Boston Globe Bestsellers: Sept. 19-26
"Freedom" remains the top hardcover fiction seller.
"The Grand Design" holds its position at the top of the hardcover nonfiction list.
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is still the top paperback fiction seller.
Rounding out a week of little change at the top of the lists, "Eat, Pray, Love" is the top paperback nonfiction seller.
Click below to see the full lists.
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. Room
By Emma Donoghue. Little, Brown.
4. Mockingjay
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
5. The Help
By Kathryn Stockett. Putnam.
6. Safe Haven
By Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central.
7. Super Sad True Love Story
By Gary Shteyngart. Random House.
8. Wicked Appetite
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s.
9. The Widower’s Tale
By Julia Glass. Pantheon.
10. Catching Fire
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Grand Design
By Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. Bantam.
2. A Journey
By Tony Blair. Knopf.
3. Sh*t My Dad Says
By Justin Halpern. It.
4. Outliers
By Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown.
5. True Prep
By Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd. Knopf.
6. Promise Me
By Nancy Brinker and Joni Rodgers. Crown Archetype.
7. The Warmth of Other Suns (tie)
By Isabel Wilkerson. Random House.
7. Let’s Take the Long Way Home
By Gail Caldwell. Random House.
9. The Power (tie)
By Rhonda Byrne. Atria.
9. Eden on the Charles
By Michael Rawson. Harvard.
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. Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese. Vintage.
4. Tinkers
By Paul Harding. Bellevue.
5. The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
6. A Gate at the Stairs
By Lorrie Moore. Vintage.
7. Little Bee
By Chris Cleave. Simon & Schuster.
8. The Alchemist
By Paulo Coelho. HarperCollins.
9. The Town (tie)
By Chuck Hogan. Pocket.
9. Half Broke Horses
By Jeannette Walls. Scribner.
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Eat, Pray, Love
By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin.
2. Zeitoun
By Dave Eggers. Vintage.
3. The Tipping Point
By Malcolm Gladwell. Back Bay.
4. Too Big to Fail (tie)
By Andrew Ross Sorkin. Penguin.
4. Boston Restaurants 2010/2011
By Zagat Survey. Zagat.
6. Where Men Win Glory (tie)
By Jon Krakauer. Anchor.
6. Justice
By Michael J. Sandel. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
8. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress (tie)
By Rhoda Janzen. Holt.
8. The Omnivore’s Dilemma
By Michael Pollan. Penguin.
10. Kitchen Confidential
By Anthony Bourdain. Ecco.
Source: Boston area bookstores
