- 1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Harper, $8.99
- 2. If You Give a Dog a Donut Laura Joffe Numeroff, Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, $16.99
- 3. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99
- 4. Pinkalicious and the Pink Pumpkin Victoria Kann, HarperFestival, $6.99
- 5. Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Puffin, $6.99