Boston Globe Bestsellers: Sept. 13-19
Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom" remains the top hardcover fiction seller.
Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodindow's newcomer "The Grand Design" enjoyed the best hardcover nonfiction sales.
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is still at the top of the paperback fiction list.
"Eat, Pray, Love," likewise, remains the best seller in paperback nonfiction.
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Hardcover Fiction
1. Freedom
By Jonathan Franzen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
By Stieg Larsson. Knopf.
3. Mockingjay
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
4. The Help
By Kathryn Stockett. Putnam.
5. Zero History
By William Gibson. Putnam.
6. Catching Fire
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
7. Getting to Happy
By Terry McMillan. Viking.
8. The Widower’s Tale
By Julia Glass. Pantheon.
9. The Postcard Killers
By James Patterson and Liza Marklund. Little, Brown.
10. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
By David Mitchell. Random House.
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Grand Design
By Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. Bantam.
2. Sh*t My Dad Says
By Justin Halpern. It.
3. A Journey
By Tony Blair. Knopf.
4. The Warmth of Other Suns
By Isabel Wilkerson. Random House.
5. The Big Short
By Michael Lewis. W.W. Norton.
6. The Power
By Rhonda Byrne. Atria.
7. True Prep
By Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd. Knopf.
8. Outliers (tie)
By Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown.
8. Big Citizenship
By Alan Khazei. PublicAffairs.
10. Let’s Take the Long Way Home
By Gail Caldwell. Random House.
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. The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
5. Tinkers
By Paul Harding. Bellevue.
6. Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese. Vintage.
7. A Gate at the Stairs
By Lorrie Moore. Vintage.
8. The Lacuna
By Barbara Kingsolver. Harper Perennial.
9. Wolf Hall
By Hilary Mantel. Picador.
10. The Art of Racing in the Rain
By Garth Stein. Harper.
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Eat, Pray, Love
By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin.
2. Zeitoun
By Dave Eggers. Vintage.
3. Open: An Autobiography
By Andre Agassi. Vintage.
4. Too Big to Fail
By Andrew Ross Sorkin. Penguin.
5. Where Men Win Glory (tie)
By Jon Krakauer. Anchor.
5. Strength in What Remains
By Tracy Kidder. Random House.
5. Boston Restaurants 2010/2011
By Zagat Survey. Zagat.
8. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
By Rhoda Janzen. Holt.
9. Kitchen Confidential
By Anthony Bourdain. Ecco.
10. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea
By Chelsea Handler. Gallery.
Source: Boston area bookstores
