Boston Globe Bestsellers: Sept. 26-Oct. 3
"Freedom" remains the best seller in the hardcover nonfiction category.
TV personality Jon Stewart's "Earth (The Book)" is the top seller in hardcover nonfiction.
"The Girl who Played with Fire" and "Cutting for Stone" are tied for the top spot in paperback fiction.
"Eat, Pray, Love" is still the best seller in paperback nonfiction.
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Hardcover Fiction
1. Freedom
By Jonathan Franzen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
2. Room
By Emma Donoghue. Little, Brown.
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
By Stieg Larsson. Knopf.
4. The Help
By Kathryn Stockett. Putnam.
5. Mockingjay
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
6. The Widower’s Tale (tie)
By Julia Glass. Pantheon.
6. The Fall
By Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. William Morrow.
8. Zero History (tie)
By William Gibson. Putnam.
8. To the End of the Land
By David Grossman. Knopf.
10. Ape House
By Sara Gruen. Spiegel & Grau.
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Earth (The Book)
By Jon Stewart. Grand Central.
2. The Grand Design
By Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. Bantam.
3. The Warmth of Other Suns
By Isabel Wilkerson. Random House.
4. Sh*t My Dad Says
By Justin Halpern. It.
5. The Thousand Mile Stare
By Gary Reiswig. Nicholas Brealey.
6. A Journey (tie)
By Tony Blair. Knopf.
6. Let’s Take the Long Way Home
By Gail Caldwell. Random House.
6. The Power
By Rhonda Byrne. Atria.
6. The Big Short
By Michael Lewis. W. W. Norton.
10. Outliers
By Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown.
Paperback Fiction
1. The Girl Who Played with Fire (tie)
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
1. Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese. Vintage.
3. Little Bee
By Chris Cleave. Simon & Schuster.
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
5. Tinkers
By Paul Harding. Bellevue.
6. A Gate at the Stairs
By Lorrie Moore. Vintage.
7. Wolf Hall (tie)
By Hilary Mantel. Picador.
7. Let the Great World Spin
By Colum McCann. Random House.
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. Too Big to Fail
By Andrew Ross Sorkin. Penguin.
3. Zeitoun (tie)
By Dave Eggers. Vintage.
3. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
By Rhoda Janzen. Holt.
5. Cod (tie)
By Mark Kurlansky. Penguin.
5. Predictably Irrational
By Dan Ariely. HarperCollins
7. Boston Restaurants 2010/2011 (tie)
By Zagat Survey. Zagat.
7. Open
By Andre Agassi. Vintage.
7. Lit
By Mary Karr. Harper Perennial.
10. Must Sees Boston
By Michelin. Michelin Travel.
Source: Boston area bookstores.
