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Boston Globe Bestsellers, March 28-April 3
"The Help" continues its reign atop the hardcover fiction bestseller list. "House Rules" dropped two slots to No. 4.
"The Big Short," Michael Lewis' account of the financial meltdown, unseated "Game Change" at No. 1 on the hardcover nonfiction list.
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" remained No. 1 on the mostly static paperback fiction list.
"Food Rules" once again holds the top spot on the paperback nonfiction list.
Click below for the full lists.
"The Big Short," Michael Lewis' account of the financial meltdown, unseated "Game Change" at No. 1 on the hardcover nonfiction list.
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" remained No. 1 on the mostly static paperback fiction list.
"Food Rules" once again holds the top spot on the paperback nonfiction list.
Click below for the full lists.
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Help
By Kathryn Stockett. Putnam.
2. The Girl Who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larsson. Knopf.
3. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
By Jeff Kinney. Amulet.
4. House Rules
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
5. Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
By Stephenie Meyer and Young Kim. Yen Press.
6. The Surrendered
By Chang-Rae Lee. Riverhead.
7. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid
By Jeff Kinney. Amulet.
8. Fang
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.
9. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
By Seth Grahame-Smith. Grand Central.
10. The Postmistress
By Sarah Blake. Putnam.
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Big Short
By Michael Lewis. W.W. Norton.
2. Game Change
By John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Harper.
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
By Rebecca Skloot. Crown.
4. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
By Chelsea Handler. Grand Central.
5. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body
By Daniel G. Amen. Harmony.
6. The Happiness Project
By Gretchen Rubin. Harper.
7. Courage and Consequence
By Karl Rove. Threshold.
8. The Pacific
By Hugh Ambrose. NAL.
9. Ill Fares the Land
By Tony Judt. Penguin.
10. No One Would Listen
By Harry Markopolos. Wiley.
Paperback Fiction
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
2. Little Bee
By Chris Cleave. Simon & Schuster.
3. Let the Great World Spin
By Colum McCann. Random House.
4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
By Muriel Barbery. Europa.
5. The Last Child
By John Hart. Minotaur.
6. Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese. Vintage.
7. A Reliable Wife
By Robert Goolrick. Algonquin.
8. Brooklyn
By Colm Toibin. Scribner.
9. The Last Song
By Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central.
10. Push
By Sapphire. Vintage.
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Food Rules
By Michael Pollan. Penguin.
2. The Lost City of Z
By David Grann. Vintage.
3. Three Cups of Tea
By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Penguin.
4. The Gardner Heist
By Ulrich Boser. Harper.
5. Eat, Pray, Love
By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin.
6. A People's History of the United States
By Howard Zinn. Harper Perennial.
7. Blink
By Malcolm Gladwell. Back Bay.
8. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
By Chelsea Handler. Gallery.
9. The Possessed
By Elif Batuman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
10. The Tipping Point
By Malcolm Gladwell. Back Bay.
Source: Boston Area Bookstores
1. The Help
By Kathryn Stockett. Putnam.
2. The Girl Who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larsson. Knopf.
3. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
By Jeff Kinney. Amulet.
4. House Rules
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
5. Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
By Stephenie Meyer and Young Kim. Yen Press.
6. The Surrendered
By Chang-Rae Lee. Riverhead.
7. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid
By Jeff Kinney. Amulet.
8. Fang
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.
9. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
By Seth Grahame-Smith. Grand Central.
10. The Postmistress
By Sarah Blake. Putnam.
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Big Short
By Michael Lewis. W.W. Norton.
2. Game Change
By John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Harper.
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
By Rebecca Skloot. Crown.
4. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
By Chelsea Handler. Grand Central.
5. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body
By Daniel G. Amen. Harmony.
6. The Happiness Project
By Gretchen Rubin. Harper.
7. Courage and Consequence
By Karl Rove. Threshold.
8. The Pacific
By Hugh Ambrose. NAL.
9. Ill Fares the Land
By Tony Judt. Penguin.
10. No One Would Listen
By Harry Markopolos. Wiley.
Paperback Fiction
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
2. Little Bee
By Chris Cleave. Simon & Schuster.
3. Let the Great World Spin
By Colum McCann. Random House.
4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
By Muriel Barbery. Europa.
5. The Last Child
By John Hart. Minotaur.
6. Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese. Vintage.
7. A Reliable Wife
By Robert Goolrick. Algonquin.
8. Brooklyn
By Colm Toibin. Scribner.
9. The Last Song
By Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central.
10. Push
By Sapphire. Vintage.
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Food Rules
By Michael Pollan. Penguin.
2. The Lost City of Z
By David Grann. Vintage.
3. Three Cups of Tea
By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Penguin.
4. The Gardner Heist
By Ulrich Boser. Harper.
5. Eat, Pray, Love
By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin.
6. A People's History of the United States
By Howard Zinn. Harper Perennial.
7. Blink
By Malcolm Gladwell. Back Bay.
8. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
By Chelsea Handler. Gallery.
9. The Possessed
By Elif Batuman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
10. The Tipping Point
By Malcolm Gladwell. Back Bay.
Source: Boston Area Bookstores
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