Boston Globe Bestsellers, July 11-July 18
"The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest" again tops the hardcover fiction list.
"The Big Short" stands tall for another week at the top of the hardcover nonfiction list.
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" shows no signs of budging from the paperback fiction top spot.
"Eat, Pray, Love" remains the winner in paperback nonfiction, rounding out a week of little change.
Click below for the full lists.
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
By Stieg Larsson. Knopf.
2. The Help
By Kathryn Stockett. Putnam.
3. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
By David Mitchell. Random House.
4. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
By Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown.
5. Spies of the Balkans
By Alan Furst. Random House.
6. Private
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown.
7. Sizzling Sixteen
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s.
8. The Passage
By Justin Cronin. Ballantine.
9. The Lion
By Nelson DeMille. Grand Central.
10. The Red Pyramid
By Rick Riordan. Hyperion.
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Big Short
By Michael Lewis. W.W. Norton.
2. Medium Raw
By Anthony Bourdain. Ecco.
3. Sh*t My Dad Says
By Justin Halpern. It.
4. The Last Stand
By Nathaniel Philbrick. Viking.
5. War
By Sebastian Junger. Twelve.
6. Born to Run
By Christopher McDougall. Knopf.
7. Women Food and God
By Geneen Roth. Scribner.
8. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
By Chelsea Handler. Grand Central.
9. Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
By Tom Bissell. Pantheon.
10. Boston Then and Now
By Elizabeth McNulty. Thunder Bay.
Paperback Fiction
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
2. The Girl Who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
3. Little Bee
By Chris Cleave. Simon & Schuster.
4. Tinkers
By Paul Harding. Bellevue.
5. That Old Cape Magic
By Richard Russo. Vintage.
6. Bad Things Happen
By Harry Dolan. Penguin.
7. The Magicians
By Lev Grossman. Plume.
8. Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese. Vintage.
9. Let the Great World Spin
By Colum McCann. Random House.
10. Best Friends Forever
By Jennifer Weiner. Washington Square.
Paberback Nonfiction
1. Eat, Pray, Love
By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin.
2. Zeitoun
By Dave Eggers. Vintage.
3. Three Cups of Tea
By Greg Mortenson. Penguin.
4. The Tipping Point
By Malcolm Gladwell. Back Bay.
5. Boston Restaurants 2010/2011
By Zagat Survey. Zagat.
6. Freakonomics
By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Harper Perennial.
7. Blink
By Malcolm Gladwell. Back Bay.
8. Soccernomics
By Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski. Nation.
9. Kitchen Confidential
By Anthony Bourdain. Ecco.
10. Eyewitness Travel: Top 10 Boston
By DK Publishing. DK Travel.
Source: Boston Area Bookstores
